The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-09-12

October Revolution. Even then
Hoover may not recognize the
Soviet Union. but no doubt Wash
ington would be ready to enter
into negotiations with Moscow
with the view of reaching an
agreement on debts and claims.
The fact is that Russia has more
claims against the United States
than the United States has
against Russia. Furthermore
Russia can "get along without
the recognition of the Wall Street
government.
1t should be noted IN cOnnec-
ton with alleged Soviet prOpa-
ganlda in this country that HOOv-
er does not rebuke MussOlini for
his Fascist propaganda in the
United States. Until recently
Benito had a powerful organiza-
ton openly advocating Fascism
and Italians here were obliged to
pledge their loyalty to the Black
shirt dictator in Rome. That or
gani1ation "disbanded" for public
consumption but nobody but a
sap believes that it went out of
business. 1t functions under
ground. The reason why the die
tatOrship of the Fascist in Italy
is recognized, petted and subsi-
dized by American imperialism
while the dictatorship of the
workers and farmers in Russia is
Ostracized. slandered and boycott
ted by the same element. is be-
cause the Mussolini dictatorship
stands for the capitalist system
while the dictatorship in the Sow
let Union stands for Socialism. A
perfectly sound reason why the
American plunderbund should not
support the latter.
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Chairman Legge of the Farm
Board is busily engaged passing
the buck of farm relief back to
the farmers. This "genius" who
according 70 some farm leaders
would do for the farmers what he
accomplished for the stockholders
of the international Harvester
Company now says that the far
mers must organize if they ex-
pect to help themselves. He does
not believe in helping the farm
ers financially. The United States
Chamber of Commerce with which
he conducted a sham battle for a
while believes that government
financial aid should be given only
10 capitalists A guaranteed divi-
dend to the railroads is o. X.
There is nothing paternalistic or
demOralizing about that. but fin
aneial aid TO agriculture-that's
Socialism. Government aid to the
unemployed would be worse.
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While Legge is babbliug. mod
ern machinery is solving the ag-
ricultural prOblem-with certain
results to a large number of far
mers. The farms are becoming
mechanical. The process of ra-
tiOnali1atiOn thru the employment
of labOr-saving machinery that
has reduced the number of indus
trial workers necessary to pro-
duce a certain quantity of finish
ed product is taking place on the
farms. The small farmer is bit
ing the dust before the advance
Of new machinery. which is SO
costly that only those farming
! large units can purchase it. Where
is this process going to lead the
small farmer? To the industrial
slave market where he will meet
his prototype in commercial life,
the small business man who had
the can tied to him by the chain
store system. What can be done
about it? Dynamite the ma
chimes? Set the torch to the chain
stores? No. You cannot fight
the laws of economic evolution
any more than you can fight the
law of gravity. The only solution
of the problem is the ownership
by the workers and farmers Of
the machinery of production, dis
tributiOn and exchange for the
benefit of all the producers. un-
der a Workers and Farmers Gov
eminent. Nothing less than the
Soviet system. which is SO much
hated by the master class.
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There are several clippings on
my desk that tell interesting
tales. One informs me that a
New York City judge was a boot
logger in big way before he
made the bench and that he and
his gang paid 100000 for the
privilege of passing judgment on
other morals. Another Judge who
paid $4,000 for the honor distin-
guished himself by declaring from
the bench that a young Commun-
list arrested for distributing hand
bills should be whipped.
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Valuable documents were de-
stroyed in Washington when a
fire swept thru the offices of the
Federal Trade Commission. Some
of the destroyed papers dealt
with the commissions investiga-
ton of public utility power COM
panies- ~Juicyr We can't help
being suspicious. A fire comes
in handy sometimes.
sa@ a@@e
Ruth Hanna Mccormick of Chi
cago. daughter of the late Mark,
who said that our official labor
leaders were trusted heutenants
of the capitalists is having q
lot of trouble. First she admit
ted buying her nomination I'm the
Republican primaries for a quar-
ter of a million fish. Next she
agreed to compromise her dry
principles Cd by agreeing Do