The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-11-02
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1884
Continued Efficiency and
Economy"
They Stand On 1t and Want the Voters to Fall For 1t

1t about time that the Plentywood Herald for
ward with the platform of the party and candidates it spon
this year.
the Herald tries to convince his readers that platforms
ridiculous and unnecessary. 'PlatfOrmS-What FOrw he
heads this article and then he starts tearing down the plat
form of the republicans. In the main editorial however,
he speaks of the platform of his candidates. Zone that
every voter understand he says. Here is pledge
of continued efficiency and economy"
Harry likes this platform and do his candidates.
1t took them long time however, to get it in shape
that they could present to the people, And lacking some
thing better is not bad that For one thing it
Short and to voters who have short memory who
too lazy to think it sound grand And furthermore
this platform does not carry any obligations whatsoever and
that is one thing that appeals to the candidates.
In explaining this platform Mr. Polk boasts of the low
costs at which certain offices have been administered dur
ing the past few To the simple taxpayer sounds
great; to the intelligent reader however it is nothing e
traordnary spend less money when there isn't anv more
to spend The county so per cent tax delinquent Times
are now much than they have ever been before
Everybody had less to spend and had economze
1t was therefore only natural that the county admnsra-
ton should economic Also There was nothing else it could
do. And that certainly is nothing to boast about
Now Mr. Polk says that the democratic candidates
stand their record Let's look at their record from
little different angle than the from which the North
Dakota publisher likes to look at them. \
We hear that the people around Medicine Lake are
quite dissatisfied with the economy and efficiency of the
county commissioners. They complain that the commission
eS nave been selling county land around the lake to the
federal government for $3.50 an acre. They reason and
correctly that this price set by the commissioners is
ing down the value of their land and that when the gov
eminent has to buy land privately owned they also will
have to sell for $3.50 per acre NatraIv those Farmers
and small businessmen around Medicine Lake do not cherish
this idea They simply cannot understand why the commits
soners had to far in their Economy as to economic
for the federal government at their expense This inability
to understand cost Messrs Tango and Spokie few
votes Mr. Polk could have avoided that he would have
explained these bargain prices We have doubt that he
would have been able to- He must have forgotten Il for
he is really genius in explaining" those things
we give Just one more example of the commissioners
needed steel cuver Five 81 times ha the
these culverts and had them shipped in small amounts
each time quantity of less than $780, There no cues
ton that these cuverts had been bought in carload lots
they could have been secured much cheaper The commits
soners would had to call for competitive bids and there
by secure the best prices and save the county some
Why didn't they do when they want to be SO ecnomca
buyng amounts OF less than $500 WORTH they were not
big chances for rake-off
We also rather doubtful that the SO highly nraisod
economy OF the democrats loved by the aged and sick
people ana by all the families relief
There is this old couple east of Plentvwood Roth GRO
around 80 years DID, crippled half blind and deaf living
under the most miserable conditions lust because The
mssloners have to 'economize" W
You will have to we get little hit sarcas
TIC out we just can't help it. Whenever such cases come
whenever people are in urgent need of hospital care of
special medical attention the commissioners will act on
under certain pressure And this pressure has to be
ABOUT by the United Farmers League the Communist n
and It's candidates Every time somebody had 70 h 10y
TO Rochester demonstration or comn1;tteo hS ~
get action ~ ep n@Iu ana
But the attitude of these men, who today are snend
ana whisky freely to induce people to vote for them
ou Oy now De known to all the people in the county
uney themselves expressed it frankly in their letter
wheeler written May 49, 1884, in which thew cIaor for 90
more conservative basis of living for the people and COM
pam that wages CWA and relief jobs had been too bb
hey could not possibly have expressed themselves anv
frankly about the meaning of their economy and efcencv
II Is also beyond any doubt that the present sheriff is
very eIncent person At least those farmers who re-
member the combine demonstration will have no doubt about
lis efficiency Two dozen deputies with shotguns were nseJ
olsposess farmer of his machine And most likely t[e
combine is still standing behind the courthouse But the
conomzng commissioners maybe, will not fail to CHARGE
ne machine company for storage Perhaps by that method
Iulets, deputy wages etc. W was spent LOT
H. Looking at it from this angle the democratic platform
OS no! SOUND so grand any more For continued
No efficiency Is nothing but catch phrase sooan witt
which to get innocent voters statement that does %
or it. " anu 'iiey want you TO fall
Farmers and workers who support such platform and
Que Tor these candidates should be satisfied with what e
Oiing 70 tnem; they have no kick coming However we