The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1937-01-08
~ LEVERNE HAMILTON


6onkey who disguised himself in
: lions skin and went about
tightening his fellow asses with
his masquerade. AS the fable re-
iates he was a bowling success as
long as he contented himself with
frightening his fellows and kent
his mouth shut, but as often han
Dsns when individuals of anv
sDecies have been successful in
deserving their fellows thew en-
9eavor 70 carry the deception still
further and it becomes a total
failure. So with the unfortunate
donkey, to make his MASQUERADE
complete he tried to roar and all
lis fellow asses who had been so
completely fooled by the disguise
Immediately awoke to the fact
that this n1asquerader was onlv
another ass in a different kind
q clothing end, as TIE fable re-
lstes, what they die to the poor
nssquerader was aplenty.
The fable has an apt parallel
"a the case Of the democratic
lskass which in 1882 fell heir to
the republican elephants hide.
For quite a number of years our
comparatively youthful country
bad enjoyed the ops and downs
Of prosperity under the old econ
enic system which was called bv |
!ifernnt names such as private
initiative, rugged indtvidualsm
or the profit system, but from
800 on the cups" had been most
u downs" and with the develon.
rscnt Of the country's natural re-
sarrces little opportunity was
5ef: for exploitation and the viru.
lent disease caused by segrega.
ton Of enormous and exorbitan+
WOfts had begun to eat out the
flesh and homes Of the republican
elephant until in 1882. in a weak.
ee&' and anemic condition from
9: in@ blood transfusions from
The public treasury in an attempt
to save the watery blooded indus
tries that had been sapped bv the
experts Of high finance, there
wasn't q Great deal left of the 7
Old republican elephant, excep+
ths akin, and since the hide of
republican elephant has never {
:; 5ae ;. nv great commercial valu) .
It Gid no. require any great de. t
Fns - dev+eritv or INTELLIGENCE (
ifr the democratic jackass to 8
capture Il. j
The question that immediately s
arose in the mind of the demo )
rtatie iackass was, what TO Z
with the darned hide and tho r, :
lad It. ~ " ;
Unfortunately for the public Y
ne POLITICIANS mind-or such mine 2
J the politician may be said t. 4
'OsSeSs-ls initiative rather thar =
ngina' He wants to do things u
! uey have always been done OF u
: nearly similar as possible :
,0nSequently the democratic Jack h
30 90, a1ter a period of the pro- q
' oJlueSt meditation of which a :,
s.AASS IS capable, scratched both Al
IS =, with his hind feet and de-
! Thas he would prescribe fo1
az. ISeuo"S 1.-THE public) as near !.
!. we same kind of treatment %
90 they had been receiving as Z
- possible, only varying the "
20 enough so that il would =, =,
- as different" He decided u
!, ~ aiter more scratching of the ~
Ina, mat the elephants hide, if n
rrvOughiy renovated trimmed :. %
! ~ "a. : DIT, given a coat of dive Ok
; n''ie judiciOus application of - =
.a "a the strategic spots might &c e
/. Inverted into a very respect -
e lions skin. ed
Tor 70 the treatment, the repub. 81 %,
~ elephant had been giving ~,
80. transfusions and, being VIII
E... mltator, the democratic Of
nee nee decided to continue these ',as
Fo n, uS sons and since about IL JAG
= ~. !, la0oring men and farmers IS
r,t @iSO IN a condition of az his
-'0u anemia, due to the sap con