The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-09-09
THE GOVERNORS MEET


WHAT CAN THE FARMERS EXPECT FROM
THIS CONFERENCE2
In order to answer this must understand first
who are these governors who have been invited to the
conference? BssNMiI
They are one and ALL representatives OF the capital
list parties Republican Democratic, Farmer-Labo
These parties the parties of Wall Street These gov
and their parties the Interests or the capital
list class for they have been elected by the capitalists for
that purpose. Among the farmers of the biggest
agencies of Wall Street. of the capitalist class the
great produce monopoes the milk trust, the packing
trust the grain dealers When the governors meet
they will carry the desires of these monopoles.
WHAT HAVE THESE GOVERNORS DONE
THUS FAR IN THE STRIKEa
They have, each and every one of them taken part
in the strike breaking attack of the milk against the
striking farmers Olson has told the farmers that their
only hope for lies in cooperative marketing
He has of course in addition this main argument
sued other hypocrcal phrases in order fool the farm
ers into believing that he is sympathy with them But
this FarmerLabor faker deny the fact that thou
sands of farmers have been evcted Minnesota by the
Rural Credits Bureau under his administration The farm
in the milk strike expect from Olson the same
service in FAVOR OF THE CAPITALIST CLASS that
Olson has demonstrated in his own state.
Turner of Iowa. is the brutal agent of the packing
trust who ordered the militia last year crush the
struggle of the Iowa farmers against the vicious tberc-
lin testing Thus far he has confined his efforts the
way of crushing the strike by force the shers and the
small armies of deputies. BUT He HAS HAD THE
NATIONAL GUARD At FORT DODGE PREPARED
TO TAKE A HAND IN THE STRUGGLE AND THEY
HAVE BEEN KEPT OFF ONLY BECAUSE OF THE
TREMENDOUS MASS RESISTANCE THAT WOULD
DEVELOP IF THEY WE'RE BROUGHT INTO THE
STRUGGLE. He is prepared to do even this if the milk
trust demands it.
Shaer of North Dakota has told the wheat farmers
OF his state that they could expect nothing of him in their
demand for higher prices. Bryan has ordered te shers
of his state to keep open the roads regardless of the
means they had to accomplish this Green has fol-
lowed the program with the usual statement of the
hypocritca agents of the capitalist class that he is in
sympathy with the strike.
From none of these can the farmers expect ANYTHING
but concerted attempt with whatever other governors
show up at the conference to crush the strike There may
be differences among them, according to whether they
progressves regular capitalist politicians as to
how this should be accomplished but on the necessity for
breaking the strike they united.
To this conference of political agents of the milk
trust the striking farmers must raise the same demands
as they have raised to the milk trus-for higher prices
To these agents of the capitalist class they must
raise demands for their other immediate needs Demand
the ending OF all evctons and foreclosure Demand tax
exemption for the poor farmers. Thruout the country
the capitalists carrying out brutal and robber pro
gram OF evicons. forced sales, and Foreclosures Demand
that this program De stopped
What can we expect from the governors and from
the capitalist class which they represent regarding these
demandsa We can expect just about what we can ex-
Pec Tom them concerning demand for higher prices
They WILL DO JUST WHAT THEY ARE FORCED
TO DO BY THE TOILING FARMTRS.
The milk strike has shown that only militant mass
action only mass pcketing win any gains in the
prices we get from the trust
The struggle which we have entered uuon m.. hs
pToadened to cover the whole front along which the br
ta robbers are attacking We must organize to nr
vent sales FOR taxes to prevent foreclosures to
evictons We must determine that these farms ON ,;h
we have spent the best years of cur lives shall remain
ours We must determine that families shall not be
driven out on the highways for the benefit of th 49,
and the other robbers ~e's
loiing farmers, striking farmers Organize vour
own township Committees of Action to throw hacL a.
brutal attack of the robber class Organize for sroos
Tor militant mass struggle Only in this way can we save
our farms, only in this way we protect our wives