The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-12

Pho talked about my business"
W." w." babbIed betWeen puffs at
fsney cigarettes Of the trade un-
30 nuisance and the reds who
~ SsonId be sent hack to where they
ssme from. Now they are talk
las revolution IN Zones that would
s,srtle the communist who under
siands something obf the mechan-
;cs of revolution and. the neces-
sary steps to he taken to insure
itsssceess.
For several weeks | have traV-
pled considerably FbtiiIding up The
WASH organization and in every
sity ! visited | found the same
ambitions. Men and women who
have had steady Jobs for as long
as fifteen and twenty years sud-
denly catapulted onto the streets
TO their great CONSERVATION and
dismay. You NAV say that any
body who would hold the same job
for 20 years should not only be
fired but arrested as a common
nuisance or squatter, and this
writer is somewhat in agreement
with that line of thOt. yet il is
heartbr6aking to see IUne hundred
DER cent Americans. who were
ready To urge everybody else on
to battle for MOrgau's loans to
the allies. sell liberty bonds. make
four minute speeches and insert
their rats eyes into KEY holes
looking for signs of seditiOn, los
ing their faith IN our great insti-
tutiOns arid saying that this cOun-
try is hell bent for BOlsheVism.
The Radicals must have some
thing to arouse their ire and
where was a better target than
The white-cOlared wOrm7
Il may be news to the legal
luminaries Of PlentywOOd who are
rolling in riches and on whose
broad lands beeves swish their
tails and sleek steeds roam and
sallSp thru sheer joy of living,
that at least there are 500 law.
yers in Cleveland who are starv-
ing but are too proud to stand in
die bread lint. And in Chicago
where gangster with an income
Of SlOGOOO year is looked on as
vagrant, eminent attorneys are
unable to pay their rent and do
their own tipping such as it us.
Only few corporation lawyers,
and the legal staffs of Al CapORe
and bug" Moran and some 9th
ers are keeping their heads above
water. Men | knew two years
ago 10 be nicely fixed are now sit
ting hstlessly at their desks with
out cigars Or stenOgraphers. TAX.
ing his stemO away from an OF
lOmey is like taking his coffee
away from a Latin American pa
'trIOt. '1Ou automatically extract
SS%o Of his zest for life.
We WIN never knew sODuIence
OUT prOfited somewhat by il thru
subs and donations for -E&lblica
MOns devoted to the task lof over
throwing. capitalist prosperity
nave reason TO mourn this state
81 affairs. Even if you meet {
lawyer who can pay his hall bed,
room rent he can always saytthai
ne hasn't seen a dollar for months
except IN the windows of a paw
s.0p, perhaps. Instead of steel
ing yourself to further effort
you Will probably go away witt
moist eyelids and spend the res
pi the day incoming over a xfas,
d beer and longing for the goo,
S% Gays when money was pIents
.u and everybody except the era
communists pointed the fingei
Vi SoOrn at Soviet Russia.
IN those days, a farmer came {,
Glg town like Chicago ready I,
pa@O the Loop red and after h
"au lald the financial and com
%erclal centre of this gIoriOu
a'y nut in crimson tints ne wen
the South Side to stample tn
ueer and the feminine color puI
Tyed IN Al CapOne's cabaretl
AND when he returned to the bot
Sn Of his Lutheran or Methods
emily ne was not much the wOrs
~ MS spree except perhaps mos
.at and this little matter could b
Isei'ded to by his favOrite SIX
TlOt Tor a paltry consideration
Inc farmer could afford a periO
" self-expressiOn and would b
vi The better for the tempOrar
'Slcease from his inhibition
s%ch could not be shattere
ERE the church ladies aids al
%reVer on the watch for men wi
Sample on the conventions, III
they are trampled on Will
the confines Of Main Street
@cred circles.
"e absence of the big heartC
%S,g,ursed farmer from the ma
y pleasure is not due TO self-di
,0 Sllne or that tendency TO tai
.uS 9 in spirituality which ca
' ~ UOOlidge says is the cOmpe
~, Nm OF economic depression. Y
Ss SSt admit to our sorrow al
a "'rut in the least refIecting
%s moral cleanliness Of those W
y. look at the rolling pral
mi me green trees and the RI
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