The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-18
The SpOkesman's Secretary
Being Letters of Name
By UPTON SINCLAIR

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liver. And l was the one that fixed
it up all right with my idea about
the economy stories.
Of course you will of saw them bv
now. Mr.. Edgerton and the Spokes-
man did not change word of what I
SAID. The Spokeslady is not to get
no new Easter hat but is making Ter
old one over and the Spokesman Him
sell IS getting one spring suit that
IS to cost Him only sixty-five dollars.
| suppose that Mr.. Edgerton and the
Spokesman knows about what is the
right price but it seems an awful lot
OF money to me | know that pop new
er paid more than half that for a
suit at least if he did he had the
senst never to let you find it out. I
think it is a little hard for great and
rich folks like Mr.. Edgerton and the
Spokesman to remember how it is to
be real poor. They have left that Job
to me and so l don't worry that nv
underwear is all darns and patches
because it reminds me that I am
keeping close to the heart of the
plain people all the time.
Them stories was published oniv
yesterday but already you can see
that they have changed the whole
tone of the papers. In the one | get
there is very respectful editorial.
saying that it is a providential thing
Tor the country in this age of Jazz
and flappers to have a great Leader
That is a believer in the pioneer vir-
tue of thrift. And Florabell her that
works next to me in the Elite Beauty
Parlors she says, 'Well, if the spokes-
lady can stand it l suppose I can so
l will save the price of a new hat
and can see fifteen or twenty
shows with it," she says and so YOU
can see what a great influence l am
having even with the Floradumbelles.
T. s. Well Nom, l am very much
puzzled for l have just got this af-
ternoon's paper and there is another
story about the Spokesman and the
Spokeslady and it contradicts everv
word of the other story because it
says now that the Spokeslady has
got herself three especially beautiful
new Easter hats and far from getting
along with only one sixty-five dollar
suit OF spring clothes the fact is that
the Spokesman has just bought Him
self dozen suits Of spring clothes
that cost hundred and TWENTY-FIVE
dollars each.
And 1t is a story that seems to be
give out from the big white house
just like all the other stories that
MI. EdgertOn has had charge of and
l don't see what it can mean because
1t will ruin everything l have done
and what are the plain people GOING
to think when they see one story one
DAY and then exactly the opposite the
next day they will stop believing any
thing they read in the papers and
how will the Spokesman be able to
instruct them in what they had ought
to do?
| am terrible worried about it be-
cause what can l think EXCEPT that
some Of them Bolshivii felIers has
got In their dirty work somewheres
undermining American Institutions
and spelling the work that I ann do
ing for the Spokesman? | am on
pms and needles waiting for Mr..
EdgertOn to call again and hope it
will be soon. 1 am not allowed to
call him because of course it would
not do for him to be making dates
with ladies' voices over the telephone
at the big white house where the
Spokesman speaks.
Z. S. Again. Well it is another
day and l have not heard from Mr.
Edgerton and it is a shame there had
surely ought to of been some way
that l could get hold of him in a
time of public danger like this. It
seems to me like the Reds is running
away with the country and I could
not sleep good all night dreamed
that l seen twelve Spokesman all
alike riding around on twelve cleo
trio camels and each one of Them
had on a hundred and TWENTY-FIVE
dollars suit of clothes. And there is
an editorial in the paper this morn
ing saying that of course it is neces-
sary for the Spokesman to be clad
adequate to His High Station and Of
course He would not be stingy to His
wife at this joyous Eastertide. And
Floradumbelle says she guesses she
Will have to have her new hat after
all and she will stick some gentleman
friend for her movie tickets so Won
can see how the whole country is
getting demoralized again.
P. S. Once More. Well Mr.. Edger-
ton called up and l met him at the
restaurant but he was scared to
speak to me he is being Swallowed
all the time by these mysterious enc
mics. He signed for me to follow
nm and l seen that something was
wrong so | followed and we dodoed
about while till we was sure there
was nobody following and then he
went to big art gallery and we eat
there and talked. He said that was
a private enough place because nobody
that had to do with politics in Wash
ingtOn would ever go into no nIaca
like an art gallery.
Well l have found about the c+or;as
and what went wrong. He saws tbo+
my economy stories was the awf11llest
flop that ever had went out from +be
great white house and it has MT him
IN the awfUlest house and most rni,,-
ed him with the Spokesman. He
says it was not the Bolshivikis at All
but it was the business men no soon m
er did they see that story in the
papers than they run bear-headaJ
and wild-eyed to the nearest -t teIo
graft office and in the first two bonrS
they had hundred and fortv-sevon
kilograms OF protest noe+l,- So
millinery manufacturers and associa-