The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-10-17
NOTE ON MHITARISM

ANo AZ o4N g11LI1 AfS1oM
The mother of a boy who was killed
IN France wrote to Senator Penrose
OF pennsylvania, protesting against
universal military training, such as is
now Endorsed by Secretary of War
Baker and the general staff. This
woman lives in Salt Lake City. Her
name is Mrs. Clarence E. Allen. SEN
ator Penrose wrote IN reply that he
is opposed to the legislation now un-
der consideration, and does not be- .
loVe 1t is necessary to resort to COM
pulSory military training in order to
maintain suitable and adequate de- |
fcns9 for the country. | am of the !
opinion that q small standing army, |
and volunteer force when needed, |
will meet all the requirements of the |
situation"
So another line for the 1920 cam
paign may be drawn. Hiram John
son and Boies Penrose agree in being
opposed to universal military train
ing. Baker is not challenged in the
opposite position by any prominent
Democrat in the administration.
STEEL TRUST THEORIES
Senator Sterling of South Dakota
has increased during the past week
his efforts to prove to witnesses on
| behalf of the steel strikers that they
! ought to be glad to work for the
United States Steel corporation with
out regard to any deprivation of in
dividual or collective freedom that
the overlords of the steel plants may
require Of them.
/ Among the ideas he has put for
ward, by question or by inference of
his remarks, are:
+ That the order of the corporation
which outlawed all unions did no
real" harm to the men. -
That company gunner may have
the right to forcibly enter hotel and
kidnap and deport union organizers
, who come into a strike region, on the
theory that if the organizers remain
ed they might persuade strikers to
break the law.
That when a steel corporation sub
: sidiary company shuts down its plant
in order to force it's workers to dis
solve their union, the union otflcla
from outside who can break up tn:
union is to blame for the suffering Of
these families if he fails to Withdraw
their union charter; that the company
: is not to blame.
;, That it is the business Of the Sen
f ate committee to try to prove a quar-
" rel within the ranks of the stee
strikers, OF even to start one, OF
theoretical issues, rather Than to N
r. 1uire into the quarrel between tn
: strikers and the steel corporation
\ This attitude marked his numerou
a sharp question put to Foster, secre
h tary-treasurer of the strike commit
10 tee.
V HOUSE GETS LEASE BILL
70 Representative Baer of North Da
IS kota is beginning to fight on tn
Smoot- Sinnott coal, oil and phos
j. phate leasing bill-the annual al
10 tempt TO give away the last of tn
+ public mineral resources. Baer
n, backed by group Of liberal men
o. the house and by the mining trade
ic department of the American Feders
m ton of Labor.
I'd NEAR-WORTHLESS FEEDSTUFF
h. Chairman Haugen Of the hous
&c COmm1LLee on agriculture Ate|N Pr
he ed and introduced bill to prote
ev purchasers of animal feeding stuf
at from worthless or near-Worthless lee
ingredients. :, :,
sci The Haugen bill provides for q
es plain statement on the tag or Lao
b. on all feeds sold in interstate cor
ell. merce of the ingredients which a
nd mixed to form the feed, their cor
ad mon names and definite qualntltle
nyt MANY states have fed laws IN VIM
the names of the ingredients ana
amounts OF the nutrients must DE p
at on the tag, but without the stateT ne
at of the amount of each ingredinet. II
in is the chief, although not the o. on
,se Doint aimed at in the Haugen olll:
he The idea is that if feed contal
ON oat hulls, barley hulls, corncobs, pc
ust coffee hul?s, ground hay or stf f
est chaff, sorghum pulp, flax plant relO
zoe or cotton seed hulls, the amount
ust these ingredients should De stateo
&C. hounds or in percentage on the
ex- in plain type, and by their PROF