The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-06-28

times and eight times its clrcu-
lation in campaigns: edited by
John w. Nelson, who though a
newcomer to Montana has made
his influence felt in every
household.
The Big Timber Pioneer, published
and owned by John H. Williams,
fearless but not iconoclastic, ed
itorials faceted like those of
Henry Watterson or Henry w.
Grady of forty years ago.
Eastern Montana Clarion of Rye
Gate commands public opinion
in the East Central part of Mon
tana, fearless, progressive, icoE-
oclastic. Edited by Charles H.
Allan, the equal in it's tone,
make up, and brilliant editorial
work, of any weekly anywhere.
The Voice of Eastern Montana at
Glendive, recently invaded a
sadly reactionary town in Mon
tana, Northern Pacific Center,
welcomed by farmers and work
ingmen, courageous, interesting
but due to reactionary atmos-
phere feeling it's way-newsy-
Edited by Charles Siebold form
erly with Montana Labor News.
Montana Bulletin, Billings, Pub
lished and owned by Herman
Krogman, iconoclastic, fearlesss,
recently assaulted the Northern
Pacific in its stronghold Billings
over its land grant of four million
acres in Montana, its Coal Strip
mine producing one million tons
OF coal year at 35 cents a ton
and its surplus of 1876 million
dollars.
We're it not for the yelled prop
uganda, these six fearless weeklies
could and would control public
opinion of the state with ease. The
trouble lies in the failure of the
ordinary voter to recognize propa-
ganda by other methods than pub
llcation in the corporation owned
daily press.
The LEGAL PROFESSION AS
PROPAGANDISTS
Here the damage is not SO much
IN people being deceived by the
known corporation counsel as by
the unknown. Nobody pays any at
tention to what the division coun-
Gil of the Northern Pacific, Papa
Gum and Pop Gum say in poll
tics. But in every town served by a
railway, there is some lawyer.
cheap enough to take an annual
pass. These are but messenger
boys as far as court work goes.
The Railway does not trust any of
them to defend suit over a thirty
dollar cow killed on the line. Their
mission is to infest cigar stores.
dinner clubs, and make public o.
plnlon, talk to prospective Jurors.
tell county commissioners how
much taxes the utilities pay, brow
beat litigants, and back bite anv
members of their own profession
who fight for the rights of Mon
tana people against the absentee
landlords; advise in a neighborly
way widows and cripples to ac-
cept pittance in settlement Of
large and just claims. There are
doubtless $50 of these tip takers
in the state working all the year
at their poorly paid despicable lob
OF fooling the people.
Many of the judges are propa-
gandists The prominence and
power of the judiciary in the
minds of the American people is
undue. If some judge or ex Judge
says some stupid thing it is her
aided to the ordinary mind in head
lines as if the gods had spoken.
Recently retired federal Judge
emitted some stale platitude about
a popular judge being an odious
Judge. 1t was used as propaganda
oy the dailies and many will be-
Iieve it. His colleague has for
years ben just Judge and as pom
olar as any man in the state. But
even though the author of the re-
mark has for a score of years con-
1ucted his office so that he has no
friend and only one admirer in the
world, his ancient wit is heralded
as wisdom by the interests who
want other judges to follow his
cad.
There are many yet who do not
tathom the workings of the
GRAND ALLIANCE OF ABSEN-
TEE LANDLORDS.
This junta which rules Montana
With sterner hand than any like
lody ever ruled South American
Republic consists of the local sa.
.raps of the Anaconda Copper
Mining Co., the Montana Power
Co., the Montana Dakota Power
Co., the Montana Power Gas Co..
he Royal Milling Co., the Noun
ain States Telephone Co., "a SUBJ
ildiady of the American Telephone
Co.. the Western Union and Pos
al Telegraphs, the Express com
oanies, the Board of Fire Under
writer's, the Life Insurance COM
oaniess the First Bank Stock Cor
'oration, Twin City Merger) the
Northwest characterization
Omaha Merger), the Northern
'acific, Milwaukee, Great Nor
hen, and Oregon Short Line
Railroads.
The LAWYERS for every one of
hese concerns are daily making
propaganda for the postponement
Il the day when the people shall