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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-19


people conservative in their purchases pu5
hev are buying wearing good Clothes being well fed and
still buyng cars, radios and electric washing machines
He made special effort to find the breadnes
which calamity howlers speak about but this too ne
failed to fnd-it that the Salvation Army and
cher charitable organizations have work to do but the
condition abnormal The heart of the community is
sound, business bit depressed, but nothing to worry
about We all needed this lesson and had it coming, and
will profit thru it.
ADDENDA- John Scntzer banker, has adopted the most
ruthless collection policy in the record of his experience lie
does dollar except maybe his machinery pa
bank and has cut the wages of the help hahe
has even stopped reading to "Hooverize."
Things side do not look good to John, but
other sd he must emnae optimism to sooth the nerves
depostors-s hard strain John but he is equal to It,
Last summer of optimistic exhuberance, John
told sing clubs at Billings that there lots
of money wheat so cents busheths statement his
neighbors say, is mostly "bull"
Johns ideas circulate just little below par, since
from him their grain their FARMS for the $3O
per bushe republican Wall Street farm board promised
They bought the tanks and last spring John made the farmers
sell their wheat for go cents him for the tankfor John
needed the money.
Another thing makes John "Sunny Boy" his neigh
because he tip from above to sell his wheat
the right time And they John has happy in
makes the "joy bell" ring in his heart.
So John is Calamity howlers" cts all oul
faults he tells those he has forecosed out lizard times
all in head he tells the depositors and things
normazng" he tells his engineer the farm he cuts h
from $3.50 to 500 month, and orders the cook II
measure the portions little "more thriftily"
It's great John, if you don't weaken!
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by saying: eve are engaged in
mass production, and machines are
fast taking the place of the hand
of man. In this mad machine peri
cd when a man or woman reaches
the age of 40 he or she is looked
upon as candidate for the scrap
heap. Men and women who give
so earnestly of their vitality and
strength in carrying on the bust
ness of society until they reach
that age, certainly are entitled to
something better than the poor
house."
Cities Adopt System
Minnesota voters had this in
mind when in Hennepin county,
which includes Minneapolis, they
declared by $4,000 to 1900 for To-
cal pensioning of the aged under
the permissive state law. In Ram
sey county, which includes st.
Paul, the vote was $4,000 to 5000.
In st. Louis county which includes
Duluth and the iron range, the
vote was 40,987 TO 2,968.
House Looks Favorable
While the House committee or
labor last winter held preliminary
hearings on the question of pen.
sions versus the poorhouse, il
made no move toward actual draft.
ing of a federal old age pension
measure for persons outside gov
eminent employ. Chairman Kopl
refused to suggest any action
pending hint from the G. o. P
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-19
MONTANA WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL REVUE

St. Ignatius-Mission Theatre to
open.
Arnells-Arnells Petroleum Co.,
capitalized at 100000, has filed ar
ticles of Incorporation to drill for
oil in this section.
Malta-The Montana Power Co. is
placing seven miles of power line to
serve IL farmers in Strater commu-
nifty.
The new road to connect Toston
with Helena-Townsend surfaced pro-
ject, is progressing rapidly.
Camas-The first load of poles for
the power line into town, has arrived
here.
Kalispell-Highway markers are
being placed on Highway No. SO.
Geyser-The new high school
building has been completed.
Browning-A new dynamo has
been installed by Glacier County
Electric Light & Power Co. at the
local plant.
CulbertSon-The filling station and
oil property of Charles Council has
been purchased by the Continental
Oil Co.
Harlowton-The first Veterans
clubhouse erected in this state, cost.
ing $4,000, has been dedicated.
Geraldine now has electric light
service.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of bricl
walls is underway on Marcus DAILY
Memorial Hospital
Augusta-The recently damaged
Catholic church building is being re
paired.
Basin-Surveys to start at ono,
preparatory to driving long cross
cut tunnel on property of Bash
Montana Tunnel Co., near here.
Browning-The Fulton Petroleum
Co. is installing a new engine a
we'll on the Milk river structure
north of here.
Kalispell-C. L. O'Connell is nov
occupying his new location in tn
building formerly occupied by Oak
land-Pontiac Co. at Ala Ave. East.
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Continued from First Page)
believing that these were "local"
matters. But the action of the
Bank of the United States in the
heart of the financial center of the
nation shows matters in a differ
ent light.
Sometime alter the avalanche of
crashes in the South and West, the
Journal of Commerce, leading Wall
Street organ complained that the
banks were not in a very good po-
sition and that these crashes could
not be taken as "local" matters.
Their prediction has now come
true.
Some Story About Re-Opening
There are now many promises
that the Bank of the United States
will reopen, but the Measuring
statements of the vice president
Herman S. Gottlieb, made to sew
eral thousands of depositors turn
ed out to be untrue when the de
positors attempted to get thei
money.
Stand Hours for So.
How severely the workers ar
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ONE PRESCRIPTION
MADE FAMILY DOCTOR
FAMOUS

Seldom has any single act been
of greater benefit to mankind than
that of DR.. Caldwell in 1885, when
he wrote the prescription which
has carried his fame to the four
corners of the earth.
Over and over, DR.. Caldwell
wrote the prescription as he found
men, women and children suffering
from those common symptoms Of
constipation, such as coated tongue.
bad breath, headaches, gas, nausea
biliousness, no energy, lack OF
appetite, and similar things.
Demand for this preservation
grew so fast, because of the pleas-
ant, quick way it relieved such
symptoms of constipation. that bv
1888 DR.. Caldwell was forced r.
have it put up ready for use
Today, DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pensin
as it is called, is always ready At
any drugstore.
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triumvirate = Longworth, Tilson
and Smell.
Now that the triumvirate is
to lose its dictatorship over House
action, it is significant that the
following members of the present
House, who favor old age pension
Legislation, have been reelected:
Swing of California, Connery of
Massachusetts,, Woodruff of Mich
igan, Selvig of Minnesota, Hartley
of New Jersey, LaGuardia, Fitz-
patrick, Fish and Sirovich of New
York, McKeown of Oklahoma and
Kelley of Pennsylvania. David J.
Lewis of Maryland, former chair
man of the House committee on
labor, who has been out of Con
gress a dozen years, is back as ar
advocate of federal pensioning g.
aged workers.
TilsOn Will Flip-flOp
An amusing phase of the strug
gle in Congress will be the changt
of front expected from Majorit!
Leader Tilson, Connecticut, since
Governor-elect Cross of Connect
cut, Democrat, made old age pen
sions one of his chief campaign
issues. Connecticut is about to wit
ness a fight between Cross an,
the G. o. P. boss, Roraback, as +
, whether the state shall have an oil
, age pension system. Tilson can
! ! not ignore the result of this battl
] which may have wide political re
percussions throughout New Ems
t lands delegation in the House an
1 Senate.
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Foote had instructed County At
torney Blackwell several weeks ago
to proceed against the county COM
missioners and their bondsmen for
the recovery of the thousands of
dollars illegally paid out by those
officers but up to this date Bake
we'll has not obeyed the orders of
these high officials, and as he is
a member of the Dolin- Powers
French machine there is little
chance that he will act in any way
but to defend and protect these
men. If this report be true, action
should be initiated at once to re-
move Blackwell from office and at
the same time steps be taken to
secure an attorney to represent the
people
Many of the taxpayers believe
that a petition should be circulat-
ed at once asking Judge Paul tc
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BLEASE GRABS FOR
D0AK BANDWACON

Washington ZIP When the
name of w. N. Doak of the Bro
therhood of Railroad Trainmen
was up in the senate for confirma-
tion-which was voted without a
contest on Dec. 8-Sen. Blease of
South Carolina, defeated last sum-
mer in the primary on his record
of power trust and anti-labor votes
in the senate, took occasion to pre-
tend that organized labor and the
power trust and the vets were be-
hind his successful opponent, Rep
Byrnes. Blease remarked thai
certain labor organizations
meaning the American Federation
of Labor-had opposed the nomi
nation of Doak. He implied that h
was just another victim of tn,
same opposition.
Letters which he put into tn,
Record included the uniform circu
lar sent out by head of the raj
labor unions and brotherhoods, en-
dorslng Byrnes on his record in tn
house and condemning Blease as
man elected with labor's endorse
ment but who had "since then gon
over to big business, with the re
suit that his labor record is bad.
Blease said that the leaders O
organized labor and the Interns
tional Paper & Power Co., hav
been working together to eleC
Byrnes. He asked whether the IL
Dor and power trust officials we1
now trying to put the liquor issu
forward in 1882, and "behind tn
smoke screen hide the power tru.
activities"
, One of the blacklist parts of M
Blease's record in the senate is h
! series of votes for power trui
, measures = starting with his vol
to sidetrack the Walsh resolutic
for investigation of the pow,
trust. Blease's brother has been
high executive of an insult pow,
company in the South. AS for h
: attitude toward the liquor questit
i his defiance of the prohibitiC
I law is outspoken.
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CONTRACTOR FINED
ON EIGHT-HOUR LAW

Butte, MOnt.-FP For the
first time since the federal law
providing for an 8-hOur. day on
public buildings went into effect,
a contractor in Montana has
been adiudged guilty and fined.
The defendant, Joseph Nault,
appeared before Federal Judge
Charles N. Pray at Great Falls
to answer charges preferred by
Pres. James d. Graham of the
Montana Federation of Labor.
NIault, a Montana resident, has
the contract for building the new
federal building at Havre.
Pres. Graham is highly pleas
ed with the results of the recent
election. Fifteen legislative
candidates known as Anaconda
company law makers were de-
feated. Representatives of ev.
cry coal miners union in Mon.
tana will meet at Billings tC
prepare plans for a labor lobby
at Helena during the coming
legislative session.
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tGOnllnuSu IEOID page OuCl
want action, get together in
the various localities, espec-
cially where our Association is
not represented now. and or
gani7e local units to discuss
these matters and select dele
gates. At places where we are
represented by one of our
committee, their names are
given herewith, co operate
with him. If weather and
roads permit we officers will
be glad to attend these meet
mgs and assist.
Then some time after the
Holidays we will arrange for
a general county hearing. pos
sibly at the court house in
PlentywOod and at the time
the Commissioners will be in
session, or earlier il neces-
sary.
Now would be a good time
for a general airing out of all
the many county ills.
A great deal of the value of
this Association is in the ac-
tive participation of the tax
payers, and the understanding
to be gained thereby of what's
going on.
Yours very truly,
EDGAR l. SYVERUD,
Sec'y. Treas.
o. B. HOven, President, Ante
lOpe.
TbOs. SundsteA Vice Presi-
dent, Dagmar.
Andrew Dahl IOrgan c. Jen-
sen, SOren Nielsen. Dagmar.
Niels Nj. Olson. Outlook.
John Shoal. Westby.
r. G. Tyler. Homestead.
Executive Committee,
Sheridan County Taxpayers
Association.
COPIES to Producers News
and Plentywood Herald.)
The Producers News is advis
from Helena, that the public G
aminer's and Attorney Genel
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call a grand jury for a sns.
investigation. Others beIieys NJ,
good reliable attorney sbopg n
retained and tax payers uit' 4
at once. Just what action WI I
taken has not yet been dstsmi
ed upon. 1t is likely that d, i
of action will be Formulated 4 /
Taxpayers Association neethr
The December 18th issue i !
Medicine Lake Wave did pst !
tain the Examiners cdtisu
making a two issue inkrJ
tween the publication Of h. !
upand the criticisms, which h
Gates that DOlin will not !
print these criticisms in his Dan
though required by law to d
and even though be is paid ir
at a fancy rate which would
him nearly a hundred doTsn
1.-THE printing of it.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-19

Less frequently do labor
unionists and the jewellers
in industrial cities realize
that another 25,OOO,OOO-the dwell
ers on the farms of the middle
west and the south-are just as
badly hit by so-called overproduc-
ton and drought as workers are
by unemployment. Occasionally a
piece of news flashes across the
press for a moment The Farm
ers Union elects a radical anti
Hoover, anti-farm board leader for
national president; the National
Grange calls for an elaborate
scheme to dump American wheat
at cut prices on the world market
But never is the story told OF the
extreme restitution reflected in the
cold figures of 60-70 cent wheat
of farms denuded of crops by las
summers whitening sun, of the
continued crashing of rural banks
by the hundreds in the midwes'
and the south.
Poverty Among Farmers
This is the other specter in tn,
closet of American capitalism. l
is responsible, for example, for tn
rs per cent decline in mail orde
business in November, compare
with November 1929. Mail orde
business is an accurate reflecto
of the farmers purchasing power
In as much as many divisions @
farming such as dairying, cattle
raising and fruit growing have
many instances been less seriousl
affected than wheat, corn, Tobacco
and cotton-the great staples {
specialized farming-it means tn;
there has been more than 25%O d
cline in purchasing power in Il
middle west and south where the'
three commodities hold sway. Tai
a look at the prices
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hit is shown by the fact that one
man stood in line two hours to get
So, undoubtedly the last bit of
money he had left between him
and starvation
There will result tremendous
suffering among the workers from
this closing up.
Tried to Merge
On November "a an attempt was
made to merge the Bank of the
United States with the Manufac
turers Trust Co., the Public Ma
tional Bank and Trust Co., and the
International Trust Co. The mer-
ger failed to go through as the
capitalist newspapers put it be-
cause of failure to agree on de-
tails" The fact undoubtedly is
there was a more fundamental
reason and that these other banks
knew of the situation which led
to the closing.
ShylOcks Will Help Workers
A number of Wall Street banks
who can see a chance to make
money out of the misery of the
masses, have offered to loan de
positors of the closed bank 50%
of their deposits at the rate of $50
This shows, first of all, that thes,
deposits are not worth more thai
half of what the workers put il
the bank and besides the bank
ask per cent when the worker
are only given 8 per cent on thei
deposits.
The financial papers state tina
the condition of the Bank of tn
United States had been disturbin
the stock market for days befor
the SO branches closed.
Other Banks Have Troubles
About thousand people wer
reported to be standing in line O
Thursday at the Manufacturer
= Trust Co. bank at Simpson an
| Southern Boulevard.
II Two More Close
II Two banks closed in North an
| South Carolina Wednesday. tt
National Bank of Greenville, N.
closed its doors. 1t had deposits
: S1,021, 220. The First Nation
= Bank of Ayden also closed it.
: doors after heavy Withdrawals
: deposits.
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HOOVER'S MESSAGE


dent" he says, 'that unemploy-
ment would continue over the win |
ter and would necessarily be added
to from seasonal causes and that |
the savings of work people would
be more largely depleted. We have
as a nation a definite duty to see
that no deserving person in our
country suffers from hunger or
cold. / therefore set up a more ex-
tensive organization to stimulate
more effective cooperation thru
out the country. The local
communities through their volun-
tary agencies have assumed the
duty of relieving Individual dis
tress and are being generously
supported by the public"
voluntary agencies" means or
ganized charity. Hoover turns over
to organized private charity the
support of millions of self respect
ing women and men anxious to
earn wages.
Unemployment Not So Serious
However, he does not want the
country to think that the jobless
need a great amount of help. He
juggles the old figures of 100000
wholly out of employment seek
ing for work." and suggests that
"The problem from a relief point
of view is somewhat less than the
published estimates of the number
of unemployed would indicate,
since some of these people ma!
have found jobs and there are al
ways about one million unemplOy
ed anyhow. He asserts that the ex
perience of several cities" is tina
"the number of families in distres
represents from 10 to 20 per cen
of the number of the calculate
unemployed. This is not said t
, minimize the very real probler
, which exists but to weigh its actu
al proportions"
Cites Federal Appropriations
Finally, the President recite
federal construction projects thu
will involve an expenditure of &
AT bout $650,000,O00 during the mex
IN IL months, as showing the cooper
alton of the federal government
furnishing employment during tt
he hard times.
o. Speculation Caused Hard Times
en- Causes of the hard times, Hoo
Ia er declares, "lie to some extel
a within our own borders through
of speculative period which divert'
M capital and energy into specul
I'D ton rather than constructive e,
'es terprise."
re- Over Production a Factor
he But more important than spec
pc lation, we find, were world-wi
ep. over production of wheat, cope
lat rubber, coffee, sugar, silver, ri
= and to some extent cotton and OF
ion er raw materials.
nj Then Asia was in polite
he turmoil, South America had rev
the lutions that interrupted trade, So
let Russian methods of sale
the grain disturbed markets, and t
Gu great drought in America help
rail to deepen depression.
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NEGLECT OF THE HENS rs am
EXTREMELY COSTLY HABIT
Increased Feeding rs Excellent way
no Bring Up Production OF Eggs,
Specialist Claims.

After lowering near the 20 cent
mark most of the summer, eggs re
Gently climbed until now they are
selling for nearly 40 cents per doz-
en- on the market At this price
farmers cannot afford to neglect
their flocks.
Increased feeding during the win
ter months is a good way to bring
up production of the flock" SAYS j..
B. Hayes. poultry specialist at the
University of Wisconsin, who states
that so per cent production for the
young is practical economical linn
it.
Mr.. Hayes states that one of the
best rations for the flock. to bring
the hens to better production, is the
following one:
Scratch Feed Mixture: Cracked
Corn, 100 pounds; wheat, 100 pounds
and oats, 30 pounds.
Mash: Bran 100 pounds. wheat
middlings 100 pounds; ground oats
100 pounds; linseed meal so pounds
salt pounds.
Practices in feeding that have
been found to be the best, Mr.. Have;
says, include the feeding of grain II
two or three portions during the dav
He calls the mash the true "forcer'
or the feed for the flock.
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Farm Destitution Equals City,


In the labor union circles and in the industrial and
north unemployment takes the center of the stage Pic
of restitution now tolerated in the business press
order to stimulate the charity which hoped will check
th Growth of rebellious feeling deal with the five to
million parv and totally unemployed workers and their
fanl;esa multitude of at least Is 900 900 persons
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-19

Returning from a ten days
trip in and about the Twin Cities
Mr.. Schnitzler advises that many
of the stories appearing in news
rapers and spread by ultra-blue-
lists by word of mouth with re-
spect to general bad conditions ov-
er the nation, should be discount
ed. He states that the Twin Cities,
which are the nerve centers for the
Northwest, are of course below
normal but that the unemployment
condition is well under control and
business not so bad. He cites that
when one has to line up to secure
a ticket for the movie; when one
has to ask to be waited on in the
stores and when upon the streets
you are continually stepping on
the other fellows heels and the
chap back of you steps on yours
all for the want of room-there
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Owen D. Young, Henry Ford, Rog-
er Babson and J. P, Morgan to this
menace to the stability of their So
cial order?
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Helena-The Montana Mines Cor
poration has completed its new ball
mill installation in Spring Hill con-
centrator in Grizzly Gulch near
here.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-19

The Mountain States Power Co. Is
~sxrag new poles along the stretch
o. nlsnwsy from Rollins to Big Arm
line.
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SENATOR SCHNTTzLER BRINGS CHEER

FLYING .AGRICULTURIST just back from Pullman De
Luxe trip to radates Sunshine in the great open
spacesnds things promising with grain gamblers ana pig
bankers signs of prosperity in big hOtesglves following
interview to his hometown paper:
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OLD AGE PENSIONS

CONTINUED from First Page)
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EXAMINERS

tContinued from page OneI
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GIGANTIC BANK

Continued from First Page)
New Britain herald., 1930-12-23
FIRST CONVICTION
 S|NCELAN REPEAL
Bay State Case May Set PreCe- dent for More Prosecutions

Lynn, Mass. Dee. -3 (LP)-Mel- yin Tlrrell Of this city was found guilty m district court here today Of Keeping liquor with intent 10 sell after police testified they had found four gallons Of liquor in his auJo- mobile.
 Deputy United States Marshal William |. Hubbard Of Saugus said the finding was, to his knowledge, the first Of its Kind since repeal of the state prohibition enforcement act the so-called baby NOlstead act, became effective December 4
 Tirretl was arrested early Friday and originally vas booked on charges Of drunkenness and drunken driving. Members of the local pO- lice Iiquor squad. Edward Kelly and John Mclaughlin, testified that when they learned Tirren had offered to sell the liquor 10 a friend for $40 they added the charge Of keeping with intent to sell TirreU told them, they said. that when arrested he was returning with the liquor t0 his own home after the friend had refused to pay more than $I5 for II.
 Judge Ralph W Reeve placed the case on file but sentenced Tirroll 10 two weeks in inc house of correct tion at Salem on the drunken drW- ing charge.