Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-12-14
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December 7. 1893.
Plentywood Herald,
Plentywood, Montana.
Mr.. Editor:
/ am or used to be a stakeholder
in the Producers News and was a
subscriber TO II for years when T.,
Just like hundreds of other farm
ers, thought Charley Taylor was a
Moses who had come to lead US far
mers out of bondage. We believed
every word he printed and backed
him with our. cash every time or al
most every time he asked for more
money. Years have made us sadder
and poorer and wiser. In the last
copy Of the Producers News + got. /
could not help but notice one SEN
tence in particular. -
For more than Is years the
Producers News has fought the
farmers battle from this little cor
ner and has made history for Sher-
idan county. All over the United
States this county is known
Too much OF that statement is
true. The Producers News did make
history for Sheridan county until
this county became known all over
the United States. And what a his
/ don't believe there is any paper
or ever was any paper in Sheridan
county that did not do more for the
farmers than the Producers News
| cannot think OF any paper THAI
has done less. / know there Is no
paper In the county which has got
as much of the farmers cash as the
Producers News. yet, we farmers
have nothing to say about its man
agement. We were Just closed out
and Taylor and Rodney Salisbury.
our nedghbor Hans Rasmussen and
two or three more now seem TO own
1t.
We are not proud OF the history
the Producers News made for our
county. We know 1t becomes famous
as the headquarters for bootleggers.
thieves, robbers and gangsfers
right while Taylor and his bunch
was running the county
We also know at that time. af-
ter we had put Taylor and his
bunch In control our county treas
ury was robbed of more than $780,
600 right in daylight. We know that
the county was sunk hopelessIy In
debt during Taylor's administration.
No. we are not proud OF that k,nn
of history.
The Producers-N News making
history for Sheridan county. Has.
1t ever given the farmers an ac-
counting OF all the money poured
into the Producers News AS any
honest business man would do. IT
has not.
When the Producers News had
the county printing contract lit
charged the taxpayer three prices
for everything for the county and
yet didn't pay taxes ON the plant
Itself which got all the benefit.
As a farmer, as a stakeholder OF
the Producers News, as a taxpayer
In Sheridan county. I think that be
Tore Taylor or Hans Rasrn ussen can
expect us to dig up again they
should be willing to account for the
tens OF thousands OF dollars we
have already given them. think
they should also come out like men
and tell us who now owns the Pro-
ducers News.
/ am Just one OF the hundreds of
farmers who contributed towards
keeping Taylor In funds for years.
And there isn't one useful turn that
he ever did for lis. So when ii comes
to doing the farmers and making
history" for Sheridan county there
Isn't any doubt about Taylor and
the Producers News being In a class
by themselves. for one have had
enough of that kind of history"
Hoping, Mr.. Editor, you will see
fit to publish this as | know | am
Just stating how hundreds OF far
mers like myself feel about the
Producers News and its editors.
Yours truly.
A Sheridan Farmer.