The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-08-20
SCULPTOR TELLS
OF PR0F|TEER|Ne
Dor9hnn Lifts Veil h Speeches
ter lsas1e Il Primary
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kre6ee<rins On the part Of that
sH4.H s<artfDa II the American Deopte
that has secured control Of the ne<>ess-
ene high cost Vt living. declared Gut
z.sn Asxxlun noted New York >eulr'-
tor. In short address he delivered
in farxA
Fog nAeurfx seven wears. all men
who are thinking upon good govern
ment, thinking upon the cost that this
nation has paid in the final shaping
II democracy. have been Interested,
ARE noW concerned aud are watching
etosely the outcome Of what has
eeas<ed to b. an experiment but is Il
fact in North lLakota," said Mr. Borg
funI. ~for months past l have read
the SlanG6etOuS and >eurrilouS articles
lexeted at the men who are trying to
get fair price for The farmers prod
ucts iii this state. trying by one
method t. whittte down the eAorbi-
taur profits that are being taken BY
certain interests
Prodseerina BY the Few.
4 live in the east. I live where
ln-u I've mainly on the profits that
tileN usanase to >ecure out ut hand
ling the nete@>itie> that the consume
~ have to bay You ,io not realize
this Situation A> Sc do there. There
W. cant get what W. need to eat and
~ear unless We pay this exorbitant
tan that is le.l.u - Il >lual! portion
Ut the population against the ulany.
4 Wa> VITA. Of the ul.'n who could
anf SHOUTED have ron~, to- the war but
WAS uat Showed tu. But believe
/ dill MY part just the same and prob
ably it was bigger part than if
had been allowed t." shoulder Il gun
ami ~ to the front. had the "ppor-
eunitx To- see what the dutlar-yehr pa
trtots did in Washington.
-Now there were number Of very
gool rnen who served their country in
Washington for Il dollar year. These
were men who sacrificed and rendered
there never has been in the history
Of America Or any other country 50
large 50 able AMI 81 well organized Il
band Ut Scounttrel> as settled down on
che nation ut Washington during the
war. These men had complete con-
troll Ut alt the things produced and
all the things that had to reach our
usn over there. These men levied IL
tremendous tax On these things for
their own benefit.
Profits Their Sole Object.
"'rhese Of you who have read and
those of you who think. know some
thing about the one single depart
how dangerous it was to investigate
Of tne.t,iI. with anything that touched
upon the cost Of things. 1t wasn't
whether thing should <" or come ::
whether it was needed OK not. 1t was
ths. price that could be wrung out Of
it, the profits for those who controlled
things
Now this isn't democracy. This is
not Repuhlicani>m. It's the doing Il
small group Of men who live in this
country upon the products Of those
who work. 4 SYSTEM that allows such
Il condition is wrong. tell YOU men
that this country with its vast re-
sources its abundance Of everything
for everybody should not tolerate Il
system that allows few men to gain
such 4 control of its products that
the rest Ut the people must pay the
price they demand or % without.
We don't want wealth. We want
home and security. We have Il right
to them Labor has earned all tha,
and that We still live in II mortya setl
condition is an outrage to country
as rich a. ours
Do you know that the American
people are compelled to contribute t."
rh- pxutiteer> every few months in
the form Ut increased cost of nece>SI
ties much in excess Ut the total VI
our Liberty Loans, II Il Liberty Loan
WAS >:,sl'lle.l upnu YOU every six weeks
u.m A"u Wnul'i rai>e he'll wnu,'s::'..
Nuu: VT. y'u are submitting t" the
present .N,.rtuu> by these who con-
rrnl your lllarkeeS with only Il >iiyhr
yrumhEug u.,w and then.
-'rhes tell Hoa that intiatinn If
nl"ueN i the cau>e uf present high
prices. Ih,re is NJ initiation Of
ninneN. Fur there is iuriatien a:tin>,
transportation. against ever, Kind VI
thing that me prenteers can get Gu .,
Sugar Cents Pound in Cuba
Last Winter wheu Wis in Cuba
the pre>i,et: 1T tuba >..ut The around
{" The >tlSnr plantations. some Of
wilich he himself owns. saw 1uO.
e~Se >t.-k> Ut >.lsstr packed 1nder 1t sth
>is.t> THAI Mere already filled l >ssw
s.Jtst..H*' rou> Ut aAw sugar in Cuba.
asked 'T. 1T the >ure.riutenGient< ::
'Teii m- just what YOU can sell tina,
>lg;tr t q. b. fur and h. whispered
e, me-: Tive rsut> i pound anil then
rhs,rr ars millions OF rrutt in it for
uA
Arriving IN this country again I
tnauIre't IT >.,,I,s 1T atIr ~uEtr rstit1. ~
amt VII rstt. THAT th-t .-al,i rrt:r.'
this -3rrar for three-f.urth> If i cent