The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-06
MORRIS OPENS DRIVE
FOR REELECTION IN
M|NOT RADIO TALK
SAYS State Industries Reach
Peak Efficiency Under Inde-
pendent Management
OUTLINES |. V. A. POLICY
Opposes Further Expansion, but
Friendly to Those Existing,
Says Legal Chief

Minot, N. D.. June 6.-(Ep-Attorney
General James Morris opened his
campaign for reelection here. tonight,
with a pledge to protect state indus
tries, which he claimed have reached
their highest point of efficiency n
der the administration Of the indie
pendent Republican officials. Mr..
Morris is the Independent Voters as
ISOLATION candidate for denomination
on the Republican ticket.
Speaking over the radio. Mr.. Morris
declared that the Independents still
maintain their opposition to an X
pansion of the industrial program.
but are pledged to protect state in
dustries and other public property.
THE Independents" he said, ARE
not the enemies; they are the friends
of every state institution of the state.
They are the friends, the protectors,
the guardians of the property Of the
state, whether that porperty be pub
lie school lands, the capitol building
at Bismarck, the mill at Grand Forks
or the Bank of North Dakota. AS
citizens and taxpayers Of the state,
we realize what is expected of us by
our fellow citizens and fellow taXpay-
ers. We feel the responsibility that
we have in caring for the state and
we pledge ourselves to faithfully per-
form the trust placed in us by the
people.
"By pledging ourselves to a r for
and protect public property. we do
not deviate from the position that we
have consistently maintained in OPP
position to an expression of the in
dustrial program. We still believe
that the proper function of a state
is to govern the people, all the people
fairly and Justly. We do not believe
that it is a proper function OF gov
eminent to enter into private bust
ness, to waste public money in pri-
vate enterprises or to place the gov
eminent in competition with the peo-
pie or even with some of the people
who maintain that government.
The Utility Difference
There is a vast difference between
government regulation of business
and government ownership and oper-
alton of business. A government
should compel obedience from the
strong as we'll as the weak. It should
see that justice is done between the
small farmer and the big farmer. be-
tween the smallest business man on
Main street and the most powerful
corporation doing business in the
state. In order to do this. it must be
ever alert, ready and willing to reg
ulate and to enforce its laws. The
more public money we waste in in
dustrial enterprises, and the more
time of Jul public officials We con-
sumo in conducting business enter
prises, the more we weaken the states
power to regulate and e~ffectually
protect the people from exploitation
THE program of the Independents
Is that of preservation of the states
property and the protection of the
people in the exercise Of their rights
to work, to do business, to earn money
without interference on the part OF
the state and without unfair compe-
tition as between the strong and the
weak.
THE Independents believe in and
encourage the cooperative idea. The
business man of North Dakota should
be given every encouragement and
protection in cooperative buying. The
farmer in North Dakota should be
given every encouragement and pro-
lection in cooperative marketing
North Dakota is an agricultural state
The welfare of town and country is
tied up together. One cannot fai
and the other prosper. The indie
pendents believe in the prosperity o.
both"
Mr.. Morris outlined the work done