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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-27
Other Livestock
BIZ United Press

CINCINNATI. O., April 27.-Hogs-Re-
ceipts, $500; held over 100; market active
to- mostly l5c higher spots. 25c up, on
better grade. 160-220 Id. averages largely
SITS; 225-25o lbs, S7.5O9765; 270 to
around 500 lbs. S7@7.25; 130-15O lbs
mostly $3.50; 120-130 lbs, SIPS; sows
steady, s5.50@5,75. Cattle-Receipts 1885,
calves, ESQ., largely a steer and heifer
run; steers, slow barely steady to weak;
majority still in first hands; common and
desirable yearling heifers up to 1925; a
few steers, SO; beef COWS. S4.75a5.5O: low
cutters and cutters strong, S3.250425;
bulls, S5.25 down; vealers generally soc
lower than Friday; good and choice $3.50
gs.50; lower grades, ST down. Sheep
Receipts, 325; slow, weak undertone on
SHOE; common down to 49, no old crop
lambs or sheep on hand
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-27

BIZ Times Special
CHICAGO April 27.-Carlots:- Wheat
80: corn. III: oats, SO: rye. 0. and barley
Il.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-27
Losses Reach IA Points

The West & Company suspension
was announced from the rostrum Of
the stock exchange at HOB a. m.
by President Whitney. After it was
made public some support was af-
forded leaders, but failed to carry
through and the whole list was
driven down sharply. In an extreme
case the loss was Il points. Else
where prices were down l to points
in the main list.
New lows for the year or longer
were made by United States Steel,
Westinghouse Electric, Du Pont,
Allied Chemical Transamerica, Va
nadium, Bethlehem Steel, Union
Carbide, Ingersou-Rand, Industrial
Rayon, General Theaters Equip
ment, American Bank Note, Fire
stone, and Western Union.
Oil shares driven to new lows for
the year included Standards Of New
Jersey, New York, California; Rio
Grande Oil, Sinclair and Atlantic
Refining
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-27
Chicago
Stocks

tBy James T Hamin & Co.,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-27
Rail Issues Decline

New York Central headed a de-
cline in rails, where new lows also
were made by Pennsylvania and
Nickelplate.
Nearly all amusements dipped to
new lows. Utilities we're down.
Rubbers, with the exception Of
Goodyear, declined sharply. Cen
eraI American Tank broke more
than points to $685. in the rail-
road equipments.
Near the close a fair rally was
staged under the leadership Of
United States Steel, which recov-
cred to above 124 from its low Of
1929 made earlier in the day.
Oil shares were prominent, and
utilities also rose.
Despite the late rise, the entire
amount of losses was recovered in
only few instances. The close vas
lower, with averages the lowest in
several years.
Call money held at IL per cent
all day. Grains rallied to close
higher. Cotton also rallied. Bonds
with the exception of United States
government issues, were down.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-27

American-Lafrance & Foaraite c,ornora-
Glon quarter ended March 81, net loss
SIS2' Dol after interest charges against net
loss S66322 first quarter 1880.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-12-25
force Tax Reduction For the Toi|ng Farm Masses
North Ironwood, Mich.
UFL Starts Drive For
Increase In Members

(By a Farmer Correspondent
North Ironwood, Mich, Dec. Is
The working conditions here are
the same as everywhere. You are
lucky if you get a job and then
you get paid so little that you can
not live no way on it. There are
one or two lumber camps but
they can not give work to every
one. Most of the men are home.
The wages at the camps are very
low.
The conditions of the farmers
are getting worse. Many of the
farmers wont be able to pay taxes
and the interest on the mortgage.
They have plenty of potatoes and
vegetables, but can not sell them.
We have organized a United
Farmers League here and are try
ing to make a drive for new mem
bers. A mass meeting will be helC
in the near future at the Nortl
Star hall and l hope that everyone
will attend this meeting and JON
the United Farmers League.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-12-25
FARMERS TAX
FIGHT MISLED
BUSINESS MEN PUSH FOR
WARD CIVIL SERVICE
WAGE CUTS.

The attempt of the capitalist
class to use the militancy of the
farmers for the purpose of pre-
venting increase in taxes for the
capitalist class has already born
fruit in Minnesota. The Stearns
county taxpayers association pass
ed a resolution directed to Con-
gress urging federal employees to
accept twenty percent cut in sal
aries. A resolution to Governor
Olson requested a twenty percent
cut in the pay of state officials.
These resolutions are not in the
interest of the farmers. They
serve the capitalist class in sever
al ways. First of all they include
no tax increases for the capitalist
class. Secondly these resolutions
are purposely designed to prevent
the farmers from getting tax re
duction by refusing to pay taxes
Finally they are an attempt tx
smash the solidarity of the work
ing class by organizing the farm
ers to fight for wage cuts TO
federal and state employees. TIL
, farmers must demand wage cut
: for the state grafters, but onl,
, for the fat salaried and full bell
: parasites, not for the workers i
the state employ, who are gettin
] miserable wages already.
! Among the working class ther
: must be the solidarity of the mi
lions in this struggle with tn
+ capitalist class. The capitals
! class will try to smash this sol
. darity by just such attempts to p
one part of the toiling masses OF
: against the other.
The demand of the farmer
e must be-sharp cuts in taxes fl
/ all of the toiling masses, increas'
} in taxes for the rich.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-12-25
WORKERS WELCOME.
OSSR DELEGATION
HUNGER MARCH COMMITTEE
WILL GREET DELEGATES.

On December 9th, the Ameri-
Ssn Workers delegation sent by
We Friends of the Soviet Union,
. the 14th anniversary, will re-
ufn and report to the American
sOfkers, commencing with meet
Jugs IN New York.
All trade unions and workers
EXAMINATIONS have been invited by
Ie Friends of the Soviet Union
elect delegates to greet the re-
~lnlng American Workers dele
saIlon. Among those to greet the
STLsgates, will be a committee o.
hunger Marchers, who were re
'4Sed the floor in Congress.
-, Inc mass meetings of welcom,
W. WI be held at New Star Casino
wy" '., York City, on Sunday, De
, ,.lnOer 9th. The delegates Wi
, ~, The American worker
~ M learn why there is no unem
sVyment in the Soviet Union
49,, -y there are steady wage in
Eases with a seven-hour day an
nIVe-day week.
=, me meeting is to be an answe
n. me aS American workers, plede
- ~ tnelr support for the defens
VI the Soviet Union.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-12-25
CONFER ENCES TO
BE HELD FOR THE
PRODUCERS NEW S

For the purpose of discussing
ways and means of boosting the
Producers News by subscrip-
tions, bundle orders and news
the following conferences of &C
tive county UFL members and
sympathizers will be held In
North Dakota.
Tuesday, Dec. 20, MinOt-
Ward and Maclean counties.
Wednesday, Dec. 80, Stanley
-MOuntrail County.
Saturday, Jan. 2. Clayton
township school hOuse-Burke
County.
Sunday, Jan. 8. WillistOn-
Williams County.
Wednesday, Jan. 6, Forbes
Dickens County.
All meetings will take place
at 200 p. m.
ELLA REEVE BLOOR,
State Organizer.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-12-25
Organize Taxpayers
Leagues In Minnesota
(By a Farmer Correspondent

(By a Farmer Correspondent
AitEin, Mimi, Dec. THE far
mers out here are spontaneously
beginning to organize into tax
payers leagues to cut their taxes
and cut the salaries of the county
officials "down to the level Of the
farmers income" as one farmers
wife expressed it. At our town
hall, 35 farmers enthusiastically
talked of lettering their situation
Hoover and Olson were not popu-
lar there.
While we demand decreases N
taxes for the small and middle far
mers we must insist that the rlcf
farmers, railroads, power an'
light companies and other capt
talists' taxes be increased so tina
the benefits the small and middle
farmers gel out Of the budget b
increased.-Editor.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-12-25

The capitalist class is attempt
ing to mislead the farmers of the
United States into supporting the
continued oppression of the Philip
pines. This is being done indi-
rectly by the capitalist press. Dur
ing the past week the capitalist
press has carried stories regard
ing Philippine independence under
such titles as "Fear freedom for
islands as blow to farms of U. 81
During the course of the next
several months the eighth Philip
pine commission is coming to the
United States under the leadership
iof Senator Sergio Osmena. This
commission, like those that have
preceded it, is not organized fol
the purpose of getting independ-
ence for the Philippine people
from the United States imperial
lists but for the purpose Of mis-
leading them from carrying on +;
real struggle for independence.
The capitalist press states tina
the representatives of the Philip
pines who are coming here vii
demand free trade with the Unit
ed States for a period of tel
years. This the capitalist pres
reports would be against the in
terests of the American farmer
since many of the products com
. pete with those of the America,
; farmer, particularly oils.
They state Indirectly that sine
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-12-25

Two Indian children have died
of starvation near Center, NeDras-
ka. a drouth stricken area. Altho
their deaths occurred more than a
month ago it was not reported by
the capitalist press until last week
A doctor told the county officials
that the lives of both children
might have been saved had they
been given proper nourishment,
One child was the two months olo
daughter of Bill Trueblood ano
the other was the two year ole
son of an Indian named Roulliaro
These Indians are not govern.
ment charges. They live on ianc
given them by the government TO-
farming. They are permitted U
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-12-25
TWO INDIAN CHILDREN DIE OF
STARVATION In CENTER, MB.
Scores of Other Indian Families VIII Die Unless They
Get Food, County Supervisor Admits

die without benefit of the Indian
agent.
Scores of other Indian families
in the same county are at the
starvation level and many more
will succumb if they do not get
food during the coming months.
Farmers, Indian and White.
Death by starvation for thousands
of the toiling masses is the solu-
ton of the crisis for the capitalist
class. Fight this hunger program.
Fight this hunger program. Orga-
Organize demonstrations to get I'M
mediate relief from the county and
state governments. Oppose to the
hunger program of the capitalist
class the mass determination OF
the masses not to submit to this
policy of determination.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-12-25
FARMERS WILL NOT SUPPORT
OPPRESSION OF PHILIPPINES
Capitalist Class of United States Attempts to Use Amer-
can Farm Masses to Further Exploitation.

the representatives of the Philip
are really representa-
tives of the American imperialists
and not of the Philippine people
demand free trade with the
United States as well as political
freedom, and since free trade with
the United States would be OPP
posed to the American farmers
therefore the American farmers
must oppose independence for the
Philippine Islands.
Farmers Support Independence of
Philippines.
The entire story is just for the
purpose of keeping the Filipinos
enslaved to the American imperial
lists and using the farmers of the
United States to back up this con-
tinued oppression and exploitation
of the Filipinos. The same gang
of exploiters and bankers that rof
the Filipinos are the vicious ex-
ploiters of the American farming
masses.
The farmers in the United
States who are fighting the Wal
Street exploiters join with thu
Filipino people in their fight TO,
independence from American i'm
perialism. The farmers of th'
United States shall not supper
the continued oppression of tn
United States colonies. They de
mand independence for these col
onies oppressed by Wall Stree
struggle.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-12-25
Delegates to Hunger
March Report at Big
Meetings to Farmers

per, then marched to the court |
house, from the steps Of which we
hold an open air meeting. A
good crowd was waiting and so
were the cops loaded down with
plenty of artillery.
We never got TO speak from the
court house steps. We were or
dered back to where we come from
and back we marched with cops
lined up on both sides of US, and
how we did sing: "Hold the fort
for we are coming victory will
come" all at the top of our voices.
Workers Solidarity
The crowd followed and grew
bigger as we went. They wanted
to see the fun and probably take
part. Outside Carpenters Hall,
the crowd stopped. One of the
leaders, VIM. Reynold got inside
the building, opened a window on
second story and started speaking
to the big crowd and told them g
few facts straight from the shoul
der.
All at once he was jerked away
from the window by some cops whC
had sneaked inside. We could no
see what they did to him. Tn,
crowd started hollering at the tol
of their voice: "We want on
speaker!" and crowded around tn
police ready for fight, ready TO
murder.
II The door was thrown open an
in we marched and here we foun
our speaker unmolested. This wa
an example of free speech in Ka
amazoo and the way it turned OF
was much more effective tina
talking in front of the court houS
: would have been.
= We are all sleeping on the floo
- but the hall is warm and clean.
q Tomorrow we are going to hay
another meeting in Hammond, Il
diana-the place where they clul
bed US the last time we were ther
Chicago, H., Tuesday, Dec. To-
We are up at five, have oatmei
y bread and coffee served in hall
our own crew. While it is
dark, motor cops escort us to CT
on limit, glad to get rid of us a
we leave the City of KalamazC
ias where free speech is not to be t.
~ Grated.
NO The air is little frosty. I
ro+ sky is clear and the sun comes
bright and warm.
- In South Bend we stop at HI
a. garian Hall, where a hot meal v
In prepared for us. In Gary
LEI made a short stop at Work
m Hall. Many Gary workers decic
ro to go along with US to Hammo
I'M Hammond, Indiana
and At Hammond we stopped at
the same empty lot where we
list been gassed, dubbed and shot
of couple of weeks ago. We H
his there were plenty of old bricks
Continued on Page twO)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-12-25
HOOVER RELIEF.
NETS s. EACH
FOR JOBLESS
FAMILY OF UNEMPLOYED is
SUPPOSED TO LIVE THRU
WINTER ON PITTANCE.

The official unemployment re-
lief campaign" in the various
cities of the United States which
was declared completed over a
week ago by Hoover'S Mr.. Clifford,
head of the federal Emergency
Unemployment Committee" has
brought in less than So for each
unemployed worker. On this the
governments, national, state and
city, propose he shall live and
support his family for the entire
course of 1882.
This fact became known thru
the publication in J. P. Morgan's
New York Evening Post" Dec. Is
issue of a sickeningly patronizing
and hypocritical article starts out:
GAIL America has rallied to the
cause of the unemployed"
Then it lists and adds up every
scrap of money collected in every
city of the country. 1t includes
city funds, collections through
check-off of the wages of city
and private employees, some con-
tribution of bankers and others
proceeds of foot ball games, anc
absolutely everything, and arrives
at total for the entire country Of
$94, 100000.
This means approximately
S7.89 for each of the 100000
iObless in this country, with no
special provision of any sort for
those who have families, and
taking it for granted the job
less will get the money. But
this last can not be done. In
. cluded in the Post summary are
O the funds for "mass work" and
: public improvements, and OF
this the jObless get precious
+ little. Most goes for cOntrac-
v tors profit and building materi-
$ ais, and a lot is grated, as wit
; ness the Philadelphia scandals
4 and those of other cities.
5 Stark hunger, starvation al
/ mass misery is the actual answ'
in the Posts summation of reli
y funds. Against this brutal al
IN cruel numbering of the unemplo
a ed workers, more organizatiO
~ more struggle, must be conducte
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-12-25
AFL LEADERS
TRY MISLEAD
UNEMPLOYED COUNCIL WILL
CARRY FORWARD STRUGGLE

Superior, Wis, Dec. 1Oth.-As a
result of the agitation carried on
by the Unemployed Council of Su-
perior in various ways, the mass
misery has been brought to light
under which unemployed workers
of Superior must live. Through
the public hearing which was con-
Quoted by the Unemployed Coun-
Gil, it was revealed that hundreds
of workers and their families are
actually starving. AS a result of
numerous meetings of the Unem-
ployed Council and mass meetings
of unemployed workers, demands
were made of the city and county
authorities for immediate relief.
After this had already taker
place, the renegade leadership Of
the Central Cooperative Wholesale
and the local leaders of the Amer
lican Federation of Labor started
a movement to counteract rea
struggle of the workers for relief
They called a meeting for this ev
ening on the basis of nearly tn
. same demands as what the Unem
lployed Council had proposed S
that the struggle for immediat
relief is disrupted and the rank
+ of the workers are divided.
: Instead of united action of tn
! workers under the leadership {
, the unemployed workers then
selves, the result is that the strut
n gle for relief for the starving rar
and file of the A. F. of L. is lie
Into the hands of the Central l.
: Dor Assembly committee compost
of persons who are enemies of Il
class struggle and even themselv
:, :, admit that they will not be able
do anything.
In this way the renegades fro
- the class struggle that are in t
leadership of the G. G. w. and t
local leadership are attempting
~ betray the workers of Superb
= They see the demand for imme
y ate relief and Social InsuraI
u gaining Roadway among the ra
u and file of the workers in Supe
81 or so they attempt to disrupt r
IL action. The Unemployed Coun
however, is getting new memb
ue every day and it is accomplish
ID something. In view of the disr
ton activity of the A. F. Of L.
a Council has adopted the follow
or slogan: "The unity of the work
in for immediate relief and So
Insurance"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-12-25
|DOAK SNARLING
new LIES ABOUT
HUNGER MARCH
SAYS NOW THAT TUUL is
"OUTLAWED BY FEDERAL
COURTS"

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. IA.
Secretary of Labor Doak,
placed in the Hoover cabinet to
put over the rail wage cut and
prosecute foreign born workers,
evidently dismayed at the enthu-
siastic mass welcome given to the
National Hunger Marchers in ev-
cry single city thru which they
passed on their return from Wash
ington, issued another rehash of
the Secret Service findings" that
were put out first to keep the
Hunger Marchers from reaching
Washington.
Doak declares, in a statement
which appears in all capitals
newspapers, that the "Nationa
Hunger March was virtual!
wholly of Communist participa
ton" This lie was copied iron
the Secret Service declaration.
But Doak then adds to it a
additional lie of his own. He find
he can not divorce the Trade Unto
Unity League from the struggle
: because the Trade Union Unit
: League, which is made up of work
ers of all shades of political Opir
ion, supported the march to tt
: fullest extent of its ability.
So DOak states: "PreparatiO
for the march began as early
: October IA and they included gee
eral membership meetings of Il
u Trade Union Unity League, whi'
S has been Outlawed by Unit
e States courts, the District COu
y and Court of Appeals"
r The Trade Union Unity Leag
le has never been outlawed by fe
81 eral courts.
- There has never so far been
~ case in the u. S. district court
Court of Appeals in any way
In CONTINUED on Page Two)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-12-25
PREVENT BANKERS ATTEMPT
TO USE TAX CUT MOVEMENT
TO SAVE THEIR MILLIONS

"Some years ago it was said that the
lands abandoned were in the north part
of the state where the land was not worth
paying taxes on; which is deceptive
way of saying that they were taxed be-
yond what they would produce. But re-
Gently it has been found that the same
principle that induced abandonment in
the northern counties applies with equal
force IN and about the metropolis. More
descriptions were sold for taxes in Wayne
County in 1881 than in any other two
counties combined. Oakland came sec
ond; and more lands in assessed value
and in number of descriptions were sold
for taxes in Wayne, Oakland, and Ma
comb than in all the rest of the state
combined"
In all of this description of the terrible burden
that has been levied trru taxes the editors of the
Michigan Farmer forget just one fact-the class
fact about the entire tax system under capitalism
that the heaviest burden has been placed on
those least able to bear it, the toiling masses
They forget the fact that this heavy burden has
been levied just that the capitalist class coulC
DE freed from that much taxation. They forget
the fact that the tax system under capitalism i
like the rest of the apparatus only an accessor,
instrument in the exploitation of the toilin,
masses by the capitalist class
They forget these several facts with malic
afore-thought. They forget these facts in thei
description because their tax program is not i
Continued On Page TwO)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-12-25
By HANS RASMUSSEN

Kalamazoo, Mich, Monday, Dec.
Alt is raining with big snow
flakes in between, as we bid De-
troit goodbye. AS we move north
ward the ground is white with
snow, but the sun comes out and
it is a fine day by the time we
reach Kalamazoo, about four o.
clock.
In Carpenters Hall we had sup
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-12-25
New York Farmers Hit
In Two Bank Crashes
(Bv a Farmer Correspondent

CBv a Farmer Correspondent
Gasport, New York, Dec. IA
Two banks have crashed in this
section, the Wilson Bank IN WH
son and the Community Trust in
Middleport. The farmers who had
money in the bank have lost their
last penny and will suffer even
great misery. Who can prove now
that the bankers and the Hoover
system are friends of the workers
and farmers.
I believe that big demonstra-
tions could be arranged to demand
the money of the farmers back