The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-21
TASKSOF The FARMERS NATIONAL
RELIEF CONFERENCE

The United Farmers League and it's official organ,
the Producers News welcome the of the calling OF
the Farmers National Relief Conference for the opening
of Congress Washington and pledge to all of their
support make this conference representative of the
broad ranks of the impoverished farmers of the country
The demands which will be placed before this Con-
ference those which formulated by the Rank
and File committee of farmers meeting the day
that the Governors Conference brought forth the fake
program to fool the of farmers.
These demands are the answer of this group of
farmers the question of milestone debt burdens the
misery of foreclosures sales and evictions; the
prices which the farmers
getting while the food puts millions millions
into its Golfers
Here are the demands our Conference will con-
sde reads the conference call out by the
tive secretary for the Call Committee:
!. Debts, rents taxes, mortgages remain high. The
prices ridiculously low Therefore demand a
moratorium all debts.
2. With 100000 unemployed, and no hope of
jobs in the cities proclaim right remain
farm homes We demand that all foreclosures sales
evictons of farmers be stopped.
3. We demand from the Dealers middemen and
food trusts that deep cut into their swollen profits be
used to raise the farm prices We insist that the in
the price of food products of these mddeen
profits and not from increased prices city
To these three original demands to be discussed by
the conference another has been added by the Confer
ence Call Committee.
From the Conference story in this issue of the Pro-
ducers News quote the following:
"Since hunger is ravaging homes in whole sec
tons of the county, fourth relief demand has been
added to form the basis of the relief conference To
the demands for II debt moratorium, y evic-
lions, 3 cut into the dealers spread of profit
there is now added the demand d cash relief to all
ruined farmers for the purchase of the necessities of
hfe."
Two things must be accomplished at the Washing
ton conference In opinion and of the partci
pants in the conference the United Farmers League will
work toward the accomplishment of these aims
First the preliminary demands formulated by the
Rank and File Committee of farmers at Sioux City,
around which the conference being called must be de-
fined clearly They be defined so that every
farmer turnout the country will understand them and
will realize that they represent his immediate interests
1t moratorium is decided on by the conference it
should specify the period for which is be effective
for certain number of years. better until the farm
able pay these debts while maintaining decent
living standard for themselves and their families If the
latter decided be defined even more closely
The question of cancellation of debts should be dis
cussed in connection with the moratorium particularly in
reference to back taxes and regard federal feed and
seed loans. The federal government which has handed
out billions to the bankers the feed and seed loans
example of what it has done for the impoverished
farmers Cancellation of these debts by the federal gov
eminent and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
would mean relief to the impoverished farm masses
We should demand an end to foreclosures tax sales
or evlcuons MI tor all farmers but for the small and
middle farmers, the impoverished farm masses The
foreclosure sale for of rich farmer or of farm
corporation, is not of basic significance to us anymore
than the bankruptcy of any other capitalist outfit The
rich farmers and the farm corporations are lust as much
exPlolters OF the farm any other capitalists
The demand for higher prices for the farmers musr
be defined more closely and it must be definitely linked
to the demand of the city workers for lower retail prices
his means joint action between the toin farmers with
the toers OF the cities against the great food monoposts
When demands have been formulated, the confer
ence should proceed with plans to make these demands
effective Demands matter how Just or correct thew
are will be useless unless we the impoverished farmers
rally in million masses behind them
ne bankers. the great monopoEes, the rich, are
gong to give us no relief unless force them to do Il
We cannot win relief by meekly presenting our lust de-
mands We can win relief if we organize behind tbe
Just demands the million massed power of the toers on