The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-08
Some Accomplishments of COllectivisnl
Rev. R Carleton Moore, Montana

Civilization has long since takeI
Its first feeble steps toward the
control of, at least, some Of tbs
public utilities in favor of the
masses rather than the privileged
classes. We note a few facts in
Gcatlve OF the slow progress Of
cooperative sytem, gradually
Supplanhng a competitive and pro
Mt controlled society.
The rich and opulent Mr.. Midas
Getsmore rises from his bed a
$50 and proceeds to drew the wa
ter for his morning bath from 3
pubhcally controlled water system
However much he NAV deride the
radicals, his water supply is fur
nlShed by a municipality whose
water regime is under the domino
ton OF simOn-pure socialism. He
becomes a patron of a system that
ne hates He may be worth a cool
mllhon, but he has no more right
to the city supply of water than
ms poorest neighbor who pays his
share of TIT installation and up
keep OF that valuable utility.
Mr.. Getmore finishes his break
1ast and Tives off to his office over
a common road bed and common
lzed streets, that are the last svl-
tables In cooperative collectivisTn.
In his office he proceeds to omen
up a hundred and fifty letters, plac
ed upon his desk by a socialized
mail carrier. and conveyed to his
city by the services of an exceed
lngly effective postal system that
IS not only national but interna-
tlonal socialism. U-der the bene-
ticient reign Of social mail delivery
Mr.. Getmore can send return let
tiers TO any part Of the U. S. the
Dominion of Canada, Mexico, Alas
ka or PHILIPPINE Islands at three
cents per letter or to practically
any country in the world fer five
cents, exactly the cost Of delivery.
No one makes a profit on his mail.
Moreover NJ. Getmore would be
the first to set up a howl, if the
worlds postal system were sold
out to some great national or in
transitional corporation, to be lur
at a profit. Under our present econ
only such q corporation could not
for the mere cost of de-
livery, but would necessarily be OBJ
llged to operate at a profit. The
only possible way by which such
q corporatior: could live would be
to charge Mr.. Getmore and all the
est Of US a higher price for mail
delivery. The bigger a business
or the more of the COM
mOdities Of life that they control
and sell at a profit, the more in
Sistantly they demand a continu-
alton of a socislized postal system.
The reason is apparert. Big bust
reSs patronizes the mails to a far
greater extert than the little fell
low. A raise in letter delivery
would crack down on profits. So
the big business man is forced into
the incor sistency Of supporting a
Socialized mail system that adds to
his profits, and denouncing other
socialized utilities that would take
away his profits and enrich the
Moreover Mr.. Midas Getmore
boasts of his democracy in sending
MS children to a politically owned
and publically controlled school
house. where they are taught bv
! publically paid teacher, and
where every child receives the
same scholastic privilege. At the
noon hour his children mingle with
others upon a publically owned
play ground. After school thew
have access to a publcallv control
ed gymnasium, where the motto
S equal rights to all and spec1a.
to ncre."
Again Mr.. Getmore, who insists
hat all mines, factories, shous.
railroad lines, power plants, tele-