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


double license fees.
Car tax exemption for all snfSN
farmers and workers, and that
travelling men, bankers, buss lines
and the rich in general pay double
license fees.
We, the small and middle farm
ers and workers of Clearwater
county further demand of you
county commissioners that you APP
propriate funds for road work so
that small farmers and workers
can work and we demand that only
the small farmers and workers be
allowed to work out this appropri-
alton.
We further demand that you
county commissioners refuse to
appropriate funds for the Farm
Bureaus County Agent as he Is
useless to farmers and workers of
Clearwater county.
We the small farmers and
workers assembled, demand that
you act at once ON these demands
These demands were turned ov-
er to a committee of three con-
sisting of COmrade A. Hellyday
Comrade Dave Hammer. and Ed
C. Bauman. Before the committee
left, a number of big farmers lee
by A. M. Danton and Ed. Rydeen
LEADERS of the Farm Bureau anC
including E. H. Ref, who is coun'
ty clerk of court and secretary o.
the Red Cross, came in with nint
other Farm Bureau members.
A. M. Danton failed in his at
tempt to handle the COOPERATIVE
Farmers Elevator; was in charg'
Of the Minnesota Potato Growers
Association which went flop. HI
Is now working in cooperative
work with Ed. Rydeen of Clear
brook, Mimi, who helped force tn
Area cow test on the small farm
ers of Clearwater county agains
their will.
d They came now to defend thei
county agent and to work agains
the, other demands of the U. +
T.. When they saw the large mum
, Der of small farmers supporting
the U. F. L. demands they stage
back by the door. AS the U. F. L
! committee left for the commits
sioner's rosm the ring leaders o
, the Farm Bureau followed tn
committee down stairs to work q
gainst the demands of the sma
farmers.
Comrade Bauman, who acted a
spokesman for the U. F. l.. CON
mittee, presented the demands an
then demanded a yes or no al
: swer.
: Commissioner Holton, said /
a approved of some of the demand
while Hugh Pattison openly sat
: he refused to endorse any of ther
s The rest of the board sided
with Hugh Pattison. The UF
: committee then asked Mr. Holtc
which demands he endorsed. F
3 side stepped the question by sa
!. ing it was beyond his power. II
spokesman of the UFL comnitt'
plainly told the commissioner tn
$ the fight for these demands w
. not going to stop but the farr
i ers were going on and organi
b until they get relief.
# While the committee was o
n with the demands Comrade Nj
ID Hannah of Bemidji gave an int
lie esting talk on the Unemproy
/ Council and the UF'L.
The Committee came back a
"a the chairman exposed the comm
sioners and said that we were G
g ing to get relief and asked if a
of the farmers were in need.
ID was found that two families we
in need. A committee was tn
re chosen made up of Comrades V
- let Bauman, AL Holiday and M
Hannah to go down and bring
E. H. Ref, secretary of the r
Cross and the superintendent
schools, Mrs. May Barnes.
When the case was presented
them by the farmers they had
al come across with imme diate
lief.
les The pastor of the Congregati
a al church was present and Offe
N to help by saying that he wo
ire buy a cord Of tamarack for
III small price of $2.75. He Ia
es, questioned members of one of
ol, families as to what church t
or belonged to and said that
might be able to help them.
Mt was told at once by a member
for the UFL that race, color or CT
mt, made no difference TO the UFI
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