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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-01
DELINQUENT TAXES
FORCE ELECTION

In the Proclamation Gov. LANCER
set forth the election was rendered
imperative because Of poor crop
conditions and resulting delinquent
taxes which made new revenues
absolutely necessary to maintain
the state.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-01
Advance Guard Doings


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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-01
DOINGs OF LAST WEEK

DOINGS OF LAST WEEK
C. A. Morris, San Joaquin Co.,
Calf, sends enc sub.
The UFL, Lincoln Co. Wis. or
ders a bundle Of papers.
Howard F. Riddle, UFL field
organizer in Cascade Co. Mont.
sends one sub and orders pro-
grams.
RENO Tantilla, UFL Secretary
of st. Louis Co. Mimi, sends three
more subs and RENTS on account
Roy Anderson, Aitkin Co.
Mimi, sends enc sub. "Will
get more later. The PrOduc-
ers News should be IN the
hands of every farmer" he
writes.
GOT TO STICK TOGETHER
TORy PankO, Carsen Co. S.
Oak. renews. Because / like
your paper. 1t sure is up-tO-
date. We have to stick to-
gether If we want to get some
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-01
BYRNE PREPARING
PAMPHLET

Secretary of State Robert DYE. !,
has already begun steps 1Or :
preparation of the publicity p'D
phlet which the constitution !"
quires shall be mailed to eaea ~ -
istered voter before a speclal ~ ~
ton. The pamphlet will COZ =,
the text of the various nleasu
and the question involved. sp, \,
in the pamphlet for argumen,, =. !.
or against various measures res. n 4
be purchased by Organizs.Ia,COo0' -
individuals at a rate OF s.Us ,itS.
page, according to the cUn' ~
tional regulations. Mr. Byrns u
that copy for such argums =. m
be received BY him up to ~ -rss
mat the pamphlet goes y sI g
while thfs date IS not dsiI , .hj
decided. the Secretary staIsa
Il would be as soon as p0s'
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-01
HIP-HOO-RAY FOR
INITIATED BEER BILL

The most popular issue before
the public is the beer proposal. 1t
is intended as the headliner to take
the center of the stage and do the
star stuff, thus keeping the Sales
Tax in the wings and out of the
public eye, until the voters wake
up Saturday morning, September
%, to find a vicious Sales Tax
fastened upon themselves, tax
wrung out of their poverty ana
misery to pay interest to bankers
and bondholders. Gov. LANCER has
definitely taken a part in the
trickery. It is planned to put the
loud pedal on the beer campaign
to drown out by noise and hip
hoO-ray all discussion and consid-
Grafton of the Sales Tax. All OF
the capitalist papers, both large
and small, daily and weekly, are
now doing this very thing; play.
ing up beer and playing down the
Sales Tax.
The initiated Beer Bill would
eliminate the municipal stores pla1
as passed by the last Legislature
and would substitute sales by pri
vate licensed dealers for profit
thru the medium Of a beer com
missioner in charge, licenses cost
ing from SIS to $500. The meas
ure comprehends all angles of bee
selling and in q saving clause pro
vides that any section of the Bill
declared unconstitutional will no
void the remaining provisions Of
the act, and voids such sections a
may conflict with other revcnu
acts. It creates the office of Bee
Commissioner, with a salary .
$500 per year. appointed by tn
| Governor
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-01
Il IIUuIS III ILs
BALLOT LONG AND
CONFUSING

The ballot which will be HANDED
to the voter at the special election
will be the longest and most CO..
fusing ever handed out in the his
tory of the state or in the hstOp
of initiative and referendum vOt
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-01
WHAT THE TAX WILL
MEAN

The hearing is, therefore,
being held because the secre-
tary of Agriculture 'sHAS
REASON TO BELIEVE THE
IMPOSITION OF THE FULL
TAX WOULD CAUSE A
REDUCTION IN THE CON-
SUMPTION OF THE COM
modify IN QUESTION,
AND WOULD RESULT IN
ACCUMULATION OF SUR
PULSES"
The reason that only a half
cent tax is being advocated Is
that the administers. ion hopes
that it will not cause as sharp
a drep in consumption as they
fear from the full tax, and
that the surplus will not pile
up quite as suddenly as it
would under the imposition of
the full tax.
The half cent tax will, how
ever, have the very same eff
feet as the full tax, even if
not SO sharply at first. It
win curtail production and
pile up the surplus of pork
into a hog mountain.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-01
SEVEN PROPOSITIONS
SUBMITTED

Three referred measures, two
initiated laws asd two constitu-
tional amendments will be voted
upon at the special election by vir-
tue of the governors proclama-
ton.
The measures which will be
placed on the ballot will be:
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-01
REFERRED
MEASURES

1. Referred Sales Tax Measure.
q. Referred Workmen's Com
pensation Bureau Commission
measure, which provides for the
removal of members of the work.
mems compensation bureau with
or without cause.
8. Referred measure abolishing
the office of receiver of the state
banks.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-01
FIRST SPECIAL ELECTION
IN DECADE

The September election will y :
the first special election since W.
and the second since 1919, accols
ing to records in the office Of o.
secratarv of state
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-01
ELECTION DAY JEWISH
HOLY DAY

September % is one Of ID
hottest of the Jewish holy days
the observance of which bars
Jew from appearing at the polls q
vote. The Jewish citizeRry Of th'
state protested to the covered
asking date be changed, but thsl
petition was denied. If they van
to vote they must vote on IN
22rd.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-01
OTHER BILLS
SUBMITTED

The Sales Tax Bill was not the
only measure Gov. LANCER submit
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-01
BEER TO HIDE
SALES TAX


The reason that Inc bank
ers wanted the. two measures
Beer and Sales Tax. yOked
together is plain. for it was
hoped that the popular Beer
Bill its hip-hOO-ray, would
drown out the attention to
the Sales Tax and thus Beer
would tow Sales Tax thru to
victory. In order to further
insure the passage of the Sale
Tax, Is per cent of the reve-
nues therefrOm was diverted
to the aid of destitute school
districts, so the supporters of
the Bill can campaign for it
az a school relief" bill. In
the carrying ont of this
scheme, Gov. LANCER IS en-
phasizing the Tax Sales Bill
as a SCHOOL relief Bill, stat
ing as his reason at the time
he called the special election
for calling it, the need of this
revenue to maintain country
schools. which without it must
close.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-01
HALF CENT PER LIVE
POUND

The amount of the sales lax has
not been set definitely yet but the
tax suggested is one half cent a
pound en- live pork. This tax Is
going to be collected on every
pound OF live pork brought in for
sale, which viii mean more than a
half cent a pound sales tax to be
paid by the working class consum-
ers On one of the most vital ne
cessities Of life.
In addition to the benefits
which the farmers are supposed to
get from the government buying
program they are supposed to
benefit from "higher prices for the
remainder of the hog crop sold
during the 19SS-1934 marketing
year."
The hog raisers win discover
that this new deal viii curtail con-
sumption among the working peo-
pie = BECAUSE THEIR PUR-
CHASING POWER rs NOT BE-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-01

ted to the voters for decision at
the Special Election. He also sub
mitted the initiated Beer Bill, and
five other measures. At first it
was Langer's design to submit
onlv the Sales Tax and Beer Bill,
but protest and pressure finally
forced him to submit most of the
remaining referred and initiated
bills pending but he still left out
the two referred beer laws.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-01


2. Initiated bill legalizing Sum-
day movies.
CONSTITUTION
AMENDMENTS
1. Regulating terms and cleo
ton of county officers.
2. Regulating the reading of
Bills before the Assembly.
TWO REFERRED BILLS NOT
INCLUDED
Not appearing on the ballot will
be the two referred Municipal Beer
Store Bolls. No mention Of these
measures were made by Governor
LANCER in his proclamation and fol
that reason, Attorney General A
]. Gronna has ruled that the meas
ures will not come up for vote al
that time. These Acts will there.
fore be held over until the regu-
lar election in 1884, Mr.. Gronns
states. Why these referred meas.
ures were left out is a conjecture
but looks like a political manoeuvel
of the governors.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-01
DOESN'T SAY HOW TAX
CAN BE PAID

Neither did the governor attempt
to explain how farmers and work.
ers who cannot pay their taxes
because of poor crop conditions
and meet the needs of the state
that way, are going to be able to
raise the money to keep the schools
running, or to pay the bankers and
bondholders their interest by pay
ing tax upon the food they must
buy to feed their children or the
clothes they must buy to cover
their nakedness, or the fuel they
must buy to keep their homes
warm; nor did he explain how the
people who cannot find the money
to pay taxes, can find it to buy
beer and thus produce the money
to run the state that would bt
available if the delinquent take:
were paid. Neither did LANCER
explain how it was that when he
forced the Sales Tax thru the leg.
islature, the farmers were not al
that time confronted with "poor
crop" conditions for the year 1888
nor did he explain who it was a
that time that called upon him ant
wrote him letters.
There were calls and there
were letters las4 February
urging the passage of the
Sales Tax-but they were net
from members Of district
boards. They were from bank
ers, bOndhOlders and members
of banking corporation boards.
No farmers or workers called
asking for such fax.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-01
BAN ON ABSENT
VOTERS

There will be no aOse s..-,srS
ON the special election S sspcas
%. This ruling was - ~ Isss
Wednesday, August 20 ,r !. .
ant Attorney General v yer i =
law provides for the NV n
mary and General E.sT thor',!.
win eliminate sever . and ~, 4,
votes of those absent Jews 3 Z I
holy prohibits them i'''
the polls.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-01
PLAN CUT IN PORK PRODUCTION
OF NEARLY Two BILLIONPOUNDS

CONTINUED from page One)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-01

how many letters he had received
from bankers and bondholders or
how many bankers delegations had
called on him, urging him to take
steps Immediately to bring about
the passing of the Sales Tax that
would guarantee the payment of
the interest and principle Of the
real estate bonds, threatening to
default by reason Of the general
delinquency of the property taxes
of the state caused by the general
bankruptcy of the farmers and
workers, nor did he tell how many
letters he had received from the
breweries and their agents and Of
others wishing to garner the pro-
fits to be derived out of the sale
of 80. The Governor left all of
that unsaid. But he put great
stress upon the needs of the bank
rupt school districts which viii get
% per cent of the returns of the
sales tax while the bankers and
bondholders get Is per cent.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-01
CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS

The remaining two propositions
Su b m lit ed are ConstitutiWsI
Amendments, Concurrant ResOlu.
tons, referred to the people by the
provisions of the Constitution It.
self. The first has to do with Ii,
election and terms of county
offIc ais; it was subml..ted by Tie
1888 Legislature, al.t proviGes f9
the Consolidation of certain offices,
namely the Clerk of Court and the
County Judge, Register of Desd
and Clerk of Court and COUNTY
Judge, etc., in counties of certain
populations. 1t is a county ecOnO
my measure. The second has h
do with the reading of bills in the
Legislature, also submitted BY the
1888 Legislature, providing that 3
legislative bill, shall be read at
least two times in each house, the
first time by number and ttk
only unless demanded that it Be
read in full, and the second time
in full, and prohibiting the first
and second reading on the SANE
legislative day. It also provides
for the length of Legislative day
that it shall not have more thar
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-01
SPECIAL PRICE
SCHEDULES

Special price ScneduleS nave
been developed to make the Germ
hog raisers believe that this pro-
gram will bring them some de-
gree of salvation. Nine and one
half cents per pound are to BE-
paid at the base processing point,
Chicago, for pigs weighing rs to
80 pounds down to 6 cents per
pound for pigs weighing from 95
to 100 pounds; a quarter-cent
pound less for each five-pound
jump in weight above 80 pounds.
In addition a bonus of 81 a head,
plus the market price for packing
sows on day of sales on the ami
mails full weight is being paid for
each sow near narrowing and
weighing not less than 275 pounds.
Prices at other points will vary
with the freight.
SALES TAX PROGRAM
The hog program is nothing
but the introduction of sales
tax on one more item of mass
consumption. Wallace defend
ed this program of mass star
walton at the Cemetery of
Progress when he spoke there
on Aug. IS. eff consumers
ate less pork but paid some
what higher prices fer it,"
declared Wallace. the total re-
turn to the farmers weuld be
greater"
He like the rest of the Reose-
Welt administration is trying yet to
make the farmers believe thai
their salvation lies through the
starvation of the consumers, that
the less the consumers eat the
better off will the farmers be.
Actually the raising of prices II
this manner-out of the pockets Of
the mass of working people-wil
cut the farmers market even more
and provide the basis for a new
slum to yet unreached levels Of
misery.
Wallace has declared that the
. hog program must be followed b!
a long term program of curtailet
corn and hog production. Accord
ing to him "there are 20 million
too many acres planted to corn il
this country" and the aim Of tn
new deal is to take these went,
million acres out of production"
PLAN TO CUT 100000
CORN ACRES
This program is supposed TO b
! a program of and by the farmers
In order to convince the farmer
: of this, meetings of government
} officials, packing house represen
} tatives and high salaried farm
LEADERS, were held during tn
past months in the corn belt.
Out of these meetings came no
farmers program but a mea
! packers program. Inc meat pack
2 ers have been made an integrs
Y part of the apparatus under tn
new program. Wallace is going
to allocate the number Of hog
that each packer should buy
through the Institute Of America
Meat Packers of Chicago - til
headquarters of the meat trust.
nAIn OEArm DID IHTE
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-01
place" he writes.

place." he writes.
N. Nelson, Marshall Co., S. d.
is sending seven subs which he
says he got yesterday. They are
now planning a monster mass
meeting at Rutland, N. Oak. in
the near future.
HOPING FOR COST OF
PRODUCTION
Frank 1. North, Crawford
Co. Iowa sends us two subs
and writes. ''Have enjoyed
reading Shay's Rebellion. The
farmers here are very eau
tiOus at this time, not know
ing where TO look for relief.
But have some hope that we
might get cost of production"
Carl Anderson, Bowman Co., \
D., sends IL 25 cent subs.
F. MurtlGnd, Beltrami Co. Min1
sends another seven subs.
Herbert Jalonen, Saltwater Co
Mont, sends one sub and pays 70
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-01

more pork will bring the total re-
duction in hog supply during the
next marketing year, beginning on
Oct. 1, to about 1,800,000,O0O
pounds according to the plan.
In order to camOufIage the
, insanity of the sclfeihe the
Roosevelt administration pro-
claims that the pork viii be
given to the unemployed. Even
if the unemployed are given
all of this it does not DO away
with the fact that, over and
above the 100000, 600 pounds
given them, there will be q
cut in the total supply of pork
available for the working peO-
pie of this country of 1,2O0,-
900, 700 lbs. during next year.
The hunger program already
being applied to wheat thru
acreage reduction is going to
be applied to hog production.
SPECIAL PRICE
SCHEDULES
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-01
Governor
SUNDAY THEATRE
ACT

The second initiated act submit
ted at the special election is the
Sunday Theatre and Movie Act,
GAN ACT making it lawful to OPP
crate moving picture theatres, and
to show moving picture and
theatrical performances therein for
profit, on Sundays, and to repeal
any laws that now make such act
unlawful" Many efforts have been
made to put this act thru the leg
islature, vainly, and initiative
measures have failed two ir three
times heretofore nevertheless the
voters will consider the matter
again. It is hoped by its support
ers that the beer hip-hoo-ray viii
carry the measure thru this time
CLOSED BANK
ACT
Another of the three referred
measures provides for a set up fol
the special administration and thu
liquidation of closed banks. i
provides that the District Court o
Burleigh county shall have exclu
sfve jurisdiction over insolven
banks, with the power TO appoin
receivers, attorneys, make fra
orders, etc., taking the matter on
Of the hands Of the state Banking
Department, and out Of the hand
Of the several district Judges. tn,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-01

act also provides for a defipis
liquidating period.
WORKMAN'S COlAPEN.
SATION ACT
The third referred act, kOm
as the WorkmaR's Compensate
Removal Act, is a law providing
for the removal of any Workman
Compensation Commissioner BY
the Governor WITHOUT CAUSE
1t means that the governor can
fire a WOrkman's Compensation
Commissioner anytime that he 30
desires.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-01
OMITTED ACT CAUSES
WONDER

The excluding Of the referred
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-01
INITIATED MEASURES

1. Initiated Beer Bill.
2. Initiated bill legalizing Sun
day movies.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-01
GOVERNOR SILENT AS
TO BANKERS

me governor aid not disclos
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-01
LANCER

Continued from page One)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-15
'fThe Working Man"
Coming to Garden

Showing at the New Garden to-
day for the last times Is 1.-THE War
riors Husband" with ELISA Landi,
Marjorie Rambeau, Ernest Truck
and David Manners. The compan-
ion feature is 1.-THE Phantom
Broadcast" with Ralph Forbes and
Vivienne Osborne also pictures of
The Grand National 1888 Steeple-
chase run at Aintree England. The
special added attraction tonight
will be Auction Circus with fun
and profit for every one and you
may get the entire receipts of the
sale. 1.-THE Working Man" which Is
headlined for tomorrow and Sat-
urday is grand entertainment, a
vibrant story with George Arliss at
his sparkling best, in a real and in
spiring~> story expertly directed,
beautifully cast with fast tempo
that never lags. 1.-THE Working
Man" is easily George Arliss' great
est and most d0wn-to-earth picture
which carries q tremendous appeal
for every type bf movie fan.
With a great cast including the
sensational star of "Ex-Lady"
Bette Davis. RKO-Radio Pictures
truly ''shot the works" in filming
Lucky Devils romantic action
film of the Hollywood film stunt
men, which is the companion feat
ure with Bill Boyd in the featured
role.
There will also be the conclud-
ing episode Of the thrill serial
CLANCY OF the Mounted" and the
special added attraction win be
Country Store"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-15
CITY OFFICIALS
MEET BANKERS
Controller Leary and Sec
rotary Kelly in Boston
on Bond Business
LOOKING UP MARKET

Controller Daniel j. Leary and
Executive Secretary Thomas P.
Kelly were in Boston today con-
ferring with the officials Of the
First National bank of that city
concerning the 100000 runding
bond issue which the aldermen and
finance commissioners voted last
Monday to float. The bids on the
bonds will be opened on the 21st.
This afternoon the board of
finance will hold it's regular BIZ
monthly session. Only routine bus
mess. however. was expected to
come up. The bonds to be sold will
be used to pay the greater portion
of the bonded interest and redemp-
ton item to be taken care of this
year by the city.
Authority to issue the bonds was
voted during the 1888 session of
the legislature. Next year a similar
total of bonds will be placed on
the market under authority granted
by the general assembly.
If no bids are received on the
city's offer of 100000 in bonds on
the 21st the municipality is then
expected to take steps to dispose
of the issue at private sale.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-15
ARGUMENTS in
ACTIONS BEGIN
Mother and Son S e e k
$4,000 For Motor
Crash Injuries
IN SUPERIOR COURT

Arguments in the two civil ac-
tions Of Mrs Eva Engelhardt and
her son, Edward, Of .Southbury,
against the Gilmoor-Moody Co of
Waterbury, were begun by counsel
in the case in superior court to-
day.
The suits resulted from a COLI
sion between the plaintiffs truck
and the defendants car at Four
Corners on the Middlebury road,
ask a total of $4,000 damages.
Mrs Engelhardt asks $4,000 and
her son $4,000.
Opening arguments were given
by Attorney Harry J. Beardsley
for the plaintiffs and Attorney j.
Warren Epson and Attorney N. r.
Bronson argued for the defendant.
Attorney Michael v. Blansfield was
to close for the plaintiff.
Judge John Richards Booth,
presiding, will be expected to ad-
journ court to-day until next Tues
day when the jury will receive his
charge and retire to deliberate the
| issues. The arguments of counsel
! were expected to be completed this
afternoon. The short calendar ses-
sion scheduled for tomorrow will
\ prevent the case from being con-
| tfnued tomorrow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-15

! manded. whats holding up the.
show?"
my brother had me arrested
for getting married" Brad ex-l
planned.
Arrested puzzled Barney.
where's the cop?''
Here he is" declared J. Law
renee. Detective Jones'"
Detective my eye howled Bar
ney. II know that mug. He's IL
ham actor. Get. on out there. Get
into your number. Has everybody
gone bugs?"
But the smiling J. Lawrence
Bradford held Brad and Polly back
minute longer. He pulled the
check which Carol had framed and
which he had later removed from
| the frame, out of his pocket. I'm
sure Carol will endorse it for you
for a wedding present. he said
and the curtain started up just
as the amazed Brad and Polly
slid into their places for the
Shadow Waltz"
| THE END 3s4
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-15
BLACK PEARL
BOUGHT SWEETS

San Francisco Cup - David
Healey, purser of the Panama Pa
cific liner California, has sailed the
Seven Seas many years. Like most
sailors, he's learned to help q
brother in distress.
AS a result, Healy today pos
sesses a valuable. black pearl.
While ashore in Panama, Healy
saw a queer old figure gazing
longinglyinto a pastry shop win
dow. He appeared to be an Indian
from the pearl islands. He wore
only a singlet and a worn pair OF
cotton trousers.
In his very best Spanish, Healy
asked the aged man what he was
looking at. The man said he had ii
sweet tooth and no money.
Healy chuckled, led the old In
dian inside, and watched him eat
his fill of sweets. For good meas
ure. Healy bought sack of sweet
stuffs for the Indian to take home
That was several trips ago. On
his last trip through the canal.
the Panama agent for the line met
Healey at the dock and handed him
a small package. 1t. had been sent
by the old Indian, and contained
black pearl Of exquisite ulster.