The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-05-28

GERS and other dealers for his bin pro-
hihiting gambling IN ue:"SsHri'; Of
lie. he has now returned from the
annual convention Of tln Southern
Wholesale Gioc"rs' association ut st.
Louis, where he SPOKE for an hour to
5000 grocery men, who not only APP
pl:!udcd him at cvt''y point in hi:,
urDum. mt but adort,'i resolutions APP
proving his bill and plc,|g;ng their
active support Of The measure unit
it shall become law.
Bacr pointed cut to the grocr,>
that there are three significant ten
denotes in their felt today. First is
the demand that the price paid the
producer by t. dc.ilar shall ne
stamped on all articles offered i5r
sale, in order that the consumer may
know how heavily he is paying 70"
the distribution OF the article, Second
is the demand for public ownership
and operation Of marketing facilities.
as a protection of the pcopl, against
the spectators and other profiteers.
Third is the swift and menacing
growth Of "supcr-bu>iness' corpora
ti>ns, which are running ahead of the
l.oblic ownership sentiment with their
formation of chains Of retail stores
that ret along without the whole
Saler.
"Ihe WhelarDu'lc tobacco inter
e. t. have launched the ncnter retail
store enterprise that j., going to &C.
cure them all the most favorable sites
throughout the country said Haer,
and YOU know rnoI%h about the
other chain store enterprises to know
that they will run their own whole
sale departments without your hctp.
They are buying ny, for Instance, the
! uil,lings formerly c>cuncd ny sa-
looms, and are preparing; to put their
retail stores in these locations. ! be-
Iicve the Dui'or:s a." loin; into the
merchandising business on Il great
:ca'c. These big pro! tcrrs OF the Wal
,"riod realize the trr,I toward pub
lie ownership "; marketing facilities,
and they plan TO ut on the ground
first 9TH IN organization that elm
mates the vast o.. o.i Questioned co'n-
petition brt>,cn nlnay independent
dealers, but "hi.:n viii crush or al
competition only in order to raise
prices to the 'on:;,mer.'
One Of the who'c:':,lc merchants in
this convention proposed that Asiatic
Sit'NfI NC SASAIA
TED in order chat production in this
country may oe .nt:'H cd: l'at: call
cd to his attention the influx Of syri-
an and Greek comp ,ti'ion into their
own field, anu suggested tina: it would
he wiser to SEQ that proiitccrs and
gamblers be put 10 work for Tie Dene-
tit of the present population y: tine
United States tIilr to leave The prof
tcers alone and encourage, the coming
Of an element tina: Will live ut il S;ii'
lower level than 10 the immigrants
from tho Balkans and the Near East.
This suggestion WAS ADOPTED.
These merchants have opened MY
eyes to one thing sah The con
gresham on his return, t" the cap
itaI. ''Ihcy are =: t rs radical Is the
farmers in Their opposition to those
who are getting ,ith without rcndrr-
ing any service to society. And they
see the chain store corporation com
ing, with its crushing private ,anro-
poly. They arc going to fight. They
see that the program ., the Sonpar-
tisan league. for public rNncr,hip of
certain marketing: facilities. is thc
only safcgu,tN y honest bl.>inc~.,.
In tho opinion 81 Congressman sin
clair of The third North i'akot:. u!..
trirt. the state ticket ;laEl"d ut Fargo
by The Nonp:,iti al 'a';'h' tpr>rl1-
ton i stronr in tn" ,|a'c wi''rc il
i, necessary that j, h" from: III or
der thu; the indu~liin! program OF thu
E."%'r,ur r;,y he carried cat in good
Gai.h and despite al! its cr'''lr~.
In tn" denomination o! Governor
traZi,r, :tnl in the ,cnn:'lnu:inn Of
COMMISSIONER i!,"Hn,' he sand. "thc
cDrv. ALTON showed III, good .,".: :. W
Il! expected Of it. 2r in ch"os ing
:. The nominee for ::'tnln"y general
,Ir man who has i:.,n counsel In!'
tic industrial commits ,;oh. Is we'll rs
fer tie League which Elo,tu.rl tn' ;
p,ur,a,u, th" convention has ni.nl" the
h;,rr!ony and effectiveness Of Che in
dust, !;.l commission absolutely Ger
tain. William lcm.lc has been large
~ Responsible for TIC program. ard
will .lcfcn, a.ld advance It. through
thick and thin. Frazier, Hag;n and
l.enlie will be an ideal industrial
commission
Among the other state nominees
for whose election Sinclair congratu-
lates the convention is Senator ca
hill, chosen for secretary OF state
who was Sincair's cl;ei rival fol
League Endorsement for congress tive
years ago. The enem!' later approach.
ed Cahill with extT.vagant offers OF
support if he would turn traitor, but
he kept faith with the farmers who
elected him.
Congressman Thomas l.. Blanton Of
Abilene, Texas, whose interruptions
ELEVEN
outbursts, points of order and speech
es of denunciation of progressive
ideas appear in almost every issue o
the Congressional Record. has u re
sourceful campaign manager in hi
relative, William W. Blanton. a
Blanton has capitalized his hatred o
trade unions in his speeches, and ha
drawn the fire of Sampel Gomper
:,nA other labor official, for his rc,k
less statements regarding them, he o
hi, manager conceived the idea o
passing the hat for campaign FUNDS
among the anti-lahol employers !
thv Fast. \ c'.tular lrtt.r VIZ, l..
sued by Manager BN:nton. 'l"Srlih
CONGRESSMAN Eiartun as !. "vcrl poo
man," and sly ing th:., Il nin ~ IL
impression that ~ y'ou|'l d"rm II
nrixtlnpa l., rrpt ,ii,,it, IN his