The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-08-06


routes. This plan is logical COM
plement to the decentralizing plan for
American shipping terminals. which
Admiral Benson it putting into effect.
MEDALS NOT POPULAR
War department officials cant un-
derstand why the veterans of the
Great war are making joke of their
Victory mead, which has been man.
ufactured by carloads and which will
he awarded to all honorably dis
charged soldiers provided they make
formal application for it.
An official statement dated July II
declares that although the department
was prepared to issue about $4,000
OF these medals each day it received
only $4,000 applications in the first
month after the delivery began. APP
palently the soldiers don't care much
for this kind Of souvenir Of their OK
periences in the camps or overseas.
One veteran explained that since
the getting Of Il medal involves the
giving up, temporarily, Of a mans
discharge papers, the men are salts
fed to hang onto the discharge pa
pcrs. (which are their most valuable
souvenir of the SERVICE" and let the
medals stay in the hands Of the gov
eminent. Anyhow, the men are all
50 busy with their own jobs just now
that they are forgetting the wars
glamour.
Of the first $4,000 medals issued
there were 4,O94 with one battle
clasp, 7,244 with two battle clasps.
6,695 with three, S,lG9 with four, 1877
with five, 149 with six, l6 with seven,
3 with eight clasps, s with nine clasps,
l with ten clasps and | with fourteen
clasps. OF those who did not take
part in major operations $3.50 served
in France, 3 in Italy, 33 in northern
Russian, lis in Siberia and 1850 in
the United States.
PUSSYFOOTlNG FOR PACKERS
Under the caption, "North Dakota
Planning New Industrial Reforms"
this cautious criticism is printed in
the editorial pages of "rhc Producer,'
the official organ Of the American Ma
tional Livestock association, for July:
Following the decision of the
United States supreme court uphold
ing the constitutionality Of the meas
ures already put in operation, North
Dakota now is planning to extend its
program Of socialistic cxperimcnta-
ton in state government. Among the
new ventures scheduled by the Nom
partisan league for realization in nc
near future are State-owncd stock
ors, mills and mines.
1.-The people Of other common
wcalths will watch with interest the
x>c AI,t. l,,1, ,.s,rk II
is reasonable to assume that the
handling of such strong chemicals
will not pass oft without burnt fin
eventually, out Of battered theories
will be evolved that may prove help
full in solving our multiplying poll
tico-economic problems. New Zeal
and fumblingly CROPPED her way along
similar lines and is today prosperous
and contented."
This grudging admission Of what
New Zealand has accomplished is
balanced, on another page Of the
same issue, by an editorial blast at
Meat Control in Australia" A par
agraph from their Australian cores
pondent's letter is quoted, showing
that the Queensland government has
made an agreement with Swift and
the other meat export companies that
the government shall take 20 per cent
of the frozen beef and Is per cent OF
the mutton from their 1920 output
to he retailed through government
bucher shops. The government is tc
pay 6 cents per pound for fresh anC
chilled beef, cents for forzen beet
and 9 cents for mutton.
''How long," asks the Producers
e ditor, "would the livestock producer
in this country continue in business
if he had to sell his product on the
basis of such Communicated prices 2
The American National Livestock
association has been under packer
influence, to a considerable degree
for the past year or two and has re-
fused to support William Kent de-
mand for government ownership Of
stockyards Senator kcndrick o1
Wyoming, its president, who began b!
supporting the federal trade commits
sion's program for smashing the pack
ing combine. is now 81 far from thai
attitude that there seems to be little
objection from business quarters t
his return to the senate.
CAMPAIGN Is DEAD
1.-THE deadest political campaign ir
history" is the general verdict in the
national capital upon the presidential