Montana labor news., 1933-01-05
SUFFER AS RESULT OF
REDUCTION IN SCHOOL BUDGETS
Timely and Untimely
x Observations -
SPEAKING
To Worker.
BY ADAM C%oALDIGGER

To Worker.
You are out of work. You and
your family are starving and freez-
ing. Well well, it's really too bad.
But what is there to be done about
it, except to appeal to the heart of
the nation for aid and pray that
this d~eplorable situation will end be-
fore long? Ta-ta.
To Storekeeper.
You have been unable to meet your
bills. Collections are impossible. The
chain store on the corner took away
the few remaining cash customers.
So your store is closed and you ap-
pealed for voluntary bankruptcy.
Well, we'll What terrible times.
Remember terrible times. However,
competition is the life of trade. The
more the merrier, ha hal Then don't
forget the law of the survival of the
~fittest. Just now you are not among
the fittest, judging by your story,
but some day you may be, because
in this country we all can be fittest.
So long.
To Farmer.
You say it is not crop failures but
bumper crops that got you in this
fix. Can't get anything for your
stuff, so the Prudential Assurance
Company foreclosed the mortgage on
the farm and the sheriff sold your
livestock and tools for taxes. And all
because there is too much to eat?
Queer, isn't it? Seems | heard
something about folks starving in
the cities. However, that's the inn
mutable law Of supply and demand.
No use trying to get away from that.
But if farming doesn't pay, why
not move to town and start a little
business or get a job in a factory or
something? Is that so? One of
your sons just failed in business and
the others are back on the farm be-
cause they lost their jobs two years
ago. Well, well! This looks really
a bit gloomy. But we had depres-
sions like these before and always
got over them, thanks to the rug
ged individualism that inspired your
grandfather to take up this home
stead and develop it into the mag
nificent farm home the Prudential
Assurance Company took over the
other day. So don't despair. There
is always room on top for the right
man, provided he exercises that rug
ged individualism I've been telling
you about, instead of getting the de-
moralizing notion in his head that
the government owes him a living.
To Manufacturers.
Good morning, gentlemen. Be seat
ed. What can we do for you?
All, sol Your industries are still
in their swaddling clothes. | think
| heard Mr.. Alexander Hamilton
mention this before. You are fur
Their handicapped by the wealth and
close proximity of raw materials,
superior equipment, docile labor, the
lowest food prices and the largest
free trade market in the world. You
are therefore unable to compete with
the foreign manufacturers who large
ly depend on us for the raw materi-
ais and food required by their in
dustries and workers and who, con-
sequently, are able to undersell you
in our domestic market after paying
freight both ways.
Of course we understand. You do
not ask protection for your own
good. You are asking it merely to
protect the standard of living OF
American labor, half of which is UNI
employed. But why bring that up?
What you want is a 80 per cent raise
of the bounty, beg pardon, duties,
the consumers Of the great and in
telligent country are paying you IN
the form of higher prices. Your
wish is granted, of course. We may
allow infants to starve but let no
one say we permit our infant indus
tries to starve.
To Railroads.
What Treasury empty. Not a
cent for interest on bonds, saying
nothing about dividends on stock.
Now, now! Please don't cry. Tell
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