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The producers news., 1932-11-04
HarryPOlk Godfather
ofCOuntyL LibertyPart
COUNTY RELIEF
Is MIGHTY Slim

Last Tuesday evening Carl Pet
erson had called a meeting of the
Red Cross committees and county
commissioners together at the
court house, fer the purpose of
discussing how the relief money
received by the county from the
state should best be distributed.
Just what Carl Peterson and the
Red Cross has to do with distribut
ing this money is more than we
can understand. The money was
applied for by the county commits
sioners, and has nothing to do
whatsoever with the Red Cross,
of which Carl Peterson is one of
the high muckymucks, and likes to
be the one who can hand out re-
lief in exchange for votes.
From what We have been able to
learn, it was decided at this meet
ing that the relief should be
handed cut in the form of work on
the county roads, for which man
should receive S5 cents per hour
and 10 cents per hour for each
horse. Mr.. Jens Brinkman from
Dagmar insisted on paying one
dollar per hour, but failed to get
any support whatsoever. He also
insisted on that the work should
be paid for in cash instead of
merchandise, which was finally
agreed on after much objection.
Over in Daniels county the
commissioners are distributing re-
lief money by paying Sc per day
of eight hours for man and team
for graveling their roads. Here
they are offering $40 for man
and team. That's the kind of ere
lief" Carl Peterson wants to hand
out to the voters. Fix it so the
more they work the poorer they
get.
That this meeting did not have
sense enough to offer decent wage
will no doubt have the result that
people will demand the relief with
out working, while on the other
hand, by paying liberal wages the
county would get value received
for at least part of the money.
The producers news., 1932-11-04
NOW SOLDIERS AN
EXPENSE

Now its different, when peace
was declared, they were no longer
a source of income to these people,
now the starved, crippled and dis
couraged soldiers are a liability.
1t means more taxes, so their hope
and wish is that they may die or
be killed as quickly as possible in
order to save them this expense.
Now there isn't extended any help.
ing hands.
Patriotism seems to be the pass
word of our profiteers. With that
they open their door of opportun-
ity, when they mention it they are
safe in doing what ever they wish
and then to them it only spells
profits. It's not the use but misuse
which causes harm.
When all this and more is done
under the name Of patriotism L. It
then so very wrong to look this
world over and see what Ia wronv
(conunued on 1-nge Two1
The producers news., 1932-11-04
HOW TO VOTE And VOTE RIGHT

On election day you will be handed ballot the size
of small bed Sheet but don't be confused just take it
COOL you study all day if you to- There are
parties the ballot each party has column running
fro mtop bottom, they in rotation like this Re
publican, Democrat, Socialist, Communist Liberty In
dependent
The Republican you don't want you had enough of
that the Democrat is the thing with different
name that you don't either The Socialist has
only few it. and those who there are NO
good, just pass them up and go to column number
four, the Communist Party column. When you get to
there you start from the top and make in each
square front of every until you get the bottom
when you have done that you go home and be salts
fled that you have done good days work The last two
columns you need not pay any attention to.
The producers news., 1932-11-04
Roosevelt's Ryder
Recommends Froid's Olson
for Folks Commissioner
TURKEY POOL HAD
MEETING SATURDAY

A meeting was held at Plenty
wood in the court house on Oct.
29, by a number of farmers and
turkey growers from Roosevelt
and Sheridan counties, for the pur-
pose of setting up a turkey pool.
The meeting was presided over
by Emil Moe of Archer, acting as
chairman. During the meeting it
was decided to organize a pool
for the purpose of shipping tur-
keys. The following directors
were elected:
Dan Campbell, Redstone; Ar
thur Krogdahl, Froid; Geo. Laugh
lin, Homestead; Christ Johanesen,
Antelope, and Mr.. Ueland, Ante
lope, and o. E. Wang, as manager
A. w. Warden Of Culbertson
assisted ably in setting up the
pool. c. c. Leaf, Farmers Union
representative was also present
and gave some valuable informa-
ton.
The pool will not handle any
turkeys for the Thanksgiving mar
ket as conditions do not permit al
this time, but will be ready to
handle and ship turkeys about the
10th of December, in time for the
Christmas market and trade in thu
east. The pool will operate on {
similar basis, with few improve
ments over the pool of 1926-27.
That is the pool furnishes all tn,
boxes and wrappings. All that i
necessary for the grower to do il
to bring the birds in in good con
dition. dressed, see them weighe,
and graded by a licensed Stat,
grader and receive payment a
time of delivery.
Watch this paper for furthe
notices of shipping dates and tn
loading points.
The producers news., 1932-11-04
MADE MONEY IN
HARDWARE
Only the Communist
Party Opposes War
LauFSen Points Out

Medicine Lake, make us all kiss
the U. S. flag or some other such
crazy stunt in order to turn US
into their brand of one hundred
per centers.
During the world war our war
profiteers lauded the soldiers to
the skies, and denounced all as
unpatriotic and traitors who did
not follow their example. Then
the soldiers were their best source
of income, that was where they
harvested their huge crop of
blood money, for every additional
drop of blood that flowed meant
another dollar of profit added TO
their wealth, all under the name of
patriotism.
The producers news., 1932-11-04
FEDERAL LAND BANK
SELLS MONT. FARMS
(BY HANS RASMuSsENl

ID l. I1f1INO hAOm ~ OOENl
The Federal Land Bank of Spo-
kane is announcing that, starting
next Monday and lasting for one
week, they are offering for sale to
the public, farms in six western
counties in the state of Montana,
at prices lowest in the banks his
tory, where they claim that a hard
working, ambitious financially able
type of farmer should easily be
able to pay out on a long time
contract.
"Land will probably never sell
at as low again in our life time" {"
they say, with 10 per cent cash
payment and 10 to Is years to
pay out, the purchaser should
have an excellent chance Of grad
ually acquiring title to a farm
home" They charge six per cent
on the unpaid balance.
That's what the Federal Land
Bank is doing to the farmers in
the western part of our state right
now, chasing the homesteaders off
the land and getting some suckers
to stick some cash money into it,
SO they can get a chance to bleed
them to death next.
What is happening to our farm
ers in our western counties is
going to happen to the farmers
right here, if we let them, but we
are not going to let them, that is
one reason why the farmers are
striking, striking for the purpose
of protecting one another and tc
save the use of the land and homes
for the people who are here. That
this can be done so much easier
if the county officials stand shoul-
der to shoulder with the farmers
is something every farmer shoulC
realize and vote accordingly at the
elections. Protecting the farmers
against the bankers is part of The
Communist program. The Others
say: "We will do it If we can dC
it without getting into any
trouble" But, the Communist
say: Trouble or no rouble, W.
are going to do it anyway"
Here in this county we havt
several local Land Bank organiza
tions. One of them has 81 mem
hers. farmers who have borrowe'
money from the Federal Ian,
hank. Out of the 81 there are onl,
five members in good standing
the 81 out Of the ST can be fore
closed on any time the Land ban
sees fit to do It. What holds goo
for this local probably holds goo
for the whole county, which mean
that out of ever IS farmers onl
one can hang onto HIS land It'll
lonper.
TITS no use irving 10 hid our
selves bv saving that the Federa
lend hank Is not goin~ to takt
this land. They are dnirp it on
west and thev are ccing to do
here. They are going to do It q
long as TIA farmers are going Z
stand for it and To lonrer. W
are m AGAINST a strike ard fipN
y that Is going 70 be very interest
The producers news., 1932-11-04

Rodney Salisbury needs no in
PRODUCTION to the people Of Sherl-
dan county. He is better known
than any one person in the county.
For six years he was the sheriff
of this county, during that time ne
got to be known practically all
over the United States as the Ked
sheriff of Sheridan county.
During his long term in office
no poor people ever applied to him
for help in vain, and much proper
ty and many homes were saved
for them by his protection. de
was their friend and adviser. To-
dav as secretary of the United
Farmers League, people come 20
him from all over the county night
and day for help and advise.
When they picked Rodney Sails.
bury for Governor of the state OF
Montana at the Great Falls con-
vention, they did it because bet
fer man for that job could not De
found in the state of Montana
When he gets into that office we
win have a governor who is differ
emf from anything we ever had be.
fore. The burden Of taxes VIII
he on those who can afford to pay
y and the state militia viii not
he used against the workers and
| farmers, but viii be used for their
protection.
Rodney Salisbury was born II
North Dakota A years ago. HI
was one Of the early settlers II
the Raymond county, where he
| homesteaded. He Is married and
has five children living.
The producers news., 1932-11-04
COntriving of Economy
League and Why

about it. All are welcome-all
sing "Let's go, to the Templel
Let's go, to the Temple!
On election night, Tuesday, a
big dance will be held in the
Temple where election returns will
be announced as fast as they come
in. Everybody should be there.
4 Today, Friday, Chas. E. Tay-
Ior will speak over the radio
from Wolf Point from 1:15 30 2
D. m. Be sure dnd TIME In.
The producers news., 1932-11-04
POLK INTERESTED IN
PRINTING CONTRACT

Frankly, we are not so sure
about GA. J.'s" honesty. If "a. j."
would be so honest as a commits
sioner as far as that honesty con-
Germs the people of Sheridan cOun-
ty, Harry Polk, who can lay CLAIM
to neither honesty nor decencv,
would not want Olson as county
commissioner. Harry can use no
hoest man as county commissioner
in his business. Very likely "Art"
means by Honesty" that Olson is
man of his word; one that once
fixed will stay fixed-in palmer
words: that he will vote to give
the printing contract to Polk as
he has no doubt promised, in ex-
change for Harry's support. And
by "rare ability" cart" means "a,
J." can deliver-and that is what
Harry is concerned about, the
only honesty or ability he is in
terested in. A man who made the
teachers, the janitor, the coal
haulers, and any worker or con-
tractor who got a dollar out of the
school district at Bowbells, pay
him a "cut back" on every war
rant, is not laying awake nights
now about the dear taxpayers of
Sheridan county nor worrying
about the "honesty" of any candi-
date.
MADE MONEY IN
HARDWARE
Now what are the facts about
this rare and precious commission
er timber from Froid that cart"
and Harry take on so about? Let
US see.
Continued on Page Two)
The producers news., 1932-11-04
Big Rally at Temple Monday

The final windup of the political
rampaign viii take place in the
FARMER : Labor Temple Monday
evening at 8 o'clock, the night be-
.Dfe election. The pioneers will
sns, Chas. E. Taylor, the other
plOiuates and others will speak.
T,rlng your wife and youngsters
SlOng. If you don't believe in
communism, come out and listen
s"ay and find out something
The producers news., 1932-11-04
ROOSEVELT COUNTY
MISSES A BET

Now isn't that just nice of Art
as Maybelle would lisp. Only it's
a shame, needing good commits
sioners all these years as they
have needed it in Roosevelt coun-
ty, and having been compelled to
use such poor sticks as they have
The producers news., 1932-11-04

used, that such a perfect, such a
rare and true beam as GA. j."
should have been overlooked so
completely and never made use Of
over there where he has lived for
% years or more, and where ne
has actually served on the school
board with the Hon. Arthur Ryder,
himself, until the school district
was sunk in debt and the school
levy was 60 mills or more.
Surely the taxpayers" if there
are any such here, need the ser
vices of Folks "a. j." to help to
do away with any that may be
left.
cart" Ryder doesn't know of
such another man as "a. j." in
Northeastern Montana that he
could recommend to Harry so high
ly for the job that Harry wants
him and picked him for. And
probably that is true. cart" says
so and cart" knows; If cart"
doesn't, who then does?
The producers news., 1932-11-04
GOOD WOOD

"Art thinks highly of Olson. He
fairly bubbled," l believe he is the
best county commissioner timber
in this section of the state, for he
is honest, conservative, and has
unlimited ability to perform the
duties of this particular office.
Sheridan county is fortunate to
have a MAN of his TYPE and
ability willing to take an office.
do not know of man in
northeastern Montana l could
recommend as highly as GA. J."
The producers news., 1932-11-04
Harry Polk and the Economy
League


In the beginning things started
something like this.
Harry Polk got together with
Economy League" Jack Bennett
and Oscar Collins acting as "pot
boys" or chamberlains, and the
union without ceremony of priest
nor sanction of the law brot forth
the Liberty Party" Harry and
Economy League" beheld Gheir
child with exultation. eve can
make use of it," said Harry with
one Of his fetching smirks as he
curled his mouth into a half moon
With With the points encircling his nose.
,Thls, our only begotten son, may
oe the means of defeating the
Reds; he may bring about the
election of our man Olson as the
county commissioner and the Sc
curing Of the printing contract fol-
tne Herald-and that dearie, is my
only concern. 1t was the printing
contract which brought me over
AAOAl 4NOILu DdkOId TO 1ATl
with you. To take the kale seed
away from Sheridan county is why
am here and by the great horr
spoon nothing is going to be lef-
undone that might make my dream
come true. Dreams come true i
one works hard enough, sometime
II can get my hands into the
Eaie bags of Sheridan county fo,
the next two years as / have 10
ene past two years here and owe
N Daniels, and holding my own il
.Odak, | will not miss a meal dur
ing the depression, and the littl
emckens are not so wild when the,
are hungry can have big time
now on dimes where it used t
cost dollars. You now, dearie,
can handle biddies as the best o
mem: Old wench, if our baby doe
nus stuff, l am on easy street"
Inc boy was almost done
ueath before he was born by tn
clumsiness of Midwife Bob, 1
1ettlng things ready and maxim
out the Birth Certificate. If tn
Jaw had been invoked, Libert
party would have croaked, but
nont as old Doc. Neils Madse
The producers news., 1932-11-04
Who Is Arthur Ryder?

After the October 14th issue of
the Producers News came out with
some information about the ere
markable ability" of Folks candi-
date for county commissioner, the
former Froid hardware merchant
and mainstreeter, A. ]. Olson,
Harry, himself, hied down to Froid
in a search to find someone who
would say a good word for the
defunct hardware man.
Harry saw several of the Froid
business men but could not find
many who could say so much ir
favor of his persona candidate
Finally Harry found Arthur Ryder
bonanza reservation farmer, mem.
Der of the legislature of Roose
velt county for the past three ol
four terms, now republican candi
date for state senator to fill the
brogans of the late John Schniz
/ Ter, deceased.
The producers news., 1932-11-04
(BY GONIUS LAURSEN
Communist Candidate for Stare
Legislature

During the history of the world
more crimes have been committed
and more wealth destroyed under
the name of patriotism than un-
der all other names combined.
Every war is started under that
name including our last war. They
can't make peaceful men into
murderers until they work them
into a patriotic frenzy. War is
one of the causes of our present
world disorders; the world can't
spend four years doing nothing
but killing and destroying every
thing without reaping the harvest,
the harvest of misery, hunger and
want, yes, hatred and murder, all
sowed during the war under the
name of patriotism, the worlds
tremendous war debts and wal
preparations, must also be cata,
logued under this same name.
CHEAP PATRIOTISM
During our last war people ever
became SO patriotic that it wa,
forbidden as Danes to raise tht
flag Of little Denmark, even if thi,
was a neutral country and sympa
tmsed with the u. S., the peopl,
were afraid some 100 per cenr
Americans would become so Of
Tended if they saw the flag of I
foreign nation, that it was hare
telling what they might do, or
they might do Ike they did il
The producers news., 1932-11-04
CHEAP PATRIOTISM

ing but. with a Communist adj
ministration, and the farmers be-
hind It, we can win and make his
tory in Sheridan county.
The producers news., 1932-11-04
ALWAYS
READY CART"

Ryder, known to the boys as
cart" impulsive and always ready
TO serve a republican, and especial
ly a mainstreet candidate was
more than willing to help Harry.
He sure was for Olsen, and more
than glad to do his bit to elect his
cid pal commissioner over here in
Sheridan county and to help Harry
get the printing contract. Art II"
is just like that, so big heared
and everything. And SO "Art
wrote a letter "To the Taxpayers
of Sheridan county" which was
published in a two column box in
the Herald under the head "WHAT
OTHERS THINK OF A. ]. Oh
SON."
The producers news., 1932-11-04
Uses it as Mascot for His Economy League" Hag--
Hopes it VIII Defect Enuf Votes to Defeat Red
Ticket-Especialy Magnus DaneIsen
Pat & Bob Bring Forth ''Liberator y
Renegade WObby Pays Polk, Notorious Publisher of
North Dakota, Liberty Kale Provided by Main
Streeters to Print Party Paper
Continued from last weekly
The Mysterious Schemes Behind
Launching of Liberty Ticket

The Mysterious Schemes Behind
Launching of Liberty Ticket
Many good ibertyites may won
der themselves how it come about
that the liberty party county ticket
actually came to be nominated and
filed in Sheridan county for this
election campaign; how the Lib
orator came to be published at all
and why it was printed in Harry
Folks printing office of all places.
Many sincere candidates may we'll
suspect that they are being used
as puppets by mysterious minds
behind the scenes to further the
personal and private interests of
the pOssessOrs of these same mys-
teriOus minds. In other words if
there were not a lot of black po-
ltical magic involved in the nonni-
mating and filing of the liberty
party candidates, all of which can
didatas except one, namely Bob
Larson, are unconscious of. Let's
look over the events of the sum-
mer carefully.
No Sentiment for the Party
There was no sentiment for hte
liberty party June first. True e
number Of farmers had read the
Book" and many were captivateC
by its analysis and proposals, but
that was all. The Communist
party was organized and every
body knew there was going to bt
a Communist ticket. The United
Farmers League had been orga
nized. There had been many meet
mgs in the county. The Produc
ers News was supporting th'
Communist proposals and party
and the mass of the farmers O.
the county were behind the move
Then all at once things com
menced to happen.
The producers news., 1932-11-04

cvFRY UFL MEMBER
= READER OF THE
3 ppODUCERS NEWS
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-02
Shall We Tax Opportunity or Prosperity,


In Golfers magazine, Calvin Coolidge resents his
basic notions regarding justice in taxation. He TINS
expresses his major thesis:
Nothing seems clearer than that if the people
are to control the government they must nav the
taxes to support it. These two so together And
second if the people to have opportunity to own
property of the nation, they must pay the taxes On It
These two go together Power and responsibility
can not be separated"
To this We may make number of obvious snd
cogent rejoinders If the people really controlled the
government they might be expected to support it,
All that even a radical asks in present taxation
policy is that those who do control our government
contribute more equitaby toward its support 1t is
a rash proposal, however, to suggest that We tax
people for their alleged opportunities.
The opportunity to hold property should not be
taxed, but the actual possession of property The
masses have of opportunities in abstract
theory. but only a few drops of income paying
property.
We will agree that power and responsibility should
not be separated. That is all opponents Of high tax
alton propose. They merely desire to impose the
burden Of support on those who have poverNto pay.
But they run into the age-old fact that these who
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-02
Unbiased Propaganda

Complaints from American business men against
the killing of Russian trade in this country are be-
coming bitter.
They point out that Soviet purchases here after
reaching peak Of s149OOOOO0 in 1880, dropped to
S5l 100000 in 1881 and have fallen away to a
negligible $55OOOOO for the first six months of this
year.
Typical of those complaining is New York manu-
facturer of crushing, mining and cement machinery.
whose factory has been closed because of the loss of
Soviet purchases
This firm, in a letter to a prominent United States
senator, reported by Washington correspondent
charges that while the federal government refuses to
aid in retrieving lost business the department of
commerce is issuing unsubstantated warnings to
American business against engaging in trade with
Russian agencies
The complaining firm declares in its letter that
Russia prefers American manufacturers and if given
lair treatment would expand its buying here to
astounding figures
This view is based on the impressive fart thot +b
soviet last year was our heaviest buyer of industrial
machinery.
But II the Russian purchases were now but at their
1880 peak of $l49,OOOOOO the business would he .
godsend
Inc Hoover administration recently has aIlowed
lnKllngs of changed viewpoint to GET abroad r.
plain common sense and Justice is not enough tbo
desperation Of the growing army of the voorhees, ought
speedily turn the scale toward practical trade o
rangement with Russia