The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-03
WHAT PEOPLE ARE
TALKING ABOUT
BY HANS RASMUSSEN,

In travelling over the countv ,,o,.
, mear more talk about "keymen"
IMAM anything else. In each 10
eali'y tbey have one, just how thew
GOT him nobody seems Ia kn,,y
me duty Of these keymen h ~
receive applications for relief ana
distribute Red Gross goods A
rev OF them are doing their verv
pes.' 9thers are using their petty
authority In the most, naTrov.
minded way, Like little kings thsv
hhha Out rewards 10 their friends
and dirt TO their enemies nv 80
doing make themselves hated a..
hslg own community and taking
= chance on being subject 10 the
castor oil cure,
In Westby a man was refnseh
islief because he owed the kevman
i've dollars and couldn't nav h In
Gomeftown a farmer was turneA
Gown because someone had made
MN a present Of an old dano
last fan In Outlook men were
refused relief because they han
pened not / ODE married.
These keymen seem 10 he nm
der the impression that II Is their
duty 10 find some excuse for net
helping the needy people, by Jew
ing Them down 10 the least nos
sible on turn them down alto
esther IN doing so they think
they are doing great deed, Saw
ing The government by starving
the people, instead of making the
government save the people. h the
altituae they are taking, which
SHOWS their mental capacity.
When Charles G. Dawes b0r-
teWed the 30 million dollars FINN
the government, did he worrv
about the government? He never
Qid lie wanted that government
20 save him Eighty million Is a
lot OF money for any one man 10
get, but Mr., Dawes never hest
tated, he get II, and undoubtedly
got y Tor keeps, lie is nor saw
INC the government, the govern
ment Is saving him
The Frazier bill and several AZ
other similar bills they are chew
ing the rag about at this time.
what are they for? Are they for
saving the government or saving
the farmers? Nothing of the kind
They are for the purpose of mak
inc the government save the hanks
The insurance companies, These
outfits have alot Of money In
vested ih farm lands, they know
now that they made a bad invest
ment, now they want the govern
menl, their government To save
them by taking over the loans and
pay them the cash, They want 30
unload their dead horses onto the
government, If anybody Is going
10 take the loss let IL be the gov
eminent, that Is their policy.
The much talked about allot~
meht plan and its 70 cents Der bu.
wheat Is just another scheme, not
TO save the farmers, but to save
The machine companies, Fix ii so
mat they will not have b sassl
lheif collectors out and fight with
The farmers, They can fire the
sit In the office and the
government will bring the money
10 them, These people are the gov
eminent, directly and indirectly.
They ar enot trying 10 save the
government, they are trying TO
save themselves, no matter what
becomes Of the government.
While all these big shots are
Icing all they can 10 get all they
AN out of the government while
setting Is good, and getting IL by
he billions, here sits out little
wo-by-four keymen with the mar
'ow-minded idea that they can
ave the government by starving
,eep people and turn down relief.
With them II Is perfectly all right
hat Charles G. Dawes got his 30
but If a million farmers
'ot ESQ each II would In their
pinien, ruin the country. No
Wonder the keymen are the most
alked about, and some Of them
re getting TO be the most hated,
i this time,