The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-11-03
ALLOTMENT LIST PRINTING CON-
TRACT WITH THE PRODUCERS
NEWS Is ILLEGALLY CANCELLED

us go over again what happened at |
the first meeting.
First / got up and suggested
to the committee of 10, that the
printing should be divided among
the four papers in the county.
Then the four printers were sent
outside for the purpose of coming
to some agreement. But the three
other printers had already formed
combination and refused to have
anything to do with the Producers
News. When we were. again called
before the committee, suggested
the printing be auctioned off and
the three printers gave joint
bid. then gave bid which was
!, $3.50 lower than theirs. They were
, given a chance to give another
, bid but refused to do so. Then IL
members of the committee voted
for giving the printing to the Pro-
ducers News and three voted
= against.
; Can anybody now tell me what
= "error" this committee made anC
4 what necessity there was for call
: ing a second meeting, What wa;
y cone at this meeting was abso-
, lutely legal and according to al
"a rules laid down. But, it was thu
n Producers News who had gotten
! the contract and the News is not {
MAR street paper, it is a farm
+ ers paper.
&c And what a howl this farmers
g action created. Not among the
L farmers. No, they were perfect
h satisfied, they had saved $26C
n But, between Plentywood and Boze
= man the wires were kept hot fo
n awhile, with the result that tn
y committee received a Telegram
o. from Bozeman telling them to ca
. another meeting, also that a ma
ad WOULD he sent here to help "corre'
be the error. And the committee {
three, instead of insisting that 7
error had been made, and that IL
It farmers here were able to ri
: their owr' association, they Gale
It the meeting.
lie That second melting is locke
he upon by some as being the mos
NJ interesting one ever held in I'll
county. Others said it was IL
g most rotten ore, and again othe
IL said it was conducted worse tn
O. any ladies aid meeting they h
sg ever attended.
eo The fact is it was hot and hea
Ut and that all parliamentary rul
10 were completely ignored and v
C lated. Let me give ar illustl
ton:
eu After three hours of heated d
IN cussion somebody finally moved
Is cancel the Producers News co
ch tract. There were ID directors p,
ent. Nels Olson of Outlook bel
let absent. First they voted by no
up their hands, 6 voted
- cancellation, four voted agai
and the rest did not vote. T
D motion had not carried by the r
jority of those present. but
chairman, Mr.. Tyler, ruled mot
carried. The motors was actus
lost and someone called Mr..
. ler's attention to this fact and
-. changed his ruling.
9 The motion to cancel the C
-. tract did not carry and by ri
= . that should have been the last
,SA it: But then they started vot
49,, on the same motion again, WI
coz was strictly against all rules,
10 time voting by individual ball
g. 49, This time the vote stood to
p and the motion was lost a 4
nm ond time.
re- After that they disregarded
rules once more by voting on
tho same motion, a third time-ai
oIv9 the motion was lost twice. T
, - time they voted nv bushels
so the motion carried by a small ]
ord ioritv. BY violating all rules