The producers news. [volume], August 30, 1918, Page 2, Image 2

About The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937

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Attention ~~
Small individual store co-op
a. thing of the past.
The Montana Stores -o.C a for*
poration,. is co-operating on a plan
where the power of co-operation will
be of mutual benefit to the commpni
ty and state. Anyone interested in
co-operation. should ac4uaint them
selves with the principles and work
ing plan of- the Montana Stores Co.,
now operating in Sheridan County,
Montana. *
All inquiries and dates for explana
tion on these principles will be cheer
fully attended to by
44
Gus W. Vahi
Promoter
Whitetail, - Mont.
COOL DRINKS FOR
Ot; Da y s
Walk in and sit down
We will treat you right
THE VALLEY
Kelly & Goodman, Proprietors
Robt. R. Kahle
OUTLOOK
Sells the Champion Cream Saver
Threshers'Supplies
*Belttig.
Tan
fro.
~Wslg1, p.C:' Magistý 40
The n e # _r
tisan league oo accounit of the farim
~' de e MMQtiatt hal zasnWSI ,
a. setet doeunkeut sent out by the
i~eaIen) of a Wisconsin risk co
Sto. if g s reeWi8 this. Zn
th o varn tor agen tit corpora
tion head refers to administration
bills as "Soialistic meassres which
iinkof Prusasnism." le then
prjoe ds to point them out, saying:
"The business of insurance is at
stake. Many of us do not yet real
ize it, and others have just awakened
to the grave fact, Powerful forces
are at work at Washington to secure
governmental control of all branches
of the business. Socialistic, measures
which smack of Prussianism have, as
you are aware, been introduced ip
congress, which. are a serious inenacz
to the existence of that great necea
sity to America's future- private in
insurance. Does not the following
list of these activities justify this
conclusion:
"Governmental war risk insurance
for shipping.
"Gans measure, prepared by How
ard Gans, attorney for the treasury
department, providing insurance for
all war properties and food stuffy
(which fortunately did not reach
congress.)
'Proposed law to rehabilitate Z4
encmy-owned companies as Ameri
can companies. (Will not these com
panics be 'sold to the United States'
as permitted by the bill, and thus
form a substantial nucleus for a fleet
of government-controlled fire insur
ance companies ?)
"Decision not to cover merchant
snips now being launched.
I "Introduction of bill to create a
Liberty Insurance league,*authorizing
.a $300,000,000 insurance company, to
carry insurance of whatever nature.
"Order to railroads and railroad
stcamships not to renew fire insur
ance on their properties or cargoes.
."Assumption of liability under
railway mortgages protected by in
surance.
"Hostile attitude of capital issues 1
committee toward new private cap- S
ital in insurance. t
.. Senator Lewis' bill to extend bu c
u of war risk insurance to include a
ustrial woriers for all classes of c
insurance.
"Bureau of farm risk insurance
bill. t
"Upwards of $25,000,000 of fire i
and marine insurance premiums have c
already been withdrawn from pri- a
vate insurers and assumed by the
government, meaning a loss to the i
companies of insurance on railways, I
ships, cargoes, wheat in terminal ele- I
vators, etc. Further lose of insur
ance on telegraph and telephone pro
perties taken over by the government
niay be expected, and the end is not 1
yet." * 4
This secret stab at war measures
-states that 250,000 persons are en
gaged in the insurance business. Far
from being an argument for the con
tinuance of the wasteful door-to-door
solicitation of insurance, this' is a
'plain reason why the business should
'e combined under the government,
that thousands of the employes may
a be set free to engage in more pro
ductive labor, supplying materiais'
for carrying on the war.
"Cgrtain officials in Washington
have placed the stamp of their ap-
proval on social insurance," this cor
poration president whines, and he
closes by urging every agent to take
up the menace with political lea3
ers, editors, heads of commercial,
civic, farm, labor or similar organi
zation,, claiming' their aid for pro
\ tecting private business, and to se
cure the "best men" for congress.
CONE RESS AND THE. PACKERS
A bill for the takihg over and op
eration of the principal. stockyards
of the country, along 'with the refrig
erator cars and cattle cars, by the
rail oad is atioi ; and for the
;I ing ovr~ peiion of the
branch houses and -rage ware?
beiby the
asYthed' th.
Will&
~ Vexbe."
vents take t oue,
wre lined up agaixnst publc ,opera. ý M. _
f stockyards that they
nine to struct as *r
le becode too CtiVe li .
Lhis measure. He will, perhaps, send
his views oftithe Witter, privately, to
the senators who are toaW
speak for the adninistyathl in
connittee. But it is likely that be
will let the senate discover, from
first-hand testimony by, federal trade
representatives and by the Chicago
packing barons, how serious a dan
ger to' the allied cause is the pack
ers' combination in control of the
allies' meat supplies. "
PRESIDENT FIGHTS DAM LEAS'ý
President Wilson let it be known
through Congressman Scott Ferris of
Oklahoma, that he is opposed to the
clause in the present waterpower bill
that would force the public to pay
an exorbitant price to regain control
of waterpower sites leased to private
corporations by the government.
The bill, as now written, provides
for 50-year leases, with a provision
that these leases could be repur
chased at the end of that time by
paying the original investment of the
private corporation.
"The- president feels, as I do, that
the public should be forced to pay
only actual value and not the origin
al investment," said 'erris. "He will
also fight to force corporations with
waterpower leases to show why their
leases should be continued at the end
of the 50-year period, instead of forc
ing the federal government to show
why the leases should not be con
MISTREAT THE SUFFRAGIST
The suffragists, who have been
holding meetings at the foot of the
statutes to Iafayette and Rocham
beau, in the little park opposite the
White House, have succeeded in the
one thing' they set out to accomplish.
They have made the whole country
realize that the senate is still block
ing the suffrage amendment, and
that personal letters from the presi
dent to two or three members of the
senate have not assured the passage.
of the amendment when, congress re
sumes iegular work.
Anyhow, these 'women of the Na
tional Woman's party have been ar
rested four times within a few
days. They are arrested after they
start making speeches they ride to
police headquarters; they are held
few minutes or a few hours; they go
free; then they go ),ack to their
headquarters and discuss 'plans for
another meeting. Finally 26 were
sent to jail for from five to 14 days.
A lot of the biggest policemen grab
bed the. girls in an' effort to tear
their bows of iibbon, in the suffrage
colors, from their shoulders. Several
of the girls were hurt in the tussle.
One policement broke a girl's finmer. -
Another twisted the, wrist of a girl
until she had to be taken to a sur
'gcon to see whether the bones were
broken.
Dr. Sarah Lockrey, of Philadelphia,
paid her fine at the jail and was. re-.
!eased. Slhe is a surgeon and is tak
ing the place of several doctors who
have gone to France with the army.
On account. of having to perform two
operations iA Philadelphia the next
day she asked that she might pay her
fine and be released.
THE PEOPLE CHOOSE
The president's action in regard to
congressional election indicates that
- in some instances he has been mis
- ted. In opposing the renomination of
- Representative Huddleston, , the ad
I ministration might have conferred
the office on the corporation gang
represented by Underwood. The Ala
- bama Power coipany, whose bitter
3 enemy 1uddidsto had been for~many
- years, hpped f his. defeat. The
e young laborm : evenwet the lirm
Sengbam steel *itd coal region aad the
3 Ranet) prevent.4 thi. *istoke.
The predebt isany here feel, CM
not kuqw local conditIon, In wetk
far from wto Oel enongh to
" E-1~ Ii~
Wo l ehim this weather
.6 bea WIthe jump be
ebe- knows that you need his
, #6t fce at very small cost
will save, a whole lot of expense in
reeervin) Priskbble goods.
Everybody wants the ICE MAN
now. Call hime yourself, today.
,Ar GoNI ENTAL OIL CO., for' Pure
Missour `River Ice, Office phone No 3. Service at
all hours. L t . heavy draying, phone 141.
_. ?rJ. A. KJETSVRUP, Po
IAC~r It P~i~tK LINE PLENTY WOOD, OT
A R SFER LINE
Minin Supplies
Buy your blasting powder now, the
demnand will cause a shortage. Our
supply is going to be very short. . .
'ZEIDLER HARDWARE
PLEN WOOD, MONTANA
Save the Middle
Man's Profit
SELL YOUR CREAM DIRECT
to us. We will sell our products
to the consumer. We can ship
the finished product cheaper
than you can the raw material.
Cash prompt payments.
Come in and see us.
PLENTYWOOD CREAMERY CO.
Plentywood, Montana
You'll find more tobaco sat'
isfaction in the condensed
Real Gravely Chewing pitg
than in a thick piece of or di
nary tobacco.
Peyton ran
Real C ravelY
l0c a pouch-ad '
l c a u - aAGr a v e l y l a s t ss c r m u c ia l o
tone to chcw than m
P. B. Gravely Tobacco.
Danville, Virg