The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-01-17
THE SUICIDE CLUBS
By II. L. MAURY

Ii 1870 the years IrOn 1904 10
1888 will be regarded from the
sociological publicity aspect as
government by political economic
suicide clubs. On all sides abb
sentee landlordism is seeking to
sustain itself by organizing clubs
among the BourgOeisic to prevent
the farmers and other workers
from increasing their purchasing
power. Increase for farmers and
workers increase the economic sta
bility of the distributing and pro-
fessional white collared workers
but some of the latter are too
stupid to realize it.
Since the collapse of 1929, stu
dents of it's causes have become
a unit in asserting that the prime
and almost sole cause of that
breakdown was lack of purchas-
ing capacity in the masses, i. e.
farmers and other laborers. The
unjust share of the total wealth
produced going to labor on farms
and in factories for the IL years
after the Armistice was the
cause of bankruptcy of the bour-
geoisie, exhaustion of all its re-
serves along with unreliable mis-
cry and displacement Of half the
working class in the United Stat
es. The farmers and shop work.
ers lacked buying power.
While hosts of clergymen, doc
tors and lawyers have learned
this lesson, the business section
of the bourgeoisie are being Civ
en- crumbs of temporary financial
comfort and other barren encour-
agement from the real masters Of
the bread to organize themselves
into dinner and publicity clubs to
thwart the farmers, Industrial
workers and other producers from
gaining by law their fair share Of
the wealth produced.
The value of propaganda by
corporation owned newspapers has
waned until in cities it is fairly
negligible. It often convinces city
jewellers of the opposite of what
it breaches. The Interests were
quick to realize the breakdown of
newspaper propaganda in recent
years-it served well to blind the
voters for a century. Immediate
ly propaganda clubs commences to
spring up. And the purpose of
these clubs is to prevent the pro-
ducer from coming into his own.
Notable is the American Lib
erty League, of which the best
known member is Alfred E. Smith,
When Smith was defeated for the
presidency he borrowed heavily
to join the other believers in the
spiral of business ever upward
apologies to Mr.. Hoover's inaug-
ural address) and built the EN-
pire Building. 1t has not enough
tenants to pay the taxes. The
cause why it is vacant is that
there are 100000 unemployed ir
New York City. The cause of un.
employment is low farm prices
long hours and low wages for 9TH
er workers. The trouble with the
New Deal was that while it pro.
duced somewhat high farm prices
shorter hours and higher wages, Il
did not go half far enough. In.
stead of fighting low wages anG
long hours, Smith joins a club OF
corporation lawyers, the purpose
of which is to destroy every at.
tempt of Washington to make ten.
ants for his Empire Building BY
shortening hours and raising
wages.
Another propaganda club is the
American Bar Association. I US.
ed to be a member. It's member
ship is dropping off. It is rur
by the legal staffs of big business
more so in the last years thar
formerly. It is headlined in the
Standard when counsel for the
Anaconda goes to its meetings
Its purpose lately has been to en-
courage the Supreme Court in it's
relentless determination to force
present day America to Chinese
Ancestor worship, all for the pro.
lection of vested rights. of capi.
tai to exploit labor.
If the American Bar Associa.
ton held its annual meeting wher
legislatures were in session, the
attendance would be small. Lob
Dying is even more important tn
the lords of this assembly thar
propaganda preached at its meet
ing. Silas H. Strawn was its
president several years ago. He
advised Hoover that 80 million
dollars could safely be lent to
Dawes bank and now his firm Is
resisting collection of the loan
which he advised the government
to make. If the purpose of the
American Bar Association prevail
1t will destroy all independent
lawyers, render corporations i'm
mune in court and add to the pow
erty of all save a few corporation