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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28

Everyone knows that until the
states debts are paid this concern
should pay, besides raising its clas-
sification from 40 per cent of true
value to 80 per cent Of true value
a license tax of 10 per cent of its |
gross income. Erickson never
whispered anything about his two
per cent tax when it would have
given the two dozen unowned men
in the legislature a rallying cry
for their efforts to make this con-
Germ pay its dues. The state is
run for the sole benefit of the util-
tiles. They might at least pay for
keeping their milk COW.
Erickson knows that the rail-
ways pay less taxes per mile in
Montana than in any state through
which they run. He knows that
the accumulated surplus of the
Great Northern last January was
above 125 million dollars and of
the Northern Pacific was above
1873 million dollars. He knows that
one-fourth of the mileage of both
these roads is in Montana. He has
not yet said a word about raising
the classification of their property
from 40 per cent of true value to
90 per cent. Only the Interstate
Commerce Commission can reduce
their cruel rates but Montana
could get a fair tax from them. If
he ever knew what caused the pub
lie debt here and ever wanted the
state not to repudiate (any state
can repudiate-there is no legal
power to coerce a sovereign state
to pay a debit &c would have rec
commended an increase Cf railroad
taxes.
Erickson cannot plead Ignorance
Of the telephone game that has out.
ragged every subscriber in Montana
for IA years. The account of tnii
has been in public print often. TIE
great Bell System in 1917 wisheC
to buy out a competitor that de
manded eighteen hundred Thousand
dollars. The plan Nas to raise tn
rates so per cent al, over the STATE
|, and lay the blans on war price
Of copper wire, twenty. siv cent
J the pound. This raise would brinI
in SIX Hundred Thousand Dollar
a year. They thought they coul,
4 get by with it FOR taree years an
get even. The g2r,e has aeen goinl
: on now for Ia years. The railroa
commission (Lee Dennis, Da
:, Doyle, Leonard Young) could hav
e brought this rate to normal at an
n meeting. The legislature could hav
g stepped over the head Of the CON
I mission and fixed the rate. Erich
g son has never mentioned this Cut
It rage in any message. The Amer
e can Telephone and Telegraph G.
e has a surplus as Of date Januar
/ 1st, 1881, Of seven hundred an
3 one million dollars. 1t owns Il
it Montana Company. It is a membt
IS in good standing Of the Grand A
II lance and has a standing memb,
4 Of the Third House-Alex Ren
le meas.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28

nous wealth of this natio,
the blameless victims Of w = . n
ment and drouth from d.
cold, hunger and disease!
AS Hoover sees it. To reo.
law the fabulously rich 70 i-'a
der a trifling portion Of wb s.'ia
unfairly take away from ~. e
discerning fellow men wonI5 q
beginning of the overtbror' :
destruction Of "DEMoCp g
7 IDEALISM" in this nation ~
long with it Hoover's twe,, &c
plan. But God forbid twert.
years of Hooverl ~
The "dole" that is 70 di,,.-..
to Hoover is used in CON
with the unemployed and -.
stricken farmers. This dois
is a gift of charity to men an {
men who have no means ~ ~ "
port except their daily labo, Y
the products Of their fam,
now have no wages and M =.
by reason of unemployment =.
: drouth.
And so, according to Hoov., !,
doles may be divided into :
! classes, viz: WICKED DOIFS !.
! GOOD DOLES. =
: WICKED DOLES are tbos. :. ,
paid to the unemployed and ~.
. stricken farmers out of apprs,s
tions made by congress. Il foT.-
that in such case billionaire, 4
Ford, Rockefeller, Morgan !,
Mellon and multi-millionaires /
! Schwab, Raskob, Barnes. Can.
: and Hoover would contribute e,
, lily by way of income taxes. 4,
in this appalling time Of deprs,s
can any one conceive a more J.
!. table and humane way 70 :
!, funds to save the destitute Of .
nation from starvation
o GOOD DOLES according "a
: same authority, are those 70
= paid out of funds raised by !
: munities and charitable sss
II tions together with such mons,
N may be salvaged from the tres
= les of bankrupt states. cou-
II and municipalities. Good doe,
N come bad doles when billionz
multi-millionaires, millionaires
N near-millionaires are coerced
"A making contributions to fund
y help the impoverished Of this
tion-the nation groaning q
?? burdens Of money, food-eyery
v essary of life!
= Words fail me when att
i. to express the contumacy, Ii.
he rogant audacity, the Catilinial
frontery of Hoover when he
A tends the privilege of those
possess unnatural and ominou
gregations of wealth TO exem
by executive prerogative from
contributing to the relief Of
starving unemployed and
equally unfortunate drouth-s
en- farmers!
- Workmen and farmers thr
Ia out this nation are charging
nd senator's and Representative
aid congress with playing polite
me making little or no effort 4
suade President Hoover to co
IN congress in special session 4
las purpose of providing adequat
las timely relief for the poor
pi- end that this nation may be
the ed the bloody riots and strike
ak MUST come unless the joble
re- fed, clothed and sheltered. ?
cal at best is a rotten game, and
!. republicans bet that the \
ov- POOR can keep the POOR
hit. starving, and democrats be-
Dun can't, the game becomes h
red The republicans led by HOOv
and prevent at all hazards the c
ing ing of congress in extra sessi
lief cause that would mean that
ser- would be drafted tohelp thu
out The democrats don't want
Is ira session because they al
cd fident that conditions vii
M worse and thus insure their
'oV- to power in 1882. What al
,,is. people?
bv F. L. WILLIl
Tor August 20, 1881. Miles City
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28
Yakima Fruit Crop Co.,

Yakima, Wash Yols
ley's fruit crop is expecta1 y
the heaviest in MANY W. W. . !,
lots of apricOts already arc a% Z
toward eastern markets WIN nov,
ing of peaches and plums -, - ID %
pected to be we'll under ~, vas =
fore the end of the month ~ 4
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28
TWO SETS OF
FIGURES

The Montana Power Company
has invested of original capital not
to exceed fourteen million dollars.
Electric power and light rates here
are as high as, if not higher, than
those of any state in the Union.
This concern has one set Of figures
as to its values for taxation and
another set for fixing a reason
able CD return in rates. Its real
value is best ascertained by the
prices paid for its stock when the
Electric Bond and Share Company
got control two years ago. Thus
measured it was then worth above
enc hundred million dollars. And
there may be added the Flathead
power site, donation from the
federal government and its "Indi-
an Wards" This is probably worth
a hundred million more when they
choose to develop it. There is not
a farmer or petty home owner in
the state who is not taxed higher
IN proportion to his holdings thar
the Montana Power Company OF
the natural gas companies. The
Power Company is now entering
that field to further exploit the
people with unreasonable rates ans
small taxes. These things Erick
son knows and appreciates.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28
GRAND VIZIER OF MORGANS
AND ROCKEFELLERS-

From an obscure lawyer in q
section not Heretofore aggressive
in state politics, Erickson as gov
ernOr soon exhibited an amazing
GINNING as a manipulation. Ignor-
ance is no excuse in Erickson's
case. He frequently pretends a
lack of knowledge of unfortunate
conditions. His political sagacity
is of the highest order in serving
the Grand Alliance Of power, tele-
phone, railroad, mining, merger
bank, absentee landlords, and in
building up a machine to further
the return Of Erickson to power
as the grand vizier of the Rookie
fellers and Morgans in Montana
and in pretending to care for the
ordinary man. He is not merely
a figure head for corporate rulers
He ably helps them pilot this ship
of state, to their vast profits and
TO the. ruin and despair Of the
farmers, workingmen, business
men, educators and other profes.
gional men in the state.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28
FORTY THOUSAND IN
NEED OF CHARITY

When Erickson, with crocodile
tears, publicly bemoans the fact
that 5000 (his usual number) of
our people will need charity this
winter, nobody who has studied
Erickson thinks for an instant that
he is unaware that due to high in
terest rates, high power and light
rates, high railroad rates, high tel
ephone rates, evasion of taxes by
all utilities for many years, unfair
taxes on farms, there is a delin-
quency Of taxes amounting among
farmers and small city property
owners, businessmen, etc, to six
teen million dollars, and that 49,
OOo-1-12 of our people will be in
need of charity this winter. He is
astute enough. He is wise to the
wreck he has wrought. He otter
feigns ignorance of unpleasant eff
feets of his malignant efforts fol
the corporations and the upbuild'
ing of his political machines.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28
VACCINATION

He is now borrowing ideas from
the medical profession. Vaccina-
ton IS said to be a method Of Civ
ing one smallpox in an insignifi-
cant degree to imnunize from the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28
HIGH INTEREST RATEs-

Only three states permit as high
q rate Of interest as ours. Strange
to say a usurious rate of interest
while it kills the farmer first, by
driving men off their holdings, it
finally empties the bank Of Gus
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28
DIDN'T KNOW THE LAW

Erickson, however. shining his
talents as a political machine or
ganizer and mill1man for the abb
sentee landlords was never much
of lawyer. In 1924, he was sit
ting for Winston at Deer Lodge.
l applied to him by habeas corpus
for the release Of seven labor un-
ion men incarcerated in the peni-
tertiary for terms running from
two to 10 years by crazy Major
Roote without jury trial during .
military invasion of Butte. Erick-
son denied these men their liberty.
He did not even know that no man
could be convicted Of felony in
Montana without a trial by jury.
(Of course, the men were shortly
released by the supreme court,
This lessened the noise but not the
cruel stupidity Of Erickson's rul-
ing.)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28
BLAME HIM?
By H. LOWNDES MAURY
CONTINUED from First Page)

in Helena, (and Washington), by
the large corporations, of the
large corporations, for the large
corporations.
During the six and one-half
years that Erickson has been gov
ernOr every important measure
suggested by him to the legislature
has been answered favorably by
the assembly slavish as both
houses have been.)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28
ONE BENEFICIAL
DECISION

A governor is elected and paid
for knowing something. If Erick-
son, a lawyer, a former judge, did
not know that the election on the
three million dollar bond issue for
the state institutions would be un-
constitutional. he should have pro-
cured an opinion from the attorney
general The corporations, who
were lodging taxes and did not
want the legislature 10 make them
pay decently for the state institu-
tons upkeep, raised a slush fund
to carry the bond election. Il
could not have carried even with
the slush fund, If Erickson had op-
posed it. (The most beneficial de-
cision rendered by the supreme
court in 10 years was the one an
nulling this bond issue. It drives
Erickson and all his associate cor
porate crowd right against decent
taxes from the absentee landlord,
or shutting down the state.)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28
THE DOLE

Continued from front Page)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28
PROFESSIONAL"
SCANDINAVIAN

In politics are found "profes-
sional" free masons, profession
al" Irishmen, professional war
heroes, professional" rotarians.
Erickson rode into office twice as
q professional" Scandinavian. He
is carrying the same horse for q
third race. His treatment of the
Scandinavian element when in Of
flee is a lesson in building up ma
chimes.
Erickson figures, and correctly
50 far, that he has the Scandinavia
an vote in his pocket anyway b!
reason Of his being a profession
al" Scandinavian. He cares moth
ing as 10 the ruin his rule ha
brought the Swedes. Norwegian
and Danes who are mostly farm
ers and small businessmen. Squal
or and ruin are what his rule ha
brought the life and sinew Of thi
commonwealth. A headline stor,
in a company owned newspape
about ''The Old Man" attending
Lutte Fis' supper or Norwegian pic
mic viii make them forget, h
thinks.
SHINING EXAMPLE
When it comes to appointin
Scandinavians to office, Erickso
has always Disseminated again.
his own people Brandjord, II
Land Commissioner is the onl
man Of Scandinavian extractio
that Erickson has ever appoints
to any important office. and 7
man in this office could ever hu-
the Grand Alliance. The exper
msnt with Scandinavians in Bran
lords case should not have discou
aged Erickson. Brandjord b;
been q shining example Of a supel
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28
TEACHERS GAGGED

Erickson fails to keep abreast Of
the times with the universities. A
recent news item announces that
the president of Turkey refuses to
let his cabinet suppress an opposi-
ton newspaper; that freedom Of
the press is a reality in Turkey.
Erickson by appointing to the
board of education cheap pohti-
clans who have themselves never
seen the inside of the liberal arts
branches of any university and
therefore cannot see the use of
teachers in forming correct indie
pendent political thought in the
young. has driven both free speech
and freedom of the press from the
colleges. The teachers do not dare
express opinions on the simplest
issues in print or from their rostra
They might lose their jobs. Any
pupil in the class might be a com
pany stool pigeon.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28
DESIRES A
THIRD TERM

This latter following of his own,
however, the Seandinavians, are
rapidly dwindling away. Many Of
them are being driven out of the
state by his rotten government.
Many of them have a good sense
of humOr and are laughing at the
joke they played on themselves by
voting for Erickson for a second
term after they tried him once.
These are mostly of Danish or
Swedish blood. Some Norwegian
Americans" are quitting him; but
there are still some Norwegians,
who are being made into tramps
by the Erickson administration,
who think that "The Old Man" has
served better than Washington and
/ Jefferson, and should have a third
term. AS these surrender their
farms and cattle to the merger
banks and the tax collectors, their
wives and children to the poor
houses they will stop by the court
house and get some absent ballot
papers. Next year these will, be
tween freight rides in a warmer
climate, mail back ballots in favor
of "The Old Man" John E. Erick
son.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-11
Boys in Blue Are
Gathering in Iowa

Des Moines, a.. Sept. 11.-R-
sentries Friday were being posted
and grounds were being policed In an
ticipation OF the annual Grand Army
Of the Republic encampmeut which
will begin here Sunday.
Preparations were going forward to
take care Of the $4,000 visitors well
come" banners have been In place for
two days. window displays are featur-
ing Civil war settings. and park
benches are being placed along down.
town streets for the veterans.
In the vanguard Of early arrivals
was Charles r. Wallace, 50, Of Elmira.
N. Y. He was only l6 when he en-
listed and today is one Of the young.
est veterans. He Is blind but he made
the trip alone.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-11
IOWAFAR]MERSHAVE
AGRICULTURAL plan
Lay Proposals Before Governor
In Search For Higher
Grain Prices

Des Moines, Sept. ll.-(PcFarmers
from many sections Of Iowa Friday
were prepared to lay before Gov. Dan
Turner their proposals for alleWating
agricultural distress and for main
tanning q high price for grain.
At county meetings Wednesday and
Thursday they decided upon certain
resolutions which this afternoon they
were to lay before state officials.
Delegates have been instructed to
urge the repeal Of the Smoot-H Hawley
tariff act; adoption OF one-year
moratorium on farm debts and mort
cages; passage Of an equalization fee
In the farm marketing act; tnvestiga-
tion Of farm loan companies; stabilt-
zation Of the dollar at the 1926 price
level; revision Of taxes to relieve farm
ers, and resolutions opposing freight
rate increases.
They also were ready to ask the
governor for special legislative ses-
sion whose purpose would be to de-
clare holiday on farm mortgages and
to ask for some sort Of corn distribu-
tion plan that would result In higher
prices.
Organization and cooperation
among farmers also has been deter
mined as q point to be discussed BY
some Of the representatives this al
| ternoOn.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-11
SLOGANS OF FOSHAY
PROVE BOOMERANGS
Government Claims Promoter
Misled People With Catchy
Advertisements

Minneapolis, Mimi, Sept. l1.-(R-
An advertising slogan Friday had
bounced back from records Of the w.
B. Foshay enterprises, now In recefv-
ership, to serve as q weapon In the
governments efforts to convict Fo-
shay and six associates on charges Of
using the mails to defraud.
"All your money all the time on
tine," was the slogan which the gov
ernment contends was not simply =
well-rounded phrase but q promise
and an assurance Of safety as well
for investors to whom 1t was ad-
dressed.
Testimony was offered In an effort
to show that there was an expendi-
ture Of thousands Of dollars by tho
companies to popularize the slogan
and to identify 1t with the securities.
The prosecution, In introducing many
volumes of copies Of the sologans used
in various advertisements. sought to
connect 1t with other evidence that
while 1t was being used the enter
prises were no longer financially Sc
cure and that the defendants knew
this.
Other advertisements placed In the
records as those used to attract In
vestors included the phases, before
handling securities we demand safety
for our investors" mot promises but
dividends" and "safe investments re-
quire experience and special training
which our records show We possess. :
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-11
ARRANGEMENT MADE
CALLS FOR SALE0F
100000 BUSHELS
New Deal Brings Total Board
Has Dispensed With to
$780, 900 Bushels
SHIP ARRANGEMENTS MADE
Farm Board Still Has Almost
200, 900, 900 Bushels Left,
1t ls Estimated

Washington, Sept. ll.-lR-The
farm board Friday reached an agree
ment for sale Of 100000 bushels Of
wheat to Germany.
The sale means the board has dis
posed Of 1850. 900 bushels Of the
huge store acquired during stabiliza-
ton operations.
Brazil was given 25,ooo,0oo in ex-
change for 1,050,000 bags Of coffee
and China bought 100000 bushels
outright. The amount Of wheat sold
at seaboard has been estimated at
35,O0O,O00 bushels.
The farm board has not made pub
lie the amount Of wheat 1t has left,
but unofficial estimates placed this
at q few million bushels below 200.-
10000.
Chairman Stone Of the board re-
fused until Friday to comment on the
German negotiations. A previous
German offer for about $4,000. 900
bushels was rejected.
The announcement said the pur-
chase, bearing ~ per cent interest
and maturing December 81, 1884, Was
guaranteed by the German govern
ment.
Delivery Is to be made at the aver
age rate Of 833, 1888 bushels per month
and there are provisions for the In
crease Of the monthly quota If the
Germans desire It.
The shipments are to be made from
Atlantic Of Gulf ports and ships fly
Ing the United States flag will be
given preference for so per cent o9
the tonnage. e
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-11
French Airmen Seek
Long Distance Mark

Paris, Sept. 11.-(ReTwo French
airplanes, one Of them veteran Of
tho transatlantic airways. left lie
Bourget airdrome at dawn Friday IN
the direction of Tokyo, seeking to
wrest the nonstop distance ribbon
from America and matching speed
with each other.
One was the Hyphen II, manned
by Joseph LIE Brix, Marcel Doret and
Rene Mesmin, who crashed in Siberia
several months ago with the original
Hyphen on similar venture. The
other was the Question Mark, owned
by Major Dieudonne Coste, which was
carrying Paul Codos and Sergeant
Henry Robida.
Both crews were on the trail Of the
5000 mile record set by Russell
Boardman and John Polando, Amer
lean fliers, who flew from New York
to Istanbul without stop In July.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-11
Goes to Jail for
Love of a Canine

Evanston, ILL.,, Sept. 11.-R-
Edward B. Bailey is willing to go
to Jail and stay there for long
time for q dog.
Not long ago he slipped up be-
hind the official dog catcher's
wagon and liberated dog that
was being taken to the pound.
A jury in Magistrate Max Bor-
chandt's court Thursday decided
that this was an offense that
called for q fine Of SO and costs.
II won't pay q dime" Bailey
said, whereupon the magistrate
ruled he could work out the fine
in Jail at the rate Of so cents .
day, or Il days in all.
"It's the principle Of the thing"
Bailey said as he was locked up In
Jail. II do not like to see dogs
takn to the pound. II ! had 1t to
do over I would save that dog
again"
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-11
Expects to Speak
From Beyond Grave

Oxford, England, Sept. l1.-R-
Sir Oliver Lodge revealed Friday that
he expects to speak from beyond the
grave 70 thoee who were his fr1ends
on earth and that he already has
made arrangements for such . COM
munication.
Il shall try to establish my iden-
ity," he said in an address at the
modern churchman's conference. by
detailing . perfectly preposterous and
absurdly childish popularity.
II already have taken the trouble
to record It with some care In . sealed
document which I have deposited
with the English Society Of Psychica|
Research. hope to remember the
details Of this documment ana to re-
late them In unmistakable fashion"
The value Of such communication,
he explained. would be only an "ad-
ditional proof Of the survival Of per-
sonal identity"
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-11
Shooting Into Auto
Near Linton PrObed

Linton, N. D., Sept. l1.-Emmons
county officials are investigating the
firing Of q bullet into an automonile
near here Tuesday evening
George Brooks. Linton, accompa-
MED by q woman companion. was
driving toward Linton when, he says.
q group Of about 10 young men ran
to the middle Of the road and yelled
to him to stop. Fearing they might
be holdup men, he said, he drove
through them.
Just after driving through the
group, q shot was fired at the car, the
bullet entering the machine below the
rear window and imbedding itself IN
the cushion Of the rear seat.
In reporting the affair to Officials
here, Brooks said he returned to the
group, learned who the young men
were, and found out who fired the
shot. Officials declined to reveal the
names Brooks gave them.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-11
Stagg Gives Rules
For Marital Bliss

Chicago, Sept. l1.-(B-One
way to have happy married life
IS to help your wife with the
dishes.
SO said Amos Alonzo Stage, vet
eran football coach. Of the Uni
versity Of Chicago Thursday when
he celebrated his 37th wedding
anniversary by helping his wife,
Stella, in the kitchen.
The famous mentor, who came
out from Yale to teach athletics
In Chicago almost 20 years ago,
offered seven ways to maintain
happiness in marriage. They
were:
"Play the game, $3.50. Help
your wife with the dishes and she
viii help you with your charts
and signals.
apply the rules of good sports
manship to your married life.
And that means following the
Golden Rule.
rBe mutually unselfish.
"Have mutual confidence. Keep
no secrets from one another.
"Never complain. Be cheerful.
"Have children. A family with
out children Is not normal, and
the views Of one or both Of the
couple are apt to become warped
without them.
Work together. Find your
happiness at home ana In your
play together. The couple that
spends all their lives looking for
pleasure won't find It."
6tagg Is 70 years old this year.