The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-12-11
Friday. December II. 1881
CUTTING TAXES AND EXPEN-
DITURES--F FOR WHOM?

Turnout the country the bankers and shopkeep-
ers agent of the capitalist class, are making
demand that taxes be reduced. This demand is be-
ing raised particularly in the farming of the
country
These agents of the capitalist class publish
figures and statements about the great expendi-
lures that are being made Unnecessarily" and of
the cuts in the tax rate that could be made if
these unnecessary" expenditures were eliminated.
What are these expenditures that are called IN
necessary by the businessmen and shopkeepers?
These are the expenditures for decent schools for
the rural areas; these are the expenditures to
place the rotten books that the students have to
use, with clean books. These are the expenditures
being made for the county nurse and doctor
These are the expenditures being made for salar-
les for the teachers in the country schools.
The campaign of the capitalist class for tax
reduction is campaign to cut those expenditures,
the benefits of which go less directly to
the farming masses.
The United Farmers League is opposed to cut
ting such expenditures.
The United Farmers League demands decent
medical attention for the families of the farmers
to be paid for by the county. Each county should
have not only nurse but doctor who is respon-
sible for treating every farmer whether he can
pay one penny or not
The United Farmers League is opposed to
cutting the wages salaries of the teachers or of
the lower paid county workers. The United Farm
ers League supports these workers in their de-
nands for a decent living wage. The United
Farmers League has no illusions about the pur-
pose of the present school system. The school
system under capitalism, like every other organ
that the capitalist class controls is being used
continue this system of exploitation. In the
schools it is being done by preventing the children
from learning anything of the exploitation and OPP
preston that is imposed the toiling masses un-
der capitalism.
The United Farmers League demands of thus
wretched school system demands of the CAPT
talist class whose school system it is-that decent
sanitary conditions be established, that the chill
dren of poor farmers get free food and clothing
in the schools that the children have clean book
and not filthy ones, and that the teachers be Civ
en- decent wage and not the starvation ration
that are handed out to the teachers of thousands
rural schools
These demands for greater benefits for tn
toiling farmers from the county and state budget
mean increased expenditures. The United Farm
ers League will back every move to eliminat
graft from the county and state budget. TIL
United Farmers League states, however, that tn
ncreased benefits to the farmers from the bulge
shall not depend on whether these other cuts al
made or not Where these benefits mean increa
es in the budget this increase shall be provide
for out of increased taxation to be obtained fro
the landlords, the bankers the railroad cOmpanie
the market mOnOpolies etc.
The demand the part of the capitalist ella
for cuts in the budget are an attack the ivir
standards of the toiling farmers. The Unite
Farmers League stands to defend these livir
standards, miserable they are, from being SUI
even lower. The United Farmers League oppos
TO the capitalist demand for tax reduction at t
expense of the living standards of the farmer
the demand for increased benefits to the farme
out of the budgets to be apid for by increas
levies on the capitalist class insofar as they a
not covered by cuts in the salaries of the high
officials and abolition of graft in the state apps
atus.