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THE NON-PARTISAN LEAGUE.
LI
CHIEF TALKS OF
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A very Interesting address on the
drama and tlio work of the Drama
Loukuo was dellvsraa at ttio public
library last night by Perclval Cbubli,
vice-president of the Drama League
of America.
Brlofly the alms or tlio Drama
League as expressed by Its vice-president
are these' '
). To organtt audiences for good
thin kb.
2. To forward the movement In
favor, of the Little Theater and the
community paKcant and drama.
3. To raise the technical and eth
ical quullty of contemporaneous
plays.
4. To encourage playwrights (by
providing them with audiences) to
write those better pluys and accep
tance of which on a commercially
controlled stago would bo dubious.
5. To prepare the way for a nat
ional theater which shall exemplify
the Drama League's hlghost Ideals In
the theater nil (I tlio establiment of
which was ncccHSurlly delayed by the
war.
As to purposo No. 1, Chubb, who Is
the leader of tho Ethical Society of
St. Louis and a member of the direc
torate of a similar organization In
New York, soys that the organization
of Btidiencos competent to appreciate
good things and eager to hear and
oncourago thorn must bogln iu tho
schools.
To that end ho and his organiza
tion assist In cvory way possible such
schools as aro alert to tho valuo or
tho drama as a cultural and educa
tional institution.
Tho lueasuro of the valuo of un
education is not In tho mass or as
sembled facts curried by tlio graduate
along with his diploma. It is
found In tho kind of patronage the
Htudent will glvo to tlio arts the
kind of books he will read, the kind
of plays ho will want to see, tho
kind of music ho will love, and the
kind or pictures which will delight
Ills eye.
Mr. Chubb liolievos, In reference to
Aim No. 2 of tlio Drama League, that
tho hope of tho theater-loving public
lies in tho I.lltlo Theater and that a
proper concept of drama In Its IiIk
torlc and national rHutlmiK lies in
tho pageant drama of the Conimunlly
theater.
Miss Louise tlurke. president of
tho Drama League provident and In
troduced tlio speaker. Afler the ad
ilross refreshments were served and
a reception tenderd to Mr. Chubb and
Mrs. Chubb who Is accompanying
him on his coast flip.
THE "Non-PartBan League." is tjie name or a new
political party, originating in North Dakota, having
for its object, legislation bettering the condition of the
fanner. At the Jast general election, the league swept
North Dakota, electing a complete ticket, and lias now
spread through all the northwestern states.
The league is bitterly o posed by business interests,
big and little, because it advocates a program 'of state
socialism as a cure for the ills which have impov
erished tht! farmer and fattened the grain speculator. It
is fought bv the grain dealers, the millers mid elevator
owners, who, if the league; succeeds, will find their profits
gone and it is dreaded bv tiie merchants and bankers be
cause of its threatened co-operative chain stores and its
financial experiments Willi public binds.
The lukewarm attitude of some of the league officials
in the early days of the conflict towards the war has fur
nished the excuse for a concerted attack all along the line
on the pttl riot ism of the league. Yet investigation by the
federal government does not show any disloyalty or sedi
tion in the league. As practically all the farmers in the
central northwest belong, it is folly to declare the league
unpatriotic, for fanners arc all doing their share in win
ning the war.
.Mob violence and outrage against league organizers
is not made to defend the flag but to discredit the
league in public opinion. Profiteers of the existing order,
through Hit; press and otherwise are vigorously opposing
the league and its revolutionary policy. They are using
Old Glory its a shield just as the tariff beneficiaries used
it so successfully for many years in bunking the people to
perpetuate Iheir privileges.
We can best judge the league by its work in North Da
kota. The main program, state built elevators and flour
mills, hits not yet been accomplished because the holdover
members of the state senate blocked it at the hist session
and prevented the necessary constitutional amendments.
Much legislation, both political and economic, beneficial
to the state was enacted, which is summarized as follows:
A grain-grading commission has been formed.
Itnr.il schools have keen standardized. Itural schools havo been
given better teachers. They are having bettor attendance and better
heultlu
An Inheritance tax was lovled on largo fortuuos.
Votes were given to women.
Money was appropriated for experiments at the agricultural college,
by which it has been proven that low-grado wheat selling at TO coats
per bushel was worth, for making flour, pound for pound, as much as '
high grades soiling nt $1.70 per bushel.
New taxation classification wore adopted, which reduced tho jato
for improvements upon farm lands and passed part of the burden of tnx
t'tlon on to the corporations thai bad been dodging taxation tines the
beginning of time.
A dairy commission was provided. t ,
t A license system for creameries was established.
Ouaruntee of bank deposits was provided for.
A welfare commission was created.
In nil 152 remedial steps are taken to benefit the people,
especially the farmer, and it, is estimated that each farmer
has saved thereby from 800 to $.1,000 so the league eon-,
tinues to grow despite its assailants.
Conservative business interests are justified in their
alarm over the extent of the league's program. The league
proposed to remove the limit of indebtedness that might be
incurred by the state or any political division thereof. Jt
proposed to exempt farm improvements from taxation and
to authorize the issue of currency by state hanks. It pro
posed slate ownership of flour mills, terminal elevators,
railroads, packinghouses, and to allow the state to cnugage
in any and all for mosf business and industry. It propos
ed that, "three bona fide farmers" should be elected to the
supreme court of the utatc. it proposed .state socialism
on a. scale never he! ore attempted in this country and
never attempted anywhere except recently in Russia.
The league, like all other political parties, is not des
tined for long life, but will probably live to see part of its
program enacted ami lessen the notorious graft, of the
producer by the parasite, which has made millionaires out
of brokers, buyers, speculators and niillons and kept the
farmer impoverished. It will take more than the mobbing
of league organizers and the indictment of league officials,
and the tirades of the react ionary press and the screeches
of scared politicians to kill the Non-Partisan League.
It's message is too vital it has a real issue and offers a
remedy. The way to kill it, is to end the abuses that creat
ed it, for present political parties to cease ignoring econ
omic ills ami look forward instead of backward.
parks are not taxable. The tax docs
apply, however, to amusements with
in tho grounds such as side shows
and moving picture theaters.
W.XSIlI.NiiTON, May 2 :. Persons
who sell scats iu any roof or struc
ture overlooking a baseball park will
be obliged to pay a war tax for each
"percber" to the government, ac
cording to an aniioiiU'.'cmcnt issued
today by the bureau of internal reve
nue. The bureau also announced that
admissions to outdoor amusement
WITH Till-: A MEXICAN' AKMY IN
FRANCE, Tuesday, May 21. Illy
the Associated Press. -Captain Da
vid 1'oterson of llonesdnle Pa., after
a long chase sent down a tterman
two-seater airplane wobbling and
diving to tho ground In the neigh
borhood of Chnlcuu Salins today. The ;
Amei lcan aviator pursued the enemy ;
ninclilne for 4rt kilometers along the
battle Una and then chased hliu 12
kilometers behind the (icrinnn lines
3)eforo he succeeded in attacking him
from bonoath. The (Ionium ' dive
Jo the ground followed promptly, 1
Notice to
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Growers
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mohair and can pay the highest
price considering ipiallly that Is
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For rent 0 acre In garden, grain
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FIVE KILLED BY
MADISON, Wis., May 22 Five
persons were killed and 30 Injured, a
number or whom aro expected to die,
when the village ot Lone Rock, 44
miles west of Madison, was partly
wiped out by a tornado Tuesday
night.
The dead and Injured were found
from where their houses stood.
AMSTERDAM, May 22. Emperor
Charles and Empress Zita of Austria.
Hungary arrived in Constantinople
Sunday. They were met at the sta
tion by the sultan and were formerly
received at a ceremony In the Yll-
diz palace.
With Medford trade la tfedrord mad
him
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Only About Half
the Steer is Beef
Live Weight 1200 pound
100
Dressed Weight 672 pounds of Beef
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When Swift & Company
buys a steer weighing
1200 pounds, only about
672 pounds goes to market
as. beef; the other 528
pounds consists of hide,
fats, other by-products,
and waste.
When the packer pays 15
cents a pound for a steer, he sells
the meat to the retailer for about
24cents. But the packer gets only
about 6 cents a pound for the
other 528 pounds.
This means that the packer
gets about 16'. cents a pound
for all the products from a steer
for which he pays 15 cents.
The difference of 1 cent per
pound covers the cost of dress
ing, preparation of by-products,
freight on beef to all parts of the
United States, operation of dis
tributing houses, and leaves a
net profit of only about of a
cent per pound on all dressed
beef sold.
Large volume of business and
utilization of parts that were
formerly wasted, make this
achievement possible.
Year Book of interesting and instructive
facts sent on request.
Address Swift & Company,
Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois
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