Show THE PUBLIC OWNERSHIP DREAM The public ownership dream has extended extended extended ex ex- tended from the city politicians to tho the farmers of North Dak Dakota Dakota ta and bitten them pretty y badly The Tho Non NonPartisan Non Parti san League campaign wants ants public ownership of elevators flour mills why not saw mills In a timber country country country coun coun- try and ware waro houses Cold storage plants fruits and vegetable packing packinghouses packinghouses houses power plants and banking and insurance aro are to he be handled as political functions While the states are arc to do all aU these things tho the NonPartisan NonPartisan NonPartisan Non- Non Partisan league proposes that the Ute national national national na na- na- na government Is to to take over the tho i railroads and farming implements r and machinery manufacture Farmers only are to bo be elected to c office and then the farmers farmers' go v Jj ment TIent Is to hire the tho politicians and j public ownership experts to run the t business s. s I If the tho large percentage who on engage age in the commission and ware waro house business fail In private enterprises of or this kind how will they succeed politically The plain common horse sense of oC t the rest of f the tho people will repudiate repudiate- t these proposed political undertakings undertakings' in tho name of or tho farming population The best liest men who can be got to take public office omee in all walks of ot life Harmers Harm Harm- farmers farm farm- ers era included are are none noho too too good to to guard guard- public imbue interests against tho the harpers Jn in politics A political organization or or- composed purely of oC farmers farmers farm farm- ers or those who cultivate e the farmer farm farm- er or would be nuts for the public ownership ownership ownership own own- specialists It is estimated that the world is made up of or squirrels and nuts two nuts two out of a hundred are nuts and you know what becomes of the nuts |