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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26

When leading educators tell the tax payers OF
the United States that they paying tremen-
dousy excessive price for overstutfmg youln1ul
pinds with intellectual superficialities the tax
payers might well turn an attentive ear
Truly, our schools cost too much. There was
never a greater fallacy than is contained In the
platitude, "We cannot pay too much for educa-
ton When we can get education for less the prlce
we pay is too much.
1t is constantly being dinned into the peoples
cars that the public schools being prostituted
by the development of fads, decisions and depart
ures, and that what is needed is good mental
training an accurate and thorough habit of mind;
not the frittering away of the attention by null
titude of small matters of which the pupil does not
get enough to develop consecutive thought
What the public wants is the old thoroughness, a
cutting out of dead wood-the fads and fancies of
6iettante educators-and a restoration of those
things which will help the pupil in the work he
has to do upon leaving school in the arenas of
practical activity or in academic halls.
When schools cost too much for the product
which issues from them, they are wronging not
only the youth of the land but the social industri-
al and business life of the nation.
These are thoughts to which teachers, school
directors, parents, taxpayers and governmental
agencies of public instruction can give considerae-
ton with profit during the weeks preceding the
opening of another session of the legislature
Helena Independent.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26
THE RETURN TO THE FARM

During the war and Immediately after the post
debacle, millions of rural folk went to the in
dustrial centers to work in factories and enjoy the
advantages of city ife For the past two years the
tide Of migration has been the other way Jobless
and starving workers now stream back to the old
farm. Young people return to the paternal roof
for refuge. The less fortunate find their way
back to deserted houses where they do not have to
pay rent, and where there is free water and wood
available for fuel for the cutting and where old
barns can be repaired to shelter cow and some
chickens, and finally where are small fields that
can be cultivated with simple and cheap nipple
nents to provide for the in many places trespass-
ers.
Thousands of small farms were left vacant
when the small farmers left for the factories, and
owing to the farm collapse rendered worth
less and allowed to go to the counties for tax
es-the buildings going into decline and disrepair
in other words thousands of these acres were
abandoned as valueless. Now these places
rapidly becoming re-occupied by those who flee
from hunger and cold in the cities. Particularly
is this noticeable in northern Minnesota, Wiscon-
sin and Michigan-the wooded countries. The old
log houses are again homes, such as they are The
small fields are again or will be cultivated The
timber is being cut for fuel. The hay meadows
are being moved for hay. The old chicken COOP
the pig house, the barn all being repaired; the
old well fixed and fences rebuilt the land repur-
chased from the counties for trfle of their orig
mai value, and the returned farmer, who knows
how to hew and hoe, will thus return to the prima-
tive to start to build, from the bottom himself, a
home, not with the hope of ever making under
this damnable system, more than fair living by
raising 1t himself
And we predict that many wives will he driven
TO learn to spin and weave and sew, before these
conditions are relieved by the revolution that will
usher in socialism-the only hope of the mass of
The workers and farmers today
The reports indicate that 1,347 900 persons re-
turned to the farms in 1928 and 1929 in the United
States.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26
REVIEW OF WORLD EVENTS OF INTEREST

Weary of revolutions, political
battling, labor unrest in some
countries and far spread economic
depression, the world this week
seems headed for a peaceful
Christmas.
Coming on the heels of numer-
Gus political upheavels in South
and Central America during the
year, the past week saw no fewer
than three different presidents in
the Central American republic of
Guatemala and one of the most
serious periods of unrest and revo-
lutionary activity in Spain.
The Guatemala changes were
quiet and almost bloodless. The
Spanish flare-up died down almost
as suddenly as it had come and
left Spain tense, but nevertheless
with the monarchy still firmly In
the saddle and Premier Berenguer
still at the helm.
For a time it seemed as if the
disorder in Spain would produce
serious consequences for the mon
archy but the army remained 10y
al and republican movement was
quickly stamped out. First disor-
ders came in the little town of
Jaca near the French border where
part of the garrison revolted. This
was swiftly put down and for a
day or two it appeared that the
whole affair would blow over.
Then with dramatic swiftness the
aviation corps at Cuatro Vientos
airfield, near Madrid, revolted and
with Major Ramon Franco, famous
Spanish airman as one of their
leaders, several planes showered
The capital itself with republican
literature.
But the artillery did not join. A
few rounds and the white flag was
run up. Franco and a dozen others
leaped into planes and sped to Por-
tugal where they arrived safely
The revolt petered out. There wa:
still another day of tenseness al
numerous strikes developed in nor
them Spain, but these too dieC
down and the government had con
troll completely.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26

The difficulties in Guatemala
were short lived. President Chacon
found it necessary to go into re-
tirement because of his health, and
Baudilo Palma, second in line for
the presidency, took over the of
flee. The army however, charging
that the constitution had been vio-
lated, took over the government
and selected General Manuel Orel-
lana as provisional president.
During the week the position of
Joseph Stain, the "man of steel"
in Soviet Russia was further con-
solidated by the retirement of
Alexis l. Rykoff, premier of the
soviet government who for some
time had been under severe critic
ism because of his leaning to the
right. Leon Trotsky, leader of the
left wing has been in exile for
some time. Stain, the man who
had fought both of them, alone re-
mains of the big figures who play
ed so prominent part in the days
of Lenin.
Both the French and British par
liamentary bodies adjourned for
the holidays. Prime Minister Mac
donald in Great Britain was still
holding his own, although he had
at least one close call when a mar
gin of only six votes saved him in
the house of commons on the ques-
ton of ending protection of the
dye industry.
In France, Theodore Steege new
ly appointed premier shaved thru
the chamber of deputies on his
ministerial declaration of just sew.
en- votes, margin that left politi,
cal circles predicting that after the
holidays the Steeg ministry will
find it difficult to retain power anC
that new elections ar equite posi-
bic.
The German reichstag adjourn
ed several weeks ago and Chancel
lor Bruening is going ahead will
his program of financial reform
safe for a month or two at least
The Prince of Wales and Ray
mond Poincare were brother inval
ids during the week. But both wer
: doing well. Poincare's condition
caused serious alarm for a time
but the veteran French statesma
rallied and held his own. TIL
Prince had bad cold and took t
his bed for several days but i'm
proved rapidly.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26

chants never quote prices-because
they are so high they do not dare
to do so. They do not want to give
the farmers a chance to compare
local prices with Plentywood prices
or Plentywood prices with the mail
order prices. They call The Pro-
ducers News the enemy of Plenty
wood, instead of these price jack |
ers. That's to laugh. If The Pro |
ducers News is not boosting re-
tail gamblers it sure is boosting |
the farmers" and the farmers own |
the paper and they are with you
100 per cent on these price gam
blers, and there are no ifs about
it. The farmers don't need to spend
their money with these people who
are boycotting the Producers News
when they can save so cents on
the dollar other places. They can
afford to send away for their
goods and pay a couple dollars ex-
ira for the subscription price of
the paper"
And over in the Raymond Out
look country the farmers are sign
ing an agreement among them
selves not to spend a dime with
those business places that do not
patronize the Producers News.
Among those who have taken this
step are a number of the biggest
buyers in that section.
Speaking of groceries again the
Producers News calls attention to
Plentywood advertised prices for
purposes of study. On a board in
. front of one STORE there are adj
vertised the prices of different
items. Monday the board offered
head lettuce for Is cents per head.
The same day, Lewistown, Great
Falls and Billings merchants were
advertising big first head lettuce
, for 5 for Is cents or 5 cents the
: head.
Great Falls prices: one-lb cans
salmon for 20 cents. Pumpkin, two
8 21s can 20 cents. Nash coffee,
I Plentywood 48 cents; Great Falls
1873 cents. Mince meat, Plentywood
IL pounds for Al cents; Great Falls
:I3 pounds for 40 cents. Oranges.
Great Falls, Sunlxist size ZIG to
o 1.-THE box, dozen for 81 cents; size
t I344 to the box, 8 dozen for IS
e Icents.
! Apples, Great Falls, winesar
d and Rome Beauty, large, s1.39 the
r box. Cranberries, Great Falls, two
t pounds for S9 cents; Plentywood
e one pound % cents. Four pounds
s of sweet potatoes for 25 cents.
h Mixed nuts, Great Falls, 2 lbs
n for 40 cents. Sweet potatoes, can.
e ned, Great Falls, two In cans
: for 29 cents. Sugar, Great Falls,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26
NO SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY

Washington How American
government stumbles along, mingl-
ing the most inconsistent and self
contradictory social measures in
the program of one man In Con-
gress, simply because there is no
working class political party to
speak for the under-privileged, was
never betted illustrated than on
the senate floor on Dec 16. David
l. Walsh of Massachusetts,, Demo
cratic politician, churchman and
orator, was the speaker. For the
moment he was not demanding re-
lief for the unemployed. He was
discussing the situation in Cuba,
and the proposed renewal of the
Sheppard Towner appropriations
under the act granting aid to the
states in caring for mothers and
infants.
Walsh began with plea for Gu
Cuban liberty. He brought for
ward an editorial from a Havana
paper published in the English
language which challenged the Ma
chado dictatorship as a regime of
martial law enforced by 10000
heavily armed soldiers and police.
He read from manifesto signed
by the most eminent women in
Cuba, and said he had just been
notified that many of these wo-
men had been arrested within the
past AS hours for signing this ap-
peal to American justice. When
Jones of Washington sought tc
suppress the manifesto, as coming
to congress rather than to the
state department, Walsh declared
that he was seeking to save the
United States from the folly anC
cost of armed intervention wher
the Cuban revolt does come.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26

Some things people do to help the
bowels whenever any bad breath.
feverishness, biliousness, or a
lack of appetite warn of constipa-
ton, really weaken these organs
Only a doctor knows what will
cleanse the system without harm.
That is why the laxative in your
home should have the approval of
a family doctor.
The wonderful product, known to
millions as DR.. Caldwell's Syrun
Pepsin is a family doctors pre-
scription for sluggish bowels. Il
never varies from the original pre-
scription which DR.. Caldwell wrote
thousands of times in many wears
OF practice, and proved safe and
reliable for men, women and chill
dren. 1t is made from herbs and
other pure ingredients, so It IS
pieasant-tasting, and can form no
habit: You can buy this popular
laxative from all drugstores.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26
PIentywood Prices

Last week we promised the Pro-
ducers News readers that the pa
per would publish comparison of
prices on hardware and drygoeds
at Plentywood and other places
There has been such a rush of
work in the Producers News office
that we have hardly had time to
make the necessary investigation
but we will make a few.
Blue Chambry shirt sells at local
chain store for $1.10; in the same
chain store at Williston, Minot
and Great Falls for 80 cents.
Sheep skin lined overcoat, sells
at local chain store for $19.95;
marked up So from $17.95 by local
manager, over the price charged at
Minot or Williston or at other
units of the chain.
This shows that in Plentywood
the people always pay more than
at other places; that is the reason
people don't come to Plentywood
any more, they don't like TO be
"held up"
The local chain store sells shoes
with paper soles for prices high
enough to guarantee the best
leather; this place also sells scat
and sweat shop merchandise manu-.
featured by the most miserably
paid labor in the world.
| Now let US take look at hard
ware prices: For instance, stove
pipe: Plentywood 40 cents tn,
length and 40 cents for an elbow
At Archer and Dagmar % cents
the length and 25 cents the elbow
Dampers Is cents at Plentywoot
and not over Is cents at any othe
place in the world.
Radio aerial. Plentywood pric
S1.00; same brand and size an,
weight, catalogue 18 cents.
Paint: Last summer the paint
same brand, local Plentywood mer
chants were charging 1925, tn
Dagmar Farmers Store sold 70
$2.25 regularly. All other paint
and varnishes, brushes, etc., q
about the same ratio.
A Raymond farmer in a tai
with The Producers News said
"The Producers News is doing tn
greatest services in its history {
the farmer, when it does what
is now doing in reference to tn
"hold up" prices at Plentywood.s
never buy hardware in Plentywoo
nor do any of my neighbors fc
we can buy from rs to 40 per Ger
cheaper right in Raymond than W
can in Pentywood and goodne
knows that Raymond is hig
enough. Raymond is cheaper tina
Plentywood on everything. / motto
the Plentywood hardware me-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26
FARGO BANKS
ELECT"DAKOTASs

Recent Fargo bank J..
name n eight graduates Of sIns'to'
Business College, F argo, f.. p =
positions. Six Cass Conn !
House officers are Dakota..S oprr
so are most of its deputies, AT fs''a |,
banks, 9O@O of its offices .f'go
Dakota graduates because s. 1apq
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26

10 pound bag ga cents; Plentywood
IL pounds for $1.00.
The only thing in the food line
that can be purchased cheaper in
Plentywood is Plentywood flour
that's cheaper here than anywhere
else and than any other flour.
The Plentywood stores are boy
cotting The Producers News be-
cause they can't control the edi-
torial policy of the paper. These
stores can boycott and be damned
but they can't keep The Producers
News from telling you what things
are worth. They may refuse to
quote prices but we will do that
anyway.
Now at Christmas time, the
children are buying sleds. The
flaxible flyer sled 40 inches long,
a knees, Plentywood price 1925;
mail order 1919 postage paid;
length Sc inches, six knees, Plen-
tywood, $4.75; Mail order postage
paid 1926 - a difference on this
purchase of $3.50 and the mail or
der house is making plenty OF
money.
The prices of everything else
are in proportion. The price of fur
niture is 500 less at the mail or
der houses on practically every
thing in the furniture line thar
they are in Plentywood and the
terms are even more liberal.
Take wire nails for instance:
penny common, Plentywood, ter
cents a pound; Mail order Az
cents and a 100 pound keg fol
$3.40. Taking a look at bolts W.
find mail order house selling IL
inch bolts 25 for IL cents while il
Plentywood they are 5 cents each
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26
OPPOSED TO GOVERNMENT
MEDICINE

But then he turned to another
matter-the pending bill which
would help save the lives of mo-
theirs and babies of poor farmers,
miners and other workers outside
the cities. Organized doctors were
opposing it. Secretary Wilbur had
sabotaged it because it would be
administered by the Children's bu-
reau. Up in the gallery sat Grace
Abbott, chief of the Children's Bu-
reau, listening to what Che warm
hearted Irish senator had to say.
And Of Course Walsh, as a
churchman, coming from a state in
which Cardinal O'Connell waged
war against ratification of the
Child Labor amendment and a.
gainst this Sheppard Towner Act,
was against federal interference
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26
A REAL COOPERATIVE

The Farmers Oil Company of Outlook has sur
prised its customers by handils out to them
100000 -.vlend in cold cash as 4 Christmas gift
Ten per cent capital stock, cedts per gallon
of s..sol:.c Is cents per gallon OF OIL, cents on
each round Of grease.
Not so aad for beginner.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26

HAVVRE- Building permits a.
mounting to $392.860 were issued
up to Nov. 1 of this year as COM
pared to 1905 up to November
of last year, an increase f $94, 955.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26

Warden Middleton has planned to give the people
In his care good Christmas, which blows up the
theory that Santa Clause visits only the good
obedient boys.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26

The first step in the discipline of the mind is to
overcome incidence and get yourself into the hab-
It of doing what you know you should do, regular
ly, enthusiastically, pleasantly.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26

If college students appear to be aimless, per-
haps the taxpayers can find the answer by ascer-
tanning how aimless college courses are in
these days of educational experiments.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26

No man has the right to be so busy with bust
ness that he allows his son 30 become COM
munity problem
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES NIDTE3
. The WASHINGTON SCENE /
By LAWRENCE ToBB Federated Press
Observation-Disclosures
By LAWRENCE TODD. Federated Press

He recited that the Massachusetts
legislature, by an overwhelming
vote, reused to match any federal
appropriation for carrying on this
work of prenatal care for farm
ers' and workers wives. He feared
the federal government would in
wade the privacy of the American
home. Local institutions could car
ry on any such aid.
i!!!i!
NO WORKING GCLASS
BACKING
Had David l. Walsh been elected
by strong working-class party on
a platform which called for equal
opportunity = physical as a basis
for spiritual-for every American
child, he would have argued the
other way. He would have made
an eloquent speech in favor of
healthy childhood and womanhood,
and would have pointed ut that
until reasonable system of indus
trial rewards is established, so that
family life is secured against pow
erty, such federal and state aid
must be provided for the sake of
the mothers and children.
But there was no Labor party or
Socialist or Communist or other
working class party bloc in Con-
gress, nor any strong party or
ganization of the workers outside
on which Walsh could depend fol-
support if he were attacked for his
humane program. He had to safe
guard his political future. He COM
promised. Years ago, he was com
mitted to the Child Labor Amend
ment before the Cardinal came out
against it; his embarrassment was
considerable, and he remembers.
!!!!!!
SHIPSTEAD PROTESTS
Just before Walsh got the floor
Shipstead of Minnesota made {
brief protest against the failure o.
the Hoover administration and it
Demo Republican hackers in con
gress to vote any relief to hungr!
farmers or unemployed. Shipsteac
was elected as a Farmer-Labo
party man. Rep. Kvale of his stat
who is another Farmer Labo
} spokesman, stepped in to shak
hands an dthen went out-feelin,
. as lonely as the Senator. No pro
gram was offered by Shipstead
/ He merely showed that he woul
go along with LaFollette. He ha
no party group, no working elias
! program, to guide him. It all ar
peared so implanted, futile, child
: ish. in a nation three-fourths o
: whose congress could be chosen b
/, working class political co-opers
! ton, to remove poverty.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26

The indispensable man is not numerous.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-14

!. He was n years old and In the
last years Of his life served as police
judge OF Douglas.
East was born in st. Louis. Sew
enteen years later, he was a Texas
cowboy, learning the rough life Of
the cattle range and schooling him.
self in the use of the revolver. He
learned his trade so well that when
Garrett organized his forces TO fight
the Kid" he brought East from
Texas and made him n OF the
posse.
After CARROTS men had captur-
ed the Kid" and had slain MS
cronies, East was selected to convey
the outlaw to General Lew Wal
lace, then territorial governor OF
New Mexico at Albuquerque.
Accomplishing this mission sue
cessfully, East returned TO the Texas
Panhandle in 1882 and served four
years as sheriff OF Oldham county.
On a trip through Dodge City, Kas.,
with cattle for northern ranches,
East married Miss Hattie Bouldine,
a native of Virginia. She survives
him.
In 1908 he came 10 Douglas and
seven years later was elected chief
OF police. He served two terms and
two years ago was named police
Judge.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-14
SHOOT TO KILL
RANGER

SHERMAN. May 14.-CR-Tem-
porarily turned aside from its in
yestigation Of Fridays riots. the
military court Of inquiry being held
here under martial law busted It
self today with efforts TO discover
the authors Of warnings posted in
the negro quarter threatening the
burning Of buildings.
Bennett Hogue, 30, OF Denison,
was arrested last night and charg-
ed with posting notices against
negroes. a felony" In connection
with the threats. He was arrested
by Texas Rangers.
After being questioned, Hogue
was released under $500 bond to ap-
pear later in justice court. He de-
MED he posted the typewriter
warnings.
Col. l.. S. Davidson, provost mar
shall, said the court Of inquiry was
prepared to make a thorough in
vestigation.
Determined 10 conclude It's ses-
sions as soon as practicable, the
court held its first night meeting
last night, quizzing suspects. State
and federal grand juries will be
convened Monday.
Patrols in sections affected by
the threats were doubled In
strength last night and had orders
to shoot to kill" in case anyone
should attempt to start a fire.
At least a temporary halt was
called in arrests after the total Of
riot suspects, principally by state
Rangers, had reached 80.
A mar and woman living north
OF Denison were brought In by
Ranger Captain Tom Hickman and
Rangers Kirby, Aldrich and Nc
Coy, but they said the two we're
not in Fridays mob. The prison.
ers were held under vagrancy
charges. and the officers declined
their case.