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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-05
FORGERY SCHEME DIES HARD

This Tory habit of buying forgeries
made by Russian refugees to incite
hatred against the Soviet Union dies
hard. But Borah and Norris, charged
by the forgers with corruption be-
cause they have defended the right of
revolution in both Mexico and Russia
not in the United States-have now
a double motive for demanding that
the Orloff inquiry be open and COM
plete. The Senate will soon hear from
them on the issue.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-05
Economic Articles
By Leland Olds, Federated Press
Vertical Combines In Clothing
and Textiles

Workers in all branches of the tex
tile and garment industries may soon
be forced to adjust their form of or
ganization to meet great vertical COM
bines performing all functions from
the manufacture of raw materials to
the retailing of finished clothing to
consumers.
The Economist, of Chicago, deals
with the transition in the mems clo-
thing industry. 1t calls attention to
the fact that profits in the industry
are suffering from the fierce compe-
tition between the quality manufac-
turer producing handwork finished
suits in unionized centers and the
manufacturer-retail chain combina-
lions selling machine made suits at
fixed low prices. According to the
Economist: Intense price competi-
ton and over production overshadov
all other factors in the present situa,
ton"
"Structurally," it says, ''c,cthine
manufacture is of two types-one o.
garments with a considerable portion
of nice handwork similar to that Of
tailors, and the second wholly machine
made. Addition of few improve
ments in machines to make machine
made clothing look well has intensi
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-05

fled the problem of intensifying the
competition of price appeal. Quality
houses are largely unionizel; ma
chine clothing houses are largely non
union, operating with lower priced Ia
bor."
Richman Bros. started the present
period of intense competition four
years ago with a series of S22.50
chain stores fed from centralized fac
tories. Their success was followed by
other chains Hart, Schafner & Marx
met the problem by divergifying their
product ana developing a group of
some 300 exclusive dealers.
In the cotton textile and garment
industries as in the wooden and mems
clothing industries the outstanding
facts are at present over production
intense competition and instability
The process of Indignation is begin
ming. Because of the large number OF
Individual units and individualistiC
traditions in these industries the pro.
cess may take considerable time but
in the end textile and garment work
ers will find themselves dealing with
great capitalist combines like those
already developed in steel, oil, cop
! per and aluminium.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-05

aided and abetted by public officials The cafuS
stacked against the government fleet from ''l0
first. ia
.oThe building of it was in the hands OF men WIZ
nrivate selfish interest in making II cost aS e
possible The management of it was In the ,i: ! :
men VINO hau d Pc a. - - i1o nm expense and
failure The whole effort was to pile up eAp'-'0O
pare down efficiency.
POI 80, e1,i,o+o on+ernrise' has the big
fleet. But experience does not prove that puOA.
" owned merchant marine is a failure IL worAS -
Canada and in this country may say OF 1t as DO
0"n"u@' anu :. e L. c1don Rnle. cts never been
tried"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-05
THE COURT HOUSE PROPOSAL

The new court house idea is developing
Let us hope that it continues grow until the dream
of a county building in keeping with the wealth and
prosperity of Sheridan county becomes reality
The present arrangement is very unsatisfactory.
The county is renting the old school building from
the Pentywood school district The rent and the up
keep of this building is costing Sheridan county every
year nearly half of what the interest 100000
$150000 would amount to, and the county officers and
records are housed in old shack down in valley at
the outskirts of the city. When court sets only dozen
or two can get into the court the air is
so bad that a spectator nearly smothers.
The furniture and records of the county represent
investment mounting up to a equaling
than the cost of new court house. In case that this
old wooden firetrap should burn, the loss would be
complete: it would amount to than the cost of
a new court house besides the inconvenience and
would not have court house either.
The present court house is dirty, unsanitary leay
shack of fretrap 1t is disgrace to the people of
Sheridan county, the best and most prosperous agri
cultural county in the state-a county in which the
farmers for the most part have fine buildings to house
themselves and their cattle There are many barns in
Sheridan county better and comfortable than the
county court house.
The total cost of court house will not amount to
than dollar a year for each taxpayer for the
next twenty years-and it is much cheaper to build a
court house than it will be to wait until after
fire destroys the present building and the furniture and
records and then build court house and replace the
furniture and records.
Now is a good time to start on this project-let
special election be called this summer so that the tax
payers can vote on the proposition so as to get the
bonds disposed of and the necessary preliminary work
done in time to have the work started by year from
this spring.
And when this court house is built structure should
be erected adequate for all requirements for half
century at least.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-05
WHY THE GOVERNMENT FLEET
WAS LOST

Why the United States government has lost bv give
away sale, its splendid merchant fleet is told in an
editorial in the March 80 issue of Labor published at
Washington, D. C.
Uncle SAM, it says, 'has finally signed the papers
transferring II ships to a private company for S16
100000 Among the vessels are the Levathan. herself
worth the entire purchase price or more and George
Washington, smaller but extremely fine shin. and
Others of high quality The government is left with the
rag tag and bob tail of the great merchant fleet built
or recOnditioned at public expense while private en-
terprise has raked in everything worth taking at less
than bargain counter prices
President Coolidge must feel happy He worked m
ceasngly throughout his years in the White House ~
get rid of the publicly fleet on anv termstba
worse the better He has succeeded for the wires were
ialo IN this deal before he left Washington.
FOR years to come the experience of the government
fleet will be cited as proof of the weakness Of nubio
ownership AS matter of fact, it does not prove any,
sng Oh the kind It does prove that public ownership
Is weak in defending itself against private conspiracy
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-05

ers out on the great open spaces were
disappointed. Yes, worse than disap-
pointed, because they felt that tne pa
per had a place, that It's in'en1iohS
were good, but that somehow or other
it did not and could not denver the
goods. 1t seemed that the paper was
not in touch with the people or atune
to their aspirations.
The Anaconda press MADE Ohe polnt
that the Free Press only purpose was
mission of hate towards the Com
pany. The Free Press unfortunately
made that argument good.
With the close of the Legislature
what little there were of interest IN
the Free Press faded out. The edi-
torials are divided between fulsome
and ridiculous praise of Joe Dixon and
petty carping at the Company. Its
capitol news is meager and what
there is of it is flat. 1t has boy or
the job there who does not know what
is going on and less about reporting
it.
The Free Press means all right. bu
w. A. Clark, Jr., has not a Fraction
of the prestige that he had two, yes
one year ago. Last year he was con
sidered a power, a person to be reck
oned with by the Company-but noN
the Company smiles and jests and tn
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-05

people shake their heads
ruefully.
The Free Press must choose a
course and a port and sail with or
against the wind, with strong hand
at the wheel and head behind that
hand that knows the rocks and shoals
of Montana politics, and set out with
a purpose to make the voyage what
ever the cost may be. Unless it does
this it cannot command the confidence
of the public, or accomplish its mis-
sion, and the money of Mr.. Clark
will have been spent in vain, and he
need must retire from the field dis
credited-which would be shame, in
deed.
While it has fallen down this
winter, the Free Press can be made g
power in this state, it can accomplish
that which it set out to do-tho the
task will be more difficult-and thu
money spent can be salvaged for th'
people, but definite and positive &C
ton must be taken and that soon.
The Producers News surely wishe
the Free Press well-it congratulate
Mr.. Clark on his good intentions, an
sincerely hopes that he will yet max
the paper what he surely planned
to be, and that he accomplishes til
: purpose to which he set his forum
! and his hand.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-05
BONDING COMPANY TO
PAY CONTRACTORS

Bainville, March 28.-According to
word received here yesterday from
San Francisco, where the circuit
court of appeals is now in session, the
contracting firm of Lalonde, Peck &
Powers received a favorable decision
in their case against bonding COM
pany in which one of their sub-con-
tractors were bonded, and received a
judgment of $4,000.
This case was formerly heard at
Great Falls, the bonding company ap-
pealing from the vredict, and it has
been dragging along for number of
years. The decision of this court is
final and judgment was rendered
against the bonding company in favor
of the local firm.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-05

thing which can be required of otl.
Sarah had no answer to Mor.Is'
last remark. She was thinkina as
young female relative whom 46oi.sS
had betrayed. Suspecting nntS; lpA
Martha continued:
Course, scnle girls don't lxnnu,
better. Take, for instance, that s %:nny
Marianne: you'd think that a oir Ji'ly
smart as he's know better tben as
act up that way and get herself :, "
fix And ] always said she shOuIdrS
have started going with that "po nn'
for-nothing in the first place. beScs enS,
he's NO GOOD, and SUCH a TF FSg
I PER! Course, l spose he'll ne N
right as long as she's supnor+;"n
him. But just wait till he gets tbat
awful temper of his up!"
Young man, never marry a yi,I
who earns, or has at any time eareod
her own living, unless you are nro
pared to take her far, far away po
cause if you do, though you Dutdo H.
, labors of Hercules, the Martha Snoo~.
will unanimously agree that YOU srs
, being supported.
, &c. And still what does sts
i go and do but run around with tS -,t
: Smart Alec and he got her talked IN
S to marrying him. And,- Coursa :
: don't know But it seems funny
5 Down in Sarah Eavesdrop's SLIM,
r old soul some remnant of a sense ~
n justice limited that Martha Snoon Dss
y a malicious, lying old hypocrite; IA,
Y the young man in question was ma
e nearly so contemplate as Martha I'D
i suggested; that Martha's insinuqti ne
a were neitref b'L'fked nor excusaOe
h by any fact; that ner assertions we. a.
n simply ami I'.olls h1ngly cut out ~
e the whole cloth. Put her appetite so,.
n intimate, juicy Cetails was as ms.
n able as Martha's She leaned forwa, 4
l eagerly, wrinkled, blue-gray lips part.
IL ed, eyes glitterlng.
~ "What-what seems funny? she
rs sputtered breathlessly.
lie "Well," said Martha, "if there
IN wasn't some reason for it, why should
L a smart, nice-looking girl like her %
ct and marry that big-headed, hot-tem.
)h pered, Stuck-up sassy, no-good -?r
ID The last word in Martha's list re-
er ferred to something which is not gen
by orally mentioned in polite converse
so tion-but then no one could ever hav
US accused Martha of pOliteness. 1t be
mt gan to appear that she did not approx
Ist of the young man who had marie
on the girl whom he had married.
IN, :. And l just absoLUTEL
t. KNOW that they won't get along, b.
as cause I've seen enough of that-th;
nd tbing-to know what kind Of a ten
its per he's got, and the first time 81
RI says anything he doesn't like, it'll
Just
M In view of the fact that Martha h;
oy been at swords point with hel hu
al band for twenty years, it must be a
united that she ought to be an a
thority on marital discord.
Ike g. j.. No, l tell YOU, Sarah,
whole lot rather seen Marian
d." dead and in her grave than MARI:
to that awful thing The way it
Ike she amt got no future ahead of h
to anyway She'll just have that thr
led to support all her life, and---GOc
ness, mel"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-05
RICHLAND GROWERS
JOIN WOOL POOL

Sidney, March 25.-At the annual
meeting of Richland county wool
growers here it was voted to affiliate
with the eastern Montana wool pool
of Glendive. James MCGOWAN Of
Fairview will represent Richland
county in the sales committee Of the
pool. The eastern Montana wool perl
will have approximately SO0OOO
pounds of wool TO dispose of and is
worth in the neigEbpr Ioo1 Of S92O,-
600.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-05
FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1929.
M.INDBERGH ON BANKING"

In the face of the wedding of Charles A. Lndbergh
Jr to Miss Morrow, daughter of Minister Morrow TO
the government of Mexico, and for years associated
with the banking house of Morgan Co. of Wall
Street. one cannot help but recall the fight that
Charles A. Lndbergh ST., made on the Federal Re
serve Bank Bill when it in Congress-in the House
of he led the opposition to that act and
made vigorous fight. Afterwards he wrote couple
of books on Blanks and Banking" that for logic, u
cidity and material has been equaled in which
books Congressman Lndbergh outlined the progress
and activity of the Federal Reserve System which has
been verified by experience and history. Lndbergh
senior was always an impacabe foe of the House OF
Morgan.
In this regard we were interested in letter written
bv the late Congressman Lndberghs daughter to the
weekly magazine "TIME" in which that lady thanks
that publication for reference to her fathers bank
ing legislation record and calls attention TO several
sociaeconomic facts which father always consid
cred with some alarm.
We reproduce the letter:
Srs:
Thanks for recalling to the public the
attitude of Charles A. Lindbergh Sr. (my
father upon banking law He was oppos-
ed to the system which has fostered the
present great concentration of wealth IN
the hands of a small per cent of the popu-
laton According to the figures OF the
Federal Trade Commission, % of the peo-
pie own $3.50 of the wealth, 1870 own 900
and $40 own lO4o Hall The naClOndl III
come returns to capital.
During the last few years bank fall
ures have become common the number
amounting into the hundreds in Minnesota
alone | am familiar with homes where
after lifetime of hard work, people are
forced to live on the small allowance avail
able from the poor fund l know mothers
who are supporting several children on
sum of SIS to $40 month from the
same fund. l know how they are housed
and clothed and what rents they pay but
imagination balks when confronted with
how they keep warm and what they eat.
We do need revision of the banking
laws and we also need revision of what
constitutes general prosperity.
EVA A. LINDBERGH CHRISTIE.
Red Lake Falls, MINI.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-05
Copper Plant for Ontario

New York, April "A $4,OOOOOO
copper refinery with an initial ca
pacity of 10000 tons will be erected
near Copper Cliff, Ontario, by Inter
national Nickel company of Canada,
Ltd, and Consolidated Mining and
Smelling company.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-05
IL:I
BORAH AND NORRIS URGE
RECOGNITION OF RUSSII

Washington = (FP)-For ten years
past, Senators Borah and Norris have
been urging that the United States
recognize the Soviet Union govern
ment. Five years ago last December
Calvin Coolidge, in his first message
to Congress, indicated that he was
willing to restore normal relations
with Russia on certain conditions.
This paragraph in his message was
understood to have been inspired by
Borah, who predicted that actual rec
ognition would soon come. Then,
when the Moscow government replied
in cordial note, suggesting immedi-
ate discussion of mutual differences
for the purpose of settlement, the
whole situation was changed by a
note to Moscow by Secretary of State
Hughes. This Hughes declaration
was offensive in tone, and was obvi-
ously designed to make impossible
any meeting. It accomplished its
purpose.
Now, after five years of wasteful
quarrel, Borah is convinced that the
Every secret Zinovieff' letter which
Hughes used to back up his claim
that the Soviet government was seek
ing to overthrow the government of
the United States at that ime, was a
forgery. Hughes said he secured this
document from Attorney General Har-
ry Daugherty. He affirmed that
"There is no question as to the au-
thenticity" of the letter which was
addressed to American Communists
That letter closed with the sentence:
eve hope that the Party will steI
by step conquer (embrace) the pro
letarian forces of America and in the
not distant future raise the red flag
over the White House" 1t also con-
tanned Instructions as to creating g
fighting force, to be drilled in shoot
ing. With this Daugherty document
then, Hughes justified his sudden re-
versal of Coolidge's attempt to take
up discussions with the Soviet state
Borah was discredited. But Borah
and Norris ridiculed the document as
a probable fake. Today the source OF
the forgery seems to have been To-
Gated.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-05
"zINovIEFF LETTER" FORGERY

Borah is now chairman of the Sen
ate foreign relations committee. AS
such, he has custody of the original
of that "Zinovieff letter to American
Communists" Berlin police are in
vestigating the operations of the Or
loft forgery gang, arrested in the
German capital recently through the
activity of an American press cores
pendent In the Orloff forgery plant
were found evidences that it was
mere that the forgeries asserting that
borah and Norris had each been paid
SlOO:OOO by the Soviet government,
mad been manufactured. Borah in
sisted that the State Department in
strlct the American embassy in Ber-
I'm 70 cooperate in bringing the facts
as 70 the Borah-Norris forgeries 10
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-05
The WASHINGTON SCENE
By LAWRENCE TODD, reiterated Press

light. No report of progress has
been made by the embassy; instead. a
suspicious silence. Borah is convinced
that instead of making public the
facts as to what this gang of Russian
refugees has been doing selling docu-
ments to injure the Soviet regime
the high power will shut down the
inquiry. He is convinced that the
Hughes-Daugherty document, like the
others, was made by the Orloff gang.
He is convinced that the "Zinovieff
letter to British Communists used
by the British Tories to defeat the
Labour Party in 1924, came from the
same factory.
1t would seem a simple matter for
the State Department to assist in
clearing the names of the chairman
of the foreign relations committee and
the chairman of the judiciary COM
mittee of the Senate by sending to
Berlin a photostat copy of this
Hughes-Daugherty letter for com
parison with anything that has
been found in the Orloff plant
Senator Borah is anxious that this
be done. But the German govern
ment has not asked for it, and the De-
partmert is very cool toward any ac-
ton that might prove that Hughes
policy had been established on &
forgery. Stimson, coming into the
State Department as a Hughes-Taft.
Root choice, can be counted upon tt
stand by Hughes. Just as in the
Dreyfuss case in France, the unmask
ing of an official error is found to be
virtually a crime against the ruling
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-02-02

Dr. John Venters, noted phy- sician and surgeon of Seattle, and Alaska, died in tht former city recently from pneumonia. Dr. Venters distinguished him. self in 1924 when he flew HOO miles by plane over the Arctic wastes to put down an epi- demic sweeping through the villages of the upper Kusko- kwim country. Dr. Venters was 55 years of age and came to Alaska in 1918 to take charge of the Akiak hospital; in 1924 he assumed charge of the Nu- lato hospital and also served at Norvick when the natives up the Koyukuk were stricken and dying by the scores from eating infected caribou meat. It was then he flew to their assistance and ended the epi- demic.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-02-02

There is a vast area of ground on the upper reaches of the Kobuk River which remains to a great extent unexplored by gold seekers, and which some day will be one of the best mineral producers in the entire territory. Such is the word brought from there by William James, who returned recently from a prospecting trip into the country which lasted eight and one-half months. The region is de- scribed as an ideal prospecting field, but MT. James would
 advise no one to go there un- less. he has made adequate preparations. It is a hard coun-