The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-11-21


tional conference of progressive
farmers organizations and of
cooperative societies has been
called to meet in Chicago, No
vember 81 and %, TO formulate
plans for legislative, political
and economic measures which
shall unite the forces of the
wealth producers and the orga-
nized consumers throughout
the United States for their COM
mon protection against prof.
teers.
Herbert F. Baker, president
of the Farmers National capt.
tai, and Dalton T. Clarke, presi-
dent of the National Co-Opera-
tive association, with headquar-
tel;s in Chicago, signed the call.
The sessions will be held in the
Hotel Morrison.
When the American Fedora
ton of Labor announced, three
weeks ago, its intention to hold
a conference of the heads of all
labor organizations in this city
on December Is, there arose
some question as to whether
farmers would be invited to at
tend. It then appeared that the
farmers. and co-operators had
already arranged to meet in
Chicago, and that in view of
that fact the labor conference
would get the benefit of their
deliberations and decisions, re-
CARELESS Of whether any part:c-
uiar organizations among the
farmers were invited to the la
bor conference.
Plans In View
The first issue before the la
Dor meeting will be the defeat
Of the Cummins anti-stlike bill
and the prevention Of the re-
turn of the railroads to private
operation before a political CAM
paign shall have been fought on
the question Of public owner
ship.
The next issue will be the
use of injunctions to break
strikes. Then will come the d.
bate on the form Of political ac-
tivity which is to be adopted
for next year.
Plans are afoot for bringing
the products of the organized
progressives farmers to the CO.
operative stores owned by the
wage-Workers, to reduce the
high cost Of living. These plans
are supported by Legislative
plans for safeguarding the CO.
operative movement, and for
giving the co-operators Il fair
chance in competition with the
beef trust. The keynote at Chi
cago will be the recognition of
the organized worker as an OF
ganiZed consumer, to be bar
gained with collectively by the
organized farmer.
In order that this plan Of ex-
pansion Of the cooperative
movement for the benefit of
farmer and wage-worker may
be fully developed, the promot-
CTS of the conference believe
that the railroads and the mer-
chant ships must be under pub
lie ownership and democratic
control. Hence they will oppose
the return of the roads to pri-
vate operation and the sale of
the governments merchant
fleet.
Recent Elections Studied
Election returns from Massa-
chusetts, New Jersey and else
where have been studied with
almost feve; i.,r. attention by .lle
expert forecasters of political
weather in both the Republican
and Democratic national COM
mittee's headquarters, but
Ie;t;',er side draws much conf
dcncc from them. They renem-
ber the Tory landslide in BIi-
tain II months ago, and the
tuick and complete reversal of
sentiment shown by the British
municipal elections of last week.
Win Parties Combine?
Among the amusing rumors
that are current in the nation
al capital is one to the effect
that the presidents message to
Coolidge means that the Demo
Gratis and Republicans may COM
bire next year to elect a con-
press and an administration
that shall resist the demands OF
the radicals -the organized
workers and farmers.
The trouble with this scheme
is that it ignores the fact that
with most politicians there is
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