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Arizona republican., 1918-01-27
Congressman are Involved

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-Confiden- tial reports on the attitude of congress- men toward legislation for an inquiry into the livestock and packing indus try, taken from the secret files of big packing concerns were read today into the records of the federal trade com misslons meat packing investigation.
 In addition to the continued recital of the efforts made by the packers to forestall affirmative action by congress Tn 1916 on the Borland resolution for an inquiry, the commission was given further indication of the ramifications of the packers financial control. which was said by Francis J. Heney, special counsel, to extend to the street rail- way lines of Kansas City,. to hanks throughout the country and to the lin industry. MT. Heney said further evil dence along this line would be offered next week.
 Alleged political retribution visited on congressmen. inimical to the hack CTS interests, will be one of the major subjects taken up next week, accordine 10 MT. Heney, who announced that he would offer evidence designed to show that one representative was defeated With the aid of the packers after he made fight for an investigation of thelr business. 'Insidious" methods ot endeavoring to influence congressmen through business for law firms and by appealing to their political welfare will be developed, MT. Heney told the com. mission.
 Gets Confidential Report
 After it had been disclosed today that in 1916, R. c. McManus. of counse, Tor Swift X Company, made a report 10 the company giving a resume of 2 complaint filed with the commission and which was confidential under the commissions rules, notices were posted ln the commission building that here. after passes for heads of departments Will be required for all persons. ever employees, who enter the building ont. side of working hours When the Nc. Manus report was read, Heney pro. tested that the practice of leaving the offlce doors unlocked offered a chance Tor unfortunate" happenings and sai5 he had several times found an attorne, Tor the packers alone in the office ( when he returned there.
 It appeared from the evidence todd, that the packers received advance in. formation of a postponement of actior on the Borland resolution by the house Judiciary sub- committee.
 Close watch was kept on the view. or congressman on the Borland resolu. | tion by agents of the packers in Wash. | ington, their reports usually bein. cautiously devised so that identitie, were indicated only by initial or state Especial attention was given to Repre- sentative Gard of Ohio, and Repressr tative Morgan of Oklahoma from whom opposition was feared. Opposition t, the Borland resolution, including flood of telegrams inspired by tn,
Arizona republican., 1918-01-27
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 PROMOTE CIVIL VAR
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PETROGRAD, Jan. 26. Premier Lenine. addressing the congress of councils of soldiers and workmen's del- egates, repudiated the accusation that war.
 'We have declared for class war;" he said. Not recognizing violence on the part of the individuals we stand for class violence against other classes and we are not perturbed by the walls of those who are disconnected by sight of this violence. They must decisively reconcile themselves to the idea that a simple peasant or soldier will command them and that they will be compelled to accept the new order of things"
Arizona republican., 1918-01-27
UTAH COPPER GIVES
 RAISE ID 6,000 MEN
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SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 26.-An in crease of 25 cents shift for all skilled labor is announced by the Utah Copper company to go into effect February |. In the Bingham plant of the company. the unskilled laborer, working a nine hour shift will receive a raise of 20 cents shift. In the Garfield plant the unskilled laborer working S-hour shift will receive an additional 15 cents a shift. The increases will affect 6,00u men
Arizona republican., 1918-01-27
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VAN HORN. Texas, Jan. 26.-Troops and civil officers were last night rushed from here and Sierra Blanca to the Nevill ranch on the Rio Grande in anticipation of a raid by Mexicans. Several groups of armed Mexicans were sighted across the river but there was no hostile demonstration.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-27

me whether they were opposed or fav- orable to the Borland resolution, simply giving me their opinions that there would be no investigation during the year 1916"
Arizona republican., 1918-01-27
BREAD ON
 MONDAY NEW RULE
 NOW PROMULGATED
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Of the nearly 2O,OOO,OOO householders in the United States, about 13,0OO,000 have signed the food administrations pledge to follow it's food conservation directions, and food administration or ficials believe that the regulations Will be generally observed.
 MT. Hoover estimates that obserV- ance of the regulations will save about 15.0OO, GOO bushels of wheat month for shipment abroad. This will enable the alhes to subsist, although their ration will be short. All of the allies, and the central powers as we'll are on a war bread diet now Most of the allies are mixing about forty per cent of corn meal and other substitutes with wheat flour ill all bread baked. and all of Eu.- rope is milling a large amount of the whole wheat grain. Both France and England have recently cut down the bread ration by almost half.
 If the voluntary rationing system fails in this country, it then, MT. Hoov- CT said today, lis up to congress. We have no powers under the law to con- pei people to eat less
Arizona republican., 1918-01-27
BOMB PROOFS ARE WRECKED
 BY EXPLOSION

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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-08-02

him. We are going to compare him
to Burnley Bowler. Now, "whatdoya
think of at" Everything in this
world is great Or small, good or
bad, by comparison. Now, when you
compare Ira Worley to Burley Bowl,
er, Worley seems to raise in ones
estimation and seems to be quite y
gentleman, forgive the insult to Wor-
ley because of the coupling of names.
We would be willing to bet our last
BUCK against a "tin whistle" that
in race between Burley Bowler. the
Canadian scapegrace, and Ira Wor.
ley, our own pest, for the high and
exalted office of "dogcatcher.n the
people would choose the better OF
TWO evils and elect Worley by a ter
to one vote. Moral: When it comes
to mud throwing, the pot shouldn,,
tall the kettle black.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-08-02
That Convention

That Welliver Convention was the
most harmonious convention ever
held in Sheridan county or the State
of Montana for that matter.
The farmers had no dirty work to
do and none was done. Every dele
gate knows that.
The farmers met to select honest
and true men for the county offices.
Those old officers who had made
good, the farmers endorsed. The
farmers treated them honestly and
fairly. Those who had made dis
NAL failure Of their work, had prov
en their incompetence, were repudi-
ated and men whom the farmers
thought would make good, We're nom
mated to take their places.
For nearly all of the Offices sew,
eral names We're proposed, probably
all good men, but only one could be
nominated. This was no reflection
On those who were not nominated
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-08-02
The Ballot Box

J. N. Tittemore, who was elected
President of the Wisconsin State
Union of the American Society OF
Equity a few months ago, has the
following to say to Wisconsin farm
ers that should be of more than or
binary interest to Montana farmers.
Read it:
cit is evident that not one-half of
the farmers are doing their duty at
the polls.
There is no other way, except
through the ballot box, under God, to
keep freedom virile and strong In
this American republic. Webster
said, that if the farmers and working
men looked after their votes careful
ly, nothing could ruin this republic
and if they failed to do their duty
in this respect, nothing could save
the republic.
Lincoln said, if the farmers and
laborers surrendered their political
iH5uence, all of liberty would be
lost.
eff YOU FAIL TO ATTEND THE
PRIMARY, then all of liberty will bs
lost. Let us in the name of God; lei
US in the memory of Garfield ane
Mckinley, those three splendid
Americans who died in our service
let US under the flag, here now, il
the nations awful trial of blood, re
solve that We will hereafter go to thu
primary, that We will teach our som
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-08-02

The farmers were delegated to DO
their best. This they did.
Some of those who were dlsap-
pointing are putting on baby shows,
and demonstrating just what sort OF
sore heads they can make Of them
selves.
If they had been nominated, ev-
erything would have been all right
but these petty fellows were missed
So now everything is wrong and
crooked.
These self seekers are interested
only in their own ambitions. They
cannot see further than their selfish
desire to be cit"
All loyal members of the League
will simply forget them and theil
tales of woe, and vote the farmers
ticket straight.
We haven't any interest in the per
sonal ambitions of self-seekers.
Wen Stick; Well Win.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-08-02

Of the Montana Council OF Defense.
To our mind any man using "loO
nor cent American" dope is insinuat-
mo something about his opposition.
We claim to be American ourselves
bv about $50 years more than the
above candidate, and we resent such
insinuations being made about any
. ftbe candidates whether with US or
AGAINST us. We believe that all of
the candidates are loyal American
citizens. whether born here or
abroad. We don't believe there is
nrot ,erman in Sheridan county--We
don't think there is man in this
county who would not die for Old
Glory-yes, even Buriey Bowler. ANY
man peddling dope about anothers
LOYALTY, or questioning another's 10y
alty except before court of justice
should be considered nothing but
malicious felon, and charges should
he preferred against him for Grimm
al SANDER and he should be jailed fol
the duration of the war.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-08-02

the value of the primary ballot, and
let, ourselves, realize more than ever
that this nation will be what we our
selves are, and the only way we can
impress ourselves upon the law of
the nation for good, is through the
primary election. There is fatal
defect in our primary law; let us
elect a governor this fall that will
change the law and which will give
us the right to vote in an independ-
ent and nonpartisan way. There is
much, my dear brethren of the farm,
to do; for US as farmers to do; let
us buckle on the armor for battle,
that battle of the ballots that will
mean so much of good to US and to
our country; that will prove to gen
erations yet unborn, as they succeed
in political power and influence In
this republic, that the farmers OF
this day and generation needed the
advice of Lincoln, Garfield, of Web
ster, of Mckinley: Yes, that we drank
deeply from the springs Of wisdom Of
Thos. Jefferson, and left them her
itage of liberty that shall go down
| to the end of time.
"IF WE FARMERS VOTE AT
THE PRIMARY, NOTHING CAN
1
RUIN THE REPUBLIC, IF WE
SURRENDER THAT POWER AMI
INFLUENCE THE DAYS OF QUIZ
BELOVED REPUBLIC ARE MUM
BERED.-Montana Equity News.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-08-02

And there is much CONSERVATION
and grief in the camp of the Philis-
tines. The phalanx presented by the
Nonpartisan League ticket in the Re
publican Primaries is responsible for
the same. Divers and sundry I'M
seaworthy old political derelicts are
being showed forward by the political
tricksters in an effort to stem the
tide of victory for the farmers can
didates. The League is being crit
cized severely for nominating Demo
Gratis and Socialists as it is claimed
upon the Republican ticket but the
hasty removal of the G. O. P. ele-
plant from the masthead of active
politicians in this county and hoist,
ing of the DENNY Donkey signifies
that if the League is guilty of this
grave offense 60 the tricksters have
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-08-02
Unseaworthy Derelicts

not been slow to learn.
Be this as it may, the fact remains
that political parties and fetishes are
fast disappearing. The "old guard
has always been a very non-partisan
organization, using the party labels
to keep the people divided. The &C
ton of the League in this county has
removed the mask from their actions
and they must now come into the
open and fight on their merits. Po-
itical parties amount to no more
than a certain position on the ballot.
The friends of popular government
will utterly destroy the old parties
as such and in doing so we will not
create any new political party but
will organize the farmers and pro-
ducers for concerted action on all
fields of human endeavor.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-08-02

Don't forget, Miss Jeanette Ran
kin, "the Lady from Montana" will
speak in Plentywood on the after
noon of tuesday, August 9th. There
will be other speakers.
Clair Stoner, farmer, Nonpartisan
League candidate for the State Sem
ate, and J. S. Nyquist, farmer, Non
partisan League candidate for rep
resentative, will be present.
The speaking will be at Communl-
ty Hall. Miss Rankin, who has the
honor of being the first woman to
sit in the United States Congress, is
a candidate this year on the Republi-
can Ticket for the nomination fol
the United States Senate. Miss Ran
kin has made good in the lower house
of Congress and the United States
Senate is deserved promotion.
This lady has stood by those whl
work while in Washington, and she
is being supported for the Senate by
the workers and producers through
out the state. Everywhere the PEG
pie, the real people, are rallying Il
her standards-recognizing in her
person true to principle and ideal
She has never lost an opportunity t.
be of service to the workers O
Montana.
The copper crowd don't like Mis-
Rankin. Copper hates anyone o
ANYTHING who puts man above tn
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-08-02
The Injunction Suit

H. Do,;n was to get the COUNTY
WHY WHY WAS THE COUNTY
HOARD so ANXIOUS THAT 9oo'
D noIIM SHOULD GET THE CouN-
TY PRINTING?
All we can do is to ask the ques
.;on we cannot answer it. But We
do know this, that the method useo
in letting this contract, is the methoa
that has been used at other places
where it has been shown that 'heie
was a fifty-ffty split between the
contractor and the board OF comms
sioners. We cannot even lnsinua'e
thai sncb is the case here, but we
can say, that if fifty-hfty spn'
Woo tho reason behind the letting
of this contract to JOS. Dolin, the
method used to put the "deap' over
would have been the very methoo
tbat was used. and the method used
!. this case constitutes circumstan-
tia, evidence of the most conv1ctlhe
kind.
In the path of this scandalous con-
tract at all times and places can DC
traced the scent of Sunny" jim
Redmond, and it is believed that he
was the heather Chinese" that en-
| gineered the whole deal, and it is be-
lieved that his dim tracks can De Gus.
cerned in the seed grain deal an.
the gopher poison "fiim FAM"
| However, an effort will be made II
the courts to set aside this scandai
Gus contract and thereby force tns
printing to bids, saving the people
of Sheridan county many Thousand
of dollars.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-08-02

At last the papers have been filed
In the district court of the Seven
teenth Judicial District, in and for
Sheridan County, Montana, praying
for an injunction against the Boara
of County Commissioners, enJolnng
them from allowing any bills pre-
sented by Joe. Dolin for work done
under and by virtue of the scandal
Gus printing contract entered into by
the board of commissioners and Jos.
Dolin, wherein Sheridan county, II
the contract is sustained, is defraud-
ed out of many thousands OF dol
lars.
Perhaps of all the brazen, and
"Public be damned" contracts, any
public body has entered into that has
been called to the mind of the writ
er. this contract and the letting OF IL,
is the most brazen, most disgracetul
and scandalous.
Every act of the county board OF
commissioners, in connection with
this "deal," has been dishonest on
the face of the acts. They have nc
excuse for what they have done
They have not proceeded as commits
sioners proceed when they are trans
acting honest and legitimate bust
ness: but every move, has been the
move that would be taken by body
bent on putting over something
crooked.
No bids were asked for, they were
not wanted: other papers that want
ed to submit bid for this work wa
deliberately deceived as to the tim
when the contract was to be let. Tn
whole affair was cut and dried tina
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-08-02
The Lady From Montana

collars. Miss Rankin is also being
opposed by all the Bankers, and most
of the newspapers Of the state
those editors who fawn at the foot
of Mammon in order to be able to
"glom" onto some Of the sacrifice
these editors care only for something
with which to fill their bellies-they
are for the most part both too ignor-
ant and selfish, too low in ideals, to
believe in anything but the glittering
dollar. Their opposition is Miss
Rankin's very best recommendation.
The birds that "prey" are not sup
porting Miss Rankin.
There is probably not person in
the United States today who can
draw the crowds that Miss Rankin
can. At the recent League picnic
the huge crowd present was bitterly
disappointed because of her failure
to appear. This time she will be
here sure.
The Hon. Miss Rankin and party
will be in Wolf Point where they
will hold a rally, Monday, Angus
9Th. In the evening of August 9Th
tuesday, Miss Rankin will speak a
Brush Lake, at the dancing pavilion
in order that the people of that sec
ton may have an opportunity tt
hear her. Watch for bills and don
forget the dates.
Hear "The Lady from Montana. !"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-08-02
False Faces and Traitors

lope Independent" and "The Plenty
wood Pioneer Press and their often
sive articles along the line denounced
by the Secretary and the President
and the articles by the first two men
toned papers appealing to the mob
spirit and encouraging and lauding
mob violence. The shoe fits so well
they must have had in mind some
of the culprits who reside in this
county.
The Montana Council of Defense
has also prohibited the use of the
loyalty issue in the campaign in this
state this fall which is the wisest and
most constructive thing that that
body has done yet.
Judge Amidon, of the Federal Dis
trict of North Dakota, in his charge
to the jury in the Brnton case, made
few to the point remarks to the
jury which freed Brlnton on the first
ballot. He says that the "class
against class" argument is thirty
five hundred years old by his know
ledge of history and IS the same ar.
gument that has always been used
! by the oppressors against the op.
pressed and exploited since the memo
| ry of man.
The Producers News could print
volumes Of comment on the abov:
timely articles, all of which are re
produced in this issue. These ar
ticles will become historical. Yo,
should read them all, carefully.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-08-02

Ira Morley, "the man the antelope
independent made famous" gets
his in every issue of that little rag
of hate, until the few benighted read
ers of that hate sheet, must know
the tune by heart, and an inspiring
tune it must be. We are not trying
to boost Ira Worley in any, no Jove
forbid. We are going to do about
the meanest thing we can think Of, II
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-08-02
League Candidate.

All League candidates in Sheridan
county are now "nincompoops."
They are all incompetent.
They do not part their hair right.
They have never proven their
qualification by a concrete example
of how far they can get their arm
into the peoples treasury without be-
ing caught at it.
They have never been parties to q
.Printing Contract" affair.
They don't know how to pull of
"seed grain deals and get away with
that.
They don't know how to Let bridge
-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-08-02

contracts and would surely make a
mess of it.
They don't know how to employ
ten men at the court house to do
one mans work.
They are so incapable that they
would just ball things all up.
Sunny" Jim Redmon and bunch
of his cohorts shout with horror that
some of the candidates are Socialists
and will won't to "divide up"
All of which turns Sunny Jim
into Gloomy GUS" for sunny" jim
don't take any stock in the dividing
up gag. xyn ~f~&lsk*i -
= s- A -
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-08-02

1t can't help but be noticed that
some OF the "stuff" being used by
Attorney Vollum in his campaign for
the nomination for the office of coun-
ty attorney, comes very near to con-
travening the 'loyalty issue" order
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-08-02

The opposition to The League, and
those peeved because they did not
get the League endorsement to their
petty political ambitions are BRING
ing up the light artillery in the shape
of the Antelope Independent pea
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-08-02

Coming over the pages of our old
Webster the other day we stumbled
upon the word, "burly," which, ac-
cording to Webster, means, "falsely
great" Looking over old rules of
spelling We find that by inserting an
'e" between the 81" and "y" inverts
the order of the words in the defini-
ton, viz, "Burley' means greatly
talse." Bowler" means one who
bowls, or rolls wooden balls, usually
in the vicinity of a "thlrst parlor.'
hurley Bowler" means ga greatly
false roller of wooden balls" We
submit it to the public as "fine
name for the man and a fine man fol
the name"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-08-02

In this issue We are reproducing
an article by Secretary of War Bak-
er, in which he in terms of his own
denounces "The contemplate set of
cowardly, partisan politicians who
cry treason, sedition, anarchy and
pro-German against men who differ
with them politically. The claims OF
'Americanism' and loyalty put forth
by these narrow bigots are nothing
more than false faces worn by trait
ors," And further, "the man who
yells 'sedition to aid party politics
above all others are aiding our enc
miles,"
The President of the United States
speaking of riot and mobs and lynch
ing, and it's advocacy as a policy by
the kept press" of the United States
has the following to say: II car
never accept any man as champion
Of liberty either for ourselves or TO:
the world who does not reverence anG
obey the laws of our own beloved
land, who law we ourselves have
made. He has adopted the standard;
of the enemies of this country, whom
he affects to despise."
The President says that members
of mobs are traitors to our ideals ant
aiders of the enemy.
Aiders of the enemy are traitors.
Perhaps the President had heart
of the Miles City outrages: maybe
Secretary Baker had read the issue:
of "The Scobey Citizen" ''The Ante
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-08-02

s., shooter "naas and will, by aid = )
~ ~. weapon put on a trsO :, 'a'i
l1tlcal barrage, follovsd 'l'eadop
political gassing, wbioI Oy a.
o CID gang office seekers 3'I ne Z
hopes may produce fat., naV'
on your gass masks h''uts
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-08-02

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