The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-07-12

in Mexico and elsewhere. In the
world control of currencies; his
field of international relations, his
sappointees work out schemes fol
naval experts set up standards of
armament and defense to which
other nations must, willingly or
otherwise, bow; through his in
fluence over the nations press he
is able temporarily at least to in
tluence public opinion and to force
unwilling legislators to do his bid
ding. He has become not only the
most powerful but the most dan
gerous autocrat on earth-should
ne attempt to use his office for
the ends of special privilege.
Whether he does so or not is best
seen by his appointments.
Space will permit only partial
analyis here. But this will serve
to show that Big Business and vir-
tually one banking group, the
House of Morgan, has honeycomb-
ed practically every department
with its representatives and direc-
tors. At the head of the Depart
ment of State is Mr.. Henry L..
St.nson who came to department
, from the dictatorship of the Nor
,, gan-controlled American Super
power Corporation; the new under
Secretary Of State is Mr.. Joseph
P. Cotton, Wall Street corporation
lawyer, formerly representative be-
fore the State Department of the
Doheny oil interests and a direc-
tor of several New York City trac-
, ton lines which are known to be
under the control of the Morgan
!, interests. The under secretary OF
state in some ways is an office
more important than that of the
head of the department. The same
is true of the under secretary oil
= the treasury an office now helC
= by Mr.. Ogden M. Mills, connected
= with various eastern and New
!, York Morgan-controlled power anC
:, other corporations. The head O
. the treasury department, Mr.. An
drew Mellon, third richest man il
the world, oil magnate, aluminium
:. king, plate glass baron, powe
= prince, is likewise hardly to b
considered as the spokesman of tn
- farmers and industrial workers
y Andy, alas, is now due to retire
u But in his place, it is reliably re
~ ported, will be named Mr.. Dwigh
= w. Morrow, at present ambassado
y to Mexico, Morgan partner. Nj
~ Morrow has already accomplish
- his mission in Mexico by helpin
90 to entrench religious reaction i
70 that country and by obtaining
~ stranglehold on the country's ric
=, power resources for the Gener;
he Electric Company of which he Wa
n CD director. Mr.. Morrow's pre-
F. decessor to the Mexican ambass;
dorship, Mr. James r. Sheffiel
nt resigned his berth with the Mo
n gan controlled Radio Corporate
r. of America in 1924 to go to Il
"a southern Republic. Upon his r
turn he resumed his office with Il
is corporation.
Die Mr.. Robert P. Lamont, Secretal
IN of Commerce was drafted from Il
NO Morgan controlled Information
err Harvester Company to take char,
he of government department viii
inc may now be considered even mo
es important than that of the Sta
sh Department. This departing
nil through its consular agents al
ra- foreign connections has a worl
M wide influence. And now from t
re- same corporation, President Hoo
old er has chosen the head of the Fe
nd. eral Farm Board, Mr.. Andrew
me Legge, president of the farm il
sed plement trust whose exactio
on have exploited the farmers of
in country for two generations.
hat is unfortunately still true, becau
the of countrywide propaganda, a
of because of the betrayal by ma
nj of the so-called farm represent
a tives last November in the int
It" est of the Hoover cause, that
me large majority of the nations f;
ess mers still have a large measure
to faith in what Hoover and the Fal
ar Board will do. Only experier
the can eradicate this misplaced con
her dence. Yet the point must
ra- made: "Does anyone expect
Stimson, Mellon, Lamont, Leg
itill Morrow and the others to act o.
and er than as the representatives
ing the House of Morgan? Has I
tile two generations of futile agitatt
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