The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-07-30

have been more of a politician. In
which case he would have known that
every politician has IN official reli-
gson Just Is he has an Official patriot
ism. Even If the practical religion
and the patriotism are in the wife's
names. It Is there none the less for
public review.
The minister who beat Volstead for
the Republican nomination for con-
gresS in The seventh Minnesota dis
triet by over $500 votes has been dis
qualified and Volstead considered
nominated by q lower court on the
ground that he had indirectly &C.
c0sed Volstead of being an atheist.
When the case opened the charges
against Kvale also included refer
enees to Volestead congressional ca
reer. but the Volstead attorneys de-
cieled to withdraw these to avoid pry..,
ing into his record for big biz. and
the point on the atheist charge is too
ridiculous, too edntemptible for words:
It was brought and has been carried
through only because the corrupt po-
itical ring in Minnesota feels itself
in such desperate condition. No
class of society could possibly be SO
mean or contemplate as plutocrats in
! a tight place:
F.. Governor Burnquist, whose gang
fought for his nomination with mob
violence and oppression in office, ap-
pointed Judge Albert johnson from
another district to hear the kvale
case. a man who had just been de-
feated for supreme court berth BY
George l.. Siegel, Nonpartisan leag-
uer. The judge of the Swift county
district court, who should have heard
the case, refused to preside at the
hearing Of the unimportant, if true,
charges presented by supporters OF
not he thus played into the hands Of
the BurnQuist ring.
Attorney for the gang-bitten min
lister are appealing the case to the
supreme court.
Heroic efforts will be made by the
railroad interests to cover all their
sins under the wage advance granted
BY the railroad labor board. As soon
as the award came out our big city
press was ready with articles so cast
as to give the impression to the pub:
lie that the increaed rates demanded
are due to increased wages. A 16 2-s
per cent increase in passenger fares
and so per cent increase in freight
rates constitute the new requests Of
railroad magnates.
Il is a matter of record, however
that the roads now have petitions be-
/. fore the interstate commerce com
. mission asking freight increases o.
from Is to 81 per cent to make W
the deficit incurred under the 6 PEI
cent guarantee clause of the new
!. TRANSPORTATION rate. In asking a rat
. to cover the new wage increases the!
will probably demand two or thret
; times what the Increases warrant
: Large business in turn will add abou
. double the increase in freight rate
, to the prices of its goods. And thu
; TEN
; Ito pay an extra and much-neede'
+ dollar to the railroad workers famil
: the general public will have to pa
at least four.
Latest news from Ireland inform
US that the Royal Irish Constabular
n lis to be disbanded. Members of
D are resigning in such numbers rattle
. THAN enforce the mandates from Eng
n land that it has already been badl
5 broken up.
Y This constabulary organization
I lsimilar to the state constabulary sys
- Item in operation in some of our state
\. Members of it are responsible to tn
central government rather chan
l. local units as our policemen and she1
4 ifs are. Hence it is not hard to VI
r derstand that the Irish people hav
l. developed an intense hatred for it an
n why many of its strong-arm men, VII
have been particularly active in ca
= rying out the desires of the BIRTHS
e secretary for Ireland. have met VII
a lent deaths.
,e Some general constabulary system
have probably done good work j
such fields as running down fronti'
ID bandits. but in civilized territol