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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-13
Individual Averages

The Jacks continued their run away race in the Poker League scramb ble and smothered the Dia- monds in three games. This ran their winning streak up to 16 straight victories, and increased their lead to 22 games.
 With only 6 games remaining In the schedule, we fall to see how the Diamonds can Oyertake them. Even tlic usually sOurfaced and gloomy Ouimet has finally admitted that they are in.
 Accousti was mainly responsible for last weeks victories with a neat total fo 378 which included a new single record game of 1b7.
 The JOkcrs took their usual three game trimming, this time administered by the Hearts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-13
"Iron Man Of Diamond" Back From World Tour Ready
 For Baseball Business
By JACK LUDDY Limited Press Stan Correspondent

New York, Feb 13-(UP)-Lou Gehrg, "iron man" first baseman of the New York Yankees and the American leagues outstanding player last arrived in New York today after world tour and indicated by significant
 mark that both fists cooked for rousng hodout bat tle unless the Yanks offer acceptable salary terms,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-08
FEARS CONFUSION
SMITHS LETTER

capitalists, who weep great tears
of sympathy for the workers, who
wall ard moan and vince every
time the lash falls upon the backs
OF the workers and then turn and
do everything in their power to
help the capitalists divide the work
ers, when they know, or ought to
know that unity of the working
class is its only hope. They are
the ones who it is the hardest for
the workers to see in their true
light. 1t is easy to- see the police
who club and shoot the workers
down or the individual who openly
is against the workers in his state
mlents, but it is hard for the trust
ing worker to know the difference
between the lying hypocrite who
claims to be his friend, and his real
friends, when they both talk the
same way.
l hope this answers Your note
satisfactorily, as have written it
to clarity the question in the minds
OF any one who might have drawn
the wrong conclusion, that I shared
with the editor, his views of the
Soviet Union and its great, intre-
pid leader, Stain.
Sincerely yours,
H. W. Smith
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-08
"FLAPDOODLE"

Oh tiapdoodle, what next?
Why in hell there should be a Will Roy
erS Memorial only the devil knows. But
there is going to be-
Who is behind it? We don't know.
1t may be the idiotic notion of some
damned nut, or it may be Just some more
gold digging activity.
When thousands of workers in Montana
are loblesS, wageless and hungry: while
farmers are losing their farms and their all
and are depending upon the tender mercies
OF relief to feed and clothe themselves and
their children, some damphool has started
VIII Rogers Memorial Free Will Offering
Campaign Program to raise the money for
a memorial of some kind somewhere. for
viii Rogers.
We got release yesterday from r. C..
Brlcker, secretary of the Great Falls Cham
Der of Commerce, former member of the
legislature and former speaker of the Mon
tana House of Representatives who is Act
ing State Chairman of the WILL ROGERS
MEMORIAL COMMISSION, asking us for
our cooperation and plenty of free space in
selling this tiapdoodle to the goofs in this
section of the great open spaces.
Gov. Cooney, connected whit he Mon
tana State Liquor Stores, is the Honorary
State Chairman, and that alone is enough
to characterize the enterprise.
The banks and newspapers are supposed
to underwrite this flapdoodle campaign.
carefully thOt out system for Hooking the
goofs" has been formulated and supplied
gratis. When the ''come on" campaign has
been completed, the "blotter'' of the con-
tributOrs and draft for the contributions
must be sent to the WILL ROGERS MEM
ORAL COMMISSION, $40 Lexington Ave.
New York, N. Y.
What will be done with the mazuma was
not disclosed. Whether Mr.. Bricker or Gov.
Cooney will get regular per cent, of the
proceeds of this 'laudable enterprise. is
inside information. But very likely.
The Great Falls Tribune and the rest of
the Montana kept press, for lack of some
thing worthwhile to promote, have gone in
soul and britches" for the sale of this flap
doodle, which will likely go over big-for
there are numerous nin-com-poops, who will
donate enthusiastically to thing of this
sort, just to see their names and mugs in
the papers, who would not give thin dime
to some live, pink-feshed, half naked shiv-
ering kid, for suit of warm underwear or
a pair of overshoes. Yes, just flapdoodle!
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-08
WAYS TO LOWER TAXES

Chanute, Kansas, reports its second
year OF taxlesS operation with a treasury
balance. of $250,41465. This is an in
crease OF $4,000 during the year accord
ing to the annual report of City Clerk,
Ross E. Cooper.
lnasmuch as Kansas is a dry state. it
Is obvious that the financial condition of
Chanute Is not due to the operation of a
municipal liquor store. The earninos Of
the municipal electric and gas plants ac-
counts for the taxless condition Of the civ
The 1882 earnings of the plants amounted
to 500, 560.50. This paid the expenses of
the various city departments. At the same
time the cash balance of the electric denart-
ment was increased from $77,667.S7 to
$lOI, 59S.51, including the reserves for de-
probation and replacement.
The gentlemen who are all the time wor
rying about relieving real estate of taxa
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-08
PROSPERITY AROUND THE CORNER,

The people are again being lit up with
prosperity dope. One would think the folks
would become Injured to this in time. but
hope it seems is the father of the thot.
America is headed for presently and
the depression will be over inside of six
MONTHS
No, EXPIRES. Herbert Hoover did not
say this. The prophet is Roger w. Bah
son, StatiStician and economist, who makes
this prediction for umpteenth time at the
annual New York Babson conference
By prosperity, however, Babson means
better business and more stock market &C
tlvlties-accompaniedb by declining stand
ard of living.
According to Babson, American workers
have been so spoiled by such New Deal fav-
orS as the Roosevelt wage of $19-$94 mon
tn that they feel, ''they can be made COM
Portable without working and can get Sc
curity by legislation"
Babson's kind of prosperity-boss pro-
ntS and falling living standards for work.
ers-has been with us too long, indignant
workers are saying.
A $3.50 standard of living for every
family IN the nation, practical and possible.
according TO a government survey, if we
nave production for use and not for profit.
seems to be much better kind of prosper
lty, workers maintain.
But In order to accomplish this, the CAPT.
tallst system has to be abolished and COL
iectlve ownership of the means of produc-
uon and distribution, giving to each and
every worker the full value of the product
oi MS labor, must be substituted in its
place. 10
And until this is done there will ro,,0,.
De any more prosperity for the workers and
the farmers. 'A
!lmes for the workers, the producers. arc
gong 10 continue to grow worse as long as
capitalism endures. e oS
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-08
SF1ACHTMAN ANSWER

mot so good" imperialists For
that, Lenin and the Bolshevils de-
hounced them as recruiting agents
OF imperialism and traitors to So
clallsm. What is the crime off the
Stallnlsts in 1885? The fact that
they are inducing the workers and
farmers who follow them to sup
port one set of good" imperialists
England, France and other peace-
dul natlons) against another set of
not so good" imperialists (France
germany etc.,. For us Marxists.
tne difference between the two
gangs is the difference between
WeI-fed thugs, and hungry thugs:
an honest man will have NOTHING To
do with either of them. That's
why, for their present position. we
denounced the Stalinists as the
recruiting agents of i'm
peflalism and traitors to socialism.
1t won't help a bit to attack us as
agents of Hitler" We can stand
that just as easily as Lenin stood
up under the SANDER of being can
agent of Hindenburg", Leibknecht
AN agent of France and Gene
Debs "a German spy"
A. But what about the "great
intrepid leader, Stalin", as the LAT.
ter so modestlv calls himself. Here
TOO, we think Lenin was right and
Mr.. Smith is wrong. Before his
death, Lenin addressed an urgent
letter to the Russian Communist
Party, in which he said: "Stalin Is
rude and disloyal. Stain, in his
present position of general sec
rotary of the party, threatens to
split 1t in two. Therefore" con-
cluded Lenin, 'I propose that he
be removed from his position of
general secretary" Lenin died too
Soon to effect this removal For All
mat Stain represents, for all that
ne symbolizes, for the reactionarv
bureaucracy he incarnates. for tbe
countless disasters he has inflicted
lpon the world working class, we
ss4y; Garry out Lenin's advice!"
Mr: Smith, who casts up so much
foam from the lips that
: Dllnds his vision and dizzies his
nlnd, could do much worse than
'onoer soberly over Lenin's coun-
sei, why it was given to the party,
ma why it remains good advice to
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-08

ton and advocate sales tax to accomplish
the same, could, If sincere, find a better wav
to do it. They should advocate public own.
ershlp of utilities. Then the profits acorn
ing from the operation of such utilities
would flow into the city treasury and help
relieve the taxpayers burden. while now
with private ownership of our utilities. the
profits flow into the Golfers of Wall Street
or its subsidiaries.
Anyway, the people of Chanute. Kansas
know how best to relieve themselves of the
tax burden. The power crowd will not be
able to fool them into selling their plant as
has unfortunately been done in too manv
places in this and other states as was done
by the Montana Dakota Power Co crowd at
Wllllston, N. D., for instance.
Now, in another column in the Produc-
erS News is story sponsored by the Mon
tana Tax Payers Association, showing the
confiscatory tax levy of the CITY Of Plenty
wood, beside this high tax rate the Montana
Dakota Power Co. is collecting outrageous
prices for light and power Juice, which pro-
duce huge profits for that company.
If even half the juice price paid to that
company were paid to the city of Plenty
wood for the same service, it would soon
pay for the plant and part of the tax each
year.
That would help some, wouldn't it? And
by the way the city of brentwood voted
for municipal light and power plant few
years ago: what became of the idea??
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-08
Turkey Pool ;,
Temple Nov. D

Northwestern Monta aSger Of
Marketing Assn. an rTla PodS
arrangements have b os,a d
70 receive turkeys for sbi conpls
eastern markets, ON ~ pmeu
2lSt Of November, at 'tgSu n SSay 3
Labor Temple in PlenStvs,nlees Farlars
WEI De received there aha ali A.
A federal licensed pr.ds w.
peen secured, who will 'a o
birds impartially, accord; grade
U. S. Standard speciS ,u.Hs . 81
Association furnishes ali i S \
packing material and d. doS Oo1 e
packing. uOeS al 3
All growers of poultr, -.
to bring their birds in ON are H,e al
dates, properly dressed i Es5 Az
cooled, and see them wei0b ICY q.
ed and packed. A cash p sTe q
approximately $50 Of t tSasinent
price will be paid at the he t nah
delivery, and the balance ' ,iS
paid when the birds are .o xil
The Northwestern Turkey e..
ers Association of Salt T'oS..G IN
of which this assocciat;OAae "a
member, has been successful Y
tanning a lower freight r =, "a : |:
these western states. which e
as a saving of approximo4.is On
cents per cwt. from Plen cDSly
This was obtained throuCb WV! !.
rate hearing that the Norfbv'aa.es q
Turkey Growers filed againS ss'' !,
Interstate Railway Comro ,;.
This is an example of what lt'I oss
done through cooperative n .sl
ing. marx
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-08
Smith Fears Confusion
Explains to Producers News Editor and Others Stains
War Supply Business and the Difference between the
Sltuation of u. S. S. r. and the u. S. A.
Max Shachtman Pens Trenchant Answer

f, Some weeks ago. H. w. Smith of Council Bluffs,
iowa. Jealous Stalnite wrote letter to the Producers
News denouncng Pres Roosevelt and his hypocricv to-
ward the Ethiopian Situation and his allowing the sale
and export OF war munitions Italy The Editor printed
the letter appending note calling attention that Stain
was doing the thing Smith feared readers would
get the notion from the note that he agrees with the Ed
tor that there is no difference between tveede dee dee
and tweed dee dunn SO he writes explain that he does
he also explains number of other things not so
WE'LL but as well he The letter is printed in full
. Max Ohachtman took the time to explain things to
omlth that ne does not know We the two letters
side by side (Editor)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-08
MOONEY DEFENSE
WITNESSES BLAST
STATES FRAMEUP

San Francisco Tom Moon
ey on a rOOftOp a mile and a
half away from the bombing for
which he was railrOaded-
The evidence suppressed 20 years
because of hints from the district
attorney that it wouldn't look right
to give the testimony in court
mooney and his gang should
have been hanged long ago." from
the lips of the same attorney be-
fore the trial opered.
Those were the surprises that
marked the fifth week of Tom
Moneys habeas corpus proceed
ings before a referee in a San
Francisco courthouse.
CHARLES. GRIFFIN
LOCATES MOONEY
Charles Griffin was the man who
electrified observers with his des-
criptions of events following the
Preparedness Day bombing in 49,
16. Griffin, who knew Mooney and
his wife by sight, had considered
talking with them about music les
sons for his children. Mrs. Moon
ev had music studio in the Eilers
Building, where the Griffins and
the MONEYS were watching the
parade. The prosecution refused
to cross-eXamine the witness.
When Griffin told Dist. Attorney
Fickert in 1916 about his converse
tions with Mooney, the prosecutor
told him:
"LOOk here, Griffin, you've
been practically a court deputy
here; it wouldn't look right for
you to get mixed up in this.
Mooney and his gang are a
bunch of anarchists and murder
ers who should have been hanged
long ago."
Griffin had known Fickert prior
to the bombing, and had done oc-
casisonal work in the courthouse.
Fickert offered Griffin a steady lob
as court reporter, but the latter re-
fused, having been hired by a
scale company a few days previ-
Gus.
FRANK OMAN
A LIAR
The testimony of Griffin and his
wife, who corroborated his story,
backed up the evidence of Earl A.
Hatcher of Woodland, CAL, that
the late Frank Oxman, star prose-
cutor witness, was a liar. Oman
had testified that he had seen
Mooney at the bombing site, but
Hatcher's evidence placed Oxman
several miles away from San Fran
cisco at the minute the bombing
took place.
FICKERT
NOW A DERELICT
Fickert, who prosecuted Mooney
in the original trial, and who is
now a derelict, has been located
in Los Angeles, and will take the
stand when hearings reopened on
Oct. %. Defense attorneys are
planning severe cross-examina,
ton to break down the story of the
frameup he has chung to for 10
years.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-08
WHEAT CHECKS
Continued from page one)

UT FNEBO OIIC
nor are orders accepted against the
checks. The checks are delivered
to contract holders personally upon
the signing of the receipt. In case
OF sickness or incapacity of the
contract holder, upon his order. a
member of his family NAV take
the receipt to him, have it signed
and secure the check for him In
no other way can the money be Sc
Cold weather and snow have
Kept many farmers from coming in
for their checks, however, II is be-
heved that most of them will he
delivered by Saturday.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-08
1IMuoS
~mss-------
LIKES PRODUCERS NEWS

Fort Benton, Mont.
Nov. 5, 1885
The Producers News
Plentywood. Mont.
Dear SIR
Altho l am unable at this time
to show my appreciation of your
paper by having you enter my
name on your subscription list, l
want to assure you that there is
an ever increasing number of peo-
pie who believe in the production
for-use economy, and who believe
further, that there is a mighty lot
of corruption in government, high
and low. More power to you.
Very truly yours,
M. J. Wilcox
M. E. Minister
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-08
MONEY USED
TO BUY GINS

The final straw is a report bv
Paul Crosser, in a recent issue of
The New Republic, that "trade
unions and cooperativ associations
are being forced to put their re-
serve funds into Nazi rearmament
notes."
Physical structures of the CO.
operatives still stand. Their social
purpose has been destroyed by fac
clst dictatorship. Co-operatives in
other European countries stand bv
to assist in rebuilding the German
cooperative movement when Hit
Ter is swept out of power: but the
tate of German cooperatives is
challenge to eternal vigilance of
cooperative and labor organiza-
lions to create and defend econom-
lc and political liberty.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-08
COOP.

Continued from page one)
erative movmnt was a stronghold
of world cooperation not only be-
caue of its size but because of its
unshakable loyalty to cooperative
principles. It's members felt their
primary task to be promotion of a
new society based on cooperative
principles and regarded themselves
as the vanguard of the coming era.
PROPAGANDA
WAS STOPPED
Fundamental in the Nazi change
was the destruction of the philoso-
ply of the consumers cooperative
movement. The German Co-opera-
tive Society, for example, which
was reorganized under pressure
very significantly had it's name
changed with the word "co-opera-
tive" dropped.
Used to fighting for an ideal,
members ceased work when told to
refrain from propaganda. With
out the ideal, their fight was sense
less. Membership has already de-
creased some 100000; but many of
the remaining are merely "Papier-
soldaten," non-buying members.
Although this membership still
represents some Is to 2046 of the
population, the co-op's share of con
sumers' societies, now in progress,
is completed, its share will be a.
bout 10. The turnover Of the Ger
man Consumers Cooperative So
cieties has dropped to 459S of it's
1929 level, falling one-third since
Hitler's coming power.
WILL ULTIMATELY
BE KILLED
A law, passed on May 81, 1885,
though camofaged in purpose, was
aimed at the ultimate dissolution
of the movement. 1t was design
ed, according to Editor H. J. Nav
of the Review of International CO.
operation, to restrict the develop
ment of the consumers co-opera-
tive movement through licensing
provisions; to decimate the funds
OF the movement; and to create the
legal conditions for a complete
transformation of the business me-
thod of the consumers societies
by depriving them of their coop
erative character.
Nazi leaders asserted that the
law would protect the societies in
vestments. But the money appro-
priated for this purpose is bein q
used to liquidate rather than
strengthen co-operatives. The Der
lin Cooperative Society, with more
than 10000 members, was one of
the first to be dissolved. Similar
action is expected shortly against
the Hamburg, Munich, Dresden
and Essen cooperatives. More than
100000 members are to be af
fected by this dissolution cam
paign-much to the satisfaction
of private traders.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-08

Entered as Second Class Matter, October
Is, 1918, at the Post Office at Plentywood,
Montana, Under the Act Of March 9, 1897.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-08
THE PRODUCERS NEWS

Published Friday of each week at Plenty
wood, Montana, by The Peoples Publishing
Company, Inc.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-08

Fort Benton, Mont.
Nov. 5, 1885
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-08
LETTER
By HARRY SMITH

Council Bluffs, Iowa
P. o. Box "a
Mr.. Chas. E. Taylor
Editor Producers News
Plentywood, Mont.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-07
Y ~ ARb4tmuss

George Beeson. another Manual
star. are again in the field.
Then there is his own teammate,
John David. who because of his
good work all spring has been hold
ing down the No. l position on the
Blue Devil golf team, and just this
week turned in a much better scOre
IN the 54-hole Indianapolis District
Golf Association tournament than
did McCreary.
Inen out at Tech, Wedmore
Smith. John Laffey and George Ur-
quhart. ali capable golfers and king
pins on a team that lost only one
match this season.
THE Times tournament is a
Il match play affair. Entrants
engage in an i8-hole qualifying
round Monday and the 80 players
With the lowest scores qualify for
the championship flight. These 81
Will begin match play Tuesday
morning, and all matches Tuesday
morning and afternoon and Wednes-
day morning and afternoon will be
10 holes until the field mas been
reduced to a lone pair Of players
Wednesday night. These two final
lists will engage in a 36-hole match
Thursday for the 1885 title.
THE grade school boys likewise
Il will engage in an 18-hole quail
lcatiOn round Monday, and accord
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-07

ing to Z number OF little fellows
who enter will determine whether
the grade school flight will be made
up Of IS or 80 players for match
play which will begin Tuesday morn
ing. All grade school matches will
be Is holes, including the final.
II costs nothing to enter and play
in The Indianapolis Times school,
boy classic. The park board valves
green fees for the event in an effort
to stimulate interest in junior golf.
The Times offers the capital prize
to the winner and also the gold
medal for the medalist. The local
golf pros supply a fine collection
Of prizes that make the tournament
award list one Of the most attrac-
tive of any tournament held in In
diana each year.
|OLF coaches at the high schools
" are very much interested that
every golfer in their school enter,
because in the past they have dis
covered some unknown" talent in
their schools that they used on later
golf teams, and the coaches hope
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-07
sHERIFF's SALE
DAVID HARRISON
Attorney for PLAINTIFF

BY virtue Of a certified copy Of decree
to me directed from the Clerk Of the
Superior Court of Marion County. Indiana.
in cause No. A-51173 wherein The Pru-
Dental Insurance Company of America
Plaintiff and Travis E. Annis, ct al De-
PENDANTS requiring me to make the sum
of Thirty Two Hundred Fifty Four Dol
lars. and Thirty Two Cents (S3254. 32l. as
provided for in said decree. with interest
and costs. I will expose at public sale TO
the highest bidder on
SATURDAY. THE 18TH DAY OF
JUNE. 1885
and o'clock P NJ of said day. at
the door of the Court House Of Marion
County Indiana. the rents and profits
for a term not exceeding seven years
Of the following real estate in Marion
O0u Lot No V1 50 IN Charles NJ. Cross Trus-
tees Clifford Avenue Addition TO the
City of indianapolis. as per plat
thereof recorded in plat book 10, page
1874 in the office Of the Recorder OF
Marion County. Indiana.
II such rents and profits will not sell
for a sufficient sum to satisfy said decree
with interest and costs. I will. at the same
time and place. expose to public sale the
fee simple of said real estate, or so much
thereof as may be sufficient to discharge
said decree. Said sale will be made with
out relief from valuation or appraisemeni
laws.
OTTO RAY.
Sheriff of Marion County.
May "a. 1885.
Nay "a. 3l-June .. 1888.