The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-06-12

,on+ eruption in Montana
The reSeH circles together with
lsgsp aI Trr1,mblings and reverbera-
aon. Which sbo IRot to- eru pit into a po-
Is again lnamOaign, prompt me to di-
y.ical f can" . time from the descrip-
Fe'; II II the political %hula-hgla" OF Of
ton y 3an nee Roosevelt to give the
Fan D4 tbe dow down" on our po-
T react 'Is set in Montana
i' Tsare is an old saying to the eff
ln eIot - "When thieves fall out,
feet L'T men may get a break" and
i sons' saving wins is particularly appli-
ia s s 20 the present political situa-
ton on Ii obo,lt four years there has
~ IN operation in Montana a
5een -, ~ known as the "West-
lsV'R pqrPpgresgive," although after
EN- I've Years of examination of
sew ;s.SI amer I am forced to confess
gs. p +5e onlv progressive thing l
9sr. ' been able to discover about
g .5e paper was the name.
"'T Tb f PAPER was started by Lew
p. I,TS in 1882 ostensibly to fur
l'n" the program of the Tax Re-
. w.. AS Association, but the real mo-
~. ...5U a. will be presently seen, was
Wv Amos" says, "Sumpin' else
sgin."
THE TAX REFORM
ASSOCIATION
At the close Of the twenty-sec-
md session of the Montana Legis-
i,T Of which | was a member,
> group Of the more radically in
siSed members of both House and
Senate, having been hOpelessly
sseam-rollered" during the ses-
soo and being at the same time
o5sessed with a desire to accom-
nijsh SOMETHING for benefit of
the average citizen, formed what
We called the Tax Reform Asso-
cation and decided to carry on the
fight against the corporation ma
chine by presenting a program of
tax reform to the voters them
selves. Due possibly to my own
radical activities in the House
coupled with a somewhat uncanny
ability to state a matter concisely,
it fell to my lot to be chosen as
a member of the executive COM
mittee, along with such forward
looking men as Mccormack of
Kalispell and Parker of Flathead
county, to prepare this reform
program and present it to the
public.
Needless to say, in drafting this
program we kept in mind the fact
that in presenting an educational
program Of this kind to the pub
lie, one must consider the attitude
Of the voter and not attempt to
give him larger "dOse" of pro-
gTe'Slve medicine than his mental
constitution and stage of political
and economic progress can assimi-
ate' Consequently the program
winch 2lG we subsequently drafted,
while constituting a considerable
sep In advance from previous
eglSlative recommendations. was
sui not really as radical" as we
would have preferred. Neverthe-
less 1t was for that time a pro-
s.am that could be termed really
IMPRESSIVE sa 1t is hardly neces-
Ssly to add here that what was
soequate for that time, five years
IsO' would be considered hopeless
5 4 out OF date under present con-
s i. However proposals. SINH
ya.. 10 those we presented five
: ssotS ago will probably be pre-
~ Sa'ed to the public this fall by
a. a. D pcruclans who are now posing
ENTER!
The DEMAGOGUE
W GIr program was drafted and
Vote. oegan presenting it to the
,v'erS through such madiunos &c
ON NJ n az our disposal and although
nd p oas. mediums were few
tbs he D our facilities for presenting
PEI proposals spOR limited, we began to
f ia sucn favorable response and
nun from the public that the