The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-05-28
THE WEEK
.AAoGAer Free Press
Dakeaa.S New Slate
Canadian Wheat Prices
The peAe Nomination
P2laer kebaaAed
f~st's Challenge

owned by the farmers and city work
er>, 1T IN early date in Minneapolis,
there will be another big peoples
daily about to start in Pennsylvania.
The Pennsylvania State Federation
of Labor is behind the new project,
AMI plans are now Il .tter way to fin
anee the new newspaper. The press
WAS made the principal topic Of the
annual address Of President James
II. Maurer Of the federation at the
latterS convention in Altoona recent
",
Maurer first denounced the control
led press He said.
NO matter what the nature of the
strike or labor dispute, the press
stands ready to cruelty labor with its
lies, distortions, omissions, slime AMI
muck Traitors to our cause are her
aided broadcast as respectable, clev-
or, safe and sane labor leaders, while
those who remain loyal to us and
serve US faithfully are branded as 'un-
American red radicals 'BolsheviSts,'
etc.
"ln the face of the fact that dur
ing the past few years there devlop-
Ell in the United States a herd of
about 10000 new millionaires and
billioEaires and the outrageous prof.
terring that everybody knows is go
ing on. the press insists that the high
cost Of living. prohibitive rents and
eight heur day and the high wages
ali other social ills are all due to the
paid to labor.
They are not newspaper, but pro-
pagantta sheels. whose greatest crime
is not only classifying and distorting
the news and intimidating public Of
f1eial>, but in omissions or suppress
sion Of news. The American people
are u great newspaper reading peo-
pie. and. unfortunately, a great many
believe what they read. As such the
newspaper is text book, and thus
we see the great harm done by the
prostitute press,
North Dakota League farmers have
nominated Il full state ticket for the
Republican primaries in June. Lynn
J. razier, Howard Wood. John N.
Hayan and $. 4. OlsneSS are chosen
again for governor, lieutenant gov
el1or. commissioner of labor and ag-
sriculture. and commissioner Of in
suranee. respectively. State officers
who turned against the farmers dur
ing their last term of office are re-
placed by J. |. Cahill for secretary
Of state, II. {. PoindeNter for state
auditor. K. II. Walker for state treas
urer AMI William l.enike for attorney
general.
John II. haer and James H. SIM
clair have been renoMinateu for con-
gre>>, and Congressman Young.
whose record did not support prom
i>e> has been replaced by Thomas
rtu,l,nN in the other district. Doe
tor t.. T. t.slId. long prominent Is
H"c<iuent If the agricultural college
,tult u Wheat expert for the farmers.
i,a>e been chosen to oppose Senator
Gvun,,a for re-SIeeticn.
10 change in the main issues has
raker place. except that the oppoSi-
ton does not dare to oppose the
turl,ri> proyraE> openly. One or
two p!ank>. such Us the limitation Of
x,,euditure for state mills and ele
vasorS t. >2,ooo.0oO (enough for about
one large plantD. are put in the OPP
position program to catch the anti
farmer vote and to deceive the farm
er vote. But their method of destroy
ing the work for the farmers would
be sabotage in office if they CHANGED
to get in.
Announcement that wheat partici-
patton certificates will be worth at
least 10 cents hsuhel. made by the
Canadian wheat board. calls atten-
ton to one of the most remarkable
departures from the usual marketing
system. Last fall the Canadian gov
ernment took over the marketing of
wheat for export. paying $2.15 Il
huShel for No. northern in cash at
market points such as Fort William.
on Lake Sups rior. and giving the
grower also a participation ceftlrl-
cate.
This certificate entitled him to a
share Of whatever the government
made on the wheat above cash paid
and costs. The controlled press has
been telling the Canadian farmer that
Il, form or marSe' ing WAS So:E.'ls-
tic and inefficient and that the certi
ticates would he worth nothing. Spec
ulator> building on these reports
have been buying them up for little
or nothing from many cre0ulous
farmers.
The Canadian government. perhaps,
has not looked after the farmers in
tere>ts rs opposed to that of the mill
'er> o. English buyers as much as it
Shau,,t. bu, the fact remains that the
grower. Of No. northern has re-
ceivei >2,5 plus 10 cents. or $3.50.
continuously throughout the past
wear 1t may be more before the
wears transactions are concluded.
The Socialists are the first OF the
national parties to hold a convention.
and the result Of their delegate meet
ing in New York Is the nomination of
Eugene Y. Dehs for president and
Clarence Steair,an for vice president.
TIL. convention stood hack of the
much tafke.l-of St. Louis platform Of
opposition to war. including the war
with Germany. hut it refused. by a
vote of 80 to 10. to pledge without
reservation it, allegiance to the thirl
Int rnationale-
The third Internaticnaie is one OF
two efforts to reconstruct the inter
aa.ioraI organ zation of the Social
lists sub loose international orIa-
rtzatson As there Was before the war
.-okrn up by the assassinstoin Of
Ian Jsar~x. tire FrenehMan who
tried to 9eS the working classes Of