The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-12-06
The Week
By SANfL HILL

The Undertzker
Hzrk ~ the PDDherS.
Fixing the R0of.
Brazil Gees Hzywre.
Entrepreneur IL Is!
Old wives, old E1ns, old fr16s
and old jokes s1l remain u favor
Perhaps that has s0ms1hDg . %
with the publicity poke tod .
Peter L McTszg1s, Millionaire
commission mzn- AZ 2 diner n
Chicago, Is getting II ths East
This was ms story a 1Emr
who was secretary @ 2 farm o.
gzniZzE0n tsl II with pneumonia
and Szut for the undertake.. Whz
The un6er1zker cane h said Holy
smoke, y01 don't need m@F0u
need the doctor TO heck with
that noise said the sick mzn, Z
won't deal with no uid6lemn
The East gets z frigh1ful wzI0p
ont OF the consistent purpose q
the Western farmer revealed u
the IKE Yet 70 The personal
knowledge OF this c0luunist the
story was told II North Dakota Is
early a 1915 and was sz66lsd ouz0
3 farmer n Senator Nys's county,
Grggs. EVERYBODY laughed even
though the story had rs origin u
the columns OF the IVA press
Those were the DAYS Ehsl The
farmer would stick until ne der
Perhaps II i Just Is vel thai
the old story l. revived II this
tine TIE farmer Is giving : new
twist 70 Il and The yam : czQzble
OF another application. He l. sE5l
50 mad II The gran c0mUlSSlun
men, the chambers OF commerce
and he boards Of trade that Ne
wants % have nothing u do with
then so heck with the grain
gamblers. Is his CRY That has
been his slogan sincs The Farmers
Alliance Of 1890 and FOR 80 years
Almost gsnerzti0n-hs has
J been chanting Il under half 3 oOZ-
: = different cheer leaders Ths
grain gamblers were the doctors 4
iosh man. h1w he hated their ned
! icine and thar treatment C0nSlS-
tent 70 the end the farmer = nov
> calling n the undertaken - Ihs
: selfish leaders Who VII inject tn
: embalming fund OF false co-0psra-
: ION into his veins and bury I'm
: gently but firmly n the csmstsry
? OF Establishment and distress
Over and over again The 5zrmsl
: has called n the undertake. u n
past II looks Ike he Is bent an
: bound 70 cal him again More thai
Z that when anybody hints Il n
5 possible fatal consequences n
2 farmer gets right angry and TAX
: about beng loyal 70 his principle
: when, n fart, ID such principles 3
i he visions are involved He
7 merely giving fanatic hero-w0rShr
5 70 Z bunch q selfish blathersEte
: the undertakes.
This seems 70 Be Al evening 70
old jokes You have heard this On
: before. bit never IN this comes
; ton So perhaps there VII Be On
more laugh N the old thing. II
Bureau OF Agricultural Economic
OF the Z s Department OF Agr
!: culture has reported 70 the Far
: Board against building any term
!: nal elevators. II holds that the,
= are enough terminal elevator
: that Il more are built those now
existence VII not make nonel
!. that this year was Al unusual o.
: and that the glut that cznght I
= country this year and stuffed e
: cry elevator 70 the roof VII new
: happen again Who said that 4
= gift OF prophecy has departed
The Bureau looks into the futu
bit does not comfort Is BY teIIir
whether Il consulted 3 gypsy,
medium or 3 crystal gazer. Pop
2 lar opinion tends toward the ID
OF that the information was got fro
ne reading tea leaves N 3 CUP OF fro
e the Wv The cards fell
&
O That Is not the old ioke. thou.
4 I has Its humorous aspects. Il
joke : that the Bureau takes [
same position towards grain spa
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