The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-01-31
By GoNIUs LAURsEN

led common people will contradict
the statement that the Republican /
Party today represents big BUSH
ness as never before. Nor that
Wall Street, United States Cham |
Der Of Commerce, Economy Lea
que, National Manufacturers AS
ISOLATION and Liberty League, all
have their political stronghold in
the Republican party. I also be-
heve that we can all agree that
the interest of this class is not the
interest of the farmers, workers
or even the interest of the small
business man who in the past has
been so anxious to support them.
This Republican Party is now
again out angling for our vote.
The Democrats, however, are
right when they call Hoover'S
edo nothing" administration. But
why do anything when the privil-
eyed few already did have all the
advantages.
The Republican Party so COM
pletely represents the capitalists
that there is now. little excuse for
any Of US common mortals being
fooled into supporting it. Ali this
talk about hands off business and
Of it's being the champion of pri-
vate rights and personal liberty
only means that it wants the right
and liberty to unhindered, ex-
plot us to its hearts content and
ikc oh1oofiOno r. A1o no1oo Oovo4 mol
icy Of scarcity is because with
farm prices down to nothing the
rake-off between the producer and
consumer can then be larger and
cheaper food to the human work
animal, means cheaper wages and
bigger profits for the bankers and
bosses.
Is the New DEALS policy of
scarcity then solving our econ
Omic troubles? The Literary Di-
gest's poll shows that the major
ity Of the people have lost faith
also in that.
What / wrote before our last
election still holds good. I then
wrote something like this. "Any
one can give a semblance of pros
peTity if he is given a check book
with the privilege of writing as
many and as large checks as he
pleases, but if he spends foolishly,
then the minute he is deprived of
this magic book, everything will
collapse. Just imagine what mis-
cry there will be if no more relief
is available. Every thing would
collapse the minute Roosevelt is
deprived Of his check book. Every
one knows that spending with nc
value received, can't keep on for
ever. Already the future genera.
tons are shackled to a debt inn
possible to shake off. A pretty in
heritance is it not?
Our administration is also re
alizing that they might some day
be deprived of this magic checl
book. Morgenthau is now asking
the question 'Nwhat shall we. d.
when government bonds can M
longer be absorbed ?" The answe,
to that of course is either an un
bearble tax burden, or uncontrol
led initiation. But well they know
that this will be their last trump
After that comes chaos through
out the land.
If we eliminate all artificial am
non-profitable government jobs
then employment is not much bet
ter now than it was four year
ago. Statistics show that the al
my of undernourished is constant
ly increasing. General Jonhso
has made the statement that
large number of people have bee,
undernourished for so long, tina
their health has been undermine
TO the extent that they can neve
be employable again. But still thi
government has the largest peac
time war budget of all time.
General Johnson's statement thu
industry has improved fifty pei
cent but employment only tel
shows which class has prospere
under the New Deal. It should a
so prove to every one that bette
times are not ahead but that "
are now only enjoying the New
Deal's prosperity. It should /
self-evident to all that ten percel
increase in employment can nevC
absorb fifty percent increase
industry. Capitalistic prosperii
means producing more than can |
consumed. Consuming this surpll
Is depression. In the past this su
plus has been consumed by farm
ers and home owners borrowir