The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-01-22
IN THE

o515ordDHS PeEtddLlILll5
Fa'4S5j5 44S5jS5s and ETe1tS
II If great and Small
concern.
D.4;t;ors for a referendum vote,
feI'''~ tT ~ whether the present
7A' ia,,, aar,,o,bibition law should be re
ata 'or ora now being circulated IN
7aie., Gu While it is proper that
I Z aeonie ,s should be given an oppor-
le - Z = vote on this subject we fear
ial'. va - win be much confusion as
ID, !, 80 roasors for the failure cf the
'A7 Wanv people condemn the
". .if instead of the predispOsing
y ~ l.'i for It's failure. There is moth
Z - ,.roro with the State and Federal
= 1;b;tion laws but these statutes
lol.lI.sl ~ 5een brought into contempt and
a,5 ss..,lo because of the manner III
=. ~ = +bev have been made to serve
--'n onrnoses Of corrupt officials and 4
..i;+icia1s. The Producers News,
r I'M as always, stands for the pro
NV, y.;t;or laws of the state and nation
-. u ,,.;sbes to see them continue on
y. -.l .+stIte books. More than any
N ..5.r 9oencv in the state this paper
.os ..' served to make the law a reali- /
- -. h. breaking up the Stephens booze !
:. ....,5onoIv y in Daniels county. It's pitt /
~ 1ubHcitv has resulted in sending /
~ 80 Eastern Montana imitatOrs of /
.Po Ccobev Boss behind the bars of /
,Is Cascade. Daniels, Roosevelt and
Sheridan county iails than all the
-,rnetbaggers of the type of Mar
.4sys who ever used this state as a
tanning ground while feeding at
t1e public trough.
LAW MADE
4 WOCKERY.
# the law has failed to accomplish
.bs GOOD results claimed for it at the
outset IT is not because the law is
rtrirsically bad but because of the
gass If low grade politicians, Grim
inals. thugs. frame-up artists and
awbiskav swackerS' who have been
amDloved by the federal government
-0 enforce it. Instead of putting
tRa Federal Prohibition Department
under civil service regulations and
thereby getting employees as honest
and efficient as those of the pOstOf
fce Treasury or other governmental
aepartments. this arm Of the law is
made the dumping ground for de-
pendmts of the politicians in power.
The result is that branches of the
National Department are frequently
used for political persecution instead
Of for the detection and conviction of
violations of the Volstead Act. Pub
lie money is ruthlessly sQuandered by
so-called prohibition agents and the
aw which was intended to uplift the
moral fiber of American citizens is
made q mockery, q dclusion and a
SHARE
BACCHANALIAN
ORGIES
Right under the noses of Cal Cool
idge and. his cabinet in Washington
the law is being fiagrantly violated
by men hired to enforce it. Publ,
money Is being wasted in bacchanaliar
orgies by so-called Prohibition
Agents. Just how the money of tn,
people is being spent was recent,
disclosed in Congress- by Congress
man Tucker of Georgia. Mr.. Tucke
Tells about a federal stoolpigeon VIII,
was sent to the Mayfower Hotel il
Washington, last June, to find out i
Aqlor was sold there. The expens
account Of this stool who registere,
Z, Jhe above hotel on June 1st unde
'2e name Of Theodore Burton, dis
closes the following information:
STOOLS
DAILY REPORT
June 1. Getting acquainted an
preparing to get the evidence. Break
.esI Sl.S5. dinner $3.50, supper S3.5t
Up ups SO.l5, room $500, telephon
02O total S142O
June 2. Got acquainted with hea
waiter. Had a drink of Old Smuggle
lln hlm. Made arrangement for
9ahquet on the 18th. Dance an
upper with lady. Total cost for IL
June 3. Fooling around and n,
Yong anything, total cost S13.95.
june 4. Playing golf and Or
"aag1lng to be steel magnate S13.4O.
June >. Had lady company al
lAen On June II came the "ba-
-51 There We're 13 persons pre
~ az this gay event, u of who
e government men. Besides gor
s themselves on food thew boug
5 OoJtles Of "Old Smuggler' al
4g rounds of cocktails to appea
J.., J-I hornd thirst after which tn
G-shl another bottle to take wi
.-i -.slA Tor evidence" The invitati
.aIus Tor this blowout cost S1O(
walters were tipped $50. T
p, The BANQUET was S27911.
g...l IN June 2l, this stool dined aga
4. ~ lWc ladies' and he paid Sf3.
aA auto to take them iovridi
y. 'ie country. The Government we
af oeoA by his bill that day S82. 81
le q. Had two lady friends
olo Two agents. Nv bill for /
r -lskey was S11.OO'
b,r -s mead waiter was given q
e Of cigars on June 25fb "
l..Il llIlallly this stoolpigeon left
rl;.t WITH one bottle of wbisk
n,.l he did not consume. and
~c-.t eost to the government for
TSo .g.. ~. expenses was S734S1.
and - higher ups O. KID the
sgs 3 stated the amount was "reas
aFNp9MA INV 9MARSTERS
P5,.f.ORCES" THE LAW
uitE ifEsl9fe ore the Producers News Is +
count Agsmlral ~ .,ral Marsters, a detailed
a li ms S. stoolpigeons. VIII While eY enga Ti5l,'
nm u /. little enterprise in this com com
o5s, 0e :. made public. The N si'rS COST fOUi
nsr,.le .le ewes Of the peopIe 70
tr6ri,a' 6,' N m which the money thew
The sTa. z taxes is being spent w
Of t1erEies Of Marsters and qpi'ISi his " ..
vain e.5rs at. We're being expended
ana attempt to get" SaIisb
~. Erickson Delilah