The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-02
Friday, January 2, 1881
INTERESTING AND TRUE


Sen John w Schnitzler, National Republican
Committeeman from Montana, Senator from
Roosevelt County, eminent banker, flying agricul-
turist and last but really not least, travelling
'Sing and Grin" club orator and sunshine peddler
de luxe, in the famous release of ads to the
chick papers" of Northeastern Montana, in which
he announced to the startled world, that he, like
st. Patrick of old, on the trail of vpers with
the idea in mind of crushing their heads beneath
his heel-just like thai, said in this ad, which he
gave the euponeous title "Faith and Financial
Facts" for his cultured literary ear delights in ca
dence and soft harmonzing sounds:
"This institution together with others
has been the object of vicious and con-
temptuous untruths. For period we felt
that thirty-five years of residence in the
Northwest and twenty-One in this parti-
cular section should be sufficient fortifi-
cation against these unwarranted on
slaughts-we fain would hope that faith
IN US should be steadfast. The scandal
monger and calamity bowler is persistent
and grows holder in this resistless atti-
tude and We forced to set the HEEL
of TRUTH upon the vipers head and crush
him into silence.
HEREWITH then we publish not only
the financial statement of the FIRST
STATE PANK OF FROID but also of
THE SCHNITZLER CORPORATION,
which and controls the institution,
you will kindly pardon us in our pride
'STHE FIRST STATE BANK OF
FROID CAN AND WILL WHEN CALL
ED UPON PAY EVERY DEPOSITOR IN
FULL UPON TEN DAYS NOTICE.
CAN THERE BE GREATER SECURI-
TY."
That sounds impressive don't it? Maybe it
rings true to many people John puts great en-
phass upon his "twenty-one years in this particu-
lar section be sufficient etc." if length of resi-
dence were a guarantee in itself. Now the writer
has had some experience with John: it was not
altogether satisfactory. He learned that Johns
word OF honor" not worth a damn, and
man who will not honor his own sword of honor"
when he can, is not whose twenty-one years
OF residence and life can be pledged for security.
John just sometimes talks thru his hat for the
benefit of the natives.
Somebody at Froid sent US the following COM
munication anent the claims the "flying agricul-
turlst made IN now famous ad about himself and
his institutions:
Producers News.
Dear Sir:
Do you know that according to law The Big
Bank at FrOid with Capital Stock of only
$zO'OOO IN case of failure would only cost the
.SchnIzler COrpOratiOn-the Banks owners
"SZO,OOO and J. w. S. could take his million as
advertised and go to California?
If he wanted to protect DepOsitOrs with the
assets of the Corporation as he intends to
lead us to think then why did he not incorpor-
ate his Bank with this $45O,OOO instead of The
Corporation?
AS for the faith this man has in the people
II
this faith in the people during the middle of
last harvest-instead of granting farmers
credit for REPAIRS etc, at The Corporation I'M
til after harvest. Schnitzler went down to the
Corporation, himself, and issued an absolute
order to his men-nO credt-and as a result
farmers had to borrow money of business
men, etc, to pay for their repairs before thew
could get them. This was the only business
place in Froid where farmer during the mid
die OF last harvest could not get credit until
AFTER harvest: he could get hardware. GRO
ceries, meat, lumber, blacksmithing drugs.
etc, but not dimes worth of repairs, etc
from this Schnitzler Corporation anil now its
owner JWS, says he has faith in these people.
etc.
"A BYSTANDER
The above letter is interesting sunshine
rs mostly moonshine. He takes the cash and lets
the other fellow take the credt-in other words he
IS looking out for John, first, last and all the
Elme-even his sunshine is for Johns benefit
mostly
And when a man starts talking about REPTILES
look out for snakesl