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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-15
THE NEW YORK ELECTION

The outstanding feature of the election IN New
York City was not the return of Mayor Walker by
an overwhelming majority but the tremendous vote
of 177,O00 cast for Norman Thomas, the Socialist
candidate. This was by far the largest vote ever
cast for a Socialist in New York City, exceeding
by $4,000 the vote given Hillquist in 1917 when he
pulled the big antiwar protest vote and cut deeply
into the Irish and German Tammany strongholds
1t is more than half the vote cast for Thomas in
the entire country when he ran for the presidency
last fall
What is the meaning of this? 1t means that
the growing economic crisis in machine industry
and in agriculture is bringing in its train great
wave of social unrest which the masses feel cannot
be stemmed by the capitalist parties. The people
are cropping around for political party that will
show them a way out of the dismal swamp in
which they are laundering. They see in the So
calist party the political weapon that can be de-
veloped to smash the domination of capitalism and
free them from the intolerable condition of inse-
curity IN which they find themselves.
While it is true that the Socialist Party is not
the kind of boy father Marx expected it would
grow up to be; while it has degenerated into pale
shadow Of the once militant party of Eugene v.
Debs, nevertheless it is encouraging to note that
the masses are no longer as much afraid of the
Socialist DOGGY as their masters taught them to
be- To the left of the Socialist party is the Com
munist, small numerically, weak IN capability and
torn to pieces by facionalism, but If conditions
der capitalism continue to grow worse as they are
destined TO- and the Socialist party IN the event
Of its gaining power, fails TO do any better than
It's brother parties IN Europe the Communist party
is bound tn grow and deliver the coup de grace to
capitalism.
In the meantime, the farmers and workers thru
out the country should take lesson from the cleo
lions in New York 1t shows that the tide is flow.
ing in radical direction and this is current they
should swim with and not against.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-15

Honorable Senator'S rose In their seats and ex-
pressed their disapproval In serious and facetous
words of the appellation applied by Senator Moses
Of new Hampshire to the Northwest Senators who
are opposing the Hoover tariff bill. Moses, in as
many words declared while speaking at dinner
given by New England manufacturers that the
ti-Hoover solons from the wide open spaces were
"sOns of wild iackasses."
In replies to the senator from New Hampshire
attention called to the aridity of the banquet
at which Moses brayed and thanks were given that
1t 50. otherwise God knows how far Moses
might have gone in describing the ancestry of his
enemies.
Senator Wheeler declared that Moses the Second
not only reflected the persons of the Senators
referred to, but also their fathers mothers,
brothers and sisters. We take a more catholic
view of the insulting remark We believe that Sen
ator Moses IN a moment Of undisciplined exuber-
ance expressed the contempt of the ruling classes
of the United States for the farmers of the com-
Try east and west who are fighting-tho unfortun-
ately IN an unOrganized manner-against the eff
forts Of the Wall Street bOOdlers to rob them of
the fruits. of their agricultural labors.
1t seems that the -publir be damned" era of the
early vanderbts is with us again and it would not
surprise us to have another Bser rise and say the
rich have divine right to rule as they damn
please They are doing that, Of course, despite oc-
easional interference but they are usually sober
enough to curb their temptation to say so for pub
hcation
Only week ago Mr. Joseph Grundy, big plute
81 Pennsylvania, testifying before the senate COM
nfttee investigating tariff lobbyists declared that
thfnly populated and industrially developed states
should keep their mouths shut on the tariff cues
tOn until the Grundys gave their spokesman per-
mission to zap This is great stuff We like TO
see It come out IN the open. It is just what we
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-15

Unless Sir Burley Bowler, the noble Briton of
Scobey, leaves the scene of his dubious activities
soon he viii not be IN the best of temper to pre-
sent the proper hightly front to His Majesty.
Burley is awfully mad at us and we don't mean
maybe.
Buriey seems 30 think everybody in Northeast
ern Montana is a CRATER Because the Producers
News published the facts regarding the alleged at
tempted theft Of automobile from the Kienast
Motor Company without suggesting that County
Attorney Bakewell was a crook as the brentwood
Herald and Burnley did, the Scobey scribe comes
back and accuses US of being IN cahoots with
Frank French and of sharing IN the proceeds fnom
Franks alleged gambling monopoly.
hurley says: Incidentally, we mentioned Com
missioner Frank French's interest in the slot ma
chine business. 1t was stupid of us not to auure-
ciate the fact that Charley gets in for his cut on
anything that pertains 70 graft IN Sheridan coun-
y"
What no! Can it be possible that Frank is hold
ing out on us? Burnley keeps on braying. Here is
another hee-haw:
However, Charles, next time you stem ont tn
defend Frank French and Grant BakeveIl-
the latter has been very kind to your slot machine
g7aft-we win give you some more information on
the scheme of things in Sheridan county as man
aged oy you and Mig and French and Bake"
1t looks to US ike poor old Sir Burley is off his
nut.
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have been telling the farmers right along.
Is it any wonder the plutes feel cocky! Tnere
is no political organized opposition to them from
the workers and farmers Both are depending on
the goodness of heart of insurgent Republicans ana
Democrats to save them piece of their hide Yet
they have the power in their own hands TO make
the big exploiters eat crow and stop the pillage
which goes on whether the Wall Street administra-
ton in Washington is labelled Democratic or Re
publican. The farmers and the workers in the east
and west will be held in contempt by Wall Street
ty along class lines. 1t may be called Farmer
Labor party or anything else but only a party
standing for the interests of the producing classes
will help solve their problems. The producers
should run this government Instead, they
are being ruined by it in the name of law and
patriotism.
While some of US disagree most emphahcally
with Senator Moses observation that our western
Senators are the sons of wild jaekasses, at the
same time we cannot help feeling that they are
acting like a bunch of jackasses in braying around
the Democratic and Republican pastures instead of
staying on the farmers reservation.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-15
ACCUSES two MEN
OF BRANDING HIN
WITH A HOT WIRE

Colorado Springs, COlO.-G '
Hoberg took the stand IN cls.ls
court here and told how B. =
kidnapped and branded with ne =
itials as. P" by Dick 0'Bnsn >
Casper Moriarity Of Denver F"
months ago.
O'Brien and MOriarity are
trial on charges growing o..
the alleged attack. Hoberg ! !,
legged to have been hdnappeo =, :
giving information which rsi = !
in a raid on a stiIl on the : :
Dickinson ranch north Of O0l'i''
Springs.
Hoberg testified that TIE ~ -
men lured him into a car y - 4,
yer and then drove him +" -
Dickinson ranch, where
branded him with a hot VIZ -, :
ter he had dissuaded tneI -. -,
tying him 10 the tail Of 3 IL 4,
Dickinson, on whose r .a. -
still was found, is a"sl1ns
on liquor charges.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-15
SEN. SCHALL FOR.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN.
POWER co. QUIZ.

Washington, Nov. 12.-Investi-
cation by the senate interstate
commerce committee of the circum-
stances surrounding application of
the Rocky Mountain Power com
pany for development of federal
power sites was asked in a reso-
luton by Senator Schall. republi-
can, Minnesota.
The Rocky Mountain companv
is an applicant for the Flathead
lake power site in Montana and the
resolution asserted the comnanv
had spent considerable sums of
money on Indian pow-wows and
used other improper means of in
fluencing the Indians" who own
this and other sites.
The resolution also proposed an
inquiry into reason why recommen-
dations of the accountant and So
hcitor of the federal power COM
mission as to charging off these
expenses were "overruled by hiob-
er officials"
Results Of the investigation
would be laid before Attorney Cen.
eral Mitchell. Consideration "A
the resolution was deferred unit
Friday.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-15
N. OAK. STATE Mill
HAD GOOD MONTH

bismarck, N. d., Nov. Ire
ro~+- that the state mill and ele-
Fstor operated at profit of $780,
oS9 10 during September has ere
sted considerable interest and
a.~u in local political circles.
El-;ends of Gov. George f. Scha-
- ev offico manager of the mill,
80 = the showing of the enter
n NJ for the first nine months of
100 e an opportunity for the pro-
- n break even or make small
p ~ for the first time in its his
tory.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-15
Wild HORSESRE
SLATED FOR doom

MissOula.- CUP : n. !
otherwise disposed Of. !. :oms u
the death warrant OF 80 -
d DIRE Of horses, once pre- . y
sessions and now a ruis
'@ Without barnyards o. 1 y ~
without work to do, herds t..t z >
Witness and have become eco. S,sp
ons nroblem. As q resul 1,-n ,isst
are in progress by s'P ID :
~ % riders. The horse. 4 t.
c { on a decent leng tIsin y
for rich rightful owners to -' eIrl,ia y
mr. or buyers % suO,5i :p
And then? "OtnerW vs.. csis'
81 en- " which means
feed. :. sx,sF
Tb s,-t, Is a quiet campalgs. ~
t tsrmmf'i the west and 50 I
s snI1iOe win in be as .tEans Vsrs y
IN the United States .
mobiles N Is years ago
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-15
lZNaBoS
------w--------ad&
Mrs. Wise Likes Our
Mayor-Feeling Good
But Short of Cash
Tuttle, N. Oak.
Nov. 2, 1929.

lutte, N. LAX
Nov. 2, 1929.
Dear Editor:
I'm very sorry I did not write
SUUncI, Tut III a1y1I- diving 1..y
house work besides having TO help
with the milking twice a day, Pm
much pressed for time. We live
512 miles from town. We just had
a big snow storm with lots of high
drifts. We passed from summer
into winter in day, but today the
sun shines lovely.
My husband and boy think your
paper is just great. / used to
think "The Herald" was the only
paper, but since my sister from
California sent me "The Producers
News" for eight months as a gift,
the other paper don't quite shine
so bright. I've never seen you but
I'm very fond of your editorials
in the paper. You surely have a
great mind. / shall miss the pa
per so much. Hubby says we can't
afford to get it this year. You see
we have been buying some new
farm machinery, and although we
have paid out nearly four thousand
dollars this year, we are having to
live very economical. We bought
truck and tractor last year. This
year a new Case Combine with a
$500 pickup. Myl But it makes
the money fly away, but I trust
we will be among some of the fut-
ure farmers. You know the out
look don't look so bad, only love
to read. used to live in dear
old Plentywood and / love to hear
from the people. l was glad to
read about the new Mayor, you
quietly put in. Say, / send a
thousand cheers for your mayor
I'm sure you could not have put in
a better one unless they had put
yourself there. l always thought
he was a wonderful man.
Since mother and father have
passed to the beyond / have moi
been to Plentywood. 1t is over five
years now. would love 10 see anC
meet many of the old friends
used to know. / am feeling quite
well at present. Sorry I could not
send a check.
Yours sincerely,
MRS. SADIE WISE.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-15

which mill wOrersk ar.
plotted by tariff-sb eIe nov O.
bosses. sheltered ~
First Of the practice,
before this organizing PHO pteOlsaa
is the one OF sendi5S. eO9teiss
organizers into the Mil Too.ii''a
The building and print;n. I'sls
have men in that field Rsia
to time. Some of these -- Nm u
familiar with the Soutbe,--ns a ~
trial developments and dam aTa n, n5as
the temperament and tric re- use5 I
tied In the Gastonia tris rial ~
Know that organizing The y
hands as well as the buil5; Z
chanics and printers and .i. 4
North Mort Carolina will Be fs ..is !
difficult than would the :, Nm
ing Of similar groups IN ~ mon
They must steer away from nm . ssS
ments over religion, race. = 40. .ssS
alism and various otber 50 STI1''-
and stick to the one univs srs''s
peal of higher wages and "a "a
hours, with the right n S s.-''s
collectively through fbsi aga
union. H H
There has just gone n ".
from Washington an expa Ts'.1
and enthusiastic labor nsw. -..
man, Gilbert E. Hyatt. vbe
taken leave of absence fro,, !
railroad workers paper, ala,
to handle publicity for tbs r..
Textile Workers. Hyatt W., 80
: tive in the rayon strike at r..
bethton last spring. and /. e
had experience with the mill
ers in the Carolinas in eon1. -
with an expose he made -
ago, of the fake organizatio, - J,
farmers" which was create !.
the millOwners to defeat The r..
e Labor Amendment to the 49,
y constitution. With this -
: ground, Hyatt is likely to -, -
e siderable interest in the min ~
: ers' grievances, and to Be tls :, :,
/ get of enraged comment from 4.
7 mill-Owned press when he prem.
II the publicity material for ~ !,
g ganizing campaign.
l.
: AS In the case of the steeI m.
= just after the world war. tbs !
y ganizers for the various nsti,,'
Z, and international unions viii
: financed by their own orgsrir
!. tons. They will work toggs,
= probably through local commits
= meetings and regional eonfsrs,,
- as the task gets under way /
ter some weeks or months Of q
= vey and of agitation the vO.f1
:. IN some of the mills viii prob.
&c be locked out for joining The MI
I Then will come a fall for fup5,
IN carry on the fight-to feed !
y house the locked-Out empls7
er AT that point the test Of the a
Us paign will begin. If the nstu
and international unions stand
CT the pledge made to the works.
n the South by the TOrOnot cow
% ton, enough funds will POM
en- be raised to give courage to IN
ne reds of thousands of mill hands
&C. come over into the union a
ne Wholesale enrolment Of the !
es union strength viii begin.
ne guards and state troops VII
or used to intimidate them. On
'er mixers will be shot or hinaF
ad and flogged-if the South d
mt true to its record.
cd Out Of this warfare the Uni
We Textile workers may emerge :
ay a great new membership, enik
'er astic and ready for any saGi
IN In defense of their new fred
Ia Every other class Of labor 4
W. South will in that case benefit
rs: the drive. But all depends
mt the energy with which the figi
ate waged.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-15

must have had the same feeling
when the first seam leaked. This
deflation Of stocks is the begin
ming. Tennyson's lines express 1t:
1t is the little rift within the
lutte
That by and by will make the
music mute,
And ever widening slowly 81
lence all.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-15

Persistent Prosperity Propaganda.
Bunk Men-Hush!
The Little Rift.
An East Grown Mellow.
They Should Tremble!
You have heard from the two
Robinsons on the cause of the
Wall Street panic? No? Well, we
viii start of with IlES.-> kat there
is no telling where we will end.
Low visibility for the moment
hides our destination but we must
hurry on as the pedestrian said IN
the London fog. There are two
Robinsons In the United States
Senate. One is Joseph T., minori-
ty floor leader of Arkansas. The
other is Arthur R., Republican, of
Indiana. They collided the other
day IN the Senate over where to
put the blame for the pan-no,
excusee it, the Republican della
ton. The Arkansas Robinson al
lowed that it was caused by Pres
ident Hoover, Andrew Mellon, Cal
vim Coolidge and the Republican
party generally. The Indiana Re-
publican fixed it firmly on John
]. SaSkob and Democrats who
would get into the market and
naturally brought down the prices
of stock just as they would the
tariff or anything that could be
brought down. If they had only
stayed out, everything would have
been lovely.
You can't, Of course, agree with
the Arkansas statesman. He goes
too far, Hathaway Neither car
you quite swallow the Indiana
Robinson's offering. Democrats
who play the market play it OF
Republican principles, which is to
win at all costs. A good Demo-
crat may go In to make it impos-
sible for his party and candidate
to win at election time. They have
done it time and again. But wher
they gi ii market they take leat
out of the Republican campaign
book They have made some
money that way. Perhaps the Ar
kansas Senator is merely voicinl
the bitter establishment of hi
party in blaming Republicans lead
ers for the losses sustained afte
they had played according to Re
publican rules with every reason
to believe they would win.
But there is something in tn
Arkansas Robinson's statemen
that finds its echo IN the mind O
the common people. The countr
has been subjected for years to
Persistent, Pernicious Prosperit
Propaganda. Those are larg
hard words, it is admitted. Blu
they are made so purposely be
cause they must covtr the terri
tory. Republican prosperity Ia
been preached unendingly until tn
public mind absorbed the idea ths
it was a permanent as the pyrs
mids of Egypt. The press has VI
failingly echoed the theme.
has pointed to our amazing indu.
trial progress, growth and deve
opment and made us believe thu
our resources and wealth are Ii
orally without end.
The farmer knows what I'll
sort of talk is. He has read wit
establishment the tales of Il
bunk men" who have pictured II
ric and happy state of agricultul
when farm mortgages were i
creasing at an unheralded RAJ
and farm products prices we
gliding downward to a force
landing. His own dailies carrie
that sort of bushwa and he r.
guess by measuring it the extel
Of the bologny the boys were mas
ing out on the industrial end
Looking at it soberly the era,
is the first intimation that tba,
was too much gas In the old 20
The frog that attempted TO swe
itself into a size eonaIling the :
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-15

The effect will not be apparent
at once. Months must elapse be-
fore the slow down in business will
be noticeable. The collapse of the
Foshay banking and power inter-
ests of Minneapolis only came be-
cause they were not in a DoSittii- -
~ ~e-I.5s s1Tv IIrsI Jar. Other
Shocks are coming which will
make some fthe national boast
ing look shameful. 1t is idle for
the anxious heads of the great
industries to rush into print and
assure the world at large that the
country is solid and secure. They
are materialists and to them the
country is all right as long as
there. are as many factories, in
dustries and plants as there were.
They can figure to the finest
shadow of a decimal point the
profits in an yline of business and
as long as these remain tangible,
the country should worry. 1t takes
more than four walls to make a
prison or a home. Something has
been hit and hurt that these hard
headed big business representa-
tives do not understand. Faith
has been shaken. Confidence is no
longer implicit A little whispered
word runs questioning in the
minds of men the broad assertion
of those who say our kingdom is
without end.
| Everything pointed to a pro-
longed run of Republican prosper
ity and it seemed so permanent
that in the last while the East
grew mellow and was even willing
to share a corner of it with agri-
culture and the West. From every
man there was exacted of his
earnings a pro-rated drop for each
large interest. The steel trust, the
packers, the millers, the railroads
the public utilities and all the
others had adjusted their taking:
so as to extract the maximum
without exhausting the victim, the
public. Just when the system haC
crystalized and the future looked
bright for a long period, the bal
loon exploded in Wall Street.
The Arkansas Robinson NIGH
have meant that. But when h
credited President Hoover, Mellol
and Coolidge with creating the in
! flation he did them too much hon
or. They were mere puppets, help
I less in the great game being play
ed. They perforce accepted TIL
doctrine of Republican prosperit,
J as a party catchword in the chas
E for votes. But over and above, be
hind and around them were tn
: powers-the same who put unde
: cover agents in the secret session
S of Senate committees, stole tn
e German chemical secrets, loote'
t the oil fields, moved down tn
: forests and now are gathering i
: the water power Of the nation
t forging chain banks, stores, news
: papers and railroads. They fea
boishevism. They had better trem
1 HE at the harvest of what the
; have sown-
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The Week
By SAM'L HILL.

Those Two Robinsona
Persistent Prosperity Propaganda.
Bunk Men-Hush!
The Little Rift.
An East Grown Mellow.
They Should Tremble!
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-15

Looking at it soberly the crash
is the first intimation that there
was too much gas in the old zen
The frog that attempted to swell
itself into a size eGnaIling the OK
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-15

Washington - (FP)-When the
executives Of the 1O4 national and
international unions affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor
oegm their conference on the pro-
posed organizing campaign in the
South, IN Federation headquarters
IN Washington Nov. IA, they will
at least be under no illusion as ia
what Congress is going to do to
smooth the path to their goal
congress is going to do precisely
nothing to aid this movement ia
peter the living standards of mil.
hons of voters in Virginia. the
Garollnas, Georgia, Alabama and
Tennessee.
Months ago it became clear that
the Wheeler resolution. calling fol
a senate investigation of the tex.
Gle war in the South. would moi
oe permitted to pass. Then it wa:
made evident that no federal in.
curry OF any kind would be per.
mt by the textile senators
Mneeier undertook to look into
1ne cotton and rayon textile SEIZED
ules m the tariff bill, in the hop,
u turning up a situation which
would drive the South 70 conced,
mat snat IT'S textile wage level is to,
Tow Tow and its hours of labor too
long But Wheeler proved to B,
~ success as a research worker
~. nave passed and he ha,
no5 informed himself on cottor
.,l.n operating costs so that he car
sno" the country the extent I,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-08

4-ROOM FURNISHED COTTAGE; $40.
WATER, BATH, SINK IN HOUSE.
OWNER WILL BE ON PROPERTY SAT
URDAY. SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTER
MOONS.
AFFLEcK. 1895 N Y. AVE FIR. 1929.