The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-12-20

cry other government outside of Russia-ls based
on the interests of finance and industrial capital
If you are in doubt ask Joseph Crank Grumpy.
The Soviet government is developing system OF
economy under which the workers in the factories,
mines and on railroads, and the tllers of the soil
will receive the full social value of the product OF
their labor. This means, that outside of taxation
to support their government and the necessary
money equivalent of the commodities they produce,
necessary for industrial development ami the re-
placement of worn-out machinery, the Russian
workers and farmers will have realized fine Social
list aim of an economic system where the exploita-
ton of the majority of the people by small min
Gritty will have ceased and the exploitation Of the
resources u nature in the interests cf ALI. the
raop,H will have taken its Place.
That the Russian people undergoing tenn
porary privatiOns in order TO realize this aim is
undoubtedly true But we believe that if Mr.. Low
ell reads the history of this republic in its infancy
he will find plenty of suffering and privation on
the part of those pioneers who blazed path thru
the wilderness and proved at the point of bayonet
and by their genius in building up a republican
form of government that monorchies were
anachronism and the monarchial system a
fraud But instead of building up system by
which the few gain at the expense of the many the
Russian people are building up new system where
all will share adequately and fairly in the general
prosperity.
AS for the farmers of the Northwest, they are
in much the same position as the industrial work
ers. They free TO go broke if it does not suit
the grain gamblers and the factory owners to give
them fair price for their grain or give them en-
ployment. The farmers of this country got farm
relief when they were almost beyond relief Thev
got even that concession only when the Hoover
administration smelled farm revolt Now the
United States chamber of commerce is fighting
that small concession and we advise the farmers
not to put their trust in farm boards capitalist
relief agencies but in their own organized power
and militancy. Whatever concessions they may
wiring from the ruling classes that govern this ma
ton in the interests of American imperialism will
be the result of struggle and not from a policy of
begging and toadying to the capitalist politicians
But the farmers who are short changed by the
grain gamblers when they have a good crop and
short changed when they have a poor crop need
not worry! James Russell Lowell says they can
sing Christmas carols Read this and weep:
eve know that in this land of ours, mil
lions of people preparing to celebrate
Christmas. In thousands of churches, over
the radio, and in millions of homes, Christ
mas carols, childrens' festivals Christmas
Mass. and the reverent retelling of that old
old story of the coming of the Christ Child
BRING comfort, cheer, peace and goodwill to
people of all faiths and conditions of life"
The boy missed his vocation Instead of writing
Polyanna editorials for one lawyer and two boot
leggers on Main Street he would be more in char
acter, writing theme songs for the House of David.
Sure James, this is great country. It is not
the private property of Wall Street or Harry Polk.
1t belongs to the producing classes who live ON it.
1t is splendid country rich in natural resources.
that should be enjoyed by all the people, and not
oy comparatively small percentage of the popu-
lation.