Evening star., 1932-08-21
NEW FARM STRIKE
OUTBREAK FEARED
Milk Blockade Picketers 0p-
pose Proposal That Trucks
Go Through.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa. August 90
Rumbles of opposition among picketing
farmers to proposals that milk trucks be
permitted to pass through their block
ade carried possibility tonight Of new
disorders in their no-selling campaign
which has virtually stopped truck ship
ping into this market.
Leaders Of the National Farmers
Holiday Association, sponsoring the
strike for higher farm produce prices,
said loads of milk would be allowed to
lumber through the tightly drawn picket
lines. Many of their followers. however.
insisted the blockade should be con-
tinued against all farms produce, In
GLIDING milk.
Several of the county officers ex-
pressed fear trouble might occur Sun
day if settlement of the new disagree
ment were not reached.
Among the milk producers, whose dis
pute with distributors here had run con-
currently with the farm strike, con-
tributing to the blockade until last
night, all was not satisfaction. Some
producers not parties to the agreement
announced last night. which set new
price of S180 a hundredweight de-
clared the producers association should
have held out for the original demand
Of $217.
One Cent Retail Raise.
The new rates raise the price of
milk cent retail here-from to 9
cents a quart-and become effective
tomorrow.
Meanwhile, barricades on seven State
and Federal highways were unimpaired.
No trucks bearing live stock, butter,
eggs, poultry or other farm products
were allowed to enter this city.
Sheriffs of Woodbury. and Plymouth
Counties maintained a force of several
hundred deputies to escort trucks
through the lines, but for two days
now no trucker has asked their convoy.
Farmers who have not been con-
verted to the holiday movement, which
seeks to obtain the cost of production
plus a fair profit are reluctant to
hazard loss of their products or per-
sonal injury.
Extent of Organization.
The holiday movement leaders stated
it was spreading rapidly in Iowa, Ne
braska and South Dakota Nearly all
counties in Northwestern Iowa, North
eastern Nebraska and Southeastern
South Dakota have been organized for
participation.
In Charlton, Boone, Blencoe and
other Iowa towns the picketing move
ment gained material headway and
confidence was expressed by farmers
that the increase in milk prices at
Sioux City would be followed by higher
quotations for other farm products.
Another front in the battle was ex-
posed today at Spencer, where Is farm
ers held up a creamery truck. Sheriff
Fred Erickson of Clay County and
Deputy Harry Wilsey were called and
obtained release of the truck on condi-
ton the creamery officers pledge not to
continue a cream route for week.
From Bismarck, N. Oak, came word
that a survey of the State. indicated
farmers were withholding wheat from
markets in increasing volume because
of the dollar wheat" drive and low
prices Below normal stores were re-
ported in several of the larger centers
and the Devils Lake Journal said re-
ports from 20 elevators revealed sharp
decrease in selling. Railwaymen stat
ed that wheat loadings in some in
stances were only half the amount for
the same period last year.