The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-05-09
As We See 1t
:. Tom O'FIaherty

...r If State StimsOn told
S'fr eaoriated Press that the
I'adon p P,ct. 'i Ell y ~fa1t We
:' ,,9 advised t Rar. 50 why should
P ta. V 5e any need for r, a naval
tae .t to q bolster it? That is one
pact y mysteries of diplomacy.
:tl.tti he 9sss'i the imperiaiist pow
Ne's ~ keeping their powder dry
as l aven if they don't shoot m-
y S' ,sev are ready, they are al
. ~ .n' y1eaIy to shoot when any
, sss' mentions the kellogg Pact
s sriaously to them :
Bishops son got a jag on in
Nav York and he went berseker
IA big way, killing am old man
.so happened to cross his path
III. M the gin was doing its darn
5s.t. Far be it from us to blame
~, tragedy on the early environ
!. Of the killer but if the boy
~ been brought up in a Com
m family, wouldn't the clergy
rsi7 And we have a son OF Billy
sunday who is constantly getting
4, The papers on account of his
s.,,nades. We hardly blame a
treyman's son for going wIcng.
"a man is a hero to his own val
4 anil no preacher is q paragon
# virtue to his own progeny.
This is good news for mental
workers Of which goodly company
" consider ourselves a member.
The clustered scholar" we are
tod. may be surprised to learn
that the extra o2lories needed for
one hour Of intense mental effort
would Be completely met by the
eating Of one oyster cracker or
half of a sailed peanut" The
two principal mental toilers on
the staff of the Producers News
are the author Of this column and
lellog.worker a Nut" I'll have
the oyster cracker if you please.
S** f.
The National Academy of Sci
Ece which is responsible for the
aforesaid discovery are not doing
The right thing by little Herb
H.0yer. Herbert promised us a
return to prosperity by May Sth.
Now, how in the name of hOcus
pcus can we have prosperity if
ell the mental workers in the
knd are put on an oyster cracker
a day diet? Or half a sailed pea
nut? We suggest that Hoover
appoint another cOmmission-a
faet-fmding commission - to
study the matter. If there are no
more citizens available TO COM
pose such a commission we invite
him to PlentywOOd where labor
! cheap rnOrganized and will
ing. What this country needs is
bigger and better appetities.
- -
Secretary Of the Interior HYDE
bames the ills of the farmers on
The 'iiet craze, It is Just like a
government official to blame ev-
Gything on the people. Hyde
says the people are not eating
enough. The women are afraid
q losing their bOyish figures and
ne men are broke trying to pay
lG their playmates' reduction
aeaIments. The luckless male cit
aen Is sitting between the two
nomS Of a dilemma IF ba oats
@oagh the dietary doctors are
aAeIy to put him in the pillory or
pioS HIM into bankruptcy and if
Y at.s s'arVes himself, the wheat and
'''ue ralsers may lynch him.
s. = 80
a war nurse who is beyond the
S s age-almOst any draft age
u W, can be conceived Of-was de-
". I. citizenship papers because
~ refused to take the oath TO
s',eld The United States in time
. u, Ear' The lady served honor
s,.l. u the late carnage and no
Sao !. she would be perfectly will
Is u 70 salye the wounds of our
~. VS IN the next war. She hap-
s 'S 70 have a conscientious
! upe against war. Thousands
0ui pest people had n cor
~ scruple against engag-
asn !, .ne late war, so they got
r nsD Y. jobs as dOllar-a.vear
wee ~ ane war nurse is just a
tG Sl too scrupulOus. She
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