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Evening star., 1931-11-30
By JAMES WALDO FAwCETT.

The bicentenary Of william Cowper.
English poet and perhaps the greatest
letter writer that ever lived, occurred
on Thursday last, and the date passed
almost unnoticed in America.
Born In the old rectory at Great
Berhamsted. Hertfordshire, November
26, 17Sl, Cowper was the son Of O
country clergyman of aristocratic line
age. the Rev. John Cowper, sometime
chaplain to King George II. The
poets mother was Anne Donne, a men,
mer Of the family 20 which John Donr",
eccentric master Of verse and dean Of ST
Paul's, London, belonged.
Cowper's childhood was a tragedy.
His mother died when he was but six
years old. The pain Of losing her re-
NAMED with him till the end Of his
days. and he celebrated her memory in
one Of the most beautiful of his COM
positions.
Inflammation of the eyes. he was con-
signed to Q boarding school kept by one
Evening star., 1931-11-30
CHARWOMAN POETESS
GIVES LONDON A BOOK
Plea for Skirted Police Among
1000 Specimens Of Lucy
Watkins Output.

LONDON (N.A.N.A.) Lucy Watkin,
who lives over a garage in Soho and Is
. charwoman by day and pillar OF
fire in Hyde Park at night, has Just
published some of her 1000 poems, in q
shilling edition, complete with all its
original spelling, entitled "Unholy
Lucy may have communistic lean
ings, but she Is an adn1irer Of the woman
police, of whom she writes:
walking onwards with q soldierly step
alert,
Remembering her love VOWS when she
spys couple f1irt,
With tolerant eye at the street corner
kiss,
She prays for the lovers married union
It's human wish"
The poem ends with this plea Police
commissioner, give us more women
police: It's the cry far and near" In
. poem about George Shillibeer, who
invented the omnibus 100 years ago,
Lucy says:
"All thro his life poor George had no
luck,
But he stuck to the omnebus with sheer
pluck,
And every belief in his inventionary
star,
The advent of the buss was funreal
car.
copyright, 1881, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc)
Evening star., 1931-11-30
PEA SOUP FOG IN LONDON.
City EnvelOped. but Trafac Is Only
Moderately Affected.

LONDON. November 80 pa yel-
low fog Of the real pea soup variety
enveloped London today on the heels
Of gray one yesterday, which blotted
shire to the South coast and was still
prevalent today along the shore where
the steamer American Trader was
grounded ON o sand bank while trying
to enter the Thames Estuary.
In London, fortunately, 1t hung well
above the roof tops and, although the
city was in almost midnight darkness,
traffic was only moderately affected, as
lights of motor cars and blazing street
lamps enabled drivers and pedestrians
10 find their way.
Yesterdays fog reduced traffic to q
snail's pace and tied up air liners and
coastal shipping to great extent.
Evening star., 1931-11-30

II he fell far, he also rose high. Al.
together, he was and undoubtedly ne
poets.
He sleeps In the quiet churchyard at
East Dereham, and many Americans
have made the pilgrimage to his grave.
He has a monument In Westminster
Abbey and an enduring place In the
heart of mankind
Evening star., 1931-11-30

PRINCE ALBERT QUARTER HOUR.
Alice Joy. "Old Hunch," and
Prince Albert Orchestra, direction
Paul Van Loan. every night except
Sunday, N. B. C. Red Network
! newspaper for time
Evening star., 1931-11-30
]. s. SHIP BEACHED
in FOG REFLOATED
American Trader Goes
Aground lust Before Start
Ing Up Channel for London.

ny the Associated Press.
DEAL. England, November 3o.-The
American steamer American Trader,
which went aground near Dungeness
in a dense fog early today was re-
fioated after a short while and pro-
ceeded to London.
The steamer American Trader, bound
for London. ran aground at Z am.
The weather was calm, but lifeb- az
and tugs hurried from Dover to the
scene.
The steamer grounded as she was
about to pick up the pilot for the voy-
age up the channel and into London.
PEA SOIJP FOG IN LONDON,
Evening star., 1931-11-30
Mud.Packs Portraits New Fad.

Life casts in mud constitute London
society's latest art fancy. The mud is
applied in a pack much like 1t Is in q
beauty shop, so that the subject not
only gets a portrait but also q skin
treatment, according to Angus Mclean,
who started the fad
Evening star., 1931-11-30

@ Dontremove the emois,ureproo ,oropping from your
package Of Con'els after you open it, The Camel
Humidor Pack is protection against s,ceat dust and
germs. In Offices and homes euen in the dry atmos-
phere Of artificial heat the Camel Humidor Pack
delivers fresh Comes and keeps them right until the
last one has been smoked
Evening star., 1931-11-30
n. ]. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY
Winston.Salem, N. C..

CAMEL QUARTER HOUR. Morton
Downey, Tony Wons. and Camel
Orchestra, direction jacques
Renard, every night except Sunday,
Columbia Broadcasting System
See radio page Of 10
Evening star., 1931-11-30

lou probably know that heat is used in the treatment of
all cigarette tobaccos.
But you that excessive heat destroy fresh
and fragrance.
That's why there could be truly fresh cigarette
except for scientifically developed methods of applying
heat.
Reynolds is proud of having discovered and perfected
Evening star., 1931-11-30

methods for getting the benefits of heat treatments and
still avoiding parching toasting.
With every tell Camels truly esh
They're made fresh-not parched toasted and then
they're kept fresh i'm the Camel Humidor Pack.
If you wish know why the swing to Cames is nation.
wide and steadily growing switch to them for just
day-then leave them if you can.
REYNOLDS COMPANY
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
AFTER READING the finaadal
sections of the papers co.,
know whether this country Y

SoCLEOnS Oh TIE YdPOiS
know whether this country
going up or down economical
speaking. One headline will rev
that we have hit the bottom y
other walls that U. S. Steel 100
another nose dive and Is Opsiils
ing only at 81 per cent capa',sg y
that the New Haven passed 2 or
idend; the Chicago Daily new
ditto and s Don. If the stocks y !
the kidnapping trust sold on y
exchange we might expect sou y
relief because this is the only J,
get-'em racket at the mOnTS,
BOOtlegging is working on = J
stagger system; most OF Il : J
the thumb. But the hdnap r.
are doing fine. They are taE y.
them down here in companies y
only drawback in this profess
is the police. No sooner 90 I
kidnappers collect from the ". y
tim than the police collect ~ y
the kidnappers. They leave e., "
enough for gas. That's all ~
hell Of a world.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
ONLY PAPER WORTH READING
Medicine Lake, Mont

Medicine Lake, Mont.
Sept. A, 1881.
The Producers News,
Gentlemen:
Your paper is the only paper In
the county of Sheridan which is
worth while or fit to read.
The United Farmers League has
commenced to bear fruit in this
territory as some Of themainstreet
business men have come out and
told some of the farmers that if
they, the farmers would not JON
the League the businessmen would
feed the family live stock furnish
them with seed for 1882. Now
that is fair enough isn't it and all
anybody could ask Of any and all
the League members should feel
thankful. Relief in time of need is
what we want.
All business men aren's alike
some are fair and honest and 9TH
ers are something else and / be-
lieve there are more of the latter
than the former kind. The differ.
ence between them andthe old time
Indian is that the Indian believed
in scalping and the latter bushes:
man believes in skinning them a
live.
Yours for a successful League,
"A SKINNED FARMER
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18

let it come to that. They are going to
provide for seed in some way. In just
what way they are going to get it de-
ponds on the demand.
If farmers in all the drouth stricken
counties in Montana and Dakota can
line up and make the same demand then
that is what we are going to get. Ii we
all 90 after our national government and
tell them just what we want they might
not like it but they are going to give it
to us anyhow because they do not want
the people to go and he p themselves.
If nothing is done or said then con-
gress will very likely appropriate some
millions which through lot of red tape
can be borrowed by the farmers to buy
seed with. We will then have to pay
four prices for seed, give mortgag on the
crop and pay interest. A loan like that
is no good to anybody except to the fell
low who is selling the seed.
The farm board has 200 million bush
els of wheat and they do not know what
to do with it. Now, if everybody re-
fuses to buy seed wheat at any price
if everybody demands that the farm
board ship wheat out here and distribute
it among the needy farmers on the con-
dition that the farmer pay it back bush
ell for bushel out of the next crop, then
that is what we are going to get.
You might say the farm board is adj
vocating reduction of production and for
that reason would not furnish any seed
to farmers. This is very true but you
must also remember that railroads and
elevator companies are telling the farm
board what to do To the railroads and
elevator companies the price of wheat is
immaterial They get their freight and
handling charges regardless of wheat
prices. If no wheat is raised in this part
of the country their property here is
worthless. They are not interested in
crop reduction. Over-production means
more money to them-they are for over
production.
IF the farmers would stand pat and
refuse to buy seed wheat, the railroads
and elevator companies will help the
farmers to get seed at the farmers own
terms.
Let us all get together and demand
that seed be furnished on the condition
that we pay it back bushel for bushel
The best way to do it is for all farmers
to join the United Farmers League, worl
in body and thereby make our demand
count.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
1872
-HSaazN
1LM4RoS
More Demands for Special
Session of the Legislature

Peerless, Montana,
Sept. 9Th, 1881.
Hon. J. E. Erickson,
Helena, Montana.
Sir:
The Farmers Union Local of
Peerless, No. 342 at the regular
meeting, September 4th, 1881,
passed the following resolution and
respectfully submit it for your
consideration.
Whereas, A succession of drouth
years and economic conditions over
which they have no control have
reduced the farmers and laboring
men in the State of Montana to a
state of almost complete bankrupt
cy, and
Whereas, It is currently reported
that at least $4,000 citizens of the
state are in actual want and must
be assisted by charitable orgniza-
tions during the coming winter to
avoid actual starvation, and many
people are now begging for foou
from door % door, and
Whereas, We know from pbser-
walton in our own community and
reports from neighboring commun-
tiles that the counties and chart
table organizations are absolutely
unable TO in any way take care Of
even the most needy of these PEG,
pie, and
Whereas, County and charitable
: organizations can only offer tenn
: porary relief and can in no man
ner offer anything permanent O.
reconstructive to agriculture in tn,
state, and
J Whereas, There is now a con
: crete plan offered which woul'
{ provide funds for relief through
: revision of the taxation system, to
wit. A hydro-electric tax, a tax o.
natural gas, a telephone licens
tax and a graduated income tar
now therefore
Be II Resolved, That we deman
e the Hon. J. E. Erickson, Governn
y of the State of Montana, at ono
call a special session of the legis
lature TO convene for, the purpos
of providing this much needed RI
e lief, and
L Be 1t Further Resolved, That
e copy of these resolutions be ser
to the Hon. J. E. Erickson, and
I copy be sent 10 the state board {
t the Farmers Union, Montana div
= sion.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
ENJOYS ARTICLES BY
EDWARDS and MAURY
Reserve, Mont,

Reserve, Mont,
Sept. 8, 1881
Editor Producers News:
Aline or two in appreciation for
the article of Edwards and Maury
showing up headquarters of the
state. Such letters are very valu-
able to the voters and should be a
guide to mark their ballots by in
order to get a state government
like it should be instead of being
run by Wall Street profiteers and
burdening the people with exorbi-
tant taxes and profits.
Now couldn't the Froid-Plenty-
wood road be built this fallwith
teams and men and spread this
money among the people to gel
thru this winter on? Make com
fort instead of misery. No doubr
this money will help and the more
help the quicker the county vii
get back to normal.
/ also believe the game warden
should forgetabout hunting licens
es this fall so people can get SOM
game and fish. There is no none.
to spare for licenses. Game war
dens please consider.
Yours respectfully,
"A. SODBUSTEl
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
Musselshel, Montana,
Sept. II, 1881.

Sept. IL, 1851.
Hon. J. E. Erickson,
Helena, Montana.
Dear Sir: =
I am in receipt of your letter OF
September 1st and am glad 90
note that you find the plan sug-
0ested in my previous letter COM
mendable. You have suggested
that there are difficulties in the
way of making the plan effective
in meeting the present emergency
and l shall endeavor to answer
those objections.
It is true that the income tax
must be voted by the people and
would not therefore become effect
i've this winter, but if it were re-
ferred to the people by specla
session it would become effective
two years earlier than if we wait
for the next regular session. The
other taxes however, can be made
to Weld a considerable sum to the
state this fall, providing the SEES
SlOu Is uClu UclOAC IAAS VIM S~
taxes are collected.
These taxes are not taxes upol
tangible property and therefor
need not be levied upon propert!
Gin possession on the first Monda.
in March" as are other taxes. w
have also the emergency claus
which, as you know, makes Law
effective Immediately upon it
passage and approval. This can b
used to make the measures effect
i've for the year 1881 and woul
enable us to raise considerabl
sum for relief work this fall.
It is also true that the recen
assembly failed to pass measure
similar to those proposed, but
is also true that the assembly ma
no recommendations from you
regard to those measuers. l hay
sufficient faith in the recent al
sembly to believe that had you re-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18

Where's the car, Dad?" asked
the son of an absent-minded pro-
fessor.
"Why, dear me-" he said, "I
really don't know. Did take it
QUIT"
'sYou certainly did. You drove it
into town."
THAT'S very remarkable" re-
piled the professor. ct remember
now that after / got out I turned
round to thank the gentleman who
had given me a lift, and wondered
where he had gone.i"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
Plentywood, Montana,
September 9, 1881.

OORSSAAOOA -
His Excellency John E. Erickson,
Governor of Montana,
State Capitol, Helena. Montana.
Sir:
The most pressing question of |
the moment is that which relates
to the necessity Of relieving the
state of restitution which is mex
Orably crushing the poverty-strick-
en- farmers and penniless workers
of this great state of Montana.
l venture this formal statement
to your excellency, motivated by
the belief that you are not aware
that the spectre of starvation DOM
mates the miserable lives of some
10000 people instead of 5000
which you so glibly mention in
your talks before the people who
elected you governor.
In conjunction with many others
I have waited patiently for some
decisive move on your part which
would tend in measure to prove
that you were honestly in sympa-
thy with the many thousands who
are suffering from dire distress.
And by sympathy l have in mind
that tangible brand productive of
alleviating the unwarranted and
appalling conditions which prevail
at present,
You have visited this part of
Montana for the purpose, ostensi-
bly,, of acquainting yourself with
the conditions that beset the un-
fortunate farmers and the unem-
,ployed working class. While here
you have been credited with having
offered suggestions of relief that
were as dry as the autumn leaves
and barren as the soil of this por'
ten of the state. You have beer
credited wit hthe suggestion thai
the Ladies Aid Society of Plenty
wood raise money by some means
other than stealth or highway rob
berry Though either way might b
commendable under the conditions
to relieve the needy, when the 10
cal bankers were preparing t.
snap a paddock on a charitable lit
tie nest egg which the AFORESAID
benevolent society had in all sin
.cerity intended using in accordanc
with your wise wishes. You spok
of selling bonds of some kind O
another such as was done unde
the world war hysteria, when yo
must have well known that thel
was not enough money to bu
bread or clothes for the childre
of those who might have been il
clined to take your advice serious
ly. You have been credited-or a
cused, rather, of suggesting TIL
the worker sdonate a days wag
for charity (that perpetual infan
of the ages) when men and W
men were practically ready to b
labor one another for the priv
lege of securing a days emplo
ment by which TO keep themselv
clean of that ignoble charity y,
so shamelesslv advocate. To su
up, you have been accused of ha
ing offered such a host of ina
palliatives that the Cypress
masses are forced to ask the
selves:
SIS this the brand of wisdom
which our state is directed?
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ing masses. AS for myself, 1 can
not accept such an Indictment I'M
less you persist in further dem
onstrating your inefficiency in
dealing with a problem that eff
fects US all. Hence my willingness
to assist you.
To facilitate matters l believe
it would be more practical to furn-
ish any advice in the form of a
QUESTIONABLE. Your answers to
the questions propounded will re-
fleet more clearly the extent to
which you would lend your exalt-
ed position toward effecting the
relief so urgently needed. Further,
the people who are now suffering
and are to suffer during the ap-
preaching winter because of q
"scare" can make preparations
conditioned upon your attitude to-
ward their emergency.
Now to help solve the distress.
ing problems which confront US all
will you prove your adaptability
answering without equivocatioI
the following questions?
1. Every student of economics
knows that the inequality of the
distribution of wealth is the dom
mating cause of the many ills tina
upset our political equilibrium
They know also that IS per cen
of the wealth of this vast countr,
is owned and controlled by tire,
! per cent of theNexploiting capital
! lists. Do you believe that system
of government which sanctions an,
. upholds such fragrant exploitatio,
of the seething masses is entitle
to the respect of even a half-wit
ted American sovereign? Do 20
believe that all of the protectiv
forces of entrenched capital shoul
n be employed against the noble me
and women who raise their voice
in condemnation of such ruthles
: injustice? IF not, will you hav
+ the honesty to denounce this sy,
. tenn to the end that it shall be d,
. stroyed for ever? Will you rails
: your voice to the people of MOI
! tana and the nation and urge the
; 10 overthrow an institution so d,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18

structive of widespread prosperity
and contentment? Will you show
by example that you believe with
the immortal Jefferson and Lincoln
that when people are no longer
able to bear up under ruthless OPP
preston they are entitled to have
recourse to the last dread measure
of revolution to the end that injus-
tice give way to sense of equal
ity?
2. Are you in favor of system
of jurisprudence that condemns a
man to the chain gangs of our pc
nal institutions for a term of five,
ten and twenty years for having
stolen a loaf of bread to supply
the starving demands of an under
nourished wife and children, while
bankers, brokers, racketeers and
politicians are very often only
alphabetically reprimanded? Do
you feel that the penalty imposed
upo nAlbert B. Fall is calculated
to excite the admiration of ali
American citizen for a system of
law which CLOSES over such per-
fidious practices by combining him
to year in penitentiary? I can
not believe you will give your ap-
prevail of such practices, and
await the application of your
forceful influence in denouncing
such a travesty of justice.
! 8. Do you believe that a people
when having waited patiently il
the face of the most trying condi
tons for relief which the govern
ments of the nation and state re
fuse or are unable to furnish
should have the goodness to Ii,
down quietly and give up the ghos
while wealth and provisions ar
locked in the storehOuses of tn
J exploiters?
A. Do you believe in a syster
, which produces imbecility an
: bodily diseases through the caus
4 es of malnutrition, worriment an
S enforced prostitution to the exten
: that your own health and welfar
might even be jeopardized if sue
conditions are allowed to flouris
in populous communities deprive
!, of the first rpdiments of ments
! ! and physical hygiene? If not IL
your voice be added to the swellin
chorus in denunciation of the sy:
tenn and people which foster sue
dangers.
: 5. With domesticated live stoc
starving for want of feed, whic
= is still available in abundance,
y you believe that the governmel
. should take cognizance of the ia,
! and furnish the cattle with suff
= cient to guard against their beir
! reduced to the level of human b
y ings?
d 6. And last: Do you believe lii
t. the late Mr.. Taft that man mu
u not depend on himself for the be
re terment of his conditions, but mu
ID passively await the knowledge
n some doubtful divinity to solve h
IS worldly problems? In referen
IS to this l have in mind the presen
ve of the corpulent Mr.. Taft VIII
s. asked what man was to do
E. finding himself without work
Sc money, food or shelter, respon,
n bic for the up-keep of a wife a
m children, and prevented BY t
e damnable regulations of the CA
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HAMILTON ANSWERS COVERNI3

commended the passage os
measures the assembly wO ~ To.
been guided by your reco Uula be
ton. l offer this statSna
as a criticism of your a"4 ID
ing to mention these meas, u ii
they had not then been snu q
but to indicate the effect geSs
recommendation from Won Va
have upon their passage Wi
The recent assembly wo.
ware of the serious conJ;s s NH
preaching and, believe a".' ,
on the supposition that no Ne
enues were required. Tb. +'S y,
ton has arrived and has
strated the desperate need ~ Tyae
ing funds Immediately " ~
quently l believe we NAV ~ VSas
sured that the members worl3 =
refuse to raise the necessarV. : b
to prevent suffering and h., ~
among the people this win aa,
especially so if the course
outlined by the Governor 's
l believe you are in a,.
stating that the majority " B
members oppose a special s ~
l am basing this belief NM orsSS \
replies to Senator Eatons o rvu =
naire. Senator Eaton stated !.
in Helena that of the e.
plies, thirty four favored q -
session, twenty were non-con 1v,,.
tai and nine were opposed ~.
would indicate that the mai. y
favor the session. WV
Hundreds of our people ~.
| actual want, many children s,'
: clad and under-nourished. and
little actual relief has been nros
/ ed. A condition of this I Il
5 strikes at the very foundatio'
t organized government. The !,
! lem is one which must eyent.
l be dealt with by state and na i;.
2 governments and cannot he !
: ed by shouldering the RESPONSE
: ty upon volunteer organization,
i No one can be injured grs,
by the proposed plan and few
oppose it except the reprs,sr
tives of the corporations effsT
[ In this case the desires of the
must yield to the needs Of
many.
, Respectfully,
LEVERNE HAMIET