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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-02-29

Benjamin G. Marsh, managing di
rector Of the Farmers National Coun-
Gil, in the following appeal to the
farmers, calls upon them to rally to
the support of the Norris-Sinclair
Bill and to accept no substitute for
that bill, calling attention to the ini-
guilty eff the McNary- Haugen bill, or
the Grain Export Commission bill,
sponsored by Secretary Wallace and
the grain Spectator teapotters, as a
new method of fleeing the farmers,
in the following language:
EeThe sO-called McNary- Haugen
Farm Export Corporation bill is a red
herring across the trail to prevent
the enactment of the Norris Sinclair
government marketing corporation
bill. This McNary-Haugen bill would
at best, if fully and permanently OPP
erative put growers of certain farm
products back in their condition be-
fore the war (1905-1914) minus the
loss on the part of each crop Jhat is
exported which may run as high as
One-fifth of the price farmers receive
for all wheat, corn, cotton. etc, at the
primary market.
"In the 1921 year book of he De-
Partment of Agriculture, Secretary
Wallace who is sponsor for this Nc
Nary-Haugen bill says:
Z" The people of America have
until very recent years been fed
at a price below the actual cost
of producing farm crops, if all the
factors which properly enter into
that cost are considered and if
the farmer should be allowed a
wage no larger than the wage
paid for the cheapest labor
Secretary Wallace wants farmers
back in thta condition and hen to be
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-02-29
NC NARY -HAUCEN BILL BACKED BY SHARKS

out the loss on the export part of
their crop. The McNary Bill cOmpels
all farmers to sell all their crop under
control of an autOcra ic commission
dominated by the Secretary of Agri-
culture, himself, the Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon, and the Secretary Of
idenS declares that a special emergen-
cy exists cn any crop.
"YOu must accept part payment In
scrip, and every farmer must pay
what the export corporation says is
his share, prOpOrtiOned to the size of
his crop, of he loss on exports there
of. Farmers can be heavily fined if
they don't.
''Live stock growers have to con-
tribute to a fund out of which meat
packers may be reimbursed; wheat
growers are to provide a bonus thru
this assessment for the millers and
the elevator trust, on their exports of
meat and flour.
"The Norris Sinclair Bill may pro-
perly be amended to give the prOduc-
ers of each crop a voice in deciding
what price shall be paid for each crop
by the corporation. and 10 state def
nitely that the government shall pay
any loss on the export of any crop,
after paying farmers the necessary
and legitimate costs of production,
and a reasonable profit.
''The gamblers in farm products
are fighting the NOrris-Sinclair Bill
but backing the McNary- Haugen Bill
They know what they are doing and
why"
BENJAMIN c. MARSH,
Managing Director
Farmers NatinnaI Council
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-02-29

Miles City-Total Of 2,046 cars pro.
ducts, mainly of farms, shipped from
Miles City in 1928.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-02-29
REDSTONE

Ed. Bucklin went to brentwood
wednesday where he had the doctor
dress his arm again.
Z. b. Bull was a county seat Wis
itor Wednesday.
Ihos. Harrington went to Plenty
wood Thursday taking his son John
TO the hospital where he left him for
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-02-29
COMERTOWN FARMER
PAYS RESPECT TO.
DWIGHT R. CRESAP'
ComertOwn, Mont.
Feb. Is, 1924.

COmertOWn, Mont.
Feb. Is, 1924.
Editor Producers News,
rientywoQd, Montana.
Dear Sir:
May I have a little space in
the farmers paper to make a
3 few observations?
In looking over the last issue
= of the Montana Wheat Grower"
. you may imagine my surprise to
Z behold the picture of Abraham
3 Lincoln on the title page instead
8 of the smiling features Of that
3 great hero. Dwight r. Cresap.
4 How in the deuce did this hap
s. pen?
= | have noticed that the musical
*name of Dwight r. Cresap has
= net been the only daisy in the
= embroidery in the pool publica-
* ton for the last couple of issues,
= which fact is the cause of some
4 thankfulness.
* However, Dwight R. is still
y playing up the export corpora
ton bill or the McNary- Haugen
bill, and it is just possible if he
gets that bill through, that he
= will get some future publicity
: from the Copper Crowd or the
= Grain Gamblers. I wonder how
he interprets this; ct is up to
you, your officers will not fail
you neither will they hinder?"
Here is the bill that Dwight
g rryo,.Ir.yoor oxro,.4i,,oo N,
THE McNARY-HAUGEN BILL
PROVIDES:
The immediate proclamation
of a general emergency in re-
spect of agricultural cOmmOdi-
ties.
Authority for the president
to declare at any future time,
a special emergency by reason
of the export surplus Of any
basic agricultural commodity.
A commission, virtually con-
trOIled by the secretary of ag-
riculture. with power 20 fix the
ratio prices of basic agricul-
tuTal commodities.
A system of ratio prices
based on relative pre-war
values.
A 5000, 100000 agricultural
export corporation virtually con-
trOlled by the secretary of ag-
riculture.
An equalization fee to be
paid upon every sale made by
the producer of a basic agricuI-
tural commodity.
A fund, created by these fees,
y to be used to pay the expenses
of the corporation and cover its
y losses on export sales.
Authority for the corpora
ton to dump agricultural COM
= mOdities in foreign markets at
whatever prices will prove rea-
= sOnable enough to move the ex-
portable surplus.
Authority for the president
to fix import duties at any level
which he may deem necessary
to maintain the. ratio prices.
Just another scheme to farm
the farmers. I think you will
= agree with me if you will notice
how he intends to handle it if it
3 becomes a law.
Yours truly,
A POOL MEMBER.
3 x y
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-02-29
COONEY CANDIDATE
FOR CONGRESSMAN

Helena, Feb. .13.-Byron E. Cooney,
editor Butte American, filed his dec
laration of intention to be candi-
date fer the nomination for congress-
man from the First district on the
democratic ticket. One of his planks
is advocacy of an amendment to the
Volstead act to permit sale of light
wines and beer. He also urges bank
ing laws to protect depositors.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-02-29
Ran EsTATE TRANSFERS

George E. Bolster ct ux to 1st Ma
tiOnal Bank, Plentywood, deed, S1462.-
AZ, w go felt, lot l, block 16, original
Plentywocd
edmund L. Hyde to Eiler A. Err
jOrd, S85, deed, lot 3, blk. 25, Town
site, Reserve.
Emil Ferdinand Madsen ct ux to
Ole Erickson, $25OO.OO, deed, lots l, 2,
E 1-2 NV Ia, 30-32-58.
Anna Lester 10 Sigurd A. Syver-
son, deed, $1,000, lot 8. Lasaters Gar
dens
F. C. Harrison to Martin Tobiason,
deed, S2800OO, E IL SW IA, let's 3,
4, 1864.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-02-29

Lewistown ~ Beef cattle shipments
from Montana to marketing points
outside state during year 1928 great
ly in excess of normal yearly ship
ments and nearly 100000 head in ex-
cess Of shipments for year 1922.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-02-29

Says Benjamin c. March, Managing Director Farmers Ma
tional Council of Washington, D. c., in Release 10
the Press
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-09-19

of your life here, would you rather
be hanged-die ?" the vigorous re-
sponse was not due to the indelicacy
of the question. There was no sug-
gestion Of shrinking from the thought
that the hangman's moose had once
dangled dangerously close to this
gray head.
81 would sooner be hanged. |
would sooner die any death than live
again like this through all my years.
Is life so dear as that, purchased at
the price Of eternal slavery?"
The old man seemed ashamed of
his outbreak. He subsidized once more
into the pitiful figure in dull gray.
would you leave here now if you
were paroled?"
He thought for a minute and then
answered slowly. 81 am an old man
now, with all my life behind me. |
was II years old when | came here.
got life imprisonment. | have tried
to be good prisoner. Only tweny-
four hours have | spent in solitary.
am crippled and old and | could not
earn my own way. couldn't work.
"But liberty is sweet"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-09-19

The path of duty leads to happines ?
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the sentiment in the northwest ter
ritories changed and the open sale of
liquors was again permitted.
Many early settlers now living can
recall the time when the transfers
loaded up in the outskirts of Fort
Benton, or even at Great Falls in
the early days of that city, and
would then be absent for days or
weeks during which time they hauled
their loads across the line and dis
posed of them to the thirsty of the
northland.
In the early seventies the Hudson's
Bay company discovered that while
it had hitherto enjoyed an almost un-
disputed monopoly of the trade of
the country which extends from Win
nipeg to the Pacific coast, strong
opposition was springing up which
eventually might shut the company
out of it's source of profit. From
the south came frequent parties of
fur traders armed with the jug"
which was ever welcome to the I'M
civilized savage, and that "jug" was
a stronger argument in the barter
for furs than better prices paid in
useful merchandise.
Possibly the fact that the new
traders were a trifle shrewder than
the old had something to do with
the switching of trade, but the "jug"
was undoubtedly the strongest in
ducement. In 1872 the competition
had grown so strong that the Hud-
sons Bay company at the close of
the season found it's fur warehouses
empty and its goods stacked on the
shelves of its stores without any de-
mand.
Accordingly it set lobby to work
in Ottawa and secured the passage OF
a law absolutely prohibiting the sale
or importation of liquors, malt or
vinous, to the Northwest territory.
The Canadian parliament did more, 1t
organized the Northwest Mounted
Police, body of men which after
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near Belly river one of the horses
went so lame he could not go on. By
making double trip from the place
of the accident to the river, Or
nom managed to get all of the whis-
key cached in the brush before day
light, and then turning out his pack
animals to Craze he rode several
miles to a camp of Blood Indians to
purchase two fresh ponies.
He had only SIP in cash with him
and the Indian with whom he was
trying to deal would not part with
them for less than $50. Ornom hat
ed to leave any of his liquor behind,
for he had contracted to sell the
whole 100 gallons to a certain sal
DON keeper in Macleod and he had
only two days remaining in which to
deliver it.
So, after sizing up the Indian, he
finally offered to give the $12 and a
gallon of whiskey. The Indian &C
cepted and furnished gallon jug in
which to put the liquor. Ornom then
rode off, having directed the Indian
where to meet him at Shutdown with
the ponies.
The Indian knew that the law pro-
vided that a person giving informa-
ton upon which conviction was OBJ
tanned should receive half the fine,
and in spite of his desire to obtain
the whiskey, he concluded that $3.50
in cash was more desirable. He ac-
cordingly mounted his fleetest pony
and struck out for the nearest police
camp.
Night was coming on when Ornom
and the Indian met at the appointed
place and exchanged their wares.
The Indian took long swig from the
key, coughed, patted his stomach
and exclaimed Heap good" Ornom
led the ponies away, occasionally
looking back over his shoulder to see
If the Indian was following him,
but the Indian had disappeared down
the trail through the brush. Arriv-
ing at his cache Ornom quickely
saddled his horses and had nearly
finished packing the load when a
dozen policemen suddenly confront
ed him with leveled guns and ord
cred him to throw up his hands. AS
they had the drop he complied, and in
a few minutes team was driven up,
his liquor loaded on it, he was told
to mount his horse, and the caval- |
cade started for Fort Macleod.
Ornom did some hard thinking as
they rode along. He was sure the
Indian had betrayed him and had
turned over to the police the jug of
The penitentiary stared
him in the face. His captors had |
disarmed him and clapped a pair
Of handouts on his wrists. But he
was sure that he had the fastest
horse, and rather than be deprived
If his freedom he determined to
watch his chance and make a break
or it.
So he rode along with the police
nile after mile, his head down as
f he was thoroughly disheartened.
But all of the time he was search
ng out of the corners of his eyes and
It last, when there happened to be no
me riding at his side, he suddenly
lug his spurs into the horse and the
Lnimal leaped out of the trail and
airly flew over the prairie.
His captors took after him as
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confiscate his liquor and also about
$4,000 worth of furs, and from that
time onward the trade of the men
from the south declined.
However, the fur trade was sue
ceeded by another. With its decline
there grew up the business of Snug
Cling whiskey, and although the oc-
cupation was risky one, yet the
profits on one successful venture
were sufficient to pay many fine.
The whiskey was bought on this
side of the line for SO per gallon, but
across the border it sold for SIS a
gallon, SIS a quart or SO cents a
! drink, and the demand was unlimit-
| ed.
The principal points of consump-
ton wer Fort Macleod, Calgary and
| Lethbridge, where coal mines had
been opened. From these points it
was shipped further north along the
line of the Canadian Pacific. The
saloon business was operated along
the same lines as it is said to have
been carried on in Maine and some
of the other states where prohibition
has obtained for many decades.
The proprietor of the place had
his stock cached and drew a bottle
forth from time to time as it was
needed to supply the trade. Behind
the bar there was a large display of
soda, pop and other soft drinks, but
the main article was in the hip peck
ct of the vendor. There were no mix
ed drinks but the sale on straight
whiskey and brandy was sufficient
to ensure a large profit
Meanwhile the mounted police
were not idle. They made many siez-
ures and it could not be otherwise,
with the large number of men en-
gagged in the Illicit traffic, but the
country which they were forced to
patrol was wide and rough. There
were plenty of passes and the Indians
and others interested were ready at
all times to warn the smugglers of
the approach of the police. 1t was an
easy matter to cross the line at night,
push the horses hard until daylight,
and then unload the kegs in some
coulee or cache. The outfit would
then move away some distance toI
camp, or would drive directly to a
customer and arrange for the sale of
the stock. Later it could be brought
from the cache and stored in cell
lar or some other good hiding place.
The punishment for the first Of
Tense was confiscation and fine of
$500; for the second offense, confis-
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EUROPEAN VISITOR MARVELS
AT AGE OF MONTANA CITIES

1t makes a difference on which
side of the Atlantic one lives. Am.
orleans when travelling abroad mar
vel at the ripe old age some of the
cities have attained. Europeans
likewise marvel when they are in
formed as to how young" some OF
the American cities are.
fAnd how old is your city," Paul
Rosentgen, mining engineer of IL
senberg, Germany, abked recently
while visiting in Great Falls. He
was informed that Great Falls was
plated in 1887.
"Oh, it can't be possible, why that
is only 81 years ago."
"But," ne said as an afterthought.
"this is America, and it seems that
anything is possible"
Mr.. Rosentgen was in Montana Wis
iting the properties of the A. G. NJ
company.
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CONDITIONS In THE
WEST, IMPROVED
SAYS GOV. YOUNG
BIG CROP OF 1924 FOUNDATION
FOR REJUVENATED AGRI-
CULTURAL INDUSTRY
Governor r.. A. Young of Ninth Fed
eral Reserve Bank District Says
Area Rapidly Emerging from De-
preston of the Last Few Years.

Financially, and in a business
way, Montana in common with
all the northwest is coming into it's
own once more and with the bar-
vesting of the big crop and high
prices the entire area is rapidly
emerging from it's period of de-
preston, II. A. Young, of Minne-
apolis, governor of the Ninth Fed
eral Reserve District, declared on
recent visit to the state.
Mr.. Young secs in the big crop
just harvested in Minnesota, North
Dakota and Montana the foundation
for a rejuvenated agricultural indus
try.
"The crop has meant good deal
to the northwest says Mr.. Young,
$50 far it has been a debt paying
crop and, while it has not been re-
Elected in business in eastern cities,
l am confident that it soon will.
1.-THE whole situation is very graft
flying, not only to the reserve bank,
but to the farmers as we'll. The
northwest is coming back in way
that we always felt it would and we
are pleased that the confidence we
have always had is now reflected in
the condition of the northwest"
The governor declares that there
is a better feeling in banking and
business today than there has been
for long time. Not only are bank
ers gaining confidence, but people
are regaining confidence in banks.
he says. This he attributes largely to
the action of the War Finance cor
poration and the Agricultural Credit
corporation in aiding northwest
banks. The net result of this ,"bol-
stering' has been to lend a mutual
confidence that might otherwise
have been absent.
81 talk to country bankers every
day and they tell me that their de-
posits are increasing and that the
farmers are paying off their debts
and coming into their own" he CON-
tinued. but there is an even great
er sign which points to the condition
of the country. Bankers everywhere
are telling me that paper which they
worth little or nothing, a
few months ago now shows promise
of being redeemed This indicates
the extent to which the country is
coming back.
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Keener support to keep the Vel
Iowstone trail from losing its pres
tige, as points subject to detours
by tourists decline in their inter-
est and loyalty to this great Mon
tana highway, was sought to be
provided at the eastern Montana
district meeting recently held at
Billings, by a decision TO set aside
January is as Trail day in ev-
cry town along the route.
1t was also decided to ask the new
legislature to establish state high
way fund and to leave the trail route
as it now exists in eastern Montana.
Legislative action will clinch federal
aid, it was stated.
w. J. Mulvaney was reelected to
the national executive committee OF
the trail association and it was an
nounced that he will likely be elect
ed the next president of the associa-
ton.
The idea of the Yellowstone trail
day January Is is that there will
be meeting at every point on the
highway and especially prepared
speakers brought from other points.
III is nODGQ 10 ludhC lhC QuJ Oil Jul
standing event for all cities con-
nected with the Yellowstone Trail,
subject to arrangements of the ma
tional committee with a $3.50 cup go
ing to the town that obtains the
largest number of new members in
proportion to its population. The
cup will be held for a period of five
years, depending on the possessor's
up-keep of dues
'The big problem we have to
face" H. A. Cooley, general manager
of the association said, sis that of
the towns overlooking the whole and
saying: We will punish the Yellow
stone trail if they don't stop
tourists from taking detours, cut
offs, and going around our city, by
not supporting the trail They forget
that if it wasn't for the Yellowstone
trail there would be no detours to
take. We must forget the details
and look at the thing as whole.
eve must remember that we are
the only northern route out of Chi
cago, and where during the summer
virtually all eastern autoists start on
their western trip. We must fight to
Keep OuI GAlSlSIIC0. II Jill IuC SOulll-
ern routes, of which there are four,
we have the sharpest kind of COM
petition.
every influence at Chicago points
toward the southern routes. The
Jefferson highway, the Atlantic and
Pacific and all others are Well-or-
ganized To bring the tourist to the
great northwest we must continue as
we have in the past"
The question was brought up at
this meeting that it might be better
to make an intensive effort to main
tain the highway only from Chicago
to the Yellowston park. 1t was fin
ally decided to continue the road as
a transcontinental highway.
1t was decided to hold the next an
nual meeting of the eastern Montana
district at Forsyth.
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wards gained the admiration of the
world for its efficiency and bravery.
The first instalment of this force
found it's way across the country
from Winnipeg to Belly river in the
fall of 1873. 1t then lacked the drill
which it later acquired, the men were
new to the work and many were not
accustomed to roughing it in a WHO
country. AS consequence the de-
tachment did not arrive at Belly rly~
er with that ease with which 1t now
can reach the Klondyke country. But
it was sufficient on its arrival to ar
rest a whiskey trader at Belly river,
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TN these days of prohibition IN
| Montana the smuggling of liquor
a across the international boundary
line from the Canadian provinces to
the north brings to the mind OF the
old-timer the very reverse of these
conditions, when the Canadian north
west was dry and whiskey was SNUG
gled across the line from Montana for
the consumption of the settlers and
the Indians of that territory.
This line of business, which was
engaged in largely because of its
promise of rich returns, flourished
from 1873 until 1889 or 1890 when
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cation and fine of $500; while a
third and subsequent convictions
meant three years at hard labor in
prison. Selling liquor to the Indians
was penitentiary offense, straight.
One of the most noted of old-time
smugglers was e. Ornom. He had
been in the business long time and
in spite of the utmost efforts of the
police had never been caught. In
the fall of 1886 Ornom crossed the
line one night with 100 gallons of
liquor loaded on pack horses, 10 gal
Ions to the animal. He travelled ov-
er the prairie all night and when
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-11-14

When baby is constipated, has
wind-colic, feverish breath, coated
tongue, or diarrhea, half-teaspoon-
full of genuine California Fig Sy-
rup" promptly moves the poisons,
gases, bile, souring food and waste
right out. Never cramps or over
acts. Babies love its delicious taste.
Ask your druggist for genuine
California Fig Syrup" which has
directions for babies and children of
all ages printed on bottle. Motheri
You must say California" or you
may get an imitation fig syrup.