The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-06
PROGRESSIVE FARMERS
PLAN FL. CONFERENCE

Bismarck, n D., Dec. 26.-The
headquarters of the United Farmers
Educational League in Bismarck is in |
possession of information which shows
that the farmers in the northwestern
states arc seriously disillusioned not
only with the old capitalist parties
but are beginning to lose faith in the |
leadership of the so-called non-par-
tisans and the insurgent Congress-
men.
InlcatiOn from various Northwest !
ern states show clearly the upward
trend of the movement for independ-
ent political action and organization
of the exploited farmers and their al
lance with the independent political
movement of the industrial working
class.
"Old Parties Fail"
Charles E. Taylor, prominent far
mer-labor leader and state senator of
Montana, declared in an interview
with the representative of the United
Farmer, official organ of the United
Farmers Education League, as fol-
lows: "The old parties have failed to
do anything for the farmers in Mon
tana. We will have a complete far
mer-labor ticket in the field in the
state in 1928"
He also emphasizes the need of a
national farmer-labor party, which
would, in his opinion, strengthen i'm
mensely the labor movement in the
state of Montana.
H. G. Tiegan, farmer-labor leaGe4
of Minnesota, writes to the United
Farmer on the outlook of the farmer
labor movement in Minnesota. He
says: "The Party is in much better
form than was the case in 1924 and
1926. The conference held just re-
Gently at ST. Paul was we'll attended.
The spirit was good. Harmony pre-
vailed throughout. The state COM
mittee of the farmer-labor Associa-
ton is most representative of the
movement" He concludes by stating
that Minnesota will go farmer-labor
in 1925"
Leading farmer-labor leaders of the
United Farmers Educational League
share the feeling of optimism of Mr..
Ilegan as to the outlook. AS to the
harmony prevailing in the ranks of
the farmer-labor party, it is being
asserted that the efforts of the enc
mics of the farmer-labor movement
within that movement must be watch.
ed more closely than before and their
policy combatted more energeticallv.
1t is generally agreed that one of the
conditions Of future success for the
farmer labor party of Minnesota is to
defeat definitely those elements with
In the farmer-labor movement that
are trying to disrupt it or to make in
a tail end to the political plans of the
insurgents in Congress.
AT meetings the farmers are being
told that the Farmers Union is not a
political but an economic organize
ton. Mr.. Kicker, while in Williams
County, stressed this point strongly.
Nevertheless, Mr.. Kicker advises the
farmers to support Lowden for Pres
ident.
Mr.. A. w. Kicker is the editor of
the Farmers Union Herald, the Off
clal organ of the organization. and
IN this paper we find the following:
We should first of all use all the |
power VIC possess toward influencing
the Republican nomination" and then
Mr.. Kicker says as follows:
Frank Lowden is the enlv man
prominently mentioned bv the Rennh-
licans who is in any way trustworthy
as an advocate of the cause of the
farmers"
An active progressive farmer saws:
1t is UP to every class conscious
farmers in this state North Dakota)
who is member of the Farmers
Union, to resent and denounce the
policy of being sold to the Republican
Party. 1t is disgrace. The Farm
ers' Union must be a real union of
the farmers, fighting for a farmer
labor party and under no circum-
stances be made center for Republi-
can propaganda. Now is the time to
cneck the agents of the capitalist
class who are steering the organiza-
ton into the stream of big business. !"