The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-09-27
As We See 1t
Nv Tom 0'FIaherty

'~ticism of what they read in
ne capitals press
=
have resurrected the memory
3 tbq late vice president Marsh
II for a fleeting moment for the
on-nose o. of calling attention to
iSs hoODla that has gained cOnsid-
"rsbIe belief about the peace pos
Utilities of the forthcoming con-
isypnce between Ramsay Mac
HoraId. British premier and Her
bort Hoover, Wall Street presi-
Jsnt of the United States. l am
not guilty of treason in referring
o our chief executive as an err
,snd bOy of Big Business. He
would be awfully embarrassed if l
suggested that he was the repre-
sentative of the producing classes.
And what might be much worse
for me- the farmers of Sheridan
County might not like it any bet
fer than would Hoover.
Ramsay Macdonald is coming
II the United States with the
same purpose that brought Bal
four to the famous Washington
naval conference where the Four
POwer-Pact was fabricated. At
that conference the United States
agreed not to elevate its guns In
return for the scrapping of the
japanese alliance by Great Br1-
tain. Afterwards, everything
went along the same as before,
the building Of bigger and better
battleships, more and better sub
marines, war planes and the man.
afacture of poison gas. The lib
erals, as usual. crOwed with glee
at the sight of representatives of
four imDerialist powers sitting
down around a table talking peace
instead of plotting war. A pOx
on the political brains of the lib
erals.
Now, another crisis in the re-
atiOns between Great Britain and
the United States has been reach
ed. Ramsay Macdonald, the al
eged Dacifist, is the best man
Eailable among the British i'm
peialist politicians for the diplO-
matte negotiations. It is expected
that popular opinion in this cOun-
E-whatever that is-will back
him up and that under cover of
pacifist flapdOOdle he will be able
to duplicate BalfOur's success and
secure another breathing space
for the Empire. It was Ramsay's
sOcalled Labor Government that
fastened the Dawes Plan on Ger
many in 1925. When the Labor
Party had pulled the chestnuts
out Of the fire for !. Bull and Co.,
at that time, it was kicked un-
tremendously out of office and
me same treatment will be ac-
corded it again when it has fin
ished Its scavenger task.
Let nobody draw the conclusion
rom the foregoing that we are
against the British working class
or That we do not welcome a pO-
nIlcal Development which proves
mat mat the workers in England
dhlNh they are doing the right
Inlng nII1 IN voting for a party they
BELIEVE is a class party. But
,ne SAD truth must be told for the
e1etit of the workers here as
wei TeIl as In England, The British
SaOOr Party is not a party of La
@f. Its leaders are just as i'm.
cgulallStic as the leaders of the
SS,saservative !, S and Liberal parties.
Il 'hey we're not, the Fascists of
uleat Britain would get out their
guns and take to the barricades
amer than risk their rObber EN-,
pre with them. That's as nIair
Is red nose.
ials claptrap about naval limI
1'lCn, the hubbub about lObbyint
.g larger naval appropriations
Gremnds me of a story told abOu
STeneral Ben Butler, attorney. Oi
0aasSachusetts. ". One day, tn,
: SeIetal was addressing the iur,
u @aalf of a defendant. It wa
ar SeIiOus case and Ben pulled Ou
wa NJ 'ee stops and he had the iur,
geepng over their vests when
OVA OF cats started caterwaulin,
stoI., nsSslghboring alley. Immedi
sl1i ey the whole courthouse, in
."S uSSlng the jury broke into lou,
oo'l oou EaucOus laughter. Ben wa
.O "On' n'plussed for a moment. II
ts.., "a" the effects Of his plea frit
foEs a away by the cOnfOunde
ho hes outside. But he rose {
"e occasion Lifting his hand i
sols'9 sesI9re of command he sal
S,e,Lnhly; Sos,a Gentlemen, pleas
ma, ~ get excited. this only mean
aSo,t. aIore cats" And all the tai
m" nOOut naval limitation near
more battleships. i
cor' n's getting to be SO now in th
U,,'ry csU,. that a poor millionai,
w... get out of Jail when !
bsrSI Is 70, Indeed it is almost ;
Vstu pei 10 l9r him to get in as ii is
S;n.S' S!t' Take the case of Har,
uro,olI ,oair' Harry is richer than
SSie'Seted II SttsSi, bCOtlegger but desDi desr,
Ont wealth ee y Hoover won't let /;
he ' or Ol the can until he finish
this 'trm; trn =. Well, you need not ia
Occ,.;S ,s 700 literally, Harry takes $
oaslOn1l rscaiao automobile ride
acts ,eS ! lots OF visitors. He traI
n his rs1I good d deal of his busine
and IN Dloa.l cel. He eats good fO
tins tins ppl;enty p;a Of it, And the ward
tcona, S nat TO him whenever |
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