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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-14
OLSON SHIELDS
ACCOMPLICES

Rainy Lake comes under the
Avs for international boundary
waters. According TO the Webster
AshburtOn Treaty and the Root
Bryce Treaty the waters are free
ND open to the use Of the citi-
lens and subjects of both Canada
md the U. S. "Mr. Stewart is
neither Obeying the constitution Of
NE U. S. nor is he helping the
needy fishermen" says Herman
tOnker. In fact, he is reducing
Sem to starvation levels. And
Ne tarmer-labor Governor Olson
= shielding his appointees against
Ie fishermen and increasing theil
BURDENS.
Ihen," continues Mr.. Lomker
j we can not bear the burden
Snu Pay our taxes, they will sci
we fOOf from over our heads fol
axes that we may crawl away ant
SsfVe to death like an insect tina
IaS outlived its usefulness Jus
O'CauSe we have a bunch of dirt,
TVOks IN our public offices
: Uled to have the Farmer-Labo
leader publish my letter to Gov
s - Olson and a copy Of my I'd
'uaVlt to the Game and Fish De
nsa'ment. 1t refused to publis
S'USe articles. Does the Far1ne
ssOOr Leader wish to keep frol
-. ..:. taxpayers what our publ
''ncials are doing?
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-14
NON-PARTISANS
FAVOR HOOVER
Progressive" Republicans
Call for Support of
Hoover-Curtis

The Nonpartisan Leaguers have
come out in the open. According
to o. E. Erickson, chairman of the
Republican state committee of N.
D. as organized by the Nonpartisan
Leaguers and Nonpartisan league
members of the state legislature.
The state advisory committee
is being selected which would be
representative Of every county IN
this state and can intense and
active campaign will be inaug-
urated Immediately looking to-
ward the reelection of President
Hoover and Vice President Cur
tbs and every nominee for United
States senator and congressman
and all Nominees for state office
on the Republican ticket.
SWERVE FROM ROOSEVELT
TO HOOVER
During the primary campaign
the Nom Partisan leaguers put vi
an Hoover campaign agains
the regular" Republicans. Bot
of the nonpartisan senator's Fra
zier and Nye, have been flirting
with Roosevelt and taking side
swipes at Hoover during the pas
several months. However, the no.
partisan state committee wants t
get its hands into the Republical
as we'll as Democratic money bag
and so has come out for Hoover.
Erickson, in calling for supper
for Hoover, found the following
hypocritical phrases to serve hi
purposes.
president Hoover Is not to
blame for the hard times and
certainly Ii doing everything in
his power to help restore pros
perity 70 our country and he
should have the whole hearted
support of every Republican. AS
our committee looks at It, this
L. no time DO swap horses
America, under President Hoo
ver's leadership viii be all right
again and if we change to Other
leaderships it will set us back
: several years upon our road u
normal conditions"
Despite all of their phrases Il
: Nonpartisan Leaguers are allies
the murderers of the bonus vete
ans, of the Hoover machine.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-14
AGRICULTURE IN THE U. S.

The farmer may "sink further into tenancy,
possibly into peasantry' says a writer in the
New York Times, Sept 25, 1882, in an article
dealing with the farmers. The same writer gives
examples of the farmers plight in the United
States, showing that "the best estimates for 1892
are that more than half the farmers are renters
Whereas in 1926 there were PIG forced sales per
thousand farm Sales in 1881 the number in
creased to 36.1."
Insurance companies, commercial banks and
mortgage companies, the Federal and Joint Stock
Land Banks and retired millionaire farmers, ac-
cording to the same writer "hold 70 per cent of
all farm mortgages" in the United States, which
fetal nine and half billion dollars cit is they
who willy-nilly continue to displace the active
farmers as the owners of the soil"
Another fact brought out is that Gland values
in some states have dropped SO rapidly since
192S-S0 that on S1.2 per cent of the mort
gagged farms it would pay the farmers to relinq-
ish their farms to the mortgage holders The
value of these farms is less than the size of the
mortgages"
From 1880 to 1882 alone there was a 81
6OO,OO0,O00 drop in the annual gross farm in
come, the writer reveals.
These are only few of the figures which
show the terrible plight of the farmer in the
land of rugged individualism" and capitalist
agriculture.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-14
FLOYD OLSON GETS
SUPPORT OF THIRD
PARTY POLITICIANS

The League for Independent
Political Action has endorsed the
Farmer-Labor party and its can
dldates in the coming elections in
Minnesota. The L. l. P. A. was
organized in order to establish a
third political party. For the
present it is supporting all of the
local third, fourth and other cap
italist parties.
In endorsing the Farmer-Labor
faker, Olson, for governor, the
League wrote the following:
1--WE are also happy to work
for the reelection of Governor
Olson. He has been a real
champion of the peoples inter-
ests. With a majority of the
next legislature favorable to him
he will be able to render even
better service. We want to do
our part in making this possible
for the progressive people of
Minnesota"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-14

Farmers Hear Communist
Despite Attempt to
Silence Him
(BY LEoNA Johnson

Hammond, Ind.-Recently the
Socialist party scheduled a meet
ing in a little country school near
Crown Point. There was a farm
er there who had lived in Ham
mond and who was sympathetic to
the Communist party. He came in
to Hammond and asked Comrade
Stocker, who is running for Lieu
tenant Governor on the Communist
ticket, if he would come out to the
meeting.
Comrade Stocker and went.
This farmer then arranged with
the chairman to let Comrade Stoc-
ker speak on the same platform
with the Socialists.
TRY TO EJECT COMMUNIST
The Socialists had two speakers.
Comrade Stocker was then intro
duced. This precipated storm.
One of the Socialists who knew US
jumped up and started pushing
Stocker off of the platform. But
by this time l was there doing
some pushing too, but not on Com
rade Stocker.
Eventually our farmer friend
demanded that the Socialist take
his hands off and let COmrade
Stocker speak. By this time, how
ever, the chairman decided to In
troduce the last Socialist speaker
We sat there for another hou-
then listening TO this walrus look
ling individual talk continual!
about the fright to live" in such
sing-song fashion that the farm
ers nearly went TO sleep.
i SELL PRODUCERS NEWS
AS soon as the speaker finished
1--we, the Communists, started dis
ltributing our literature, including
the Daily Worker, the Worker,
Voice and the Producers News, {
bundle of which had just come tia
day. and SEINE election literaturt
including the Election Platform Z
the Communist party.
When the Socialists saw TIL
? they became enraged and tried
] put US out, but the farmers stuC
with Us and refused to let them I
Z so. The Socialists, seeing that
was no use adjourned their NEE
: ling.
q One farmer said SHOWS yoV
e chance Stocker, tell us what you''
got to say" Comrade Stock,
n talked with them very informall
e answered questions and cleared I
o points on which they were nc
s very clear.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-14
AGENT
SGOPSFISHING
and Fish Commits
Game ,1s., Closes Lake Rainy
to Fishermen

,,,r,en in the vicinity OF
hSntl, nEe, Mimi, are being de-
pi'y bSf their right to fish in the
yd7eo t - boundary waters be-
1t'En't +se U. S. and Canada by
wen S W. game and fish COM
v =. .or of Minnesota, reports
e'sl ..D Lomker, a commercial
5 herman Of Rainier e.. q p.inr
The u # which Mr.. LOmker is a
l'Ay p. y equipped and operated a
e9 5srZ 'a at International Falls,
1 ,s n order to restock Rainy
N1 ~ with fish. They operated
l y. hatchery at their own ex-
aS .. ard they also planted a car
Fl'' Il fry in Rainy Lake. Now
9'- oro not allowed to take fish
". IL The waters they themselves
T'I Nd According to Order No
S ! = the Game and Fish Commits
,.s - these waters are closed to
a.., asrcial fishing for the pur-
CONN., II fish propagation. How
~ y. Canadian fishermen can still
'"' ttn.e international boundary
W -. which means that rs per
s, 2. If the fish are still being
s ~ ont Of the lake and sold IN
y ..'T Il s. in large quantities, SC
~. sron the lame excuse of Com
w. -:.,iorer Stewart is invalid.
I D,r+ If Commissioner Stewards
nrer to the complaint of Mr.
tinker is as follows:
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to get an injunction to prevent the
Farm Bureau from appearing on
the budget next year. Petitions
containing sos names have already
been filed but the county board has
ruled that this is not sufficient
since the petitions establishing the
Farm Bureau contained $50 names
and according to law the discOn
tinuation petition must contain one
eighth more names than the origi-
nal petitions.
Whether the farm bureal will
be continued in Burt county, Me-
braska, will be decided at the gen.
eral elections on November 8. The
county board decided on this when
they were presented with petitions
containing 728 names demanding
this.
The voters of Pembina county,
North Dakota, will vote On the
question of ousting the county
agent. Over 1900 voters have
signed petitions circulated by the
Taxpayers Association demanding
that the agent be ousted.
A petition has been filed with
the county commissioners of Sar-
Ply county, Nebraska, demanding
that the county agent office be
discontinued. The question will be
voted On at the Nov. 8 elections.
The present cost of the office is
$500 annually. Those who are
trying to keep the county agent
are stating in their campaign that
it would mean discrimination Of
the All club work. The farmers
however, are learning that the
All club work of the county agent
is just as useless as any other Of
their tasks.
s.
Holt county, Nebraska, will
vote on the continuation of the
county agents office at the No
vember elections. Petitions signed
by 885 voters and circulated by
the Holt County Economy Tar
S League were presented to the
county supervisors. Only farmers
will be allowed to vote on the
question.
Petitions bearing the signatures
of between 1900 and 1,4O0 Bur
leigh county, North Dakota, voters
$ have been filed with the board
j, of Burleigh county commissioner
! to bring to a vote a proposal 10.
I continuation Of county agent woTl
0 in Burleigh county. If the peh
: lions are found sufficient, the pro
posal will be listed in the Nov.
election.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-14
FARMERS IN SOUTH
DAKOTA HEAR RED
CANDIDATES SPEAK
(BY LOLA Sharp

Briston, S. D., Oct. GA crowd
of one hundred and thirty farm
ers were present at the Woodman
hall, Wednesday night, October s.,
when Roy Miller, Communist can
didate for representative from this
district gave an address.
Maynard Sharp, as chairman, in
troduced the speakers. A ten
minute talk by Bauer of Webster,
was followed by a song, Omitted
the Farmers and Workers." sung
by Elaine Sharp and Evelyn Lang
land.
COmrade Miller analysed for his
hearers the aims and platforms of
the Communist party.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-14
MASS. FARMERS
FACING MISERY
Apples VIII Rot on Trees
Because Prices Are
too Low
(By a Farmer Correspondent

wy a al lllCA SOI1NOPOnQC1lII
Ashby, Mass, Sept. 13.-Com-
rades, here is my report on the
conditions of the farmers in this
vicinity.
The town of Ashby is a small
town with a population of about
$50. So, we are not hit quite so
hard by the depression as the big
ger towns and cities. But we can
feel it bad enough.
Most of the farmers have been
working in nearby cities and farm
ing on the side, and up until now
have been able to get along. But
most of the shops have closed
down, throwing them out of work.
I think this winter is going to
be a lot harder than the last one.
1t is pretty hard for a farmer
to make a living off his farm up
here. The farms are so small, and
even if they were bigger prices OF
the produce are so small he cant
make anything.
Take apples for example! We
get from 20 to so cents a bushe
box. Take out what you have put
into spraying 1--WE spray about
twice a week. and trimming, anC
if you break even you are doing
good. The apple crop is good thi
year and that means that the mar
ket will be so full we will have t.
let a big part of our crop rot anC
will have to be thrown away.
It has been very dry here thi
summer and the small vegetable
have suffered. This is anothe
wage cut for the farmers.
I The price on milk has gone s.
low it don't hardly pay to keel
cows. We get a little over tire
cents a quart. The price on egg
} is 80 cents a dozen, but it will no
stay there long. 1t will start goinI
; down soon.
The price on groceries has no
gone down very much. We pa
, % cents a pound for coffee an
} IS cents for 24-pound bag o
flour; 48 cents for a 10-poung ba
of sugar. We have not starte
any kind of a struggle here We
but comrades, 1 think it's abou
time the New England farmer
got up on their hind legs an
started in roaring the same as the
have out west.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-14
End of County Agent
Racket Is Demanded

The Adams county board of sup
ervisors under mass pressure of
the farmers of the county has or
dered a vote at the Nov. 8 general
election on the question of aband-
Oning the county farm bureau.
Roy K. Smith, president of the
county farm bureau, told the sup
ervisors the bureau would seek an
injunction to keep the question off
the ballot.
The Taxpayers League of Val
ley county, Nebraska, is planning
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-14

of the Scottsboro boys, sent by the
International Red Aid organization
there, representing, it is stated,
10000 workers and collective
farmers.
"The conference assures the LID
of the United States" reads the
resolution, "that all the workers In
our district will use every effort
by their mighty protests to obtain
the stoppage Of the execution Of
the seven innocent Negroes.
Dozens of shock brigades, and
thousands of our hard earned ru-
bles, will we give to save the lives
of the eight Negro youths
The resolution is signed by Som
kin as chairman, Luldrsky as sec
rotary, and by a presidum of three
members, SimOnov, Evitkovsly and
Ivanov.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-14
PACKED HALL AT
PALISADE, MINI.
TO HEAR HIMOFF
(BY BRUCE TAYLOR)

Palisade, Mimi, Sept. 81 sx-
pect that you would like report
on the Mary Himoff meetings here
since she is to speak in Plenty
wood on the 10 of Sept. Cemrade
Himoff is an excellent speaker
and talks straight from the shoal-
der. Her message is to the youth
and its problems as well as the
adults. Here at Palisade she had
a packed hall while at Crosby the
meeting was fair. She was ac'
companied by Comrade Andrew
Kovak of Detroit a participant in
the Ford Hunger march and Com
rade John Lndman, Communist
candidate for Lieutenant Governor,
who spoke briefly at both places.
Comrade John Lindman and my
self start today for a tour of the
Carlton, Pine, Chisago, Isant and
Miles Laos counties. I will send
reports of the meetings to you.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-14
FORCE RELIEF FOR
JOBLESS COUPLE
IN TACOMA, WASH
(BY ETHEL McLEoDl

Tacoma, Wash, Sept. 28.-An
unemployed worker and his wife
were repeatedly denied relief by
the County Welfare Commissioner.
The Unemployed Council heard
of their case and a committee of
two accompanied this hungry
couple to the commissioners Of
flee. The commissioner came
across with the relief.
Then this unemployed worker,
who knows by experience that
the Unemployed Citizens League
only tries to make jackass out
of the unemployed worker, prompt
ly joined the Unemployed Council.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-14
PLEDGE COMMUNIST AID
TO FARMERS

He pledged the support of the
Communist to the farm strikers,
at the same time urging the farm
ers to demand the right to elect
their own leaders.
He called upon the farmers to
organize and struggle against the
evictions and forced collection of
rents.
He proposed tax exemption for
poor farmers, and a moratorium
on taxes, mortgage payments and
interest.
ROOSEVELT AS FARMER
He won applause with the ques-
ton, "Hoover says he has worked
hard and is going to work out a
plan. He has been in there three
years, why in hi doesn't he do
.Iit?"
In regard to the Democratic
candidate he said, "He makes a
Did Tor the farmers vote this fall
by saying he was a farmer. That
is true, he is a farmer. He was
born on a 1,000-acre farm which
I will describe to you. In his
front yard he has 25 acre orch.
ard. He has a golf course, swim
ming pool, and a race track. Th'
house has seven bathrooms anC
! % bedrooms. Mr.. Roosevelt pay!
: $4,000 a year life insurance, NOR,
than any of your farmers can
/ make in three or four years."
He exposed the Socialist and tn,
4 Liberty parties, which he con
: demned because of their refusa
: to demand any immediate relic
for the workers and poor farmers
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-14

Point 3 ON the election program
of the Communist party.
Emergency relief for the poor
farmers without restrictions by the
government and banks; exemption
of poor farmers from taxes, and
no forced collection of rents or
debts"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-14
WANTS TO CRUSH
FISHERMEN

Il now have a letter before me
in which Mr.. Klancke tries to ex-
us Mr.. Stewart for his action by
stating that evidently Mr.. Stew
art was Of the opinion that for the
protection Of the hatchery at
Rainier the order as it now exists
should stand. Such a statement is
Just a smoke screen to cover up
their dirty work. It is fact we
fishermen have offered to set ou1
nets and aid the state in gather
ing spawn to fill the hatchery
without the cost of a cent to the
state. Our offer was rejected We
believe on account of a certain
bunch Of crooks that wanted u
fishermen put out of business. L
our offer had been accepted tina
hatchery could have operated a
null capacity every year with tn
possible exception of the year o
l@S, where as it now stands
has been operated at times at g.
" 70 per cent of capacity and no
At all in 1926"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-14

FONT 3 in the Commun-
Isl election program ''For
emergency relief for i'm
pOverished farmers, with
out restrictions by the
government and banks;
exemption of irnpover-
lshed farmers from taxes,
and no forced collection
OF rents or debts"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-14
Use RED SCARE
in ASTORIA, ORE.
Labor Defense VIII Defend
Young Workers Arrested
on Framed Charge
(By a worker Correspondent

(By a worker Correspondent
Knappa, Ore, Sept. 5.-As an
of the brutal attack on
the Young Communist League
street meeting held here Saturday
night, August q, and the arrest
of two young workers, Carl Sy
vanen and Jack Taybeck, by the
police, the local press is trying to
create "red hysteria," by circu-
lating stories to the effect that the
Communists recently raided a
the story is being used solely to in
Coast Guard Cutter here and an
armory at Centralia, Washington,
to secure arms to use in Commun-
ist schools one which is being held
at Winlock, Wash, at the present
time.
This story is very plainly q
frameup because there is no work
ers school in Winlock at the pres
ent time, the last school held there
was the Young Workers Summer
school, which was held over fivc
wears ago. Further, Commander
Hemingway in command of the
Coast Guard units in the harbor
has refused to make any commen
or admission as to the report.
PERHAPS BOOZE RUNNERS
Another theory is that the rai'
ON the cutter was made by run
runners. which of course, the locs
press does not favor, but tries t
mislead people into believing tina
| Communists have made the raid.
It is to be doubted whether sue
a raid has been made at all, Du
cite sentiment against the YCl
which dared go out on the street
to demand their rigrts OF IRE
speech and assemblage, despl'
the fact that the Astoria bose
had made the statement that an
meetings which "stink of Commul
ism" will not be allowed.
) The trial of the two young worl
: ers is to be held September IL
The international Labor Defen.
e is fighting for the right OF wor
t ers to hold street meetings, and
e carrying the case to finish. II
d charge against the workers
+ resisting an officer" The A
Y toria bosses thought that the wor
y ers would plead guilty and tn
e would be all that would be hea
d about the case, but when tn
v found out that the lid would pr
e ticipate in the case, bringing
h the issue of workers rights to {
streets, they started a "red scar
q to work up hatred against q
Il workers. Send protests to Ci'
e Manager demanding right OF VOL
ers to the streets.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-14
SOVIET WORKERS
WILL SUPPORT 9
SCOTTSBORO BOYS

From far off Roslavl, a rural
district in the Soviet Union, has
just come a resolution on behalf
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8 per cent of the total This means that the
socialized sector of agriculture accounted for 70
per cent of the total sowings as against 1873 per
cent scheduled by the Five Year Plan for 1882
1888
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-14
OLSON APPOINTEE
,ppROyES OPPRESSION

d have taken up the matter in
,...7 with both DR.. Surber and
~ ~. KIancke. DR.. Surber is sup
. ii of our fish propaga-
s .r and Mr.. Klancke is superin-
. -r'j Of our commercial fishing
ar,rtment. They are both very
s I.riIiar with conditions there and
I'I fink their judgment is right
nj heartily approve of it. If we
y, !. not protect our fish and save
@sm from commercial fishing
70 will have no place to take our
f,b for spawn and you are just
rrirg to establish a policy which
qould be killing the goose that
gs the golden egg"
Mr.. Stewart seems to be some
what mixed up. 1t is not geese
and golden eggs that are the is
me but fish and spawn. The com
missioner is afraid that he cannot
ret fish for spawn for his hatch
T, although the fishermen have
,reed to catch the fish for the
tate and take the spawn to fill
the hatchery at Rainier without
charging the state a cent. In
letter to Farmer-Labor Governor
Olson in regard to the Matter, Mr.
LOmker wrote as follows: