The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-09-19

want their wheat for their own
USE" The people of Russia today
are enjoying the product OF their
toll.
Morality and MinOt
Mrs. Bloor caused laughter
when she told of a question asked
at one of her meetings by a man
from Minot. care they moral In
Russia 2" he queried. Fancy a Mi
not man getting indignant over
the moral situation in country
thousands of miles. away" the
speaker said and those in the au-
dience who either knew or heard
of merry Minot laughed uproari-
ously. Mother" Bloor stated that
Russia is the only country in the
world where the daughters of the
working class can be moral be-
cause they are not forced by eco
nomic conditions to sell themselves
for bread and clothing.
In his opening remarks Presi-
dent Talbot complimented "Mo-
Their" Bloor on her speech express
ed his sympathy with the Soviet
Union and sincerely hoped they
would reach the goal they were
driving for. He denounced the an
ti-soviet lies in the capitalist press
and declared that some people
called him a bolshevik.
Something for the Farmers Now
His theme was the problem of
getting something for the farmers
now in any way possible and he
offered the Farmers Union as the
organization best calculated to
serve the immediate needs of the
tillers Of the soil. The speaker re.
called the time when go per cent
of the population of the United
States lived on the land. Today thC
percentage has fallen to below 81
and he declared that 8 per cent C1
the population are in control Of
all the food commodities produc.
ed in the United States. The farm
ers are capitalistically-minded HI
said and they must be educated
out of that frame of mind. Thu
farmer thinks that because h,
owns some property he is a CAPT
talist. He held that the Farme,
Union had the best program for
the farmers as a class that they
must have a war chest and tina
since congress appropriated half
billion dollars to help agricultur,
it was his aim to get as much o
that money for the farmers as pos
sible. He admitted that Legge wa
somewhat backward as a studen
of cooperation but believed tina
he could be educated.
Gave Present to Railroads 49,.
Congress made a present Q
hundreds of millions of dollars t
the railroads in 1920 Talbot dc
/. clared. Hoover made 100000
profits out of farm products dui
ing his term as food administrato
but when the farmers asked fo
fifty millions of this money ,he
1A0H SCb a pCililys
In a conversation with Talbot
President Hoover declared thu
there is plenty of money in N
country" Talbot replied, chat
so, but it is in the wrong pockets
The speaker told of the decline {
farm land values. A few years ap
a man who was offered $500 q
acre for his land could not sell
now for five dollars an acre Tt
speaker said that he and ii
Farmers Union would continue |
| pry the lid off the United State
treasury and get all the none
possible to build terminal elevator
and provide better marketing fl
ciliies for farm products.
Mr., Talbot received a good r.
ception from the audience. He
a powerful speaker and a man
evident sincerity but one cou
hear comment that the cold lac
gave US the real dope. We heal
that stuff before. He is telling
how to get rich farming" Tia
bolts defense of the farm boal
and Legge did not strike a pop
lar note tho most farmers ayr,
that the Farmers Union is a ma
organization and if given a mi
| tant policy and was freed from Il
| get rich quick policies of some
the leaders of the Terminal A