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Discusses the political impact of the Nonpartisan League, the league of farmers in North Dakota which has become a political force of substantial power. Assertion by the organized opponents of the Nonpartisan farmers that it is the purpose of the League to establish free love in the state; Issue on a book by Ellen Key, "Love and Ethics" which was put into the library at Bismarck.

Presents information on the political party Nonpartisan League in Minnesota. Report that the collapse of the political tactics of the conservatives in the recent extra session of the Minnesota legislature has left the way practically clear for a Nonpartisan League victory in that state in 1920; Statement that the Nonpartisan League was not only nonpartisan but it was in effect bipartisan; Discussion of the instructions given to members of the League; Focus on the victory of the League in North Dakota; Statement that the League will control the Republican party as a result of the 1920 the old bipartisan machine has not surrendered.

Focuses on the charges of disloyalty made against the Nonpartisan League, the farmer's movement which started in North Dakota. League's admission that the opposition has been able to cause them trouble on the disloyalty issue; Incorporation of practically all the program of war economics advocated by the League into the nation's war policies; Impact on the organization of the attitude of some of its members immediately prior to and following the entrance of the United States into the war.

Focuses on the Farmers' Union Progressive Alliance, founded by the Farmers' Union at a two-day conference in Jamestown, North Dakota on June 7. Report that the Alliance will support progressive men and issues, irrespective of party; Information on the history of the progressive movement in North Dakota and the recent developments in the state; View that the farmers are losing faith in the leadership of the political parties.

Focuses on the hold of a caucus by the North Dakota Legislature to come up with a solution on the seed and feed problem of farmers. Decision of the legislature to enable the counties to issue bonds and lend the proceeds to the farmers for the purchase of seed and feed. Request of the farmers for a solution to their problem; Inability of farmers to secure credit from banks; Need for the farmers to reach its quota for the year.

Comments on North Dakota's issuance of bonds to help in the operation of a state bank. Sentiment of the investing public towards the bond issue and the creation of a state bank; Interest of the state in the financing of agriculture by loans from a state bank; Arguments that the establishment of a state bank is a step toward a differentiation of financial functions required by the common interest.

Reports on evidence in the Northwest states that the Democrats and Republicans are moving towards a coalition driven by the Nonpartisan League. Destruction of the Democratic party as a political force in North Dakota and Minnesota; Struggle in Minnesota between the Democrat-Republicans and the "independents" or the Farmer-Labor party; Strategy used by the foes of the Nonpartisan League in the primaries; Conditions that dictate the tactics of each state.

Reveals the factors that affected the performance of state-operated enterprises in North Dakota founded by the state's ruling Nonpartisan League. Effect of the great depression of 1920-21 in the Middle West; Opposition of large banks and grain traders; Farm loans of the Bank of North Dakota.