Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-04-14
Your Patronage Demanded

P~lentywood business firms wer
visited last week by a delegation
with onen demands for advertising
support for the United Farmer
League. another name for Commun
ism in Sheridan county. Needless 4
say, our merchants refused 10 acceds
20 the demands, or to the intimida,
tons Of the soliciting groups Ir
turn they heard threats not unlike
tlpose Of present day racketeers. Do
nate to our cause" they said. -and
you will receive protection and be as
sured Of success defy cur de-
mands and your institution viii be
doomed
The solicitors seemed to resent The
idea of being called Communists Oh
having their "TFL cause" identified
with Communism. They do admit
however that the Producers News i
the official organ of the Unitec
Faremrs League; they CO not seek te
explain Why that official organ" is
filled with Communist5c propaganda
week after week in an effort to hold
before the people of Sheridan county
the virtues Of the Soviet of Russia,
they do not seek to explain the &C
Invites of the recent school IN Plen-
tywood where Communism " =
taught, where hatred Of religion was
fostered, where everlasting allegi-
ance was pledged to the Red flag
of Russia and the aInternationale,H
and have they 50 soon forgotten the
big demonstration" of q few months
ago when a group Of ill-lnformed
and illussioned people, many of them
innocent children, paraded the streets
Of our city behind the Red flags and
Mother Bloor. with banners IN
tended to incite their supporters to
radicalism bordering on acts Of vio-
lence-
Even If the memory of our people
were 50 short-liyed, it would be i'm
possible to forget the mass meet
ing of only a few week ago when
Red flags were The decorations, when
Rel songs were sung, when Red pro-
paganda was talked and sanght at
ter. when the Russian CommunistK
government was iauded to the sky
No, people are not 50 easily fool
ed, They recognize this propaganda
for just what it is-Commusism
They see in it an organized attempt
to destroy the fundamental prancp-
les Of our own constitution, an eff
fort to tear down the plan of govern
ment which assures these same pro-
pagandists their own security OF
rights.
Ii these people are not Commun-
lists there are plenty Of ways to show
it. When they viii stand under the
Stars and Stripes Of the United
States and pledge allegiance to ITS
constitution; when they will print in
their "official organ Those things
which tend to inspire people with =
spirit OF loyalty and devotion for
their own country, instead Of class
hatred and discomfort, when they
will observe and hold sacred the in
stitutions and rituals of the Chris
tan church, encouraging people to
worship God in their own way, when
they will lend their h~elpfulness and
moral support 10 the public schools
which educate our children, when
they will show some degree of APP
probation for a national organiza
ton which has stood between our
people and restitution through the
past winter instead of accepting
gratuities while finding fanlt,-yes.
when they have done all these
things, the people of P~lentywool may
begin to give some credence to their
contention that they are not Com
munists," but not until
Threats of this nature are not new
10 business people of our city. Sever
al have heard them before, and have
never been forced to seek shelter.
Certainly they are not going to give
ground now because of their failure
to contribute or lend assistance in
advertising patronage to any Com
munist publication
The people Of Plenywood spoke n
the school election two weeks ago,
and in such a manner as to leave no
doubt as to their opinion. Nov, the
business men of P~entywood hxvse
spoke IN just as certain language,
they have said by their action that
that they do not intend to be intim-
dated by a small misinformed group
who would substitute the Red fIas
Of Russia for the Stars and StripesI
If tha ITrfta1 CtDtnU