The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-25

49, IlSn1, ana consisted of men
ScaGtered all over the county. witt
Jack Bennett as chairman Thee
was more than one reason f.,
this. oil Aor
Had the money been turned
over to the county commissioners
then the people would have KNOW
where to go, they would known
when and where the commiss;or
ers met and could go before them
ana make their demands. AS If is
hoDooy knows when this GENITAL
committee meets, they are scat
Tered all over and have a chance
TO- pass the buck to one another
That there is much dissatisfac-
tlon among the people on account
OF the relief being handled bv This
committee is easily understood
Inc chairman is Jack Bennett VIM
Tor many years has been on the
government payroll as U. s most
master and before that was the
county sheriff. Then there is Carl
peterson, who has been On tbe
county payroll for Is years. where
ne and his wife have been draw
ing S207.5O per month for wears
and years. These people do not
know what it is to be poor. thew
nave no sympathy for the poor to
them the people are Door because
they don't deserve any better its
their own fault and it serves them
right. When they hand out the
doles they try to jew it down to
the most miserable, smallest
amount. When they themselves
! get their $287.50 per month, they
feel that another family should be
able to do wonderfully well on SIC
per month, if they can Jew them
down to So or Sc they like if So
much better. The people have
good reasons for demanding that
the relief money should be handled
by the county commissioners.
There is one specific reason why
this relief money is being handled
by charity committees instead Of
by the administrations. They wan
people to look upon it as a gift
they want them to be thankful anC
humble, look upon it as charity
they really don't deserve, some
thing that some good hearted PEG
pie have given to them, some
thing they have to be everlasting
ly thankful for. Instead of look
ing upon it as something they ar,
entitled to have handed to them di
rectly by the administration, evel
in much bigger quantities. 1t L
the direct fault of the administra
tion from Washington down to on
county that people are suffering
now the way they are, with tn
country overloaded with ever
good thing of life. 1t is the ad
ministration from top to bottor
that is responsible for these con
ditions, and it is with them tina
the people should place their de
mands for the right to live an
live decent, like we all could
things were run right.
= But the administrators do nc
want to assume the responsible
, they do not want the peopl
r getting into the habit of lookin
J. to them for help, they do not wal
p the people getting into the hab
d of demanding from them the liz
2 ing they are entitled to, so the
r hand the relief money over to tt
: Red Cross for the purpose of ge
n ting people into the habit of lool
5. ing in that direction for a lit
p bit of dole. They want to TO
v the people and they are maxim
) quite a success of it. Handing Of
r a little dole thru a charity cor
4 mittee is one of the ways thu
- do it. d.
e. That the relief is not hand'
IS out in cash instead of in an ord
- on a local store is also as unfa
$, as anything can be. From the go
Is eminent the relief is handed dov
o. in cold cash until it comes dov
: to the distributing point, there t
5; cash stops and the rakeoff star
~ ~ When people get relief, not on
y do they need every penny OF
d. but they need much more tn
. they are getting. If people we
in given cash, they could be lookll
to for bargains and get them,
~ many cases they could get o
e third to one-half more than tn
=, otherwise are getting of thin
no thew need and need bad. The lo'
storekeepers are not any bet
= than the rest of US, although Cn
= might think they are, there is
reason why they should be llvl
high on other peoples misery
being assured of a rakeoff
every dollars worth of relief bel
I handed out. If the local 81,
keepers can not live without
rakeoff, let them apply for n
the same as the rest of us.
us all have the cash.
Commissioners Receive