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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-22
EXPLOITING THE EXPLORERS

President Roosevelt has announced that
the Agricultural Adjustment AdminiStra-
ton is to be made permanent. As long as
the President refuses to do anything fun
damental about the depression, he can hard
" avoid continuing the policies of the AAA
Broadly speaking, the AAA is an at
tempt to correct a situation resulting
from the fact that for generations agricul
ture has been numerically exploited by
the industrial and commercial East, and by
the cities generally. 1t has looked at the
cities and decided: Exploitation has been
good for the exploiters" Then it has look
ed at the country and decided: "Exploita-
ton has been bad for the exploited
Then it has put two and two together
and evolved a nostrum which consists IN
giving the exploited farmers license 10
become exploiterS Just like the industrial
lists, and like the industrialists to charge
more for their products than the traffic
viii bear.
While this plan undoubtedly is aluring
to those directly benefited, it still leaves
most OF America in the exploited class. IF
the President is to pursue his policy to the
bitter and rather complicated end, he must
develop a triple-A for the unemployed, the
snare-cropper, the professional man, and
tne industrial worker. But licenses to all
these groups to become exploiters would
create a tangle that would delight the Kan
CARGO Court lawyers Of the Liberty League.
But apparently anything SO SINGLE as
ending exploitation altogether does not an
peal 70 the complex minds of the New
Dealers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-22
HIGH PRICES MEAN LESS

Living costs have increased 7.9 per
cent since June, 1888, according to the
Bureau of Labor Statistics survey, con
Quoted in Is selected cities. Since Aug
ust 1884, some of the increases have
been: milk, &c per cent; eggs, 16.1
per cent; lard, 74.6 per cent; pork
chops, 1856 per cent; beef steak, 25.5
per cent.
.@~ When prices increase, consumption de-
ereases. This is well known to everybody
who has to make the weekly pay check
stretch from Saturday to Saturday In
modern industrial society, this means that
when prices are held higher than necessary
the good things Of life are being arbitrar-
NY withheld from the people.
80 Mr.. Leland Olds, writing in Harpers
{ Magazine, has just illustrated this in a
striking way by citing the average monthly
bills for electricity in the United States and
Canada. Although the average cost of
electricity varied more than 500 per cent.
the difference IN. the average monthly bills
was less than per cent. The people sim
ply used more electricity-which means
that they got more than six times as much
!: value from this great blessing of modern
eiyinzation.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-22

ney and his staff in San Francis
co as well as in Oakland. He said
he had worked directly with Flick
ert on the case, ard had told Flick
ert he did not believe in his theory
and Fickert's only answer was that
Billings twas going to confess" |!
It was not his business he said, to
try to impeach the officials Of an
other county. He defended HIM
self stoutly from all insinuations
Of the respondent, and finally re-
marked that it was unusual that
"a man with such a dumb memory
could recollect so much-"
The next witness was also IN
breakable. In a delightful south
ern drawl, and with quaint turns
of speech that moved even the re-
fierce 70 laughter, Mike Mcintosh,
in 1916 a horS trader, now owner
Of an auto camp IN Fresno, gave
his testimony. In June, 1916, in
San Bruno, he found the famous
Continued on page four)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-22
DIVIDENDS NOT PROSPERITY

Those who hail the recent trend toward
resumption of dividends and the increases
IN business profits as signs of returning
good times for the country demonstrate a
peculiar blindness to the true meaning of
economic and social welfare It is regret
table that not only the reactionaries gen.
orally, but many who have been considered
liberals have taken the position that ris-
ing profits spelled good times, completely
overlooking the fact that the vast majority
Of the people are still in no position to en-
Joy these good times, that the unemploy-
ment rolls are still appallingly high, that
wages remain appallingly low, and that all
but very few of the American people have
less economic security than they have ever
had.
One of the worst features of recovery
is that it has been used as an excuse to cut
off relief for millions of people who have
nowhere to turn for assistance. This has
even been done in the city of Washington,
where there are many hundreds of tran
sients without any means of support. They
have come here seeking work or to petition
the government.
This weeka1 900 of these transients were
cast off by the government, officially be-
cause the need for further relief had ended.
The undeniable fact that hundreds of peo-
pie will go hungry and cold as a result did
not stand in the way of the machine which
for political reasons has taken the position
that there is no more depression.
Such a position is disturbing remin-
der of the witchcraft school or statesman
ship which in the early days of the de-
preston tried to put hex on it by incanta-
tons about prosperity. 1t is also disturb
ing indication of the paramount concern of
those now in power politically for the well
fare of property as distinguished from the
welfare of the men and women of America.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-22
Unfair Generalization Apology for Lawyers
H. Laundes Maury, Butte Attorney

few hundred dollars worth OF stock
in a utility ard was legally STU
ated 50 that he could attack the |
constitutionality of the Wheeler
Ravburn bill to regulate holding
company frauds. The New YORK
State Bar Association would doubt
less prosecute some young starve-
ling at the bar for soliciting Dusl-
ness in the same manner.
Silas n. Strawn, former presi-
dent of the American Bar AsSocla-
ton. gave a written opinion to the
Hoover Administration that so mil
lion dollars could be safely lent to
the Bank of Charles Dawes in Chi
cago. Now when the Government
is trying to collect some OF the
loan from Dawes and other stock
holders, Strawn's firm is defending
against the government. This is
professional treachery; not tolerat-
ed when an obscure young lawyer
is guilty Of it.
Several years ago the Supreme
Court of the United States made
the great firm of Guggenheimer,
and others, replace many thousand
dollars, fraudulently taken from a
bankrupt estate. They were Sc
verely criticised in the opinion OF
the Court. But their names were
not stricken from the rolls.
| Evorr +rvo wears our state wit
nesses a spectacle at Helena where
grey haired lawyers, as shiny
slick, drunken mountebanks, work
for the utilities, corruptly trying
to gouge the people by high rate
and low tax laws. One Of these
! harpies is said to have stated
openly before an investigating con
mittee that his company was with,
in its rights in sepnding S5O,OOC
to defeat certain legislation.
The people elected Jere O'Con
nell to the Utilities Commission t
reduce water, gas and electIi
rates. O'Connell has kept his prom
ises faithfully. Many orders hav
been made by the board reducini
rates. These corporation lawyer
do not believe in majority rule
They are un-American. They hav
filed suits in the Federal Courts Z
restrain the enforcement Of thes
rates. Honest or dishonest, the
are willing to advance the prIvat
interests Of absentee landlords
gainSt the welfare of the people c
this commonwealth. they are hin
ed mercenaries of the interest,"
just as Laski CLASHES them Tn
right to practice law in courts of
state is a high privilege and offe'
; No private cooperation would retail
an officer who as lawyer brougf
| repeated suits against it. Sobt
citizens Of Montana seriously col
slider preventing by law any ma
J. from holding the office of attarne
At and counselor in the state court
Ip who sues the state herself in Il
" Federal Courts. Are such not ira
tors to their state?
r But with all these notorious il
n, cidents in the public mind the cri
or icism OF Lash of our profession ;
s. a whole are unfair. He judges
W class by a few men who have
ar their greed for themselves, al
a eagerness to enslave US, forgott'
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-22

Since the referee and attorneys
returned from Oregon and Wyo-
ming, where they went to get de-
positions from Frank Woods and
B. G. Wilson concerning Oxman, a
week Of very important witnesses
for Mooney has interviewed. Mr..
Davis brought two Of these back
with him from Oregon Tony
Mora, once Woods assistant as
station agent at Durkee, Oregon,
who directly contradicted some Of
the statements made in deposition
by Woods-Woods having been an
unwilling witness NATURALLY, since
he is accused of conniving with Ok
man to secure $500 by putting
0xman forward as an "eyewit-
ness" Of the exploSion) and Oliver
o. Baisley, rancher and mine
owner from near DuTkee, who tes-
titled to overhearing a converse
ton between Woods and Oxman IN
which the letter written to Flick
ert by Woods, telling that he could
put Fickert In contact with an eye
witness for $500, was discussed
and altered between them. Woods
was buying a store, and apparently
Oxman was thinking of loaning
him some of the necessary money,
and relying on this $500 to be re-
paid. Woods later sent an indig-
nant telegram TO Referee Shaw a.
bout Baisley, but it was not pre-
scented in evidence
The next witnesses called relat-
ed 10 Mrs. Edeau. They were Viii
liam H. Smith, the Oakland in
spector who took her to San Fran
cisco to see if she could identify
Mooney and Billings, and Capt.
| Walter ]. Peterson, then chief Of
police Of Oakland, 10 whom Mrs.
Edeau first told her story. Smith
proved a most unsatisfactory wit
ness, with strange lapses Of mem
DRY. He was positive, however
and backed his statement up by
producing his official reports to his
superior@that Mrs. Edeau has
said "a that she was In the vicin-
ity Of Steuart and Market SITS. al
the afternoon OF July %, 1916; and
~ that she had declared positive
! IL that Mooney and Billings were
not the two men she claimed to
have seen there carrying q sus-
picious looking suitcase. Where
his memory failed him was when
he was asked he had told IN
a previous Observation-Disclosures
when Fickert sent for him after
Mrs. Edean had testified against
both defendants, and he had re
peated the statements Just given
Fickert had not replied, %YoJ
would make a damned good wit
ness for the defense Don't sa,
anything about this"
Peterson, who came next, was
witness Of very different calibre
To begin with, no one could accusl
him Of pro-labor sympathies, 70
he is now the Washington lobbyis
for the big steamship companies II
San Francisco, and before that wa
in charge Of the anti-union long
shoremznss hiring haH. Unde
cross examination he grew eve
lfrmer and more belgerent, an
when the referee ruled agains
some Of his testimony ne Kept re
ferring sarcasticallv 60 the court
/ belief IN hia ~dumhness" &c wa
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-22

Harpe1's Magazine for Novem-
Der has an intriguing essay by
Harold ]. Lask, "The Decline Of
the Professions" 1t is a fair crit
cism of the average Of corpora
ton lawyers. 1t is unfair to law
yers as a class. No one should
Judge the color Of the flock by a
few black sheep.
Mr.. LasH says:
The most influential type of
American Lawyer today is the
corporation lawyer. He may
fairly be called the legal strate-
gist of high finance, the annex
of the millionaire class. His bus
mess is corporate reorganiza-
ton, the legal handling of the is
sues of taxation, the manipula-
ton of receiverships, THE PEN
ETRATION, ON BEHALF OF
HIS CLIENTS, OF THOSE
BULWARKS ERECTED BY
LEGISLATURES TO SAFE
GUARD THE PUBLIC FROM
THE DEPREDATIONS OF
HIGH FINANCE. His firms be-
come household names. They are
an organized regiment of Of
ficers and soldiers protecting the
wealthy from the graver eOnse-
quences Of social legislation. All
their interests are affiliated to
those of the class they serve. In
that service the good of the pub
lie largely shrinks from their
horizon. They too, become rich.
Their habits of life become de-
pendent upon their ability to pre-
serve their clients. THEY
| PLAY PRECISELY THE SAME
/ PART IN THE MODERN BUS
MESS WORLD THAT THE
MERCENARY SOLDIER PLY
ING HIS SWORD FOR HIRE
PLAYED BEFORE THE AID
VENT OF NATIONAL ARM
les. THEIR REWARD | s
WHOLLY A FUNCTION OF
: THEIR SUCCESS; AND THEIH
SUCCESS Is INCOMPATIBLE
: WITH THE PUBLIC GOOD.
But the evil he can do doe
not end with the advice he give
as cOnsultant. Not seldom he i
? promoted to the bench; for thu
l rich lawyer likes at the close o
long years of work like this, tn
independence and dignity whicl
high judicial rank cOnfers. Their
r only too often, as we have learn
e ed from the private papers o
u Mr.. Justice Miller, he merel
e acts for his clients on the Benc
|, instead of advising them i
= chambers"
r Lash's castignation of the mo
t ern corporation lawyer, while
n the Bar, and after the same CHI
: gets on the bench, is certain
c just.
n John W. Davis, head legal me
= cenary for the House of Morgs
o once Liberty League candidate I
the presidency appears in the 4
ISOLATED Press this week as hs
ing solicited the right to Ape
for an obscure dentist who had
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-22

the teachings of the law schools
and bar associations.
The vast majority of our Bar
in Montana is differently constitut-
ed from the lawyers as pictured 1
in the article in Harper's weekly. 1
Seven years ago it was discover
ed that out of 81 cases in years,
in which railroads had been parties
before our supreme court, the rail-
roads had gained "a, the ordinary
litigant had gained only 8. Many
of these decisions were examined.
The records showed unfairness-
railway bias-in most Of them.
Members of the Bar requested that
a list of the cases be printed and
published and requested me to
sign the pamphlet personally. This
was done. We all considered
three judges to be responsible for
this awful condition Of the record
of our Supreme Court. The law
yers of Montana got busy with TO-
600 copies of this circular. Ore
of these three judges was beaten
in the first primary. The second
was beaten in another election.
The third was relegated to private
life a year ago. The lawyers Of
/ Montana, by continued propaganda
accomplished this purge Mr.. Las
ld has no right to condemn Us as
a body.
For many years, 20 to be specific
the corporation lawyers ruled the
Montana State Bar Association.
They did this by the aid of mes
senger boys ,bell-hops, for the Di-
visional Counsel, known as local
counsel of the railroads. These
men were pernicious. Their com
pensation was only tips in the
shape of passes. Many Of then
quit the railway service when theil
fellows in open session told then
how they looked
At the state bar meeting il
: Great Falls In 1884, the progress
sives took charge. Stopped thu
CANNON of electing the presiden
by committee. (The committe
: was usually appointed by the Nor
2 them Pacifc-A. C. II. Power CO
crowd). At the meeting at Mis-
soula In 1885 a corporation lawye
would apologize every time he ros
to speak and he did not rise otter
f This 1896 meeting did start
: mass progressive plan for automc
], bile accident insurance. A CON
e mittee was appointed to draft
a law for compulsory automobile IL
:. surance. This viii provide chea
q insurance-if enacted, 5 to z do
t lar the car each year-requil
T every car owner to carry it-kee
! million dollars perhaps in II
n state that is now going out.
y Of course, it is still hard to kee
: about 10 of our 20 district judge
e hitched to the law when a trai
/ whistles close to them. But the
are rusties. Familiarity with raj
l. roads may give them confidence {
T. the people aided by the lawye
Is will retire them. Even a jacka
a will sometimes bray back defiant
IN at a steam whistle. There is y
i'd hope for most of these Teactional
n district Judges of ours.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-22
NO CRITICISM: NO PROGRESS

A civilization cannot progress without
criticism and must, therefore, TO save IL
self from stagnatiOn and putrefactiOn, de-
clare impunity for criticism. This means
impunity not only for propositions which,
however novel, seem interesting, states
manlike and respectable but for PROPOSE
tions that shock the uncritical as obscene,
seditious, blasphemOue, hereticaI and revO-
lutiOnary.-George Bernard Shaw.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-22
Story Of Mooney Frame
UnfoIds as Trial Develops

far from dumb in either sense Of
the word. He also said that Mrs.
Edeau in her visit to him had re-
ferred only to Steuart and Market
SITS. Later when the defense attor-
neys visited her at her home and
she refused to talk unless the chief
was there, Peterson had gone to
her house { and had directly &C
cused her Of perjury. Her answer
that her natural" body was at
Steuart Street, but her "astural"
body was at 721 Markell In a
ringing voice, Peterson states that
Mrs. Edeau's perjury was "com-
mon knowledge" to the police
department and the district attor-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-22
Pineapple and Aurieo, ,,

l ID. dried apricOts, X Il IN
2 No. 2h cans pineapple u Is sue
to bring out taste. ~ a
Wash and soak aprico..
night. In morning add All I've oss,'
tents and juices and boil * -TsI
es. Heat slowly az first. p - -
full so it don't burn and 80. -
the bottom Of the kettle, - !
alright jars and put in cooi -
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-22
Marguerites

Spread crackers with melted !.
ter, use l egg white, beat ~ -
foamy, add 1t salt, 1t cres- !. J,
tartar, beat until very, very s.;s :
Fold in 1l3c nuts and BE eor,-
nut. Pile high on crackers -
on CRATE in oven, cook until ~
and brown. (About 20 minuteSl
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-22
BRUNO APPEALS To
u. S. SUPREME COTr,

Washington, Nov. u. = B-,
Hauptman has appealed TO tie y
preme court today TO save =
from the electric chair for the n
der and kidnapping Of Charles !
Lindberg Jr.
The man who nine months q.
tomorrow was sentenced TO de =
the kidnap-hlling, reiterated u 4,
appeal charges that his coosti.1
tional rights had been violated !
the trial at F7emingtor.
Hauptmann's appeal charged:
1. The "intemperate and obs.
tionable" summations Of Attors
General David T. Walentz viols.s
the common law and constitutes
right of Hauptmann to a fair ~
/ impartial trial.
2. The attorney general "bulhss
and argued with Hauptmann !
cross-examination.
8. The attorney generals 81
nation injected into the case
material variance" Of the de-.
theory.
4. The charge Of Justice Thu.l
W. Trenchard to the jury u
argumentative and not dispasEa
ate"
/ 5. The jury was not properly !
questered and was subject 70 c
ercion.
/ All points had been raised
fore in Hauptmann's appeal to
New Jersey high court, which 1
MED a new trial.
Should the court refuse to
view the case, Hauptmann WI
die in the electric chair early 4
year unless the New Jrsey CT
Of pardons committed his sents.
! to life Imprisonment. II the !
: view is granted, the supreme a.
: would probably hear oral an
ments next term. Execution
t been stayed pending disposidz
the supreme court appeal.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-22

8 ID. green tomatoes-(if -.
are small they can be run thro-
a food chopper, add same 49,, g
Of sugar Is lbs.), lemon, ! o..
Crate the yellow part Of the 49,
not the white part, and put Z =
tomatoes Boil until clear :.
thick.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-22

Washington, Nov. II. = Ths Z
riculture department today &
mated the 1885 corn crop at 22il'
268, 900 bushels with a yield p
acre of 23.6 bushels.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-22
KITCHEN Tips
BY \. A. ARNESON
Checnhnfn C.-r,'

he sugar, 1zc bread CIR,
flour, 1t salt, 2t rneltsj SSronos ;
squares Of chocolate - To II
eggs beaten separately. e !, NH
MIX flour and butter. :. .5 anu
and stir over double 1919 nh
gets thick. Melt chocoTI...ua mt !
hot water ard add to aboSe uTe
salt, bread, sugar and wsil Al
yolks, and then beat fol- - !. 0ee:s
beaten whites. Pour i n sa
pudding dish and bake u N g' =. I
middle. Serve with puddin's = = :
or marshmallow mint sang I, Saau
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1935-03-30
Editorial
SUPPORT THE REPUBLICAN, TICKET

On the eve of election day, wish to impress upor
the electorate the vital Importance of going to the poi
and voting Monday April l. 1t is important election
more important than usual because on MONDAY we arr
TO choose the Judges who will sit on the Wayne Count!
Circuit bench for the next six well as otnei
judiciary candidates in the Courts OF Common reas 'h'
Recorders Courts the Traffic Courts and so forth
These judgeshps important positions and IL De
hooves deliberate carefuly In selectinR the
men who to fill these posts
At present WAYNE Countys Circuit Court has one of
the finest judcaries the United States. AS whole
il progressive efficient experienced. and can be de-
pended upon protect the public welfare and dea out
mnartia and even-handed Justice All of the eighteen
Circuit Judges in office with exception are Re
pubcans We appeal to the electorate to return them
office for the ensuing six years by voting the hePup
icanTicket.
The acknowledgement goes record endorsing
all the present encumbents of the Wayne County Circuit
Court We endorse them because of their splendid re-
cords and the high standard of efficiency to which they
have elevated the Circuit Court of Wayne
In this connections emphasize the sentiments ex-
pressed by Governor D Fitzgerald in his radio talk last
Friday night. when he said
Your freedom. your property--a the things you /
prize mosnay at time or other be placed IN |,
Jeopardy with circuit court judge the only protec
ton between yourself and possible injustice The Re
publican Party fortunate in having nominated men
who fit we'll into the pattern of clean government ana
who have the confidence of the people
AZ had intended TO bring the subject of life
Tenure for judges but number Of the Republican ssnda
dates up for reelection seem to merit that consdera
ton and likely to get it. without benef OF cor
stitutonal amendment
Governor Fitzgerald is right, and we join him III
urging the voters the Straight Republican Ticket
next Monday, by doing the electorate will keep in Of
flee such outstanding State Supreme Court Jursts as
Judge Williams W. Potter and Judge Nelson Sharpe; and
place in such public servants Maurice H. Key
worth as State Superintendent of Public Instruction;
and others Of superior efficiency, including David II.
Crowley and Esther Marsh Cram, for regents of the
University Of Michigan; Wynard Wichers for State
Board Of Education; William H. Burkey and Clark l..
Brody members of the State Board of Agriculture
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1935-03-30
Oscar c. Hull
S e e k S Election

Attorney oscar &. Hun, who was
appointed in January of last year
to fill The unexpired term of Ed
ward Williams, is seeking election
as school Inspector in the April
election. His first-hand knowledge
CT school affairs as grade and
thigh school teacher and as profes-
sor of law at the Detroit College Of
Law. undeniably establishes his
knowledge of the needs and work
ings Of Detroit's public schools.
Mr. Hull Is native of Eldorado.
Kansas. and has lived in Detroit
for the past nineteen years; he is a
graduate of the Kansas State Nor
nal School. Kansas University. and
has doctor OF Jurisprudence de-
gree from the University OF Michi-
gan. He served as State Represen-
tative from 1929 to 1882. He has
represented school interests in a
number of legal matters. and his
counsel on school affairs Is OF in
esfimable value to the local Board.
His retention as School Inspector
is Of the utmost importance during
these crucial times.