The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-29

PlentywOod, Mont.
August %, 1880.
Dear Editor:
L commence this letter this way,
because that is the usual way of the
letter box writer's and because my
learned critic addressed his master
piece in this way to your paper last
week.
Yeah. as Nut says, we sure got
a panning last week from our Hon
orable miller.
He even called the writer a jani-
tor. Just think of il. Isn't ii aw
full. You know used to have a lot
Of respect for janitOrs, but now l
don't know. Andy must u [
that way from what 1 know of them.
sry to ess soc Se me ana as Mno gees
have quite a lot of intelligence, even
as our own Mr.. Andy. In Plenty
wood our janitors receive about as
good wages as anyone in the city
and one of them is running for coun-
~ treasurer this year. No the cpl
thet, 'janitOr" is not so bad. l feel
rather honored.
Now as to the article which ap-
parently got under the hide of my
thin-skinned friend, Mr.. Hansen.
Well it didn't and doesn't now seem
to me to be out of the way. 1t was
written by and credited to Mr.. Sam
who runs a most militant paper at
Denton. Mont, and whose articles
have been reprinted by Mr.. Taylor
several times. and l am of the Opin-
ION that he knows what he is talk
ing about. OF course, 1 don't think
he was even thinking of the little
coffee mill plants operating here
referring to flour mills. His article
dealt with the huge flour mills
which turn out many thousands Of
barrels TO AndyS' one, and conse-
Quently at a much lower overhead
expense per barrel. And when I re-
printed the article I was not think
ing of the little home mill. But
Andy apparently has an inferiority
complex and wishes to be classed
with the big ones. So be it,
do not feel that / am to blame be-
cause of Andy's big ideas.
Now. Mr.. Teagarden. in his article,
said that the flour mills were max
ing eXOrbitant profits and that the
price of flour was way out of pro-
portion TO the price of wheat and
from the information which he had
received from a very competent mil
Ter should be sold for S275 a barrel
basis Of computation. That was the
substance of his editorial which we
reprinted and 1 believe he had the
right dope. despite Andy's figures.
Of course there would be no huge
profits per Dbl, but on millions Of
barrels. they would no doubt make
enough for a fat living. But now
Andy. who claims to be broadmind-
ed and free thinker. comes TO the
rnSp1ra of the hinge naS11prc nf he
country. who are rObbing right and
left, to protect his own little flour
business He is willing that the
mammoth mill owners of the country
wax rich and sleek by robbing the
working men and producers of the
nation of the staff Of life, when
many millions of them are out of
employment and if any one dares
raise his voice to protest, he is
janitor or something else very low
minded, according to Andy's crude
method of diagnosing.
Well. it's too bad. Andy. that YOU
don't like my line OF clippings. but
1 had some compliments on them.
which is not so bad after ALL But
last though not least. we would
suggest. Mr.. Taylor. that the next
time you leave town. you get the
wise and competent Mr.. Hansen to
edit your paper and I'll guarantee
you won't see anything about the
difference in price of wheat and flour.
even if millions of hungry men.
women and children are crying for
bread held out Of their reach by the
grasping hands of the huge milling
interests of this country. 1t makes
a difference whose OK is gored.
Yours truly,
THE JANITOR.