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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-02-12
RACINE VALLEY

Anton SunSted were supper guests
at the Niels Sunsted home Wednes-
day evening.
Christian Johansen, who is stay
ing at Lester Brentesons this win
ter, horsebacked home on Thursday
for visit with his folks.
Friday evening the young people
around here met at the Viggo Jo-
hansen home for a card party.
Among those present were Karen,
Anna and Knud Paulsen, Elsie, AXel
and Myrtle johnson and others. A
very enjoyable time was had by all.
Friday mite those that were away
from home had quite a time getting
home on account Of the storm. Mix
KEEL Paulsens started out for home
but gave it up and stayed till day
light at Niels SundsJeds. Chris Jo-
hans@ns abandoned their car IN the
ditch and stayed over night at Dan
lei Petersens and Efick Sundsted
got lost up in Viggo JOhansen's pas
ture while before getting UP to
Viggo's place. where ne got his
bearings again
Soren Johansen is on the sick
list The doctor has told him to
stay in bed for some time. Jens
Olsens and Lars Linns called there
Sunday to visit Soren and see how
he was getting along.
Wednesday, friends and relatives
helped Mrs. James Johnson cele-
brate her birthday. There were
many people present and cards were
one diversion Of the day.
Sunday Holger Christensen, Lud-
Wig Erickson and Henry Bardt were
supper guests at Lars Larsens
Cards were played in the evening.
Mrs Larsen and infant daughter
returned home from the Plentywooc
hospital Tuesday Mother and
daughter are getting along nicely.
The Antelope mail carrier is driv.
ng with horses and sleigh now after
the snow storm.
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ficial" collective, divided them
selves into brigades and sowed in
a continuous furrow. When asked
why they did not set up a collec-
tive farm, they replied. "We don't
understand these collective farms,
how the peasants live and work. +"
In the village of Permas (Veiiki
Ustyug, Northern Region) the in
dividual peasants joined the col
lective farm brigade during the
time of sowing.
In the village of Upper Tsarit-
sin, in the Stalingrad district of
the North Caucasus, the individu-
al peasants sowed in on continu-
GUS furrow; blowing up the boun-
Diary strips, and afterwards joined
the collective farm
What does this show7 It shows
that outside the collective farm:
there is large stratum of peas
antry, already nearly ripe for en-
trance into collective farms. Th'
speed of their entrance will de
pend on the help given, ON th'
establishment of neighborly rela
ton on the part Of the COLLECTIVE
farm toward them-in word, o.
the actual realization Of the slo
gan in the these: "Do not houn
1.-the individual peasants but ren
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5. Organization of Groups of
Poor Peasants and Agricultural
LabOrers

5. Organization of Groups of
Poor Peasants and Agricultural
LabOrers
These principles give a complete
answer to the question of where
and under what conditions one
should organize. groups of poor
peasants in the collective farms.
The theses answer this question
thus:
The work of the groups of poor
peasants in the elemtnary forms
Of collective farms should be i'm
proved and strengthened, mas
much as the transition from the
simplest associations to a higher
stages Of collectivization can be
secured only with the aid of the
poor peasants. The Party units II
the collective farms must see II
It that the works Of the groups o.
poor peasants is conducted in sucl
a way as not only to protect The
immediate interests of the poo
peasantry, but also to aid the con
solidation of the alliance Of th'
proletariat and the poor peasantr.
with the middle peasantry.
This means that special atten
ticn should be paid to the Asso
Citations for the Joint Cultivation
Of the Land and to certain artell
in which for some reason there
danger that socialized productio
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RESERVE ITEMS

Mr.. and Mrs. FairWeather,, Mr..
and Mrs. Gibbons, Mr.. and Mrs.
Madsen and Mr.. and Mrs. Rumborg
were guests at the Hans Larsen
home last Wednesday evening.
Olvin Hole returned to Maddox.
n. D.. last Thursday evening. af-
ter spending a few weeks at his
home here. He is attending high
school at Maddox.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Andersen, en-
tertaned a few friends at bridge
last Saturday evening.
Church services conducted by
! Rev. Stowell in the school house
last Sunday evening were very poor.
ly attended.
Pete Madsen got stalled in the
snow drifts east of town last Sat
urday night and had to abanaon his
truck and walk back to town.
Cliff Hansen and children drove
to Plentywood last Sunday to visit
Mrs. Hansen confined in the hospb
tai there.
Oscar Foss, farmer from east Of
Medicine Lake. was a visitor IN
town last Saturday.
Cliff Hansen, Carl Peterson ant
o. E Sonnenberg drove to Bainvill
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lund drove to WIN
listOn on Tuesday.
The Groskurth boys entertained
few of their friends at house par
ty last Thursday evening.
Harry Herbach is loading a car q
hogs from the Spokane market thi
Thursday.
Paul Connole spent the week en-
at his home here, returning to Pier
|, tywood on Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Jacobsen ar
the proud parents of a fine bah
girl born last Monday.
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hopeful that Con and John will
throw them bone.
/. L. d. On the Job
The international Labor De-
fence as always was right on the
Job. Thorough the efforts of the
Il. L. D., bonds of ten dollars each
were placed for the workers. AS
soon as the 1. L. D. placed the
bonds we were released. We APP
peared in court the next morning,
and after a brief session of the
court we were dismissed. The city
attorney displayed his poor know
ledge or lack of knowledge as to
why hungry workers march and
demonstrate. The judge gave us
some time worn and Anticipated
advice that smacked with, "If you
don't like your uncle Samsky, go
back to where you Comsky, u
knowing full well that given suf-
ficient funds, come thousands VI
Butte workers would take the
first boat to the U. S. S. R., where
there is plenty of food and plenty
of work and not enough hands tc
do the work.
Workers in Butte are still hun.
CRY and jIobIess! Lets make the
next demonstration bigger and
better than ever! Let us adOpt
the slogan. Don't Starve-Fight.
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both to contribute to the defense
of the immediate interests of the
poor peasantry and to strengthen
the role of the members of coIlec-
tive farms as the main support of
the Soviet Power in the village.
A. Relations Between Members Of
Collective Farms and Indi-
vidnal Peasants
The fourth group of questions
concerns the relations between the
members of collective farms and
individual peasants. In some dis
tricts there has been an incorrect
attitude toward the Individual
peasants, a bounding of them that
is outwardly dictated by q special
devotion to the cause of collective
farming but actually injuries that
cause. This incorrect attitude to.
ward the individual peasant has
in some cases been expressed BY
cutting down the share of land TO,
individual peasants, even whel
there was enough land both TO-
them and the collective farms; i
appropriating for the collectiv
farms winter faIlow plowed by in
dividual peasants; in a refusal
admit new members into the CO.
lectiye farms; in . refusal by k
. cal authorities to carry on an
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forth the slogan of leaning for
support Non the members of the
collective farms, as the most i'm
portant slogan of the present per-
iod, but in addition comprises a
secon part, Of Immense theoreti-
ical and practical Importance,
with reference to the individual
peasants who within compare
lively short time viii enter upon
the path of collectivization.
Outside Of the collective farms
there is undoubtedly very large
number Of peasants in "semi-cOI-
llectives"- unofficial collectives'l
lawaiting the results of the distri-
button of the harvest before join
ling a collective farm. Many OF
these "semi-collectivized" peas.
ants, while not joining collective
farms, adopted this spring the
methods of work used on the col
Elective farms.
| Here are some examples; II
one Of the village Soviets in tn,
IIUrals during the spring sowing
Ithe individual peasants were orga
Inized into brigades, and to eacl
brigade was attached q membe
. of the village Soviet, who was re
. sponsible for the fulfillment 0
. the sowing plan The village Sc
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-02-12
by Y. A. YakOvleV
Translated by Anna Louise Strong

der them all possible aid anO i.
every way induce them 70 JON
collective farms" hand
The second factor which SUI IN.
be mentioned in regard to Iss
tons with the individual Pea .:si,,
is the role played by cOnp '...',
between the individual r.ti,.
and the members Of cOlle' IA
farms in the sowings Of l tns !
spring. Our press gave litt a'.' :,
| tention to this, although Il NJ IN
factor of great importance. nrng
did 1t happen that in sns oo = nj
Iof 1880 we sowed almost LSs .titior
lion acres? Here COMP MI b.
! plaved the chief role. w llsa..p
| most One-fOurth of all the l'I S
households had joined cones ,S.S,
| farms. when the tremendous :. .I Ssa
Utilities Of the collective IN ? e. sn' r
ling the gOwn area had Oss 3 rs
yeale ID by actual field WORK :. )
the individual peasants cow y )
work. though tardily, 70 ~. s"T' q \
order not to be obliged % . sTS
er their land to the ''
farms. ..ses)
1 C(TO be continued nezs w.
BUILD THE
NEWS.
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N. RAYMOND

An invitation dance was gfven -
Eleanor Holland and Edna Walke-
den at tie Gibson school last Sat-
urday night. Marse Lee played the
violin for the small crowd.
Marvin Korsbrek came down from
CeyIOn, Sask., Wednesday, to spenu
a brief visit with the Melvin Even
son family. He returned home on
Friday.
The Y. c. l.. unit of the Wankel
school held their last meeting Fri
day night, when quite a few mem
bers and visitors were present.
Elwood Hannah came out from
Raymond Saturday to visit with
Milton Evenson. He returned home
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin, Evenson
were evening guests of the w. G.
McCrady family Monday
Mrs Alfred Stadstad and two
small children left Thursday tc
spend a few days visiting with hel
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Peter.
son Of Dooley before Mrs. Peterson
returns 10 Minot, where she will re.
ceive medical aid.
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work among the individual peas
ants, and to include their holdings
in the sowing plan; in refusal,
as display of power, to supply
the individual peasants with even
those goods of which there was no
deficiency. It need not be said
that such an attitude is grossly
incorrect and fundamentally con-
Trajectory to the theses, which re-
gard all poor and middle individu-
al peasants as potential members
of collective farms:
It must not be forgotten thai
henceforth in the chief grain
growing districts Of the Soviet
Union the village is divided int
two main sections: the collective
farm members, who constitute {
real and firm support Of the So
Wet Power; and the poor and mid
die peasants, who are not collec
tive farm members, and who d
not yet wish to join them, but VIII,
viii, in a comparatively shor
period Of time, undoubtedly b
convinced by the mass experienc
of the collective farms of the ne
cessity of entering upon the pat
Of collectivization.
It is extremely important
keep m mind also the second pal
! Of this statement. For this pas,
J age in the thesis not only put
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-02-12
Red Villages * H nso T5zH z GHaa RHAH

Wet, together with the collective
farm, placed at the disposal of The
individual peasants is seeders,
with a capacity of 1875 acres per
seeder. On April q all the peas
ants went to the fields in an or
ganized fashion.
Another example: In the village
of Lopatino, in the Middle volga
Region, the Individual peasants
went to the field as a unit, wip-
ing out all the boundary strips be-
tween their fields. W
In the settlement of Yablonovo,
IN the Central Black Soil Region,
the poor peasants cooperated with
the middle peasants in Harness
ing pairs" To the suggestion
that they formally organize some
sort of collective farm, they gave
a categorical refusal: 1--WE shall
wait till autumn and see how tn,
crops are distributed"
In the village of Antonovo il
Siberia there are one agriculture
artel and twelve cases of Harness
ing pairs" in many Of which the,
have socialized the implements.
In the village Of Kozimka {
the Stavropol district (Middl
, volga Region), the poor and mid
die peasants organised an ~unot
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One-fifth of 1880
Mile Laos County
Taxes Delinquent

MiIaca, Mimi, Feb. Figures
showing the amount of taxes de-
Iinquent in Mile Laos county, Min
nesota, are now available and
have been compiled by County
Auditor Florence Moore. The total
tax levy for the year 1880 amount
ed to the sum of $458,O90.99. OF
this amount the sum Of $50, 7O8.58
remains delinquent and unpaid.
This delinquency amounts to 1927
per cent, or nearly one-fifth of the
amount of the tax levy.
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may be utilized for private accu-
mutation, and into which kulak in
fluence is penetrating 1.-THE kulak
may exert influence even after he
has been iquidated as a class.
At the same time we must inten-
sify our work among the poor
peasantry even IN those cases
where no special group of poor
peasants has been formed In the
collective farm. The experience
already gained in work among the
poor peasantry, both in those
cases where groups of poor peas
ants have been formed and in
those where none exists, has
shown that it is necessary in the
collective farm, to avoid substitute
ing the group of posr peasants
for the general meeting; to avoid
converting the group of poor peas
ants into a collective manager Of
the farm, bossing the middle peas
ants; to combat the tendency x
convert the group Of poor peas
ants into an organ Of distribution
so that every one works but onl.
the poor peasant group has th'
distribution in its hands.
) Only If we succeed in avoiding
these errors viii the work wit
/ poor peasants attain its aim, !. e
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living standards of the working
classr'
Hundreds of miners who had
gathered at nearby mines to aid
the GIendon miners smash the
Straight Creek federal injunction
were preventd from reaching
Straight Creek by flood waters
which still covered the roads, but
mass picketing there will take
place just as soon as the water
recedes.
A new flood of lies against the
National Miners Unions has been
let loose by the coal operators,
preachers and the United Mine
Workers. The coal operators and
the U. M. w. A. openly unite to
say that the National Miners Uni
on is an illegal organization whose
only function is to destroy reli-
gi0n, the home, ETC., and point to
the jailings and kidnappings as
proof of the illegality of the N
M. u. and immunity to these
things which membership in the
+, U.M.W.A. brings.
| The U.MW.A. is increasingly
active all along the line. They
have accomplished nothing as yet
but remain a great danger here
because of the past underestima
tions.
i Kentucky preachers in a Knox
willie conference yesterday callet
the N. M. u. unchristian, they at
Itacked all outsiders and they sa.
the operators are more to be pitiet
than the miners because they ar
losing money.
Terror is so vicious Throughout
! the strike area that the miner
twho remained at work are beini
discharged if they are caugh
, reading the Knoxville News Sen
! tinel, a ''liberal" paper like tn
o New York World Telegram.
\ So bitter is the operators al
: tack on the National Miners Unio
that the Kay-Jay miners hav
D been given the lying promise thu
d they would get higher wages
= they leave the N. M. U. and g
back to work. The operators an
o the U. M. w. A. are also spread
o ing the lie that the federal il
! junction applies to all struC
mines.
/ There has beer no mass baC
d to work movement anywhere, b
d few hundred are dribbling ba'
10 to work.
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MILITANT STRUGGLE BRINGS
END OF COUNTY AGENT OFFlrr
Federal Seed Loan Office Agrees to Cons;dar n
mendations for Seed Loan COMMITTEE nee

The determined struggle of the
farmers of Sheridan County, Mon
tana, has forced the county COM
missioners to ask for the resigua-
ton of the county agent. So
Convinced" was the county agent
by the struggle put up by the
farmers of the county under the
leadership of the United Farmers
League that he was willing to
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CONTINUED from Front Page)
plements and live stock of small
farmers.
8. Cash relief for needy families
of not less than five dollars d
week, one dollar for each depen-
dent, free medical and dental care
for all needy families, and cloth
ing for children Of needy families,
so that they can go to school,
without partially to race, color OF
creed.
4. Exemption of fishing, hunt
/ ing and trapping license fees fol-
all workers and farmers who hunt
fish and trap for food and that the
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EVICTION
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ponly $3,0O0.0O,-with wheat worth
around So per bushel it was only
1000 bushels. Today it is the
price of 5000 bushels. The Jor-
gensen family appreciated what
Uncle Sam had done for them, or
what they thought he had done for
them so when Uncle got himself
into trouble they sent their only
son across the sea to help him
fight for democracy-and got him
back, shot and crippled for life.
Now Mr.. Jorgensen is past Is
years of age. Last Christmas
when the neighbors wished the old
couple Merry Christmas or Happy
New Year the old man and his
wife had tears in their eyes. They
wept. For them there was no
Merry Christmas; for them there
were no more Happy New Years
Just before Christmas they had
received notice that the Federal
Land Bank had started foreclos-
ure proceedings and was going to
take the land and home away
from the old folks.
The following paragraph will
give you a good idea of the con-
ditions we are living under, con-
ditions supported and controlled
by our federal government.
In 1917 Mr.. and Mrs. Jorgensen
borrowed 100000. For 1914
years they paid back 500 twice a
year making total of $2,250 paid
back, They still owe 800 with 81S
interest from December a, 1880
800 with go interest from June
"A, 1881, 500 with go interest
from Dec. a, 1881, $2,401.99 with
so interest from Dec. A, 1881.
5000 attorneys fees, $143.40 tax
with so from time paid and 'fol
plaintiffs cost and disbursement
in this suit" whatever that might
be.
Leaving the last item out these
figures show that Mr.. Jorgense1
paid $2,250.0O to the Land Banl
but he still owes them $4,000
which is 500 more than he Dor
rowed. But this is not all. A
the foreclosure sale there will b,
no competition. Suppose the LAM
Bank buys it in at 500 and get
judgment against the old coupl
for 100000. Then they will b
turning over all their land wit
Improvements besides the 1925
and they will still be owing tn
Federal Land Bank the $4,000.
, That's what Uncle Sam did flo
this honorable old couple.
} Thousands of other cases Xix
this will follow soon and what ar
we going to do about it. Are W
going to lie down and beg tn
banks to have mercy on US? w
might as well talk to a stone wa
: as expect mercy from those col
: trolling the Hoover government ;
a the present time. We might {
well boiler up the chimney fl
for help.
We must organize into Il
United Farmers League, all of u
and say as we do now: mo mo-
sheriff's sales" and "No more
victions." When we all do tina
and all mean it then sheriff
sales and evictions will be thir
of the past.
Well enough do we know tn
people who are advocating bett
] conditions for the producing ella
are being jailed and somctim
shot-it has always been tn
way-but falling and shootil
people has never yet saved a sy
; tenn when it got to a point whe
/. it had outlived its usefulness a
J failed to function.
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FEBRUARY 4
CONTINUED from last week.

Continued from last week.
Huntington, L. /. Here the police
attempted to disrupt the meeting,
but were unsuccessful.
500 Stamford Workers Demon
strate
STAMFORD, Conn.,, Feb. A.
Three hundred workers demon
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spite of the bitter cold 500 to 600
workers demonstrated here on
February 4th.
A committee was elected to see
the mayor. The East st. Louis
police interfered, but a meeting
was held in spite of them.V
In Granite City and Collinsville
successful demonstrations were
held. Many workers joined the
Unemployed Council.
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~ AkldLl0n Eft
March !. The county .a.s
sioners used the coming c., sUGnis.
as an excuse for keeping ' :, l'S'
a few months longer and y aA u
thru here May LIST. ae Na
The strenuous effort,
bankers to hold on to II. u u
agent racket can be seen f, cont
fact that one Taylor, be. avn = ID
State Extension departnsTr. VI De
down 10 help save ns ' eaa'
agent office, if not the S0Ss
equity agent. The comno,.inio sS'H
however, knew very well tSas \
farmers wanted not only tSa .
ing OF this county agent n, n, u
end to the whole county ~ ~.
racket which has been used -
as a means to Cypress the W, WY
ers, so they would not o. y
with the fellow from the stat. .0
tension department. Tbsv
had during the past ,., uss
months a very good examuIs :
the struggle the farmers viii
up against such persecution
! feed loan discrinina+;on
county agent. @
The abolition of the 49,.
agents office in Sheridan cou.'
is due solely to the militant t;.:.
that the farmers of the cOn r,S-'
under the leadership of the Tina Ina
ed Farmers League have mt :.
during the past several month, i
the fight against the perserrs..
of the farmers by the eouDS
agent the great majority If 4.
farmers Of the County have bss,
behind the United Farmers IL.
que.
In order to prevent the sam.
discrimination in the Distribute,
Of the seed loans as occurred |,
the feed loans last fall the Unapi
Farmers League demanded lad
week Of the Grand Forks. NoHl
Dakota, seed lean office that sofa
ly farmers be appointed to a
committees. The Grand Forks a
flee replied to the United Farmer
League, stating that its recon
, mendations would be considered
The UFL submitted its recommeD
dations in the following letter:
: February 9, 1892
: Walter H. Eliff,
, Administrative Officer in Charge
3 Seed Loan Office,
!. Grand Forks, N. Oak.
2 Dear Sir
e We have your letter Of Februsl
4th in which you agree that '
Y furnish you with a list Of nam
Y for the seed loan committee
!, Sheridan County.
e We submit the following ii
: names for your cOnsidersdo
Hans Hardersen, Art Wsnk
: Rodney Salisbury, Hans Rasmu
d sen and Alfred Oswald.
: A committee composed Of a
Y three of these men viii hant
d the applications of the FARM
e for seed loans In a manner BET
ting the confidence they EN-
1T among these farmers.
IS Furthermore, in order that
g entire seed loan applications
it handled justly, we insist that
l. only the county committee but
le local committees be composed
men in whom the farmers HI
t. confidence. We noted this in
IN previous letter but you neglec
re to mention the point in your
at ply.
if In order that no further de
20 should take place in this maj
I'd we include a list of suggested
d. cal committees.
n The thirteen committees WI
ok we suggest have a better
graphical distribution thruout
ok county than the last group Oh
ut local committees which were
ok pointed thru the mediation Of
county agent. In contrast
the former committees, they
well as the suggested county
DIV mittee, will enjoy the cOnild
ZIP Of the farmers, and will ma
". the applications justly.
he Very truly yours,
FL RODNEY SALISBUE
10y