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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-04

streets and sell themselves tn hi
feed the family, and so glad that Ar
election of Mr.. Hoover means tLe
continuance of these grand conditions
among the miners.
We also note with great satisfact;on
that hundreds of thousands of worS.
ers in the textile industries rece;+o
the magnificent sum of from S15 -
SIT per week wages-and we are ~
happy that this has came about IN
der glorious, prosperous Republican
rule, and that Mr.. Hoover's election
means these workers will continue r.
receive these high wages.
We further note the blessed fao.
that several hundred thousand cbiIJ'
rem work in these textile industries ~
very small wages and very long hours
which will teach them to be thrift
and enable several hundred verv no-
triotic bosses to live up to the Gmer-
lean standard, and Mr.. Hoover's elec.
tiOn surely will help the bosses to con.
tinue to teach the children thrift.
But above and beyond all il givaS
US the greatest satisfaction to note
the honest and strict enforcement ~
the Volstead law under Republican
rule-and that Mr.. Hoover will con.
tinue Mr.. Coolidge's great plans to
keep that great lover of good LIQUORS
and great distiller to be general in
Chief of the prohibition laws of. the
land-we refer to the great and hon
es Mr.. Mellon.
We are happy to read a statement
by the Canadian customs authorities
of Windsor Ontario that the daily
shipments of liquor into Detroit are
about fifty boatloads-some of the
being carloads-and that Mr. Mellon
so honestly inforces the law that
hardly any of these get caught-and
so happy that in our great state of
Washington booze flows everywhere
and that many of our young children,
girls and boys often get drunk
which is very desirable condition,
and as Mr.. Hoover says he will con-
tinue the Great Mellon in his job
this grand condition can be made per-
manent. Yes, we note with glee that
we are now exporting three million
dollars worth of mOonshine every
month-great and glorious addition to
our prosperity.
Oh yes, and we are often pleased
when we go organizing Progressive
Farmers in manv states: Iowa, Wis
consin, Kansas, Colorado, Minnesota
! or other states and come to a dry
thirsty land, we can always find plen.
: ty of irrigation nearby. Mr.. Hoover''
r election means this delectable condi
ton will be permanent.
Yes and finally we are happy thai
4 in this great and prosperous lanC
there are today about million unem
: ployed people, who have to live OF
O the charity of other workers-thi
' will teach them to be humble and pen
= itent before their superiors.
= And finally that we have mOrt
crime, murders and every other crimr
o than any other civilized land accord
ing to population. And these desir
able things have developed under re
: publican rule. Mr.. Hoover's election
: means their continuance.
: So we are deeply grateful to al
y those including the churches, w. C.
U. and other folks who got the Lor
!, to smite such bad men as Smith
!. Thomas and Foster that the desirabl
conditions named above may becom
T a permanent part of our daily life.
(Signed) L. J. ADY,
d Director
S VIM. BOUCK,
= Secretar]
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-04
OUR NEW LAW OFFICERS

Next week our new Sheriff and County ATTORNEY
VIII assume office They both men of high integ
rty and their past records should be beacon light to
guide them in the future
Mr.. Madsen has been in every progressive movement
In the county in the past. Mr.. Blackwell is a LAWYER
VINO has made his profession his hobby and has been
successful at it.
But there are many pitfalls before these men no-
signing politicians will try to mslead Mr. Madsan ord
mr, bakewen The old graft crowd will seen an oppor
.unity TO have return to the old regime that the
farmers OF this county remember only too well.
1t viii be remembered that Mr. Madsen mada HE
campaign the promise that he would allow NO a,x1
ing slot machines vice in the county that he would
fearessy shut down any place maintained for the pur
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-04

In an editorial last week headed irresponsible Off
cers the Poplar Standard had the following to say rel
alive to the shooting of inhabitants by peace officers
"The actions of the Helena policeman who
fired on citizen because he thought the man
was going too fast demonstrates again the
carelessness with which police officers are
often chosen Incident after incident described
by the news columns indicate that offices of
" authority which should be filled by thoroughly
responsible men, are occupied by half
goofy, crooked or plain mean, all three"
A few nights ago some Plentywood young were
going through alley when of them into
policeman The officer fired tear gas bomb, striking
the in the For three hours friends took
of him; his face swollen from the gas and for
time they thought he blind Apparently there was
no excuse for the shooting If the boys engaged
in any mischief they would have been arrested They
were evidently their way home and the officer fired
without sufficient forethought.
This is dangerous state of affairs Tear gas bombs
should never be used except for the purpose of queng
riot or hating felony. Citizens should see that all
policemen properly bonded that an injured man
could have recourse through the courts
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-04

There's $4O5.46 in deposits In the
bank for each man, woman and child
in the country's 1S1, 100000 popula-
ton. So U. S. vontroller OF currency
Poole reports. That should mean a
bank account of more than $1,000 for
each normal family of 5. Individual
deposits in all banks June 80, 1928 to-
tailed $53,244,698, 900. Of this huge
amount $28, 1872, $4,000 represented
savings accounts, $21,O59, 876,00O
checking accounts and the balance
miscellaneous accounts. The savings
deposits alone averaged $214.23 per
capita of the population or better than
SLOTS for each family of 5.
The controllers figures reflect the
unequal distribution of wealth even
though the deposit totals cannot be
segregated by social classes. The
first glance at his figures shows $22,-
1901 900 or more than 41%o of all
the bank deposits located in 6 middle
Atlantic states, New York, New Jer-
sey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mary
land and the District of Columbia
Per capita deposits in this group OF
states average $802.68 or about twice
the average percapita deposits for the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-04

and the northeastern counties is no
passing phase but a permanent bur-
den to be met by the migration else
where of the surplus labor"
Capitalist industrialism has gone
too far to stop along the line to which
it is committed, that is, the direction
of world economic activities in terms
of private profit rather than public
profit. Every issue of Commerce Re
ports, the U. S. department of COM
merce weekly, contains many items
revealing overproduction and conse-
quent cut throat competition on a
world scale. Not only are the chief
producers of coal, steel, textiles, shoes
and chemicals competing in an over
stocked market but they are several
ly increasing their own productivity
and at the same time building up new
centers of production in China, Africa
and South America.
Here is the background of the un-
employment which spreads from coun-
try to country. 1t threatens the Am
erican worker in 1929. There is nc
permanent solution short of new or.
der in which production will be or.
ganized to serve the producers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-04

ital invested by the owners but al
so SURPRISES and undivided profits
swelling the total to $500, 391 900.
The paid in capital, represented by the
capital stock including stock dividends
totals $2,453 $4,000 which undoubted-
ly exceeds by hundreds of millions the
money actually invested by the own
ers. On this figure the 1928 bank
profits mean a return of about 1870.
New York member banks copied a
bout 400 of all the profits with to-
tai of $185,559,000.
The gross earnings of all federal
reserve member banks for the fiscal
year totaled $2,193, APT, 900, an in
crease of 1924. 557, 900 over the previ-
Gus year. The profits of these banks
alone were equivalent to the annual
pay of about $4,000 workers or to
the annual wages of nearly double
that number of farm families. This
charge is levied simply for giving the
people access to the use of their own
resources of time, materials and tools
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-04

in 1925 turning out 81 200 cars a week
with the same machinery with which
they had manufactured only 10000
cars week in 1920.
The increased output was the direct
result of speeding the motors that
moved the lines. Since the report was
made the speed has been still further
increased both at Fordis and at all
other plants.
At the Hudson plants some 20 men
formerly painted 275 chassis day
At present 10 men do 1900. In the
same plant new bolt drivers enable the
same number of men to tighten all the
body bolts on 1900 cars a day as for
merly frightened bolts on 300 day.
But increased production does not
usually result in an increase even Oh
nominal wages. Workers on the mot
or block line in a Hudson-ESSex de
partment were reported recently to be
turning out 800 pieces for the same
wages they receivd when doing SOC
to 600 pieces. A student who worked
summer in a Detroit plant writes
II have seen men who made more thar
the required $40 pieces per hour have
their schedule increased to 400 piece.
per hour without any increase IL
wages. I have seen other men pu
out on the street because they couldn'
make the pace in so rigid regime"
The well-paid personnel experts EN-
ployed by the motor companies ar,
specialists in painless methods O.
speeding up. They tell the worke
that by working hard and fast, on
piece work basis, he can clean up gooc
wages in busy season. Helpless an,
unorganized, the worker does NO
realize that speed-up and the rusl
season are but forerunners of the Law
off and short time employment.
Robert w. Dunn is the author of La
Dor and Automobiles, soon to be pub
lished by the International publisher
price $3.50.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-04
YOUTH DEMANDED
ON SPEEDED UP BELT
Rv Robert w. Dunn.

Dertoit-(FP) - No real under
standing of motor plants is possible
until one is familiar with the as
sembly lines which bring together the
different parts of the car. The Hud-
son goes through in about an hour
and half, the belt moving about 10
feet minute, which is 10 feet a min
ute faster than it moved 10 years ago.
The tendency is to run the line just
as fast as the human machines be-
side it can be made to keep UP with
it and complete their operations. And
young workers are better able to
stand the pace. 1t has been estimat-
ed by Chrysler employment mana
ger that not more than two per cent
of the men on this production work
are over 80 to 35 years of age.
The machine sets the pace and does
the driving. No man can be lazy ev-
en- if he wants to be. Workers in
certain Dodge departments complain
that the line moves so fast they can't
leave 1t for second even to get a
drink of water. If a worker Goes in
terrupt the process in any way he is
committing the cardinal sin in the
world of mass production-"h olding
up the line" That's when a foreman
may be needed to supplement the NOV
ing apparatus and to give the worker
warning, a scolding or a "bawling
out" telling him how many men there
are outside who would like his Job.
Straw bosses, the workers call these
inspectors and work leaders. Against
them, and the foremen, the workers
grumble often and vigorouly, especial.
ly when the bosses insist upon shout.
ing: "Step on il" "Hop on it." "Comt
on boys, you're slipping" "Get ZEN
out" Speed 'em up" crush alons
there" Better keep busy, the bis
boss's liable to be along any minute,
You're falling behind" or "You'rt
holding up production, get a move on
these and hundred other varia
tIons of the incessant speed-up theme
And sometimes, as workers in tn,
Briggs plant have testified, there ma,
even be a physical kick to ACCOMPANY
the verbal lashings.
One careful student of the Fore
plant shows that Gin 1919 in the mot
or assembly room on certain conveyol
lines the unfinished motors moved b,
a given point at the rate of 40 al
hour; by 1925 they were moving I'D a
the rate of so an hour. On othe
lines In 1919 the rate of speed wa
40 an hour; in 1925 it had been in
creased to $50 an hour" AS a resul
OF this speeding the Ford plants wer
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,!y!! y -
~ @E%SSZ%
By C. K
COME ON UP MAC

We understand that Prohibition Agent McDonagh
got very about the special article which appeared
in the Producers News time ago about himself
and Sam Roberts, and he threatened to get gun and
come up here and clean up.
We are now telling Mac to buckle on his armor and
start for Plentywood as Sam Roberts gives
him transportation We have experiences with all
kinds of gunner from the low, hired thugs that the
Anaconda hires to go out and "get" editors who tell
the truth about them to the stoopgeons on the pro-
hibition squad.
We are not afraid of either kind of vermin and we
say to McDonagh that do not think that ne has any
more CUTS than the fnks of the Anaconda
company The kinds of rats always try to in
timdate people when they armed to the teeth and
have crowd of degenerates along for protection but
we never saw of them who would dare pull trlg-
ger in a crowd where the electric lights
Mac, like other threatening gunner might screw up
enough courage to pull the trigger in the dark and get
us but if he does it will be the scaffod for him is he
ever reaches it. We have some friends in the state
and we tell all gunner that they go their damndest
We have been threatened beat up framed shot at and
through all kinds of rows with the skunk tribe and we
are still going We always manage to come out on top
and tell the truth ten times stronger than we told 1t
before.
on the draw, but if you you will some day be try
ing to get by st. Peter and good Irish Catholic
you know that murder is bar up yonder
Come on up to Plentywood, Mac. We are waiting for
you.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-04

Ashley-Carload range horses ship
ped to Butte cannery recently.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-04

Robert w. Dunn is the author of La
Dor and Automobiles, soon to be pub
lished by the International publishers
price S1.5O.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-08

Myatt.
Second game; Ave innings: RAIN
Cleveland ......,......... 800 90 0 /
Morris and Heying; Terrell, Grant and
L. SeWell.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-08
With the SandLOtterS
BY BABE RUTH

anywhere. And you can't hit it with
a bat that's too heavy to swing.
Then, kids make the mistake, too
of trying to kill the ball every time
they swing. The best hitters in the
big leagues-I mean the fellows who
hit most consistently and the fellows
who are toughest up there at the
plate-are chaps who don't take q
full swing at all. Fellows like Earl
Combs are the ideal type.
I'm telling you honestly that if I
wasn't supposed to go up there and
hit home runs. I'd change my bat
ting style today. I'd try the Ty
Cobb system, choking my bat, stand
ing closer to the plate and using q
chop swing. I might not get so
many home runs that way, but be-
lieve me I'd get a lot more hits
than l do.
After all, the best advice I can
give in hitting is just this: Get a
bat that fits" Stand at the plate
naturally. Don't try to kill the ball.
Swing free and easy and just try to
meet it. After you learn to do that
then there's time enough to put
power and weight into your swing.
Copyright. 1929. by The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-08
Elkhart and Mason to Battle in
Main Bout at Harrison Tuesday
WeI-Known Scrappers Replace Wallace and Dillon
When Latter Is Injured; Remainder Of Card Intact.

Owing to an injury received in
training by Young Jack Dillon, who
was billed to meet Roy Wallace in
the FIT. Harrison main go Tuesday,
it has become necessary to arrange
an entirely new ten-round feature
for the army post fistic card and
Captain Schucker. matchmaker has
signed Johnny Mason, Scranton. Pa,
and Chief Jack Elkhart Chicago.
Principals in the substitute match
are Well-knoWn in Indianapolis
rings and have a reputation of be-
ing willing mixers. Efforts were
made to send Mason against Wal
lace. but the Indianapolis Scrapper
baked on the proposed arrangement
and was dropped from the card.
Dillon received q gashed eye while
training, according to the wire he
sent Schucke1 Sunday and the
matchmaker was forced to pile up
telephone tolls landing another
match when Wallace refused to bat
tie Mason
The managers of Mason and Elk
hart both announced their boxers
we're in good shape to give the Gus
toners real fight despite the short
notice. The remainder of the Tues
day card as announced few days
ago will stand. Shucker said today,
with the first of the five bouts start
ing at $50.
Elkhart is said to have knocked
out Johnny Sherod in Milwaukee in
the fifth round last week and also
outpointed Joe Garden two weeks
ago. Mason claims to have defeat
led Wallace in a bout at Dayton. and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-08
Two Defeats at Chicago
May Be Forerunner OF
Let Down.
REGULARS GIVEN REST
Fox, Coohrane Take
Things Easy.
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY


NEW YORK, July 5.-The going
is getting rougher for the Phila-
delphia Athletics.
Two straight defeats at the hands
OF the Chicago White Sox haven't
put much Of a dent in the Athletics
long lead, but they may be forerun-
rers of disastrous western trip for
the American League leaders.
Shifts in the Athletics lineup the
past two days indicate Connie Mack
is getting nervous even behind his
large lead.
Jimmy Dykes, VINO has been play
ing second base while Max Bishop
was giving his sore eyes a rest, was
shifted TO shortstop Sunday and
Bishop sent back to his post. Jimmy
Cronin, young shortstop, was taken
out of the lineup to make room for
Dykes.
George Burns, veteran first base
man released by the Yankees and
picked up a free agent by the Ath-
letics, has been getting into the
lineup as a substitute for Young
Jimmy Foxx, who may be willing a
bit under the strain Of leading the
American league hitterS. Micky
Cochrane, one of the most vital cogs
in the AS machine, also is being
given rest, with Cy Perkins do
ing the catching. Cochrane has an
injured rib.
The White Sox beat two Of Connie
Mack's best pitchers, Walberg and
Earnshaw, the latter lasting less
than an inning Sunday.
Since the AS longest losing streak
of the season is two games, Connie
Mack probably will shoot his ace,
Lefty Grove, at the White Sox to-
day. If Grove should lose. the cry
Of "slunp!" will ring around the
American League circuit tonight
and the Yanks, Browns and Tigers
will put on extra speed in the pur-
suit Of the league leaders.
With the Yanks and Browns bat
thing each other tooth and nail for
second place. the Athletics are not
losing any precious ground in their
present plight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-08
Three Former Title Holders Show
Fistic Wares in New York This Week
Johnny Dundee. Eddie Martin and Tony Canzoner Billed
for Engagements in Gotham.

weight titleholder, will meet Eddie
(CannonbalD Martin, erstWhile
bantamweight champion, in a ten
round bout at Dexter Park tonight.
The betting is even.
Al Singer, Bronx junior light
weight, will meet Carl Duane in the
feature ten-round bout at Starlight
Park tonight. Singer is a 13-to-5
choice
Tony Canzoneri, who followed
Johnny Dundee as featherweight
champion and lost his laurels to
Andre Routis last year. will meet
Phil McGraw, Detroit lightweight, at
the Greensboro Stadium Tuesday
night
1t will be Canzoneri's last engage
ment before meeting Sammy Man
dell for the lightweight title at Chi
/ cago. Aug. O.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-08

English "rugger" and our American
game. It does not permit interior
ence except just on the line of
scrimmage and there is no forward
passing. The game consists almost
entirely of a kicking and running
style, including a we'll conceived and
cleverly executed lateral passing
game. Next year, with modiflca-
ions, they are introducing for the
first time, the forward pass.
The Canadian coaches say that
a complete conversion to our Ameri-
can game has only been prevented
because of English traditions in the
Dominion. The coaches feel that
with the introduction Of the forward
pass their game will prove more in
teresting and more colorful than
it is at present. With the introduce
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-08
Woodstock
Scene of Net
Title Games
Strive to Play OH Deciding
Matches of Clay
Court Meet.
BY DICK MILLER

Groundkeepers at the Woodstock
Country Club courts labored with
sponges and sand this morning sop
ping water from two courts so that
play in the National Clay Court
championships might get under way
today at noon.
At that time it was planned to
finish two matches stopped by rain
and darkness late Saturday. En-
NETT Pare Of Chicago and Bryon
Grant Jr of Atlanta, Ga were
at the point Of deciding their semi
final match when the rain inter
fered.
Grant had lead of two sets to
one and nine games to eight of the
fourth set.
The winner was to play J. Gilbert
Hall Of South Orange. N. j., in the
final match this afternoon for the
national title Hall, to reach the
final, made a great stand in his
match with Berkeley Bell Of Austin,
Tex.
The doubles matches are far be-
hind schedule. Louis Thalheimer Of
Chicago and Berkeley Bell were to
finish their quarter final round
match with D. K. Murray and Cliff
ford Suffer. both Of New orleans,
at noon.
The winners will take the court
against Ben Gorchakoff and Ar
thur Kussman, both of Los An
geies, for a seni-flnal match, and
Fritz Mercur of Bethlehem, Pa. and
J. Gilbert Hall will team for a semi
final match against Wray Brown of
st. Louis and Harris Coggeshall of
Des Moines, Ia.
The Bell-Hall singles match Sat-
urday was a thriller. Hall. by su-
perior service, romped through the
first set, 6-3. Bell quickly changed
his style, used chop shots effective
ly and speeded up his service to
win the second set, 81. Bell con-
tinued his chop game and won the
third set, So.
After the rest period Hall ap-
peared fresher and after losing the
second game took five games in
row to win the set, 81.
Bell. a plucky player. rallied and
won the first two games of the de-
Gliding fifth set, but Hall took six
straight games, one of them when
Bell double defaulted his service
and another bv a Glove" score.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-08

= KANSAS CITY, July 0.-seeking
one of Americas most priced golf
titles-the Western Amateur cham
pionship-a field of ia players to-
day started play in the siX-day
tournament over the Mission Hills
Country Club links.
Today's program called for an
eighteen-hole qualifying round
which will be followed by an addi-
tional eighteen holes Tuesday.
Wednesday the thirty-two low scor-
ers in the two-day qualifying round
will start match play for the throne
left vacant by Frank Dolp, Portland,
Ore, who is not defending his title.
The elimination process will con-
tinue with thirty six hole quarter
and semi final battles Thursday and
Friday, leaving two players to battle
Saturday
Chick Evans of Chicago, eight
times winner Of the Western title
is a fayorite to reach the finals,