The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-10-20
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tlCai On attack On 0end -ol
agton was ro1logg Of 3Li1nesota, Big
fta7k . D, Tom schsr, the eloq1ent
5sonrressman- from hat state.
5lBa 'U @,sn are Republicans, but one
p' progressive and s4s o'1sF '7"'.
ton1fy ~. attack has created great
Sc! ssn' IN administrator atroles. The
l'r 1i,o nj is very anxious to have hel-
Fssl .st,'rned and,iJ is realized that
's o. 1si is one of the most effective
'En.a a;gners in the Northwest, The
I| n l:ss,strstion fears that if ne contin-
'ill.-'' lombard 4Iinnesota's railroad
" ship5tead Tire Nonpartisan
's .@5ste. will surely win out in No
' sobaIIs reference to Kellogg came
', ao co,rse of a discussion of the
n.' oh Injunction. SchalI has in
Ds ,5sced a bill amending the. Clayton
ig +so ss TO make it Impossible for any
,sorpev general to hereafter follow
a,~rbsrtv's example The Clayton
D.+s &c # stands today restraints courts
m, i issuing injunctions in controVer-
=. bo+ween employers and employees.
! n rD contends that the law does
d NJ .nnIy to the injunction he secured
..on 1ndge Wilkerson because the
! a,rarnment is neither an employer nor
:, omplove SchalIs bill if adopted,
s. ~,rId wine out this technicality.
Farm Organizations in Danger:
IN deuouncing Daugherty's action
cob,r nointed out that the precedent
mod bv Judge Wilkerson could be
p.pd against farm organizations with
srpr greater effect than against labor
examinations. He insisted that the
q Hp business interests which were at
facking labor organizations were also
8 determined to go after the farm or
8nizatiOns.
"The Wall Street Journal" said he,
charged editorially that farmers,
q through their organizations to stabil-
y he prices are among the chief offend.
s es against the antitrust laws and de-
serve prosecution.
at doubtless speaks for the va
rious classes of middIemen that
max: their profits by handling
farm products-gran and pro-
II duce, live stock and cotton ex-
81 changes, elevator and warehouse
companies, packers and their pri
u yate car lines, and the various re-
4 lated railroads and banks.
u All these interests applaud the at
Drney general and the Chicago court
for enjoining labor organizations. The
demand for injunctions against farm
and labor organizations proceeds from
4 a common source for a common pur
PSe-the serfdom, the industrial de
NndenCe of the producing classes
both farm and factory, upon those who
make their dividends by the exploita.
ton Of industry"
Kellogg Betrayed Farmers.
Schal gave q graphic description OF
the way farm values had been de-
creased by the defation policy of the
Federal reserve board. And then he
aok MS shot at Kellogg in the follows
Ing language;
The farm organizations of the
country sought relief from an intoler-
aoe condition by attempting to mar
Aa their surplus products abroad, their
news being Incorporated in the Nor
fs Dill But even this small boon to
me farmer could not be allowed to
pass mnoticed. ,
IN order to prevent the farmer |
n0m securing any direct benefits
through independent initiative the
NORRIS bill was killed and the Kel-
"s9 substitute put In Its place, so
~ 10 compel the farmer to get all |
s0'ahces for exporting his crops
"om banks and other AGENCIES
VINO get per cent rake-off on
oil government advances,
~, me War Finance Corporation,
;. "tan Inc past few days, has reported /
g, members .sa of Congress its operations
y, W WI and up to August is. 1922. It
aas S'' 'nat out Of a total of 100000,
-, wv advanced for export and numer-
!. NC O'ner purposes over 100000, 900,
s,, Slee-lourths, went to banking and
atoa a''ls institutions, including live
vs 1ra loan companies and exporters.
s sa,s only $97,OOO,OOO went to coop,
s sa,,Ve marketing associations repre-.
''u'ing the farmers.
:. Only little over one-eirbtb 81 the
r. rsSary advances, or $4,000, 900. was
!, ,u'a s, 70 finance exports; so 1t Is not at
Dart ~ 70 understand why the ex-
vs s, VI lood products for the fiscal
b. f,e eI n June 80 last, as reported
Iss ~ department. of Commerce, were
csaiD ,Iah even in the bad year pre-
,s,' os. BY s45O,oOo,OOo, or nearly So
mani, l., and due to lack of providing
,sIna A &c 1or our farmers wheat is
Ian vb ,Oi Oo and So cents, while Cana
aRe" - i'lslhg to 10 cents
d. PRoFITEgRs HIT.
oapel D y. the American Legion to
rsds ~ on ,,'. to pay back hun.