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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-01-31

ing been properly convicted in a very
respectable court, and the great num-
bers Of people seemed as delighted at
the time as the editor of the Pioneer
Press does now over the conviction Of
the American socialists.
During the early New England
days, witches were burned at the
stake and Catholics We're whipped and
driven starving into the woods, and
our Puritan forefathers thought that
this was just; the victims having been
properly convicted in a court.
Wendell Phillips was dragged
through the streets of Boston by an
Infatuated mob, and his life was bare
ly saved, because he agitated against
slavery, which was hurting the bust
ness of the ship owners of Boston who
were making fortune sharing slaves
on the Guinea coast and selling them
in America.
This list could be extended indefi-
nitely; every country and age has its
men who have been cried down ami
prosecuted and crucifed because they
put principle above pelf, which men,
can of course, never be understood by
such characters as the editor of the
Pioneer Press.
We have builded statutes to these
men.
Row the Pioneer Press asks the
P-calcers News to express its opinion
upon the conviction of the Socialist.
The very law under which these
men were convicted is unconstitution-
al and every dog that ever slept I'M
der lawyers table knows it.
And every man of ordinary intelli-
gence knows that Victor Berger, Eu-
gene V. Debs, Adolph Germer, Rev.
st. John Tucker and J. Louis Eng
dahl and many others, were not con-
qicted because of obstructing the
draft law or of sedition, but because
of their efforts to obstruct profteer-
ing, because Of their efforts in behalf
of mankind.
They, like many who have gone be-
fore, must pay the penalty.
Now we will ask the Pioneer Press
to express it's opinion upon the trial,
conviction and crucifction of st. Pei
er in the circus at Rome, who was
crucifed with his head down, to the
delight of the respectable of the
Great City, who looked upon Peter as
on enemy Of society.
That crucifction was probably
more popular in it's day than the i'm
prisonment of socialists in this land
of the free and the home of the
brave, at this day.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-01-31

Wouldn't it be-a grand and glori-
GUS" feeling for a county as large
as the county of Sheridan, a county
that produces one-seventh of all the
grain produced in the Treasure state,
a county whose citizenry are earnest,
serious and industrious, and who are
working to make this country bios
som as the rose, il. it were directed
by a board of county commissioners
who had some little instinct of states
manship-men who could place the
interest of the county and the COM
munity above their little, tiny, petty,
peurile ambition to play spiteful
Doy's game, Or a desire to "get
theirs" even if the county goes to
the elimination bow-wows?" People
of ordinary character and breadth of
mind who live in the villages and
are responsible for the conditions be-
cause of the way they voted, must
feel proud of the antics of the Audi
tor J. F. Redmond, and Commission
ers Timmons and Madlin in the part
they are playing in the administra-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-01-31
my FOUR YEARS In GERMANY

My Four Years in Germany, a pho
to-play founded upon Ambassador
Gerard's book, entitled the same as
the name of the play, was thrown on
the curtains at the Orpheum theatre
before a crowded house Wednesday
afternoon and evening, which was im-
mensely appreciated and which was
the subject of considerable discussion
on the part of those who saw the pic
ture.
If only half the pictures told be
true, still one can get a good idea of
the horror of war and the cold-blood-
ed calculation inspiring the German
war mad and power crazy autocracy
in bringing about the recent war.
The picture undertaking is stu
pendous and that the local play house
made good on the attraction was indi-
Gated by the size of the audience.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-01-31
Grand, Glorious Feeling!

ton of this county; OF their part III
the dismissal of County Agent An
derson; of their part in the abollsnlon
of the gofer poison WORK; OF tneir
part in the refusal to confirm the
appointment of Carl Peterson as oe-
putty clerk and recorder because ne
is prominent farmer and an honest
and efficient man and because ne Is
the secretary of the Sheridan County
Farm Bureau. But what can tne
county expect of men who have Deen
accused by the public examiner Oh
taking out of the county treasury
thousands of dollars in illegal lees
and who refused an offer OF first class
seed grain at $40 and bought an
inferior quality from the Montana *
Dakota Elevator Company for Sz.oo'
or who have been tangled up as they
have been in gofer poison manlpu-
lations? Yes, what can the people
expect? But wouldn't it be "grano
and glorious" feeling if it were other-
wise?
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-01-31
Tell US Whu

Our amusing contemporary naively
inquired Of the Producers News q
couple of weeks ago why the farm
ers' paper had not commented or ex-
pressed it's opinion upon the trial and
conviction Of the four socialist states
men, viz, Victor Berger, ST. John
Tucker, Adolph Germer and J. Louis
Engdahl, in the United States Dis
trict Court in Chicago recently.
The reason that this question was
asked by the paper whose life is sus-
tanned by reason of a scandalous
printing contract, scandalously Sc
cured and scandalously executed, is
because that paper wants to make the
Producers News "red flag organ" in
the hopes Of creating prejudice
against this paper among the farm
ers, and at the same time get the
tax ridden tillers of the soil to forget
the part that the Pioneer Press has
played in practically bankrupting
Sheridan county. The above is the
sole cause Of the roars of the wound
ed whiffet that energies from the Of
flee down the street.
We are living in a period in the
United States when it is fad to cru
city any and every person who dares
to stand up for the truth, justice or
the rights Of man, or to speak out
against the hellish profteering blood
suckers who made use of the nation S
dire need and misery to pile up gigan-
tic fortune, while the sons of the
poor were dying, supposedly, ito make
democracy safe"
The Lowry Jesus was tried and
convicted in Il COURT OF LAW, and
was crucifed on the hill among the
skulls between two thieves and the
populace applauded, saying "Is not
this man a blasphemer? and has not
the great Roman Pontius Pilot found
him guilty."
And Joan Of Arc, the lady of
France, after deliving her native
land from the yoke of England, was
burned to the stake as a witch or
something worse, after having a fair
and impartial trial, before an i'm
partial court, and people just like the
editor of the Pioneer Press, Of just
the same meager intelligence, and of
a similar disposition, gathered about
the stake, while their savage souls
danced with glee when beholding the
lady's agony.
Robert Emmett gave his life for the
liberty Of Ireland, dying on gibbet
where his bones hung till they fell,
one by one, to the ground, after hav-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-01-31
COOPERATIVE CONVENTION
CLOSED SATURDAY

The Montana Society of Equity,
which called the great annual coop
erative convention at Great Falls last
week, ended a very successful con-
vention last Saturday.
Thousands of delegates attended
from all parts of Montana, and prom
inent speakers from all parts of the
United States were present. The
program was a star feature affair
from the beginning and was much en-
joyed by those in attendance.
One of the incidents which took
place, which indicates the peanut size
of the Chamber of Commerce of the
city of Great Falls occurred when
that body withdrew their pledge for
$3.50 for hall rent when they found
out that a number of prominent
leaguers had been asked to address
the convention, and made their dona-
ton conditional upon the cancelling
of the dates of the League speakers.
The Society of Equity, to their ever
lasting credit, told the chamber Of
commerce of Great Falls to keep
their money and the extra money was
raised by a collection made up by
those In attendance.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-01-31

orr Nonpartkan League program IN
force. We also have higher ideals in
life than to be merely amsing. Being
Iundberg does not believe in the
League program and instead of cali
ng us names, I would think more of
him if he will show us some better
way to improve conditions and will b.
willing to join, if he will start some
organization better than ours. But
no unorganized organization for mine.
Calling us names and writing amusing
articles for the press will not improve
conditions.
Lundberg says he has talked to sew
eral farmers who have dropped out Of
the League Every amusing"
He does not state whether they arc
actually tillers of the soil or easy
chair farmers probably office seek
ers), living in town. I'll wager the
latter.
His defense of Mr.. Christensen
shows that there is an atom of good
in him after all; for it's the first time
in the six years since became a
neighbor of Lundberg's that it has
ever come to my knowledge that he
ever said good word about any
body: at all other times he has simply
been. amusing" CD.
Organized means according to WEI
sted: Formed with organs, systema~
tized, reduced to a form in which all
parts may work together to one end
Living things, plants, etc., are orga-
nized bodies. Unorganized, according
to the same authority means: Not Or
ganized, not having organic structure
etc. Minerals are unorganized bodies,
so anything unorganized is simply
lifeless and without structure.
This disorganized, unorganized
farmer says, "Taylor must have use1
the stomach pump freely" etc.
According to his disorganized ideas
Judging others by himself) material
for the press comes from the stor1-
ach. Well! Well!
"He wrote and wrote and wrote and
still the wonder grew,
That one small head could carry all
he knew"
Now, | do not suppose Dis. Tn
Farmer has a stomach pump to get
his material for the press so he must
use other means.
If you fill a tank with all kinds OF
perishable materials, these different
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-01-31

Our homegrown militarists are
now trying to squirm out of a mis-
take which they wish had never hal-
pened A few months ago they can e
forward with a beautiful scheme &c
combine university or college educa-
ton with military training of the ap-
proved Lind.
Even if they could not force COM
pulsory military training on the
whole nation, they would put it over
on the educational institutions more
less controlled by special privilege
representatives.
If the boy wanted an education he
would have to learn to wage war to
get it.
The plan went over, of course, and
for long time we were treated with
fulsome accounts of how the new sys-
ten would improve college.
There would be regular training.
which would guarantee physical lit
ness, and this would react on the
mind.
america would be well provided
with officers for the future wars our
special interests are preparing and
scholastic standards would be
raised.
Few educators dared to say much
against it; those of the ickspittle
kind tumbled over themselves in their
haste to indorse it and dilate upon
it.
Then came the eye-opening expert
ence.
The militar. training officers put
military drill first and rarely con-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-01-31
LUND-
BERG ANSWERED
BY NEICHBUR

Producers News,
Plentywood, Montana.
Dear Mr.. Editor:
Scientists discovered years ago that
"a little bit of acid, little bit Of zinc
Mix the two together and it makes
an awful stink
I believe "a new version of that
might well be:
A little bit from Lundberg's pen. a
little bit "Pie-near" ink.
Mix the two on paper and it makes
an awful stink.
In last weeks "Pie-Near" Press
Unorganized Farmer Lundberg starts
his article with, "My desire for the
future as we'll as in the past is 70
furnish the Farmers Educator ami
Editor of the Seducers News and his
shadow huns all the amusement
cam" etc. Of course his articles al
ways did amuse us, and we could
hardly wait for the next farce comedy
stunt, but we thought he was serious
until he told us.
Now some of us are seriously trv-
ing to improve our social and econ
omic conditions and we believe that
We can improve conditions by getting
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-01-31
Militarists and the Colleges

sjdered the study periods as anything
out time off from the "real OBJECT Oh
the students existence"
The class work was irregular and
fell to pieces.
The students who did a days work
on the drill field were in no condl-
ton to study.
Worse yet, the military spirit was
carried so far that the students were
put in crowded barracks where studl-
Gus application to preparing for class
work was impossible.
In short, the educators found, Us
they should have known from the
beginning would be the case, that
they and their work were only unlin-
oortant adornments of military
camps.
As If to add to their embarrass-
ment, the male enrolment at the
colleges and universities where the
system has been put in is far below
what it should be.
The old-fashioned military train
ing forced on the students of the ag-
ricultural colleges was always I'M
popular; the new methods inspired by
the Security league and Wall street
are doubly so.
The militarists had a clear field
here and made asses Of themselves by
overriding it.
Perhaps we could save their faces
by making their kind of college edu-
cation compulsory.
Surely there must be some way to
compel the ambitious young men to
waste their time and energy.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-01-31

the business.
The State will provide a Home
Builders association which will
lend money at cost on longtime
payments to home owners in town
and country.
This will build up the towns in
two important ways.
The present residents will ge3
cheaper money and consequently
have better homes.
immigration into the state will be
doomed.
Surprising to say, North Dakota
is the only state now that can offer
a farm to soldier on fair terms.
The shifting of taxes from i'm
provements and personal property
will encourage building and improve
ment and discourage idle land specu-.
lation.
The hail tax on idle land will IN
crease this latter Encouragement.
Lastly, if the farmers acquire any
new prosperity, where can they spend
it except in and through the towns
Why, then, the strong antagonism
to the farmers program which We
frequently find in the towns?
For no other reason than that the
local agents of the exploiters of
both town and country, and the To-
cal grafters and parasites are carry
ing on campaign of misrepresen-
tation to defend themselves.
The antagonism springs from the
enemies Of both town and country.
where it is not simply lack of
thought.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-01-31
s'THE MAN WITH THE HOE"


Bowed by the weight of centuries he
leans
Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground
The emptiness of ages in his face,
And on his back the burden of the
world. "
Who made him dead to rapture and
despair,
A thing that grieves not and that
never hopes,
Stolid and stunned, brother to the
OK?
o masters, lords, and rulers in al!
lands,
How will the future reckon with this
Man?
How answer his brute question in
that hour
When whirlwinds of rebellion shake
the world?
How will it be with kingdoms and
with kings
With those who shaped him to the
thing he is
When this dumb Terror shall reply
to God,
After the silence of the centuries?
Edwin Markham.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-01-31

and fernsn will commence : II
the tank hanll'I tn and deconpo'a' %,
miniature nn 70 po overflow or '' e's, '1
IT WHY, o ta preserving sp t5ba';
inactive gi,l Keep e'1. this material ,1' ~ y
1 nis I've which probably 'a J. her J
h from Dr. Dse Farmers s7 9s,t tank bs as''
are sye'j ban being : that prsse s,5aaq
i jOr , no1aoeGa and tpsnens ss ny
l always contended IN th. TIE ut p,
Farmer psari, did not write the il.'' i. d. g
pear Rearlng in the press from fro ''tiee' !
t TN but after he en a1Sai 10, I,
MS press SD dope came ff1 ron
p p;n1e that it was not '' rol ! az .
e elally after he prided bj To's,' "
fact that he did not u sunset Sc Of !
flour flour substitute for hi ms any Of {.
1 hogs' but nut. fed the substitute, o. 8
% n0sSi n This tba at a time when IT, . \
the boys in khaki were s,.' ,i.S:, va
llV t;,, and limbs for denoc a,sslns J, b
a a. 'l n,1,. when the food adnio.,e,.',
Oh our government was asra s'''5s
people to sacrifice half Of f1 t5.;' Y
and use S substitute to help 'l VI, %
war, that the boys risking t sa y
might be fed. This while bs r ,a'' d
wv" patriotism and
ring his League neghbors ' W., 'e
lar as l know have lived IN '4 !, ! :
food FOO :! regulations entirely. NJ II ;, y
der his tank of material fo, Nv ~, 'p,
revolted. ~ 4F lna
CERTAINLY SOME pA7p,,
ISM TO BE PROUD OF. 'AlH0l
1t is true that he has doo,t.,
eral times to the Red Cross, wv S''
He also has done a pile Of t,It,.
about it. "'AAs
Maybe. a further inves6p,H,, !.
his past years "Hooverizinp" n,p
cause more contributions, '4
And besides a person who %, ;,
ford white flour and plenty Of asp
when his poor League neigbbor ~ ~
eating what he calls "hog feed" .,
afford to do something for The op,I
Cross" We never heard Of lupdp,
donating to anyone else, unless to h,
funeral expenses of "oId Jayr Ri.
leyco1n."
D. ]. OLSON
One of the SIG Organized Farmers
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-01-31
The 7own 6 League Program

The program which the League
farmers Of North Dakota are about
to enact into law is frequently
thought of as merely a program Ct
benefit to the farmers.
The big press has much to say
about farmer selfshness to the ex-
clusion Of the town.
But if the growth Of business is q
desirable thing for a town, how
how could the farmers Of North Da-
kota better contribute to this end
than by this program?
The state is going into some in
dust1ies to escape outside domina-
ton.
1t is going to pull the milling Of
its grain, for instance, back to North
Dakota.
Obviously this industry must land
in some of the towns of that state.
It is going to have an elevator
system which Will enable the IarfH-
ers to hold their grain and at the
same time borrow on warehouse re-
ceipts, thus adding to elevator ca
pacity and the amount of elevator
work done within the state. 1t VIII
clean the grain for the farmers.
Again increased business flows into
the towns.
The state is going to develop the
Ignite industry as profitable SUD-
stitute for coal hauled from Pennsyi-
yania for the benefit of the railroads
and to the detriment of all business
in North Dakota.
Again it is the towns which will get
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-01-31

Over 35 per cent Of all the electric
lighting systems in the United States
are publicly owned. There are now
,861 municipa plants.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-01-31

If war is hell, as General Sherman
is reported to have said. special in
serest politics must be hell's Kitchen,
inasmuch as wars are made there.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-10-28
A DESERVED COMPLIMENT

Judge H. Clay Mckee, of Mt. Ster-
ling, who was one of the prominent
delegates to the meeting of the Ma
tiopal Midland Trail Association here
Saturday, is one of the original good
roads enthusiasts of Eastern Ken
lucky and he never misses an oppor-
tunity to attend these meetings and
emphasize the Importance of better
roads for his beloved Kentucky.
Judge Mckee is natural humorist,
a pleasing talker and an optimist, and
he usually Eliminates any subject
which he discusses. His speech at the
meeting was greatly enjoyed and was
one of the biggest boosts given the
Midland Trail at the conference
Lexington Leader.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-10-28
H0LD-UP MEN CAPTURED

Eliza Mckenzie, of Morgan county,
was held up near Robertson's ware
house on the G. 6 o. tracks Mon
day night of last week by three men
and robbed Of five or six dollars. The
case was reported to Chief Upton,
who, with Deputy Sheriff Cravens,
arrested three men Tuesday morn
ing and placed them in Jail. The men
were found in hiding in the lumber
yard of the Mccormick Lumber Co.,
and when searched were found to be
well armed. They gave their names as
Dennis Harrington, of New York /;
Franklin and Richard Fer
guson, of Ohio.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-10-28
LECTURES BY PAULIST PRIEST

A series of very interesting lee
lures is being given at st. Patrick's
church this week by Rev. Arthur R.
Miller, c. S. p, and is being largely
attended by both Catholics and Pro-
testants. The subject for tonight's
(Tuesday's) lecture is confession,
or Why Tell Your Sins to Priest 2"
The subjects for the remaining lee
lures are as follows: t
Wednesday night-"Catholiss and
the Bible"
Thursday night-"The Mass"
Friday Aight-"Is the Pope Infall-
ible?"
Saturday night-"Why 1 Am
Catholic"
Sunday morning = christianity,
the Need of Our Age"
Sunday night - "The Catholic
Church and History or the Test of
Time" si1s
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-10-28
BIG REAL
ESTATE DEAL
Mt. Sterling Garage Buys Largs
Annex From Strother Motors Co.
At a Private Price

The Mt. Sterling Garage has closed
a deal with the Strother Motors Co.,
for the purchase of the brick build
ing recently completed at the rear
of the Strother company's plant.
The building is 7Ox90 feet and will
be annexed to the Mt. Sterling Gar
age and used partly as a storage
room and partly as a shop. The nee
essary changes will be made i'm the
near future and when completed this
will be one of the biggest and best
garages in this section of the coun-
try. The consideration was not made
public. 1t is understood the Strother
Motors Company will have an i'm
portant announcement to make to its
patrons within the next few days.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-10-28
MI. STERLING KENTUCKY. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 49, 1919.
WITH THE MOVERS

DR.. and Mrs. w. X. Thompson and
son, William, moved this week to the
home Of Miss Mamie Reid, where
they will have apartments. Mr.. and
Mrs. Allie. B. Ratliff, who recently
purchased Dr. Thompson's residence,
will take possession Of their new
home this week. Mrs. Emma Chen
ault will continue to have rooms in
the Rathff home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cherries Hainline
and family will come to town for the
winter months and will have apart
ments with Mrs. Emma f. Beall, on
High street.
Mrs. S. d. Hall and her daughter,
Virginia, win close their country
place "Bide- Wee" and have taken
rooms with DR.. and Mrs. M. V. p.
Yeaman for the winter.
Mrs. Lucy Fesler has leased the
apartment of Mrs. Maggie Young and
has taken possession.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-10-28
WITH THE MUTUAL

II. ID. King, who has been local
representative Of large paint con-
Germ, has accepted the special agency
for this and adjoining counties of the
State Mutual Life Assurance Co., of
Worcester, Mass. Mr.. King will not
give up the paint business for some
time, but will devote most of his time
to life insurance. Mr.. King will have
offices in the new Traders Bank
Building. f#&