Evening star., 1932-12-08
HALF billion FARM
RELIEF DEMANDED
Federal Price BODY and U. S.
Purchases for Needy
Asked at ParIey..
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farm products sold. This adjustment
to be made by deduction from the
swollen profits Of the profiteers who
stand between fields and families
Other planks in the farmers platform
call for a moratorium on farm debts
and defeat Of any legislation designed
to curtail farm production as means
Of eliminating surpluses
In their statement to Congress the
farmers announced their determination
TO stop ruthless pressure from
creditors who threaten to sweep US from
cur land and homes"
Protests Farm Eviction.
The conference voted to send tele-
graphic protests to Gov. La Toilette and
Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin re-
garding the reported eviction yesterday
by machine-gun armed officers Of q
farm family in Wisconsin. One of the
slogans OF the convention is mo more
farm evictions."
Reports were received concerning the
plight Of farmers in Washington, I'LL
nois and Western Pennsylvania. A
Pennsylvania delegate advocated cut
ting in half of the number of govern
mental employees in this country. to-
getner with so per cent slash in
Government salaries for employees in
the higher brackets.
Moratorium on Debts.
To the accompaniment of thunderous
applause, delegates to tie conference
yesterday shouted demands for a mora
torlum on agricultural debts as one way
Of easing their financial burdens.
long procession of speakers raised
their voices and pounded their fists as
they urged that Congress act to relieve
their plight.
They faced a responsive audience.
The various suggestions advanced by
State leaders precipitated tumultuous
cheering mingled with hand-clapping
and stamping of feet
The focal point of the addresses yes
terday was the farm debt moratorium.
Other suggestions advanced called for
higher prices for farm crops to nav at
least the cost of production and a ban
against the eviction Of farmers from
their homes.
A gloomy picture Of the condition of
agriculture was painted by speaker
after speaker, who shouted that the
present status could not be continued
without ruin.
Bread Line Looms.
Keynoting the addresses that fol-
lowed, Fred Strong of Torrington, Wyo..
acclaimed that farmers in his State
were unable to pay their taxes, interest
and mortgages and were being closed
down and turned out of their homes"
He added: Farmers In Wyoming do
not take kindly to bread lines, but I'm.
less something Is done, we will find our
selves going down the road looking for
soup line. This Is true all over the
country
Saying that it costs sI.25 to produce
wheat IN his State, he added, 1--WE
can't get the quarter, let alone the dol
lar"
Discussing the condition of milk pro-
oucerS, Stephen NegoeScu of Hunterdon
County N. j., said they were not getting
for their product what it cost to pro-
duce it.
If you could pay your taxes and
meet your obligations, you would not be
here today" he declared.
Clad in green sweater and q collar
less shirt and with his unruIy hair
tumbling down over his eyes, Edward G.
Baumann of Bagley, Mimi. demanded
a stop to evictions and right to live
In our own homes" "is
In the small convention hal1, three
banners faced the delegates which lead
erS said expressed the consensus Of the
gathering. They read:
mo evicitions-no foreclosures"
Moratorium on taxes and interest,"
City workers-We farmers want your
goods. You want our food. Support
our demands
Nebraskan Made Chairman.
At a night session Tony Rosenberg
nf NouYyYronc n6v IL ~
permanent chairman. The following
were named vice chairmen:
Lew Bentley. Berkasie. Pa: Fred
Strong, Torrington, Wyo., and Stephen
Stafford, Fort Lauderdale, Fla, colored.
A Resolutions Committee was elected,
composed Of Bentley, Fred Chase,
Washington, N. H.; James Flower, Wa
dena, Mimi; Andy Ola, Geyser, Mont;
Paul Dale, Astoria, Greg, and Jess T.
Green, Tilden, Nebr.
Describing herself as busted farm
er's mother and a busted farmers
WIFE," Mrs. Myrtle Erewer of Ward
County, N. Oak, pleaded for unity in
promoting a relief program. Mrs.
demonstrations in her State and be-
came known as the farmers Joan Of
Arc"
I'VE have been sending our mis-
leaders to Washington to lobby" the
gray-haired woman told cheering
audience, "but now we have come here
to attend to our own business and we're
going to attend to 1t right"
Another woman, Mrs Ella Chase Of
Sullivan County, N. H, was applauded
when she declared: IF the farmers
don't fight for themselves no. one else
is going to do It,"