The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-05-23

, OF, on account If I5?oSe Amos Pima
oaoy Of public ownership S Of rls adro,
c. P. P: A. Intention,
Disclosed By Action,
Continued IRON page y
: Party. This call i h..
port Of all the worLo ne'lng the sun.
VINO VINO are for Independent ana MIA. farmers
ton T{ by the workers 'l up political &c,
mere mere also exists in Csrs.lai farmers.
state committee of the C Calilornla
progressive Political GSo4a!lerence for
mas the backing of those oSe'0n which
T rye Clements opposed to : ro oULseTya-
an appeal to local unions SHY & y Issued
asking them to organi1 ,.' IN N me stale
OIL Ine Z. P P. A In this iS' csli gt t5ps
appears the following n 5.1ls Call There
attention is called in t t5;apn'
nectlon to call recentlv ,-i ; Con,
Tor the formation If LILY ISSUED
ntlcal party in Califolriaa anew " 20
known as the Farmer-Ta6So,r' y % Oe
y. The last convention of az a.
american Federation Of T.b .s
by a record vote of 250Se o L@1of'
1913, rejected a resolution f fSllS'
ing the formation Of a new nol;f
cal party. The same 4ma pCl,.,,
Federation Of Labor conv ,s-tio.l
urged the organized worIor r-''iG u
De partisan to principles and not
70 be partisan to political na y'
LeS. The last convention If =.
california State Federafio1 y
Labor also voted against tba foy
nation of state Labor na ~
pat approved the formation y
the State Conference for Prooro.
Slve Political Action. The Ststo
Building Trades Council Which
met recently at Sacramento ~
solved to do likewise"
III BETRAY THE FARMERS Ann
WORKERS.
These three documents show Main
~ that the workers and farmers have
nothing to hope for from the leaders
Oh the American Labor Movement Il
IS still the time worn policy Of re
Wardlng your friends and furnishing
your enemies" dressed in another suit
OF clothes. They do not even prac.
tee consistency in carrying cut their
avowed policy. Their action in sup
porting a candidate in the Republi.
can Primaries in Minnesota, where
the Farmer-Labor Party is a full
grown successful party represented
by Magnus Johnson, a "dirt" farm
er, IN the U. S. Senate, would nd-
cate that the tie to the two old par
ties Is greater than their tie to their
friends. as represened by the choice
OF the rank and file Of the Farmers
and Workers. Actions of this kind
cause those who are for political ac-
ton independent of the two old par
ties, to believe that the Washington
has thrown the labor
otficialdOm into close contact with
The political machines Of the tnan-
clal interests.
WORKERS AND FARMERS HAVE
LEARNED
Contrasted with this the workers
and farmers of Minnesota, North and
South Dakota, Nebraska, Montana
md Washington have learned from
bitter experience that they have moth
ng to expect, except oppression, from
either the Republican or Democratic
Parties. Years Of struggle against
he political machines Of these groups
which they found to be dominated by
he lumber trust, the railroads, tle
the wheat gamblers, the
mining interests the power trust etc.
as convinced them that although
lay take a little longer, the only So
ltiOn of the economic problems con-
ronting them is to build a pohu-
al party controlled by the WORKERS
nd farmers and organized n sun
way that it can aggressively ngn'
II control Of the governmental Pow.
r and use it in the interest OF ''
sefCl members Of society.
FARMER-LAB0R PARII A
REALITY.
In the northwest states tnsss
armer-Labor Parties have become q
alitv. The convention to be hela IL
!. Paul on June 18th, frankly sya'ss
at it is through with the par5les y
all Street. It viii endeavor TO la3
Q foundation for new party, tlla.
II ultimately be able to estaoisn
,rkers and farmers government =
e United States. The aLle Iossl
snts committee urges all u
ions co-oDeratives, farmers group
wei veil 90 other groups Of progIeE
~ "V 1rbo 80 orc definitely through WIN
two old parties to elect aelsE Iws
the st. Paul Convention a3i1c
h Is destined to mark the oui !tay.
q = narfv representing the in''
s of the producing nlaSs7''
,aIispelI-Of total Of s1,o9oeO3c ga p
ed to construction Of roads Il. N U get
- mark 81 projects en- west VIII Ri.
. nm ma east side, $4,000 ana p
e will be spent on cons.L1e' mark
1smountain road traverslng
boteau-Teton county vail Ts'''
900 in bonds.