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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-03-11
Friday, March II, 1882.
MILITANT MASS ACTION

One of our very good young comrades who is
working to build the United Farmers League in a
locality where he is completely isolated from 9TH
81 active members has written US the following:
'Please send me complete as possible informa-
ton on how to prevent forced bank sales, fore
closures tax sales on farms"
The reason he asks for this information is that
We have not in the past several months been sue
cessful in rallying masses of farmers to prevent
tax sales or foreclosure sales. We have not led
farmers in hundreds of communities to prevent
these attacks as should have DONE Our
perience is therefore very limited. On the basis
of our general organizational experience, we can
point out to this comrade and to all of the toing
farmers few important points, We have in adj
dition the cases of the farmers of Ontonagon,
Michigan, who On November oath prevented the
sale of farmers home and land
This attempted sale at Ontonagon was success
fully prevented primarily because masses of
farmers were rallied for this purpose In the
Decembert4th issue of the Producers News We read
as follows:
1.-TWO hundrd farmers under the leadership of
the United Farmers League demonstrated in front
of the Ontonagon County Court House; protesting
against the (proposed) sheriff's sale of Emil
Hofstrom's farm"
Two hundred farmers demonstrated. 1t is only
the mass pressure of the tOiIing farm masses that
can beat back the vicious attacks of the bankers
ard their sheriffs.
Why did these farmers rally militantly to pre-
vent the sale of the farm of one of their neigh
bors? BECAUSE THEY REALIZED THAT
HIS WAS NOT ONLY HIS CONCERN BUT A
ITAL MATTER TO ALL OF THEM. In this
ticular the sale was for the benefit of
1Federal Land Bank of ST. Paul If the Fed
Nai land Bank had been successful in this case
ey weuld have spread their brutal attack to the
her farmers in the neighborhood NJ matter
neither it is the Federal Bank, an insurance com
any, or some other agency of Wall Street, every
fuch sale is attack on the toiling farmers
Every sale that these bloodsuckers carry thru
successfully is a guarantee to them that they can
spread the attack against the other small and mid
die farmers who are unable to pay their interest
charges, mortgage mstallments, or taxes. EVERY
SUCH SALE THAT WE PREVENT IS A
SMASHING BLOW IN THE FACES OF THESE
EXPLOITERS. 1T IS A PROOF TO THE TOLL
ING FARM MASSES THAT THEY CAN BEAT
BACK THE ATTACKS OF THE BANKERS By
MILITANT MASS ACTION
In Ontonagon the sheriff kept the sale open for
an hour in accordance with the "law'-the law
OF the bankers for robbing the farmers of their
homes. During this hour four u F. L. speakers
explained to the farmers the reasons for the sale
and pointed out to them that the sheriff was act
ing as the agent for the bankers who are the ex-
ploiters of all the farmers
When the hour was over the sheriff called off
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-03-11
CLOTHING WORKERS
in The U. S. S. R.

One has only to visit or work in
a clothing factory in the U. S. S.
R. and know the conditions of the
workers in the United States to
see the tremendous difference in
the conditions Of the workers in
these two countries.
While in the United States
clothing workers are being faced
with wage reductions, lengthening
of hours and mass unemployment,
the workers in the u. S. S. R., are
enjoying shorter hours and good
wages. The seasonal period has
no terror for them, they do not
have to sweat in the busy time in
order to make up for the slack
time, they work all the year round.
In the clothing industry in Rus.
STA, unlike in America, rationale
cation does not worsen the condi-
ton of the workers, the introduce
ton of new machinery means
shorter hours and better wages.
Before the revolution, the cloth
ing industry was the most sweat
ed and backward, but now under
workers rule, with the aid of new
modern machinery, new methods
of work, the workers conditions
are getting better every day.
Let me just compare the condi-
tons, here the workers are work
ing 7-hour day, 10 minutes rest
after every / hour and 20 minutes
of work, while we work from 8 to
IL hours a day with one break of
an hour that does not come into
the working day, which really
means that we are In the factory
from 10 to 10 hours. They have
sree social insurance. whereas We
have none.
They are supplied with libraries
in the factory where they can GU
and read after work. also there
are study circles for workers and
.hey are supplied with a teacher
| at the expense of the factory
Women receive the same wages as
the men, there women are not used
20 worsen the standards of the
workers, but are encouraged to en-.
.er industry and take part in the
! building up of socialism, while II
the capitalist countries women arr
| used as cheap labor and thus low.
er the standard Of living of tbs
entire working class.
| The women workers do not Havt
% rush home to Johnny or MARY
| who are on the streets and may
get hurt. there are kindergarten.
and creches attached to the fac
tories where the children are look
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-03-11
Successful Peasant
Rebellion In China

Shanghai, Feb. IA The Nan
king government sent troops a.
gainst the peasants in, Changlen
and Futzien who refused to pay
the irrigation tax (Which after
wards is expended by the militar-
lists instead of by the civil author
tiles to maintain the irrigation
system.) The peasants disarmed
the expeditionary force Which was
not very keen on its job. A small
army of several hundreds IF arm
ed peasants has now been fcElied
The peasants then attacked the
district capital where they also
disarmed the soldiers and c,onfis-
Gated all government papers, seals,
etc. The peasant leader, Ii, q Sun
Yao has proclaimed himself the
military leader of the peasantry
He has taken up his quarters IN
the formers government building
The peasants have STOPPED all
traffic on the river between Foo.
chow and Changlen.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-03-11
Doings of the
Advance Guard

This week has been bad with and bitterly cold
and still have mot done bad the subscription drive We
breaking into territories right along and getting letters from
did know before Good people real Fighters That's
the kind of people get better acquainted with There
community who willing fight for the u F. L. and
the Producers News and big All have to do it to locate
these fighters and get them to work with
the should when he longer his
problems which be solved In solve
be organized We must have Fold
somebody chasing of house and home
anywhere breadne We organize
in to protect what little still have left
paper day late Death visited family
little fighters Janis Salisbury bid gOOdby Well
we did mOtg get paper o tme-we simply couldn't
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Continued from Front Page)
murder he calls the Shanghai in
cident."
The Japanese imperialists are
sending additional thousands of
troops to China to intensity the
struggle against the Chinese
masses. In the struggle against
the Chinese masses the other i'm
perialists are united with the Jap
anese invaders. The authorities
of the International Settlement,
the officers of the United States,
England and the other imperialists
having raided the offices of the
"Anti-Japanese Masses Assn. ="
which has organized the masses in
the struggle against the invaders.
Seventeen workers have been jail
ed by the International Settle
ment gangsters.
A special meeting of the Japan
csc Diet has been called for March
IL. This meeting is war con-
gress supposedly to authorize the
expenditures for the struggle in
China, but actually to carry for
ward the struggle to loot China
and to prepare the attack on the
Soviet Union.
Startling revelation of the plans
of Japanese imperialism for an
Immediate armed attack against
the Soviet Union were published
by the Soviet newspaper, Izvestia
Japanese documents now in the
hands of the Soviet Union served
as the basis for this latest expos-
ure of the plans of Japanese i'm
perialism to attack the land Of
flourishing Socialism, the onlv
country where unemployment has
been abolished, where race Nat
reds have been wipd out, and the
material and cultural conditions ~
the toiling masses greatly inprov-
ed. The documents show that tbs
japanese are confident Of the sun
port Of Poland, Rurnania and 9th
er vassal states of French irner;-
alism on the western borders ~
che Soviet Union in the attemnt
to destroy the Soviet Union. n.
vestia Yesterday published excernts
from these documents of the wa,
mongers.
One excerpt states:
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-03-11

The capitalist press which screech-
es about the baby of Lindberob .
baby of the House of Morgan !.
the press which lies to the toilinV
farm masses about their condition.
and about their struggles. To
rouse our brother farmers b The
necessity for struggle we mpSt
teach them with our press-the ~.
gan of the toiling farmers, The
Producers News.
1t is our babies we must savs
We must save our babies and on,
homes from the bankers, the Mo-.
gans, who now have their ures,
shrieking about the offspring AZ
one of their office boys.
For this we must build On,
press so that we reach the hund.
reds of thousands of small and
middle farmers and organize them
for struggle. For this We murt
smash thru on Red Sunday. March
Is, with hundreds of new subscrih-
ers for the Producers News. For
this we must complete our goal Of
one thousand new subscribers Nv
April 1st.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-03-11
FORD POLICE
CONTINUED from Front Pagel

NSonIlnueu trOm FRONT Fagel
to crush the demands of the toll
ing masses for relief.
The capitalist class which is
numbering American workers to
crush the demands of the masses
for relief from the misery of the
crisis, is participating in the prep
aration for the intensified attack
on the Chinese masses, and for
the attack on the Soviet Union.
The capitalist class, which is muir
dering American workers when
they demonstrate for relief, is
planning to murder millions of
them to loot China and for the
attack on the Soviet Union. It is
in WAR that the capitalist class
is trying to find its solution TO the
crisis - WAR AGAINST THE
DESTITUTE TOILING MASSES
OF THE UNITED STATES. WAR
AGAINST THE TOILING MASS
Els OF CHINA AND OF THE
SOVIET UNION.
Toiling farm@rsi Protest against
TINS murderous attack on your un,
employed brothers in the cities
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-03-11

Street bankers who are preparing
the attack on the Chinese masses
and on the Soviet Unions are the
ones who have ordered the muir
der of the unemployed workers in
Dearborn at the Ford plant. Inc
struggle of the Chinese masses Is
our struggle. 1t is the struggle
against the imperialists, the ex-
ploiters, the murderers. These
murderers are planning mass niur.
der - IMPERIALIST WAR IN
CHINA AND AGAINST THE so
WET UNIONS their solution
to the crisis.
Rally against the imperialis.
war. Demand the withdrawal Oh
all U. s. troops and war ships
from China. Stand by the tOillng
Chinese masses. Defend the 30
Wet Union.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-03-11

ed after while their mothers are
at work or studying at the fac
tory.
The actual conditions in the fac
cory are much healthier, there Is
no such thing as pressers, ma
chinists and finishers in one room,
there is a separate room where
the pressers work, to every ma
chine a ventilator is attached, at
the side of every machine is a
big tube with net wire attached
for air. Now every clothing work
er in the United States knows
what it is like at the end of the
day in our factories, everybody
looks so tired and worn out, that
when we do get outside we are
hardly able to catch our breath. In
the No. 3 clothing factory of Mos
cow there are rs cleaners to A de-
partments and 5000 workers and
that is by no means one of the
large factories. This is unheard of
in the United States. In this fac
tory there is a buffet and dining
room and these two rooms are
kept lovely and clean and are very
large.
The workers in this factory were
amazed when they were told that
the women workers in capitalist
countries get half the rate of meI
and the youth are now replacing
the adult workers. In our coun-
try, they said, the youth only worl
half the time of the adult workers
and the rest they study.
There is no forced labor in Rus
STA, comrades, on the contrary tn
conditions of the clothing worker
are above the level of the clothing
workers in the United States. A
the beginning of the year tn
workers in the clothing industr.
in the United States are beini
! faced with an attack on their al
ready low standard of living am
as a result they are now prepaI
ing for a strike against the mis-
cradle sweat shop conditions i'm
posed upon them, while the work
ers in Russia under workers rul
, are going forward year after yea
improving their conditions, no uT
employment, shorter hours and ii
crease in wages.
E A CLOTHING WORKER
IN THE u. S. S. r.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-03-11
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MIMI, UFL WILL Be
OUT ON MARCH l3FOR THEIR PAPER

The Buro meeting of the United
Farmers League has set March 10
as Red Sunday for the Producers
News. On this day every member
of the United Farmers League in
St. Louis County must go out to
get subscriptions Cor the Produe-
ers News.
Before this subscription drive
will be a success detailed prepare
lions must be made. Order sam
pie copies of the Producers News,
elect committees to go out in DIFF
ferent directions and also if pos
sible the whole membership Of the
United Farmers League should be
divided into squads of two or three
who will all go out in different
directions and in this way the
whole country side can be can
vassed. If the entire membership
goes out in an organized manner
on March 18th we will be able to
fulfill our quota of 200 new sub
scriptions for the Pm by May S1St
the quota set by the St, Louis
conference Of the United IarmeEsS
League last, Dec. 2 10Th, 1871.
The membership of the UFL
must understand that the PrOduc-
ers News is one of the best meth
DDS of recruiting the toiling farm
ers into our organization and in
organizing the exploited farmers
of the entire County as well as in
the entire United States for strug-
gle. The Producers News acts. as
an agitator, propaganda, and or
ganizer of the militant farmers
under the banner of class struggle
EVERY MEMBER OF THE
UNITED FARMERS LEAGUE
OUT ON MARCH 18th TO Full
Fill OUR QUOTA OF 200 NEW
|, SUBS FOR THE PRODUCERS
NEWS BY MAY 31st.
RENO TANTTILA.
st. Louis County organizer Of
the United Farmers League.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-03-11
(By a Farmer)

Angora, Mimi, Feb. 29.-The
meeting of the United Farmers
League of Stourgeon-Alango which
was held at School No. 45 On Feb.
IL, was attended by $50 farmers,
who held an active discussion on
the road jobs which the United
Farmers League got from the
county.
The U. F. L. in Sturgeon-Alonga
has already got a footing. The
membership is around 40 militant
farmers, and they realize it is
mass pressure alone which will
bring success. They understand
that only by fighting through their
mass organization, the U. F. L.,
can something be accomplished.
Road work has been started in
two places and the third place will
open Tuesday. These were start.
ed by the U. F. L. and win employ
about 80 farmers from this vicini-
ty, and the work will be done on
8-day shifts.
A grievance committee was
elected to see who is put on the
job The supervisors are taking
orders from this committee. Al
first one of the supervisors meant
to hire his own men. but now that
privilege is away from him. This
shows what the farmers can de
when they are united as one.
The U. F. L. also planned or
getting relief for two old disabled
farmers. As result one is receiv
ing $1,000 month and the othel
is at the county hospital.
But even at this time, all the
farmers are not as yet wise +,
the fact of organizing. There ar,
some who do not know the power
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-03-11
"SANELY PROGRESSIVE"
MISLEADERSHIP

Some time ago we pointed out that the Anacon-
da Copper Mining Company had got hold of a
cheap propaganda medium thru the establishment
in Montana of the Western Progressive. The
Western Progressive proclaimed loudly that it
was against the Company and for the establish
ment of taxpayers league. The fourth number OF
the paper is out and it still screeches that cit is
not Communistic paper in any sense of the word
1T is JUST SANELY PROGRESSIVE"
Just how much the Anaconda appreciates such
hypocrisy can be seen in a letter written to the
Western Progressive by T. J. Walsh, one of the
two Anaconda agents from Montana in the United
States Senate
The letter reads as follows:
Washington, D. c.
February &c. 1892
Hon. Lewis Penwell,
Helena, Montana
Dear Lew:-
| inclose herewith check for ten dollars,
which please use for subscriptions to the
Western Progressive, sending them to
whomsoever you think would profit most
by receipt of the paper.
Sincerely yours,
T. ]. WALSH
Dear Lew" ought to appreciate the ten bucks
from Anaconda's Walsh. That is what mon
communistic" and "just sanely progressive" means
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-03-11

DOINGS OF LAST WEEK
]. A. Blodgett, McCabe, Mont,
sends in a renewal.
Nina Niemi, Drummond, Mich,
orders Is sample copies.
Bill LapinOja, Enumclaw, Wash,
is heard from again. He sends a
renewal.
Nine Subs In One Week
Bruce N. Taylor, Palisade, MINI.
writes a letter and sends in six
subs, all gotten at one meeting of
the U. F. L., where eight new
members joined, A few days after
he sends three more subs.
Carl Lund, BrittmOunt, MIMI,
orders subscription book and sam
pie copies and says: eve will get
committee TO work permanently
for the Producers News"
John Mikkpla, Columbus, Mont,
sends one sub.
S. Wilenius, Alborn, Mimi,
sends two subs.
F. Rokita, Belt, Mont, also sends
in two subs.
Going to Germany
Verlag Junge Garde, Berlin,
Germany, subscribes. Our German
comrades want to know what Is
going on, so they subscribe to the
Producers News.
A. o. Kaino, Roberts, Mont.
comes in with one sub.
Edward Cany, Menaliga, MINI.
writes for sample copies and sub.
scription books.
Ida Knivinen, Ottertail, MINI.
sends one sub.
Orval w. Lame, Green. Mich.
sends money for 10 Csc sub. cards
Frank Stenroos, Sebastopol, Cal
sends in two one year subs.
Onnie Manniklo, Ontonagon
4. Mich, sends for bundle of Produc
3 ers News.
y Rcl use uO ray taxes
/ Herbert bennett, Pickreall, Ore
IS gOn, subscribes for six month:
r He writes: II am surprised to fin
!. the number of farmers who sal
i they could not pay their taxes an
# some said they would not pay
" they could, because of the econ
:. omic outlook"
IS RENO Maxi, Mt. Iron, MINI
n orders bundle for Red Sunday an
. subscription blanks.
a Archie Young, Mt. Vernon
!. Wash, sends money for bundle
and writes: 'We will have abou
a. five units of the u. F. L. orgs
l. nized here by the time we com
pf plete following up this receS
~ tour"
= Paul Harju, L'Anse, Mich, send
n one sub.
NJ Rudolph Hariu, Superior, Wis
A. sends In one sub and orders 10
4. Csc sub cards.
ne Geo. Keith, Bull, Idaho, send
in two subs.
Hans Knudsen, Powers Lake, \
OAK, renews his subscription.
Pass Them Around
0. B. Hayden, Danbury, Wis
te renews his subscription and write
Il pass the paper among the fal
IN mers who are down and out. II
Of only way to better our conditiO
at is to organize and fight the pre,
r ent system and the Producer
as News shows M how"
ell Arthur Kutsi, Angora, MINI
e sends two subs.
ne R. L. Shafer, New York, N. Y
n renews his sub another 81
KS months.
10, B. Faulkner. Grand Rapid
KS Mich, sends money for 1O-2l
It's sub cards and extra papers f
a. distribution.
rs M. Willer, Torrington, Wye
ed sends one more sub.
ed Robert Kismo, Ludden, N. Dal
ne sends two subs and one renewal.
n Chas. Iura, Lesser, H., sen,
nc for a copy.
J Mrs. Herman Gerling, Wheeloc
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-03-11
STRURCEON- MINI. UFL
WINSROAD WORK FOR FARMERS
Farmers Grievance Committee, Not Supervisors VIII
Supervise Employment on Road Jobs

of the masses. There are some
who want to fight against the
workers organizations. wish
that these farmers would realize
they are helping the capitalist
class by such means, and are
fighting against their ewn inter-
ests.
Let's all join the ranks of the
rest of the workers by joining the
u. F. L.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-03-11
TAYLOR SPEAKS

CONTINUED from Front Pagel
the audience can see how hard
they have worked from their
faces and gnarled hands, yet they
are facing a wretched future.
The weather has now warmed
up and the snow gone, and the
work is preparing for an intensive
drive for members of the u. F. L.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-03-11
CHINA WAR

CONTINUED from Front Page)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-13

~THE United Mutual Life In
L surance Company announces
the opening Of a special Indianap-
oils Agency at US Circle Tower
Building.
The United Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company is chartered under
a Special Act of the United States
Congress. The company is famous
for the safeguarded protection
which it provides its policyholders.
Its assets are as strong as the
nation itself.
The company has established
this special Indianapolis agency to
accommodate the people Of Indi-
annapolis and Marion County who
are interested in obtaining lnfor-
nation regarding life insurance.
The office is conveniently located
and is in charge Of Mr.. R. S.
CRowL, General Agent. He is a man
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-13
To KILL
BILL ABOLISHINC
TAX FOR BONDS
House DiSregardS Report of
Ways, Means Group
= on Measure.

The Indiana house of representa-
tives today took its first definite
step toward tax relief by advancing
to second reading a bill abolishing
tax exemption on all public bonds
except those issuer by the federal
governmnt.
Although reported for postpone
ment by a majority of the house
ways and means committee, the
lower house seized on the bill as a
possible relief avenue by substitute
ing a minority report for passage,
automatically placing the bill be-
fore the house for action.
Gerritt M. Bates DEM, Indian
apolis, author of the measure, de-
clared from the floor that the bill
would put millions on tax duplicates
and will reach into the pockets OF
thousands Of investors now escaping
taxation on tax exempt securities.
He asserted that resultant rev.
enues would tighten the tax burden
o nthe small taxpayers and distrib-
ute it over a wider range of wealth
The measure was advanced for
second reading on motion of Rep
I resentative Nathan B. Combs
Dem), Mulberry, after debate on
the floor. Representative Earl
Crawford (Rep0, Milton, opposing
its enactment during the special ses-
sion as waste of time" urged that
consideration be postponed until the
regular session next year He favorS
the measure, however, he said.
Among eleven new ebills intro
duced today in the house, one would
authorize municipalities to purchase
utilities to be paid for out of rev.
enue bonds, and would remove them
from jurisdiction of the public serv-
ice commission.
Another provision is made to force
public utilities to tissue certificates
of assignment of utility revenue as
a basis of rate making.
Signers of the measure were
headed by Representative Edward
H. Stein (Rep) Bloomfield.