The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-07-01

of course, due to the secrecy of
our financial upper crust. We are
able to see more clearly the posi-
ton of the Whiting company, how
ever. Besides its interest in any
general reduction of price that
may be secured by the above move
it is to the interest of this power
full organization to tie up all New
England dealers to a.. similar
wholesale price. This done, Whit
ing-backed by Wall Street CAPT
tal-can, in a very simple manner
walk right down the line and
wiring the necks of its competitors
We see this in the Whiting posi-
ton in the present situation.
Adams Wants Price War
We can also understand fairly
well the moves of the willy Mr.
Adams of the First NatiOna
Stores. Mr.. Adams is ambitious
He desires to be one of the big
shots of American business. Hi;
chain is expanding rapidly. H'
reports record profits for the fis
cal year 1882. The strategy o.
his present position makes Mr.
Adams a powerful force working
for the distintegration of the New
England Diaries. He has remain
ed upon the outside. He is fight
ing the Massachusetts dairs in
sepction bill which the New Eng
land Diaries is boosting, due Il
mis- activities in the bootlegging o.
western cream into New England
Mr.. Adams would be delighted Il
see all New England dealers-ex
cept himself-tied up to a rigiC
contract, of course. Or let Their
be an unregulated price war. Mill
is little more than a "leader" il
his stores, anyhow. He can Gu
with the best of theml
It is a very interesting fact, b!
the way, that Mr.. Adams hom
is situated within a mile of tn
farm of Mr.. Bird, and that Mr.
Adams-who has refused to sign
New England Dairy contract
handles Mr.. Birds milk in hi
birmingham stores. Nothing Xix
having a friendly neighbor.
Hold Prices Until Contracts
are Signed
It is fairly safe to assume tina
prices (such as they are) will hol
until all-or most-of the old n
IL. M. P. A. farmers have signe
the new contract. A small arm
of statesmen are now working o,
the farmers" with this object i
mind. We see the promise of tn
immediate future not only in tn
above matters, however, but in tn
prices paid for cream on the Bos
ton market.
Local Cream West. Creal
! 40 OTIS. 40 OTIS,
May 2 a s1O-1O.5O s9.75-1O
: June 1 9.75-1O.5O 9.5O-10.O
June z 9.OO-9.5O 9.OO-9.2
(Some forced at s8.75)
Caused by Capitalism
New England farmers are bt
ginning to think more deeply tina
they have ever though befor,
They are beginning to realize ths
! the big fellow is in a position
win, no matter what economic al
rangement is made. They are b
ginning to have a feeling that cal
: italism has absolutely no rega1
for the welfare of the individui
farmer, in spite of the incessa1
} propaganda of the oig-m,ney il
: terests about sturdy individual
ism"
The small farmer of New Ems
land can see, in any mill town, Il
2 depths to which the workers Ea1
been pushed by our present ara,
: chistic order, as a result of the
E acceptance of this propaganda
= And now he is aware that thes
same forces are pushing him
the same direction. Traditional
an independent fellow, the Ne
England farmer now finds it di-
ficult to believe his own exper
ences. He finds himself tossed il
to strange organizations, pullt
this way and that, always less an
less independents in the face of ci.
cumstances.
Who Controls the Government?
There is one big difference b.
tween cooperation under capita
ism and cooperation under socia
ism. That difference is the ma
ter of CONTROL. Under capita
ism finance capital manipulate
the small farmer as tho he wei
a puppet. Under socialism, ii
small farmers manipulate not onl
their own immediate economic o.
CARNATIONS but-with the worker
of the town and cities-every O
ganization that has to do with II
welfare of the people.
Farmers of New England L.
US talk things over. Let US sprea
the United Farmers League thrl