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The producers news., 1919-11-14
FARMERS EXPOSE
BIG ship GRAFT
Corporation Men on Shipping
Board AllOcatef Half OF Gov
ernment Ships.

The Farmers National Coun-
Gil with headquarters in the
Bliss Building, Washington, ID.
c.. has just issued a statement
through it's Farmers National
Committee on Transportation,
showing that close to half OF
the total number of ships allo-
Gated by the United States
Shipping Board and over two
fifths of the total deadWeight
tonnage have gone to steamship
and shipping companies which
had representatives in the
United States Shipping Board.
The statement says: The Amer
lean people will be surprised to
learn that thirty-eight shipping
companies received from the
United States Shipping Board
through ALLEGATION over two,
fifths of the total deadWelght
tonnage. A total of 1886 ships
exclusive of tugs, etc., were allo-
Gated with deadweight tonnage
of 9,731,000 tons.
Out of this total the steam
ship and shipping companies
fortunate enough to have repre-
sentatives on the Shipping
Roard. received 687 ships with
41eO.7O9 deadweight tonnage
The shipping Act provides tha1 a.
mo Commissioner (of the U. 5
Shipping Board) shall be in the
employ of or hold official rela
ton to any common carrier by
water or other person subject q
this Act or own any stocks OF
bonds thereof or be pecunlarlly
interested therein" The Shlp
ming Act might have gone ALT
tie further and provided ina
No official of any steamship
company receiving ships iron
the United States Shlppin;;
BOARD should be connected VIII
the Board.
Representatives of many o
these steamship companle
which have received large aiio
cations of ships from the Gov
Continued on Page Five)
The producers news., 1919-11-14
LEAGUE PRECINCT MEETINGS THRU0UT STATE
TO BE Held ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER Y
READ THIS CAREFULLY

READ THIS CAREFULLY
below will be found the precinct meeting call with gen
raj instructions the of conducting the business
n hand)
Notice is hereby given that precinct meetings OF the
National Nonpartsan League in Montana called for
the hour of three P NJ, Saturday. November d, at the
polling place of the precinct other place to be
agreed upon by members themselves.
The purpose of these meetings is to choose dele
gate for the county convention to be held at time and
place to be named later.
The delegates when assembled should follow the
rules governing such proceedings general outline of
which would be as follows
Meeting called to order Election of chairman and
secretary Election of credentia committee. Report OF
credentia committee. Election of county convention
journment
Membership cards are the only credentials which
the committee should recognize at precinct meeting
and only those possessing should be allowed
main during the transaction of business.
Active members who have been financially unable
to re-enrol for the l9olo2O period because of crop
failure considered in good standing far their
precinct meeting is concerned Immediately upon the
suit being known and the county delegate duly elected,
the secretary should Fill the form printed hereunder
procure both his signature and that of the chairman
and mail the to the state secretary W. Caver, Box
1925 Great Falls, Mont who In due time will notify the
elected delegates of the time and meeting place Of the
county convention.
STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: (signedN R.
Whitaker Missoua; Jens Han Dagmar; c. E. Reed Ir
verressa A Mclean Dooley; NJ. w. Penwel Belgrade:
Do not forget to clip the certificate blank from tn
Montana Nonpartsan and bring with you the precne
meeting to be held November 22nd
The producers news., 1919-11-14
State MILL CUTS
PRICE OF PRODUCTS
Bran and Shorts Are Cheaper
While Bigger Price Is Paid
for Wheat.

The State flour mill at Drake,
Nd, has taken steps to dis
tribute among the people some
Of the profits it has demonstrate
ed it can make. Bran and
shorts have been reduced to a
price level by the state plant
Substantially below the trust
made prices. These products
are being sold by the state mill
ssfollows: bran per 100 pounds,
aT5 for carload lots and $1.80
in less than carload lots; shorts
per 100 pounds, S2.10 for car
load lots and S2.15 for less than
carload lots. The Minneapolis
price for these products is $1.95
per hundred weight for bran
and $3.50 per hundred weight
for shorts in carload lots.
Trust Starts Underselling
Trust mills have offered to
lay flour down in the territory
where Drake flour is selling for
81 per barrel less than any price
The state puts on the flour, ac-
cCordlng to Manager J. A. Nc
I,, Govem Of the State Mill and
Elevator association. Mr.. Nc
Govern explains that the price
q the state -four would be
"a BASED upon the price paid for
wheat plus a reasonable profit
regardless of what the milling
combine C@ charges for flour in its
Effort to crush the state enter
prise.
0n top of the substantial low.
5lng OF the price of bran and
1orts to the farmers. the state
alll 4 is paying more for wheat
'laA the milling combine. A
Continued on Page Eight
The producers news., 1919-11-14
OUTLOOK is
VERY OPTIMISTIC

The Farmer-Labor m S
meetings which were held in
Sheridan, Roosevelt and Rich
land counties @shis week have
been very successful, every
thing considered, and the cam
paign of the Farmer-Labor or
ganization for the capture OF
the political power of the state
of Montana has been success
fully launched in the north half
of the state.
B. K. Wheeler, formerly
United States District Attorney
for the State of Montana, and
Alfred Budden, President of the
Trades & Labor Council of
Cascade County, were the
speakers. Owing to the unfav-
orable weather, it was very diff
ficult to hold the meetings at all
and it was hardship for the
speakers to make the dates, al
though they did the very best
they could at all tines.
Considering the condition OF
the weather, the meetings al
all points were very satlsfac,
tory.
When the dates for these
meetings were made up, it was
anticipated that autoes woulc
still be running as is usual al
this time of the year and the
The producers news., 1919-11-14
NEBRASKA ELECTS
EIGHT LEACUERS

Zig Eight Of 100 delegates elected
trt tatfSoay to the states consti-
roop9 r~n1nal convention which will
fba seE mere next month to revise
me,,,l nn9 Nebraska constitution are
iaeaoerS il.e,lloerS Of the Nonpartisan
consu,a, gue, according to practically
tSa ttSS,nplete returns compiled by
otbo,, NJ Lincoln Daily Star. Seven
of gb a. candidates not members
%., she League but said by the
srInno I'M 70 have had the Leagues
sbpi'Q bpport We're successful. while
bsuoa bvo' twenty others alleged to
Leo, been favored by the
lesee.u,e were defeated. The
wapssue, however, declares it
electinoot not taking any part in the
The producers news., 1919-11-14

companied by their prospective
husbands, and there the happy
young people were married by
Justice Chas. Ar1'ivee. Miss
Patch and Albert Haugen of
Culbertson, and Miss Phillips of
Culbertson and Clarence E. Falr
of Chicago were the contracting
parties. They returned to Cul-
bertson Monday morning and
will make their home here for
the present at least.
The producers news., 1919-11-14
Great BRITAIN
READY TO ACCEPT
RUSSIA'S TERMS

uolsinfors, Nov. 11.-Opin-
..ns ~ generally held here is that
saa lslS esonference being held be
tns t.ssou @ representatives of Pol
tVs'a w nnd the Baltic states will
ao 5ao;de E to sue for peace with the
esS.be eessSis.beviki and will invite the
Oslsl,t 1e,1;;nt government to send rep
s'oos'antafives sosrt to Dorpat to dis
fsssit tsss with them the terms Of
~As far as Esthonia is con-
.orned. it is not so much a
STas SnastiGn of peace, but the end
pr If hostilities in order to
npsserve Ing @ our very existence, "
9sclared the Esthonian prime
rainister, Premier Starndmann.
I'VE "We cannot longer continue the
scht because of our financial
a85 aS1' economic conditions. Our
military nil supplies are exhausted,
TFncIand having ceased sending
nc snv. Esthonia and the 9th
Or border states have no reason
70 continue fighting"
II was considered unlikely
that Finland would enter the
neace negotiations at this time.
English Labor For Peace.
London, Nov. 11.-Hints Civ
Continued on Page Eight
The producers news., 1919-11-14
WHEELER MEETINGS THRUOUT
COUNTY VERY SUCCESSFUL

Campaign Opens in Sheridan
County and the State With
Farmer-Lab0r Me e ing S
Which are Well Attended,
Considering the Weather.
The producers news., 1919-11-14

Your precinct meetings the beginning of line of
Mch WIN plog1ess as Ioos rst your Precnc'
When the call goes for the first county conference these
delegates appointed by the precnce meeting will gather
gehe and elect to the state conference At
he conference the ticket will be named and the
party upon which the ticket will rum will be designated The
delegates will then return home and second county
conference will be called to complete ticket from
for
The producers news., 1919-11-14
POLITICAL BEES IN
SHERIDAN COUNTY
BEGIN TO BUZZ
Many Candidates Mentioned for
Primary-Live Campaign is
in Prospect, Says DOpey
Sheridan County Correspond
ent of Great Falls Tribune.

The following list of names as
sent in to the Great Falls Tri-
bune, by some unknown polite
al forecaster, is hereby repro
duced. Have you a better guess?
In view of the early primaries
in 1920 the political pot in
Sheridan county is commencing
to simmer, and there are num-
erous candidates who are prom
inently spoken of for the vari-
Gus offices. The lineup as it will
undoubtedly appear on the bal.
lots at the primary election are
as follows:
For county treasurer-Carl
B. Peterson of Plentywood and
C. E. Fulkerson of Medicine
Lake, non-partisan; Leo Zeidler
of PlentyWood, republican, and
Ralph Sunderland of Plenty
wood, democratic.
Clerk and recorder-A. A.
Major of PlentyWood, non-par-
tisarl; Leon Forncrook Of Plen
Continued on Page Eight
The producers news., 1919-11-14
OF VITAL IMPORTANCE

1t plain them that this is the important function
League member be called upon participate
get around your precinct meetings. there
only three of you left hold them We afford let
anything deter Remember selection Of county
and state delegates rests the integrity and vitality of the next
Nonpartsan League administration. Attend your precinct
meeting.
The producers news., 1919-11-14
DOTTBLE WEDDING
AT CULBERTSON
Jessie Patch and Albert Haugen
and Gladys Phillips and Clar-
ence Fair Married.

Culbertson Searchlight: Miss
Jessie Patch and Miss Gladys
Phillips stole a march on their
friends. in Culbertson by going
TO Mondak last Saturday, ac-
The producers news., 1919-11-14
Is Of Vital Importance That Every League Member Be
Present to Elect Delegate to Attend the County
Conventions. These are the Men That VIII
Select All Candidates.

The time has arrived for the first step in what will
undoubtedly prove the bitter sugge waged in the
political history of the Treasure State This first step the
holding Of meetings for the purpose of eecng dele
gates to the first county conference.
these precinct meetings should be carefully arranged
and the very best you have among you
results may be obtained The enemy watching and wait
ing for the slightest chance get in under the which
has far restrained all his efforts We must therefore guard
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-04-04

4 young mar was walking through
q wood with q gun yer his shoulder
and his bag full OF game which he
had shot. He vas not satisfied with
what he had. and was looking fer
more, when an excited man with q
large fin badge on which was In.
ycrlbsd the one word "Sherifr" came
running up TO him and demanded,
Haven't you teen the signs which
I put up on the trees Ii this woodsf"
aOh, yes, I saw them." answered
fhs young mans ashey said No
Hunting but ! found soma"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-04-04

For summertime and afternoons.
here Is q frock which may be worn
with assurance ON the promenade on
anywhere else. ANY Of the sheer ma,
teriais-georgette. wolfe. lawn, organ
Die, win serve to make II. Its new style
features are apparent In the wide hem
and gfrdle, the round neck and deep
CUFFS A simple and smart braidins ON
tho front Of the blouse contributes to
its success with just the right amount
Of decoration.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-17
AL MUST HAVE. LICENSE

D.. T. Woods, chief game warden Of
York county yesterday estimated that
about $500 hunting licenses had been
sold by the various agents in York
county up to date. Sales are still in
progress and Mr.. Woods estimates
that the number filed be considerably
increased by the time the season for
hunting partridges opens on Novem-
ber Is.
According to Mr.. Woods every per-
son in York county, whether boy or
girl, man or woman who goes hunt
ing must have a license which cost
s1.10 each. Mr.. Woods has received
inquiries from a number Of York
county people who have purchased IL
censes stating that they often take
their children. youngsters Of seven or
eight years and q little older out In
the fields with them when they go
hunting and desiring to know If 1t
will be necessary for these youngsters
to also have licenses.
The state game warden has ruled
that any boy or girl man or woman
who Is strong enough to carry gun
or to hunt in any form must have
his or her individual license and these
parents and others who take children
into the fields without license are
quite likely to run into trouble.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-17

Cotton consumed during Septem-
Der amounted to 491, ,313 bales of lint
and 23,227 Of linters, the census bu-
reau announced last Tuesday. During
September a year ago 4S9,962 bales OF
lint and 96,791 of linters were con-
sumed Cotton on hand September 80 In
consuming establishments was 1,074,-
452 bales of lint and 250,S82 Of lint
ers, compared with 1,1S5,7S1 of lint
and 160423 Of linters a year ago: and
in public storage and at congresses
2,492,220 bales of lint and 226,772 or
linters compared with 2,981,22S OF lint
and 113,496 Of linters year ago. Cot
ton spindles active during September
numbered 34,216,662 compared with
33,4SS.1S1 in September last year.
Imports during September were o.
SI7ssa bRfes, compared with Sf,fg1 In
September last year. EXPLOITS were
236,694 bales, including 1858 bales or
linters, compared with 366,375 bales,
including 1850 of linters in Septem-
ber last year. Statistics for cotton
growing states follow: Cotton con:
suned during September 277,65O bales
compared with 2,716,7S3 year ago.
On hand September 80, in consuming
establishm ents 475,447, compared with
450,210 a year ago, and In pupnc
storage and at congresses 2,297,422
compared with 2,716,7S3 a year ago.
Cotton spindles active during Septem-
ber numbered 14,642,S52, compared
with 14,3O7,36S in September a year
ago.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-17
SHARON MAY PAVE

Agitation for the paving Of the
principal streets of the town of Sha-
ron, which was commenced some time
ago has been renewed and has come
to the point of ordering an election to
be held on November 6. on the ques-
ton of whether or not electors shall
vote on the question of holding a
bond election for street improvements.
It Is estimated that the proposed paw
ing will cost $4,000 or $4,000 and it
is proposed that the citizens of the
town pay half the cost and the prop
erty owners affected the remaining
half. -
Sentiment lin Sharon just now is
pretty well divided on the question.
Mayor w. G. Hayes and the present
board of aldermen favor the street
paving which would include the
principle streets of the town while a
number Of other leading citizens are
opposed.
Considerable more than half of the
property holders signed the petition
calling for the election on November
g.. r. L. Plexico Is supervisor of
registration. N
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-17
Congressman Stevenson has int

Congressman Stevenson has intro
duced a bill to make the mountain
laurel the national flower of the
United States. That Is pretty good
idea, from every point of view, senti-
mental as well as historic. AS far
back as tradition goes, the laurel has
been the crown of excellence in peace
as well as war, and if the United
States has not fairly won that crown
we need to be told the name of the
nation to which it belongs. 1t is in
deed pleasant to know that the able
and alert representative of the Fifth
who has time and again shown him.
self to be intensely practical in all
things is as highly developed on the
sentimental as on the practical side.
Of course the mountain laurel should
be the national flower of the United
States. ...
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-17

interest to the British spinner, inter-
est to the British bank, to the Ameri-
can bank and profit he southern mer-
chant.
1t was a terrible load; but eventu-
ally the southern farmer got away
with it.
Now the shoe is on the other foot.
It is the people of Europe who are
bankrupt and the people Of America
who have the money. y
We must lend the foreigners money
with which to buy the supplies I re-
quired for their living while they
labor on things we need and desire.
The problem of the moment is how
to secure the money we lend to5 the
foreigners.
The foreigners have very little that
we cannot get along without and that
adds to the difficulty. &
h But gold Is always acceptable, and
when the foreigners are furnished with
the means to collect gold from the
balance of the world they will be able
to use their gold in the settlement OF
our claims against them.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-17
LOCAL. AFFAIRS.
NEW AnuERrIsEMEN1s

Jno. R. Logan. C. C. c. Pls.--Giives notice of
sale of the j. A. Ratchford home-place at
the. suit of Nell Jackson; etc. plaintiff,
ants. Also of certain lands involved
in suit of Mary Margaret Foster and others.
plaintiffs, against Julia Pauline Foster and
others, defendants. Also Of lands involved
in suit of L. A. Padgett and J. ]. McMurray;
ETC.. plaintiffs. aaignst S. L. Burgess and
Others defendants Also of certain estate
lands of T. Walter McElwee. deceased.
Sales to take place salesday in November.
Rock Hill Merchants Association-Extends an
ing next week and take advantage OF the big
stocks Of goods on display in the stores, as
well as visit the fair.
w. j. Riddle and others. Exrs.-Give notice TO
RiddleV dseeabed, Z lIlS( =.
A. mi. Jackson two small farms Of 100
acres each for sale cheap.
]. G. Wilborn- Offers several additional farm
tracts in varions sections OF the county.
First National Bank. York-Urges the neces-
sity and wisdom of saving instead of prac-
ticing extravaganza. 1t will help you save.
Liggett & Myers--Giye further reasons for the
extra good qualities of Piedmont cigarettes
York Furniture & Hardware Co.-Suggest that
you buy Fisk tires and tubes, built up to
standard Of quality and service
York Drug Store-Wants you to try Common
Sense rat poison. :.
understanding Drug Co-Has line of ther.
mos bottles and suggests that you should
have one. Correspondence stationery.
York Supply Co.-Remarks that a you feed
your hogs they al feed you. 1t has the
feed. Also has onion sets. Car OF Hour, etc.
lG. w. Whitesides & Co.. Sharon--Suggest that
YOU do your buying early while the weather
| is good. They have complete stocks OF goods.
Carroll Supply Co-Wants you to know that
IL has Just received carload of buggies-
right in quality and price,
ID. M Parrot, Clover--Invites cotton sellers TO
visit his store for whatever they may need
in dry goods, shoes, etc.
Star Theatre-Presents Hedda Nova today
Marie Walcamp tomorrow. and Gladys Brock
| well on Monday.
Kirkpatrick-BeIk Co.-Tells men who want
good clothes to see the Style-plus line. Ihey
| will satisfy the most particular.
Farmers Hardware a Supply Co.-Giyes you
some straight tips on the matter OF heating
and cooking stoves and ranges. :,
York County Fairr1nvites everybody IN. the
county TO the big York county fair pex'
| week-October 20. %, "a. Many attractions.
York Furniture & .Hdw. Co.-Says that 1t sells
the best mattresses and springs ana Wants
Won to see II for what you may need.
T., M. Crisis Sons--Publish the prospectus OF
The Yorkville Enquirer. with offers q pre-
miums to clubmakers Clubbing season Is H
Peoples 7 Furniture Co.-TeIjs you where its
place of business Is, what 1t sells and aise
what its guarantee means.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-17
Wants Old Fashioned Republic

wants Old faShloneu hePuphS'
81 believe in a league of nations, but
I want to preserve American institu-
tions and the enemy on the inside is
more menacing than the enemy on the
outside just now," said Vice President
Thomas R. Mashall in n speech at
Kinston, n. c., last Tuesday before
the county fair. >,
"The preservation of the republic,
the vice president continued, de
pends upon the submerging of tndi-
vidual rights for the benefit OF the
commonwealth and the benefit OF
humanity. l am opposed to every
man, set of men, or class of men, who
knock at the door Of congress and
ask for special privileges which are
not for the good of the whole people.
I believe in the old fashioned Cod
blessed American republic and it's in
dividualistic genius but the era OF
individual rights has ended and
things in the future are not going TO
be what they were in the past"
The vice president urged the golden
rule as the best solution of the pre-
vailing unrest and the differences eX-
listing between capital and labor.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-17

such drastic action. That the em-
ployer group does not favor interven-
ton in existing disputes, either under
the labor or substitute arbitration pro-
posals, was indicated by the remarks
in the conference of L. F. Loree,
president of the Delaware and Hudson
railway, and statement issued Sun
day night by Magnus w. Alexander,
managing director of the National In
dustrial Conference board. The lat
ter expressed the belief. that the ma
jority of the delegates We're trayerse
to turn it into a general arbitration
board" while Mr.. Loree said that II
action were to be taken in the steel
strike. it would also be necessary to
intervene in the coal strike called Tor
November 1 and the numerous other
labor disturbances.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-17

1t. is the people who know how 70
work and who are willing to work who
have the best idea of the real COM
mercial value of labor who get along
best. And these are the people too,
who are making less trouble, in the
labor world. Most of the dissatisfac-
ton we hear, comes from folks who
are of very little use to anybody at
any price, and who would be less
satisfied IL they could get. everything
they could think of that they are IN
need of. People who are really Yaiu-
able don't generally have much trouble
in commanding full values from their
employers. .tli.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-17

. ~
AS to whether the boil weevil will
ever get into this section we do not
know. There are professed experts
who say it will and there are profess
ed experts who say it. won't. We are
inclined to think there is probability
that it will not; but we do not speak
with assurance. If the boil weevil
does come into this section, however,
1t is. going to find many people unpre-
pared. 1t is going to catch them for
the first year and 1t is going to catch
them for the second. There are other
folks, not, maay.s Of them. hutFsome j
who do not care two, cents whether
the boil weevii comes or not, not so
far as they are concerned They will
continue to do business as heretofore,
and they will compel more prosperity
from other crops than they have ever
been able to get out of cotton.