The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-11-14
AS WE SEE IT

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and Jim Hamilton Lewis or be-
tween Albert Galen and L. J.
Walsh. Like race track tOuts
they watch the contest and devel-
OPP interest as the jockeys near
the winning post. After the fake
race is over they wait for the
next. The cynic would say that
il will ever be thus. but / am no
cynic.
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Nobody who has read history
can be a cynic. If history proves
anything it is that systems of So
ciety fall when they no longer
are able to supply the needs Of
the decisive majority of the peO-
pie. Capitalism has now arrived
at that stage and as feudalism
gave way to capitalism so CAPT.
talism must give way to Social
ism. Capitalism has developed
the machinery of production and
distribution TO its apex, It has
reached q stalemate. Millions Of
people out of work all over the
world and no markets To swallow
the mountains of manufactured
commodities that are stored up in
the warehouses Of all nations.
Industrialized countries competing
with each other for the privilege
of developing undevel0Ded cOun-
tries. Revolutions financed by
those rival capitalist powers. Ev-
cry nation in the world arming
to the teeth preparing for anOth-
er war-the only solution for the
present economic crisis.
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But what a s0lutiOni In order
to burn I'M the manufactured CON-
mOdities and speed uD the mach
inery OF production again ten
fold they are ready to slaughter
several more millions of the flow
er of the worlds manhood; they
are ready to plunge civilization
into a Hebacle out of which ii can
only be pulled by a civil war Of
the workers Of the world. Have
they any idea that this is what is
going to take place? Some Of
them have. But they are help
less. Rather this than turn the
machinery of production and dis
tributiOn over TO the masses on
the land and in the factories.
They prattle about doing some
thing for the unemployed. But
our rulers are so hard-bOiled that
they will not even stand for un-
employment insurance. This
money would have to be taken out
of the pockets of the rich and
the rich will not stand for il. The
rich rule this country.
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The Republicans and Democrats
are a bit scared by the COmmun.
list demonstrations against unem-
plOyment. They say the Com
munists are crazy. They club
them and put them in jail. They
charge them with seditiOn for
leading strikes and with felony
for leading unemployment dem.
onstratiOns. But that does not
do them much good because the
masses cannot help wondering
why people should be dubbed for
trying to help the poor. The
masses don't move suddenly. They
are patient because they are
slave minded. They still believe
IN the capitalist system. They
are not yet radical. But Il is
only a question Of time when they
lose faith in the capitalist politi-
clans and they will change their
political ideclOgy. Then there
will be trouble.
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Here in Montana the workers
voted for Il. j. Walsh, one of the
most astute Of the reacfionary
senators. The labor takers call
ed him a progressive. They called
Galen reactionary. Both are tar
red with the same brush. As a
matter of fact the Montana
Standard. policy paper for the
Montana Copper Mining company,
came out the last week Of tn
election against Galen and for
Walsh Not because GaIen Is not
Just as loyal to the company as
walsh but because Walsh can
serve the Company better, And
the workers of Butte gave 10000
votes to Walsh and over 5000 TO
Galen while they cast only a few
hundred for the Farmer.Iabor
Party and the Communist party.
both parties making a campaign
on the class struggle.
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~ Is evident that there Il a lot
OF spade work 90 be done nv the
radicals In this country before the
workers lose their capitalist Ale.
o.iogy. This election has proven
mat the theory Of deem going
rehabilitation Of the masses is 4
myth and that the Third Period
sneory OF the Communist party Is
something that even a puIin0 In
iant would not be vuiItv ~ To