The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-06-28
THE ANATOMY OF
PROPAGANDA
By LOwmdes Maury

knowledge of the anatomy of
the human body is the prime es-
sential of diagnosis. Correct dag
nosis is essential to a cure. An
English classic, going fairly
strong among the reading public
after its first printing two centur-
les ago is "The Anatomy of Mel
ancholy."
Often when to the Sessions of
sweet silent thought
summon up remembrance of
things past
l sigh the lack of many a thing
l sought
And with old woes, new wall,
my dear times waste:"
the encircling gloom bass been
dispelled by reading a few
chapters of the Anatomy of Mel
ancholy."
Why not attempt in a modest
way a scientific anatomy of propa-
ganda? 1t cannot be made com
plete. No first issue of any treat
Use ever is exhaustive of the sub
Ject. Whoever may read this at
tempt will be struck with the many
omissions that occur to himself.
The need for such a text book is
dire in this state now, when about
eight progressive weeklies are bat
Ting for the rights of local citi-
zens against all the propaganda of
our absentee landlords to maintain
the constant flow of milk from
their gentle old COW, Montana, to
Wall STREET and London. A scienti-
fic essay should state only facts.
without any praise or blame. Ny
endeavor shall be to do so.
OPEN PROPAGANDA. SIJBSI-
DIED BY ABSENTEE LAND
LORDS.
Montana Standard, published at
Butte, daily, morning.
Butte Post, published at Butte,
daily, evening, often from same
press as Standard.
Billings Gazette published at Bill
lings, daily morning, noon and
night.
Helena Independent, published at
Helena daily, morning.
Montana Record Herald, published
at Helena daily.
Muscular, published at Missoula,
morning.
Seminal, published at Missoula.
evening.
The foregoing are all purebreds
from the Anaconda Stock Farm.
There are also papers that seek
adoption but get only casual aid
from the companies.
Lewistown Democrat, published by
Tom Stout at Lewistown dailv.
Miles City Star, published by J.
D. Scanland at Miles City daily.
Livingston Enterprise, published
at Livingston daily.
The Bozeman Chronicle, published
daily at Bozeman is a hybrid,
independently reactionary.
The Great Falls Tribune. publi-
shed daily at Great Falls, is an
anomaly. It still remembers that
the Great Northern Railway years
ago lent the paper several thou
sand dollars. This was repaid with
interest but the paper still deems
itself the Railways contribution to
the chorus of soothing singers for
the foreign owners of Montana.
There is doubtless $50 times as
much money spent by the Grand
Alliance to keep these propaganda
dailies going, as can be spent bv
the half score fearless weekiies
that are roofing for the home
team" If it were a fight in the
open however, the weekly progress
slve press of Montana could soon
counteract all the evil influence
OF the Campbells, Stouts and so
forth, and cause the voters to so !
overwhelm the lascivious econ
molc desires of the kept press that
their lords would see small profit
in keeping them. The important |
object is to disclose to the average
voter without time to investigate |
for him or herself the disguised
propaganda-and worst of all, the
propaganda of silence.
Western News Quit
1t is hard to classify all the
weekly progressive press. At times
some of our best weeklies lie down
for awhile, quit the fight, do the
county printing and record the
goings and comings of Mrs. F.
Tomlinson Smith. For instance
Miles Rommey's Western News
that voice which for twenty wears
cried alone in the wilderness, |
MAI tfsg the v
Lord" has lately ceased all politi-
cal activity. Let us hope that it
will again revive, that it is only
under the temporary dulcet spell
OF some advertising Salome, that
no substituting Herod has cut its
head off.
The Free Press
Of late the great redeeming
Free Press of Montana, mentioned |
in the order of nearness to nv
home town, Butte, consists of:
The Eye Opener, owned and pub
lished by Charles Hauswirth.
progressive Mayor Of Butte. of
international trend, intense cir
culation in Butte and all nearby
towns, charged with electricity
not supplied by the Montana
Power Co., edited by Walter
Shay Stalwart, protagonist If