The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-08-19

,cr CARY. president of the
Jli'o5 j. ~ states Steel Corporation and
hl.sg nsIo1 Armour, head Of the pack
J. Usu.ff tDsf died last week. They were
ng g9| tbe greatest captains of
is8 3.3ry !, produced in the TWEEN
HaI'' century. They were typl-
h5'I l.sJers of the capitalist epoch
ca e-is;-b IN their lives were cast. Hard
p va nm sbIe ruthlessly forcing their
oo-5-if oo1etifors to bow to their will and
eo.5,, .:sg Them to the ground; speed
o'1'r7 n1 nroduction and devising iron
N7 - m the work Of human hands
'g..- 'l-.arer they thought such action
.i5 s..i increase the profits of their
so-. orste machines; getting all they
'olfI, I5 ont of their slaves. Armour and
o. stand prominently entitled to
I've o- the homage Of those who
~ that the great mass of the
....,@ Us of this country should work,
rork work. to amass fortunes for
NJ more favored few.
ulas the editors Of the controlled
.,s.s are laying laurel wreaths of
sJoIafion on the graves Of the dead
esnfains of industry, we are remind
II of the services that two other
~sn now living, rendered humanity
\ staving the ruthless greed for
n,ofits of the two dead milliOnaires.
4 Z. Foster, who organized the
.teel workers, forced Gar Gary to
orant the eight hour day. Before
Foster waged his great fight, the
slaves in the steel mills worked
Twelve hours a day. seven days a
week having no time to worship
their creator or no reason either"
President Harding was at last fore
"a TO intervene with the result that
the inhuman hours of labor were re-
duced to eight hours per day. Sew
eral years ago Armour ground pro-
fits out Of the blood and toll of his
sweated slaves and turned out a pro-
duct that poisoned his patrons. Then
Upton Sinclair wrote the Jungle"
which depicted the horrible cOndi-
tons Of labor in the packing plants
Of Chicago. The result was an in
vestigation that forced Armour to
pay more attention to the human
element. The last half a century of
capitalist development was cruel and
heartess and its leaders. like Arm
our and Gary, wrote its history in
pages bIOtted with blood and steel.
THE BRENTWOOD water supply
usually runs very low this time of
the year. If a fire of any proper
tons took place the water in the
storage tank would not last very
long. The Insurance underwriters
know this with the result that the
fire insurance premiums here are
sky high The taxpayers could af-
lord 60 pay taxes on a bond issue
iof a better water supply and save
the amount on their insurance. ''The
Pemywise and pound foolish" policy
oi refusing 60 put in a better water
system is endangering the property
Of the residents of the town. The
matter of a better water supply is
nov before the members of the CITY
council and we hope they will meet
me problem IN an ODen-minded anC
pTogresslye way. They say Nero
Iiddled while Rome was burning
We hope our city fathers do nOt
emulate the example of the old RO
man. The town is in imminent dan
ger OF a fire that could wine Ou
4h property and has no adequat,
water supply to prevent it.
A ChAUTAUQUA and a Carniva
sao" entertained the people of PIen
2Nood curing the past ten DAYS
Inc carnival came in on its own fee
s"nout any guarantee of ticket sale
=! the citizens but was not aIlOwe,
" ~ operate within the city limits
aHe OhautauQua erected its tent i
.ae pest part of town while the Car
H'ai had to get outside and into tn
county. We do not know whethe
me city authorities wanted to dis
ullnlnate IN favor of the Chautau
sua and against the Carnival O
ao'' but We are reminded ths
5000 people" support Chautauuu
anu con d e mn CarnivaIs. 1t
strange but true that the bOOtles
So. ssls oi PlentywOOd paid for the aC
'eIllslng to bring out the crowds I
ss'end the Chautauqua now show
~: s IN our city. Chautauquas an
nun. Tl'lo Figs have much in common
in ne'5 product tastes good while %
-s aoWn. 1t has at first an exhi
s.g s.s'lng and then a depressing e
- -. on the individual. But the sui
,.o ~ loosens his purse strings in b,