The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-09-05
CANDIDACY is GIVEN BIG
BOOST BY SENATOR J. W. ANDERSON
Frank j. Ewards, FarmerLabor Candidate for Governor De-
cares Governor Dixon Sat idly By and Allowed Rail
roads to Escape Taxation.

The automatic principles in the ad-
joining columns of this paper as
expressed by Senator J. w. Anderson
and Frank J. Edwards, held the in
terest of meeting Of Great Falls
progressives in the Capitol theatre
Friday night
Senator Anderson, an able speaker.
is we'll acquainted with conditions in
Montana during the last Is years. He
said that throughout the country
there IS being shown an intense in
terest in the Farmer-LabOr party.
There is no need of creating the
farmer-labcr movement" he said. at
is already here and it is up to the
people of the state to take up its
advantages.
Never in the history of our coun-
try has there been such a desire for
a change in the management of cur
affairs. This desire is not confined to
cur own country but in every country
OF the world there is that longing for
freedom which will find its express
sion IN the practical economies of
life. There have been different ages
OF slavery but none which forces us
TO carry such heacy yoke as the one
the masses are forced to bear in this
commercial age. Because of its com
pIeXItles it is difficult to trace its
workings and in order to break the
shackles which bind US we must be
for"
TACTICS OF
ROADS DESCRIBED
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big interests Mr.. Anderson explained
The various ways railroads used to
Obtain money from the people.
Occasionally the big money lords
quarrel but whenever that happens
the public always has to pay." An
example of this, Mr.. Anderson said.
was the panic of 1907 where the
Rcckeyfeller interests tried to oust
j. T. Morgan from Wall Street bv
controlling credits. Later on in the
United States senate, Morgan de-
clared that the Rockefeller interests
caused the panic and that's why he
urged there should be a law passed
providing for more elastic cur
rency system. Without it." Morgan
declared, "thcle is danger that the
Reckerfellcr interests will be able to
CONTROL all the money in the country" !"
AS 4 result of the panic thousands
of small business men went to the
wall. Then followed the federal re-
serve bank.
RESERVE BANK
HAD MERIT
) This had wonderful possibilities
! but the wrong men were put in
! charge. Nc other man in the coUn-
try has done so much to prevent these
abuses IN government as Robert NJ.
La FOllette. If he is red / want to
t be red" Mr.. Anderson said.
Never IN the history of this coun-
! try did the people produce so much
4 and hive Sc little. Never was there so
S much unemployment. Just as a farm
0 er must have a field he must have
e thrifty workers. When you kill the
: goose that lays the golden egg this is
T poor economies. The Farmer-Labor
c. party stands for mass prosperity
which means arrest of the robbers in
e our government"
: Explaining the necessity of break
ing up the great monopolies in this
: counry, Mr.. Anderson said that the
: only way to eradicate the evils of Onr
]
e Washington whom the people believe
:, in. "Most of the big manufacturers
would prefer to close down their fac
! tories and throw thousands out ct
: work than to keep them open and by
u so doing accept less than 'theil
7 price IN the way Of prifts," he said
y INCOME
: TAX FIASCO
. Mr. Edwards directed attention t.
Mr. Coolidge's attempts to reduce in
come taxes. This has been abou
all ne has done since he became pres
! ident," Mr.. Edwards said. "Wha
does the average man care about hi.
income tax He gets so little tha
= it doesn't worry him much. But tn,
- big mOneyed men are interested. An,
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