The producers news., 1927-03-11
IN THE

t0 INNS and EIehLS,
Of Great and Small
Concern.
,,,,>FSOTA people lost in bank
III IL thp suua of S54,711, ,2O8.OO (
Tlp. Il..esn S, January ]. 1921 and Nov
D. DI.~g 18 1895. This big sum, re-
9rssenting be deposits OF thousands
n wage caTners and farmers, was
u, IN 2sf hanks that went to the
I'll IN that period. A representa-
80 of the Railroad brotherhood, +
10 /. Iobbving for the passage OF a
Lsrl guarantee law before the Min
.esofa legislature, writing In the
u;b,ipo independent" sums up the
natter in the following trenchant
language: =.
.srbis is the most distressful dis
.ster in the states banking history.
thousands of cid people have been
5.,ri,ed of their life savings; saw
mos nm which they we're dependent
fo- sustarence in their old age.
Businesses have been wrecked; the
9Th that the over renewing gener-
.fions Of people have in the banks
i shaken and even faith in the gov
o-nment society, humanity and all
sssociations 0f men for the purpose
~ hplping each other. suffer to a
great extent.
hank Guarantee Bill is the great
issue before the legislative assembly
If the Gopher state this year. Pro-
lection of Bank DepOsitOrs and
Farm Relief will be the two big is
sues in the Northwest States at the
general election of 1928.
DAN MCKAY tho geniel old scotch
philosopher and county splitter who
has decided that Sheridan County
has the best brick clay in the state,
was in PlentywOOd during the week.
He saws that when he returns to
his home in Redstone he is going to
start a boom for McNary for PresI-
dent and Haugen for Vice President
IN 1928. He is in favor OF running
them on a third party platform with
the main plank thereof labeled,
EARN Relief. lie would not repeat
the mistake made by the promoters
Of the La Toilette boom three years
ago when the Wisconsin man was
set out on a ticket without any party
back of il Dan would have a COM
pete ticket, from President down to
dogcatchC, standing Cor a definite
program with EARN relief" the lead
ing issue. He claims that the very
names Of McNary and Haugen SYM
50Iize the hopes of the farmers of
the west which have been so rudely
shattered By the Coolidge myth. Dan
is not only a sayer but is a dOer.
This fact is known to everyone who
has heard of how he split and Great
ed twenty-five new counties in the
Treasure State Dan is a long way
ahead of the old party politicians
who make Booze and the Tariff
their main national issues. More
power to your elbow Dan.
UNCLE SAM HAMPTON in his col
umn in the Belgrade Journal, took a
lot of cracks at the editor of the
Producers News last week. because
OF his exposure Of the oily records
OF Walsh and Wheeler. He char.
acteriZed US as ''VOluminOus Sian
derer,' Inner Circle member Ol
Doheney-Sinclair interests" and 'pO
htlcal cOckr0ach." He defends Gov
ern0r Erickson for his veto of tn,
dancing law which he says was in
trOduced by An obscure Senate
named Greenup from Daniels.
Whom Uncle Sam gets to denOunc
ing anybody in animalistic terms, h
iorgets that people who live in glas
houses should not throw stones
Uncle Sam is regarded by people II
here IN the Northeast corner as
political Jackdaw who is alway
crOakng over the political Oatfiel
but always prevented from gettin
any grain by the political scare
crows. When Governor Erickson
whom he now lauds to the skie,
vas elected to office with the bacl
mg Of the Anaconda Company an
the support of the Belgrade JOurn
editor, 1t was expected that Unc
sam would be appointed COmmi
sloner of Agriculture. There is I
democrat more eminently qualifi'
70 mi that important office in Il
state or one whose appOimtmel
would be received with more sati
faction by the farmers than UnC
sam. But old "Flathead John" pas
Cd HIM by and filled the office wi
3 retiring old gentleman who
Known as the husband of Mrs. BO,
man, a lady who 7catters prOpaga
I'd l0r the world court and 9th
such ventures from the sp!end
vantage ground of the state capt.
ms old political Jackdaw al
s4ua"ks because country bankC
we're described in this column
hat trader, half-pawnbrOker
oahkers' clothes" who would be
terminated when the Branch ban
s act gets properly under W,
senator Wheeler opposed the braI
oehhing law. hence the squawki
y the political iackdaws. Acco
Hs 70 carter Glass, another "
sOhian Democratic Senator. the in
PENDENT bankers lobby, whose ca
sqe ~ impecable junior senator fir
g1onIana so ably championed on
s9ea sloof Of the Senate. spent o
Tg1VO'UOU IN opposing the measl
NJ independent banker tribe is .
liant liant IN the regions where Ul
sam holds swav which Is a rea