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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-21
LIFE SENTENCE
MAY START WAR
ON LIQUOR LAW

Lansing, Mich, Dec. 17.-COnvic-
ton of Mrs. Etha Mae Miller of
her fourth offense against prOhibi-
tiOn laws, making a life sentence
mandatory, may reult in agitation
before the legislature for repeal of
the liquor violation clause in the
states habitual criminal act.
As the Michigan law stands now
anyone convicted four times of vi
Olating the prohibition laws faces
life sentence. The Judge is given
no latitude in the sentence.
There is a movement already un-
der way in the state to amend the
law and take liquor violations out
of the class of felonies.
Mrs. Miller is the mother of 10
children. She will be sentenced to
life Imprisonment this week.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-21
STARTS WORK At
$1OO A MONTE

H. A. Milton, a recent orr,
OF Dakota Business COLLEGE : FFuuate-
began work at 800 a month ago .
Miles, Mlles Clty Wholesale Co. AIica.
Wine was also sent to aSlOO H MIC
ition at the Aberdeen, S. D. o pos
of General Motors. OilCe
900 of Fargo firms. al F..
banks 9 and about 700 others emnI ~
DakotanS because of their Az
TUAL BUSINESS training Cc NJ
MISUNDERSTANDING elsewSa,ppyE 1'
Watch positions and promo,;eJ
each week. Follow the Sncc aSSs
fuP'. Midwinter term, Ian . ,
Write F. L Watkins, Pres. - SOs
Front ST., Fargo. 'OO
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-21
BEWARE OF FIRE

Each year following the Christmas festivities, tne
papers over the country stories telling OF now
a happy Christmas has been turned into sorrow wnen
flaming Christmas tree has taken the lives OF One
little ones which the loving father and mothers hau
meant TO be delight to them
Most of these fires originate from Lighted CANDIES
which have caught the tree and tnse and these trees
burn with lightning rapidty when they get started
For this reason great should be taken wnen
candles are used.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-21
BRENTWOOD STEADILY GROWING

The past summer has a steady growth of this
city, both in dwelling houses and business places.
The year 1929 promises still greater development of
the city Already plans foot for garage
and large apartment house with several dwelling
houses contemplated.
The growth of Plentywood is not Of the mushroom
variety (Which rises and falls but is the natural growth
of a prosperous community which will not cease, but
will grow larger as time goes on.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-21

sources of national revenue must be
initiated by the government.
The conference on the treaty will
take place sometime next month. A
date is expected to be set after Will
liam Phillips, United States minister
in Ottawa, communicates with Wash
ington
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-21
BACKING BRICKER
From the LeWistoWn Democrat


It looks very much as though the state representa-
tive from our neighboring county of Judith Basin,
Ralph c. Brcker, would be chosen by the republican
majority as speaker of the house without very much
of contest. G. M. Moss of Fathead county is the
only other representative in the running, it would
seem and from all of the comment made Mr.. Bricker
appears to have entered the with the backing of
majority of the republican members and to be gaining
support as the time for the approaches 1t is
understood that the Fergus county delegation which is
composed of republicans, is sOdy for the Judith Basin
county man.
The Butte Free Press, along with other republican
papers, is backing Bricker Martin Hutchens saying
editorally:
zone can put reliance in the report that
r. C. Bricker of Judith Basin county, speaker
of the house in 1925 and majority leader in
1927, will be the speaker again next year.
The project to elect him once more as ruler
of the house did not originate with Mr..
Bricker His friends launched it after
the primary. There is little chance that their
plans will miscarry. The selection of Mr..
Bricker would be fortunate for the sake
of harmony During his term as speaker in
1925, he was admired both by republicans and
democrats for his fairness in all matters and
his painstaking efforts to treat all impartial
ly. The result was that there was the mini
mum of friction, and only once or twice were
party lines drawn. In 1927, when he was floor
leader, the same situation prevailed, Albert
Besancon Of Missoula county, democratic floor
leader, and Mr. Bricker were usually together
on questions of legislation. The condition
was ideal when it is considered that usually
wise legislation is obtainable when partisan
consideration is forgotten. Financing the Uni
versty of Montana units is liable to stir up
good deal of hot discussions in the coming ses-
son A question of taxation nearly always
does. There are always difficulties to be
ironed out, and in doing that no factor is more
important than speaker who has the conf
dence of all the members. The senate is a
horse of different color, the saying goes.
In the upper body one finds a great tendency
to parliamentary battling and at times some
queer tactics are employed 1t happens that
the senate usually has member or two with
political ambitions In spite Of all the peace
full indications at the beginning one can new
tell what sort Of tumut might develop.
For instance, in 1927, the unusual calm was
followed by a storm which resulted in the inn
parchment Of state officer This time the
question of state finances may start tenn
pest. In any event, leadership that has the
respect and confidence of the members of the
assembly is of utmost Importance"
Now that the candidacy of Mr. Bricker is indors
by Sh ewordy and rather absurd little Company Den
cratic editor in Lewistown as well as the Free Pre-
the thing should be over but the shouting
"But there is many slip betwixt the cup and lip
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-21

ATTENDING our school for three or
four months will mean the difference
between having good trade and
none at all-the difference between
working hard the rest of your life or
having good, clean position paying
good salary.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-21

Northern Pacific railroad expends
over $4,000 improving Is different
stations throughout Montana.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-20

Agriculture Jardine now comes forth with
advice to the farmer as a substitute for farm
relief. Since every farmer now knows that
the price of wheat has fallen and that, in
spite of the bountiful harvest the average
farmer will realize less than last year, Secre-
tary Jardine, using his position to aid the
Hoover campaign, admonishes the farmers
not to sell their crop now, in an already over
stocked market, but to wait until the supply
diminishes and prices rise. If the farmers
will only hold their crop until after the cleo
ton in November it will suit the purposes of
the republican politicians.
Unfortunately for Jardine and Hoover few
of the farmers are financially able to hold
their crops even a short time. The mortgage
banker is at hand demanding his interest;
no bankers can be found who will advance
money to the farmers SO they can hold their
crops until prices rise-because the banking
houses know that the world wheat market is
glutted; that there will be a tremendous
world surplus this year.
To wait for prices to rise under such con-
ditions, even if the farmers were able to hold
their crops, is like chasing rainbows for the
mythical pot Of gold-the hoped-for goal is
never reached, but the pursuer becomes ex-
hausted and perishes in despair.
1t is high time the workers as well as that
other great exploited section of the Ameri-
can population, the farmers, ceased placing
any hope whatsoever in either of the old par
ties and rallied to the support of the one
party that offers a way out of the present
situation, the Workers (Communist) Party.
A system of wealth production that cannot
guarantee security for the producers of its
food supply deserves to perish. Only the
Communists challenge the very existence of
such a system.
Vote Communist!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-20
Sell-out of Coal Diggers by the Lewis Machine
Complete; Miners Prepare to Build New Union

mine to save his capital or to escape
with his hide unhurt.
In the face of this third fact, what
does the agreement mean? 1t means
nothing.
What can the miner do in the face
of this Settlement" and the situa-
ton in the industry?
1t is clear that the Save-the- Union
group could not get a better settle
ment, and the left wing does not
make any such claim. The reason
that Lee Hall had to make such a
shameful, devastating agreement is
that his leader" Mr.. John L. Lewis,
and he, too, carried on a policy of
destroying the union, so that the
miners became helpless before the
onslaught of the coal operators. In
the face of this situation, with the
union wrecked, and the miners be-
trayed by the false slogan of mo
backward STEP" while John L. Lewis
was destroying their union and pre-
pairing them for the worst sell-out
in the history of the labor move
ment of this country, Lee Hall had
to accept any terms, even though
any rank and file miner can under
stand that this agreement means
nothing.
First wreck the union-the only
support of the nliner-and then ac-
cept the ignominous terms of the
coal operators and say that they
are the best conditions that could
be obtained! The responsibility
rests upon the traitors-Lewis, Hall,
Pagan, Fishwick and all their lieu
tenants.
The miner cannot oppose the load
ing machine, which has come to
stay-and yet the loading machine
will throw him out of the industry.
Hall knows it-Lewis knows it
and their only answer is "throw
100000 miners out of the industry"
Truly, if the conditions remain the
same, then 100000 men will be dis
placed forever from the industry,
and they will be followed by tens
Of thousands more. But that does
not solve the question-for these
men must live, and the same process
of modern machinery plus the speed
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-20

far as to refuse to give halls under
their control to strikers for meeting
purposes. Getto calls on the work
ers OF Pennsylvania in general to
support Foster and Gitlow, presi-
Dental and presidential candi-
dates, respectively, of the Workers
(Communist) Party, and on the
workers in Washington County to
support the candidates of the labor
party, which in convention assem-
bled at Philadelphia last May en-
dorsed the Communist ticket.
The election campaign of the
Workers (Communist) Party in
Pennsylvania, and in all the mining
states, is tied up with the great
struggle that is now going on be-
tween the reactionary forces led by
John L. Lewis and the operators on
one side, and the left wing, under
the leadership of John Watt, Free
man Thompson, Pat Toohey, An
thony Minerich and other militants.
The militants are building new
miners union that will organize all
the hard and soft coal miners in the
country into one powerful industrial
union, that will base itself on an
uncompromising struggle against
the bosses and their agents in the
battered and betrayed U. M. W. A.,
which is now only shadow of a
labor union, due to the treachery of
John L. Lewis and his henchmen.
A Greek worker from Detroit
writes: 81 am enclosing in this let
ter ten-dollar money order. This
is to help pay the expenses of the
election. My nationality is Greek.
haven't got my second papers yet.
But I have tried very hard and for
that reason | cannot vote and l am
very sorry. But l am willing to do
my best and am doing the best !
| ra~"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-20
CAMPAIGN CORNER

The election campaign in Cali
fornia is in full swing. The drive
for the collection of signatures on
the petitions is on and the Party
will be on the ballot in that state.
These signatures must be filed on
September %. When Comrade Fos-
ter speaks in Los Angeles on Sep
TENDER % it will be as legal candi-
date on the ballot in California. Los
Angeles sub district has to turn in
10000 signatures in % days, or an
average of over 400 a day. Cali
fornia election laws are designed to
block all competition for the cap
italist parties in that state. Just
the same, in the home of the open
shop, the Party will be on the bal
lot and rolling up lot of Com
munist votes in November.
Adam Getto, secretary of the la
Dor party of Washington County,
Pa, and candidate for congress from
the 25th district on the labor party
ticket, has written to the secretary
of state demanding that his name
be taken off the socialist party
ticket, whose nomination he received
without his permission or consent.
Getto issued public statement de-
nouncing the socialist party for it's
alliance with the reactionary ele-
nents in the labor movement against
the left wing, and particularly James
Maurer, former president of the
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor,
and vice-presidential candidate on
the socialist ticket, who made a
united front with Capellini, Pagan
and other gangster elements at the
last convention of the federation
against the progressive and radical
delegates. Getto says that the So
cialist party as whole and indi-
vidual leaders like Maurer, did moth
ing TO assist the miners during their
strike. The socialists even went y
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-20
To the Highest Bidder
Vote Communist!

The reason most liberal journalists are
what they are is because they are not able
to sell their services to the big capitalists.
After certain training in liberalism during
which time they gain more or less uncer-
tain following by mildly berating what the
late Roosevelt called "the malefactors of
great wealth" who "abuse" their position by
imposing upon the common people" they
succeed in convincing the Wall Street gang
of their usefulness.
In other words the principal reason certain
journalists are liberals instead of prostitutes
for big business is because no one has con-
sidered their services valuable enough to
purchase.
Which brings US to the case of one of the
favorite writer's of the "Nation-New Repub-
lie" crowd, Mr.. William Allen White, of EN-
poria, Kansas. After long apprenticeship
in the camp of liberalism Mr.. White now
blooms forth as one of the denizens of the
journalistic red-ight district of the power
trust
At hearing before the federal trade
commission this hero of American liberalism
was exposed as having received check for
$500 for delivering lecture for the National
Electric Light Association &c. Mr.. White,
the liberal supporter of Hoover for president,
finds himself in the same dirty nest with
Mr.. Frank L. Smith, another Hoover sup
porter, who is bought and paid for by Mr.
Samuel insult of the power trust
The federal trade commission itself is
merely an instrument of Wall Street, used
to prevent real facts coming to light. 1t is
a certainty that only the smallest particle of
the real facts regarding bribery of publicists
and other "moulders of public opinion are
revealed.
Another beneficiary of the power trust is
Northwestern University a religious insti-
tuition of "hire-learning" at Chicago. Still
another is that specimen of neffable in
fanny, the blood-streaked participant in the
murders of Sacco and Vanzetti, President A.
Lawrence Lowell of Harvard University,
whose institution receives the trivial sum of
$4,000 per year for research work" in be-
half of the power combine. Mr.. Lowell, with
his brother hangman, the odious Governor
Fuller of Massachusetts, also supports Her.
bert Hoover of the Teapot Dome cabinet.
Thus we see that the Kansas liberal has
at last qualified for front seat among
the kept favorites of Wall Street
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-20

of this year produced nearly so per
cent of. all the bituminous coal mined
in the 100000 out of
36.500,000 tons! Two non-union
states producing nearly half of the
coal-and there was no coal snort
age. This demonstrates that either
with or without loading machinery
these two non-union fields, with
their lower scale and conditions, will
not only be a menace to Ohio, but
drag down the conditions despite
the agreement between Lee Hall and
the coal operators. The Ohio coal OPP
orators will meet the competition of
the West Virginia operators by
slashing the wages, and his will be
brought about simply by closing the
mines and forcing the men through
hunger to accept lower wages.
When one couples the loading
machinery to the lower scale, then
one sees that the probability is even
greater. When one adds to it the
fact that the non-union fields of
West Virginia and Kentucky are
working only few days a week,
and can be worked six days, then
the possibility of knocking Ohio
entirely out of the market becomes
glaring-despite the agreement.
8. The denial of cars and there
fore of market. The small operator
has no right to existence in the day
OF trusts and super-trusts. The coal
operator is not a self-sufficient be-
ing. He is part of gigantic com
plex. Pittsburgh coal is Andrew
Mellon, which is aluminium, banks,
etc. Consolidation Coal is John D.
Rockefeller, which is Standard Oil,
Colorado Fuel and Iron Co., rail-
roads, banks, etc. The New York
Central mines are United States
Steel, j. P. Morgan, DUPONT Chem
ical-a pyramid of cumulative cap
ital. And against these pyramids
stands the puny coal operator!
What cannot the trust do? 1t
can see to it that the railroads do
rot furnish flats. 1t can freeze the
small operator out of the market.
1t can so underbid him that he will
be glad to either close down the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-20

LETTER CARRIERS ELECT.

ALBANY, N. Y, Sept. 19.--At
the closing session of the New York
State Association of Letter Carriers
convention last night, Mas Hewitt,
of Amsterdam, was reelected pres
ident. Other officers elected were:
vice president, George C. Monaghan,
Rochester; secretary, Peter Groth-
man, Jamaica; treasurer, Robert w.
Warnock, Troy; executive commit
tee: Charles S. Waldie, Yonkers;
George F. Kinnerle, Buffalo; Ess w.
Huston, Schenectady. and ]. D. Pow
ers, Elmira.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-20
Another Republican Alibi

Now that Hoover has delivered his speech
calculated to influence the voters of the in
dustrial east to support the republican ticket,
the guns of the campaign committee are
turned toward the farmers. Just as Andrew
w. MELONS treasury department issued re-
port on "the business situation" as prelude
TO Hoovers Newark talk, SO Secretary Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-20
Told You So

THE former associates of the
United States in the grand and
glorious war to make the world safe
for democracy, or what we haven't
got, would like to pay their debts if
they had the money. They are we'll
meaning gentlemen, but creditors
are hard boiled customers and pre-
fer the color of debtors money to
the sound of his voice. And they
don't give darn where he gets the
dough.
IN the early part of 1917, Germany
was pushing the Allies back to the
Atlantic Ocean and mission after
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-20

mission c a m e
from England
and France to
the U n i t e d
States seeking
m o n y, men
and consolation.
General Joffre
wept on Will
sons shirt and
there were more
English dukes
knocking at the
white house ask
ing for aims
t h a n h e r e
are hondSr,oY,
Evening star., 1928-06-08
SHOP OWNER HELD
|NCAFE EXPLOSION
Arrested en- Attempt to COL
lect on Week Old In
suranCe Policy.
RN The Associated l,ress.

by the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD. Calf. June S.--An
explosion which wrecked the Russian
Eagle Cafe, q picturesque part Of the
night life of the film colony, injured
eight persons and caused property
loss OF $4,000 was charged by the
authorities today to an attempt to COL
lect on a week-old $4,000 insurance
policy
That theory of the fire and explosion
of early yesterday morning resulted in
the arrest last night in San Francisco
of Michael ]. Toca2e owner of small
gift shop In the building. on charges of
having set dozen or more small fires
on the roof He recently took out a
100000 fire Insurance policy ON his
stock.
Although these fires were extlngu-
tshed before they gained headway by
fire wardenS investigators. already SuS-
niciouS Of the intent behind the obtain
!ng OF the insurance policy by Tocaze.
the officers failed to take into account
the gas pouring out OF two gas meters,
As the thousands of cubic feet of gas
came in contact with the flames the
BLAST resulted,
District attorneys officers declared
that in case any of the injured died.
murder charges would be fiied against
Tocagc, bat physicians said II was im-
probable that any would fail To recover.
With the exception of Theodore
IodilinSky, owner OF the cafe and a
former general III the Russian army,
and Irving Strother. president of the
Strother Insurance Co. all the injured
were tiremen.
Among the guests who fled from the
cafe at the FIRST warning OF fire were
Charlie Chaplin. the comedian, and q
party Of other film notableS.
Evening star., 1928-06-08
REDS SOFFERPEACE
TOOUSTEDLEADERS
Zinoyiev, Kameneff and 9th
ers May Return to Party
Fold Shorn of Power.
BIZ the Associated Pres.

BIZ the Associated Press
MOSCOW. June e-Tne re-admis-
sion Of Gregory Zlnoyiey, Leon Kane
npn. NJ. Piatakon and several other
leaders of the opposition wing 10 the
Communist party was foreshadowed To-
day by declaration made public oy M.
Yaroelavsky, secretary Of the Commu-
mist Control Commission.
These leaders, vino al the time Of
the wholesale expulsion of the TrotSky
scheYentE agreed TO acQuieSce in the
decisions Of the Communist Congress,
are likely 70 come back 10 the party
shortly.
A. the same time all other Of the
Tf1ssgv adaerentS we're notified that
tFey may come back into the partys
folds now that the six months proba-
,SoY period is over, but were warned
that they must come back individually
and completely disarmed o. opposition
sry beliefs, each being admissible On his
osn merits only.
Last December almost hundred
.A-.ilsag figures in the opposition minor
~. ed by Leon TrOtsky, were expelled
from the Communist party because Of
STEADY opposition 10 the policies being
followed by the party'E chief,
Kameneff, ZiYlogiey and several otn-
80 ~.asraoFlty leaders later offered uncon-
Glta0EAai acquiescence 10 all decisions ol
the Communist Congress and agreed W
discontinue propa gaGgda for their views.
The central committee, Of which Joseph
Stain is the secretary, decided mat
they might apply for reinstatement in
cayscualsy after Six months.
Evening star., 1928-06-08

The action of two policemen who
permitted 9-year-old Roy Zachary, 29l3
Thirty-third place. to lie in the street
IS minutes after he had been struck by
an automobile was commended by the
boys father. Robert A. Zachary, secre-
tary to Senator Edge of New Jersey,
Mr. Zachary has written letter TO
Mai Edwin Il. fiesse, superintendent OF
police, commencing the officers, Police
men j. r White and d. " Cannon Of
the fourteenth precinct. and praising
their intelligence In refusing TO let the
boy be moved until the Emergency Hos
pitai ambulance came
The boy was struck at Woodley road
and Thirty-fourth street yesterday af-
ternono by an automobile operated by
Mai. Ralph M. Burlington. an Army
veterinarian stationed at Fort Myer, Va.
Mai. Burlington examined the boy
and found he had fractured leg He
instructed the policemen to see that the
boy was not moved until qualified