The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-12-23


court house Monday evening, Dec.
II, was attended by only about go
to 20 farmers.
BLAME COLD WEATHER
The meeting was well advertised
and it was expected that over
thousand farmers from all parts
of Mcleod county would attend
the meeting. However, it TUNED
out to be the smallest Holiday
meeting ever held in Mcleod coun-
ty. At previous meetings 300 to
1000 farmers came out. Leaders
blamed the cold weather for the
small attendance, but the cold
weather was not so much to blame
as the fake and rotten leadership
of Mcleod County Holiday move
ment.
The farmers expected militant
leadership in defense of their home
from the Farm Holiday leaders,
and when they did. not get it, they
refused to attend the meetings
The leaders of the Holiday Asso-
citation had at least one good
chance to stop a sheriff's sale and
eviction a few weeks ago. The
farmers were unanimously against
this sale, but the leaders refused
to help them and showed them
selves for what they are-fakers.
PROVE THEMSELVES
FAKERS
At the meeting last Monday
they again proved themselves as
such. The Holiday speaker, Har.
old Peterson, didn't show up. Mel
son, from the Farmers Union OF
Kandiyohi county spoke instead
and after spending a lot of time
he said there was no difference
between the Farmers Union anC
the Holiday Association and thai
Roosevelt was going to help the
farmers.
After his speech he was asked ;
few questions by RENO Tantilla
the representative of the UniteC
Farmers League. He was quit,
unable to answer Tantilla's simpl
questions.
A resolutions committee com
posed of A. C. Welch, B. A. Wolf
and William Kasal submitted tw
resolutions and forced their adop
tion, after ignoring all suggestion
made by RENO Tantilla. Althoug
;, the majority Of farmers present
upheld Tantilla when he move
that the spineless word "favoring
be substituted by demanding" tn
leaders refused to change the resc
buttons. This proves that thes
: leaders lead the farmers in -orde
to keep them in "safe" paths an
not for struggle, and the farmer
!. have nothing to say in the assC
= citation.
II u. F. L. LEADER SPEAKS
I When Tantilla asked for I'll
S floor again he was ignored, an
the Holiday leaders hastily le4
without adjourning the meeting
They expected that everybod
, would follow them, but only fe
+ left. The rest demanded that Tai
!, tilla take the floor.
= After Tantilla started speakir
!. the leaders all sneaked bac
: Tanttila spoke for about Is mi
q utes and was vigorously applaud'
= when he told the farmers to fig
q against sheriff sales, foreclosur,
! and evictions. Tantilla then to
|, about the brutal attack on Hung
Il Marchers, veterans and farme
!, made by Farmer-Labor Mayor A
N derson's police in Minneapolis sc
= eral weeks ago. When he was
j the midst of speaking, We'll
= leaped to his feet and started as
% ing questions, and called on e
= farmers to leave. This time
e was successful in breaking up &
- injecting. Later when Tantil
a lmet WEIGH outside, WEIGH deni
4 that Mayor Anderson had attack
,v 1.-THE workers, although the stol
a. appeared in every Minneapo
: newspaper and in many count
Is papers all over the state. All
20 Isaid was, "You lie. You don
q know what you are talking abol
! The newspapers lie." And
wanted to fight.
The resolutions forcibly adopt
at the meeting were:
or Resolution No. 1
Whereas, it being genera
is known that a large number of ts
payers of this county have be
rs forced to LET their tax paymel
become delinquent and that the
" we're penalty imposed for such
- linquency viii further work
- hardship upon these taxpayers.
- Therefore, be it. resolved by q
~ meeting that the Board of Cou1
Commissioners Of Mcleod couI
= be urged to pass favorably UP
all demands for an abatement
tax penalties as provided for un,
Section 1883 Mason's Statut
~ 1927.
~ Resolution No. 2
Whereas, due to the present
plorable condition of agricultu
many farmers of this county .
all counties of the state find Il
ed they have been unable to meet
ka principal and interest payments
et- their federal and rural ere
lg- loans,
Therefore, be it resolved q
this meeting go on record as "
voring" the following measures
1. A three year moratorium
federal and rural credit loans.
&c 2. A reduction in the inter
rate on rural credits loans fl
81 to 8 per cent.
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