The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-11-23

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significant fact pointing to Russia re
covery is an increase of from Is to
20 per cent in the acreage sown to
CROP this season" The report goes on
to say that increases as high as 80
to 35 per cent in some of the famine
regions have been reported to the De-
partment.
In its explanation of the improved
conditions, the Bulletin points out
that "the fact that rye has more
nearly approached the pre-war acre
age is explained by the department of
the fact that most of the wheat was
formerly grown on large estates and
that since these estates have been
broken up among the peasants there
has been an increase in rye acreage
at the expense of wheat"
In the light of these findings it is
easy to understand the why and the
wherefore Of the proposed plan of
President Coolidge to send a commits
sion to Russia in order to negotiate
an agreement for resumption of trade
relations. The great advance made by
France, England, Denmark and 9TH
er countries in the Russian market
is causing every section of the Ameri-
can people to wake up to the fact that
it is in the interests of the United
States as we'll as Russia to have norm
al relations between the two coun-
tries resumed without delay.
Manufacturers Rally to Support Su-
preme Court.
The open shoppers are showing
signs of considerable worry over the
various proposals to limit the power
of the Supreme Court to declaring the
Acts of Congress unconstitutional.
The fate which the various child la
Dor laws and the minimum wage of
the District of Columbia have met at
the hands of the Supreme Court has
caused the various shades of progress
sivism and near progressivism to pro-
posed scores of bills to remedy the
situation.
But the big manufacturing inter-
ests are not asleep. They are on the
! job and have already served notice
that they will fight to the bitter end
to protect their Supreme Court from
any and all popular encroachment. In
an address before the Associated In
dustries of Massachusetts, at the
eighth annual meeting of this open
! shop organization, Mr.. James A. En-
cry. general counsel for the National
| Industrial Council, has thrown down
! the gauntlet to all the would-be lib
orators of the working masses from
Supreme Court tyranny.
Speaking of one of these remedial
proposals, Mr.. Emery declared:
Startling as this proposal may
sound, "a members of Congress have
publicly approved it, and throughout
the country, a considerable body of
| opinion rallies to its support"
Mr.. Emery who is a we'll known
apostle of the open shop movement
had reference to the resolution adopt
ed at the Portland convention of the
American Federation of Labor aiming
at securing a constitutional amend
ment prohibiting the Supreme Court
from declaring unconstitutional any
law enacted by two third majority of
! Congress.
RAILWAY CARMEN To VOTE ON
AMALGAMATION
The Brotherhood of Railway Car
men of America will soon have a ref
erendum on amalgamation.
hOOSC IO AOOs GllS N4luICIdllo
Lodge of Minneapolis, Mimi, has in
( itiated the refendum for amendments
to the Grand Lodge constitution which
will place the national organization
on record for amalgation of the ex-
listing railroad organizations. The
proposal of Lodge 299 also embodies
a plan for choosing a committee tt
enter into negotiations with all other
railroad organizations taking similar
action.
| RUSSIAN WORKERS CALL FOR
UNITY.
The All Russian Textile Worker;
Union The Central Committee of the
i All Russian Metal Workers Union anC
the All Russian Leather worker:
Union have issued an appeal to the
. Amsterdam International for a uniteC
/. front against the big business inter
ests now strangling the German
workers.
The address points out that thu
Russian workers have repeated!
sought unity of the working men O.
all countries in order to prevent tn,
spread of Fascism and to save tn,
working class of Germany from tn,
restoration of military rule.
1t is especially encouraging to not
that the we'll known leader Edo Fin
men is 100 per cent for accepting tn
unity proposal of the Russian work
ingmen. At an enthusiastic meetin,
railroad workers in Prague, Fimmel
declared himself in complete harmon,
+ of the Russian trade unions and pledg
ed himself to do all in his power t
have the Amsterdam IntematiOna
accept the unity offer of the union
in Soviet Russia.
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