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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-20

of the grain business, Armour owning
go country elevators and eight in CHI
cage and two in Kansas City. This
is over Is per Get of the terminal ele-
vator capacity of those centers.
perhaps it would demonstrate more
clearly the change Of hart of the
Merchants of North Oak ia, to quote
directly from their sccrfe advice to
their membership:
Then there are breakfast foods,
grape juice, stock and chicken feeds,
fertilizer, coal, fence posts, wire fenc-
ing, builders hardware, binding twine,
lumber, mill-work, cement, lime plas-
Ter, brick, sand, gravel and roofing.
add the instrument of control
such as stockyards, private refriger-
ator car lines, cold-storage plants
branch house system or wholesale dis
tribution, banks and real estate, con
slider what the Big Five ramifes over
North and South America, and the
1 Immensely sinister potentialities O
the combined packers can be glinnpsed
Finally, the Big Five has distri-
buting houses in 1908 towns from
which they operate 9,297 wagon an(
truck routes, covering no less, prob
ably, than 10000 tons-Armour alon,
covering ,681 towns.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-20
The County S Future

Now that the war is over, intelli-
gent people everywhere are commenc-
ing to take stock and lay plans-lay
plans for the future. This stock TAX
ing and planning is going on all over
the United States, all over the world,
among all conditions and classes of
people.
Affairs, economic and political are
not the same now as they were before
the war and the wheels of time are
not to be turned Disadvantages can
not be unscrambled, status quo ante
bellum cannot be restored.
"Humpty-dumpty sit on the wall;
HumptyDumpty had big fall.
All the Kings soldiers,
All the Kings men,
Couldn't put Humpty-dumpty to-
gether again"
The above are not facts because this
paper says they are; they are facts
because they are the truth. This writ
er did not make the conditions which
brought these effects about.
The facts will have to be met and
accepted, because they are facts and
cannot be denied.
If flood occurred today, all would
have to swim instead Of walk or else
get a beat. No one would be so silly
as to nv to walk if the water were
ten feet deep.
Sheridan county, Montana, is no
exempt frcT1 the law of change
Things her2 are not the same as they
were five GERS ago and this fact mus
be recognized both by the farmer
and the business nacn, and the end O
the war is ger % have its effects OF
this section O. i'.o world as well as i
will upon all other sections.
What are some of the changes tina
are taking place and will take place
as the future develops?
In the first place free land is :
thing of the past All land coming
into the hands of different partie
must be bought and paid for either il
money or certificate of indebtedness
Of some kind.
There has been a series of ba,
crops Many farmers have waste
their equity in their homestead
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-20

The following editorial is taken
from the December 10Th issue Of the
Grand Forks American, the farmers
daily Of that city. It is interesting,
both to business men and farmers as
showing the inevitable trend of the
times.
One of the saddest facts of the
times, is the dupes that big Bust
ness" is making out Of the small busi-
ness man. 1t is almost impossible OF
comprehension. Is it fact that the
small business man knows less about
economies, understands less of the his
toric significance of the activities GO
ing on in the world today, than the
farmer toiling by himself on the farm
or the laborer working at the forge?
If this is the truth, how is the fact
explained. Is it because our small
business man is too stupid to learn OF
to understand the real meaning of the
things taking place about him, or IS
he so surrounded by a fog Of narrow
mindedness and prejudice, that the
light of reason and understanding can
not find point of penetration? We
wonder how much longer the little
business man will be lulled by the sir
en- song of Big Business, and snooze
in the ecstacy of a fools paradise,
while their craft drifts against the
rocks of destruction.
Wake up, boys, and learn what is
going on now. 1t is pleasant to think
now and then. Think, just for once,
carefully and seriously over the ar
ticle that follows, forgetting for the
time being, Jerry Bacon's small bust
ness mems mental Knockout" drops.
FOE OF SMALL BUSINESS
"The day, of course, was bound to
come when the merchants of North
Dakota would come to see things as
do the farmers. The time when every
keeper of village store considered
that his business interests were bound
up with what the farmers call big
business is slipping fast away.
"Many farmer has pointed out to
his store keeper that the true inter-
ests of every merchant lay with his
customers. Many merchant has re,
fused to listen, and has continued to
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-20

Tho foolish rawlings OF our ungo
nress and their plutocratlc packers
have seldom been shown up In oetter
,;nh+ than in their discussion OF IN
deronities and Germany's after-the-
,,-ar trade. First they tell US OF the
enormous sums the Germans should
- made to pay, with totals surpass-
mo the national wealth OF Germany
and on the same page or in the same
1roa+b that Germany should be ex'
olnded from foreign trade. II the IN
IDENTITIES proposed by them were to
- 1ov;ad the Germans might well ask
- - he content to take their whole
country and forget the balance.
IF we levy huge indemnities, the
Germans must, of necessity, repudl
ata their own war debt and most o.
the privately issued stocks and bonds
o. The national income would all 81
for interest charge and payment OF
nr;ncinal. and the people who produc'
Tho wealth would not be able to eat
oven with wartime regularity. Henc
# We force this issue to anywher
near the extent demanded by the biz
o,.oes vo would destroy the basis TO
German capitalism, and introduc
there an industrial democracy wit
which we could not compete in pro
d,,c;no goods. In other words, hug
ndeYnnities would compel the German
70 adopt what the press raves ever
more about under the, terms red SO
cialism" or the ''terrible bolshevism.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-20

through crop failures during years OF
costly farming, and the farms are in
The hands of the banks. The banks
will want to get rid of these farms.
In order to do this, farmers from
the eastern section who have made
money during the war will have to De
brought to Montana, and these east
ern farmers are accustomed to lower
interest rates than are charged in this
section Of the country, and in order
to secure these settlers, conditions
must be made attractive.
During the war, the tractor has
come into general use, the gas motor
is to be found everywhere. Cheap
power means that thousands of acres
Of land will be broken and put into,
grain Many idle acres of land held
cut of cultivation by land spectators
will be put to crop, because modern
machinery makes it possible to farm
large areas without much expense or
exertion. There are many thousands
) of these acres in such states as Min
nesota, both of the Dakotas, Iowa and
Nebraska. There will be great sup
ply of labor when the soldiers return
and this will add impetus to agricul4
ture.
Whether the price of wheat will be
tained is a question. If it is
=: aimed next year, it will help this
country some, providing the crops are
7,asc ably good next year. However
The following year, when all of the
i people of the world are again back te
their homes and on the farms, with
the machinery Of production manned
to capacity, the price of grain, due tc
over-production is bound to sag.
In Sheridan county the taxes are
high. Owing to being far away from
manufacturing centers, the freight
rates are excessive. Interest taxes
are also too high.
Let us pause for moment and con
! slider what the impending change;
, spell for eastern Montana, and the1
trim the sails, both economically anc
! politically to the winds Of the future
This must be done if this country i;
saved from ruin, a ruin that will de
stroy the business man as we'll as the
5 farmer.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-20
Bankrupt In Brains

German capitalism was h..,
the fln2nciers told US, before At = 4
ended, and yet they are ~ NE Va,
double or triple the debt Of f fs,as =
rupt. Their plans are br;, Sas bank
deed! Dilaat Ii.
But this is only a part Of =,
pidity. We are urged to bov. ne sta
man goods for patriotic re.s v'' Ce'
we don't buy goods, we, of con ''.s' }
not sell and we thereby cut onse, "a
off from a market bigger tb.s '''
South America or Asia fl, 4aa a
pork, wheat, copper, oil, etc, ''8@
Assume, however, that We -,
with the boycott and are wills: su''e'i
sacrifice our great German ns., .
The income Of the German n.F s,As
thereby greatly curtailed, if u !
it could feed its population >. 'a I
Where, then, are any indemnit;.. y
come from? It is as sensiblo - ~ o
pecting poor man to pay a bi1Ir -, :
denying him work. ule
The plain truth is that Tho h.
! italistic groups, while thew ro1s. ~
that two-thirds of the big canitsr 4''
of the world was bankrupted br 's !.
war, dare not admit that new rsb,,.
are necessary to clear awsv 4.
wreckage of war. So they 90 ., ~,
the old economic foolishness and =
to stave off reform at home Nv i,
ding the people into believing a..
somehow the burden of paying for 4.
) war can be shifted to the losers
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-20

q so It IS clear that with sucn :
general stock" as is included IL '''e
lists given-besides thousands OF nnes
.nd articles not here given dlseriDu-
ton directly to the consumer anu ZIG
total elimination Of the retailer IS noo
;mnossible but could be effected quite
readily with the machinery ALREADY -
the packers hands
"At the foot of this document, 'ie
Merchants association has prlii1eu
this warning: o4,
MR.. MERCHANT, WATCH
yo11P STEP. DON'T STEP ON
YOUR OWN NECK
GUST WHAT CAN THE RETAIL
ERS DO?
"Joining with the farmers ana In
progressive groups of the towns TO
government ownership of the packinf
trust would seem to be the first step
Then a more careful cultivation O
trade. through advertising an'
through a cessation of hostility TO Tn
organized farmers is to be recon-
mended.
"But the biggest step of all mas
| been taken. It was the realization
that big business menaces the sinai
merchant just as much as it does tnf
consumer.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-20

The Poplar Standard Puoil'l'' 4,
statement as coming direct from y, y
Attorney Generals office thai . ~,
was no evidence Of election ia, ll.,i
found by Special Attorney ' Olr9
who was up to PIentywoOd n'ss s-, /
inc election discrepancies a ''a gt,,.
weeks ago. This is amusing - at 4,
EDITOR Jerome is trying to so'' !. 4
worries Of some Of his frisnos ;, i
irving to mislead the pe'PS' a.
seems likely that the Atto1n ~ /.
oral would be so confidential !, Wv nd
editor of the Poplar STANDARD !, a b
is less likely that the editor y, u sslga
paper is gulHbla enough = j.
that the Attorney Gene ..,,,,sis
would give out any inside 3l lno., i b
at this time. No, Editor 's''''
so foolish.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-20

We know when we are whipped.
The "Pie-near" Press threatens to
publish our picture in it's columns az
an act of reprisal. We lay down, have
mercy upon US! By that attack, the
"Pionear" would accomplish it's pur-
pose of discrediting this editor with
his employers, which that paper has
made peurile efforts to do in the past
few weeks. If the editor of this pa
per's picture once appeared in the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-20

If any one is in doubt as to the re-
sponsibility Of the high officials in the
state and nation for the mob violence
and frame-up against the Nonpartisan
league, let him try mobbing member
OF the Old gang. He will quickly dis
cover that we have laws Of surprising
severitr against mob violence and ev-
en- against frame-ups and that If state
and federal officials can not find him
at once, they will pursue him to the
ends Of the earth.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-20
Proue Democracy BY Use

Mails BurlesOn and Arrest Then.t,,
h &c o o do # h Country Gregor
with his 10000 special agents, b.
long to Wilson just as much as hs
peace terms. The war is over; vet h.
inquisition is still on.
Mob violence is still on and IA
victims lacking that protection hgl
should have had from the 150m
agents from the beginning. In spite
of the public statements against mob
violence the administration can not
point to a case where the mobbEb
have been brought to justice. Th
safe, we simply ask why?
The real foes Of imperialism and
future wars in America do not believe
as they do because they do not Ike
the Republican brand Of special inter
est CAB. They hate it in any form
and the Democrats can show Their
sincerity only by restoring to The
people the right to express opInas
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-20
The Russian Situation

The eyes of the world are turning
more and more to Russia.
Thinking and curious people are IN
curing more and more as to the
meaning of the revolutionary move
nent in Russia, known as Bolshevism,
what it is and what is it's historic
mission, why is it spreading and why
are the intrenched interests of the
world fighting it so desperately.
These people, abreast op world
events, are asking: "Why are the i'm
periaists of Italy, France, England,
and the United States, and Of the en-
tire world, more friendly to the Kais-
or and the German Junkers than they
are to the German Bolshevist?
Coming closer to home, the attitude
Of the government of the United
States towards the revolutionary gov
arnlnent of Russia, which has been so
| understandable to the students CO
International politics, is being ques-
toned and that on the floor of the
United States Senate.
There does not seem to be the har~
r1ony existing that there should be
between the american international
Policy Of Making the World Safe for
Democracy and making Russian De
nocracy either Safe or Possible"
Senator Hiram johnson Of Califor-
MA has Intercepted the United States
Department Of State on the subject Of
our attitude and policy towards Rus
STA asking several startling questions
| The Courier-News of Fargo has tht
following to say anent the resolutions
of the above senator:
| Not Liberals alone, but al thought
full persons will approve Senator Hjr
an Johnson's resolutions calling upol
he State and War departments for ;
frank statement of the United State
policy in Russia, the operations o
American troops in Russia, and al
data, documents and information bear
ing upon our relations with the Rus
sian government. 1t is a subject Whicl
calls for most thorough examinatioi
and the American people are. entitle'
70 know the facts-and all the facts.
At the present time two armies @
American soldiers are engaged in &C
i've fighting with the Soviet forces
yet there has been no declaration o
hostilities between Russia and tn
United States. Apparently it is an
other '6war" similar to those in Mex
90, San Domingo and Haiti during tn
:. past five years, Where United State
troops conducted extensive militar
operations, although the consent g
Congress is clearly demande
by the Constitution-Wa neither ash
ed nor given.
Regardless of this fact, our soldier
IRE in Russia and both Congress an
he nation should demand from the ae
-ainistrati0n an unequiv0cal statemer
# our intentions, the real truth abou
he present situation in Russia, an
he whole history of our dealings wit
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-20

that country since the overthrow OF
the Gar nearly two years ago.
Certainly ugly rumors as to the SIN
cerity of our attitude toward Russia
have never been satisfactorily set at
rest. The only way such rumors can
be checked is by frank telling OF the
truth. The government owes it to the
American people to make definite
statement at least on the following
points:
Is it true that the documents pub
lished by the Committee on Public In
formation, purporting to show that
Lenine and Trotzky were paid by Ger
many, were accepted as forgeries IN
Europe before they were Publisher
here?
Is it true that week before the
Brest- Litovsk treaty was signed, Ray
m0rd Robbins, then a representative
CT the Red Cross in Russia, assisted
in forwarding a cablegram to the De-
partment of State, stating that the So
Wet government was opposed to the
treaty, and would not sign it if the
United States would give it moral
support, and send to Russia food and
arms?
Is it true that this cabiegrau
reached Mr.. Lansing and was not laid
/ before the President until after~he hal
announced his decision in favor of in
4 tervention in Russia?
Is it true that Mr.. Bakhmeteff, sen'
1 here as a representative Of the col
l lapsed Kerensky regime, is still re.
cognized by our state department as
/ the official representative of Russia II
this country?.
Is it true that Mr.. Bakhmeteff is
the head of Russian Information Blu
reau in New York, which has system.
aticalIy worked to discredit the Sow
ct government and to create public
opinion throughout this country il
favor of Intervention in Russia?
Is it true that the work of this bu.
reau has been carried on, wholly Or il
/ part, by funds furnished Russia, in tn
form of loans or credits by this cour
try for other purposes and now ad
ninistered by Mr.. Bakhmeteff a
Russian Ambassador?
Is it true that an enormous fune;
reported to be $25, 100000 or more, az
, vanced by this country to the Keren
: sky government, was used by Keren
: sky, with the knowledge of the Ameri
: can government, to put down a popu
) lar uprising in Finland? :
2 These are some of the reports tina
{ are current. 1t seems to Us that pub
| lie interests demand that such ques
/. items be answered publicly by the ri
sponsible officials. Rumors froi
) Washington as to various discredit
| able phrases of our relationships wit
: Russia are particularly disquieting.
is to be hoped that the full story 0
our relationship with the provisions
/ government, Kerensky and the 30
1 sheviIi be told.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-20

Those who think that the Nonparti-
san league has done nothing illegal
to merit mob violence, big newspaper
hostility, and frame-up arrests, should
remember that law frequently lags
behind the necessity for it. The crime
Of farmer organization is not yet re-
cognized in the law; so it must be
punished by the defenders of things
as they are, with these seemingly vio-
lent and anarchistic methods.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-20

The "Pionear" naively inqllH
whether the editor Of the "Prod's'
News" is not the Preacher 4ayle' % !
the editor Of the "Jim Jam Jels ~
mires 50 ardently. Probably LITTLE 70 %
has made up his mind that nobody ! !.
preachers can edit papers lou :.
drawing conclusions, sonny llVlD
sufficient data.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-20

columns of the ''Pionear," it F0lI
take us the rest Of our natural Lite
convince our readers that we hadl'
"done something" and joined I'd
gang.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-20
MERRY CHRISTMAS

Another has gone by, and Christmas time IS ~ aS
Again the candles are burning the Christmas il'
ue Log in the freplac the sparks fly VIDE anu
Again all is still and we hear Old Claus and ' irb
of the Renders bells cid Kris Kringle speeds on
and good will to all mankind. rdd
If you see and hear and feel ali of the above '
deaf and dumb n@
Now not the time to talk about business 10"
Ply, now is time that shouldswe with good WIS.,
However, must take advantage OF the nous re Of
customers and friends and business associates Tor ~
and associations, which enjoyed much a" VERY
been mutually happy profitable ard wish you al :
CHRISTMAS.
HOLMAN KOMPAl>'
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-20

s,,;, able roads must be built, for there
aro a. least 15o, 900 miles of improved
h;ybwav available and several thous-
nd localities in which lateral or iced
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-20

er 'outes in productive terri.
be operated throughout the s ,'osy "a
demand immediate action u0n naa
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-04-26
Insure Future In Youth,

In youth is the time to insure the
future. This is true of every kind
Of insurance. And success follows the
same law. TITS true that in youth you
have less to go on, but if you don't
make the start now you will never be
more than a "hand-to-mOuth" per-
former. You must be convinced Of the
worth of your ideal and then stake all
on making it Indispensable to the
world. You will have to show the
world you believe in 1t. The world
may even demand proof in sacrifice.
Hesitate and you are lost. Pay the
price of your belief promptly and con-
stantly and the future will be more
welcome in consequence. 1t isn't the
noise you make that counts-it's the
good you do. Even that may be ques-
toned by some folks, but you know
when it's genuine. So begin now.
Keep your ideals high and back them
up with the service that commands
respect and the world will return the
purchase price of your ideal with in
terest.-Grit.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-04-26
Sprouts After 1000 Years.

At the Zensui Temple, Iwane village,
Koga-gun, Shiga Prefecture, very an
cient wooden idol of Vaisravana was
opened four years ago and some rice
that had reposed therein fully ten CEN
turtles was removed and planted. The
seeds terminated and the rice grown
therefrom appears to be similar in all
respects to that Of the present day.
The yield was large and the crop for
next year from this seed is expected
to be excellent.
Vaisravana is the God Of Treasure.
When the statue was repaired bag Of
coarse f1axen textile was exhumed con-
tanning rice seeds, with piece of pa
per bearing the following inscription,
in Chinese: "This image has been en-
graved for the peace of the world. If
any one of later generations opens it.,
he should put in new Seeds" The
Tokyo Academy Of Fine Art pro-
nounces the image and it's contents of
great antiquity-at least 1000 years
old.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-04-26
WATER NECESSARY TO LIFE
Astronomer Can Prove That Other
Planets Are Uninhabited II He
Finds They Have No Moisture.

All life is lived in water. Where
no water is, no life can be. The nee
essary machinery may have been al
ready made, as in completely dried
seed, but that seed cannot actually live
until water reaches it again. To live
is to be wet; or, in the phrase of a
French student, "Life is an aquatic
phenomenon"
When the supply of water is with
held from living things they may sur
vive, but their life is slowed down,
as it were. In the completely dried
seed life is arrested altogether, yet the
creature is not dead. The French call
that a case of. vie suspendue-or, in
our language, suspended animation.
After astonishingly long periods, such
seeds will terminate if they are wa
tered.
The astronomer tells us that our
planet is only one of many belong
ing to innumerable suns, and he won
dered whether this little "lukewarm
bullet" of ours, as Robert Louis Ste
venson called it, is really unique in
bearing q burden of life. There is one
path that leads to the answer of his
query. If he finds no evidence of wa
ter on other worlds he cannot expect to
find life there.-Dr. G. w. Saleeby, in
The Youths Companion.