The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-10-16
yrRICAN MINERS

WI 49,
.,rRTCAN MINERS
NENACED Years the copper barons
FoT so--e o4-r-eacoDda have been quietly
q 93ll.io1i6g gl5 properties in South amer analo
de'sl24Rb1sT 4RbaT have now got TO tne sCage
ica. ca l9 t6ev are able to sell the cop
where aJ NJ IN the Andes to American
per Hli.[r li,or nurchasers, for half the
and ogle+ 1roducers in this country
prlcee 'llS, co5afor Cameron, of Arizona
receive. 80 the American copper IN
sta.gS s IS menaced by the pFoductlon |
dusIl5 ll!. cost of both South American
at lo% Ian GCe copper. The mines IN
ana 70 aiL'' are closing down and whole
MS S.':- northern Michigan are de-
to"A23 = The miners have left and the
seIlsG:, 5,ls+rv is abandoned. This can
c2l5- y changed, contends Sen. Gamer
az = 4 FAVOR of American copper MIN
on u h. 70 the placing of an adequate
ers =! y, imported copper. The cop
IaIlli ,.;rgs ~ can be shown that they
p.L pot at will destroy great. basic
I1-- smsTican industry to serve their sell
FISH ends.
ryDER WHICH
FLAG? ,o,;oon rroduction Of
w W. is threatened with abandon
eopg'ib .alt because Anaconda Copper Kings
srJ yI' thew can make more money. by
Iiu n-.;ng nc their mines here to lay idle,
siF rbTs thew bring in, free of duty, cop
VIZ ~ from their foreign mines, Sena-
y. Wheeler and Walsh maintain an
s-;,ons ...s ms silence in Washington.
Wbfs the future of the populations
ot tbe two largest towns IN Montana
~ o-o M msnaced by the production of low
81 -,i,ai copper by cheap labor in
Ebao these gentlemen are twiddling
a;v t5oir thumbs in Washington. We
iTor s-,C-, that both Of these gentlemen
~srs 1Sa elected with the aid of the Ana
ssnds Company but that is no reason
wbv thew should place the interest
n iobn D. RYAN and Con Kelly above
NJ interest Of the inhabitants of the
two most important towns In Mon
taIa.
Dpring the coming weeks the eyes
If tbe people of Montana will be
focused on the acts Of Mr.. Wheeler
and Mr. Walsh. These gentlemen
wil have an opportunity of showing
under which flag they serve. We
earnestly hope that they will be con
vinced that It is to their own person
al interest to place the interests O1
The peoDle Of the State of Monani
above the foreign profits of Messrs
Ryan and Kelly.
COLUMBUS
DAY
Columbus day was celebrated il
Montana and most Of the other state
last Monday. The day is a legal holi
day dedicated to the anniversary
the discovery Of America by Christie
pher Columbus The state and coun
ty employees and people who work i
banks are given a holiday while mos
Of the people who produce the wealt
Of the country continue to "earn thel
bread by the sweat of their brows
and otherwise. At least three othe
natiOna.ities lay claim to producin
the man who first discovered Amer
ca The NoTwegians claim that Lie
Erickson landed on these shores
an earlier date than Columbus. TT
lnsh claim that Brendan sailed fro,
Aran to the coast of America loT
before Columbus eat his first pla
Of garlic in Genoa or Lief EricksC
set out to sea in a wooden boat. III
Chinese claim that the American L
Gans who acted as a reception cor
9Ittee to the garlic eating Italia
Me Lutehsh fed NOrseman and t
Snlalah swinging Irishman origin;
y come to this country from Chi
and retained the bronze color of the
ancestors to prove their Oriental {
ign
LET'S HAVE
MORE HOLIDAYS
The claims of Lief Erickson a
nIendan are plausible and as W
au,lentlcated as the tradition, call
ae history of that time, could be a
" Is possible that they visited Il
OIIIy sooner than did Mr.. Colu
gl$ The Chinese. have a better ella
nave discovered this country th
yGner the Italian, Norwegian
lls3lmIan, but they are too wise
1yuOle their heads about it. w
s1.In Oriental superiority and wisd
~sy smile at the antics of the afo
aaeauOned three races. They kr
14a' tnelr ancestors in China kr
e arJ OF writing and a higher G
vS-@1Ioh when the ancestors of all
,,O.S9emen, lrishmen and Dagos 7
= ue United States were pain
tIS,egeS roaming in the woods.
CI:," CG. we think the Irish, Morse
Iii -.lAS should have each a holiday
galg Tor their contribution to
a livery yt OF America just the S;
Il @S,sie .le Dago has, and this holi
bo ~ " ne imposed on the slaves
r,;r.lJer MASTER class who work in
~ G,-,eS and factories and farms
g.o.,. NY same as it now is on the 'fb,
clerks P'0l'o servants and b
WHO OWNS
AMERICA?
pot alUsr Ia all the important thing
AZ lno @no discovered America in
uays but WHO OWNS TT n
h. 6vSTIls no, show that five per cen
veaItIp equation own 80 per cent oi
lrsb' lg.'a - Of the United States
am ann ana Seandinavians are a D.