The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-08-22

Plan Has strong SuppOrt-Rall
Return to Owners Less Probable
Aid 70 Drouth Farmers Delayed By
Secretary of Agriculture-Trade
Roard E nds Restrictions on Potash
import.
Washington, D. C-Republican
satisfaction with the presidents
EMERGENCY speech on the high cost
Of living would indicate a bipartisan
agreement in meeting the issue. 1t
= not an issue between the parties.
Roth have pushed it aside beyond the
endurance of a long-sufering peo-
ME. Rather it is an issue between
the common people and the grand
market interests who normally con-
troll the federal government.
The old party politicians naturally
shv at such a nalignment, with it's
disturbing possibilities in the 1920
election ahead of US. Republicans
have not forgotten the 40 congress-
men of their party who bolted the
marty leadership on army food sale
question. In his message Wilson
cIeverly sidesteps the necessity of
thorough reform of our distribution
system and advances remedies likely
to have a popular appeal so far as
they go, and unlikely to have any
serious results for the profteers and
the unnecessary and wasteful mem
bers of the distributing army.
Thus the standpats of both par
ties can again rally behind him, tenn
porarily at least, for protection of
themselves and those they represent
and at the same time the president
hopes for q measure of restored pub
lie confidence in his party because of
his harsh words against profteering
The confession made in his speech,
however, to the effect that a Demo-
cratic congress under his leadership
passed law against profteering and
forgot to affiX penalty, ought to
keep the public from expecting the
prOfteerS to suffer much from Grim
inal prosecution.
WHAT WILSON OFFERED
The remedies which the president
duN dHC6C are.
Federal license Of all corporations
engaged in interstate commerce, with
regulations to insure competitive sell
ing and fair prices. This suggestion
Is, in effect, a direct Endorsement of
the henyOn-Anderson bill for pack
e. regulation.
Goods released from storage should
bear the date when they went into
storage and the price at that time.
Limitation of the time during which
goods may be kept in storage.
Extension Of the food control act.
Condemnation and sale Of surplus
food stocks held in cold storage OF
otherwise boarded where there is a
manifest intent to hold up the mar
ket
Immediate sale to the public OF
g0vernment-owned surplus food anc
clothing.
Government control of security is.
sues.
Prompt ratification of the peace
treaty, including the league of ma
tons.
THE LINEUP ON RAIL ISSUE
The railroad brotherhoods are re
sponslbmle for making official Wash.
ngton officially aware that we hac
such thing as the high cost of liv.
ing. The great stir followed imme.
dldtely upon their challenge of Glow
er living costs or higher wages" The
phrase expressed the thought of the
great masses of the American people
AND they should have the credit OF
ulScredlt Of making another issue a
me same time which put reaction
arles and progressives in opposit
campS-the Plumb plan for govern
ment ownership of the railroads.
Inc reactlonaries, taken by SUI
prise and stunned by the great poppy
lar support which the plan Va
aroused, are now endeavoring to rail-,
Inelf forces Party lines have evapor
%Ved. Ex-President Taft and Presi
dent Wilson are opposed to it. Sena
Tor Lodge and Senator Hitchcock, tn
respective leaders of the Republican
ahd democratic parties in the uppe
mouse, are confident" it will b
turned down.
On the other hand, the America
RECREATION Of Labor as well as tn
railroad brotherhoods are back of il
inc Nonpartisan league organization
mas endorsed it with the reservation
mat the board of control should con
tam i've farmers chosen by farm OF
6~hlzatIons. In short, all the element
who look to indepndent politics flo
LeIlef are backing it as an issue fc
1929.
A PROBABLE COMPROMISE
Advocates of the plan do not e,
pect the present congress to swalloN
1t; Perhaps they would regard il
adoption as unfortunate because tn
present congress would favor tn
railroads on the overcapitalizatio
issue. Our railroads would be weigh
cd down with a grossly unfair del
charge.
A strong fight for this thorough
gong plan now, however. would kee
congress from turning the roads BAG
70 the present owners, and aftt
19zO more representative congress:
men would pass on the basis of pu
chase.
WHEAT DAMAGE REALIZED