The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-10-16
Demand For Farmers
Organization Grows
fCnntinned rom page onel

NAOULlluCu
of the Wheat Growers organization
and the passing of the Nonpartisan
League under the control Of fake pro-
gressives it will be admitted that
these organizations did some good.
They served their time and the kind
of organization to meet the farm
problems of today must be entirely
different from any tried in the past.
ORGANIZATION
The best opinion of progressive
farmers throughout Northern Mon
tana seems to be that an organization
is needed to fight the economic and
poIitical battles of the farmers at the
present time. 1t is felt that this or
ganization should be so framed as to
i express the political demands OF the
farmer while giving him immediate
practical returns. Like membership IN
Ia labor organization the card OF this
ORGANIZATION should mean something.
It should get him a discount on his
goods when he buys gas at the tllllng
station or goods at the corner gro
Gerry or clothing store. He should be
able to get free legal advice through
; membership in such an organization
M
and defense on certain key cases. The
5 organization should have locals II
| each district and these locals should
3 be pliable enough to be used Tor eV-
: erv purpose of civic betterment IRON
E discussing the building Of new schoo
d houses and roads to the formation o.
: units of Federal land banks.
= SHOULD HAVE
T STATE PAPER
: Such an organization should have.
e nowerful state paper to express tn
{ opinions and wishes Of the ullerS O
i fbe soil and show up the maneuver
g of the predatory interests at session
of the state legislatures, as wei! a
expose those members of the leglsla
ture who vote against the farmer
interests. It should be represented b.
trained legislative experts at eacl
session Of the legislature who woul
support with facts Representative
who would push farm Legislator
n Representative Robert Larson, 1
\ speaking of this lack of legislative eX
merits to represent the farmers at tn
nineteenth session had this to say
g e'F,vervbody seemed to have lobbyist
7 at the legislature except the farmel
The Anaconda Company, The MOI
tana Power Company, the Milling an
IN Railroad interests, the Montana Fec
- Grafton of Labor, the Railroad Brotf
"a erhoods, the Anti-Saloon League an
- even the Buses had lobbyists preseI
" to push their legislation. Everyboo
seemed to be represented but II
os farmer. The result was that we WEI
is frequently up against it for facts
e meet the arguments Of the mteres
be who had a corps of trained specials
70 working for them all the time"
al POLITICAL
H. DEMANDS
nv Some of the political demands
= the organization should include:
W. 1. The land for the working far
-es er. This could be accomplished by t
no resale of the land now owned by Il
his eign loan companies to the farme.
he on the amortization plan, paymer
AT extending over a long period of yea
nd at a low rate of interest. This VOL
he enable the down and out farmer
ore get on his feet and would once mC
Led bring prosperity to Montana.
2. All farm improvements shol
in be exempt from taxation and propel
ieh should be exempt from seizure
we'd debts up to the value Of $1,000.
8. More state aid for schools to
ar raised BY a graduated income tax
eds. all industries within the state.
low sugar companies making exorbit
;ea- profits should be made to pay til