The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-02-19
Scobey Audience Hears of
Progressive Farmers
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farmer-which causes or demands the
farmer produce wealth and values
late years in the United States reach
ing as high as is dollars per day for
every days work, and averaging
least twelve dollars per day, and says
to him: Only a certain, very small
fraction of this creation Of yours
which you have sweat to produce,
shall be yours, say from one to two
dollars per pay, certainly not over
that last figure
"Now our people, filled with mis-
understanding Of a certain propagan-
da nature, have overlooked this fact
and have gone along believing that
our fathers planned no such mon
strous economic injustice to the farm
er.
Who Made the Revolution?
"Let US see who planned our insti-
tutions and why.
"One-fourth Of the signers of the
Declaration of independence were
smugglers in tea and other commodi-
ties and with them it was getting out
from prosecution and Imprisonment
which the English officers had already
commenced.
Uulill AAdAlGUkh Wdln kAAUWli do kiAN
Prince Of Smugglers.
Business men caused and carried
through the revolution. Many, many
times they mobbed farmers, mistreat-
ed them, burned their buildings, and
inundated them during the whole
war. Many farmers could not be got
ten to enthuse over a business mems
war
Forty-fve thousand men Of Ameri-
ca enlisted under the British flag dur
ing the war.
"They forced the farmer to take
scrip, valueless, for his meat and
grain and all products This was
bought for practically nothing by
spectators and traded by the farm
ers themselves who were starving by
thousands at a wagon load Of scrip
for few pounds Of sugar, or some
other necessary commodity. After
the war, after the constitution was
formed, Alexander Hamilton got this
scrip legalized by the national gov
eminent and paid at practically par,
and these spectators became million
aires-but THE FARMERS WERE
NEVER REIMBURSED ONE SOIL
TARY CENT.
Who Planned Our Constitution?
Washington started it by calling
meeting Of commissioners appointed
to consider commercial and business
interests for the Chesapeake bay dis
tricts. Note not one word is said
about a constitution. They met and
+ recessed from time to time until dele
gates came from the northern states,
"a r~.FI.s@sv,rr g Isersv,g... III.
gates planned our Constitution and
outlined its sections to develop and
maintain a profit system Of business
as wanted and fought for by the bust
ness men of America who brought
about and carried through the RevO-
luton.
Now, who adopted the constitu-
ton?
"These same business men, and
THEY ONLY.
"Had farmers any vote? No. For
two reasons: Debt first. No debtor
could vote in most colonies. And
property qualifications second. They
had too little property and could not
come up to the required amount to
entitle them TO vote. Not enc farmer
in a thousand could vote.
"Only 100 thousand qualified voters
y in the whole cOuntry-over 30 per
cent Of whom were PROFITEER
MERCHANTS AND SPECTATORS
PARTICULARLY LAND SPECU-
LATORS.
Now are you satisfied that this
country Of ours, great and wonderful
as it is, was created to make and
keep the farmer-producer in state
Of debt and poverty and ignorance.
That's exactly Hamilton views, and
he MADE THE CONSTITUTIONS.
"Now that we have found where
we are at-the ragtag and bobtail Of
our whole social and economic struc-
ture-deliberately planned and bret
about by those who were powerful
enough to dictate the new order.
Progressive Farmers is Here
$50 the Western Progressive Farm
ers organized and developed with this
knowledge, and the ONLY farm or
ganization that ever has had a fun
damental start in our country, is here
and we are planning to grow and de-
velop until every farmer-worker shall
understand the cause, and work in
diligently toward betterment
Now you are of with good start.
No organization in any state has ev-
er had a better one with such cap
able and earnest workers and adj
visers.
"You have locals in three counties
with prospects Of many more soon.
Already signers for at least fifteen
locals are ready to organize.
"Now the next step is a progress
sive one for this county. Insti-
tute your locals at once Get them
on the way to a solidified organiza-
ton. Then institute the county coun-
ellis. here, and in other counties as
soon as organizers can get to them.
State wide Organization Planned
"Then call a state meeting some
where in this district Of the state,
with representatives Of all local and