The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-22
CALL FOR
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hundreds of millions of dollars in
tax refunds to the big corpora
lions. But when the unemploy-
ment crash threw millions OF
workers out of employment, he
fed them on promises. He per
suaded the business lords to prom
Use there would be no wage cuts
"a promise broken as soon as 1t
was made. And the result Of its
"relief'' to the farmers has been
something approaching mass bank
ruptcy. The capitalist govern
ment regards relief for labor and
agriculture as paternahsm, which
is bad when applied to the produc-
ers but good when applied TO the
eSploiters. The present admins
tration like all its predecessors, is
a class government, not run by
the people for the people, but by
q small group of dominant fin
ance-capitalists for their own
benefit and the benefit of their
class. The workers and farmers
are given the privilege of voting
for such candidates on either par
ty ticket as these men and those
serving them pick out.
Since it is clear that both the
Democratic and Republican par
ties are tools of Wall Street, j
lis the duty of the workers and
farmers to organize politica
party of their own thru which
they can fight for their immediate
interests and eventually for ;
Workers and Farmers Government
under which labor on the land one
industry will be entitled TO the full
social value of its product. TIL
workers and farmers must orga
nize on a national, state and coun
ty scale for this purpose and sim
The present Business Admins
tration of Sheridan county, a Tor
ThGmb model of the Washingto
administration and the Anacond
administration at Helena, is til
administration of the kuiak, tn
banker and the parasitical bus
ness man. 1t has loaded down tn
farmers with heavy taxes. 1t ha
sunk the county in deDt. It ha
been guilty of favoritism to il
gang supporters. Under the leaC
ership of the notorious trio of Me-
; icine Lake: Frank French, Joe d,
lin and Edward Powers it has VI
done in a short space of two yeal
the work done by the former Far
mers Administration in six. TIL
: gang has taken the place of II
; plunderers who were in possessio
of the Farmers Administrative
E Burdened with taxes imposed {
them by this reckless gang of o.
! htical plunderers, the milital
workers and farmers of Sherids
County must organize under Il
|. banner of the Farmer-Labor Pa
ty to go to the polls next Noven
Der and drive those agents of Il
exploiters from office.
, Therefore, the undersigned "a
: on each farmer and worker
E Sheridan County, who believe
the principles of the Farmer-L.
y Dor Party, and who are affiliate
with that party or who intend
: affiliate with it henceforth, to a
end a mass Farmer-Labor Par
: convention in the Farmer-Lab,
Temple, Plentywood on Saturda
September 9th, at noon, for Il
purpose of:
1. Adopting a program for i
! county and state legislative cand
dates IN the coming general ele
| tlons.
2. Nominating a slate of ca,
dldates for the county offices
Sheridan County, Montana, to Al
peal to the voters on the basis ,
the program adopted at the ma.
convention, and which candidate
will be filed as the candidates ,
the Farmer-Labor party on Il
ballot Of the general election, Tue.
day, November 4th, 1880, purs,
ant to provisions of Section 81,
Revised Code of 1921, and Chaptt
z, session laws of 1927.
Dated this 10th day of Angus
1880.
By the FARHER-LABOR PART
County Committee of Sheridan C,
Robert Larson, Chairman
Hans Rasmussen, Secretar
Art Wankel
Charles T.. TAYLOR