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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-11-26
HIS PLUNDERBUND

Pres Coohdge's panic-stricken post-eection
promise of a 121a@6 rebate on 1925 income taxes
is dead give away of his allegiance to the multi
millionaire rulers of America. Like a whipped
dog with his tail between his legs, he runs to
slobber new affection for his master.
At the end of the year, says Cal, thereIl be
some $250OO0,OOO of the peoples money left over.
Gather round, boys, for the handOut. Of course
Wen have to throw bluff at dividing it equally.
But figure out for yourselves who'll get the bulk
of the swag under the plan.
w P Helm in the Chicago Journal of Com
merce estimates 1925 corporate profits at $9,OOO-
100000 to $4,000, 100000 and the corporate in
come tax total at $1OOOOOOOOO to 81, 25OO 100000.
So at 1914 per cent rebate would hand from $685.
100000 to $15O,OOO,OOO Of the $3.50, 900 sur
plus to the corporations.
Most of this would go to the giant corporations
which center around the houses of Morgan and
Rockefeller. Helm figures that Standard Oil of
N. J.. U. s. Steel, General Motors American Tel
ephone & Telegraph and Ford Motors would get
$1,000000 to 100000 apiece. The Standard Oils
of Indiana, California and New York, the Penn
sylvania railroad New York Central Santa Fee,
Union Pacific, Southern, Norfolk & Western, Bal
timore & Ohio, Texas Co., Woolworth, American
Tobacco du Pont, Dodge Brothers and a dozen
others would get $25O,OOO to 100000 apiece.
The balance, perhaps S1OO,OOO,OOO would go to
individual taxpayers. But here again the division
would favor the rich Calculations based on 1924
returns show that over 60 per cent of this rebate
would go to individuals reporting net incomes of
more than $4,000. These $4,000 milEonaires re-
present less than 1-3 of per cent of the total
number reporting incomes. Approximately $751;
100000 Of the $1OOOOO,OOO would go to the $4,000
persons with incomes in excess of $4,000, or to
less than per cent of the total number Of income
tax payers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-11-26
THE ARMY-NAVY GAME
TICKET SCANDAL

Tickets come high for the Army-Navy football
game.
AS if the political skull-duggery that took the
contest to Chicago were not enough for a long
suffering public to stand, it is now faced with
scandal arising out of the sale of tickets for the
game.
The Government quota of tickets has been al
lOtted usual to graduates of the two academies
and to public officials, who get limited number
at $3.50 and $3.50. Chicago authorities have set
$40 and SIS as the price of the other tickets But
that isn't ALL Some of the tickets, and apparent
ly large number of them have found their way
into the hands of scalpers, on the job as usual
when the public is interested in anything. These
scalpers ask from $50 to $75 apiece for tickets
The South Park Board in Chicago piled up an
expense of 100000 for special trains, charging
Soldiers Field, entertaining cadets and officials
from West Point and Annapolis decorations and
so on. The board said it would make no profit
even when tickets sold at $40 and SIS.
So the scalpers get the profit. The Army and
Navy departments say it is none of their affair
as long as the public is eager to pay, and it has
been estimated that the scalpers will realize pro-
fits of somewhere in the neighborhood of $780,
900.
We think what goes on at Army-Navy foot
ball game is a bit of the affair of the Army and
the Navy department. But, why worry about the
public, anyway? 1t will pay. It always has,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-11-26
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
By LAURENCE TODD

Washington-Sen. Jim Reed of
Missouri is a candidate for the presi-
Dental nomination of the democratic
party in 1928. He announces to the
to the public that, he will not run
again for the Senate and to his
friends he cOnfides his hope of presi-
Dental power. He looks to the ranks
of organized labor in the industrial
states, and to progressive farmers in
the rest of the country, to make him
the candidate and to elect him.
Why should Reed of Missouri, pri-
mitive Jacksonian Democrat, expect
the support of organized labor? Why,
in particular, should the wage work
ers who do not support working-class
political movements flock to Reed in
stead of to Al Smith of New York I?
I'm champion of human liberty"
is the anticipated reply of Reed. 81
offer humble sentiments to no for
eign power or dignitary. l have
fought for the rights of Filipinos,
Irish, Russians, Chinese, Hindus and
the industrial slaves in these United
States. l have never truckled to
President, be he Republican or Dem
Ocrat, when he advocated any meas
ure that l thought would involve the
United States in the European game
of Imperialism. If you stand for
liberty here and everywhere, give me
the powers of the executive and I
will show you what Andy jackson
would do in this day and age. My
platform is, Down with Mellonism!"
Reed, then, is the Protestant lib
ertarian candidate He would keep
out of Mexico, out of China, out Of
the League Of Nations, and would do
all in his power to repeal the prOhibi-
ton amendment to the constitution.
But he has another record. He
fought bitterly against woman suf-
frage and against almost every hum
ane measure in which national orga-
nizations Of progressive women have
been interested. Thus he is the fore
most foe of the Sheppard-Towner ma
ternity and infancy act, which has
saved the lives of scores of thousands
Of mothers and their babies. These
were all wives and children of wage
workers or poor farmers. He fought
the child labor amendment, and
fought the child labor laws that pre-
coded it. He has a harsh contempt
for what he calls "coddling"- the
measures that organized women and
organized labor have advanced for
compelling modern employers to OBJ
serve a few Of the decencies in treat
ment Of their employees in an age of
machinery and mass production. The
same Jim Reed who hates Andy Mel
lon and his big business system is
the safest man in the country for
Mellonism when labor legislation is
to be handled. Reed and Mellon
agree that the federal government
should not "coddle" the workers.
Al Smiths political advisers in the
labor field are not disturbed at the
prospect of an appeal from Reed TO
the workers. They acknowledge the
debt Of oppressed nationalities to
Reed. They admit his services to
the maintenance of civil liberties.
They grant that he is a pitiless in
vestigatOr Of corruption in elections,
and a terror to evildoers in high
places. But they hang up Smiths
record on labor legislation and all
humane measures beside that of jim
Reed and ask how anyone could hest
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-11-26
UNCTVHIZED

By Edmund Vance Cooke
An ancient ape, once on time
Disliked exceedingly to climb,
And so he picked him out tree
And said "Now this belongs to me,
l have bunch that monks are NUTS,
And l can make them gather nuts
And bring the bulk of them to me
By claiming title to this tree"
He took green leaf and reed,
And wrote himself a title deed.
Proclaiming, pOmpously and slow;
"All monkeys by these presents know"
Next morning, when the monkeys came
To gather nuts, he made his clam:
"All monkeys climbing on this tree,
Must bring their gathered nuts to me,
Cracking the same on equal shares,
The meats are mine, the shells are theirs"
"By what right" they cried amazed,
Thinking the ape was surely crazed.
"By this he answered, eff you'll read
You'll find it is a title deed
Made in precise and formal shape
And sworn before a fellow ape
Exactly on the legal plan
Used by the wondrous creature, man
In London, Toxic, New York,
Glengarry, Kalamazoo and Cork
Unless my deed is recognized,
It proves you quite uncivilized.'
"But," said one monkey, you'll agree
1t was not you who made this tree"
Nor said the ape, serene and bland
docs any owner make his land,
Yet it, and all of its Entertainments
Are his, and figure in the rents"
The puzzled monkeys sat about,
They could not make the question out.
Plainly, by precedent and law
The apes procedure showed no flaw;
And yet, no matter what he said,
The stomach still denied the head.
Up spoke one sprightly monkey then,
Monkeys are monkeys, men are men.
The ape should try his legal capers
On man, who may respect his papers.
We don't know deeds, we do know nuts,
And spite of 'ands' and ifs and butts
We know who gathers and unmeats 'em
By monkey practice also eats 'em.
So tell the pc and all his fIunkeys
No man tricks can be played on monkeys"
Thus apes still climb to get their food
Since monkey minds are Grass and crude
And monkeys all so ill-advsed
Still eat their nuts uncivilized.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-11-26

Pennsylvania seems at last to have become
aware of the pair of twins hidden in its poitictl
woodpile. And now that the grimy heads of rot
ten politics and rotten business have been looked
on by the voters, maybe those heads will get the
axe.
As plain protest against the melodorous Sen
atorial primary scandal the Democratic nominee
for the Senate received a fifty thousand majority
in Pennsylvania, excluding Philadelphia. The vot-
didn't seem to agree with Mr.. Mellon that Civ
ing money to buy Senate seats was as worthy
as giving money to the church. Not by a fifty
thousand majority, did they think that way.
And the Philadelphia Public Ledger ques-
tions the election results as given out in Phila-
delphia The Public Ledger doesn't think the
suave politicians who took charge of the ballot
boxes permitted the true results to be made pub
lie.
If there corruption in the election as well
in the primary, Mr.. Ware may not have been
elected after all. In that event Pennsylvania may
save the Senate the unpleasant task of refusing
to seat Mr.. Ware, obviously the duty of the Senate
as things now stand.
Pennsylvania is in the political spotlight, and
she owes it to herself to find out just how hard
the voters of the state kicked against corruption
and whether they did apply the axe they have
been sharpening for a generation. The nation
is interested.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-11-26
DINNER PAIL EPICS
By BILL LLOYD

l guess US buns can all agree that this here
trip of Queen Marie has made the stiffs with row.
in bents look darn sight less than 80 cents. For
high-class mOOching she's prize and gets a
handout of sum size.
First steamship gives her meals and bunk for
less than they would haul sum junk. An eastern
flOphOuse treats her swell for one poor measly
PUNK, they tell The railroads give her big swell
trains and just a cartwheel is their gains, and
SO the commerce law amt bent they charge it to
advertisement.
She fills her purse by writin screams for hair
OIL tOothpaste, and cold-creams. And to make
sure she gets enuf, she sells syndicate her stuff,
a-tellin how she alwiz cheers the greatest land
she's moOched in years. Panhandle Pete looks old
and thinned; this royal bum has got him skinned.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-11-26
OF WHEAT
POOL ADDRESSES II
AT ECONOMICS CLASS

GRAND FORKS. n D Mo-, ~
In summarizing an address ~, ~
cred here today to the class in ~
onOmics studying modern marLo+ ~
at the University Of North DaEoto
). Scott, secretary of the North n a.
kOta Wheat Growers Associo+D;sa--
pointed out a simple definition of ~
operative marketing. ~ w.
"Co-Operative marketing" said NJ.
Scott, "is simply marketing for tbo
benefit of a producer instead Of
stakeholder. 1t is more difficul+ tboa
marketing for a stakeholder for +ba
reason that cO-operatives are sura ~
have more unfair competition arS
because human psychology has r.
some extent been eliminated. Con-
erative marketing, therefore. in order
to be successful not only must follow
cold-blooded business policies tba+
make any business successful. but
must follow them with a higher TYNE
of busine SIS judgment than is neces-
sary in other business organization
Continuing, he said, "Co-operativa
marketing does not produce miracles
will not transform society-but re-
member there is a great power and
good in the movement, when it has
established itself as a success. That
power comes from intelligent self
help supported by the most depend
able economic conditions together
with a proper spirit of good fellow
ship, developed from and with COOP
erative marketing. There is a power
in it that will establish a community
a state, or a nation on a basis that
is worth while"
Mr.. Scott has also been called up
on to speak before the same class on
November %, his topic will deal with
the organization, and plan of opera
ton of the North Dakota Wheat
Growers Association.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-11-26
MORTGAGE SHARK GOBBLES
ILLINOIS FARMS
Bv LELAND OLDS

The rapidly increasing mortgage debt is an out
standing feature of the Illinois farm situation as
drawn by the U. S. census of agriculture. Accord
ing to these government figures the ratio Of the
mortgage debt to the value of the farms under
mortgage increased from 25.4 percent in 1920 to
4O.O8 percent in 1925. The moneylender is get
ting an increasing chunk of the Illinois farmers
crops.
The report also shows that the total farms fell
from 251,8 72 in 1910 to 2S7,1S1 in 1920 and to
225,6O1 in 1925. The farm acreage has decreased
from 32,522,987 in 1910 to S1,974,775 in 1920 and
9O,7S1,947 acres in 1925. In the last five years
the farm population of Illinois has fallen from l.
O98 ,262 to 996,374.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-11-26
Friday, Nov. 26, 1925

has counter attacked in
worries them. way that
No one need be surprised +bou.
If the old guard now drons 'i;.teIeiore,
against direct primaries ~ hight
.oI No oS,.o sooner have the senatorial ana
congressional &c elections passed t ana
the washington administrator 0 han
struck 3I!,! at the existing rights Of mas tls
bllipinos. Gov. Gen. Wood B ~ 'Ae
sued an executive order di. laS IS
the board Of central which Until -7teiIi', .g
has named the directors of the % n mC"
llc-utllity corporations owned bv PUP ~
Filipino government. His act;su we
seen as the first step toward tb lon IL Is
OF these government ENTERPRISE 7'' y
private American capital '9's 20
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-11-26

What is the secret of first-rate cohee
the kind that starts the day right
that makes you feel "like a million
dollars?
Literally hundreds of women-and
surprising number Of men-have asked
me this question in one form or an
other. And it's an important one-for
what can be more blighting to domestic
happiness than a cup of muddy coffee
or coffee improperly "creamed"? And,
on the contrary, what can be more eY-
hilarating than a good cup-fragrant,
golden, delicious?
Luckily there's no hidden secret
about making and serving the perfect
coffee-it's just a matter Of minding
your ps and as and following a few
simple directions.
Selection of Coffee
There are many excellent brands Of
coffee in the market-the choice of one
of these is largely a matter of individ-
ual taste. But I do want to say that
usually coffee in the bean retains its
flavor longer than in the ground form
so, if possible, buy the whole beans
and grind your coffee fresh for each
meal. If, however, the breakfast hour
or fifteen minutes-is too hectic to
admit Of this extra step, at least keep
your ground coffee in an air tight con-
tainer-a glass fruit jar for instance.
And it's well to remember that the
more finely the coffee is ground, the
easier it is to extract its full strength
and favor-consequent Underground
coffee is economical and time-saving.
The Coffee Pot
Connoisseurs maintain that coffee
brewed in a metal pot has less deli
cate flavor than in a container of glass
stone-ware or agate. Whatever kind
of coffee pot you prefer-it should be
secured frequently and occasionally
"boiled out" with water to which a
pinch of baking soda has been added
then rinsed, dried, and left uncovered
If a percolator is used, the pipe
should be carefully washed every day
with a brush to remove all scum from
the preceding brew.
For drip coffee, if you do not have 6
special drip coffee pot, an ordinary one
equipped with a double cheesecloth
bag will serve the purpose. The cheese
cloth should be washed in cold water
after using and renewed at least once
a week. Keep the bag always moist.
The Dreaming
This consider quite as important a.
the actual brewing. Good coffee can 81
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-11-26

Thus of the $25O,OOO,OOO which Coolidge wants
to hand out his scheme would distribute $685. 0O0,
900 to the big corporations and the wealthy 1 per
cent of the individual taxpayers who constitute
the upper crust of capitalism in America.
Cal sure is fishing for whoppin big campaign
fund to put him over in 1928.
To him that hath shall be given the rebate in
come taxes
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-11-26

The shrinkage in farm implements and machin-
cry is probably due in part to lower prices and in
part to depreciation without renewal. The number
of tractors on Illinois farms has increased from
% 1O2 in 1920 to 1926 in 1925.
The census figures show some progress in CO.
operative marketing, The values of farm products
so handled has increased from $47,92O,487 in 1919
to S52,S27619 in 1924 in spite of drastic price re-
auctions in the interval.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-11-26
100000 COUNTY HIGH
SCHOOL UNIT AT LEWIST0WN

LewistOwn, Nov. 21.-The trustees
of the county high school Thursday
evening awarded the contract for the
plans for the second unit of the high
school building to w. S. Devine, Of
Lewistown, who is associated with J.
&c. Link. of Billings. This structure
will cost in the neighborhood Of $780,
600, most of the funds being now
available. Work on the building
will be started as early in the spring
as possible and the building will be
completed by September next, when
school opens. The rear concrete wall
of the present unit will serve as one
wall and aside from that the materl-
al will be brick.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-11-26

tate for moment between the two.
Smith has promoted many humane
measures; he has refused to oppose
many others; he has used his influ-
ence in big industrial state to Sc
cure such legal safeguards for in
dustry-from time to time-as would
make majority of the workers feel
that he is their champion. Iniunc-
lions against strikers have not been
stopped, nor has Tammany failed to
send its police against strikers year
after year while its favorite son was
making this record. But as con-
trasted with Reed, Smith displayed a
modern mind and warmly sympa-
thetic nature.
He offers this against Reeds Pro-
testantism and eloquence on liberty,
as political trump card, to catch
the labor vote.
WASHINGTON - (FP) - Wash
ingtOn is seething with discussion -
chiefly cynical in tone-of the scan
dals that attended the Harding re-
gime and the period when Calvin
Coolidge was trying to stave off the
investigation of the graft and corrup-
ton which marked the return of the
republican party to power in the CAPT
tai.
For Revelry, a so-called historical
novel of that time, has appeared.
Samuel Hopkins Adams has thrown
into a book a hodgepodge of yelled
references to all the chief characters
in the sordid drama Of the Ohio gang
and Teapot Dome and the depart
ment of justice. The effect is as nau-
seating as the most disillusioned citi-
zen could expect. The white house is
shivering in disgust.
"Hello, Lynn! How are you I'm
coming to see you and have a talk,
before long" A resounding slap on
the shoulder.
1t was Sen. Curtis Of Kansas Coo
lidge republican leader in the upper
house, jovially addressing Sen. Fraz-
Ter of North Dakota, a week after
election day. The old guard had
counted noses and discovered that if
they were to elect chairmen of senate
committees in the new congress they
must restore Frazier, the Nonparti-
san Lacquer, to good standing in the
party, so that he would vote for them.
They excluded Frazier in 1924 because
he supported LaFollette for president.
Now they will gladly make him chair
man Of a committee if he will cast his
vote on their side. If he refuses, the
democrats will get the jobs.
Sen. Borah has thrown down a chal-
lenge to boss Ware in Pennsylvania,
Frank Smith in Illinois and all other
purchasers of seats in the u. S. SEN
ate, by asserting that congress today
has constitutional power to regulate
all primaries leading up to the cleo
ton of the membership Of the federal
legislature. He proposes that con-
gress clean out the corruptionists
from the primaries, and unseat all
members who come to Washington as
a result of primary election frauds.
Coolidge, Mellon, Ware, and the 9th
er machine politicians, will resist this
idea to the uttermost. They are de-
handing the repeal of direct primary
laws. They had hopes of securing
a compromise, if not complete sue
cess, within few years. But Borah
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-05-14

The Sailors Union Of the Pacific
meets every Monday night at 1880
?. p. st 422 East Market St, Aber-
deem. President, Andrew Furuseth,
A. r. q 1. Bldg. Washington. D. c.;
secretary, Geo. Larsen, 50 Clay St.,
San Francisco; business agent, J. A.
Feidje, phone 2z67; 502 E. First St.,
Aberdeen. Business agents in Taco
ma, Seattle, Portland, San Pedro and
Honolulu.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-05-14

Local No. ST., q. B. c. & ]. Of A.
meets every Wednesday at 7:30 P. M.
at 400 East Wishkah street. Presi-
dent, VIM. Mead, phone sos, 1910 C
street; recording secretary, H. J. Dun
ming, phone SOB, 106 No. Washington
street; business agent, Harry Gibson,
phone sos, 400 East Wishl1ah street,
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-05-14

Montesano Carpenters, Local No.
1874, meets ct Carpenters Hall, 217 E.
Pioneer street, Montesano, every Mon
day evening. President, e. P. Fon-
tame, North River street. Secretary,
Q. 9. Moak, phone 201-W, 6O4 No.
Church street.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-05-14
TAYLOR ENGAGED IN
ORGANIZATION WORK

James A. Taylor, formerly a gem
eral organizer for the international
Association Of Machinists, has been
engaged by the Portland local for
special work in that city relative to
organization Of the automobile shops.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-05-14

General Transfers and Chauffeurs
meets at 106 No. G street every We'd
nesday at $500 P. n. President NJ.
G. Dethlefsen, 313 w. Heron. Seere-
tary, R. Reins, 2706 Pacific Avenue,
Hoquiam, phone 1199-W.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-05-14

The Lathers' International union,
20. 220 meets at Grayport Press the
kirst Monday Of the month ct 7:30 P.
=. President, Guy s. Caldwell, phone
z840-W; address, Aberdeen. Secre-
tary, Vernon R, Wheeler. phone ze8-J,
Hequiam.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-05-14

Aberdeen oquiam-Meets last Sun
day Of each month, alternating be-
tween Aberdeen, Grayport Press hall,
and Hoquiam, Trades Council hall.
G. w. Boyle, secretary, cit North X,
Aberdeen.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-05-14

Laundry Workers Union No. 147
meets at A. o. y. w. hall, corner Mar
ket and F Streets the second and
fourth Tuesdays Of each month. Pres
ident, W. e. Purdy; secretary, Leah
Christensen, 923 West First street.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-05-14

BARRIERS Union No. 81 meets in La
Dor Press hall the fourth Monday Of
every month. President. Dnncan Gil
lis. phone 1921, 206 East First
street; secretary G. E. Jacobsen, 420
East Heron street.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-05-14
Motion Picture Operators and
Stage EmnlnHes. "

International Alliance Of Theatrical
Stage Employees and Motion Picture
Machine Operators, Local No. 429,
meets at Grayport Press hall first
Tuesday Of each month at 1880 p.
M. President, w. H. Shields, phone
362-J, 243 Emerson avenue, Hoquiam.
Secretary, ]. E. Newell, phone sG7-J,
e19 Maple street, P. o. Box us, Ho-
GUAM.