The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-08-15

mei Taxnavers Grows-Govenment
can mn I'M Ships to Foreign interests
sem iIoney MASTERS Deny Support for
With. While Home Measures
East Ignorant of Wheat Situation
bSs. s;stant Secretary of Agricul-
"a Resigns to Edit 'Sea Power"
Washington, D. Cone of the
WSS linnifcant events of the pres
most s,grpss occurred in the house
ent T rUs July 20, when a group of
On On i isJonendents and progressive Re-
M 1ublicans, including the cha p.a,. OF Of
p lvrO important committees, Porter o.
Two Two annr affairs and Esch of interstate
tOLels snrcn summarized trick partl-
oOliD rosoIntion conceived by the ma.
san san, r0 Steering committee to discredit
JOl,' o3dministlation and combined with
s nv democrats to put through an
VIC making it OF practical
@ anne to the people Of the United
States. tho vota on a
,nacisl house resolution demanding
s stt the secretary of war make I'M
I lias available to the public the
lsnn Stocks of surplus army food
IusS nv the war department. The
n resolut II had been drawn after an
;lnyestipation showing terrible lncom-
r notencT on the part Of the war de-
ppe e,t with regard to the dispos-
p p Of its surplus food supplies, and
1er v plainly indicating that influence
brougnt to bear by the packers ano
tho Gamers is primarily responsible
tnr letting this food rot in storage
rstber than place it on the domestic
market. -, ,4; oon
oo;Ted nv the Republican steering
committee. a body with ideals worthy
If the worst days of Cannonism, was
partisan measure and nothing more
+ demanded that the secretary OF
war place the surplus food products
y" m1 sale without delay" CAREFUL.
Oratting to give Mr.. Baker any as
Sistance or authority to handle this
gigantic task. 1t was clearly design
ed to focus public wrath on the ad
ministration by ordering Mr.. Bake,
tc Immediately settle problem which
he had neither money or men q
solve. =.
In spite of furious opposition from
the majority leadership an amend
ment to this resolution, offered b.
Clyde Kelly, independent Republican
of Braddock, Pa. giving the resolu
ton constructive value by instructor:
the war department to utilize tn
parcels post system in selling tn
food, was put through by combina
ton of 10 Republicans, lined up wit
the Democrats. Prominent anon
those WHO refused to De olu u Que
BY their reactinarv leaders were keE
resentatives Baer and Sinclair o
North Dakota, and Rapr',Ser:satiV
Cars of Minnesota.
GREAT EXCITEMENT
The incident has caused tremene
GUS excitement in congress. The ma
iority leaders are furious at the defe'
ton and have threatened to call
party caucus to discipline" thos
who put public welfare above part
san advantage. They frankly adm
now that the original resolution We
drawn with no other purpose than
discredit the Democrats, and that tf
independents have committed the III
pardonable crime of giving Mr.. BAL
er way out of the mess into whlt
he had gotten himself.
There are rumors abroad that tn
incident is but the first step seen
congress in the direction Of a ne
progressive party of public servlc
These are substantiated by the ia
that most of the 40 are men elects
by the farmer and labor vote, al
men who have not been in congre
SO long that they have forgotten e
erything except the shabby old tn
Of political huckstering.
THE KOLCHAK BURDEN
The weaker Admiral Kolchak gro'
IN his fight to maintain a dictate
ship over the Russian people the mo
money the American taxpayer is
ing to be forced to dig up to suppe
HIM. In view of the fact that co
gresS has never been given the chan
to decide on the question of war WI
Russia, or of supporting this
champion of czarism, the secret
elslons of the administration In Il
matter are Of considerable interest.
Almost on the same day that h
chak was forced to remove his "ca
tai from Omsk to Irkutsk becar
OF the increasing strength of the b
sheVlN in Siberia, Frank Polk, actl
secretary of state, announced fir
france that henceforth the Unit
States will give strong material a
10 kolSchak. Exclusive informant
reaching the Leader bureau, by W
OF a congressman, shows how this
neng done. In deepest secrecy,
lear Of a labor uprising if the tn
were known, thousands Of rifles 6
millions Of rounds of ammunition
now being shipped in concealed pa
ages to General Denikine Kolcha
ald IN south Russia, and Kolchak HI
sell IN Siberia, according to this
tremely reliable information. In "
OF the great war debt which must
handled by this country and the
palIlng taxation which is necess
70 pay this debt, there is M
speculation in congress now as
VINO Is footing the bills for these
nlNOnS and tho;r rh;nr,ont