The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-08-26
OPEN LETTER
TOFARMERS
Rodney Salisbury, County Organi-
ger, Tilted Farmer League Calls
Farmers Attention to Certain
Important Facts.

Rodney Salisbury, Communist
candidate for governor of Montana
the only political party that fights
for the toiling farmers and work
ers, in an open letter to the farm
ers of Montana, calls attention to
the policy of the United Farmers
League in reference to the farm
ers strike, and to several other
things that are important for the
farmer to know.
PlentywOod, Montana
Aug. 25, 1882.
Comrade farmers:
The government feed loan agents
have beat it out of Sheridan coun-
ty lately, for some less militant
county, as a result of my state
ment appearing in the columns
couple of weeks ago calling atten-
ton of the farmers that the $50
called government agents" who
were out telling the farmers what
to and not to do in regard to the
crops on which the Federal gov
eminent holds mortgages on which
l told you that these "agents"
were trespassers and had no right
whatever to interfere with farm
ers and his disposition of the crop
on which the federal government |
holds mortgages; and the farmer |
should fully understand the Fed I
eral government as a mortgage !
holder has no more rights at law
than any person or bank has as a
mortgage holder, and so a farmer
need pay no attention to the coli
lectors, outside of ordering them
off the farm. Most of these col
lectors are KS: ex-bankers, ex-
bank receivers, ex merchants, ex-
loan sharks, who are discredited
In their own communities. While
constantly misrepresenting and
stealing from behind the wickets
and counters, with a dignified and
hypocritical pose, they preach hon
esty to the farmer. How often we
have seen signs in the banks =
::consult you banker, he has
your interest at heart" children,
take home one of our little banks
and when full of your pennies de-
post in our big bank" and other
spider and fly slogans. But one
fine morning we found a sign dis
played on the window, reading:
"Closed for benefit of depositors'
which meant the kiddies pennies
were gone. Mr.. Banker then makes
feather scarce and as a reward fol
his services (?) in the commun-
ity the state or government, he
has supported, gives him a re-
spectacle job with a fat salary anC
expense account somewhere else
for the benefit" of some other un
fortunate depositors. Our esteem
able, Mr.. Bull, had his job even
before his bank was closed; of
such material are collectors and
seed loan agents made, wonderful
system, this capitalism!
Comrade Farmers: When tn
government seed loan agents lef
the county don't forget they lief
their mortgages and liens with tn
elevator man who will do the col
Letting if you deposit your graf
:. in the elevators. Keep away frol
: the elevator, unless the elevate
: man pays you for your grain. D
! not accept a check payable to an!
one but yourself alone. The Unite
Farmers League is supporting
y strike for 81 wheat, but we d.
e mand that the 81 be paid to Il
= farmer. We are not striking fl
.he collectors who have Away
5 supported the system that is 70
= 5ing US. We are striking for on
e selves for 81 wheat today, and 9
o ways, against capitalism; we a
fighting the bosses, the banker
the grain gamblers, the meat pa
is ers, the robber railroads, the e
10 ploiters of every kind, and the
al stool pigeons, the enemies of to
mig farmers and workers.
= fight against marketing mOnOp
rs lies, which hold up prices to t
workers while driving down far
ers prices; against forced cole
- ton of debts, against the payne
of government feed and sc
. loans. against renewal of chat
or crop mortgages and MACH
contracts, against payment of
take S, against foreclosures q
evictions.
Comrade Farmer: Sign
papers of any kind; beware of
crop harvesting expense appli
III tons which the collectors have
with the elevators to get allowa
for harvest expense-these ap
cations require the farmer to ST
not how many acres he has in C
but the number of bushels he
threshed, which will be u
against him later as evidence
sign no papers, no matter how
nocent they look: renew no m.
cages when collectors or ags
come do not act alone, refer Il
to the United Farmers League
rotary as your representative.
Vote for your class intere:
it is represented by the G
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