Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-08-06
A HOUSE BUILT UPON
SAND WILL FALL

them not, shall be lkened unto a
foolish man, which built his house
upon the sand:
And the rain descended, and the
floods came, and the winds blew,
and peat upon the house; and it fell:
and great was the fall of it.
Mat 7, 25-26.
For the past fifteen or twenty years
farmers in Northeastern Montana have been
preyed upon by ge~t-rich-quick Missionaries
who have painted Utopian pictures of
health, wealth. power and happiness. All
kinds OF unions, leagues, patent medicine
fakes and other kinds of quackeries have
been foisted upon these hardy tillers of the
soil. Everyone Of these organizations ap-
peared as an answer to the prayers of these
farmers who dug down into their jeans for
the coin of the realm in order to see their
dreams come true.
AS years passed by, these farmers nave
seen each one of these dream structures
crumple and fall by the wayside without any
returns for their investments. Some nave
learned that all is not gold that glitters and
have refused to listen to other takers who
came with their glowing tales of some new
kind of an organization or investment, while
others continue to dig out more money, be-
lieving that the rainbow is not an illusion and
that they will find the pot of gold sooner or
later.
Another quackery has now been fois-
ted upon our people in the form of a political
organization called the United Farmers
League, which is merely another name for
Communism. They dare not call it by its
true name as there would be many who
would not join, but when it bears some fam
cy name that appeals to the farmers, many
are eager to join, even in these days when
dollars are so scarce.
No organization was ever created by
humans that can combat drought or over
production, and those who are led to join
this Russian anti-American organization will
soon learn to their regret that they have once
more contributed their money for a mis-
represented purpose. Those who join this
order or union will be doubly sorry when
they realize the full import of and the in
tent that is back of it all-the destruction of
our present government. Many will bow
their heads with shame when they learn that
in passing out this last contribution, it was
a contribution intended for the downfall Of
our own country, our churches and our
schools.
Our childish gulibility, when called
upon to deal with the cunning Of Soviet
Russia's oriental minds, masters Of decep-
ton and indirection, will be pathetically ill
ustrated as times go by. Its aim amongst 9TH
er things is to disarm the rest of the world
and leave Russia armed to the teeth and op-
emily proclaim its purpose to overthrow east
ern civilization by violence, that country will
uphold war, not peace, uphold armed VOL
ence, not pacifism, and those who listen to
the willy speakers and representatives of
that country and dole out their money for
membership in communistic organizations
are by such support trying to disrupt our
own nation.
Listening to the paid speakers of Soviet
Russia, the hearers are told of a wonderful
Utopia where all dwell in peace, but the true
condition is otherwise. Over there in Russia
today the peasants are fed fifteen pounds of
oats per month, and it is unlawful to eat
meat unless you can purchase it at a dollar
a pound. Over there today, according to let
tiers received from actual residents Of that
unhappy country, mothers drown their own
children rather than see them starve to
death. People there are de-Christianized and
instead Of worshiping a divinity, they are
taught to mock at God and all that He repre-
sents.
An organization that is against our
own country and our Creator, will fall. No
one can build upon sand and expect the
structure to remain standing. 1t will come
down a wreck and so will this anti-Americ-
an organization that is now receiving mem