The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-04-18

With last weeks issue, the Pro-
ducers News rounded out a year.
This issue is volume 2, number i,
and starts the farmers paper on ITS
second year.
A year ago the Producers News
was started by a band of farmers
with a certain determined purpose In
view-a purpose to establish a free
press, a press independent of any
business influence, under no obliga-
tios to no one but the organized
farmers; a paper that would dare
and will to tell the truth no matter
how bad nor whom it might hurt.
These farmers were persuaded
that such a paper was needed In
Sheridan county and were willing to
dig down into their pockets to bring
such a paper into being.
The beginning was humble and the
future was dark, like many another
an undertaking that was started for
and to be actuated by the best pur-
pose of the public welfare.
At the time the paper was start
ed. it was a guess as to whether 1t
would outlive the summer; IN fact
many of it's most ardent promoters,
breathlessly kept their fingers on the
hopelings pulse, SO to speak.
ManT of IT. enemies freely PEE
dicted a brief career; of course the
hope was the father of the thought.
1t will be no confession to admit
that many Of the papers dearest
friends were sometimes pessimistic;
vet the farmers never failed the pa
per-thsy kept faith and were re-
warded by seeing the paper continue
to grow and still grow, in spite OF
the adverse obstacles, contributed to
it by war time conditions, to be ov'
ercorne.
Subscriber after subscriber added
his name to the papers ever growing
list; advertising patronage slowly In
creased, the job printing business
thrived- month by month the paper
strengthened, until it is now the
most sturdy newspaper yearilng II
the State of Montana.
A little by little has been added
TO the plant until shortly it will b.
adequate-probably the most COM
plete newspaper plant in eastern
Montana; its circulation is only
little less than eighteen hundred, be
ing read, probably, by more peopl
than read any other dozen of TIL
papers in Sheridan county combined
and the paper is still growing Il
circulation, patronage and lnfluenc
and will continue to do so as long a
it keeps pace with the progress o
the people of this county.
In volume /, number 1, in its salu
tatory editorial, this paper announce
its purpose in the following words:
SALUTATORY.
Halloo! That's what salutator
means: A greeting or an lntrodue
ton.
In this case it means introductio
more, yet both.
1t is customary with the advent G
a new periodical in the newspape
world to offer word, if not of apo
ogy, then of explanation.
That is, it is customary to tell,
WHAT WE ARE,
WHY WE ARE,
WHAT WE ARE FOR.
We are a weekly newspaper owne'
controlled and published by farmer
and in the interests of the farmer
both in the political and industri;
fields.
We are neither PARTISAN NJ
SECTARIAN.
Get That: We are neither PAL
TISAN nor SECTARIkN.
That is, we are not coming I'M
existence to promote the interest
any political party, nor to carry
any lind of a propaganda for ar
kind of an "ism." Nor is it oil
purpose to attack in a specific MAJ
ner any party or sect.
Anything to the contrary, that tt
enemies of the organized farmer
both politically and industrially, ma
have published in anticipation of Of
birth, for the purpose of handica
ping our infancy, Notwithstanding.
WE ARE THE RESULT OF
NUMBER OF FARMERS BANDE
TOGETHER FOR THE PURPOS
OF PROMOTING THEIR MUTUA
ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL II
TERESTS.
For that purpose we were co
ceived and brought forth, for tn
purpose we shall live, and clingil
to that purpose, we shall die, if ne
be.
aTHE PRODUCERS NEWS"
Published by the PEOPLES PU-
LISTING COMPANY" a corpea
ton incorporated under the laws
the State of Montana, the capt.
stock of which is owned by farme
and producers who own the capt.
stock of the PEOPLES PUBLISl