The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-05-09
FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1885,
THE EMPTY DINNER PAIL

The above reads like the title of a Balzac tale
but it is nothing of the sort it is the fruit OF the
Hoover administration reaped by the workmgclass
suckers who voted for the G. o. P. in the last ma
tional elections on the theory that the Republican
Party and prosperity synonymous terms.
Had Al Smith not been Catholic and wet, ne
might now be sitting in the White House listening
to the brides sing his farewell song to the banks
Of the Potomac two years from now. Inc econ
nmic depression that has landed blow on the
solar plexus of our economy would be tied around
Als neck by the propagandists of the G. 0. P.
But fortunately for Al and perhaps for the De
mocratic Party the Great Wizard of Business,
Herbert Hoover, romped into office with great
majority and the yokelry rubbed their hands and
promised themselves four more years OF prosperl-
tv Well. they are getting it now-in the neck.
Lest some crazy Democrat might draw con-
clusion that we imply a different state OF affairs
under the reign of the jovial Al, let us say that
there would not be whit of difference. The cap
italists do not turn down chance of employing
labor at a profit under Democratic administra-
ton anv more than they do under Republican ad-
roinstration. Think of the number of brand new
milionaires that sprung up under the dictatorship
of Woodrow Wilson!
The fact of the matter is that Hoover is as help
less in face of the crisis that confronts the country
as man on stills in a marathon Hoover
cannot create markets for the overprOductiOn from
the nations factories Therefore the capitalists
Law off their employees. Therefore the masses
have no money-or very lttle-to buy the things
they need Therefore business is slack. Therefore
there is economic depression.
Perhaps millions who voted for Hoover and
Prosperity are now sorry they did not vote for
Smith Perhaps they intend to vote the Democrat
ic ticket two years from now. If the present peri
cd of economic depression continues they undoubt-
edly wi-leap from the frying pan into the fire
What short memories people have!
The collapse of business under Hoover, has eff
fectivey punctured the inflated bladder of G. o. T.
prosperity. Those that not blind now can see
that capitalist political parties cannot create pros
perty Even when business is good, it is good
chiefly for the employing classes. While the
boom is on the wage slaves are given an opportu-
nifty to make few dollars But short period of
depression finds them "holding the devil by the
tail" The business crash is not seriously inter
fering with the standard of living of the ruling
classes. They not to be found on the bread
lines. They are crowding the staterooms of ships
bound for the sunny places all over the world OF
they are throwing their wild parties on the Gold
Coasts of San Francisco, Chicago and New York
Sure, we have no bananasi
Seven million workers are out of employment
under the Hoover administration. Just as man,
would be out of employment under a Smith admin
istration Not more or less
The banks bursting with gold and the ware
houses bursting with commodities that tn
workers produced and need but cannot use becaus
they were robbed by the employers at the pon
Of production of the full social value of thei
labor and therefore cannot buy back what the
produced. That's nice how do you do
The farmers are in the same boat as the indus
trial workers. Many of them are unable to pr
in a crop this year for lack of money to buy seec
and fuel for their tractors. They were fed O
glowing promises but find the fare everything bu
nourishing. They voted for Hoover and Pro.
perity. They got Hoover.
We cannot say everything that could be said Q
the question in editorial but we are going
keep pounding this fact into the heads of tn
masses: that the workers and farmers cannot eve
BEGIN to solve the problem of getting an adj
quate return from their labor and guarantee
economic security until they abolish the capitali
system and ditch the two parties of capitals
that have been steadily betraying them.
Anyhow, the bubble of G. O. p prosperity
burst. But we advise the masses to beware of Il
Democratic bubble that will be floated before the
eyes next fall and two years from next fall