The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-20
BURCHARD SAYS
STATE MILL IS
PAYING RETURN
Democratic Candidate for Sem
ator Attacks Republican
Party
(By The Associated Press)

werner, ~. ~, Oct. ZO.-AIlsleh-
ing the Republican record of the last
seven and half years, F. f. Bur-
chard, Democratic candidate for
senator, gave the keynote speech of
his state campaign here last night
In view of the Republican record,
Burchard said. the Democrats have a
right to sound the ancient battle cry
of "turn the rascals out" because of
the proved rascality of men high in
the councils of the Republican party
and the complacence Of other Re-
publican leaders in permitting I'M
paralleled graft to go unchallenged.
ITO vote the national Republican
ticket this fall is to approve the ad-
ministration Of Harding and Cool
idge. Hoover tells you he approves
that record and he has not said and
lare not say word against Daugh-
erty, DENLY, Weeks, Fall, Forbes and
Sinclair Burchard said.
In his list of alleged Republican
rascals," Burchard made special
mention of Will II. Hays, one time
chairman of the Republican national
committee and postmaster general
in the Harding cabinet.
Hays Induced Sinclair
Hays, he charged, induced Sim
clair to pay off the debts Of the Re-
publican party in return for implied.
protection in Sinclair's steal of
public oil lands.
Directing his attack again at
Hoover, Burchard said: owe might
also inquire as to many other acts
of misfeasance and malfeasance on
the part of the present administra-
ton which Mr.. Hoover praises and
promises to continue. They are al
most too numerous to mention, much
less discuss in detail"
1T is conceded he said. chat
the McNary- Haugen bill represents
the best attempt yet suggested for
agricultural equality. This measure
has been most Unexpectedly con-
demned by Coolidge and Hoover and
they have twice blocked it's becom-
ing law by the exercise of the presi-
Dental veto after a big majority Of
both houses of congress had passed
it.
II charge that there is not one
objection to the McNary-Haugen bill
which does not apply with more
force to every piece of special favor
tariff legislation ever enacted by the
Republicans. charge the Republi-
cans with an intimate knowledge Of
farm conditions as evidence by their
party platforms of 1924 and 1928.
l charge them with inability or dis
inclination to do anything to relieve
a condition which threatens the very
economic life Of one-third Of our
whole population"
Says Mill Pays
Taking on purely state issues,
Burchard defended the record Of the
state mill and elevator and alleged
that it has brought millions Of dol
lars into the pockets Of North Da-
kota farmers and saved flour pur-
.hasers still other millions. Bur
chard is the auditor employed by the
late Governor A. G. Sorlie in connec-
ton with the latter's operation of
The state-Owned enterprise.
The mill management, he said,
stands ready and willing to assume
responsibility for what has been
1one by its authority, but they want
to meet the issue on the basis of
honest facts logically interpreted.
Lund's report is not upheld by the
facts and whether this is a result
Of incompetency or wilfull dishones-
ty Is beside the question. We have
The facts. We give them to you and
it is not too much to ask to be
judged on those facts and not upon
political propaganda based upon half
truths and deliberate falsehoods."
Urges Maddox Election
Attacking the Independent Repub-
!ican party, which is opposed to the
Nonpartlsan wing, Burchard urged
the election to the governorship of
Walter Maddox. Democratic candi-
date and Nonpartisan.
Attacking the contention of the In
dependents that the mill has lost
nearly $2,O0O,CO0. Burchard said it
made cash profits of more than
$24O,OCO during the last three years
and that the state is that much bet
ter off than it would have been if he
mill had been closed.
During the same time, he said, it
has increased the value of North Da-
kota's wheat crop to the farmers by
establishing the sale of wheat on a
protein basis. At the same time, he
said, the margin between the cost
OF wheat and the price of flour has
been reduced, resulting in a saving
on flour consumed in North Dakota
Of 81, 228, 500 a year.
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