The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-09-06
THE
LIMELIGHT
by Tom OF'a"e"S
Pert and Pertinent
PGrG0rapIS Pertaining
to ' Things and EDents of
Great ~ and Small Concern

l aUt Hague conference Wnlch met
cens ~. l aonoething or other about the
y WouUc IN Plan, survived the pow
.l,ow rOw'I without loss of life or limb.
Wv" S;,.o the end of the late war to
Sl.ate Sllist the world safe for democ-
.norS nl~ and incidentally for the in
ll"arc13ational lac3 bankers several con-
ssrnnces have been held, allegedly
- maintain peace but actually to
norrpI - over the loot wrung from
ggofaated Germany. The represen-
t taIives of the capitalistic plumber
snnJ sa are as sincere in their love
O " neace as the Chicago gangsters
~ t5.f met recently in Atlantic City
tn t apportion the racketeering
mandates in the Windy City.
$3.50
The Chicago gangsters were
obIiged to check their guns and
JsoSers with the hotel clerk be-
fore fore tbev we're allowed to enter
tbe peace conference. They do
their own fighting as rule, tho
thew are fast learning from their
governments of the captalistiC
9owers that there is no more vir-
me in doing your own gun fight
mo than there is in working fol-
q living provided you can get
somebody else to do it for you
The capitalist gang leaders don't
carry arms, The workers anC
farmers carry the guns and use
them on each other.
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Since the gangsters quaffed the
bigh ball Of peace in Atlantic
Citv, Chicago has been reasonabl!
free from crime. They still knocl
each other off at the rate of on,
dav but the carnage is not nea
as heavy as it was before tn
peace conference. The big gener
ais in the alcoholic racket cal
roam the streets in safety pro
vded they are surrounded by al
mored cars and a competent body
guard The decrease in casualtie
enables the enforcers of the Nobl
Experiment., alias prohibition, t
declare periodically that Kin
Booze is losing out.
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Like the beer barons of Chicagt
Philadelphia, New York, Detro
and the rest of the Anti-saloo
League territory, bounded on IL
north by Canda, on the south /
Mexico and on the east and we
by two mighty wet oceans, Il
allies in the war against &c
many meet occasionally to divi,
the spOils wrested from German
Like the beer barons, the pow
with the heaviest artillery ge
the lions share of the swag, viii
is called reparations for sho.
How many of those who read
bout the squabbles at tho
peace" conferences remember t
war days when the young me
hood Of America was sent off
the bloody battlefields of Euro
to crush militarism, free SIN
nations and make the world
"fOr heroes to live in?" A
how many will recall the rot
Treatment accorded those ="
rOes" who returned, some of tn
crippled for life, when "
Street again will need cannon f
DER to protect its interests agai
some other robber power?
people have short memories.
**
There is much wailing
cOmter-wailing over the mi
war in Palestine which had
inception in a fatal riot betv
Jews and Arabs under the "
ng Wall Of Jerusalem, where
centuries orthodox Jews from
parts Of the world have pilg
aged to kiss the stones and MI
Ieparted glories. They claim
Walling wall was once part
SolomOn's Temple. On
other hand the Mos
claim their prophet
manned assembled to heaven
some spot near the Wailing
we must admit that the Mos
ana Jews have as good an e.
IOf Killing each other as tn
sers brands of Christians h;
ne late world war. But in
cases it is always we'll to loo
me economic reasons for
U.,lg and little-the nickel
me heel. As many crimes
committed in the name of re
as IN the name of patriotism
&***
While Palestine was under
Nsh rule the Arabs and
~O5Snipped their respective
snd an prophets in peace and
me Jews could wall all the
provided they did not wal
aiaO babies at night. E
S%ey did, the Arabs could re
" turning on the radio an
s a many song by AL Jol
M me unfortunate worshippe
Moses. But when the doo,
VI VI the British Empire dis,
Oli in the Holy Land. and nd
nul!itary experts learned II
ss'lhe . was located in a 5.
SPOT SPOT on the road to India
nIlVSln .n declared that tn
Speakable Turk" must n
IieLnan ien in possession of th
.iS ,sIia Of the Christian reli
splIe s the fact that the Je
SSUl.ne.What So,. cold to Christi,
put it mildly. i'i iiS'i'
$50.
,.S.s 80 the Il British generc
IIered Iess the wandering Jew. Jews
T' mal and and wealthy Jewish
man mau order barOns, movin VII,
usaIes %ssgnates and cloak and +
uracturers cOntributeSd sS
PpC,hey to establish ind,
Falestine where Tr Jewish tsIo
WOntinued on '%ssr Tasf