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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-12-18
Peace by Purchase
By ii. L: MAURY

us quotum. Dutch East indies Is
pernhrCed to produce % per cent
1t is thought that the stability
OF the Brazilian coffee market i
due to an agreement with n1,+cb
producers from Java. P,,t tho
worlo OF trade IS yet lacks evil
Holland and Switzerland r,o~o
me last to dilute the foid star
dard. AS a result when Wg lessen.
20 Ene gold content in our money
InLIated our CURRENCY Dutch
cents. 'S " %
In the last year of the war the
tlrst coal deposit over DISCOVERIES
n European Holland was onaneJ
The gverniiient did not perToit
ms to get into private hands
Inc annual consumption Of coal
IN Holland is abut twelve milton
tons. Formerly this was all i'm
ported from England, Norway. or
the Ruhr. Today Holland buys
only two million tons, produce
aerselt by public work (cornmun.
lsm!l ten million tons for hon,
use. Most of the railroads tala.
phones, telegraphs. in Holland arc
nnhllclv owned and onerated. Tho
cities have sewage disposal svs.
ems which. In fertilizers cold. Us
nallv make a profit. The ever
Hresent danger to two-th;rds or
Holland for rfanv centuries wa
The destruction Of the dykes ~
"eo'lne eatft1~ +hn wooden frar,e.
worlr. The rnvArnmen4 now dec
troys the beetles bv etec+ri>
currents (Coutd our fcres4are ,-e4
= tree and char~e T. with hiok
electric current and kill the Pin~
RAAt'e?l
The highest tribute to Dutch
sagacity is their air line pact
with Mussolini. The Imperial Air
lines (British) must entrain their
passengers through Italy, going
to or coming from Australia t,
London. The Dutch daily airplanec
from Amsterdam to Batavia, TO-
O00miles, are allowed to flv with.
cut stop over Italy. Italy pro-
duces no petroleum. Perhaps the
way for Dutch air transport i
smoothed with oil.
The Securities Exchange Com
mission at Washington prevents
buying stocks on the New York
Stock Exchange at less than so
or now IS per cent down pay
ment. If you want really to buy
any we'll known stock ON a mar
gin of much less, but on price of
'abling, you may do so and many
Americans are now doing so or
he Amsterdam Exchange (and
London Exchange also). This will
stimulate the next savage boom
% be followed by the more saw
age collapse.
In the copper world, in 1901
2-3, the disaster of our domestic
market was accumulated by slash
'ng of prices with African copper
The Anaconda stupidity tried t.
maintain price of eighteen cent?
the pound against world competi-
lion. Now that the Dutch control
the output from Butte, Nevada
Green Cananea, Andes copper
chile copper. and the Anaconda
African prospects. it is probable
that bv trade agreements anv
such slashing prices as six cent
copper will not in our lifetime re-
appear.
AS we in Montana have so far
shown complete lack of manhood
high enough to govern ourselves.
we should welcome the Dutch as
our new masters. They are equally
cold blooded, but they are not as
stupid nor as corrupt as our for
mer masters of New York and
Florida. They pretend to no very
high standards of public morality
only as a pious fraud and cloak
to cover misconduct.
The Dutch are hard to beat,
We could beat them if we could
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-12-18

A drive against wage levels
plus adventures in countries like
Afghanistan can wreck prospect
ty. But higher wages and union
recognition will not. The union
ization drive offers 1887 its
greatest prospect of stability and
prosperity.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-12-18

g. rsS.s1alH the Dutch, have by
4 bo4 tTading in the last twenty
ar'7 ::orgej forward to a lead
RI, man many respects q command
. lla .aa' in the financial, mer-
i1. Shipping, industrial world.
tel Copper Mining Com
i'''o -.os a normal, usual chapter
rs 2. W. history since the ARMS
Z. il 1918.
o...b Bankers are not the pre-
p ms hvpOcrites that man the
...,DYsrshi1s Of J. P. Morgan &
..rsry or Kuhn Loeb & Com
Io.FTTb ev did not propogandize
2. I!, into war to save any
a 5y..Ii loans as Morgan did us tc
~ Tie loans to the Allies. They
@,s -, N the ground in daily con-
-. So Tifh runition buyers of both
= = rsrtral nations and the Allies
~ seld for gold or bartered
b.. delivered goods.
After the great war, Dutch
p.1kprs did not, as Morgan die
~ American investors, pretend
:. philanthropy in lending their
=. p,orav IN rehahiliata +he
.Strifken nations, when the pur-
s.s was TO take advance commits
5i.rs for making worse than dub
ans loans. This lack Of hypocrisy
.Ils;f fair dealing with their owr
,Fpnts and customers, gave the
htch Bankers such unlimited
Bnfdence that the entire fisca'
psotres Of a mighty Empire be-
sre concentrated for use in {
Few undergraduates as they
at them. I
Barring the mighty advances OF
he Soviets and their repeatedly
successful five year plans, the
Dutch with their head start o.
neutrality, their business methods
e cold blooded but less crooked
than cur own great capitalists
githut advertising their successes
have stepped forward as no othe:
s2siOn has been able to do. The
are not encumbered with preiu
does. They do their own thinking
BED scares do not disturb them.
Facing armed Europe, having
bought their peace once, they
tVst their wealth and diplomacy
70 do it again, Very little money
Is spent on their army, which
throughout the whole Empire
does not reach 100000. Their
asgy is quite negligible. They
attend no reduction of armament
f.eetings-simply reduce. All the
mile thew are getting control of
What fools fight with and for.
Some of their recent moves il
he chess game of international
.5ade and wealth might intrigue
ne minds Of their most recent,
subjects in Montana be-
;aase the Anaconda Legislative
..00ey in Helena was probably
a'oWn in with the stock control
"a the sugar market, Java for
sng was the second largest ex-
Po5teF, Cuba and the other West
4lies' the largest. Cuban export
'Ogaf was going $4,000 miles tc
''mpete in the Orient with Javs
Sgar. Java sugar was going tx
! Se5Sten Europe to under-sel
.uOa' only 5000 miles away. This
'aS all slmplified. Holland bought
large enough share of Cuban
s S.lneres to force an agreement
nay a cuban sugar would not go tc
, ,a' Japan, India, etc. Java
S ISaE would not invade Western
'ur0pe,
=, similar agreements as to rub
VI: were forced by the Dutch.
' vi and Malay tin was in
D UTld competition. In the East
- -oteS' TIN in vast quantities is
'iGSuu a!d by placer operations.
~ ume miners may read with 2
we surprise that STREAM tin"
,n INV a leading source of world
't .s., The Dutch have secured
-, ~uSt agreement on tin. Each
-se national producer supplies
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Add PRACTICAL Definitions

Teacher - Albert, you may spe1
the word neighbor.
Observation-Disclosures.
Teacher - That's right. Now.
Tommy. can you tell me what q
neighbor Isl
Tommy-It'g q woman who hor-
rows ings.-Zanesville Times Sig
nal
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-12-18

Wife Crying on new fan hats3-
Do you like this one turned DOWN.
Hubby-How much Is it2
Wife-Twelve dollars.
Hubby-Yes, turn It down.
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''My husband is the only man who
ever kissed me-"
Neighbor-Are you Dragging Or
eomplaining2 - Central Georgia
Magazine.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-12-18
HOME RULE

'Say. Pa, what Is your idea Of
the simple life?"
Being allowed to sit around Ia
my shirt sleeves, my boy, espe-
C1ally In the summer"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-12-11

cases are able to do just as good
days work as an A class work
er, and we feel that the intent
Of the law is not being lived up
to when G. class workers are dem
led the right TO work on WPA
projects, for these Emergency
programs were launched in this
nation to take care Of the needy
and not the privileged few,
namely, A class workers and a
lot of swivel chair warmers draw
ing fat salaries in administrative
positions who are not on relief
and are not in need Of relief at
the present time; SO therefore
why should A class workers an
a privileged few receive the bene-
fit of Emergency program and
the less fortunate through no
fault CT their own be denied the
right to work and make an hon
est living in land Of plenty.
Therefore, if our public officials
are going to allow the Liberty
League and the international
Bankers and the United States
Chamber of Commerce and the
Wholesale Manufacturers Asso-
citation to bring pressure to- bear
on our public officials of this
state and nation it is inhumam
and a disgrace to. the American
public in a land Of plenty.
8 We as organized labor find
upon investigation that modern
machinery is doing away with
rnan-pcwer throughout this nation
Now, Mr.. Public Official WHY
not put a tax on the machine to
take care Of the man-pcwer it
does away with? We. as organi
zed labor in the coal mines of
Musselshell county, knew that mo-
dern machinery has laid off &C.
veral hundred men in the past
ten years and the only job open
to these men today is WPA
job on a WPA project to take
care of themselves and families.
Who foots the bill? The taxpev-
err. Why not the machine foot the
bill? Sc therefore, Mr.. Public
Official, get busy, for you were
put in office November 3 by the
biggest majority in the history Of
this nation on the promises Of
what you were going to do for
the working man and the farmer
Now, Mr. Public Official, big
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-12-11

eral Drivers Union will be t.lon
over completely, with the three
loGrs and basement being reno.
Geled to fit the needs At fho TIC
Upon the completion If -. 10y 81
modelling the TIC and IocaI SS1
VIII VIII nave one of the finest union
nne nee in the countrv
Other union besides the teanoino.
crafts which have offices n ths
building are Local 1889 Fi,r Nc
E tcn Workers Union, and Local
LOU, Northern States Elecctricca'II
Workers Union. 'S'"i
Msach,inists local $50 has turned
the lockout Of 80 of its fnenhe-S
employed at the Imperial Macb9
Inc Company into a strike With
demands that the 80 men he rein
stated. and establishing union
conditions in the plant. The strike
Is now going into its second week
with no present sigh f a settle
ment. The company Is using the
american Express Co. trucks to
r remove owe. it's scab products, driven
BY union" drivers. These drivers
are not 544 men of course hut
are membes of the Railway Clerks
Union; affiliated TO- the 4 F Of
= The nnachinists promise that
an investigation of these carica-
lures of union men will take
place shortly.
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business Is telling you befcre the
ink is cold on the ballots you
must chisel on the American Pu-
bile that put you in office. What
are you going to do about IT
8 We as organized labor find
that business In most all branches
is back TO the 1929 level, paying
big dividends, Shocks and bonds
going up every day, more money
In payrolls for those that are able
to have a Job. Still we have 49,
OoO,000 unemployed in land OF
plenty.
10 The Peoples League for
Economic Security gives us facts
and figures that this nation is
able TO produce goods and conuao-
dities to the amount Of thusandS
of dollars to every head Of a
family in this great land Of Plen-
ty, so, MIR Public Official what
are you going to do about, it as
the voters of this nation elected
you as boss to do the job for the
American Public; SO now who is
going TO be your boss? Are you
cling to let 10000, 600 people go
hungry and in want and need in
a class, B or C class as they all
Thought they knew what the let
ter (X) meant TO them On Nov.
3rd, SO what are you going b. do
about all those bic Capital lGtters
in land Of plenty?
Signed: H Fl McHose
Labor Groups
Workers Protective Union
United Nine Worl1ers Local
Trades & LabeE Council,
(Seal)
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Roundup Mines Protest
WPA Curtailrnent
Roundup, Montana
November 80, 1886

November 80, 1886
Greetings from Workers Pro
tective Union No. IL:
We sincerely ask all labor
groups and organized labor re-
ceiv1ng a copy of these resoIu
tions to have similar COPIES typed
and sent to all WPA officials anT
Senator's and Congressman Of this
state representing the voters in
Warrington, D c.: also ia the
Governor of this State and to Mr.
Jim Graham State A F of I,
president: john /, lewis. prea-
dent Of the United Mine Workers
cf America: Frances Perkins. Sc
cretarv of Labor. Washington, n
9: William Green, president Of
A F CT L, WASHINGTON D G.: and
also to President Roosevelt
Very truly yours,
Workers Protective Union No II
Roundup, Montana
Roundup. Montann
November 80, 1899
Greetings from labor groups of
Musselshell County:
] We send COPIES of this con-
rlaint to all WPA officials. IT s
Senators and Ccngressmen AMI
State Senator's and Representa-
ives.
2 We wish to vigorously pro
test the action new being taken
by our state. WPA officials and
our national WPA officials ir
their chiseling and boondogglino
on Emergency Relief programs
namely, old age assistance, no
help to the needy beyond a oucta
determinations against C and B
class workers. transfer of farm
ers from WPA projects to. Rural
Resettlement on direct dole,
chiseling on daily income by q
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Shorter work day and no increase
In hourly wage scale.
8 We protest these conditions
Tor the following reasons set
forth in this complaint.
4 Old age assistance. Public
officials are demanding the trans
Ter OF men IS years of age from
WA projects to old age assiS-
lance who are able to do DAYS
work and by so doing are forcing
the worker to- accept an income
for himself and family less than
ne is earning on WPA projects,
which we feel is contrary to law
as the Federal Regulations sent
by the President Of this nation
provide as follows: That no work
ers or citizens of the United
States IN need be denied the
right TO- work on a WPA project
if there is q Job suitable to his
ability if 1t does not endanger his
life or the life of others. There
fore, organized labor feels there
are plenty of jobs that these men
can do on WPA projects who are
willing to work and do not want
to accent a dole.
5 Whereas, we as organized
labor find upon investigation of
the old age assistance law in the
state Of Montana that there is no
guarantee that the worker will be
paid his assistance from one
month to another for the reason
that many of the counties of this
state go On record that their
states share of the fund is very
nearly exhausted and we find up
on investigation that if any coun-
ty of the state fails to provide
its share of the odd age assistance
we have no old age assistance in
the state of Montana. We fur
Their find upon investigation that
there is no guarantee that man
or woman will receive q dollar a
month for his care CIR keep, so
therefore we vigorously protest
the transfer Of men and women
IS years of ape who are able to
work from WPA projects to cid
age assistance.
6 We rs organized labor wish
to vigorously protest the system
Of a quota in taking care of the
needy in the state of Montana
for the reason that it is unjust
and unfair to the American citi-
zens one to another as a man or
woman standing outside a quota
in need gets just as hungry as
the one inside the quota through
no fault of his or her own and is
entitled to help as an American
citizen as the one that is inside
the quota.
Z We as organized labor wish
to vigorously protest men in C
class being denied the right to
work On WPA projects for the
reason that a C class worker and
his family get just as hungry and
need food and clothing, and is in
need Of such just as much as an
A class worker and in many
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55HE LOST 30
POUNDS Of FAT

,Eegl fun e trp and possess the
Slender spn S44 voG can't
If YOU ltSEsh % A6sSt5as.
go taka off EXCESS Rat go light IN
fatty meets biit8 cfe$fH ana sug-
; 2sy sEss pP9E fES35 Aa
full Of EraSShsp Salts ia a gtasaG
hot WAGER eVsEN 2l6fnihg to eilI6i-
nate excgss vista.
Mrs.. Egaaa EiIle OF 4Iayre de
tDs.--Tny clothes nv me 6Ile r1r1Wg"
no drastic catharti csr-no consti-
patiou-bUt hlissfSfi dzfly bowel ac-
ton when Sou take your little daily
dose OF KFuschen.
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NORTH WEST
LABOR NOTES
pv ARTHUR HOPKINS

!. the strike Of the casket
- aIors enters the seventh week,
y% ,.,rsl new developments are re-
@.T ioJ The union leading the
y .:Es Local 1869 CT the Furni-
a, 81 Workers Union, reports that
'alS Is a definite alliance be-
n.s .os the casket firms and the
w., w. undertaking. firms Of this
y =. This tie-up has enabled these
...'!sinanies to make capital of the
. t-iFs by che of the most uncon-
liable methods in the repertoire
= business, which is Of course
Vino a great deal. The method
I brfief Is this: The companies
jam to the bereaved perscne
living caskets that due to the
sr:te there Is a shortage OF
goolen caskets, but that, "fortu-
sstely" they still are able to Sc
r,re steel caslets, but at a high
J, rrice. Ire client of course i
not inclined to haggle, so he.
AXES his gouging without pro
sn. Tie fact Of the mater is
hat The hugely increased price o
he steel caskets ever the price
81 wooden caskets is wholly un
Ns.ihed; consequently, we fine
81 companies and the undertak
mg firms reaping a ghcnlis'
croft on the need of the deat
ana their bereaved relatives.
II has only lately been disclosed
that the three casket making
firms Of Minneapolis own a chair
Of funeral parlOrs through which
they sell their products, in the
same manner as the breweriet
SCI up saloons to palm off their
wares on the working man, this
after tactic of exploitation being
illegal now in Minneapolis. Loca
1859 is takisg the necessary step
70 halt the practice Of the casket
and undertaking companies. 1t
Introduced a resolution at the
Central Labor Union meeting
Wednesday calling upon the state
officials to make an investigation
d the undertaking. and caske'
trust in this city. In the mean
tire it calls upon all friends
rnon laaor tc net patronize th<
Unfair Fn1s, but t go to st. Pau
We rcsts ere not exhorbitan-
TOT their funeral needs.
Because Of t h e increase
growth Of the teaming crafts i
this city, next month will see a.
9aning crafts unions moving
iromm their present quarters i,
the Central Labor Union buildinG
. tAat headquarters CT Genera
5SrEers Union, 544. This latte
s,eadoparters occupies as much as
he Gu does, and with the mov-
ing OF the Transfers Joint Coun-
u to the Drivers Hall at 257
FlymCuth Avenue, it will mean
mat ,3, the TIC viii have the largest
.Silce space in the Minneapolis
's6os movement.
~
ne Building housing the Gen
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-12-11

ST. PAEIL-(FP)-The Mhme-
sofa Farmer-Labor Assn. annual
conference opens in St. Paul Jan
20
Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1936-04-09

FILTER BACy FRo-c. TIE ST TIES
 Ray Wilkes is back home in H'ah- kon, Minnesota, and very pro bably everryone in l-iile Lacs County is aware of it by this time. Accord- in2 to letter from ITS. L..I. Duff ee, mother of Yrs. Allen Fred- eri cks of Tract ;+87, 'Tilkes is d0- ing a lot of explaining about why he left tfe colony.
 Mrs. Durfee says that she hasn't t talked with Ray personally, but that he has been making s0ee ohes to pu5lio gatherings which have been widely quoted.. .ever tc the hiccoug11s in the one he gave befcre the Commercial Club.
 To the surOrise of many Ray is credited with saying that he left his tract up here because he was told tC pack up and get cut. ..the reason heinz that he had failed to fulfill his contract.
 Tc these who might wonder at such an untrue. stat emant, let it be explained that ty such ar ex- planatiCn he retains his status of being eligible for relief. Nc -. doubt this was imno~t 1t to lay fer he went back onto the rolls the day aTt6r arrlVlLg OacK .CllerS. lCll 11S whole family he is living at the :. home of his mother, making twelve now under the same roof.
 Hikes also says that the who le valley has been taken ever by big corpo ion and that no celC- hist has any title to the land he is working. Another thing is that one is charged double for everyth- ing. n fellow buys thirty icllars~ worth of stuff says Tilkes, and the charge is made for sixty dol- lars.
 Tn another letter from E7ahkon Ray is quoted as saying he had earned over a hundred dc liars a month as overseer of a saWIill, .. but that when he left he owed 800 do ollars. The truth Of the matter seems to be that Mikes ran cre Of the saN1ni Ills about ten days, and, according to some of the cO1Cnists still here, did little else the balance of the time he spent il o.-
Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1936-04-09

head rose from the couch where he lay reading, and this would haDDen any hour of the day.
 *:** !<** ss**
 PAYER TITS oN cpRING CR0vTH
 $ 5imrscn's restaurant building hears conn ct ion. Ralph >FortCr is having ar additicr built to his hotel w1i oh will house ar up-to- the:-r1inute C barber shcD. ..ToslC skys have dcublad the size Of their store. shall homes are snringing cation that oG,lmer will be busy, bustlinG town this sumner.
 -A:iothers sien of Spring: Zeeo ar eye On Jofeff l.orley aid Petty l?eicr.. .ospccially a1ong about the f fifteenth of the mcnth. Bells and bcquots: "oll, your guess is as gCCa as CUTS.
 *** *** ***
 Frank cottor, quite justly fam ous as the author of 'R,-ynes Of a Rcughnecl, '" that book of 7ersi-. fled sideli9hts on. life in Alaska, has left fer his mining property or Valdez Greek after snon1ing a few days study Of the co o1cEy~ set- 7lo with the view cf writing it up for the Alaska Weekly. ~
 Frank, who canned uD here on Moose Greek 25 years ago, made the rounds in the conno any cf Colonel Ohlscn and Don Irwin, and says that the only thing missing in the Whc l. set-uD is really high grade, .latf model psychiatrist; says they need enc here to examine the heads 1f any man who would want to leave the colony unless driven out by sickness in his family. Fe says it isn't fair to ship crazy neoDle hao1 to the States even if it is to use un the cthCr half of a re- turn excursion ticket. r# Co
 rar-v .Jonser of IT act l75 has
Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1936-04-09

SOUP IND SPLEEN LA A~-l I3l EC'7OES
 FILTER BACv FPO7! TIE TIES
Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1936-04-09

larry Jensen Of Tract HTS has received word that his sistor-in- law a,li two bro ohers-ir-laW are CT thoir way uD here tc make their hCneS. :~''~'
 xxx xxx xxx
Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1936-04-09

head rose from the couch where he lay reading, and this would haDDen any hour of the day.
Evening star., 1936-03-18
Replies to
Readers
Questions
BY EMILY POST.

DEAR MRS. POST: Is it proper to
leave the paper containers around
small cakes when they are served?
Answer-If you mean little futed
ones, yes, of course. But if they are
of plain creased paper-then no.
Dear Mrs. Post Is the place oppo-
site the hostess ever considered the
seat of honor? l have understood that
it might be when a widow entertains?
AnsWer-It is usually given to a
member of her family or to the person
she knows best. At a formal dinner
the man is often deputy host, and leads
the way with the lady of honor. At
luncheon this place has no signifi-
canoe unless carving or serving is to
be done-which again makes the per-
son opposite acting host.
X u s.
Dear Mrs Post: can't understand
why you approve Of leaving cards on
wedding gifts when they are displayed?
Don't you think that Joe Green. who
sent tiny silver ash tray, will feel
chagrined when he sees it standing
beside Montgomery Jones loving cup?
Answer-The only reason for leaving
cards on wedding gifts is consideration
for the bride, who must otherwise re-
peat over and over again, Aunt Jane
gave this; Mr.. Smith gave that
Usually presents are so arranged that
each is shown to best advantage-big
things together and small things to-
gether. But even were they not, there
is so reason why Joe Green need feel
uncomfortable. His ash tray may very
easily have been prettier or at least
as pretty as the loving cup. If I were
in Joe Green's place I'd care If my ash
tray were ugly and another ash tray
lovely, but the size of the Jones pres
ent wouldn't worry me bit.
(Copyright. 1850