The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-10-09

on after viewing Ine Steamship, WOuAo
have nothing to do with it, Wellington
could never be convinced that the breech |
loading rifle was any good. A young
man by the name of Westinghouse was
laughed at when he appeared before
group of learned railroad officials with
continuance for stopping trains with air.
Young Bell was laughed at when he
borrowed money from his friends to live
on while he was developing the tele-
phone. Financiers would have nothing
to do with the development of the auto
mobile and the first successful automo-
mobile was made with money which
Young bookkeeper borrowed from his
friends and relatives and turned over to
an unreasonable inventor by the name OF
Henry Ford.
The same backward tendencies apply
to government, and woe unto the man
or country that comes forward with any
new ideas. A constitution is chung to
because it suited our forefathers ESQ
years ago and must not be changed on ac-
count of sentimental reasons. 1t was
good enough for Grand pa and it's good
enough for me, is the attitude in spite
of the fact that grandpas world and our
world are as different as day and night.
Grandpa voted for the man who could
make the best sounding speech regard
less of what his record as business man
might be. We follow the same course.
Grandpa voted for the sentimental spell
binder who dwelt at length upon the sa-
cred constitution and the glorious stars
and stripes and never questioned into the
spelIbinder's ability to run the business
affairs of state We do the same thing,
and today man must be a speech-mak-
er or he gets no place in politics. We
like to be humbugged in government
just as well as Grandpa did.
That is why there have been few new
advancements In government. That is
why we have so many wise men who
predict the downfall of Russias govern
ment. We have heard men, who worked
hard all their lives. lived within their
means, and still as poor as church mice,
denounce the soviet government. These
same men hove been predicting Russia
downfall for the past twelve years, and
we presume that they will go on predict
ing until they starve to death under the
capitalist system Every day we heal
wise men predict that the Russian sys
tenn will not work, In spite of the fac
that it is working right before our very
eyes. We hear men pity the Russian
people, who have to dwell In a state o
socialism in spite of the fact that GU
own system has broken down and w
are trying to use an obsolete economi
machine that allows nearly third o
our population to want In a land of Owe
productions. We should save our pit
for our own people.
We laugh at Russia and her govern
ment because we don't know any be-
ter and because it has been bread into U
to scott at every new idea from the II
vention of the wheel to the flying m;
chine. Man has been so busy inventin
}, things for his immediate material neec
: that he has left government entirely |
the professional, and very narrow min,
{ ed politicians. The result is, that o,
methods of government have stood sti
Now we have arrived at the stage of G
l. olution where some new inventions
u government are needed. Russia is e
perimenting with. a new government,
o new system, so different from anythir
9 we know, that we cannot understand
{; 1t would be just as unreasonable to q
q sumo that the first political machil
q constructed In Russia would be perfe
G as it was to expect the Wright brothe
N to build perfect flying machine on {
d first attempt. The Wrights didn't do
$ and. of course, got themselves laugh
It at by the wise men of the world t
I'd Russians viii probably have to rebuI
! their political machine several times
er fore it works to perfection. In t
as meantime they viii be laughed at by t
10 wise men.
ed -
Nevertheless, the soviets seem to
no progressing From all appearances tn