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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-27
AMERICAN FORCES
TO GIVE UP TOWN
With Russian Allies They Retreated Be-
fore the Bolsheviki on the Front
South of Archangel

London, Jan. 27.--AIlied forces on the
front south of ArchangcI, mainly Amer
lean and Russian troops, have evacuated
the town Of Shengrusk, under bolshevil
pressure and withdrawn to a shorter
line north of the town, according to an
official statement from the British war
Office to-day on operations in northern
Russia,
The Americans and Russians had with
drawn to Shenkursk to avoid being out
flanked by the bolsheviki, who attacked
them on Jan. 2223, after a lombard
ment of three days.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-27
FULL ATTENDANCE
OF THE MEMBERS
Great Britain and France
Are Said to Be Opposed to
Returning to Germany
Her Colonies.

Paris, Jan. 27.-The supreme council of
the peace conference met at l0;30 o'clock
this morning. There was a full attend
ance of the members.
A number of technical advisers on CO.
lonial matters including three Americans,
accompanied the various delegations as
they entered the foreign Office for the
days session.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-27
TWO CONSCIENTIOUS
DIRECTORS REFUSED
TO LEAVE PRISON
When the Release of the II3 Men Honor
ably Discharged from U. S. Service
Was Started

Leavenworth, Kans.. Jan. 27.-The re.
lease Of ll3 conscientious obiectors, hon
orably discharged from the service by
war department orders, was begun at the
disciplinary barracks at Fort Leaven-
worth this morning. Two, however, re-
fused to leave, saying it was against
their religious scruples.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-27
NATIVE OF DUXBURY.
John Hayes Died at the Age of 65
Years,

Duxbury, Jan, 27,-Jonn Hayes, for
many years an employe at the state
hospital in Waterbury, died this morn
ing, He was born in Duxbury IS years
ago, being the son of William and Julia
tHefrerin) Hayes He was educated in
the public schools and spent some time
in the West
Outside the members of his own fam
ily he leaves the following brothers and
sister, Patrick and james Hayes OF Col
orado, Mrs Ellen Burke of Franklin
Falls, n. H., Mrs. John Ryan of Mont
pelier, Miss Annie and Miss Julia Hayes
of Montpelier and William Hayes of
DuXbury,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-27
Second HOnors.

Freshmen, Chauncey Cheever, George
Cruickshank, Lloyd Eisenwiuter, Doro-
thy ormsbee, Ethel Young; sophomores,
Pauline Beck, Doris Burke, Mary Loear-
no, Wendell Smith, Madeline Whitcomb;
juniors, Ida Gould Fosca Granai, Leslie
Ladd, Lucy Lucchina, Pietro Pironi, Aldo
Poletti, Fiorino Ronca, Lena Valli, Lucy
Wells; seniors, Reid Barclay, Walter Bur.
gin, Belmont Houghton, Mariory Love.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-27
REAR ADMIRAL r. E. CHADWICK.
Died Last Night at Newport, R, He
Was on Retired List.

New York, Jan. 27.--The death of
Rear Admiral French E. Chadwick, U. s.
n, retired, at Newport, r. l., last night
was announced here to-day by the Cen
tury association, which received tele-
phone message to chat effect from New
.port,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-27
RECOVERING FROM PNEUMONIA.
Dominic l. Murphy Is American Consul,
General al Sofia

Washington, D. C., Jan. p Dominic
l. Murphy, American consul general ut
Sofia, is at Saloniki, recovering from an
attack of pneumonia. A report to the
state department says he is improving
rapidly.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-27
Liverpool Trading in Futures Feb. 3

Liverpool, Jan. 2L-Commencing Feb
3, trading in futures on the cotton eN-
change here will be extended to include
September, under special new contract
terms.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-27
First Honors.

Freshmen, Evelyn Emerson, Mona
Grady, Gwenyth Ladd, William McNul-
ty, Marjorie Smith; sophomores, Bernice
Davis. Elvirs S0wden; seniors, Doris
Bradley, Janet Brock, 0reste Gianni, Hell.
EN- O'keefe. Emma Trentini.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-27
SPAULDING HoNoRS
For the Last Six Weeks Were Announced
To-day.

The Spaulding high school honor roll
nounced at the school to-day, as follows:
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13

in the meantime, whatever 1t COSTS
the state to do this.
This is the way the system works;
The farmer needing money goes to
the state bank and gives a mortgage
on his farm, say for $4,000. The
state bank takes the mortgage and
gives the farmer the money, charg-
ing him 7 per cent interest. This Z
per cent pays the cost of state bank
ing and leaves a surplus that pri-
vate bank would annex as profits.
Instead, the state bank uses this sur
plus to reduce the principal every
year.
7R Will Pay $1,000 in 80 Years
Mr.. Cathro estimates that the
farmer borrowing $4,000 will abe able
to have his debt paid simply by pay
ing the per cent interest on di-
n1inishing principal for 80 years.
Every year the principal will be
less. When half the time is gone,
half the principal will be gone and
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13
Points From Schqfer Case

The case of William H. Schafer,
involving the failure of IA country
banks in Minnesota, contains many
points of interest to the general pub
lie.
Schafer received a one-year sent
ence, and thus again the common OBJ
servation is proved that if a mans
crime is large enough he can get a
light sentence.
Ii he had stolen few dollars
worth of food or clothing to satisfy
pressing need, he could have expect
ed five to ten years.
The state banking department has
to bear heavy responsibility in this
case, in that it's examiners should
have revealed the unsatisfactory con-
dition of the banks in time to save
the many innocent depositors.
The banks were loaded with worth
less paper which only gross careless.
ness could have missed.
With the failure of other banks
and of this string of banks before
them, the state legislators refused
during the last session to pass q
guaranty of deposits law.
Several states, including North Da-
kota, now have such law.
Not a single depositOr has lost 4
cent in North Dakota during the last
year and, stronger yet, not single
state bank there has failed.
Yet North Dakota is said. to be
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13

ruled by wild, woolly farmers, and
Minnesota by conservative business
elements.
But stronger than these points the
case is strong indictment of our
present system of doing business.
In his speech at the time of pass
ing sentence Schafer said:
81 had no banking experience my
self, SO placed the banks in. charge
Of He. Kemp" 80
This means that control of a vital
public utility,s banking service,f was
passed to a man who merely had
enough money to acquire controlling
interest in the stock.
The banks were then subject to his
inexperienced, if not crooked schemes
in the merry game of making pro.
fits.
Throughout business we find the
same thing.
Control, leadership, depends not
as reported, on ability but on own.
ing.
The millionaires of yesterday left
behind them a large crop of ineffi.
cient controllers of American bust
ness.
The present millionaires who piled
up their own fortunes, will leave q
larger crop of ineficients.
Why not change things so that
control goes with proved ability and
not mere possession?
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13
Nou For 4 Show Dovn

port of the Sheridan County State
Bank in the columns of the Producers
News.
The time has come for a showdown.
The people circulating this story,
are circulating it, purposely, with the
full knowledge that the story is an
absolute and malicious lie.
Now the issue is made!
Either the Editor of the Producers
News is liar or the people circulat-
ing the story are that very thing.
We challenge these people, who
ever they are, to prove their state
ments: we challenge them even to
show where this writer has ever re-
ceived a penny or anything in the
shape or form of a bride or an in
ducement of any kind from any per-
son anywhere in the whole history of
his career.
We challenge these people to pro-
duce the goods and also to produce
the source of their information.
Every person interested in the
good name and honesty Of purpose
of the Nonpartisan League of Sheri-
dan County will also challenge these
people to produce the goods.
MAKE THEM PRODUCE!
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13

There is a persistent propaganda
being carried on to the effect that
the Producers News and its editor
Charles E. Taylor, have made deal
with the Sheridan County State
Bank, and with Mr.. c. ]. Beiseker
for support of that institution in the
funding bond proposition and other
transactions.
Until few days ago, it was al
legged by the peddlers of this propa-
ganda, that the bride that Editor
Taylor and the Producers News was
to receive for helping to promote
these alleged steals was the county
printing contract.
The letting of the printing con-
tract by the county commissioners to
the lowest bidder, who happened to
be Joe Dolin, has proven the abso-
lutte and premeditated falsehood of
that claim.
Now these same people, whom we
have reason to believe are Faithful
Frank Weinrich, Babcock & Ellery,
JamesfF. Redmond, the three banks,
and Joe Dolin, are peddling the
claim that the Producers News and
Editor Taylor has taken money from
the Sheridan County State Bank and
C. J. Beiseker in exchange for sup
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13
One Vieu From Paris

w. c. Built, expert on Russian
affairs with the American Peace mis-
sion, and eight other members have
resigned in protest against the peace
terms.
Mr.. Bulitt's letter of resignation
reads as follows: 90.
WOODROW WILSON, President of
the United States:
Sir: l have submitted to the secre-
tary OF state my resignation as as
slstant in the department of state
and attache to the American COM
mission to negotiate peace. / am
one of the millions who trusted i'm
piicitiy in your leadership and be-
s..evea you would take nothing less
Hnaa "a permanent peace based on
mnselGsh, unbiased justice" But the
government has consented now to
deliver the suffering peoples Of the
world to new expressions, subjec-
tons and dismemberment-a new
century of war.
l can convince myself no longer
that effective labor for "new world
order" is possible as servant of
this government.
Russia, the "acid test of good will''
for me, as for you, has not. ever been
understood. Unjust decisions re-
garding Shauntung, Tyrol, Thrace,
Hungary, East Prussia, Danzig and
the aar valley, and abandonment of
the principle of freedom of the seas,
make new international conflicts GER
tain
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13

1t is my conviction the present
league of nations will be powerless
to prevent these wars, and the United
States will be involved in them By
obligations undertaken through the
covenant of the league and in a
special understanding with France.
Therefore, the duty of the govern
ment of the United States to its own
people and to mankind is to refuse
to sign this unjust treaty; refuse to
guarantee its settlement by entering
the league of nations, and refuse to
entangle the United States further
by an understanding with France.
That you persistently opposed most
of the unjust settlements; that you
accepted them only under great pres
sure, is well known. Nevertheless,
it, is. my; conviction that if you had
made your fight in the open instead
of behind closed doors you would
have carried with you the public
opinion of the world, which was
yours; you would have been able to
resist the pressure and might have
established the "new international
order, based upon broad universal
principles of right and justice" of
which you used to speak.
l am sorry you did not fight our
fight to a finish and that you had so
little faith in the millions of men like
myself in every nation who had faith
in you.
WILLIAM C. BULLITT.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13
WHAT THE FARMR
REALLY WANTS

Nothing more and nothing less
than his due part of the wealth he
creates.
In times past he had not been get
ting his part, just as labor in the
industries has not been getting its
part. =, -
The big rewards have gone to those
who traded rather : than to those
whose labor created wealth out of the
raw materials Mother Nature has
stored up for her. children.
Long and devious and hidden have
been the ways of those who rob the
farmer and the worker in the indus;
tries of the fruits of. their toll. All
the determination, all the tenacity OF
purpose, all the ingenuity of method
he can command will have to be
used to SO reconstruct the, economic
and political world that the farmer
may secure his due part of the wealth
he creates for himself and his.
Let no man be mistaken into think
ing that all he. has to do is but make
his wishes and determination known
Before-long before-he realizes his
aim he will know that he is in fight
that will call forth every resource Of
money and brain he can command
before it is won.--The Southland
Farmer.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13

he will be paying interest an
thing like $4,000. During III ~. S'as
few years, he will be PAYING at
only on a very small princinoII ''etes
last year the principal and T.. III
would be almost negligible, 'D'ereS
Borrower Gets the Profit. No,
Under the private BANKING O ~, BAL
the farmer not only pays fbs '' y
est year by year, but at the ' IN nfe I;
pays back the principal besid T~a b
turning altogether, probably =! =
the amount he borrowed r Ins
the amortization plan, the how. Oaae
pays back only what he or;n o;Vss
borrowed and sum sufficient :" aall
err the cost of banking. The =" uE
is simply used for him as a n Daat
service operated at coast or at p ~
profit. This low profit in turn i, W.
1esents a gain to borrower as .sp
of the public which owns the b pa1
and will be used to redeem the b OS4
sold to establish the bank. Q
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13
FARM BUREAU MEET
INGS JUNE 23-2Sth

Farm Bureau Meetings Tor Sheri-
dan County are seheGlled as follows.
June %, all day. brentwood at
Welliver Hall.
June Oath, all DAY., Homestead at
Community Hall.
June oath, 8 p. M, Raymond at
Community Hall.
June 25th, all day, Comertown.
June 26th, all day, Outlook at VIM.
Hardersen's.
June 26th, s p. M, l,aleyiew ct
Community Hall.
June 9th, all day, Flaxvillc at
Smoke Greek School House.
June 9th, s p. n, Madoc, a.
Community Hall.
June 28th, all day, Scobey at Hum
bert's Community Hall (12 miles
northwest Scobey).
"Uncle Sam" Hampton, Montara's
most noted farmer speaker, will ad
dress each meeting on the ."Ways Of
the Farmer and Farm Bureau" All
those who have heard him befo.e
will come again; those who have not
heard him will be glad to do so.
"Uncle Sam" says, 81 have nothing
against the gopher. 1t is the bust
ness he is in"
E. w. Anderson, County Agricul-
tural Agent, will speak on "The
Farm Bureau and Permanent Agri-
culture" Zone other speaker will
be present to speak on subjects of
interest not only to the men but also
the women and children). Many To-
cal features will be added in each
program. Everybody is invited by
the Farm Bureau to attend. Bring
your dinners for the all day meet
MgA
The next series of Farm Bureau
Community meetings will probably
be held in all the rest of the commu-
mites. in the county during the week
of July 1419. Watch for the dates
and programs.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13
Roosevelt County Has P aid

in the shape of the county warrant,
and to cash it would only mean a
big loss for the taxpayers and anice
fat rake-off for the bankers.
The bond issue having been held
up, all county work will now be paid
for in warrants which can be cashed
at the benevolent banking institutions
for ten per cent discount, unless
the commissioners can arrange to
fund the outstanding warrant indebt-
edness. ts
This discount will, be alright with
the farmers and laborers as long as
they know that the State Bank of
Plentywood. or the First National
Bank of Plentywood is getting it IN
stead of the Sheridan County State
Bank.
1T MEANS A LOT TO THE
FARMERS WHO GETS THE RAKE
OFF.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13

And now Roosevelt county has
paid Sheridan county off with a
warrant in the sum of two hundred
and a few thousand dollars.
We understand that most any of
the local banks would be willing to
cash this warrant for about ten per
cent discount, as that is what we un-
derstand to be the rate of discount on
county warrants.
However, the county commission
ers and the county attorney tells US
that most of this money cannot be
used to retire county warrants but
noust be covered into sinking funds
against bonds already issued,s and if
,cashed at this big discount, would
afterwards receive only two and a
half ner cent interest from the diff
ferent banks in which it would be de-
posted, so it is likely that the war
rant viii not be cashed for it bears
C per cent interest as it now stands
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13
INTEREST PAYS
ALL YOUR DEBTS
Under Bank of North Dakota Plan,
You Pay Interest on L0an-PrOfit
Pays the Principal.

How would you like to pay your
debts simply by paying moderate
interest on them for number of
years until the principal was wiped
out?
How would you like to be able ito
borrow money, realizing you could
return it in this way, and knowing
that after you had paid enough in
terest to cover the original debt, the
debt would be cancelled?
1t may surprise some to know that
there is country where this is ac-
tually done.
That country is Australia.
1t may surprise some even more
to learn that this plan is great
success in Australia and that it is
firmly established.
The question might arise, what be-
comes of the banker, under such an
arrangement. Where does he get
his?
Well, in this case, there isn't any
banker in the ordinary accepted
sense. The Australians states have
state banks. The state banks are
able to do this, because they are not
there to make money, but to serve
the people.
In North Dakota, Too
But we do not have to go far away
as Australia to learn all about this
system. It is much nearer home. It
was established in North Dakota by
the last legislature and is part of
oAn 20 hoy xEnf
the voter will either indorse or reject
Jun 26.
At a public meeting in Fargo re-
Gently, F. w. Cathro, director gener-
al of the North Dakota State Bank,
explained this phase of the new bank
ing.
Cathro Explains Workings
According to Mr.. Cathro, the Bank
of North Dakota will probably have
to charge z per cent interest in
order to operate successfully this
amortization system. This is actual
ly less than the present average rate
of interest throughout the state and
is ct per cent less than the average
interest on mortgages.
In other words, when the state
bank is in operation, you can pay
your debts merely by paying the
interest-and lower rate of interest
than at the present rate for a GER
tain period Of time.
The 7 per cent the state will
charge represents the actual cost of
state banking plus a sinking fund
that gradually wipes out the princi-
pal. -.- -t~ -~ ~>e>
Profit Pays the Principal
Under the private, banking system,
this money used as funds to wipe out
the principal, was used to produce
profits and dividends for banking cor
porations. The State takes those
profits and dividends and wipes out
your debt with them, charging you,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13
BEHIND WIDOWS
AND ORPHANS

No big special interest has worked
the widow and orphan" plea" strong
er than the railroads.
Their 1917 figures show that 627,-
$50 stockholders own the 97,475, 776
shares of railroad stock issued.
Many of these are of the above
mentioned class and the railroad
press agents tell us that these fig
ures give only 155 shares per per-
son.
What they conceal is that 1901
persons, corporations, estates and
partnerships own over half, or more
exactly, 5O,873,322 shares.
Their average is 6,129 shares each.
The 619,629 other stockholders have
rs shares each.
And if we could look into the very
insides of railroad finance we would
find that one agency, J. P. Morgan
& Co., had enough shares and enough
banking power to tell all the rail
roads of the nation what to do.
What is done is done for these
big interests and not for the widows
and orphans.
Even the selling of the watered
stock to the widows and orphans was
done by and for them.
During the war the railroads re-
ceived a contract which agreeably
surprised the Wall street crowd.
Actual dividends paid ranged from
to 40 per cent. ....
This agreement, dripping with fin
sncial fat, protected the widows and
orphans, of course. 49, =.
Now the railroad interests are de-
handing along with the return of
the roads higher rates and huge
loans for Improvements. -. a..
If the government, and that means
US. is losing some money now under
public operation we shall lose more
with a change back to the private
monopoly. .......
And let us not overlook one of the
bigger prizes in the game.
If subservient congress does
what the interests wish, they will be
able to take up the market prices of
railroad securities and in the flush
season they will unload-on the
widows and orphans.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13

The recent change in the attitude
of the Dooley Sun has long been
looked for. We have known for
some time that that gentleman was
waiting for an excuse to attack the
farmers movement and to question
the motives of the Producers News.
When something appeared in the
columns of the Pioneer Press that
furnished material that he could
shape into the desired excuse he i'm
mediately hoped to it--he does not
now nor did not care whether there
was an ito of truth in the things he
alleges to have caused his change of
heart or not. Editor Vezina evident
ly is Judging the editor of the Pro-
ducers News by himself-it being so
easy for him to be fixed, SO his
friends tell us, but maybe it's the loss
OF twenty-five bucks in the Moberg
REIMBURSEMENT stunt, which besides
almost cost him his United States
Commissionership that's eating him.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13

If we are to have Lane plan for
getting the soldiers back to the land,
why not plan by Secretary of Com
merce Redfield to get the boys back
into storekeeping, banking or into
running factories? Why specialize
on farming, where not half get more
than mere wages? Why not hand
out few of those monopolies, such
as Morgan, Rockefeller, Du Pont and
other have?
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13

Doctor Hines of the railroads ad-
-vises an official capitalization to put
an end for all time to this pervading
and persistent suspicion as to over
capitalization" Experts have figured
that of $4,000, 10000 reported cap
italization, S1O,OOO,0O0,OOO are the
purest water. The railroad interests
would hardly consent to cutting their
capitalization by so per cent just to
allay what is suspicion with a few,
and weli-established knowledge with
most of us.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13
LIGHT ON A DARK SPOT

The organized farmer working for
reform through political action, or
the labor union standing for collec-
tive bargaining in industry, is no
better than the |. w. w. or any 9TH
er faction demanding direct action
in the minds of the special interests.
That is why all these are so fire.
quently and so absurdly linked to-
gether in the controlled press.
To plutocracy there is no accept
able way by which it can be ordered
off the backs of the workers.
Doing the thing by ballot, there
fore, is just as Objectionable as doing
it by dynamite.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-06-13
PHUNNY EDITORIAL

The bran,: sand and saive artist
was out north of Dooley, autoing on
the section line last Friday. "Why
the changer s,e g s
We understand the Dooley Oracle
was out to borrow the dictionary of
the American Eagle-to look up the
meaning of some of the words in
"Why the Change" Why don't he
patronize tiny Joey?
Phunney, amt it?