The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-01-30

,erS Cnat are only demanQlng their
just rights. We are sure that a stand
ing army Of 1900, 900 does not ap-
peal to your sense of Democracy. Ag-
itation is now going on all over the
country, soliciting aid for the tuber-
culosis patients; this is a human act
and should be encouraged. But when
we review the past few weeks and
contemplate the countless thousands
Of poor people, who vitality has ebbed
so low for want Of fuel to warm them
and nourishing food to fortify their
whitening bodies; it makes one ex-
claim, ooh! consistency thou are a
jewel" The richest country on earth
in everything necessary for the COM
fort Of mankind. Men could be con-
scripted to fight, but food could not
be conscripted from the packers, nor
did the kept press chronicle single
scripted the coal and have it furnished
to the people at cost; except in. North
Dakota, where the people rule and
they have a man for Governor. The
only star in the whole political firma-
ment, where we can look to without
fear of 2 dangerous meteor. But
that star shines bright, millions of
eyes are gazing upon it with renewed
hopes that it's radiant, brilliant rays
will soon penetrate the darkest re-
cesses of our legislative halls. When
the Nonpartisan League, affiliated
with Union labor, captures our nation
al Government we will make ample
provision for the sick and inirm, and
pension the aged. Real patriots con-
denim the acts of Washington officials
who sang Cali Hail the King" Down
with lionization! We elect officers to
carry out the demands of the MAORI
ty, not to tyrranize over. us and try
to seal our lips for criticizing their
inefficiency and graft. This results
from electing to office SO called con-
servatives that wish to preserve the
old order; half baked men as regards
social economics; modern conserva-
tive is like a reed shaken by the wind,
indecisive, not quite sure of anything.
Beware of conservatives, select radl-
Gals, men who know injustice, go to
the roots, and reason from cause to
effect, with judgment to execute. To
be radical is to call thing by it's
proper name, to be conservative is
to doubt and be damned, and finally
sell out to the other side. Let all
forces Of labor unite on Presiden-
tial candidate selected from the ranks
of labor, and likewise all down the
line. Choose no candidates that are
not willing to sign a recall, let the
slogan be, "WeM stick, well win!"
Vote straight; and ultimately labor
will triumph and come into its own
inheritance. Violence must be dis
couraged. Governments that uphold
or resort to influence or usurp un-
Just authority over its subjects, or
creative forces, must and will degen-
crate for by killing the embryo Of
Justice self extinction is the natural
consequence. Contrary to many OF
our legal and conservative defenders,
who resort to direct action with guns,
clubs and hot tar, we will use peaceful
methods if granted the essentials OF
intelligence. For thank God the ma
iority Of US are not, as yet, disfran-
chised. We ask for the ballot and
demand fair count. Ancient and
modern history proves that laboring
people, although powerful when unit
ed, have always been kept in slavery
and subsection by the minority, or
ruling class. But in 1920 we can, and
will throw off the yoke of slavery II
we will fan the spark Of confidence
in ourselves, assume the fact that ev-
ery soul is a unit and is entitled to
the right of expansion, a right to all
that IS grand and enobling, a right
to really live. / furthermore suggest
that the united labor press recon-
mend, to their readers that they OBJ
serve week Of fasting. Not to abb
stain from eating, for God knows mil
lions are forced to do that at frequent
intervals. But to abstain from the
diet of poisoned mental dope Of the
putrid press, and all other light friv-
oIities which confuse and muddle the
brain, and diverts the attention from
serious problems to be solved. Sober
judgment is necessary in this critical
hour. The subject Of Liberty should
be discussed in the shops, fields, on
the train, in hotels, mines, everywhere
that men meet. Petition congress
against further encroachment on our
Liberties.
Sincerely,
w. A. WHEELER.
IS HIS