The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-09-20
50 COUNTIES ARE
ORGANIZED TO ACT
FOR Higher PRICES
Farmers Begin Withholding
From Market All Non.Per-
ishable Products
PICKETlNG TO BE BARRED
Potato Growers Join Movement
to Hold Tubers Until
Quotations Rise
PICKETING TO BE BARRED
Farmers in 80 of North Dakotas SO

Farmers in 30 of North Dakota.s SO
counties Tuesday became active in
the strike Of Northwest producers for
higher prices for their products.
At the request of Usher L. Burdick
president of the North Dakota unit
OF the Farmers National Holiday as
ISOLATION, the farmers began with
holding from markets all farm prod
ucts except perishables and will con-
tinue the strike indefinitely.
Picketing of the highways Is not
contemplated in this state, unless it
is found that the voluntary strike is
not effective, Mrs Chris W. Linnertz
Minot. secretary Of the state strike
unit, said.
Should picketing be resorted to.
Mrs. Linnertz said. violence will not
be tolerated but persuasive methods
will be used.
Potato Growers Aroused
At Hoople Monday night, $50 po-
tato growers and shippers, represent
ing Is towns in the northern part of
the Red River Valley, decided to sus-
pend all shipments of potatoes until
such time as minimum price of 40
cents, F. o. B.. for hundredweigh;
sacks of stock graded U. S. No. can
be obtained.
The prevailing price is approx
mately Is cents per hundredweight.
scale which does not permit harvest
ing of the 1882 crop except at loss
to the grower.
1t was recommended that other
potato growing sections of the valley
also hold back their shipments.
Emphasized at the session was the
fact that this section Of the state,
known as the far north potato grow
ing region, is noted for it's exception
ally high grade stock.
The meeting was sponsored by the
Northeast Breeders association and
the growers and shippers themselves.
Andrew Robbie of Cavalier acted as
chairman.
Present Weie potato men from
Hooplc, Grafton. st. Thomas. Cava-
lier, Edinburg. Park River, Fordville,
Mimic. Walhalla, Backoo. Union,
Ash, Adams, Nash, Auburn and Crys-
.al
President Burdick advised the Holt
day association to be lenient In cases
where demands are made upon men,
bers for food for the hungry and SICK.
Organizing Other Counties
Work is being pushed as rapidly as
possible in the unorganized areas,
Burdick said.
Organization work should be SO
complete and thorough as to include
all farmers" Burdick stated. I'VE
already have the sympathetic sup
port of the businessmen generally
and our drive should be so free from
criticism as to warrant the continued
support of all classes.
mo one can question our right to
refuse to sell our products on pau
pers' market. No one can criticize
us for cooperating with other states
in the desperate fight farmers are
making there to- save their homes.
ANY farmer who will sell his prod
ucts on a market that means his own
ruin and refuses to stand Loyalty by
his brother farmers in this drive for
the protection of all. should be talk
ed to by his neighbors for his own
good.
"You are wholly within your legal
and moral rights to refuse to sell
your products. If we keep this at
titude-and refrain from acts Of
violence-our success is assured"
Burdick said in concluding the call.
Picketing in Minnesota
Meanwhile, the picketing method of
enforcing a holiday moved northward
from Iowa into Minnesota, with 400
Mobiles county farmers patrolling
highways in the vicinity OF Worth
ington.
The Worthington blockade kept
livestock pens at that city untitled
Tuesday and deprived other shipping
agencies Of their usual receipts OF
grain and non-perishable farm pro-
ducts.
It was reported livestock shipments
which ordinarily pass through Worth
ington markets were being marketed
elsewhere, particularly at Sioux City
and Sioux Falls.
The National Farmers Holiday as
ISOLATION Tuesday was ready to be-
gin an intensive effort by its men,
bers to withhold grain and livestock
from the markets for 80 days In an
effort to get higher prices.
The national unit had frowned on
picketing but has recommended lob
servers" for leading highways to|
check on farm shipments throughout
the middle and central west.