The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1921-07-15

WASHINGTON, D. That this
is not the time to impose several bill
lions dollars of new liabilities on an
already overburdened treasury" is
the opinion Of Secretary Of the Treas
ury Mellon on the proposed soldier
His opinion was given out after the
lower house had voted favcrably on q
cash bonus. MANY congressman were
thus able to get themselves on record
as being favorable" to the ex-service
men while undoubtedly assured that
the ground was laid for killing the
bill in the senate and with admins
stration influence.
81 should be derelich in my duty to
the country and to the veterans them
Selves" Mellon wrote, IF I failed to
give this warning of the inevitable
financial consequence of the pending
bill
"The result would be serious loss
and injury to the whole community,
and, in the long run, the veterans
themselves would lose far more than
they would gain. l can not bring my
self to believe that this would be 'ad-
justed compensation for a service
that was performed as the highest
duty Of citizenship, and sacrifice
that can be measured in terms of
money"
. The billions which the secretary
speaks of would be not more than
one and one-half billions, and if this
would seriously disrupt everything in
the country, one wonders in what
country the secretary and his great
following, including the United States
Chamber of Commerce, were living at
the time dollar-a-year men were feec-
ing the government Of 10 billions that
their voices were not heard. Surely
10 billions are larger than one and
e-half, and in that case it was sell
fish profit grabbing; whereas now it is
a case of those who have sacrificed
much for their country.
The United States Chamber Of
commerce, composed of all our great
business corporations, has led the
fight against the soldier bonus by
resolutions and propaganda.
To the everlasting disgrace of this
administration as well as the last,
many thousands of disabled veterans
have not received adequate care not
to mention bonus to the ablebodied.
On April /, 1921, there were more
than 10000 veterans of the World war
in public almshouses Of this country.
Four hundred have committed su: eide
in New York in the last year because
of dependency from ill health or in
ability to obtain employment.
VACATION PLAN BLOCKED
Western senators who have formed
the so-called agrarian bloc, or as will
eyed press. agents put it, the farmer
Soviet, have succeeded in holding UP
the proposed adjournment of congress
until the middle of August.
Lawmakers like to get away during
the hot days in this really southern
city, but the western senators insist
that something should be done for the
farmers before they get away.
In addition to tariff and tax matters
there is the Norris bill/to create :
800, OO0, 900 corporation for export Of
farm products, the bill legalizina
farmer cooperation which congress
has played with for years, the regu
lation Of grain gambling and the Ken
Won bill increasing interest on lane
bank bonds to 5@ per cent and rails
ing the maximum loan from Sic, 900 t.
$4,000.
Senators Nelson of Minnesota ant
McCumber of North Dakota, WHIT
probably feel that they are all through
anyway, voted for the vacation.
RUSSIA EXCLUDES JOHNSON
President William II. johnson a
the International Association Of Ma
chinists has been refused permission
to enter Russia after three weeks 81
trying. The reason given is that Rus
STA will not admit Americans unit
Russian representatives and citizens
are accorded equal tights in iris
country.
Senator France of Maryland, on the
other hand, has been admitted prob.
ably. because he has been active il
pushing for resumption Ct trade
Will, Russia. Russia may have
thought that he could gather figure:
and arguments which would lid in lii;
work for trade resumption.
So far as the writer knows Stna,
tor France has none 1T the sn-called
radical in him that ml..ht recommend
him to the Soviet government. Rather
he stands for that group of American
capitalists which would welcome lit
tie of that tainted gold to help our
dropping business. .
johnson is one Of the mostsforward
looking labor leaders in America. He
promoted the new national bank here
owned by the machinists and he has
fathered the idea, terrible to militar-
lists, that workingmen should take a
hand in this war business by refus-
ing to produce war equipment.
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BAER WRITES FOR LABOR IS
John III. Baer, twice congressman
from North Dakota, finds time 10
write splendid review of congress
sional events for Labor each week, in
between his cartooning.
- Labor is an official organ of the as
sociated railroad labor organizations,
and is doing a great service for the
railroad men and the country BY Wag-
ing q strenuous fight against financier
management Of railroads.
As n11e of the leading cartOonistS OF