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THE PRODUCERS NEWS Paper of the people, by the people, for the people By Peoples Publishing Company, Publishers CONTINUING—The Outlook Promoter, The Out look Optimist, The Dooley Sun, The Antelope In dependent, The Sheridan County News, The Pio neer Press and the Sheridan County Farmer. CHARLES E. TAYLOR, Editor and Manager FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1929 D. A. R. PATRIOTISM Joseph Patrick O'Brien III, the high school student of Tucson, Arizona, to whom the Daughters of Ameri Revolution has refused to award a prize although 44 can his essay on the policy of the United States in Nicar agua was judged the best of those submitted in test which they sponsored, has got his money just the same, says the Bowbells (N. D.) Tribune "The Nation, liberal weekly, after reading Pat's essay which outraged the D, A. R. by criticizing the way the United States has conducted its relations with a weaker neighbor, for warded to him the $7 which was at stake. 'Never, says The Nation, 'has a gift of $7 given the giver a more sublime and hilarious sense of downright virtue.' a con Pat's essay, in part, follows; For years American business men have had interests in Nicaragua. American capi tal has developed the natural resources of that republic; this investment of time and money has always been welcomed by the government of Nicaragua; they appreciate the benefits derived from this solicitation, but they do contest the right of the govern ment of the United States to control the destinies of their nation for 'the protection of American lives and property.' The conduct of the United States gov ernment during the Panama revolt has been called atrocious, but it is as nothing com pared to the inconceivably un-American at titude of President Coolidge and the state department during the recent Nicaraguan revolt. Our marines have been sent to Nic aragua to safeguard American lives, and, while doing this violated the sacred char <4 4 44 4 acter of the ballot by controlling Nicaragu elections to suit the desires of the Amer ican state department. Our government re peatedly refused to recognized Dr. Sacasa General Chamorro as Nicaraguan ex ecutives, claiming that neither had been lawfully elected. Whether or not there is any truth to this charge is not known at the present time, but the immediate recog nition of Senor Diaz, who was friendly to American interests, causes suspicion as to the validity of these charges. Diaz accomr plished no more while in office than his pre decessors, but merely because he was sup ported by the government of the United States. What could a nation of 800,000 people accomplish against the wishes of the government of a neighboring nation of 120,000,000 inhabitants? . . . " 'Perhaps some day the people of the United States will forbid their government to perform acts contrary to the principles of democracy for which this nation stands; and the Stars and Stripes, freed from the blemishes of imperialism, will stand once more as the symbol of liberty and democra cy for all. an or » >9 The above incident well illustrates what the Daugh ters of the American Revolution considers patriotism. This organization of snobs is a very good picture of just what the actual Ladies of the American Revo lution did not stand for, also just what the Tory ladies did. How time and conditions change things! The mothers, wives, sweethearts and daughters of the motley but resolute band that fired the shot heard round the world, were those who were resisting on the part of Great Britain the very acts, that have been perpetrated upon the weak and defenseless nation of Nicaragua. No where can the D. A. R. find language in the American revolutionary literature to defend or justify the indefensible policy of naked American imperialism in the little Latin republic to the south. The D. A. R. would make the boys who fought Bunker Hill blush for shame. on » WET BLANKET And now after we have ourselves convinced that the — ensuing few years are freighted with prosperity and world^wide expansion in business along comes these financial and political prophets and experts to throw cold water on our hopes; with a line of calamity howls. Sam Hill, whoever he is but who seems to be a wise one, who writes a special column which is being syn dicated to the farmers' and progressive papers of the northwest, wrote in his column which was released on March 28: A few weeks ago this column foretold the coming of a ruinous panic. As might be expected nobody paid any attention to it. But here is Lionel D. Edie, professor of fi nance in Chicago university, prdeicting a business "recession." Recession is a fine $2.50 college word for going backward. What does a College professor know about business? Very well, pass him up and list en to Sir George Paish, the world's great est authority on economics. He says; "I predict the approach of the greatest finan cial crisis in history. It will come in the spring. I wish I were exaggerating but I am not." He may be mistaken. He is servative and inclined to view "progress" with alarm. Then take the extreme radical side of it and harken to Leon Trotzky, who says over and oyer: "The greatest crash in history of mankind awaits us in less than a year." You men on the farm will be the lucky ones. You will at least have food. As for this column it has but one satisfaction —it anticipated the major prophets by a bout six weeks. Recall the words; "It is certain to collapse Respite all the nursing and newspaper propaganda and when it comes the farmer will find it in his heart to pity the innumerable victims." And then Sam Hill goes on to regret that the farm population has been and is now so rapidly diminishing that there are so many less to be "setting pretty" when this impending calamity befalls in the following lines: ». farm will not shelter as many as It did. After twenty years there are five million less people on the farms arid the loss would have been greater in farm popu lation but for the high birth rate. Driving SÄ °? t! îfi. farm and robbin 8 'hem of their land will have a considerable share in ^ creating the "business recession" that the magi of finance see in the distance like a cloud no larger than bv^thp Pr V hlS b v agTe ? s Wlth tbe ar gument advanced bytheProduces 7 News that the farmers inning is oom Ing. When the great industrial collapse comes, which a con a man's hand. it will, just as surely as the agricultural collate «me ; the public will be forced again back to first P Pj that the food of man comes after all r °h 1 . and the earth that produces the things folks cat is, after all, the very foundation of the P rocesses of Mankind will be eating and doing the necessary to buy and produce food when they quit buying gas and radios. All of these things people can get along wi - have food, shelter and clothing m out, but they must order to live, and when the industrial debacle occurs concerned with these fundamentals, and though modern people will be will return to the land and food even have to be foregone and it be necessary conveniences to produce it by their own labor. . Then will it be, markets gone, idustries shut down, securities and bonds more of a drug on the market than farm mortgages were, and money lenders and investors will relearn the novel fact that the best securities m the world are those based upon solid ground—good farming land—and that when that fails then there will be nothing sound. Once again this primitive fact of life is realized, the man with the acres will be the man with the only sure thing there is in this world. CRIME OF 1929" AND THE MONTANA FREE PRESS << The columns of a recent issue of the Producers News contained an outline of procedure, under caption, "Crime of 1929" proposed as a remedy for present un just, inequitable mines-tax provisions. Subject to revision, by unbiased persons who may have ideas of improvement, this newspaper offered a definite plan of action for correction of the present mines-tax abuse. In this connection the Producers News called for the support of all independent newspapers, and these were asked to give expression to their views. The article, "Crime of 1929" was reproduced by the Montana Free Press, without comment and under cap tion: "The Montana Press Press does not neces sarily indorse statements printed in this col hut prints them to give free expression umn to the varied views of its readers." Of course, past performance being evidentiary, the Free Press "does not necessarily endorse" anything. It has a telescope through which it visualizes only the A. C. M. And from its observations the Free Press does not prescribe. It has remedy. Its editorial shrapnel is aimed at the moon with hope of winging the A. C. M. in the course of its no flight. The nine copper press newspapers, of which the Free Press complains, are the organs df the public utilities monopolies of this state. One paper would suffice foi the A. C. M. if that Company were politically and fin ancially separated from the utilities group. Sympathy of interests explains, and answers the question, "Why the ownership?" of the nine newspapers—a question that should have, long ago, been answered by the Free Press. How the deficits of these nine newspapers are shared is the question that should be answered. In publishing monopolists utility propaganda as news items, the Free Press is as liberal as the Trust Press. As to monopolists and Joe Dixon, the trust press and the anti-trut press are in accord. While the Free Press is a medley of contradiction, it has pointed to many irregularities by way of exposure, and for that reason is, excepting only the Producers News, the best paper in Montana. FARM RELIEF AT LAST Bowbells (N. D.) Tribune Congress is now convened in special session for the avowed purpose of enacting legislation for the aid and relief of the agricultural industries. The first and special session of the 71st congress opened on Monday, with the ground work for its labors already laid out following hearings before the senate and . house committees on agriculture during the past two weeks. The general assumption is that legislation will be enacted creating a federal farm board with a wide range of authority and sufficient funds at its disposal to assist cooperative marketing associations in handl ing and selling staple farm crops, revision of tariff on agricultural products is also ex pected. In a prepared address over radio station WRC at Washington, D. C., last Friday evening, Sen ator Lynn J. Frazier gave a comprehensive review of the farm situation and expressed his ideas on relief measures,. The full context of his address is reprint ed on another page, and we commend it to your at tention as a clear, logical survey of farm conditions. While Senator Frazier appears to concur with the idea of a farm board to work in conjunction with co operatives in maintaining an orderly marketing sys tem, he would have it go farther and assist in handl ing surplus crops. He favors giving the board power to determine average cost of production on such staple Such action on products as wheat, cotton, etc., and guaranteeing that price, plus a small percentage of profit, to farmers. Any surplus over the amount of such commodity needed for home consumption would be stored in gov ment warehouses and receipts issued to the producers, 80 per cent of the world price being paid to them at time of storage. The senator believes that if such a » surplus were sold below the determined cost of pro duction it would automatically regulate the amount of production. Such a system of marketing would not increase the cost of food products to consumers, because the mar gin between the price the producer receives and the price the consumer pays would be cut in two. It is estimated that the producers now receives only nine billion of dollars for farm products, while the consum er pays 30 billion for them. Proper distribution and handling, while not raising the price to consumers, would give the farmer the 6% billion dollars he has been losing through disorganized selling. The farm marketing situation is compared to six million fac tories without any selling agency, and it is obvious that when farmers are compelled to sell on an unor ganized market at prices manipulated and fixed by organized business they cannot expect to succeed. It is not easy to confer to a disorganized industry, mil hons of men on millions of farm, producing without method or plan, the prosperity enjoyed by well orga nized quantity production industry that pays good dividends. In respect to tariff readjustment, Senator Frazier cites figures given before the agricultural committee showing that since the present tariff law has been in Sfinrfnnn nnn 1111 ^ 0 St f t ! s has ^Ported an average of $600,000,000 more of farm products than were ex ported, and that those products could just as well have been produced ni the United States if proper ÄrsÄS.™ them 10 " ake h pr ° fitabi * to Some congressmen have insisted that President Hoover wnte a farm relief bill and let the party rfall buTYhTïrl-J 11 ! 1 Ws ca^aten promises last toll, but the president would probably say: "No, you . 11 and pass ^ i«* too toolish I will' dS pass M ^ ar /> head of tb e committee on farm relief has asked John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Henry Ford Charie^M ^hwab J p. Morgan, Paul M. Warburg ywen D. Young and other eminent financiers and in fram? n . f***™ *. give the committee !<lrice to Äe?s 'ïï/SiÆl iÄ'S arte: a «S ?? m Charley Westphal Writes In teresting Letter to Friends Port Clinton, Ohio. April 20, 1929. Producers News, Plentywood. Dear Friend si: The figures on the wrapper of your valuable weekly visitor informs me that my subscription is due. rortun ately I possess exactly $o.lo tooa> so here goes the P. O. money order to Producers News, $3.00, money order 10 cents, baljance one hot dog. Progress and prosperity are rolling right along with the high flood waters and high speed cars. Enclosed find clipping rom ° eo Blade lauding the mechanical super-J m in* r - . . » _1 Students ^ economics ha ^8 since known I of the process 01 tnrow ing mere men in the human scrap heap. The machine eliminates him. He is not needed or wanted read the article. One can not help notice how the writer boasts about the fine homes and conditions of the preferred 50 men who remain on the 30b. Also how easily he dispenses with the other 250 and their dependents. Its up to them to go elsewhere to seek employ ment in oth|er large industries where the same process is going on and on in many factories of this section. Many skilled lathe men are receiving little as 50 cents to 65 cents per hour. Skillled wood workers building some of the finest yachts afloat as low as 40 cents per hour. I have read many soft pedal ar tides on quèstions that concerned la hnr Armnir thp manv it seems to me that this one is a pern The 250 Liners and their denend ents lust iJass out of the nicture as one rnio-ht Lsnuff out a kerosen lamp lieht ^ T P Mav wocneritv he with vou all nntn WP meet aeain hptecr Have Tha S W WSTPHAL J I as DOLIN VS. WÄCHTER L IBERTY FARM Wm. C. Wächter Medicine Lake, Mont. April 12, 1929 Producers 'News, Plentywood. Dear Sirs Dolin e vjidently had a nightmare when he received Judge Felts' deci sion, and learned that the Judge had beat him out of a couple of thousand dollars—tlje prospective bank roll he had planned to "gyp" out of the Lib erty farm. — He could not pull any peach peels over Judge Felts' eyes—as Judge Felt knows a farmer's honest rights. Joe of course could not put in a big headline on the front page of his towel, anything about how he got let down on his ^kin game, so he had to call the attention of his few readers to the school election to occupy* hi? facetious Jnind. Joe has had no news for his towel since the presidential election, so he had to brew up a slur on the proprie tor of the Liberty Farm (Barnyard Serenader ). Joe contends that anyone who knows no more than to raise children to go to school, and pay his taxes, should not know enough to go to school elections to vote or to have a | candidate on the ticket who has hau j experience and knows the need and ! welfare of the children'to represent! them. We should have a wiser one for! this office. Of course Joe is wise— \ he knows his beans. He has to spread ' the beautiful sunshine and boost up | home folks as he may need them to' help him in some of his fictitious games—to try to beat an honest man out of seme crops or land or some thing. Of course Joe has me handicapped —he is playing his own game, can put up any old stuff in his towel and send it omt—sample copy, and pay no postage and tell the readers who are weak enough all the slurs, etc. he prints. I have as much chance at his game as he would have out here on the farm with my game. At any rate let the people know a little of life's other side. And it was Judge Felt who beat lit tle Joe out of his share of the crop after I had bought the land and paid for it, and not me. Joe thought I was just damn fool enough to let him slip something ov er, but now he is a wise little bird. We knoW that he has the courage of a lion, the ambition of a mule, the disposition of a snake and the reputa tion of a skunk. WM. C. WÄCHTER, Proprietor of Liberty Farm. COPPER PRESS HOLD IS BROKEN AT LAST Butte, Mont. — (FP)—No less than nii|ie daily papers in Montana are controlled by the Anaconda Cop per Mining Co, and on the streets of Butte one frequently hears the statement that "Montana is ruled from thje sixth floor of the Hennes sey Bldg"—Anaconda headquarters. Now W. A. Clark, son of one of the earjy miming magnates in the state, hjag launched an independent Viaily krfown as the Free Press, and has openly challenged Anaconda. Three years ago the Butte Miners' Union could not buy am inch of space for organization advertising in any Butte daily. The Free Press' policy of giving space to union ac tivities has resulted in even the An aconda papers' assuming more friendly attitude. A local la bor movement as well knit and and unilted as exists in Butte is in a strategic position in such situations. a much RETIREMENT bill COMES UP AGAIN Washington—(FP)—Federal em ployes' unions have secured the re-in troduction in Congress of the Dale hill which was pocket-vetoed by Pres ident 'Co|olidge in March. This bill raises to $100 a month the maximum retirement pay for veteran civil ser vice employes. it law -THE WASHINGTON SCENE ü ri By LAWRENCE TODD, Federated Press f:a - 1 Washington.—"I shall ask all pres-1 ent who are to testify on behalf of ! Station WCFL to stand and be sworn" 1 announced Hope Thompson, counsel for Chicago labor's broadcasting sta tion, at the start of hearings before Federal Radio Commission, April More than a hundred men and wo men> spokesmen of organized labor, a delegation of western farmers, rose an( j chorused "I do" in answer to ^he recital of the oath. Then five per song rose an( j were sworn as witnesses for the opposition. Thompson came before the commis si(m prepared ^ it a real picture of the significance of the American labor movement. A meeting of labor un j on execu tives had been held at the American Federation of Labor head q uar t ers the previous day whên the p r0 g ram was g 0n e over and the radio p j an 0 £ \\rcFL was explained to its f r j eT1( j s when the hearing began the ' representatives were all on j ian< |^ ready to hear Frank Morrison, Mathew Well and Victor 01a:;Jer out history and aims of the la ^ or moV ement ; n this country, and t h en to offer their individual testi mon y as to what their respective un j ons are donig to support station WCFL. , AROR ttcuc rat>T() LABOR USES KAUU What organized labor in C icago, as represented by the Chicago 1 edera turn of Labor s broadcas ing e "ter pnse, wants of the federal radio 0 - mission is a clear channel 24 hours a day and three or more of the short wave lengths for use in rebroadcast ing and in point-to-<point commercial sending. One wave is now being used j in this commercial work. The re broadcasting is planned as a nation I wide chain of stations, each receiving the program of WCFL by short wave I instead of by telephone wire—the present means of chain broadcasting, LABOR BROADCASTING v '■TT ,"*■ T M T ,**, T ,*"■ T T T ,**, T.**, T ,* A New and Mightier hmh K Jja K Jfiÿ B3 gjj ÏÎ S3 ça M w BS gg H ça gj Jtf (9 B3 o . i ù i i> f th 1 la MIGHTY MONARCH OF THE AIR AI Free Home Demonstration! Any Time Anywhere Any Place Ph W( » % of Ï - I * is If IZI S > V m pr * QUALITY YOU CAN ACTUALLY FEEL ou th * Hi he * ric. i_i mu ! IZI m HP tin I * I £ m Ill IZI m m * m We want you to try the this marvelous new set in your own hom< along side of any other make of Radio. We're certain that once you've "sat at the wheel'' of the Mighty Majestic, you'll be satisfied with no other Radio, m Model 71 * * * * w»ll * Positively No Obligation * a PF Model 72 * for If reception is possible on any Radio, it is better on the Majestic. * co *. 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I A r ^ mmrnrnrnm ™ r (Engineers have assured Manager Nockels and Mr. Thompson that one clear broadcasting channel and two short waves will be enough to estab lish a system which will reach all over the world. However, they are planning just now on recalling 100 That organized labor is capable of supporting a big station and operating it without lowering the general level of musical and dramatic features, Thompson and Nockels were ready to prove. The financial support given the station by trade unionists in the Chicago region surprised the commis sioners when that phase of the testi mony was reached. But that orga nized labor should be given the chance to send strike appeals into the homes of millions of people, and tell of crimes committed by company gun men, constabulary and such mobs as, that which kidnapped Hoffman and McCrady at Elizahethton-that open d vista of possible stirring up of pubUc opinio £ Commissioners Robinson, Sykes and Lafount would ^ t consider it very cautiously. 011 the other hand ' there seemed 710 legal or other ground for refusing to grant the request of so great an ele ment in the population of Chicago and of Illinois, that a clear channel be given it, and that the two or three short waves for experimenting in re broadcasting be likewise allowte l to WCFL. Refusal would not only be difficult to explain, hut it would small stations in this country. Most of the program would, of ne cessity, be simply entertainment feat ures. But at intervals the labor broad casters would send out news of strikes wage negotiations, cost of living, un employment figures, proposed legis lation for old age pensions, etc., to build the labor movement and carry on its propaganda for a higher stand ard of life for everyone. LABOR CAN'T BE DENIED arouse protest from all United States. T . , over it would lead contest in the federal courts if .. 8 commission gave the Chicago Fp i ation of Labor the major part of ÜCr ' asked, good-will would be for the commission. the to what cheated STATION MAY BE GRANTED These considerations pointed to final decision favorable to Wppi* They indicated that within a , months Chicago labor would be * ew gaged in a tremendous expei ini broadcasting serious discussion ■ ^ i n people's struggle for bread it 01 petition with jazz and stock quotations. arket « „ • 1 * ** * f af j nnt : nn ' lu he * , ^ Z Ill " 1 * fm y n i ovmpnt Ä t '1 th , . n ^a Un ' • ! * ? J • ,• . **.. ra " 8 ' ! portatim service of the railroads. • \ * but throughout the industries of * i * America generally, • ( * He says that this shortening of • * the work Hay should include in * ( ♦ its benefits the farming industry, • * .os mapidlv as means can he devis. * j * ed for giving the farmer an eeon- * * omic chance to reduce his working * * hours. » * „ * ****** t Prospects are progressing f or water and sewage system at Tontme River Indian agency as well as hit* powered electric connections for Law. Deer. ne COLQUITT NAMED FOR MEDIATION BOARD Washington — (FP)— O. B. Col quitt, former Democratic governor of Texas, was nominated April 16 by President Hoover to be a member of the U. S. Board of Mediation, which handles rail labor disputes. Colquitt was a leader of the Hoover Democrats in Texas during the recent campaign He will succeed former Gov. Pat Neff whose confirmation was stopped in the Senate by the efforts of the rail labor organizations. Neff was charg ed with gross inefficiency and preju dice. NORRIS FOR 6-HOUR DAT -