The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-04-20


detection and has entered the camp
of that SMALL but powerful, minority
group, who are waging an economical
war on the poor farmer In keeping
with one engaged in such work he has
perhaps long ere this pointed out to
the enemy the exact location of the
machine gun nest which the farmers
with great cunning have concealed
and with which they hope to break
down that economic wall, which
stands between them and starvation.
And let us not pass this point with
out saying the farmer-with few ex-
ceptions-for the past three years
worked for his board and lodging and
must continue to do so for years to
come if conditions are not soon
changed. Now for the fundamentals
in this case; does anyone know if this
man ever addresses Farm Bureau
meetings, where he would expect to
face an audience of perhaps so per
cent farmers, and not 95 per cent of
men on commercial bent? If, as he
said, farmers were by reason of the
bloc allying themselves with dang
erous clique, who are demanding that
the government pass a law to make
good any loss to them incurred b.
some foolish speculation and by so
doing destroy themselves and cur
government also, why does his press
agent not so arrange his meetings
that he may better carry his holy Cos
pei direct to those benighted and de-
luded farmers For Gin the name OF
all that is Holy" were you trained in
the Christian faith and wished to con-
vert the heather, would you arrange
to address a congregation of Neo-
phytes and Theologians or would you
go to a heather land, where the harv-
est is great? Of course you would
go to the heather land, but it seems
that this man has a message which
must be "relayed" or filtrated through
Commercial clubs, etc., before il
reaches the farmer.
Surely, if this man had a saving
message 100 per cent proof against
your attempt to commit hari Kari
why does he go about addressing pink
tea parties, church gatherings, Com
mercial clubs, ETC., which have a "let
well enough alone" a-la-Mark Hanna
! favor? Yea, we ask; and assert, Of
rather do we submit for your consid
GRAFTON that this man has not the ply
steal or moral courage to face an au
dience of your kind and tell you Il
your faces that your aim and purpose
in getting together for cooperation
and self-preservatiOn through the
farm bloc is that you intend by this
to overthrow our government ant
trample the constitution under your
feet. Holy mackerel! Who hit Nc
Carthy? Ho! Ye hearties, throw out
the life line, we're sinking! Who
started this family row? Who invent
ed this bloc system any way? Al
what date in our history did it frs
drag its slimey form across our fail
land with menacing threat to destroy
our people with its poisonous fangs
The answer is at hand, Mr.. Farmer
we have it for you in predigested form
Let's trace the geneOlogy of this dan
gerOus reptile.
We find this beast a native of TIT
New England states, where it wa
found by those living there not man,
years after our civil war, and is useo
extensively now as an accelerator O.
aid in making millionaires out O.
common people.-Not having man,
people who were practically "made'
| by the bloc system in Iowa, but see
! ing with what success those met wht
! could produce the large garden var
I iety lin hot beds, of course) and ye
have a little time left to flirt will
Royalty and wishing to have some
thing of that kind even if it were ONLY
an imitation, the farmers of low;
with Senator Kenyon at their heaC
thought they would take a gambler
chance and transplant some of thi
seed in Iowa's fertile SOIL And oh
/ how it did growl And then this stur
! dy statesman and champion of tn,
farmers rights took with him one o.
/ the first born of the Iowa variety
down to Washington and showed i
round among his (un) friendly cole
agues and especially with much pride
did he show it to our senior Senator
But 10, did this man and those of hi
ilk try to smite this good man 'hil
and thigh" and 10, they cried alouC
to him "this is not good for you
people" "Put in the hands of an il
literate mass such as you have, Thu
thing is very dangerous and will
cause the people in your state to des
troy themselves; with such a thing il
their hands they at once become un
manageable; are prone to see red anC
and to act red" And with these darl
predictions and menacing threats BY
the agents of big interests and from
lack of support from home, Mr.. Ken
yon gave up in disgust and for /;
time Iowa went into mourning a.
would become one who had lost
great friend. { A "friend at court