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J f VW&at has happened to. Barton S K. Wheeler to make hire any dif ferent from the man he was six or eight week? ago? * t' fheh- Senat •: Wheel*‘r-^vas pisined'py the c*fejnorat»e press yf ; the nation, honored as a great statesman and had the full cbhfi denee of the democratic leaders of cthe country^ ’ - 0ne day he announced that he would accept the nomination for1 \ vice^mesident on the La Follette ^ ticket. ", . "* JJU at once, theft, these self same democratic papers and lead ers began '£ Slurfing campaign against him whb bttt Ihe day be fore had been one of the finest of 'the dne. - It is in keeping With Wheeler’s whole life’s work that he accepted thd hdihiasal&wi oh the La Feiiette ticket. ... t , ■ ; ' Fighting and Again*! ■' OiW* For nearly all of Iris 42 years Burton &. p&eelerhss been $ght in^—and winning—against odds that might , have discouraged one less determined. First, be fought for the epdp ment withwhich to meet the bat^ ties eftfee world1—for .an educa^ tioru for health, for lifo itself. Then he began fighting for the things he deemed good and right eous and necessary to the hjEfcbpi nes's and wdl^being of his fellow man. ^ x Career IMg That of Jt* The carfer of, Senator Wheeler ' .'.parallels that of Senator: * La Frilk tte. Both won their way to their present eminence by bold ly and courageously and consiSt entjy #nd continuously fighting for ^irmiiple againststhe eppositiqp Of powerf,V financial and political interests. Because of his prosecution of former Attorney General Harry M„ Daugherty and his exposure of corruption rh the department of justice, Senator Wheeler gained a wider reputation thanJ penally comes to a member of tHeinhale serving his first term. * jf ^ i flA With the exception! «of :fchis; Con spicuously notable service, how ever, Senator Wheeler’s life and works are practically unknown be yond the confines of his own state of ferhtana, where for nearly 15 years he has been arrayed against a powerful political-financial com bination that has employed? every resource it could command to de stroy him. i®a.r.y Scarred Enemies. _ There are many scarred enemies out ip Montana who will give evi dence as to the quality and yigor of his blows. He carries a few scars himself—but he doesn’t call them scars. He calls them badges of service for the people against their enemies. Before this presidential cam paign is over-the American people is to - know what manner of man has beeh picked as a running mate for “Battling Bob.” Opponents who d© not relish being mussed V£> will wisely leave him alone. Bacic of the rugged character of this transplanted New Englander are lineage arid culture that run on a straight line to-sturdy pio neering stock that jrediaimed. th& wilderness for civilization. -1 7 ? Sector Wheeler was born in Hudsoq, Mass., on February 27, 1882. His father was a shoe make^. His mothei* |yas a Kendall Hale, families that ^ere prominen* in ifew England for pore than three,centuries, ^ - Wont to JWosk EaelyV;^ He was early thrown on his own resources. As a boy he worked a truckNjpatc.h. He soldnewspapers and popcorn. He earned his own way through college and graduV uated from the school of law at Ann Arbor. Overwork and hard study under mined Wheeler’s strength and at graduation he foiyid himself with p frail body and flattened purse. He went to Butte in the hope of recouping his health and finances. foe^i^ened’ office^Iw soon began to make a name for himself m his chosen profession. He was elected to the legislature in 1910, and led the fight against the .cupper interests to put Thomas J. Walsh in ^he senate. Walsh vq^s jphbed out of the elec tion. Hie was elected by papular vote two years later. Honored by Wilton, h In recognition of his service^ be was appointed by' president Wil son in 1913 as IMifed -States dis trict attorney- for Montana. For the next five years he was the storm center of one of the bitter est and most spectacular strug gles ever waged in that common wealth* Because Wheeler refused to jail every man charged with sedition, when >'>erh^s his only offense was to pretest against the equitation employers, an effort was made to crudf&hlna • - called.on to remove Wheeler.! nouaced „in the kept: state. The legjsfeit: malgin of one vote demn him. after which from office to become a candidate for governor. i Wilson was de af the a bare to con Defeated for Governor. Through the opposition of the 100 per cent patriots he. was de leat£d by 35,000 votes, although he ran 17,000 votes ahead of"Cox, wibe was the presidential candi date. In 1922 he ran for the senate and was supported in his campaign by the workers and farmers of the state: ife was elected by} the largest majority ever given a Democrat in Montana. As a private attorney Wheeler prosecuted Republican and Demo cratic state officials, two of which had engaged in a scheme to de fraud farmers apd others through a fake stock promotion. Convictions were obtained and following the trial Wheeler cited the defense attorney for tamper ing with ihe jury. They were con victed and fined. The big toad in the political fry of Montana is the Anaconda Cop per Company. Its agents were mixed up with everything that- w as crooked in the state. Gang* of Hoodlums, i... When Wheeler made his cam 1 paign for governor gangs of hood lums were recruited to break up meetings and were cowed into si lence by this soft-voiced youpg lawyer. - • He was deterred neither by threats of violence nor abu&e from the press from telling the' nature of the domination that had taken possession of their government, the crpper interests. An echo of the assaults upon him was the effort of his enemies to discredit him before the nation recently with a “framed-up” in dictment charging him with im proper use df his office as United States senator. ... ^ Wheeler had j^t about reaped the high-spot of his prahe jntpjtbe putrefying carcass of merit of justice and was bringing, to light a series, of malfeasantres involving Attorney GenerafDanghF erty that shocked the American public. . vS ' 7 Wheeler met the “frame-up.” H/3 asked the senate to investigate his conduct.; lie was completely exonerated by a senate committee headed by Senator jB-orah. <Has first notabfe ^achievement in the senate whs to block the efpc-P tion of Senator Cummins as chair-" inan pf the interstate commence' committee. >• y ' ; . This started a memorable strug gle which deadlocked the ^ senate for weeks. It ended in the defeat: of one of the authors of the trans portation act and put Wheeler “on i the map.” This is the man who will carry the fight of Progressivism to the strongholds of privilege and crook ed politics. know contemplate the iHilfiiiiM NMMW Will be Better Customers of Labor ' in Kansas, Scr^t^CappwrSays, But Doesn’t Permanently Solve . Farmers’ Problems. By SENATOR ARTHUR CAPPER (Written for International Labor News Service.} Topeka, Kan., Aug. 6.—Kan sas has harvested an unusual wheat crop, probably 150,000,000 bushels. The price at the epunty elevator is approximately, thirty cents bigher-than sixty days ago and the growers are getting it. This one crop means an increase of forty or fifty million dollars for Kansas farmers. - At the same time corn and hogs are making spectacular gains., Nat urally the psychological effect up -on men who have operated their farms for several years at a loss is good. Wheat is a ready money prop and business in general is al ready fueling the result* . The farmers of the middle west will fee feg£p£r customers for the jpi'Of^ucti ^f. labor during the next twelve^ months. -- This does not mehn that agri culture has found permanent pros perity. Kansas has been lucky, that’s alh* We have raised a big. crop in a time of shortage. We will feel the good effects for sev eralyears.* Ready money and re-established credit will enable the farmer to in-nrave his methods. He will be on a .firmer footing, but he must -not be: left in a position where he is so dependent upon luck. "Wlth no iack rof gratification in l^gs and wheat, the f bfnier-lfiu^b stiff iiiiwr trpthr equit able freight rates, a just system of taxation and better marketing facilities. ~ A piece of good luck does not wipe out injustice nor permanently solve our agricul tural problems. s Seventy per cent of the wage ejamerp in China work seven days a week. The typographical union in Al toona, Pa., is 100 per cent organ ized.* About 50 per cent of the indus tries in Columbus, Miss., have union agreements. ' Teamsters and chauffers in* Syracuse, N. Y., have organized. I Protective fn<ers&s*d Ymksi» of j lii|ML¥N^y^Mfcr. &xef?*&ixfe4 at.: $S%-j 000;O®?0 by Experts, But Grow ers Haven't Got Much: of ' it ! ■ Vet;- . By W. C. ROBERTSON Editor, Minnesota Darily Star. , j (Written for kt&m^end Ml»r News Service.) Minneapolis, Minn.,-. Aug. G.— The advance in grain prices has, brought a prospective increase of at least $5-0,©00,000 in the value of Minnesota farsuerOps, agricul-1 tural experts diafitosed toda^ - “If the corn crop is ak Idr^W^S forecast, the market value of this gra£n alone wilt be* $40,000*000 greater than the total farm value of the crop in Minnesota last year,” Professor Andrew Boss, agronomist, University of Minne sota, said today. The Minnesota wheat ere# promises \ to mean $6,000,000 more1 to formers than last* -ydair, tPapl JH* Kirk, crop statistician said. / “East year Minnesota produced 19,281,000 bushels of spring WhAat, which according to esti mates sold at 95 cents a bushel, bringing a total of $18^317,000,” Mr.. Kirk said. “This year's pros pective crop of 18*712,000 bushels Selling at an advance of 25 cents over last year's price would sell for between twenty and twenty two million dtoBafs.;’* ; * ■ / . ■ ’ W. J. Brown, coresident of the American Wheat Growers’ Asso ciated Giant Marketing Pool; stag ed that, farmers of the state will Stpf be able to take advantage of t3l-e price rise„t<> any great extent" uadi die new crop dentes ip. The price situation at the pres ent tape affects Ivlinne^ota 'chiefly hoi''’ that it' has restored confidence among farmers and business men. A truant officer made a call at the home *£ ^. puMl whose ab sence had. extended for over a We#k. -v r'. “Mikey is; now..';>ast his -thh>, fceenth year,” said the boy’s meanerf “ato:’ me..and fti& father tfeifik he’s , after havin’ schoolin’ enough.”. “Schooling enough,” repeated the" officer. “Why, I did not fin teh my education until I was twen ty-three.” “Be that so?” said the woman in amazement. Then, reassuring ly, after a thoughtful pause: “Well, sor, ye-, see that hoy of curs has b-r-rains.”—Boston Tran script. Claude L. Albea, of The Char lotte -News chapel, left Thursday evening for Toronto, Canada* to represent the Charlotte Typo graphical Union in the annual convention. Delegate Albea* ex pects to be gone about two weeks. The convention of the ’Planters this year promises t6 be the great est convention ever held by that body of useful citizens. Reports of the - final struggle for the 44 hour week in the commercial print ing offices will • be made, and that reptitnwdi-lf-shohr oV%r: $17, spent %^uiliShing: this- ish-oitdr work week for the men who do the printing for the nation. This huge sum was raised entirely and exclusively by assess ments on those who were at work. This assessment began at the big figure of ten per cent. In other words, the working printer who was receiving $50 per week, paid $5 per week toward the battle the job printers were making. This; was in addition to the regular dues and old age and mortuary assess ments against the mearbeti^iip. , ' Mr. Albea is well qualified to represent his local in the Int.er nationaf convention. He is secre tary of the Central Uabor Union; vice-president of the Charlotte Typographical Union; well known* in labor circles; and an active mender of the American LfegLon, having served with distinction iri •France dairing the World War. To say, that Mr. Albea will be a real representative of the Char-' lotte boys at the big convention is. but stating fact based upon the' confidence he enjoys among those' who know him best. * " * a ' The okP lady was timidly in-, spec ting the stock of. spectacles.' “Sow much are these?”' she"' asked, selecting a pair. ' . “AdpHar and a half, madam.4* “A*hd how much without t\i6Z ease ?»» “Well, the case makes little dif ference. Suppose we say'll $5." “What? is -the case ohly-SfcOrthr five cents?” ' . • “Yes, madam/’-firmly. / : ” " “Well; I’m very glad to hear it;' itVthe ease I wahti^’ And, placing a nickel on ithe counter, the dear old .lady took up the case and walked timidly into the street, while the optician gasped for breath.—Pittsburgh Chronicle. ’ „:.. j ift;. *" ‘ _ 'jmSMrj'k Mos# .of the? 1 British Columbia closed down.
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