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

)b'lO'Ip acknowledgements Baer
rSN .rds Definite Program-Cham-
e commerce Crowd Plans Raid
br" "hor Organizations-Was hing-
Oh ctate Federation of Labor Pre-
'0 IT, Program-Baker Disappoints
senS .r;sts-Postmaster General Re-
rr Motor Truck Routes Profitable
p',oud Expectations.
r.sbington, D. C.-Something like
W. ~. has seized upon the members
P' nrrpss who feel any responsible
w.. y. the failure of the administra-
~ - nrovide jobs for the millions Of
oD .,orkers and soldiers who are now
W. cent home. The more they IL
pI S into the situation, the more
w. lions these Democrats become. And
penublicans are not getting any
4;.nIar comfort out of the facts,
+spr. They have done nothing, and
-, have not seriously tried to 90
.rtbiug, to meet the returning az
=. with the certainty of work at
good pay :.
Tho reason they are worried is that
!, charitable organizations in some
ftbp industrial cities are already re-
/ ,ortng that discharged soldiers, with
,,tber money, jobs, nor any imme-.
! f,ts desire to hunt for jobs, have be-
am to congregate in these cities, and
! ,a1 for help in feeding and shelters
ing themselves.
Congressman John M. Baer, the or
iars Nonpartisan league spokesman
Stbe house, was asked what he would
nfbe could control the new CON-
geSs,
Evolve a definite program of re-
instruction." he answered. The first
cDsderation should be given to the
returned soldiers-the men who have
reserved the opportunities in Amer
and made our future possible.
"The discouraging part of it all is
i hat the captains Of industry, who
/ have coined millions out of the war,
seem to universally accept the idea
hat labor must return to the norm
] AZ conditions of wages before the
var Of all the learned critics and
J HtOrs none seem to have grasped the
n iea that the world will not and can
n bot return to the old order. Even if
ane have enjoyed few Injuries and
sgUn their children greater opportuni-
for education during the past IS
months they will not be willing to go
lack to the old conditions"
WOULD TURN CLOCK BACK
4 The big press reports that the pres
at meeting Of powerful business rep
fSentatives at Atlantic City under
Tie auspices Of the United States
Liamber Of Commerce promises great
lungs for the nation. All business in
FleStS have been cemented together
hahm union and the motto of this
oganzation is to be Prosperity IL
pace for the people of the United
H'es" They are going to keep
wages up and thus avoid bread lines
nd what they call 'bolshevism." But
aalySlS Of their proceedings shows
4& big business has learned nothing
aug Ike other autocrats forgotten
Nthng.
Inc closer union Of the special in
"'S'S, such as the packers, the steel
r~S the coal barons, and others of
F character that prey on the pros
Aly Of the people, is certainly SIMS
IN itself. And their positive
'S.@n includes frankly the use of
rockefeller plan of shop repre-
'''lon" to break up organized la
!" Ihelr motto here is "Organiza-
~ -oF employers; Reorganization
% employees"
'"AeS little imagination to picture
Ondlton of the workers without
4. e@l@a'lon and at the mercy of pro-
ing phraSemakers. A good illus
n. @0n OF how little their phrasemak-
'"S 70 do with reality is found in
l,,. WI OF John ID. Rockefeller, Jr.
] ~, s the convention. He emphasized
,le reports, that the community,
Il. VII as capital, management, and
was a party to industry. Yet
1 NJ, 0OeS not know how this same
~ - colorado Fuel and Iron com
i pn..h mas besotted, befouled ane
n -. ''nlzed the state of Colorado fol-
o~, The mining towns ruled by .
i, s sa Sheriff of the other big min
4 &65 p&nles from which he draws
! i. !. nus are eloquent testimony o
/ Go,Esasnpi,es kind. Even the so-called
/ rassD eiler plan adopted by the con.