The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-08-29


ducers News will pay $500 to make
up the Chautauqua deficit. The rest
Of the committee will pay nothing.
But they are the real thing in COM
inunity boosting, you know. The Ell
lison- White people never pay any
thing; they just make the profits and
peddle propaganda
| The famous DIR. CD Herbsman,
who probably has B. S. degree from
some obscure college Everybody who
speaks from the Chautanqua plat
form is a doctor, even if horse doc
ter, You know, the same as any other
circus) remarked that the Anglo
Saxon always liked to hear both sides
of a story, and gets each point OF
view and all of the audience being
Anglo-Saxo except those who are
not, the Producers News will tell its
side of the story, explain its point OF
view, although the editor was not
asked to present it's side of the case
by the Chautauqua, when the Hon Mr-
Greer so eagerly seized upon the op-
portunity to insult the management
of the farmers paper, because that
paper did not feel that it ought to
stand Mr. Greer's part Of the deficit,
although the editor was willing to
stand his part of the shortage.
The story is as follows:
Last year when the Ellison-White
people put on their side show, they
came to the Producers News and
begged some free publicity, or tried
/ TO sponge off from US little. We
FcaIled their attention to the fact that
FtneT had-lefr us ont When The advar-
tising appropriation was made. Mr.
Ioung apologized, offering as an ex-
cuse that the paper had just started
and the ElHson-White people did not
now 1hat the Producers News was
& in existence. He assured Us that next
wear that we would get our share OF
Inc advertising contract. He did not
tell Us tna5 the Ellison-WFite people
aza sponging their publicity or that
: the committee was doing SO in their
behalf. THIS same gentleman also
/ told Mr.. Rowley that the PRODUCERS
News would get its share OF adTer-
Using this year. We thought the
gentleman was a business man and
not icon" artist. We gave the cir
Gus heaps of free publicity. We also
gave the circus the right to set their
tent upon our (the, Peoples Publish
I ing Company's) lots. We stopped our
/, noisy press while the circus was on
: in order not to disturb the audience,
r and we did this for nothing.
, When the show was over, Mr..
Young came in and told US how he
t appreciated us and our generosity.
4 He assured US that in 1919, that we
I would get something more substan-
e tial. We were asked to sign up as
a guarantor, and we signed note for
$3.50 along with Mr.. Greer and
t other community boosters.
e The year went by and 1919 came
e on apace. We looked forward to the
0 Chautauqua advertising contract. 1t
n would help out during the slow time
S in the summer. Finally one day a
r big box of plate came from Fargo
Chautauqua advertising and the plate
S appropriation was generous. A few
: days afterward the following letter
f arrived.
f Now, read the letter.
d Read it in the light of the facts
T printed above.
d The Producers News never knew
: at any time until the bill was pre-.
= sented that the Chautauqua people
= were in the habit of sponging their
S publicity. Mr.. Young told US they
It paid for it and that we would get {
l. nice contract in 1919. Also keep thus
a fact in mind:
d IELLISON WHITE CHAUTAUQUA
h SYSTEM
: Portland, Oregon
t July IL, 1919
). Mr.. Chas. E.. Taylor,
y Editor, The Producers News,
It Plentywood, Mont.
e Dear Mr.. Taylor:
n The Chautauqua Association o
It PIentywood have agreed in their con
q Tract with rs to advertise in the loee
u papers. 1t is our province to naerel'
q furnish the material. We believe j
, will be to your advantage to see .son'