THE FARMERS IN CONTROL 



subsidized press, the bill went beyond any pre- 

 vious legislation to make the press untram- 

 meled and democratic. 



treasurer's and county auditor's reports, county commissioners' pro- 

 ceedings, and the like. This triplication of official publications was 

 a useless expense running into many hundred thousand dollars a 

 year. The League bills abolished two-thirds of this expense and 

 put into the power of the voters to say what should be the disposition 

 of the remaining one-third. 



