The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1921-08-19
Lamberton Editor Squelched

L8mDeftOn EOltOE OQuclCKSU
The editor Of the Lamberton
mimi Star has been in the self
advertised patriotic spotlight more
than any other local paper editor OF
the state during the last three years.
Other editors Of similar stripe have
wept for him in public. Politicians
have taken up collections to help him
in his great fight against seditious
elements. Not few commercial
clubs have listened favorably to the
terrible tale of patriot among the
Huns from his own frenzied lips.
His trouble seems TO be that Lam
berton does not appreciate man OF
his stripe and the farmer-owned pa
per there gets the towns business.
Contributions by those taken in by
his tale Of woe help relieve the blsl-
ness deficits.
We find the following answer to
his efforts to drag in the American
! Legion in the latest weekly news let
ter of the Minnesota American Le-
gion:
cat the state executive committee
meeting preceding the convention the
reports of Commander Vernon and
those of two special Investigating
committees were considered dealing
with the newspaper controversy at
Lamberton, MINI. The executive
committee directed department head,
quarters to inform all Minnesota Lee
gion posts that the Lamberton news.
paper situation is personal, bust
ness and political controversy outside
the province of the American Legion
no post of which should concern it
self with the matter
| Pretty big package for PROBES
sional patriot to receive all at once!
Famine in South
It was inevitable that statesmen O.
the Hoover type would attribute tn
drouth in Russia to the form of gov
eminent there. But we find that wide
spread famine throughout our owl
South, where no move against bl.
business is under way, is not due t
: the form Of government. 1t is g;
CONSEQUENCE of the economic disorga
nization following the war;"
The staple on which the southern
farmer depends for living-cotton-
has been shot to pieces by failure o
big business statesmen to bring abou
state of real peace following tn
war, Dy Cne CEeult SquccAc VI e1o Ac
serve system and by the cotton gam
blers. The plight Of the southern
; farmer is worse than the press i
general has given out.
President Harding has written d.
| Livingston Farrand, head OF tn
American Red Cross, as follows:
cit must bring shock to the Am
erican people to realize that a grea
4 section Of their own country, whic
they are wont to thin.sl Of as immun
from such experience, is actually men
aced with famine and plague. Fo
that is what it would be called if
4 should befall in any other country
!, and may as we'll give it its rigf
name. It is, of course, a consequent
of the economic disorganization TO
lowing the war, and it demands II
slant and vigorous attention. Ou
, people, so long and so often move
bv splendid charitableness> toward tn
unfortunates of other lands, will ne'
er permit such an affliction here {
home.
"Moved by realization that ther
must be no delay in coping with sue
a condition, l am writing to ask yo
if the Red Cross can make an lmme
, date investigation and report tn
present situation, the outlook tor Il
/ future and the measure necessary 10
prompt and effective relief"