The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-31

half million acres of state lands. ONLY
ABOUT one-half of this land is leased
Tor grazing or agricultural purposes
ms land should be re-appraised and
rental price fixed on its actual val
ue. II SO appraised, substantially all
OF TINS vast tract could be leased
thereby lessening the burden of tax
alton for school purposes upon all
taxpayers and thus furnishing to our
common schools and university an in
come which it was intended bv the
grant of the federal government that
they should receive.
Grain Laboratories
"There should be established bv the
state department of agriculture more
protein laboratories to insure the
growers of wheat of reliable tests as
to the quality of their wheat.
mot only tn price of wheat, but the
premium thereon based on the pro
TEN content, fluctuate rapidly, de-
pending upon the demand for HIGH
protein wheat.
Today the farmer cannot ascertain
the quality of his wheat without con
siderable delay. By the establish
ment of adequate testing facilities
the wheatgfower- may be placed on
an equal basis with the BUYERS by
knowing the value of his product.
Compensation Law.
The workmen's compensation law
should be amended in order to have
an equitable financial adjustment be
tween those manned and crippled anC
the widows and orphans of those kill
ed In industry on the one side, anC
the employer on the other.
Eighteenth Amendment.
1--WE are for the enforcement of al
the provisions of the constitution i'm
Guiding, of course, the eighteenth
amendment. Every citizen is Obligat
ed to support and llefend the cOnsti
tut on of the country that protect
him. TIE state of Montana shout
+ stand by the constitution of the fec
eral government and fight shOulde
to shoulder with TIE United States fO
the enforcement of her laws.
PatrOnize Home Industries.
5 Montana in making her purchase
! for state institutions should patroniz
home industries and buy M0ntar
goods and merchandise wherever DO
d sible, in preference to the goods an
: merchandise of other states. Thel
S is no justification for preferring fo
r eign business men to Montana ia,
PAYERS.
l. 'The consolidation and abolition
It numerous boards and payroll officia
Y in order that the cost of administe
l. ing state and county government ma
/ be reduced; the simplification of Il
al automobile registration law to elm
nate the unnecessary red tape now r
quired in securing licenses; adequa
# Hesitation to protect inmates of sta
t. institutions against mistreatmer
te legislation to prevent the discrimin
ton now existing between state al
n national banks in the matter of tax
in ton; these with other matters too n
of merGus to now mention might pl
Of perly receive consideration from t
next administration.
In''eperdent State Government.
T. "There must be no prejudi
n against honest business, whether b
or little. All business is entitled
an be treated fairly and without discri
-dI nation. Business cannot thrive wi
too much government interference.
n it has bee we'll said, we do not We
he too much government in busine
m but more business in government
an "No business or special interest,"
the other hand, should own the g
re eminent for the government belor
ed to the people. Government must
les wholly Independent, uncontrolled 9
it should be responsive only to