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THE 3IORXIXG , OREGDXIAX, THURSDAY, MARCH C. 1919. SOCIALISTIC 1KCQNTRDL LEAGUE IS OF DAKOTA Legislature, Behind Locked . Doors, Hoodwinks State. BANK TO GET $135,000,000 - Impractical Schemes of Townley and His Socialistic Cohorts to Be N Spread Over Country. I BISMARCK, N. D.. March 5. (Spe cial.) The session of the North Da kota legislature which adjourned Sun dav rooming is the most eventful in its history. The. Farmers' Non-Partisan league had a two-thirds majority in ach house and enacted into law its en lire socialistic programme and the league-controlled governor has ap jM'oved the bills. Though novel in many respects, per haps the most unique feature of the legislature was the secret caucus held nightly at which matters coming before the legislature on the following day were discussed and action of the league solons determined upon. The caucus regulations provided that every league . s-enator and representative must be present by 8 P. M., no one could fAiin admittance without a pass, no legrsla live committee was permitted to re vort any bill until it had been acted upon by the caucus, and no bill even ould be! reported to the caucus until the league steering committee had giv- j en its consent. Every league legislator was pledged t-o vote on the floor of the senate or Itouse in whatever way the caucus dic tated. Since two-thirds of the members f the legislature were members of the Non-Partisan league, and therefore) pledged to vote as the caucus dictated, the legislature of North Dakota was really held in secret behind locked floors, proceedings in the senate cham ber and house of representatives being merely perfunctory and simply rati fying action taken at the secret caucus. Vital I, emulation l'ut Over. The principal features of the Xon ; Partisan league programme which have been enacted Into law are as follows: First. Bill creating the state-owned in ill, elevator, warehouse and marketing system under which the state can en gage in the business of manufacturing and marketing of farm products, and can establish a warehouse, packing plant, elevator and flour mill system "under the name of the North Dakota ;Mill and Elevator association." The bill gives the state the right to enter the flour-making field and endeavor to compete in eastern markets with the Kreat organizations in the milling cen ters of the country. The state also can 'liter the marketing business, and ten tative plans for a state marketing sys tem already are being worked out. Second. A 000,000 bond issue to start this mammoth enterprise. Through the state-owned bank of North Dakota the scheme will be financed after the to. (too, 000 born! issue has been ex hausted. Homes and KarniH Can Re Hough. Third. The state-owned "Home Build ing association."' through which any person can secure a $10,000 farm or a S.1000 town home by making a small 1'ayment down, the balance to be amor tized by monthly installments covering period of 25 years. A bond issue of Si. 000,000 is being floated for this en terprise and additional funds will be supplied by the State Bank of North A $10,000,000 bond issue to supply funds which the state-owned L ink will loan to farmers at low rates of interest. An interesting feature of this bill is the provision that in case of crop failure the state shall refrain from collecting the interest due the estate. Since on an average North Da kota has three poor crop years out of each five, this provision is. to say the least, novel. The fund available for farm loans is not limited to the 5 10,000,000 secured through this bond issue as the entire resources of the ttatc-owned batik are available if its lircctors choose to use them for that purpose. J ittn. Slate-owned and operated lignite mines which promise to give the farmer cheap fuel. A large bond issue finances this enterprise. (lank to Handle His I'undn. Sixth. . state-owned bank which will handle the state school fund and SI 0,(100.00(1 rural credit fund, act as de positary for all state utilities, the Jtuildmg and Loan association and all puhlio funds of the state, counties. I UNION DENTISTS We follow nature's plan as clotely as possible and sei each tooth in a socket the whole framework being anchored by the two or more teeth remaining in the month. You can use these teeth with as much comfort as you could those nature gave you in the beginning and they will not cause you any pain or inconvenience. That bad teeth always cause diseases enough progress baa beeii made in research in the foremost laboratories of the country to show that neglect of the teeth entails fa -reaching consequences. The teeth are among the most important fac tors in keeping the health of the body. livery thing the body needs for the foou goes in by way of the mouth; it is ground and chewed by the teeth and these, like any machine that works without a rest, day after day, need to be kept in perfect condition. You can have an examination of your teeth free of any charge or obligation by calling at our office. 231 Morrison, Corner Second Entire Corner. LOOK FOR THE nmm BIU UNION SIGN tftm ""5 i,-3Ylii 'liv JSILI1I .UlJUMa) cities and districts, and will in addi tion do a general banking business, re- celving deposits from and making loans to banks, firms, corporations, associa tions and individuals. Already estimat ed resources of $135,000,000 are in sight, all of which can be used to fi nance the impractical schemes of A. C. Townley and his socialist cohorts. The labor organizations of Illinois, which are affiliated with the new party already have signified their intention of depositing their funds with the State Bank of North Dakota, and of course there is nothing to prevent the Bank of North Dakota from making large loans to the same labor organizations if its directors desire to do so. If it is a fact that the same brains and money are controling the Farmers' Non-Partisan league, the new labor party, the new national party and the L W. W. organization, a state-owned bank -with resources of $135,000,000 under the con trol of the Farmers' Non-Partisan league may cut quite a figure in future national elections. Seventh. A new tax code under which different classes of property will be taxed at different rates. All land. railroad property, public utilities, busi ness blocks and bank stock are to be assessed at 100 per cent; town resi dences and merchandise stocks will be assessed at 50 per cent, while farm implements, machinery and improve ments will be exempt from taxation. The new tax code also provides for a state income tax which levies on in comes of all kinds. F:aeh County to Have Paper. Eighth. A bill to create public reve nue for a strong Non-Partisan league paper in each county. The measure provides for one official paper in each county which shall print all court and public notices, state reports, etc. No other paper can secure this class of printing. A state printing board con trolled by the Non-Parti6an league will designate the official paper in each county and league members admit that funds of at least $6000 per annum will accrue to each county league paper, and that the bill will eventually silence the opposition press by killing at least 200 small weeklies in the state through de priving them of publication notices. Ninth. Under the so-called "immi gration bill" a fund of $200,000 is made available for spreading the propaganda of the Non-Partisan league in other states. League leaders admit that the fund will be used to' "offset misrepresenta tion which has been made concerning North Dakota and the Non-Partisan league in other states." It is gener ally acknowledged that the official publicity agent of the Non-Partisan league will be appointed immigration agent and supervise the expenditure of this $200,000 for league publicity in other states. Propaganda Inder 'Way. At the close of the session a -ereat demonstration was held at the capitol ouuaing at isismarek rittingly to com memorate the success of the Non-Par tisan league in enacting its entire pro gramme into law and five reels of moving pictures, showing Governor Crazier signing the league bills, promi nent league officials, legislators, etc.. were taken, which will be used as prop aganda in other states. Though opponents of the league be lieve it will take several years to dem onstrate the impracticability of the new socialistic" league legislation, they are hoperul that the burden of taxation, which has greatly increased since North Dakota has been under the con trol of the league, will cause wide spread dissatisfaction. SENATE VOTE SIGNIFICANT BRITISH P.4PEH SAVS PRKSI- DE-M'S PRKSTIGE WAXES. America Expected to Share in "Col lar Work" of league of Nations or Have "o Voice. LOXDON", March 5. President "Wil son's speech in New York last night arrived in London too late for ex tended editorial comment in the affair newspapers, but it occupies a most prominent place in the news columns. The Pall Mall Gagette, referring to the president's expressed conviction that an overwhelming majority of the American people are in favor of a. league of nations, says: "That is undoubtedly the case, but the crucial question is whether they are prepared to pledge the practical resources and action of their country to vindicate the league when it is formed. Unless America i prepared to share in the 'collar work' of the league, she can have no voice in its policy." Referring to the report that Sen ator Lodge and 38 other republican senators were determined to oppose the league of nations as now consti tuted, the Globe says: "President Wilson returns to Europe with greatly diminished prestige as a result of the action of an) important representative section of his own countrymen and with his boasted league of nations treated precisely as a scrap of paper which we have al ways held it to be." BOOTLEGGERS SENT TO JAIL Hoy Spangler and Art-id Martin of Vancouver Fined $250 Kach. VANCOUAtR, Wash.. March 5. (Spe cial.) For bringing liquor into this state and having it in their possession. Roy Spangler and Arvid Martin were brought before Justice W. S. T. Derr Tuesday. Spangler was fined $250 and sen tenced to 30 days in jail. Martin, who pleaded not guilty and demanded a jury and evidence produced, was ac commodated and, when the evidence was in, pleaded guilty. His fine was ?2oO and his sentence 90 days in jail, the additional 60 days being added, it is presumed, for the trouble he caused. The police who made the arrests con fiscated 17 quarts of whisky. 6 OREGON STUDENTS HOME Members of 65th Artillery Return From Overseas Duty. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene March 5. (Special.) Six University of Oregon men wno returned with th 65th are now on the campus and others will be coming this week either to en roll in the university for further work' or to visit friends here. The six who came to Eugene are Master Gunner Walter Church, graduate in the class of 1916, son of Mrs. P. L. Campbell; Elmer Brenton, ex '19; Paul Foster, ex '21: William Jenkins, ex '20; Sergeant Rodney Smith, ex '20, and Clifford Sevitts, ex '20. The first five live in Eugene. Portland Boy Elected President. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Se attle. March 5. (Special.) Charles K. Wiggins, a junior of Portland, was elected president of the Oregon club here Tuesday to succeed H. Sherman Mitchell of Astoria, who will graduate from the university March 25. The new president will reorganize the club and a programme of social affairs again will be instituted. Other officers elect ed were: Catherine Evans of Canby, vice-president; Ruth Slauson of Port land, secretary, and Frank Burlingharn of Forest Grove, treasurer. B OLSHEvfSM SPREAD ALARMS STATESMEN 2W! Men Gathered in Paris Fix Eyes on Near East. GRAVE MENACE NOW SEEN Turkestan Turned Into Chaos and Bokhara Is Disrupted Western Europe Reasonably Safe. BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS. (Copyright. 1919, by the Mew Tork Herald Company. Ail rights reserved.) PARIS. Feb. 1. There is reason to believe that the bolshevik drift is dis turbing statesmen now met in Paris more deeply than any possible sinister recuperation of Germany. Here, too, an investigator finds the best informed among responsible men looking with anxious eyes to the near east. The spread of bolshevism westward into Lurope is no light matter, yet it holds less of menace than the extension of the madness of Lenine and Trotzky southward and eastward from Russia into Asia. So far as I am aware there has never been printed a line upon this phase of the bolshevik peril. Nevertheless. 1 know that it is giving anxious thought to some statesmen whose province is the world. Already Turkestan has been turned into chaos and Bokhara has been dis rupted and the leaven is working in the Caucasus. What will it mean to civilization if the illiterate masses of Persia, India and Turkey become in fected "with this virus of class con sciousness and class hatred? "Weatern Knrope Hair. Western Europe, in the opinion of many, is reasonably safe from bolshe- vikism; the majority of the people have education and some small stake in property. They can see that the new cult has worked harm and not good lor tne mass of the Russian population. While radical social programmes may and probably will prosper all over the world, for the triumph of bolshevikLsm there is needed an illiterate general population which has long suffered under autocratic and unjust sway. When, as in Great Britain and Amer ica, bolshevikism could vote itself into supreme power, if the people so desired. mere is not likely to be repeated the Russian tragedy. If there had not been tsar and black hundred in Russia there never would have been a Trotzkv and a Red Cuard autocracy breeds bol- slievikism; democracy bars it. Now behold the fertile field in the near east for these new theories which promise the millenlum overnight, and which certainly put the bottom on the top. In western and central Asia the average man has always had a hard time. Poverty has been normal with him. He and hunger have often been bedfel lows. A hard-handed master of some sort has been over him since the days of Pharaoh and Nebuchadnezzar. Of ficialdom has represented tyranny. The winds of the west have of late been blowing the ozone of liberty into his lungs. His talk is all of the new and better time coming. The east is wuit ing. Movement Sweeps Southward. Following the line of least resist ance. Russian bolshevikism has swept southward and southeastward. Already it has scored disturbing successes. Should it become rampant among those old nations, with their strange unso phistication, no man could predict the consequences. Imagine India ablaze with bolshevikism. The Oriental Is ex citable. In things of the west he Is credulous. All the possibilities of a vast con flagration are at hand in the near east, which has felt the economic upheavals and deprivations of the war without a large comprehension of the forces pro ducing them. ' Is it any wonder that responsible statesmen are disturbed? Concerning remedies, it is easier to theorize than to apply them. Athwart the downward drift of Russian red rad icalism should he thrust the barrier of newly awakened and encouraged na tionalism. Real patriotism is the greatest stumbling block of bolshevik "internationalism." Quick relief for the actual hunger that makes men ready to grasp at any remedy, however mad. Is an, indicated measure. Some form of assisted stabil ized government in these disorganized regions seems essential. Military ex peditions alone are inadequate, for be liefs cannot be fought with bayonets. Whatever is done will have to be done quickly. AMERICAN HELP DEFENDED REPORTS OP POISOXEI) FOOD "BRANDED AS FALSE. Member or Belgian Cabinet Says Aid of United States Saved Thou sands From Starvation. PARIS, March 5. Emile Franqul, a member of the Belgian cabinet and at one time chairman of the Belgian Na tional relief committee, announced to day that he had sent the following mes sage to United States Senator William M. Calder at Washington, under date of March 4: I am shocked by reports that you have moved an Investigation of the statement that some American food was sent to Bel gium and northern France In such bad con dition that It poisoned my countrymen. How could such lies be received seriously?' During four years of the German occupa tion. 1. myslef, was head of the organiza tion which co-operated within Belgium wilh the American relief committee. I have had daily knowledge of the quality, use and ef fect of the precious food which saved my nation and the lives of the people In the occupied parts of Prance. I bitterly resent and my countrymen are filled with sorrow that responsible men should lend their ears to detestable slander against Americans who gave us four years of their life, strength and talent. I feel that it would belittle their services to deny the gossip, yet It Is impossible to let it pass. Therefore, for myBelf and for my country I emphatically protest against this tissue of falsehoods. Seven mU lions of my country men and 2.5UO.OOO Inhabitants of northern France are alive, which Is proof that none starved and that none were poisoned. If I should say more. It would be to cry shame against those few Americans who would be smirch the noblest thing which came out of the war and the noble character brought out by the work of the commission for re lief In Belgium through Its tens of thou sands of unselfish workers In America as well as actually in the war zone. WAR CAMP HAS NEW HEAD Fred Li. Arbogast Succeeds E. D. Burbank at Vancouver. VANCOUVER, Wash.. March 5. (Spe cial.) Fred L. Arbogast. an attorney of Oakland, who has been in war camp community bervica iu tfan . Francisco, l Hi H-st-U - Hearty Laughter's the Best for the Liberty Guest I 0 j V lissii ii . S 1 . J I "Ii it 0 V 7 y ham V I aV T aaaW. 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