The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-07-27

uOOVER OR OhIIh ""'
hOO; hO.;on will engage the attention of
queS,,ii nOiitical dOpesters and street
INC wiseqcres more than anything
eolnT S for the coming three or four
else .,bs in most cases the opinions
mOn.''I, nun" Io,vnressiOn to will be dictated
gl'u 'ro or less by the prejudices of
M 4U'c ccOUyersatiOnalists. One thing is
lns sts;n s however, the race will be
Co. ..~ close and the campaign will be
' on nv master hands. The fact
E Ia, both cOntenders were able to
Ssst t.s down the strong opposition,
uJ ,SSicb originally develOed to each of
,Lom within their own parties, is
"rOof '"C that they selected managers of
p pprest ability and that they them
Olives DOssess political sagacity of a
high order.
This presidential campaign will be
TAUGHT less on great issues than any
that ever preceded it. The clash be-
tween great economic interests is
not discernable. NabObs of finance
are arraye1 behind both men and
are contributing to both war chests.
The fundamental differences betweNH
eaDital and labor are not TtleSsed.
+ is queer campaign u TWO DOM
mont personalities. Those in favor
nf ' Al Smith EIe him for his liberal
administration as governor of New
York and his resistance to the en-
,roachments of the legal whims of
hlue nOsed refOrmers on the liberty
0f the Individual. The attacks upon
him by such men as Heflin also
made him friends by the thousands
amongst men who believe that there
is no place in this country for re-
igiOus bigOtry and intolerance. The
candidacy of Smith typifies the spir-
Il of modern liberalism which for
want of a better name might be
termed Individual liberty.
Il is the revolt of the urban pOpula-
ton against rule by backwOOds
statesmen stepped in all the tradi-
tiOnaI prejudides of the yOkelry. The
city men and the intelligenzia want
man who is not above mixing with
them and when occasion offers IL
not above putting his foot on the
rail and blowing the suds off a mug
OF beer" on a tOrrTd afternoon In
July. They want to be freed from
the restraint of legislation passed
in obedience to the whims of stick
whiting yOkels sitting on upside
down apple barrels in country cross
roads stores and people influenced
by the harrangues of piOus faced
Elmer Gantrys. They want to es-
cape from the hypOcritical platitudes
Of dOur statesmen in Washington an,
the effects of dOur laws imposed up
on them against their wishes. The
safety valve they see is Al Smith.
In the downtown districts of ever!
large city you find this Smithania
In the hotel lObbies anld the pool
rooms, the counting houses and tn
stock exchanges, in the offices of tn
professional men high above tn
streets below and the lunch room
where the pretty stenOgraphers gig
gle over their noon snack, you fin
the same sentiment and you wOnde
if the man opposed to Smith will 81
any votes at all. But in these SAN
cities are another class of peOpl
They are the very flower of Mo
Onia. On Sundays they march
church in drOves. They revel
outward respectability. When
prosperous bOOtician from the dow
town sector moves into their neig
IoOrhOOd they raise their eyes in no
hOrrOr. When some sanctimOniO
merchant staggers out of a taxic
and pukes his way from the bOu
ward to the steps Of the front do
t1ey want to close down the pictU
SHOWS and the jazz palaces.
tnese kind of people have votes a
hey are going to be moved by
lhelr slnhibitiOns and repressiOns
vote opposite to the way the dOy
Town high steppers go and t
means against Smith. Added
mem are the regular republics
VINO Just think that the democr
can't run the country and you h
!ne Smith vote pretty well balan
IN the cities.
now about the farm "revOlt"
SAY Wont they think of the d
mower fed them bran and sh,
EnIle ne shipped white bread
Europe? Wont the meatless and
sariess days still rankle in the m
MY! MY, And the price fixing,
vel we had a test of this "rev
whe the Farmers Union and O
organizations organized a marcI
me Kansas City convention. It {
~ ~ out to be very sad affair W
me fires of revolt" hardly fix
~ from the ashes. True thei
sOme opposition amongst the f
eIs 70 Hoover in some of the NJ
mestern states. But that will
VVVercOme when the son of TOva
20 the folks at West Branch AM
newspapers put a halo aronnC
dg, 1t viii fade away wheT
TsA:,oecretary of Commerce tail
minnesota, North ami South ID
Sna Montana about the st. Law
W"dterWay and shows them in Fl
snat cannot be disputed that
OmpletiOn of this project will
rom rom SIX to ben cents per bus
ne price of wheat. Hoover
snow that he was the first m
Srmg in a favorable report O
SIeat national project and th
Omith and New York are Sc
opposed to It.
ms thing win be 80 well sold
Tamers ITssmers that they win vOt
tsoOver tOOver to get the Sc. Lawren
r"ay through. It will bril-
Ssd sc and a great city closer
northwest. The uuIse of N,