The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-06-21

REPRESENTATIVE
sugar interests.
What Farce.
Tariff in the interest of agrlcul-
ture: What a farce! =
Some thirty tariff bills have
been written into the law of the
land since the first in 1887. The
one now proposed is the worst.
Over 1000 changes have been
made in the already extortionate
Fordney-McCumber bill. Ninety i
per cent of the changes are up
ward. Practically everything that
the farmer buys has been further
taxed. Many articles previously on
the free list such as shingles, ce-
ment, bricks, rakes, shoes and 9TH
er have been made dutiable.
1t would be interesting to cite
the origin of this new debauchery
by the privileged classes. In jan
uary of 1928, Senator McMaster of
South Dakota introduced a reso-
luton which passed the Senate by
coalition of Democrats and Pro-
gressive Republicans declaring it'll
to be the sense of that body that
the farmer was suffering from ex-
tortionate tariff exactions and that
the tariff should be revised Gin the
interests of agriculture" That is
r how the movement began and how
! even the phrase originated. Yet
Dy logic of every political decep-
n ton the movement, like the Hele-
liam dialectic, has resulted in its ex-
!. act opposite.
;. Users Robbed for Sugar BarOns
The worst schedule, as has al
n ready been many times indicated,
(. is the sugar schedule. AS written
into the House Bill the increased
duty to &c per pound was dictated
by the western beet sugar inter-
ests. The head of the House Com
mittee which wrote this schedule
was Representative Undertake of
Colorado. Timberlake is the spe-
cial errand boy of the Western
Sugar Company whose thirteen
mills in the district which the Con-
gresham represents, together with
others, produce over 500 of the
uAdlluldCluIGu
le country. The company must have
made out strong case for help
o In February of this year it report
n ed profits ON its common stock O.
( 45@o. AS an indication of the va
Q lidity of the argument usually of
q fered, that the high tariff is to af
> ford protection to American labor
I. it may be noted that the compan,
n employs large numbers of "boot
/. legged" Mexican and other foreigl
2 workers as well as the young chill
4 dren of these workers. Many O
n these children are below 10 year
o of age and some of them as youn,
+ as six. Reports of studies made b
q the Department of Labor sho1
!, that these children work in tn
!. fields from 10 to Ia hours dali
! and sleep with their parents FIRE
n quently in a single room to tn
Il number of eight, ten and more
70 tumble down shacks and hove
,s without common convenience an
!. with no comforts.
Steel Tariff Plumbers Farmers.
The iron and steel schedule wa
ep- written into the House Bill at I'll
rm demand of the steel trust and SD,
wa officially at the order of Joe CRU
M dy, head of Pennsylvania NAM
rs facturers Association and chi
3u- money getter for the Republics
au. campaign chest. Joe Grundy can
to Washington with his little blaC
up bag and, behold the miracle Wi
the accomplished. The steel tru
lie, which last year made the large
and earnings in its history also "ma,
les out a strong case for help"
cen one clause alone covering one-ha
i'm billion dollars production per yea
the the duty was increased from 40
ght 90 per cent, slight gift of $15(
the 100000 to the trust on this sing
God item! When it is recalled that
ors per cent of the steel consumed
nd, the country is bought by the ia
her mers "a fact not often mention
hall nor noted) it becomes clear he
ion much in the interest of agricultu
ers the new tariff bill is.
ev- Leavitt Betrays Montana Farmer
,er- Who voted for this infamo
en- measure? Most of the farme,
cial representatives so called, amol
will others. For instance there W
lote Congressman Leavitt of Monta
But who added his vote to the othe
ass for the sugar trust, the steel be
the ons, the aluminium monopoly. N
ded was this an accident for Congress
ore man Leavitt also voted against t
the debenture plan so much hated
ere the Wall Street interests.
hen Debenture Gesture in Tariff Ri
tets AT the present moment there
stly some talk of adding the debentu
on to the tariff bill. No doubt t
lss- attempt will be made. 1t NAV 81
coed in the Senate. Then wha
The House will not accept it bel
tee under the lash of the White Hou
nit spokesman for Big Business. 7
les. great Engineer and Chief Fal
ron Reliever without the debentu
law plan, of coursel) will again in
tor cate his disapproval. The lit
Jon Senatorial time servers will ag;
dei- run to cover. A few will undouI
grl- eddy let off steam as before. E
mes where will the farmers be?
and the same mire, sinking-with
'nal added tariff stone about his necl
or Farmers Need New Deal
the The farmers need new deal.
ated NEW DEALT
ever Just what does this mean ?
lair is not necessary A saa~.L :,
IN far. Read between the lines
Is the argument recently presented
plon Senator Fess of Ohio until a .
ltry' weeks ago one of the chief adm