The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-08-17
A ROTTEN MOTIVE.

A ROTTEN MOTIVE.
The St Paul Farmer recently contained attack the
has been widely copied by other papers.
IT IS ONE OF THE MOST INSIDI0gS BITS OF PROPA-
GANDA WE HAVESEEN FOR A LONG TIME.
"The Farmer figures to the farmer that he paid
the union aborer he would $84 week.
working II hours day and he worked all day Sunday and
legal holiday occurred every week he would get 1874 week
If the object Of the Farmer was to urge the necessity of
getting large pay the worker this line Of dope
would be harmless. .-~.~
But that is not the idea.
The idea is to appeal to the bases Of human Attributes the
nsaDeeaousy which mpels to wish hard luck neigh
Dor We all know that jealousy is dormant in every human being;
it needs only the proper spur to prod it into activity
One of the things which held back organization of the
farmers or generations that gnobe jealousy which made
had To large extent this unworthy feeling has
been overcome and farmers are wing 70 coopeIa
CARELESS OF the degree OF success each has had IN acquiring the
terial evidences Of prosperity.
Now the opposition to organization among producers has
taken a tack.
IT IS STIRRING UP JEALOUSY OF THE WORKER
AMONG THE FARMERS.
The motive of such propaganda is rotten.
It is the rankest sort of appeal to "cass hatred"
Of melting desire to tear others down to his gyel
% W BE oS THRT W1cH WoRKED FOR LETELNG UP
OF THE FARMERS INCOME TO THAT OF THE BEST PAID
WORKERS OF THE NATIoN-WHO BY THE WAY, ARE
NOT UNION LABORERS. 4yse.a~r@ &s1E9ss sZG9 f}s
Even it were the workers far better
off than the farmers the motive OF the propaganda would be rot
ten. &sFsa&Es ',EglgsSN Ss 50
BUT IT HAPPENS THAT THEY ARE NOT.
What farmer personally acquainted with any brcayers
Do YOU, MR.. READER KNOW ANY PLASTERER's
NINE MINE C C5l2 l'''i' a '-''' Dil-'- 1 az ~
HOW MANY CARPENTERS. OF YOUR ACQUAINT
ANCE ARE RIDING IN LIIOUSINES?
Union workers the building trades draw BIG WAGES
BECAUSE THEIR WORK IS SEASONAL.
They do not always work every day in the week. or every
week in the month month in the year.
Their living expenses go just the when they
idle they the OF the they
have with their income tax blanks except in very e
farmer who square shooter will waste emotion
hating the union abOrer.
Rather he will work to get his financial affairs the same
supposedly prosperous basis as the union mans 49, - -
LET US LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM OF WHAT HE
WOULD GET IN A YEAR If HE DREW UNION WAGES
will figure 12hour day the around, for very
few farmers put in that many hours at actual a9o
six months which probably too high figure at that And we
thinking farmer does or asks his family OF even
every Sunday We will allow four hours for chores on Sun
At the union labor scale quoted by the ST. Paul farmer the
farmer would get $3,848 year under such conditions
Rather startling isn't it,
i BUT JUST WHY is IT UNREASONABLE?
The average farmer has big investment as the aver
merchant or banker and the preparation required TO make
good farmer long and duous that required to produce
too But $4,000 year no startling income for banker mer
The st. Paul Farmer grew almost fearful over the thought
that yield from threeourths of of whea
pay BUT WHAT WoTTD TT TAKE TO PAY DOCTOR OF
LAWYER OR RAN<FR FOR EIGHT-HOURS CONTINUOUS
The whole argument only ehicaly rotten but it
The farmer who thinks that pulling down the union lahore
would improve the farmers financial position is mssd 1t re
years when labor paid highly tina
silk shirts Nor the farmer hard hit whe
the wages all labor during 1920 and 1921
IT'S A DUMB MAN WHO CANNOT PUT TWO AM
TWO TOGETHER 81
The best market for the American farmer is the American
market and the American market composed largely of union la
bOrers farmers aEt##
THAT SILK SHIRT IDEA TELLS THE WHOLE STORY
When worker gets good money, he spends it.
He does not hoard the money but puts into circulation
and the farmer gets his share or would if his marketing system
was what ought to bePark Region Echo alexandria, Mimi
THAT TAX LEVY.
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