The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-11-14

eiioie Is Iot a senator on this
fioor who can justify his posi-
ton by saying that the wage of
the laborer has increased 70
per cent" "
Finally, cornered by the Ia
toilette amendment, Townsend
and Thomas agreed to strike
out all reference to the coal
strike, and simply have the re-
solution pledge full enforcement
OF legal rights in "the present
industrial emergency"
So, meaningless and futile
the Thomas resolution was
adopted.
Domain Bill Amended
One victory, at least, has been
Won by Representative Baer of
North Dakota and a few asso-
clates In the house, and by SEN
ator La Toilette in the senate.
IN their continued fight against
the mineral lands bills. The
measure that has now passed
the senate, and which with
some amendments has passed
the house, does not permit the
sale or giving away of any lands
in fee. The public remains own
er, although the party holding
the lease for 20 years with the
privilege Of renewal will be able
to get most of the mineral
wealth out of the land without
getting patent to it.
This shift from a patenting
bill to a leasing bill is due sole
~ to the fight made by the
handful OF progressives in con-
gress. It's effect is to make
possible, when an administra-
ton opposed to big business is
finally placed in power, to SO en-
force the terms of the leases as
to recover for the public a great
share of the natural resources
which for the next few years
will be handed over to private
plumber.
Facts On Lynching
An appeal to congress for an
investigation of the problem of
mob violence and lynching has
been issued by the National AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement
of Colored People. It points to
four consequences of lynching-
race riots, industrial depression,
the degradation of the moral
sence of the community, and
the lowering of the position of
the United States in the eyes of
the world.
Among the cities where race
riots have recently occurred are
Washington, D. c., Chicago,
Omaha. Knoxville, Tenn, Long
view, Texas, Norfolk. w. Va,
Philadelphia, Charleston, S. c.,
and Bisbee, Ariz. Lynching ac-
counted for the deaths of 43
negroes and four white men be-
tween January l and Septem-
Der IA, 1919. Eight negroes
were burned at the stake, and
one of the victims was a 72-year
old man who defends two color
ed girls from attack at the
hands of two drunken white
men. From the year 1889 to
1919 there were lynched in this
country 1924 persons 2,472
colored men, so colored women,
691 white men and IL white
women. Less than "a per cent
Of these lynchings were ascrib-
ed to attacks upon women.
Selling Government Ships
Fourteen hundred vessels
built by and for the government
of the United States are now
being operated by the United
States shipping board. This
does not suit the shipping trust,
nor it's friends in congress. A
senate resolution recently pass
ed demanded of the board q
showing as to what efforts it
was making to sell these ships
to private operators. A majol1-
ty of the board is anxious to
sell at almost any price, but
Vice Chairman Stevens has kept
SO consistently on the job with
his demand that the govern
ment get square deal, that the
majority had not dared to over
ride him. Hence bids for more
than 100000 tons of these
ships have just been rejected as
being too low.
World Labor Meet
In the international labor con-
ference summoned under the
league of nations section of the
Paris treaty, and now sitting in
the Pan-American building, the