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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-14
new ENGLAND BOOST
ERS RIVAL SOUTHERN
By GRACE HUTCHINs

Boston - (FP) - While southern
chambers of commerce are boostino
communities of cheap, union-less Ia.
Dor as a paradise for employers. New
England manufacturers are not to be
outdone. Meeting at Portland, Me.
the New England Council adopted 4
5-year sales-plan, to cost 5000. 600. to
put the six northeastern states once
more on the map.
They cannot boast as southern on
en-shoppers do, "Not labor union in
any manufacturing industry of the
state. But by bringing together the
power interests Of the six states. or
ganlzlng an agricultural league and
adopting a New England label-not
union label--for all products. the
super-boosters are on the mark. ready
set for the race.
Learning from southern advertisers
VINO have enticed industries 10 the
soutn py promising cheaper power
service, the Council first lined nm the
General Electric, New England Pow
er and other utility companies oner-
atlng IN New England.
Avoiding the Intervention Of the
Ieoeral government which would ne
sessarliiy have operated from Wash
ington," the power companies "offer-
gu 10 accept state regulation. the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-14
OUR JUDICIARY SYSTEM

Judge George B. Winston of Anaconda dam f M
lana dstct court judges, said some pertinent things
ID an address here before the Rotary club His ex-
penence convinces him that the American iursnr,dn
IS such that the criminal defy the law with ,er
NIUE hazard of punishment He also commended that
REFORM must come from the public because the LAWYERS
themselves VIII not effect the desired chance
we believe this to be substantially true Tho sys+,
mas grown up and has become giant hard ~ eIa, -
uo' When the constitution was formed the Trainers
sun mad wildly before them the expressions thew were
FORCED TO accept under British rule ConseouentI cor
tam projections were guaranteed to the citizens 1
safeguards were intended for the innocent PIT 49,
way 1t has worked out now after MANY vears of -
ceueht' the constitutional guarantees nrova r,al ~
'ne advantage of the criminal
certainly these safeguards must be roain+.inod 80
tnough abuse OF them is frequent For the nnocon,
P.son must De protected in his rights even thopob tb
eu"'y one may often escape But we believe tbat -
cape would be less liable if court procedure vero &c.
q some OF the practices now tolerated
II Is natural, as Judge Winston saws for tho 1,,o.
O nave invested years in training to resist efforts ~
iPiliy procedure. For if it were simnlifad AZ - =,
" Naue OF many attomeys-their ability - 49, =
'ecicahtles rather than on the merits If the oaso
nouu DC destroyed. AS it is now a bio mart =; +ir,
que average lawsuit Of Importance is to set +ra Go
me court so that reversal can be obtained % d,
1as we see the situation there are ONLY two 49,.
"hch should be applied in administering ;rs+ioo
IS 70 give the htigants fair trial The otbor :; ~
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-14
Economic Articles
BY Leland Olds Federated Press
Rail Profits Sweep Up

Railroad profits for the first 8
months of 1928, exceeding the same
period of 1927 by nearly $4,000, 900,
show how the railroads are saving on
wages by speeding up their employees.
This gain in profits has been achieved
in spite of reduction of $124,000,-
90 in railroad operating revenues. 1t
means that arrangements are saving
26.3c out of every shippers dollar for
the owners compared with 25.4c which
went to the owners last year.
Railroad operating revenue for the
8 months amounted to $4,534, 169, 967
compared with $4,658, 184,218 in 1927.
But operating expenses were cut from
$3,474,911 1867 in the first 8 months of
1927 to $3,341 ,042,1 this year. This
left a net from railway operations
amounting to $1,193, 127,7S0 compared
with 81, 1873, 272,251 a year ago. After
all reductions for taxes and rents the
net profit for the months amounted
to $S19,S54,880 as against $809, $685.
963 in 1927.
The railroads so far this year have
reduced their maintenance of way ex-
penditures by $25,003, ACT, their main
tenance of equipment by S47,510. TOO
and their transportation expenses bv
$65,415,9O9 Proportionally the roads
have made the biggest slash in main
tenance of equipment, the expendi-
ture this year being SO under 1927
compared with reduction of 4e6 in
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-14

Council explains. Interstate MIR.
chases or sales of electricity can
thus be regulated by the states inn
mediately interested, but no authority
outside of New England can inter,
fere. '4'eA
"Close alliance between power pro-
ducing companies may confidently be
expected, "the report indicates. dor
electrical companies are in the early
stages of the same form of develon.
ment which has characterized the
growth of railroad from many minor
companies into large systems"
The recreation industry of New
England must be especially encour-
aged, the Council asserts. This NAV
business alone brought over $500. 900.
OOO into New England treasures last
year, and by judicious promotion can
easily cas- ~ be expanded to pay over $780,
One of the big open-shop manufac-
turers interested in the sales-plan Is
Charles Cheney of Cheney Bros. siIIr
manufacturers, So. Manchester. Conn
Meeting in his own Cheney-town with
zOO others of the Conn. Manufactur-
ers' Association, Cheney told them
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-14
(From the Montana Free Press)


No movement moral or the reverse, or political car
be made effective without organization. The senti-
men against human slavery existed fifty years before
it took form.
Thomas jefferson, during his early life as young
planter in Albermarle county, Virginia personally de-
clared against it. How could he have done otherwise
and have been the friend of human freedom?
Yet slavery continued to exist and even thrived for
l2O years afterward until the republican party orpa-
nized under ared oak tree in Michigan got behind the
antisavery movement and within eight years slavery
was wiped out That organization!
The prohibition movement Jagged along for years rs
joke Then an association under the cunning name
OF the Ant-Saloon League sprang into action and
things happened fast Outside the political parties it
is today the most formidable organization in the land
And that is because it is an organization most effec
lively managed
10 get closer home, Erickson was no more popular
with the people in November than in July vet he won
DrIilantly' the only winner the democratic state
ticket Another instance of the power of an organiza
ton that functions the year around
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-14

transportation expenses and 3h96 in
maintenance of way.
Western carriers made the big gain
in profits. Hitherto they had com
planned loudly about inadequate pro
fits and opposed wage increases on
that account. In the first 9 months
of 1928 with revenues up $28,077.4 56
the western roads cut their expenses
S8,S1l,061. After all deducations for
taxes and rentals their net profits
amounted to $312,570,065 compared
with $277 ,221 $3.50 in the first 9
months of 1927, a gain of more than
1910.
The most extraordinary increase in
profits was registered by the st.
Paul; An increase in gross revenue
coupled with decrease in expenses
enabled this recently bankrupt road to
more than double its 1927 profits. It
should not be long before the finan-
ciers who bought in the stocks of the
wrecked road at bargain prices reap
their reward
A Wall Street Journal survey of 81
leadings carriers shows only Ii with
larger gross revenues than in the first
. months of 1927 but 20 with a larg-
er returne per share for the stock
holders. The railroad wage statistics
issued by the interstate commerce
commission show that the increased
share earnings have come largely out
of wages.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-14
A COMMENDABLE CUSTOM
(FrOm The Great Falls Tribune)


Ending Christmas cards to friends is a custom, that
becomes more general each year. 1t would be difficult
10 ascertain just how many millions Of such tokens are
purchased, addressed, sealed and mailed each Decem
per- but 1t is certain that the amount of money expend
cd therefor is enormous. Thus employment is given to
great many people. More important however Is tbe
TACT That 1T spreads a lot of cheer
IL used to betha nearly every one sent nearly every
one else something for Christmas, but these davs the
motto Isl Gifts for the family, cards for the friends
ana THIS is sensible change of habit If one attemns
10 Duy substantial gifts for all his friends he ant to
spend more than he afford Then too the friend
VINO receives the gift may not like it at all and while
ne appreciates the thoughtful interest that pronped II
the chances are it will either be stored awav in tb
Uumpery room" or passed as a gift to some otber
person. ~
Inc sending of card is a charming gesture once
we get down to its essentials and if personal taste m
o expressed IN the actual choice of the card Il is in
ucated IN the whoe-heartedness with which tho MO
cess OF buying and sending it is carried out
Therein lies its merit. Nothing is more pratifvin,
thah TO be treasured each Christmas that our old
iiiehus sun remember usand greeting card gives s
'haC assurance. True friends may have our name
preserved on Christmas mailing list to which +bey
refer but once year, but the fact remains there l.
eeVng remembrance, at least while they are copving
our name from the list to the addressabIe side If an
envelope. W - Oh
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-14
Cal Should Care

An automobile, radio, a trim to
some summer playground, all these
and other luxuries may now enter in
labor's demand for a minimum Amer
lean budget. They may be introduced
on the authority of = the capitalists
pride, Calvin Coolidge, president For
IN opening his final session of Con-
gress Coolidge said:
Inc requirements of existence have
passed beyond the standard of neces-
SHY INTO the region Of luxury. En-
iarglng production is consumed bv an
increasing demand at home and an ex.
pdldlng commerce abroad"
ms plthy summary of the new
American capitalist philosophy rem
ders immediately out of date the var;-
GUS minimum budgets of the national
industrial conference board Iaad;na.
statistical organization of the Amer.
lean employing class. The wages
PAID on the basis of these bare sub
slstence budgets become hopelesslv nm
American. Even the department Of Ia
Dor minimum health and decencv
budget long the target of employer
criticism, must be revised upward.
How does the Coolidge Conception
Oh an American luxury standard stack
up against the actual situation Of the
american masses? Or is II merely
Tor the comfortable upper quarter Of
me population that has been SO COM
placently satisfied with the CooIi CIa
regime? 'lS ~0oiluse
a year ago TIE conservative econo-
mist irving Fisher of Yale answered
q similar Coolidge statement by point
ing out that among the 10000 600
poorest people in the country tbe
standard family of receives $3.50 less
than the department of labor's mini
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-14
FRIDAY, DECEMBER Ia, 1928


Santa Clause will be here laden with all the
toys and presents for the large and small. Anxiousy
the little folks getting their letters ready to mail
to the genial gentleman with the white beard who
scampers over the house tops with his rendeers and
sled laden with toys
Only eight days remain to shop and perhaps the
particular toy or article will be gone on which your
boy or girl has set his heart if you delay until the last
minute.
The merchants of Plentywood have their stores filled
to the brm with holiday goods, but they are going
fast and the assortment is so wide that one can get
practically everything they wish at the different
merchandising establishments. The holiday decora-
TONS IN the windows most beautiful sight this
year and invite the purchaser to come inside and see
still greater suggestions for Christmas
NO one need send away for anything for Christmas
when one find such splendid bargains at the local
merchandising houses. careful perusal of the ads
IN this weeks issue of the Producers News will give
you idea of the places which are OFFERING Won exra
ordinary bargains for Christmas
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-14

how ne resisted the Attractive and
very tempting offers" of Southern
communities if he would moue he
entlre plant to the south. He pledged
himself not to move, but to build nm
IN New England the same favorable
conditions now existing south of the
Potomac. "a Tic
Cheney Bros. is one of the largest
antl-unlon textile mills in New Enc.
land. No union organizer has ever
yet succeeded in getting a toe-boId
IN the town of So. Manchester. which
is entirely owned by the silk comma.
ny. 1t is said that the cornoratior
even owns the district high school
ana rents 1t TO the town for 81 wear,
But Charles Cheney does not limit
ms financial investments to his home
town. He is director of one Of tbe
biggest New York banks. He has in
terests in the powerful General Sill,
Corp, alias Klots Throwing Co. which
owns mills in 6 states, INCLUDING cow
eral in Maryland, Virginia and West
Virginia. anu west
So also the Pacific Mills of T.awr-
ence, Mass, will not suffer even 70
New England industries die. It owns
pig mills in Columbia and Lyman. s.
=. Its former treasurer, Edwin Farm n
nam Greene, still a director of the
company, is now devoting all his time
70 his own engineering corporation
lockwood Greene and Co. This com,
pany is profiting from the erection of
giant rayon plants in the south
New England may succeed in coll
ing itself. But New England mann
facturer will not keep their financial
states. -eS VI SIX
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-14
Farm Land Values Fall

The tremendous xetent to which
farmers have been forced to write off
the value of their capital since 1920
IS reflected in the U. S. department of
agriculture's annual survey of the
farm lands market March 1. 1928.
The decrease in farm land values. rem
resenting about S09S of the average
farmers investment, still continues
although capitalist investments in in
dCustry continue 70 rise to unheard of
levels.
The average value per acre of farm
land March 1, 1928, was only 17es
abvoe prewar. A Year ago it was 10
percent above and March 1, 1926 24Z3
above prewar. In 1920 when farm
values reached peak the value was
4O%o above prewar. Since 1920 farm
land values have fallen 31eo.
Montana reports the most daplor-
able condition with the per acre value
OF farm land 292o below prewar, a de-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-14

| mum health and decency budget. He
added: The best available statistics
show that the American people are
not yet prosperous in any absolute
sense In fact, four-fifths of them, or
more than 90,000,OOO, seems to be
making only little over their ex-
penses."
The condition of the workers has
not changed since that authoritative
appraisal. A survey of Philadelphia
by the associated plumbing manufac-
tuners revealed 500 of the families
living in economic zones in which
family incomes averages less than
$1,000 year, and more than 20% live
in zones in which the average family
income falls under $4,000. Such fig
ures are sufficient comment on Cool
ldge's self satisfied picture of a lux
uly economy.
by a strange coincidence the same
edition of the Chicago Tribune which
carries the Coolidge message contains
also a front page divorce item which
seems to bear on the question. A
Cleveland judge refused to grant a
divorce but ordered compulsory birth
control in case where a worker 2S
years old and his wife, married 3
years had come to grief in the course
OF the harrassing attempt to support
children on weekly wage of $24.
Perhaps even the model Cooiidges
would have come into the divorce
court if they had been forced to rear
q family on such a poverty wage in a
luxury economy. That is a problem
with which Cal does not deal in his
prosperity message. Yet it reflects
the primary problem of millions of
wage .eamers at the end of his admin
istration.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-14

cline of 449o since 1920. In Colorado
land values are 1870 below prewar and
42%o below 1920. Other states in
which the per acre value of farm land
Is below the average for 1924 are
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri. NORTH
Dakota, Nevada and Wyoming.
States in which farmers have
suffered the most severe deflatior
since 1920 include Georgia with land
values cut 532o, South Carolina 500
Indiana 1870, South Dakota 47@6. Wv.
oming 1879, Iowa 459o, Mississinni
449o and Missouri 1870.
The department reports a SLIGHT de.
cline in the ratio of foreclosures The
ratio of titles lost to total farms. fo,
the tn year ended March 1, 1928, was
10 1ooo per 1000 compared with 23.3 per
iOOO for the previous year. The tax
burden on farms has risen 1880 above
prewar, compared with 1890 in 1926
and 5000 in 1925.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-14
BAINVILLE ATHLETE
DIES AT BOHEMIAN

Bainville, Dec. Edwin Romo.
well known basketball star who plav-
cd on the local high school team for
Two years, died last week in a Living
ston hospital after a short illness. The
young man, who was attending college
IN Bozeman, was taken sick with
pneumonia some time ago but was
thought to be out of danger. He suf-
Tered LEI relapse Immediately after the
thanksgiving holidays and died while
ms mother, Mrs. Oscar Romo Of this
ciVy' was on her way to his bedside.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-14
Washington State Grange
Sponsors Power Measure

Seattle, Dec. S.-(FP)-A bill pro.
Iiding for the organization of power
alStrlcts and empowering such to de-
Nelop electric power plants or 70 NM
ai ,ssse nght and power from municipal
tt ~ plants is being presented to
t taS state legislature by Initiative pc
l1Sloh under the sponsorship of the
washington State Grange. Wv
~. me measure extends to counties
a'aa rural district the same privileges
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-14
Lake School Case Testimony
Given; Verdict Is Awaited

Poison, Nov. 9O.-The taking Of
testimony in the case of Mrs. L.
Buckhouse has been completed and
1t is expected that Judge James M
Self will render decision soon
The judge will act as quickly ne
possible on the case, it is thought. so
County Treasurer Lee Butcher NAV
get out tax notices in district No. %
before Nov. 80. Mr.. Butcher has not
been able to send out the notices as
the case involved the special school
levy Of IL mills voted in the district
IN IN July The plaintiffs charge that
the election was illegally conducted
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-14
Legion Post Demands
Centralians Released

:, Olympia, ash.-(FP)-The ROYAL
MINES Post No. 6S of the America
Legion has formally resuested CIV INV
Hartley of Washington to release fbe
Sasnt workers imprisoned for defend
ing tne l. W. w. hall in Centralia
AGAINST q mob Of legionnaires ON arr =.
t day 1919. The post also o. p ac
t; against the anti-release resoIn-
tlon adopted by the state legion cor con-
Ventlon at Washington last Aupns IT."
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-14
MANY 1,S STATES BUY
MONTANA LUMRrD

:. h1alispell. Dec. There ,,o,
car carloads Is; of lumber shipn e were ere Lila
VENUS Sgp mllls of the MOntansa ~ men,
M 90 act association !, Lumber
or Or. SO'2S2,O5O feet, accordir N October
i T,.ve Masters, secretary. Tbi 20 Miss
IIs aSt over shipments in o 0S Is an
FAST FAST year which tOtaled SSSst9 9Ss Of
o e OT this this amount Montana
y'ozz,Z12 feet in shipments GO consumed
e eIes and timbers. illinois u Ooae5 than
200 goo I1eet; Minnesota, las. 1922 Sseu 1921
oraska, Kansas, Wisconsin y land and Ne.
Orado, Wyoming, Missouri a IOWA T., Col.
gan ma also took considerable I InO,b Mich.
,o The Atlantic coast states lumber aa
lV9 carloads, or 2,946S9sS consumed
o'n ps eastern states S66,552i t fe.. and
COZ PRODUCTION rod for the month IJI1 Ieet,
oS4'76O feet of lumber. 'n was 81
Baker-Cedar Creek OH
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-14

now enjoyed by large cities and if
passed will be the means of bringing
cheap light and power into thousands
OF rural homes. For this reason the
private power interests of the north
west are opposing the bill.
flity thousand signatures of regis
tered voters are required to comnel
~ eieglsiature to either pass it or sub
INIT IT with whatever compromise the
legislature may offer to a refernduem
vote Of the people. ~ - -
Winifred-46. OOO-a aero ~o.L
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-14

Winifred-46,O0O-acre ranch near
here sells for $265,OOO. "'
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-14

hri ba TX r, Creek Oil corn.
brings in strong gas well company
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-23
A Profitable Study

Today the delegates to the Indiana Electric Light
Association meeting in this city,
These gentlemen have control of the furnishing of
one Of the great utilities. They furnish the heat
and the light to the State.
They have an opportunity to scrutinize the result
OF monopoly as against competitive methods of
operation
In this city, particularly this newspaper has advo-
Gated the method of monopoly.
1t believed that this system was economic and that
If 1T were properly Safeguarded through it, the peo-
pie would receive the best service at the lowest rates
This newspaper believed and advocated that a
merger be accomplished not through political methods
but through the advice and counsel of the CONNER
cal bodies that represent the interests that are the
largest consumers and which purchase the largest
amounts of power and heat.
1t is through them that new industries are fos-
tered and grow
The system has been in operation for more than
year. 1t can now be seen whether it works or not
Its success or failure can be demonstrated.
The Times suggests that the delegates to this
convention can most profltaby study what has been
done, what accomplishments registered what defects
have appeared.
Electricity IN reality is a public utility Let's sec
what has happened. Let's whether The Times
was right wrong. The men to study the results
are the experts who deal with these things as a
matter of their daily work and livelihood
The Times believes that the accomplishments
more than justify its position. The physical combna-
ton OF two plants has been a gigantic task The re-
mova of unsightly poles has been a real benefacton
The engineering problems have not been small
These delegates should look into the matter
Perhaps this city has pointed the way to public
benefit through private ownership publicly con-
trolled.