The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-04-06

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larry the rallrOadmen. of this part of
the state are Indignant at the latest
effort OF the Anaconda Company to
prOpagandlZe them in favor of Wheel
er who has lost cast with the masses
and is now regarded as an out and
out tool of the interest dominated by
Copper and Power. a Daper called
Labor" published in Washington and
EDITED by Heating, a nOtriOus charac-
ter mas been dumped by the carload
INTO the labor centers in a desperate
effort TO bolster up the falling for
tunes OF the two copper cOllared Sem
atOrs. Inc railroad men of this city
expressed indignation at this form of
propaganda anil branded Heating as
an agent prOvOcatOr.
Investigation Demanded
The officials of the Railroad Broth
erhoods In Washington, D. c., have
Deen requested to hold hearing at
Helena to investigate the charge that
The Rat" is working in conjunction
with the A. c. NJ. to "spread poison"
IN Montana in the interest of Wheeler.
Ii this hearing is not held the war
on Heating and the other takers will
be carried into the National Conven-
lions and they will probably meet the
same tate as the loOters of the Engi-
neers Bank who were Ousted at the
Locomotive Engineers Convention.
What Labor Topics" Says
In leading editorial this week,
Labor Topics" published in this city,
a labor paper with the largest circu-
latlon amongst the workers of Mon
tana says:
Labor" Requires Sound COncIuson
A weekly newspaper called La
Dor. published in Washington, D..
o., is very little known in Montana,
only when the Anaconda Copper
Mining Co. and the Montana Pow
er Company, are about to elect
their servants to the United States
Senate, as IN the case of Thomas J.
walsh, when carload of a special
issue OF Labor" was dumped into
the state to spread propaganda
just like the editorial which ap-
peared In the issue of March 10th.
Labor" is again spreading pro-
paganda for the purpose of mislead-
ing the voters in the interest of
Senator b. K. Wheeler, who with
senator Thomas j. Walsh so ABLY
represented the Montana Power
Company In the Flathead-Power site
stela. The purpose of Labor is to
throw smoke screen and hide the
treachery of which Wheeler is gull
ty. Wheeler was elected on a Pub-
lie Ownership Platform. and was q
supporter of the famous Plumb
ran which provided public own
ernlp OF railroads. Wheeler fought
the Anaconda Copper Mining Com
pany, and said: Whenever you see
me- stop fighting tlss A. C. M, YOU
VIII know that | have joined them"
or words to that effect.
A. c. M. Papers Back Montana Sem
atOrs
I'VE will take Wheeler a his
word. The A. G. NJ owns the Hell
ena Independent, and Wheeler holds
9I,OUO worth of stock in that pa-
per which is praising him in near
ly every issue for the same reasons
that Labor is spreading this fake
propaganda. He is owned bv tbe
A. c. M. just as Walsh who inves-
tigated the Teapot Dome steal for
the benefit of the Standard oil
Company" which is owned hv tbo
Rockefeller interests. and who is 60
hedVlIy interested In the A. c.. M.
ana montana Power Co., Walsh did
not make this investigation for the
ipenefit OF the public, but for the
neneflt OF the Standard who was
the competitors of the Sinclair Oil
Co. Walsh only carried on the in
vestlgatlon so far, until it uncover
ed the higher ups like Coolidge
and Andrew w. Mellon of the
treasury Department was reached.
On March 18th Walsh quit investi-
eating the oil graft, and fell on his
knees before Mellon, and said:
l think all the members of the
committee will agree that vour at
tltude in the matter was entirely
creditable.'
Fake Investigations
We have all kinds of evidence
enat wheeler is the same kind of
investigator as Walsh. The inves-
tlgatlon which he is claiming to
conduct IN the coal fields of Penn
SylVan!a will never have the slight
est effect on the same Mr.. Mellon
VINO owns the coal mines, any more
than the investigation which Walsh
made for the Rockefeller inter
eStS.'
American people usually come to
pretty sound conclusions of the
Iacts,-when they can get the facts.
we trust this editor knows what he
Is saying. 1t seems that every one
Knows OF the horrible conditions
winch exist in the coal mining Sec
tlons OF the East where Wheeler
and other members of a committee
are making an investigation, and
we are leaving it to Wheeler him.
SELL IL the conditions in Butte,
are not as bad as those of Penn
SSyIvanla. Butte is the Senator's
nome, and he should at least be ac-
quainted with his home town condi-
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