The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-09-12


cratic tickets in the primaries in
July, 1880; that / will support the
Farmer-Labor Party ticket in the
coming elections and the program
adopted at the convention"
The credentials committee re-
ported and moved that all dele !
gates signing this declaration be
seated with the exception of AL
fred Jensen who was ruled out !
because he was a candidate for
county assessor in the primaries
on the Republican ticket. The re-
port of the credentials committee
was accepted.
The convention then proceeded
to organization and Robert Larson
and Art Wankel were elected per-
manent chairman and secretary,
respectively.
A rules committee composed OF
Hans Rasmussen, Harry Williams
and Andrew Hansen was appoint
ed. A platform and resolutions
committee consisting of Hans Har-
derson, Emil Moe, Nels Sunsted
and U. G. Farmhouse was appoint
ed. The reports of the rules COM
mittee was adopted unanimously.
While the platform and resolu-
tions committee was at work State
Senator Charles E. Taylor deliv-
cred rousing speech which drew
enthusiastic applause.
Senator Taylor's Speech
Taylor said that of far more
importance than the election of a
few men to office was the build
ing up of militant Farmer-Labor
Party based on the principle that
the workers and farmers could
never solve their problems under
the capitalist system or free them
selves from the yoke of the ex-
ploiters until. in alliance with the
city workers they established a
new system of society under a
| Workers and Farmers government.
The conditions of the masses
were growing steadily worse I'M
der the capitalist system, the
speaker. pointed out and there. was
no hope for a substantial better
ment in the future. Any improve
ment would be only temporary foi
the capitalist system was in q
state of decline thruout the world
: 1t had outlived its usefulness in
the development of industry anC
now we had reached the point
where the profit system was &
stumbling block in the path Of
human progress.
Turnout the world. Taylor de-
clared there are millions of people
I out of employment. The depres
sion is not only in the United
!. States. The international ramifi
: cations of capitalism are such tina
: when a crash comes in one coun
q try it affects the whole world.
The develcrment of new ma
o chinery is Cutting the market
: with commodities which the pro
: ducers cannot consume becaus'
= they have not the money to pur
: chase them with. The workers il
o industry do not receive the full so
S cial value of the product of thei
e toll. HeEce t-.ey cannot buy th
d products of agriculture. Thi
n causes depression of farm price
5. On the other hand the farmer
are unable to purchase TIE :ilisf
i ed articles produced by the indus
n trial workers, thus completing tn
e vicious circle out of which ther
n is no egress for the producers ez
n cept thru a change in the ecor
h om:c system from capitalism t
W socialism
i Result of Capitalist System
"The harvest we are reaping to
/ day." Taylor said, "is the resul
is of the capitalist system and nc
= merely the Hoover administration
d The Democratic Party if in powe
le could not improve matters. Bot
r parties are tools of the ruin
al classes and both are enemies c
V. the workers and farmers. YoU
J. property is slipping away froi
j. you farmers and many of you ma
i find yourself in the ranks of tn
IS proletariat competing for a job
p the industrial slave market.
le AS the process of farm mecl
e anization grows you will fin
lie yourselves forced to work for ii
r big farmers operating on a Cigar
1t tic scale. All around you, can
rs seen evidence of the strides bein
le made in this direction. FinanC
2 capital is going into agricuitul
le with a vengeance.
? "What are you going to
IS about it?
ID To-day the number of unen
workers in the cities is estima
ed at 8,0O0,OO0 Counting the III
employed and their dependents, a
d lowing an average of four to eaC
jobless worker, this means tn:
there are 100000 persons IN 4
United States who have their il
comes stopped and cannot Their
fore buy the necessities of If
They must starve along as be
they can hoping for better times
= Farm Board Betrayed
,g "The Farm Board, Hoover's pc
is ture to the agricultural vote, h;
20 betrayed agriculture. Last We,
~ it advised the farmers TO no
in their wheat for a higher pric
then pulled out the peg, bringir
of down the price to the go cent lev
j. where it is today, and causing
90 loss of millions of dollars to Il
&c farmers.
is, We cannot afford to crift,' Il
n Senator declared, "Some still h5l
A. that they will graduate INTO i
n capitalist class. Raz those grad
n. ates are getting fexs and fewe