The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-14
Friday, October IA, 1892
JASON OF The SOIL SPEAKS

On October 4, Hoover again laid before the
farm of the country the program of misery and
restitution that the capitalist class has decreed for the
farm and which the Republican party has put
into operation to the best of its ability.
Millionaire Roosevelt spoke the farmers one
of them as farmer. Hoover spoke to the farmers of
Iowa a son of the soil of that state
Both have adopted this masquerade costume to try
if possible conceal from the farm of the
try the real issues which face them and to hide the fact
that the programs of both Republican and Democratic
parties nothing but the oppressive of Wall
Street put into nice English.
Before entering on his twelve point farm pro-
gram, Hoover spent many empty words recitng hypo
critically all that the Republican party had done for the
farm masses for the rest of the working class turnout
the country.
Only one paragraph in his whole recital bears any
resemblance to the truth and that is warning to the
toing turnout the country that the misery we
know nothing compared to what it might still.
'Let no man tell you that it could not be
worse. 1t could be much worse that these days
now, distressing they are, would look like veri-
table prosperity"
The present condition of the farm masses turnout
the country who destitute, suffering the most
IRENE prvaon they have known faced with evic-
tons and forced sales this smashing blow all of
Hoovers statements to how much he has done for
them The situation in which the farm masses fino
themselves conounds all of the lies of Hoover and of his
administration.
Hoovers twelve point program is brutal mock
cry of the dire need of the farm of the country
He promised to maintain the high tariffs on agricuL
tura producs-which have added to the in
of the farm The tariff program of Wall
Street has, however, added millions the profits of the
great corporations of the pockets of the tong farm
masses of the pockets of the millions of city work
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he ri hoe H.
failure Hoover advocates that the price sterilization part
of the program be eliminated He is ready drop this
part of his hypocritical promises of 1928
His national program of land utilization is an
admission the millions of the impoverished farm
that capitalism has nothing to offer them. Hoover
promises to divert lands from improbable profitable
uses Of the destitute farmers this land he said moth
ing, where they to go, how they find an ex-
istence for their families Of these things this son of
the soil said nothing.
He continued the Republican balyhoo about the St.
Lawrence waterway order to divert the attention of
the farmers from their immediate problems.
The farmers who have received feed and seed loans
and cannot pay them be relieved of the burden of
paying them Hoover decided to demand only Is pei
cent of the loans this year-BECAUSE HE. CAN GET
NO MORE OUT OF THE FARMERS IF HE DE-
MANDED ALL The remaining IS per cent is to be-
come charge against next years CROP i have tc
FOR WHAT THE COLLECTORS CAN SQUEEZE
OUT OF THEM
The farmers to be relieved of the present burden
of taxation thru the calling of conference of experts
Exactly what Roosevelt promised. Hoover has been In
office for four years the capitalist class has decreed the
present oppressive taxes the farmers. This is the
tax program. Their conferences of experts are only
smoke hide the continued exploitation of thu
farm masses in this manner
The farmers promised short term loans Tn
food trusts to get long term loans from the Recon
sruchon Finance Corporation. The farmers will not ge
the short term loans because they have no adequate
cury, while the great corporations of the food trus
will get loans regardless of security to add millions
their swollen profits
He promised relief from the insurance companie.
bankers land banks. While he promised, though thes
agencies of Wall Street carrying out their fore
characterization program. rohing the farmers of the
last possessions. driving them the highways as de-
htute paupers.
More world conferences for agriculture. for goo