The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-01
Relief Sewing Projects Are
Part Of War Industry

approximately from 35 to 40 comforters are BEING
made in the county every day by the different FR
sewing projects at Plentywood Outlook Westby and Med
cine Lake. or about 200 every week. This work has been
going for several weeks already and quite number of
quilts should have accumulated
AT the time, very few, an extremely small num-
Der OF comorters have been distributed among the needy
families IN the county When the sewing project in Plenty
wood had produced 100 quilts, time ago. only three
had been handed out by the relief office.
To recent applications and demands for comforers the
relief administration replied that the farmers should wait
until the weather little better that the work
could get around Relief families needed comforters
cause it cold And temperatures of 80 and 40 below
should have driven home the idea of this every
official of the relief administration. But it did not
Finally however, the question: What happens to the
large number of quilts made in the county? has found its
solution An Inspector of the Westby sewing project stated
recently that he quilts being made for army camps
That of course, explains fully why children in Sheri-
dan county have freeze these terribly cold nights it
plains why spite the that about quilts are pro-
duced every week only few are being handed out to fam
lies relief 1t makes clear that the statement of the
lief office that case workers can't get around on account
bad weather. is nothing but a ridiculous excuse.
The sewing projects being included in the country
industry.
the production of comfOrters by the FERA.
1t costs the relief administration about SIS to produce
quilt Ten employed at the Westby project make
about eight quilts day They receive in wages S32 In
other words about S4 quilt being paid in wages alone
be found anywhere But STILL together with administrative
cost the cost of production of every comforter So
Better comforters than those made here be bought
for half the price and less at wholesale house. Manu-
featured coforters produced with modern machinery
with abor-savng devices employed They being made
in the most efficient way possible.
Obviously the relief administration is disregarding en-
treIy the counrys highly developed industrial methods We
have gone back to the of forefahers pioneer meth
DDS being used by the FERA Instead of with modern
machinery, work with hand and needle.
Is it just because to keep people busy Or does the
administration think that primitive working methods are
the way to recovery?
If such are the conclusions of Mr. Hopkins, then why
not be consistent and have every job done by hand labor
and with primitive tools?
Why shouldn't construct and bridges and roads
with pick and shovel instead of with excavators and all the
modern machinery?
Why simply introduce this perfect idea into every
industry in the country Mr. Hopkins? Let's do away with
tractors and the onehorse pow Scrap all engines
and electrical motors and we succeed in keeping
the 15 100000 unemployed busy if that the idea.
Some time ago this country proud of its efficiency
in producing things. We proud of having invented
the most saving and most efficient machinery The world
admired the way had organized industries Ameri-
agriculture outstanding example for other
tries to follow. We had achieved production large scale
Mass production of all the things needed had been
shed better in this country than by other nation
But learned how to distribute goods. The
depression result of this failure Fifteen million work
ing and without jobs. More than 20 mil
lion people relief.
Instead of fully enjoying the benefits brought about by
modern technical development instead of living in comfort
and ease all of millions poorly fed and undernour
ished poorly clothed and freezing live in
shacks instead Of in splendid buildings.
AnG the progressive" Roosevelt administration is try
ing to remedy the situation by turning back the pages of
history and introducing medieval methods of production