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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-27

League was brought into being to JUS
tify any culprit; if a farmer has COM
1nitted perjury let him be brought
to justice, only let US not as usual,
stop with some unfortunate person
without money and friends, after hav-
ing punished him, and let the promin-
mt ones go "scott free" as is also
ne11al, to faunt their defiance and
Contempt of the law into the faces of
recent people. If a man is guilty of
a crime let him be brought to justice,
oven though he has been endorsed by
the farmers. The farmers. are not
infallible nor are they so attached "a
anyone that they would keep him
from answering for his shortcomings
No, the farmers are trying to es-
tablish decent, honest conditions n
this county, and il the Editor of the
Poplar Standard knows anything tha;
ought to be brought to the attention
Of the Grand Jury, we are sure that
he will not be denied the opportunity
Surely, the Grand Jury should play
no favories.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-27
No Challenge

Be fair, Brother Jerome, be fair.
Don't resort to those old journals
tic tricks of making headlines give
impressions that the story does not
bear out.
The Producers News does not
Threaten to Camp on Easton's
Trail" not anything of the kind. We
said that we prophesied that Easton
would regret having written the POI
litical letter he did wrie before cleo
ton, many times before ten years
go by.
No challenge of any kind was
meant.
The Producers News has every re-
spect for soldier, and feel the debt
of gratitude that this nation owes a
man like Mr.. Easton, yet we are not
prepared to admit tina we are traitors,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-27

Progressive people everywhere are
hoping that President Wilson, with
the help of the democratic elements
among our European allies, will be
able to force a just peace. The hope
is almost hysterical with some be-
cause they realize that Wilson is the
only real hope we have. Our allies in
Europe all have secret treaties which
their governments will want to carry
out to maintain that hair-trigger bal
ance which has existed between their
respective ambitions There has been
a word of mouth acceptance OF Will
sons Ia points, but secret treaties and
aims viciously contradictory to these
points are also being maintained with
great tenacity.
The presidents task at the peace
table is also increased by the fact that
he can not conclude a treaty of peace
unacceptable to group of reaction
AIRY United States senators-nnen who
place our national capitahstic inter-
ests above all else and who rode into
office on the political trickery of 100
per cent loyalty. This fact, probably
more than the European ambitions,
threatens a democratic peace, for
with home suppotr of the right kind
and as the head of the strongest world
power, Wilson could dictate where he
could not convince.
Why do the capitalistic interests
abroad and at home oppose a just and
democratic peace? he answer is
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-27
90 Big For Lau

We have heard frequently thai
some persons in the United States are
too big to be made to answer for their
crimes. We hate to believe It to be
even occasionally true, but what are
we to think about the Bisbee depor-
tation cases? A federal judge has
Just acquitted each and every one of
the despicable defendants accused of
this despicable crime. So far as this
case would determine special privilege
is free to raid any peaceable con1mu-
nifty in the United States and assault
and carry off its law-abiding citizens
Not pleasant thing to think about at
least.
AT the will and in the interest of
the copper trust over 1000 peaceable
persons were dragged from their
homes at night in Bisbee, Ariz., pack
ed into foul cattle cars, and run out IN
to the desert. After much suffering
without food and water in the hottest
season Of the year, they were rescued
by the federal government.
Then began the second part Of this
amazing, eye-opening episode in oul
history. Instead of making arrests o.
those guilty and protecting these in.
nocent persons from lawless elements
the government established an intern
ment camp for them. It thus acknow-
lodged that the copper trust was SOW.
ereign. Then when the newspaper
comment died down, the government
forced these people out Of the intern
ment camp by cutting down the food
The wronged men had the ALTERNATIVES
Of going back home at the mercy O
the triumphant mobbists or making
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-27
In Reconstruction

The most unfortunate thing about
the reconstruction period we face, or
better, are in now, is the fact thai
the common people have practically
nothing to say about it. Our plans,
our hopes and our wishes to do the
right thing by the boys who have en-
tered the ranks, all depend not on
our acts now but on those of the vast
industrial powers we have allowed to
secure control of our basic means of
livelihood. So the question is resolved
into one of whether these great
monopoly powers can and will disci-
pine themselves, forego the GUS
tomary war profits and give us peace
time prices for raw materials in
maximum quantities.
The United States Steel corporation
offers good illustration of what
ought to be done. Last year" says
a report of Goodbody & Co., a New
York brokerage firm, Eat an average
price of $40 a ton the United State:
Steel corporation produced about 15,
100000 tons and made more thar
$3.50, 100000 profit. Here was pro
| fit of over $50 ton. Is it not clean
that it could reduce the average price
L
TO $50 a ton and make $40 ton pro
ct if it could run at full capacity
Would s150,0Oo.0o0 profit year no
Unsatisfactory I"
| If the steel trust would make this
reduction a vast amount of neglected
| building requiring iron would pick VI
railroads, bridges, ships, large city
| 1uildings, automobiles, machinery oil
I'll kinds. We would have n1utua
-tinulation of industry. The same
| hing holds true of all the other basic
-esources such as copper, coal, oil
timber. We must get down to peace
n'.ices in these things quickly SO that
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-27

the secondary manufacturers can at
ford to turn them into products that
people can buy. -
But the game of the big interests
is quite different from this. They are
trying to use their monopoly power
and the government regulation ma
chinery to sustain the prices estab-
lished during the war and at the same
time thew are trying to get congress
to remove much of the war profits
taxes with excellent prospects of sue
cess. It is a desperate game in which
the welfare of the whole nation as
well as their continued domination is
at stake, but the large interests are
playing it because their eyes and
minds are glued to the profits of the
next six and twelve months.
! The conservative brokerage firm
quoted above in its advise to it's stock
buying patrons also offers the follow
ing, not because it is interested in the
"dear people," but because it takes a
long time point of view:
"In our opinion it is folly for our
government and corporation. officials
to shout about prosperity when they
are maintaining prices for products
which make prosperity next to impos-
sible."
Here is the great danger in recon-
Istruction. The large interests have
power to do practically as they please
and because of their desire to grab
temporary profits in the maximum
quantity they will not let go of the
raw materials we need at prices at
which we can use them.
We may have to suffer a great deal
more, but from reconstruction pains
will come the lesson for all time, that
a free, prosperous people can not live
in the same house with monopoly and
industrial autocracy.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-27
Wilson S Peace I ask

simple yet often overlooked even by
apable observers. Large capitalist
groups have never been able to CO
,perate except in the common fgh'
against the aspirations of the toilers
in factory and field. The only CO
operation known in big business is
that of force. One group buys out
the other or forces the other out of
business. The old railroad pools, for
instance, failed not because of prose-
cution by government as was alleged,
but because the parties concerned
could not cooperate. The cooperation
later developed in railroad circles was
due to the fact that the Morgan bank
ing firm scrambled them together un-
der its own financial power. The
separate national capitalistic groups
in Europe and our own are likewise
forced by their system to grab for
maximum advantage They, natural
" can not cooperate; they have not
been brought under one management.
IF France gets Alsace-L Lorraine or
England gets the German colonies,
the others must have what diplomats
call compensations at the expense of
Eeaiser peoples.
It is Wilson's task to chain thesse
wild beasts demanding imperialistic
advantages and consequently more
wars. We pray for his success and
at the same time we are aware of the
almost hopeless magnitude Of his
task.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-27

their homes elsewhere and saeriicin ).
their property in Bisbee.
Now a federal judge has dismissed
all those accused of the crime. Evr-
IDENTIFY we are supposed to be SO fool
ish as to believe the criminals in an
open, boastful act of this kind can not
be found. They can be found very
easily and quickly if the supposed
forces of law and order want to find
them.
The only way to keep up respect for
law and order is to enforce law and
order, not only against a part of the
people bus against all the people who
step over the line. The censorship of
the kept press and driving papers out
of the mails that tell the truth about
such incidents as the Bisbee outrage,
will not maintain law and order. Con-
findent in their ability to escae pun
ishment for crime, the special inter
ests have repeated their mobbing acti-
vities in many parts of the nation
against organized workers and orga-
nized farmers. These crimes are con-
tinuing because the war which ended
over month ago was only superb
cial excused And to the everlasting
shame Of American officials before
their own people and before the
world, they can point to no case III
which mobbists have been brought tt
justice.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-27

One Of the things not mentioned by
the advocates of returning railroads
tc private operation, is the fact tia.
the economies secured uader govern
ment operation will be made the basis
for vast issues of watered stock. Near
" all the stock on which the govern
ment guaranteed earnings when il
took the roads over was water. Ship
pers will have to pay dividends on the
new water and when we finally take
the roads over, the water will have te
be paid for in full. In short there Is
no way of escaping the payment fo1
the sin OF putting the interests OF fin
anciers and special privileges before
that of the country.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-27

Il Is significant that in all the mob
bing and other lawlessness which we
have experienced to our national
4. shame in the last year, not one case
can be attributed to those many people
think of as composing nobs--the
y people on the farm and in the
Factory They have all been silk-hat
,nobs helped out occasionally by some
hired thugs. More surprising yet, our
Governments, state and national, with
al their facilities for experimenting
and Furnishing criminals, have beer
unable to land even one silk-hat mob
hist. What can we make OF this lat
ter fact? Are our officials stupit
policemen or do legal restraints apply
only to the common people? We ash
| to know.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-27
lis HeHegy

The statute tolls the knell of parting
John,
The bars are slowly slipping into
space,
The moocher soon has peddled his last
con,
And eased the last full schooner to
his face.
Now fades the glittering beer sign on
the night,
And CHEEKY greetings Ger have beat
it hence,
Except where drowsy soft-drink piker
wight,
Waits for the drouthy night owls
soft-laid pence;
Except where popcorn and where
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-27

Il you happen to read any ,,,,..
accounts of how the big bushes, ss g
vention which just met d = CO.
City plans to save the nation "a
member that it planned also NV .
on organized labor. The 81. pl =
keep you from committing f. al
error of misplaced faith. s'a
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-27

After hearing the old gang pols.,,
talk of the last campaign, we 8, :.
resist calling attention to The ts,t ~ !,
the jawbone of an ass is ont i j. =
as a weapon. It is recorded H., :. :
en- Sampson threw the thing ~.
and there is no evidence that h. =.
used it a second time.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-27

From the line of CAB put :.
big city press these days. ST. IT, y. = y y
reader read might be forgiven f o. as'as
that the I. w. w. invon. =, ullpti l
son some three or four years apo 10 saia
the League farmers ara ~ 81 aad ID u
ing with them for the patsa afs' =
same reader is also assuras .nS ID
that high-class sabotage, t ,ss,s =
long ago as Shakespeare. , :. /
forestalling and later called "a s.ns !
dealing in futures, or n,o.a a0aitlla|
is a thing of the past. p0llaa!
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-27

How splendid it is of the plutocrat-
ic newspapers to try to save the peo-
pie from those persons they call aself-
seeking politicians When the self
forgetting plutocrats apply the term
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-27

Nor sheer upon bis awful arid state,
Nor bone-dry dubs who neved had
been young
Congratulate him on his altered
gait.
Nor We, dyspeptics, (somach's slaves
supine.)
Take to yourselves Of virtue the
whole works;
If you could stand the products OF the
vine
You'd 'casionally have mingled with
the Turks.
Full many a saucy, happy. spending
| lad
Is soon sorry gloom, kill-joy kid
Full many a guy that spent it when
he had
| Is signing, cause he's licked up
what he'd hid.
Some sport who well knew when he
chad enough"
i And vigorously denied he'd ever
/ swayed;
Some muted lutte whose song was "Or
i McDuff,"
i Now fingers by the honlely lemon
ade.
Far from the modest way of narrow
path
| Their wilding wishes ever learned K
mill;
Nay, nay, Pauline, it had to be .
"bath"
| In products spouted from Their
fav'rite still.
-
On some fond friend the seeking geel
relies
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-27

scons are sold
And moping gay-boy sad recalls
the past,
When fixes tall were silver, royal,
and gold
And every night was gayer than
the last.
For him no more the buck beer sign
shall swing
In vagrant breeze along about
March first;
Close harmony with him no more
shall ring;
His sole possessions Sahara
thirst.
Let not the prohibs mock his dust-dry
tongue
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-27

Of N0npartisan league Js,s.
o = WON Is pledged not ! J ese9
go. o'lle' they are about " assk
. . 90 ehey ever are on o,. : aeas
Iac1 ana moral conduct. Ho ass'saa i
they they, would sl be if League pow Pleas.
would feather their own sa, lesds.
and thus save them from nsses . ltas
hes out of whole cloth Alng Id
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-27

Who possibly has cached away :
But o. as ssss attn, Hope, With batting
eyes, az,
BemOans the lack Of cen = friendly
snort. ......,-..-,s.s
s.s| !
So now with dirges sadder tnan mex
mourn,
Down to the old dump grounds we
drag his bones;
Too sadly loved was old john Barley
He's earned residence far Deyan'
our zones.
THE EPITAPH
Here rests his bean beneath oblivion
shade,
He's gone the poor old stiff, (an'
may he stayD
His "stall" of dividends was easll.
| made,
But who the devil ever made hir
pay?
A "Bunch of Luck" his cheering, part
ing shot;
You're looking fine" his openln'
/ disclose;
He liked yuh, loved yuh, when yo'
had lot,
And he used ART embellishing tn
j nosei
/ No further seek to knock the poor Of
scout,
! Nor paint his gladstone colors wit
aclaim:
! While he was here he surely was
rout;
| Now he is gone:--some sody? Yal
i well take tn same.
/ ID. B. M.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-27

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Garry the Largest Stock of General
Merchandise in This Part of Sheridan
County.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-01-29
IN FIVE MINUTES! NO
INDIGESTION, GAS OR
SOUR, ACID STOMACH
The Moment "Pape's Diapepsin"
Reaches the Stomach ALI
Distress Goes.

Really does" put upset stomachs
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indigestion, dyspepsia, gas, heart
burn and sourness due to acid fer
mentation in five minutes-that-
Just that-makes Pape's Diapepsin
the largest selling stomach antacid
and regulator in the world. If what
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you belch gas and eructate undi-
gested food or water; head is dizzg
and aches; breath foul; tongue
coated; your insides filled with in
digestible waste, remember the mo-
ment ''Pape's Diapepsin" comes in
contact with the stomach all such
distress vanishes. It's truly aston
ishing-almost marvellous, and the
Joy is it's harmlessness.
A large ffty-cent case of Pape's
Diapepsin is worth its weight in
gold to men and women who can't
get their stomachs regulated. 1t
belong in your home-should al
ways be kept handy in case Of a
sick, sour, upset stomach during the
day or at night. It's the quickest,
surest antacid for the stomach m
the world. (adv)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-01-29
THE BEST PRn0F-GTVEN BY A
PARIS CITIZEN.

Doan's kidney Pills were used
they brought benefit.
The story was told to Paris resi-
dents.
Time has strengthened the evil
dence.
Has proven the results lasting.
The testimony Is home testi-
mony-
The procc convincing.
1t can be investigated by Paris
residents.
Mrs. J. r. Martin, 1924 Main St.,
Paris, says: "Kidnev trouble came
on from fall and the results were
very severe, causing me more suffer
ing than the fall itself. No one can
ever know what I went through at
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My back ached and panied until I
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Sharp twinges shot through my kid
neys and if anyone had hit me in
the back with heavy axe it could
not have hurt worse. In one week
after using Doan's Kidney Pills. ]
felt like a different woman, for they
fixed me up in fine shape. Estate
ment given February II, 1908O
RESULTS THAT REMAIN
On November 8. 1915, Mrs. Mar
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made a cure for me and it has been
permanent"
Price 6Oc, at all dealers. Don't
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get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-01-29
PRESIDENT WILSON'S FOURTEEN
TERMS OF PEACE.

IERMS Ot PEACE.
Open covenants of peace with
out private international under
standings.
Absolute freedom of the seas
in peace or war except as they may
be closed by international action.
3-Removal of all economic bar
riers and establishment of equality
of trade conditions, among nations
consenting to peace and associating
themselves for it's maintenance.
4-Guarantees for the reduction
of national ornaments to the lowest
points consistent with domestic
safety.
5-Imperial adjustment of all
colonial claims based upon the prin-
cfple that the peoples concerned
have equal weight with the inter-
est Of the government
6-Evacuation of all Russian ter
ritory and opportunity for Russia 5
political development.
7-Evacuation Of Belgium with
out any attempt to limit her sover-
eighty.
8-All French territory to be
freed and restored and reparation
for the taking of Alsace-LOrraine.
Establishment Of Italy's front
iers along clearly recognizable lines
Of nationality.
10-Freest opportunity for auton-
omous development of the peoples
of Austria Hungary.
11-Evacuation of Rumania, Ser
bia and Montenegro, with access to
the sea for Serbia, international
guarantee of economic and political
independence and territorial integ-
rity of the Balkan States.
12-Secure sovereignty for Tur-
keys portion of the Ottoman empire,
but with other nationalities under
Turkish rule assured security Of life
and opportunity for autonomous
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-01-29
no YOU PrnrIVE SALARY OF
Senn or MORE?

According to a mandatory order
received at Internal Revenue Collec
tor Percy Haley's office in LeX1ng-
ton, every CORPORATION. firm or indt-
viduaI in the State, EMPLOYING dur
ing the year 1917 any person at a
salary of $500 or more. is required
to furnish the office with the name
and address of the person receiving
said salary. This data must be fur
nished prior to the first day o.
March, 1918.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-01-29

development, with the Dardanelles
permanently open to all nations.
13-Establishment Of an lnde-
pendent Polish state. including ter
ritories inhabited by indisputably
Polish populations, With free access
to the sea and political and econom-
ic independence and territorial in
tegrity guaranteed by International
covenant.
14-General association OF ma
ions under specific covenants or
mutual guarantees of political inde
pendence and territorial integrity to
large and small States alike.