The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-08-20
NEUTRALITY ON EUROPEAN AFFAIRS
ANNOUNCED BY STATE DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON LETTER

officials at Washington knew better
(than to prevent The adoption Of the
whole wheat standard) but they were
then under the domination Of the
millcrs, where they promise t. re.
main for many Il year to Gomez
AIDING INSURANt r. COMPANIES
Chairman Benson of the shipping
board IS sending out a general appeal
for help for the privately financed and
opcr;2thc SyndicatcS that arc pacing
in.lranrc on our new merchant ma
rnr. He wants, the country to repeal
all federal and star" laws imposing
TAXATION on prcI1iuT;', and to abo.i: h
all Other Limitations upon IT." growth
"r thj:, marin" n.;uAilc" pool.
! When the ships were directly opoT-
atrd by the ,olrI on publ" account,
'aru before that. when privately owned
ships We're ,unnin: through tho sub
marine war zone, the government
provided insurance 1t rates that were
Il Traction q; he '"l.c.s demanded by
the private companies. Tie ,:ar risk
insurance act as originally passed was
Il marlnr insurance measure. witch
earned millions in profits fo, the ruD-
lie, while it saved many mo)c mil
! lions to the shippers Because il vas
so successful, our rcacri"nar" hipa' IT,
san combine IN congress-; determined to
kill this government insurance system
right away. They did 80 in the .|rnc',
merchant marine act Of this yr.lr. The
private insurance $yndic;lt"s arc pro-
vidcd for in this measure.
Practically all American ma ,.c
INSURANCE" interests arc cooperating
in the new syndicatcS, according to
Admiral Benson. What the,' now 'ac|:
is freedom to write all kinds Of in:;ur-
! ancc, as their British competitors; do.
and freedom from state taxation cs-
pecially.
Capita! for the cxpansin1 OF these
marine insurance Synlicutc$ is not
flow ing fast enough. Hence the .,p
peal.
JOHNSON'S LATEST SCARE
Congressman Albert johnson Of
Houuiam, WASH, who melted the at
tack on Assistant Secretary Of Labor
Post last winter as !: sequel to the
PalmcrC aminctti "rcd raid" outbreak,
has paused in his dcnunci;tionS Of the
"red peril" long enough to declare Of
ticially that he has uneurtcu Il vast
"yclIow menace" in the form of Il sys-
TEN whereby thousands Of Japanese
are annually smugglcd into the United
States.
johnson used to be employed ON the
paper in the national capital owned by
the late John 4. Mclean. Then he
went West and stayed long enough to
have himself sent to congress. His
friends are the big lumber companies
of his district. His political method
is lurid sensationalsm. When he is
not unearthing worldwide revolu-
tiona,y conspiracy, and loudly shout
ing it t. the members Of the houSc--~
with newspaper correspondents in at
tcnduncc-~-hc is dcnouncing most any
booty who seems to be unpopular with
big bu :inr*s. He is an .arhcnt "ex-
poser" Of the Nonpartisan league.
Anti Japanese agitation is good
politics on the Coast. Johnson huy
inherited the craftsmanship Of the
house committee on immigra1 ion.
which would normally lnclin" Il man
to handle any statement on Japanese
smuggling Of Immigrants with some
care. But that does not stop Albert
IT, shouts H., rh:I. 49,, amt ignores tic
Sac, that tho jalnlnrS" folc'En office
,a:, given to ihr press a thn'l"nrr to
hirt to produce his evidence.
tNiBi'S NOTE TO ALLIES
Sr"r"tnry Colhy'~ n"tr, hr!ivr,rL
to thr ;iirs through tho N;!"n ana
hn.,>;rlor, stresses the following
points:
!. This government hcln'Vr> IN Il
uilitrL. f,rr and autonomous Polish
tatr.' But W. will not participate
~ Il ,.Cnc' NJ conference lest this
;NruiI !, at to recognition ni Rui :;I;l.
:. America uuhnIA- Russian teri
tp'iAi intpull>y a'"i di~:.,proyra the
fuyn,nt ,rn of the Baltic state, rN-
tupt E'nIiru. ar,l tn" creation Of tn"
republics u' t;r"EHiA and Az,,'aiian.
While rot mrnturrd pccitirAIly, Jap
lnrsc aggression in the Far East j.
also Deprecated
>. No compact or treaty can be
made with Tx p'rScn: dc iacto gov
nouncing the Boil hrviki ard in out,
until UNDERSTANDINGS can be entered
into with the people of Russia.
!. The allies should withdraw all
loops from all Russian territory
and thus deprive the BolShcv,ki Of
their national defense appeal.
, This particular note does not men
ton the position Of strict neutrality
on the Polish crisis given out rs sent
to England and Franc" direct
The season tor hunting duck IL
Montana opens September Ii. tho
same a. last yea. and the iI:lit -
twenty birds to orr man per day. Tie
duck cop will be good this year and!