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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-09-30
NO FARMERS IN
DELEGATION

The delegation that accompanied
Brookhart to the platform is a
good indication to the character of
the meeting. They included: Peter
S. Peterson of Underwood, Iowa,
president of the Iowa Truckers as
ISOLATION. A. S. Wendell, of Bron-
son, Iowa, former president of the
Woodbury. county Farm Bureau;
Milford Beeghley of Pierson Ia,
president of the Woodbury. County
Farm Bureau; ]. P. Shanahan, Sec
rotary of the Iowa Truckers asso-
citation; Art Solberg of Sioux City
state director of the Truckers as
ISOLATION; Ed Ellison of Lawton,
chairman of the Farmer Legisla-
tive committee, and L. J. Wilson
tax investigator for the State
Truckers.
Not one single impoverished
farmer among them! Misleaders
of the farmers and representatives
of the truckers is the group that
sat with BrOOkhart while he tried
to mislead the farmers.
give had the CUTS to do some
thing for the farmers for the
last 10 years, but no one has had
the CUTS to stand with me-" was
the way he tried to fool the
farmers as to the role of the "pro
gressives" in Congress.
RADICAL PHRASES
In order to keep the farmers
lined up behind t he Brookhar
brand of "relief" which has beer
prepared, Ed Ellison, Farm Holt
day leader, told them that if tn
farmers problems could not b,
solved by an orderly manner the,
would be solved otherwise. Thes
radical" phrases are used by tn
leaders, as by Milo Reno, thei
chief, in order to fool the farm
ers into believing that they ar
radical.
Ellison came to the meetinj
with a seven-pOint program al
prepared which was later given
Brookhart for the purpose of re
vising it and introducing it i
Congress when it meets.
7-POINT PROGRAM
The program leads as follows:
1. A moratorium on farm debts
in view of the moratorium gran
Ted foreign nations.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-09-30
WILL DEMONSTRATE BEFORE
HOOVER

Milo Reno, insurance company
head of the Farmers Holiday AS
ISOLATION is trying to use the re-
sentiment of the farmers agaIns1
the Hoover administration In or
der to maintain the confidence OF
the farmers in the misleaders az
the head of the FILA. For that
reason Reno called at a recen'
meeting for a demonstration IN
Des Moines for October 4 when
Hoover is to speak there.
John Simpson, national president
Of the Farmers Union also spoke
at the Des Moines meeting. ID
order to mislead the farmers, ne
said eff the system under whcn
we are ruled viii not provide 1000
clothing and shelter, go TAKE
them" He is doing this IN OIoei
to make the farmers forget Una,
he and the other farm "leaoeIs
have been trying for years 20 pr
vent mass struggles by all ki y.
of fake proposals to Congress ~
relief. -
/ An indefinite continuance OF Wy
state charges for unlawful Assem-
lblv against Is farmers arresRu
week ago at the picket lines r. =
Highway 20, east of Sioux ~,
was announced Thursday by nap :.
&c. Prichard, Woodbury. county "
torney. !.
This ''indefinite continuance w..
the result of the mass 1eeins
reused against the courts as :
suit of the arrests. The cOs
are afraid that a trial at tins wv y
would mean an intensificatlol. 49,
the strike and want TO avoid 'n'''
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persuasion" "picketing for observ-
ing-all these are only nice words
to cloak the fact that thru order
ing picketing stopped they are act
ing for the food trusts and against
the best interests of the farmers.
TOWNLEY A STRIKEBREAKER
Townley, former Non-partisan
Lacquer and now running for Con-
gress on the Farmer-Labor ticket
In Minnesota, has joined his &C
completes in the Farmer-Labor
party, in an attempt to break the
strike of the impoverished farm
ers.
In speech before the Minneso-
to Voters association, on Tuesday
September 20 Townley said that
the farmers couldn't win. The
reason is that the workers in tht
cities have no money, and they
have no money because the farm
ers have no money, and the rea.
son they both have no money is be-
cause there is not enough money
Therefore, there must be infla
ton, according to Townley, before
the farmers can improve their con.
ditions.
With these wise words he is aid
ling the milk and other monopoliei
by discouraging the farmers from
carrying on a fight for higher
prices to be paid by the monopo
lists and not by the workers in tn,
cities.
ORGANIZE IN GLENCOE
Nearly thousand farmers an,
others attended a packed meetin,
; in Glencoe, Mimi, on Monday
September 10. Organization worl
has been proceeding during tn
past week and many farmers hav
signed up with the township chair
men.
A dangerous symptom is indi
Gated by the fact that in Glenco
rs storekeepers and in Hutchinso
60 storekeepers signed up with tn
association. The influence of thes
elements in the strike movemen
is shown by the fact that at
meeting of township chairman
was unanimously decided not Il
picket.
This attempt to make the strik
ineffective is being made under OF
ders of the state officials of tn
FILA. The anti-picketing move
ment is being carried thru unde
the hypocritical slogan that If til
farmers get one hundred per Ger
support Of the strike they will NJ
need to picket. In this way tn
strike win be broken by keepin
the farmers at home.
TRY TO PREVENT PICKETTNV
In Jackson county, Minnesot;
the Holiday association is using
the slogan of a hundred per Ger
strike as a means to prevent picl
citing. Charles johnson, presider
Of the Jackson county associatio
q is going to ask the cooperation {
all farmers in the county to unit
!; IN Withholding produce so ths
i picketing win not be necessary"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-09-30
DOING IT WITHOUT
SCHOOLING

Vars BOIland. LangfOrd, S. d.
is another live one. He renews
his sub for another year and
sends five more subs. He writes
Norwegian and says he has no
schooling. We only wish we had
many of his kind, schooling or
no schooling. Thanks to you,
Lars.
F. L. Williams, Fallon, Nevada
sends one sub and orders a bundle
of so papers to be sold at a UFI
meeting. Spreading the Official
paper of the U. F. L. is what
counts.
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Mimi, sends one sub and an order
for bundle. 81 am very much IN
terested in your paper" Hilma
says"
Roy Miller, Frederick, s. D.,
pays for job work. bundles and
cards.
A. Hougardy, Reno, Nevada,
sends money for a bundle.
Chas. F. Pryor, Bicknell, Ind,
orders 80 copies per week.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-09-30
ADVOCATES LEGISLATION,
NOT STRUGGLE

eff the national government
fails to remove our troubles
what would the senator suggest"
he was also asked
The senator suggested the fol-
lowing: ELECT a president and
a Congress who will take favor
able action"
He made this suggestion in or
der to keep the farmers looking 10
the capitalist parties for relief and
to prevent them from following the
lead of the Communist party IN
organizing for struggle.
The Nebraska-Iowa Cooperative
Milk association is proceeding
with its attempt to sell out farm
ers to the big diaries. The Good
Rich Dairy Co., the Gold Seal
Dairy company have already sign
ed contracts with the "co-Op" as
sociation on the sell out lines set
forth by Clyde King, whom the
milk trust imported from Pennsy-
vania to "arbitrate" the farmers
into accepting the terms Of the
milk trust. The Atlantic Dairy
company has also agreed that It
would sign the contract. Only two
large diaries have not signed the
contract, probably in order to give
the "co-op" association a talking
| point in order to mislead the farm
orc
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is more apt to read it.
DOINGS OF LAST WEEK

DOINGS OF LAST WEEK
This weeks starts out with a
telegram from ]. F. Green, secre-
tary and treasurer of the Farmers
Holiday Association, Tilden, Nebr
ordering 800 copies of the Produc,
ers News and one thousand letters
to the toiling farmers.
This is a copy of the editorial
In the Producers News Of Sep
TENDER Is calling on the tOiling
farmers to follow the example of
the Iowa farmers and organize
for struggle. 1t also calls ON
them to send representatives to
the Washington Farmers Emerg-
ency Relief Conference which
will be held in December.
We have run off a couple of
hundred extra copies which we
think every local and many of
our subscribers could use. The
price is thirty cents a hundred.
Every UFL local should Orler
couple of hundred Immediately.
Order them nOwi
Mrs. B. K. Anderson, Princeton
Mimi, sends US a list of names an
writes: Conditions are rotten
ripe for your movement. A sam
pie copy would pave the way 70
a strong organization"
Mrs. B. Gerling, WheelOck. n
D., sends us five subs Let us &c
some more women to help, that
what counts. We can never pu
anything over without them.
CAN'T BE DONE
Florence M. Irving, IndepenC
ence, Mo-, wants to know if "
are still alive. You bet we arr
Florence. The editors only pal
of pants is pretty well worn on
the only pair he's got, and he wol
them for the last year. The mar
ager is running around barefoote'
and we are using Red Cross floU
for paste, but, killing a good papt
can't be done.
John Mikkola, Columbus, Mont
sends US another one year sub.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-09-30

at reduced rates, with tbo
nance machinery in the baDd"
persons sympathetic to tba fa VI
er. iarm-
D. increased money in circp,.-
tlOn by methods that win ~.
bonds. '"ment
4. Cost of production for fa,u
commodities. 'arn
5. A public works prov-.
Ranced by treasury notes for -.
relief of the unemployed. 'e
g. Repeal of the recently en..,
ed nuisance" taxes on Chez.
first class postage, ETC., with -
equal amount of money to h.
raised by issuance of non.intar.
est bearing treasury notes
z. An immediate special session
of Congress to enact relief legis.
latiOn for agriculture.
ANOTHER VERSION OF
FRAZIER BILL
The main point of the program
is increased initiation. The Sref;-
nancmg of the farm debts" Is onIn
another version of the Frazier hin
to iquidate the farm mortgages Of
the banks and the insurance conn
panies. While asking for ian i'm.
mediate special session Of congress
to enact relief legislation for agri-
culture" the whole program in
cludes nothing on the question of
evictiOns and foreclosures which
stare every toiling farmer in the
face
During the course of the meet
ing about 40 questions were sent
up to Brookhart to be answered
His answers give a clue as the pro.
gram that he is going to follow in
relation to the seven-point pro-
gram given him by Ellison.
STATE LAW is SACRED
He was asked:
How can we get a complete
moratorium On mortgages and
chattels and not break the in
surance cOmpanies?"
To this he replied:
"Such contracts are made I'M
der the state laws. The federal
government has nothing to do
with them, and the state consti-
tuition says no law shall be made
that will impair an existing con-
tract. The only moratorium re-
Lief / can see would be in the
form of refinanced farm debts
by the federal government"
The robbing of the farmers b,
the great insurance companies an
banks is sacred because it is &C
cording to estate law" The onl
hope, according TO Brookhart, i
the Frazier bill. If that is no
passed the farmers will just hav
to go on being robbed of their las
mite for the benefit of the grea
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-09-30
DETER MASS PICKETING

September 20 in Larimore by the
present temporary officials.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-09-30
7-POINT PROGRAM

The program leads as follows:
1. A moratorium on farm debts
in view of the moratorium gran
Ted foreign nations.
2. Refinancing of farm debts
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-09-30
WHYDO THEY TRY TOPREVENT
MASS PICKETING?

Why has most of the discussion on the strike by
farm Leaders,, governors Chambers of Commerce, by
the capitalist press and by the strikers centered around
the question of pcketng? Why has this organizatona
question taken precedence the issues of the strike
itself BECAUSE THE QUESTION OF PICKETING,
THE MANNER IN WHICH THE STRUGGLES OF
THE FARMERS SHALL BE CONDUCTED is OF
VITAL IMPORTANCE TO THESE STRUGGLES.
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-11-24

Published weekly

but these two will probably be
scheduled as the season pro-
crosses. The Kennewick schedule
is as follows:
December 9 - Kennewick at
Richland.
December 16-Open date
December 20 Open date
January 6-Kennewick at Ben
ton City.
January - Prosser at Kenne-
wick.
January 2o-Kennewick at Pas
co.
January -Richland at Kenne-
wick.
January 81 Kennewick at
Prosser.
February Benton City at
Kennewick.
February TO- Pasco at Kenne-
wick.
All the schools mentioned have
both girls and boys teams and
therefore all games on the above
schedule will be doubleheaders.
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F. F. A. PLAY

aCousin Toby the play to be
given by the F. F A., December
IL is a three act comedy by Ross
Farquhar. The cast of eight
characters is portrayed as follows:
jim Thornton (plantation mana
ger) Albert Knight; Harry Kincf
dumb, but ambitious) Bob After
bury; Andrew Grayson generous
planter of the South) Byron Lamp
son: Cousin Tabby Visitor of the
Graysons for three years. Mar
guerite Carpenter; Josephine
Grayson (elder daughter) Betty
Tilbury; Pamela youngest daugh-
ter) Lucy Helm; Tobias Chan
ming (cousin Toby from Maine)
Leroy Thamke; Connie Mcclure
(Josephine's college chum) Lor-
enc Belair.
Jim and Henry, two crooks, try
to get genial Grayson's money
from him. Henry poses as Cousin
Toby from up north much to the
surprise of the real Toby when he
arrives. The real cousin gets q job
as secretary and exposes the
crooks with help Of Pamela.
Cousin Tabby, spinister rela-
tive who has been visiting the
Grayson's for three years, furn-
ishes much amusement in her in.
fatuation for Henry for whom
she composes poetry.
Josephine snubs Henry, while
Connie, who is acquainted with
the real Cousin Toby, causes him
uneasiness by her pointed remarks
The boys who participate in the
play all belong to the Future
Farmers. There being no girls in
that organization the feminine
portion of the cast is chosen from
the high school girls.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-11-24
PASCO OVERPOWERS THE
PHANTOMS TO WIN 1870

In one of the finest exhibitions
of football shown here in many
years, the Kennewick Orange
Phantoms dropped a heart-break-
ing contest to the Pasco Bulldogs
at -Pasco Friday afternoon. Attic
they out-scrimmaged the heavier
Bulldogs 100 yards to 40 yards
the Phantoms could not muster up
enough strength to cross the last
white stripe.
The alert Pascoans took advan-
tage Of every opportunity. Twice
Club" Meyers, mammoth Bulldog
center, broke through to block
punts deep in the Kennewick ter
ritory both of which resulted in
touchdowns.
The Bulldogs first score came
in the first quarter as a result OF
a blocked punt, Ellis, Pasco full
back going over a few plays later
on line buck. The try for pont
was short. Again in the third per-
iod Meyers blocked punt and aft
er a few thrusts at the line, Swan
son, big Bulldog line-smasher,
scored. He also scored the point.
In the fourth quarter Kennewick
concentrated on passing attack,
but an interrogation by a Bulldog
stopped the threat.
The game, Witnessed by about
75O fans, was the finale for the
two elevens.
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ernor who will have a Democratic
Legislature behind him, Legis.
lature which is so dominated by
members of his party, there should
be little he asks for but he should
be given.
Gov. John r. Rogers, the first
Democratic Governor faced the
first term, Populist Legislature.
first term, Populist Legislature.
a coalition of all kinds of political
faction followers.
Gov. Ernest Lister, in his first
term faced strong Republican
House and Senate. He never had
a working majority in any of the
sessions he attended as governor.
1913, 1915 and 1917. Lister had to
battle his way.
No Republican governor has
ever faced Legislature but the
majority of which was composed
of men and women upon the Re-
publican ticket.
Next years Mr.. Martin viii have
his party in absolute control of
state elective offices and the Leg
islature.
Upon the party rests the entire
responsibility. There can be no
alibies than an antagonistic Leg
islature interferred with the pro-
Gram
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-11-24
AGI CLASS STUDIES

The advanced agriculture class
has been trying a new and seem
ingly successful method of study
ing the major points of success
full farming. In the last two weeks
they have had three very interest
ing round-table discussions.
One on Fattening Feeder Lambs
was led by Bryon Lampson and
one on Raising Dairy Calves was
led by Leslie Lewis. Guy Shepard
led discussion on the Feeding
and Management of the Laying
Flock. These were SO successful
and brought out class opinions SO
well that it has been decided to
continue until every one in the
class has had chance to lead a
discussion.
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POLITICS

CONTINUED from Page /.
the state banks and savings and
loan associations.
A study of the duties and the
activities of this department which
is in reality the espionage divis-
ion of state government, would
cause the average citizen to be
rather slow in placing the power
the administrative code gives this
director in the hands of man who
has established the reputation
Fits has in Seattle during his
probe of Mayor Dore's recon-
mendations and appointees.
Another rather interesting and
entertaining political rumor from
Seattle is to the effect that Gov.
Roosevelt will place j. D. Ross a.
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being advocated under guise Of
aleviating the unemployment sit
uation.
1T calls for q new handling Of
The setate motor vehicle funds
through reallocation Of all to the
cities and counties to be used on
street, road and highway work for
the coming two years under NOM
inal state supervision.
The program calls for q 30-hour
week, minimum wage scale, abo-
lition Of machinery on all road and
highway work, day labor entire
", no more contracting in either
city, county or state, and spread
of the highway funds so that
every person in the state would be
given an opportunity to work on
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This is quite debt to go into
basketball lseason with when we
will be needing more equipment
and supplies all the time.
The $3.50 sale of student body
tickets has largely cleared up the
deficit from last year besides COW
ering the $225yOO difference be-
tween this years football income
and expense.
Football does not seem to be a
paying proposition here. If it were
possible to have an enclosed field
doubtless we could put that same
amount on the right side of the
book.
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Travelling Wheel Taken
to Locust Grove Grange
LOCUST GROVE

Saturday evening the Valley
Grange delivered the travelling
wheel to the Locust Grove Grange.
The Valley members furnished
the program and the local Gange
the. eats and music for an eve
ming of pleasure. Locust Grove
will take the wheel to Western
Horse Heaven Grange December
Is.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Pratt and
family visited at the Stafford
home Sunday.
Budd Larkin and Lyle Simme-
link have been helping the Wood
ems get their turkeys ready for
market.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Nicoson
were weekend guests at the Nc
Camish home.
Olaf Strandwold was in Horse
Heaven visiting schools and con-
Quoting exams this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. e. Larkin en-
tertained at Sunday dinner the
Anon, Fred Simmelink and Mer-
rill Simmelink families. Evange-
line Ness and Ora Mas Lyons.
Ralph Ellrie, Ruth and Ruby
Stafford and Mrs. Verda Stafford
will spend the Thanksgiving hol-
idays at Lewiston, Idaho visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Hoioos.
Miss Ness will leave Wednes.
day to spend the holidays with her
parents at Prosser.
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Another report with probably .
great deal more behind it is to the
effect that Senator Dill is slated
for either cabinet post or an am
bassadorship under President d.
Roosevelt.
If this should happen, rumor
has it, Frank Bell, who was the
chief Of staff in a quiet way for
the Martin campaign is slated for
appointment to the United States
I Senate to fill the vacancy.
! Bell is probably the best quail
ified men on the Democrats tick
ct in the state today for such an
appointment. For years there has
ibeen sneaking idea in political
! circles that Bell was the official
| pilot for Senator Dill. Whether
this be true or not, one thing is
certain that Bell knows more
about official Washington and
ways of getting things done there
than the newly elected Democrat
/ ic senator, Homer T. Bone, will
/ learn in the six years he will be
permitted to draw salary as sem
ator from this state.
Rumblings from Seattle indicate
/ that already plans are being laid
by the same group which took
over control Of the Democratic
ticket III that part Of the state,
/ aided and abetted BY the Unem-
ploy Citizens League, is planning
to dictate if possible the 1888 ses-
| sion of the Legislature.
i Word to this effect came from
i Seattle recently when Democrat
s il leader asserted he had been told
| by good authority that already
more than 80 members Of the new
session had been signed by repre-
sentatives of u. C. Il. behind 9
program it had worked out with
the aid of two or three Seattle
councilmen, who claim they IN.
tend to take control of the Legis.
8 lative activities.
This new proposed program is
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The w. S. Green family will
spend the Thanksgiving weekend
in Spokane visiting relatives. Mrs.
Green and young son will remain
for couple of weeks.