The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-02-27
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bv Tom O'FIaherty

There are reports of am WeX-
Dectea shaheup IN the British cab
met winch may bring Lloyd
Ceorge back TO Downing Street
a. a minister in the Labor party
government. Chancellor SmOwden
& oDDOsed to a development loan
for relief works for the unem-
Moved. In this policy he has the
snnort OF the city, the Wall
Street of England. George is a
demagogue who will twist the
bankers tails any time he thinks
the twisting will serve his Pur-
nose. A Lib-lab (iberal-BabOr)
coalition is talked Of with a few
other prominent liberals mention
ed as cobinet timber in a reOrgan-
lied labor government. A defin-
tie split nthe labor party cannot
be staval off much longer, tho
the British move slowly, except
when il comes to crushing the
HindOOs, Egyptians, Arabs and
other unfortunate peoples under
their rule.
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The Prince of Wales is not do
ing 80 well on his Latin Ameri-
can assignment. He is doing "a
lot Of dancing and Judging by the
photographs in the papers, his
Choice OF partners reflects credit
On the royal persons taste in
feminine pulchritude. But he lost
a big order to the United States
bagmqn in Chile. Wall Streets
drummer landed "A S5,00O,0O0 con-
tract for irrigation work i'm the
northern provinces anil stand
good chance of getting the eagles
share Of the balance of the &c.,
100000 public works program Ie-
Gently approved by congress. No
doubt some Wall Street banking
house will be given the privilege
of loaning the aforesaid $4,000
900 to the Chilean government.
The prince had better attend to
business first and pleasure after
wards.
$50
For better or worse Alexander
Legge has decided to resign his
position as chairman OF the Farm
Board the first of March. Alex
will return to his job as $1,000
a year president of the Internal
tiOnal Harvester Trust. Tho AL
eX dill not do SO well by the farm
ers who had grain to sell be-
lieve his time on the board will
rebound TO the advantage of the
Harvester Trust. Alex made "a
host of friends among the leaders
OF organizations designed to help
farmers get a better price for
their commodities. Heads of the
Farmers Union, particularly in
the Northwest, never tire of
praising Legge. No doubt his
help enabled them to built up
business institutions" which are
now about to assert their indepen-
dence Of the National Farmers
Union. In return for faVOrs re-
ceived those leaders should be
good boosters for the Harvester
Trust products in the northwest,
**#% $50
Another important suicide hap
pened in Chicago last week. A
big shot in the industrial world
took the elevator to the roof OF
building in the Own town Sec
ton of the city, flded his coat
neatly and laid it on the floor Ot
the roof, laid his hat on the coat
and then took a nose dive. A cor
Oner's jury declared the fatality
due to an accident. The police
who sometimes have a lucid mo
ment, called attention to the hal
an dcOat and the Significance
thereof, but the coroner would no.
itsen TO them. There have beer
many suicides among business
men in Chicago recently that i
simply is not good citizenship t.
feature them. Unlike gang MUIR
ders Mayor ThOmpsOn's rival
cannot blame suicides On the cit.
administration. So what's the us
In brOadcasting them.
&##* ~
Regarding the campaign TO
the Republican nomination 70
Mayor; ThOmpsOn's chief riva
claims the present incumbent /
mental defective and a cnOOl
The mayor promptly sued Judg
Lyle, the aforesaid rival, for Il
bel. eff | cannot put him in jai
Tor libel" spoke the mayor, 'I'
Jail him 70 rbeing a mOnOn." OBt
agree that the other fellow is vi
can't where the brains should b
Which prompted an aiienist I
suggest that both candidates snt
NIT themselves to a mental ties
which however would not settl
anything. as alienists are motor
Gus for deciding in favor of whS
ever hires them. As far as I'll
people are concerned they seem I
prefer tn moron who gives the