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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-01-01
Friday, January |, 1882
ANEW YEAR OF STRUGGLE

On January 1st $4,000 Kentucky coal miners
will strike against the starvation existence and the
brutality that the Wall Street coal companies have
.decreed for them.
The decision of the Kentucky coal miners to
strike now against this exploitation and terror of
the coal operators and their thugs armed 10 the
teeth is the New Years resolution of the toiling
masses in the United States.
The New Years resolution of the capitalist
class and its hunger government was the Hunger
Message that Hoover delivered to the Hunger
Congress on December 8. This message declared
openly that in this New Year of the worst crisis
of capitalism the Wall Street bankers would at
tempt in greater measure than ever before to
force the masses of toilers to bear the burden of
the crisis, that it would refuse any adequate relief
for these masses and that it would keep the mass
es in slavish submission thru all the armed force
at its command.
The capitalist class realizes that this New
Year will bring with it state of economic chaos
and decay such as the capitalist class has never
conceived to be possible. The capitalist class is
determined to force the masses such degree
Of misery that has not been known under capital
ism
They are determined that the crisis must be
solved their explOitve civilization is to be saved
from collapse. The solution is WAR, WAR A
AGAINST THE TOILING MASSES OF THE
UNITED STATES, WAR AGAINST THE CHI
NESE SOVIETS, WAR AGAINST THE GER
MAN WORKERS, WAR AGAINST THE WORK
Frs AND FARMERS FATHERLAND, THE So
WET UNION.
In the face Of degree Of terror and misery
such as is perhaps without equal in the industries
of the entire country, the Kentucky miners have
taken up the challenge Of starvation and blood
Their decision TO strike on January 1, is to the
tOilers Of the entire country signal to more Bit
ter, more intense struggle against the misery that
the capitalist class has decreed for this New
Year.
This is what it means for the small and middle
farmers of the entire country also.
Last year tens of thousands of toiling farmers
we're unable to pay their interest and taxes and
make their mortgage installment payments. Tens
of thousands of farmers who could pay their taxes
and interest last year will not be able to do so
this year. They will be unable to give the tribute
demanded of them by the bankers and the capital
list state
THESE PLUNDERERS ARE DEMANDING
THEIR POUND OF FLESH. During the past
year thousands Of farmers have had their land
taken from them, thousands of them have had
their land sold for taxes or foreclosed on by the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-01-01

that work, farmers are badly
cheated. This demand is as logic
al and important as the miners
demand for their own check
weighman.
8. For weekly payments for
milk received, to be paid within
two days after the last milk of
the week is delivered.
At present the farmers are paid
twice month, two weeks after
the last milk is delivered. Elk
ample-All milk delivered between
the LIST and 18th is paid for on
the first of the following month
By this time the corporation ha:
not only re-sold the milk but ha:
collected the full retail price from
the city consumer.
Thus the corporations have II
their hands at all times larg.
sums of money legally belonging
to the farmers that they can use
for financial Juggling. If theil
juggling fails the farmer takes tn.
loss. That this has happened il
the past is shown by an unpub
lished government survey in New
Jersey, disclosing that in one coun
Ity alone farmers were robbed il
this way Of approximately 500,
1000 in yeari
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-01-01
FEDERAL FARM
BANKS AID NIT
BANKRUP
Is PERCENT OF FARME r
BORROWERS HAVE NOT
PAID INSTALLMENTS.

The rapid increase in the delin-
quencies in the payments of in
stallmets of Federaln Farm Loans
are a Grass indication of the in
creasing misery of the farmers
thruout the United States in the
present crisis. Delinquent install
ments on farm mortgages held by
the Federal Farm Loan banks,
now amount to about $113, 0OO, 600.
This was admitted by witnesses at
| a hearing before a Senate sub
committee on Banking and Cur
rency on December 23rd.
According to testimony given by
M. Paul Bestor, Federal Loan
Commissioner, the number of de-
faults on installments now amount
to 1850 of the total while year
ago they amounted to only 1917
Bestor tried to hide the import
ance of the delinquencies fol
the Farm Banks themselves, but
admitted that something woulC
have to be done immediately-nOt
for the farmers who eannOt pay
their installments but for ths
banks whose structure In being
shaken thru the sharp impacts o.
the agrarian crisis.
at is an excellent showing un
der the circumstances (whatevel
that may mean .-Editor) tina
more than rs percent of our loan
remain in good standing. Never
theless, with % percent of on
tloans delinquent it seems 10 me t
be imperative that provision b
made for adequate protection o
the banks capital in the future b
making additions to it as propos
ed here"
The proposals which were mad
before the committee were tina
the capital Of the banks be in
creased between SIS, OO0, 900 t
$1O0, 100000. The Wall Stree
bond market is so shaken that
is impossible for the Farm Loa
Banks, which are guided by tn
government itself, to sell thei
bonds. The bankers, therefor
propose that the Loan Bank
should be prevented from collap.
ing by hundred million appropris
tons by the Federal Government
This is the Hoover Hunger GOV
eminent that refuses to give relic
to the 100000 unemployed an
their dependents and which n
fuses adequate relief to the mi
: lions of small and middle farmer
who are destitute as the result I
the crisis.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-01-01
CAPITALIST JUSTICE

Springfield, Ill, Dec. N.-An
injury sustained by an employe of
farmer while assisting his en-
ployer in hulling clover for a
neighbor of the latter is not COM
pensable under the Illinois Work
mems Compensation Act, the State
Supreme Court held Dec. II. The
case was that of Hill v. Industrial
Commission ct al.
Although the court cited cases
in other jurisdictions in which
compensation awards had beer
sustained under similar facts, il
pointed out that in such States the
statutory provisions varied from
those of Illinois. In the Other
States, it was said, the acts ex
cluded "farm laborers" or "agri
cultural laborers." In Illinois
however, the statute is not apple
able to amy work done on farm
or country place, no matter wha
kind of work or service is being
done or rendered"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-01-01
STRUGGLES AHEAD FOR The
EXPLOITED DAIRY FARMERS

The organization of the poor
and middle dairy farmers is of the
greatest Importance in the work
of penetrating into the rural mass
es. These dairy farmers who sell
milk for consumption in the city
are always faced with the same
class enemy as the city proletari-
at, the same both in form and
identity, that is the milk corpora
ton. Both the dairy farmer and
the city worker must sell their la
Dor power to the same corpora
ten and sell it DAILY in order to
live. The fact that the dairy far
mer cannot store his labor (milk)
and does not sell seasonally like
other farmers (grain, fruit, etc.
emphasizes his likeness to the
city proletar;at.
The wage-cutting offensive in
the cities has its counterpart in
the country in the slashing of
milk prices that the farmers re-
ceive (which are very close to
wages). We had recent exam
pie of this in the N. Y. Milk Shed
The two largest corporations, Bor-
dens and Sheffields Cloth finan.
cially controlled by Kuhn Loeb &
Co., Wall St. finding that due tt
unemployment and wage cuts the
city masses were sharply curtail
ing the quantity of milk they wer,
buying, decided to attempt Il
stimulate the sales by a price re
duction but not a profit reduction
30 be accomplished at the expens'
of the farmers. They staged /;
fake milk war" Sheffields LEI
the first card by reducing the re
tail price of store milk. Borden
went into conference with the of
ficials of the Dairymen's Leagu
who are well paid with money o
the poor and middle farmers t.
protect their interests. How di,
these protectors" act?
They acted just like their BIZ
brothers of the American Fedora
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-01-01
CREDIT STRUCTURE
WEAKENS AS MORE
BANKS ARE CLOSED
RESCUE" MERGERS MADE
TO PREVENT CRASHING

New York.-A hundred per cent
increase in bank failures over last
week is reported by the American
Banker, the leading magazine in
the banking field. About ten
bank fail every day in the United
States, according to the latest
figures. The American Banker
states:
s'There were 70 banks which
failed to open their doors the
week just passed, as compared
with the 80 which went out of
business the previous week.
'SThe states which were hit
the hardest during this week
are Massachusetts with IL clos
ing, Iowa with 8. New York
with z and Nebraska with six.
''The total number of banks
which have been closed thruOut
the year has reached 2.O44 with
deposit liabilities estimated at
s1,67O, 97O, OOO."
Several so-called "rescue" mer-
gers of large banks, show the fur
ther weakening of the banking
structure under the heavy, con-
tinued pounding of the crisis. In
st. Louis the Franklin-Americar
Trust Co., was taken over by the
First National Bank in order tx
try TO prevent a failure. The
president of the Franklin-Ameri
can Trust Co., mysteriously shot
himself. The new institution il
supposed to have resources Of
two hundred million dollars. II
Atlantic City, the Guarantee Trus
Co., the Marine Trust Co., the At
lantic Safe Deposit and Trust Co.
the Neptune Trust Co., and tn,
Seaside Trust o., made a simila,
merger.
Another Boston bank shut down
The Charlestown Trust Co., will
over $3,4S6,OO0 in deposits crash
ed on Monday.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-01-01
ARGENTINE WHEAT
CROP INCREASES
Masses Cannot Buy Huge Sup
plies of Grain.

Another huge Argentine wheat
crop became certainty today as
reports from sections of the coun-
try where frost damage was fear
ed told of high yields.
Grain men estimated the coun-
try will have approximately the
same amount of wheat for export
from the harvest now nearing
completion as from the yields of
previous years, in spite of the fact
that the acreage was reduced 20
percent this year.
The amount available for export
from this years crop was fore
cast at from 125, 100000 to $780,
100000 bushels.
Five hundred and sixty-five
thousand bushels of new wheat
have been shipped already and tom
mage has been chartered to move
l3,SOO,OOO bushels more before
Jan. Oh, 1882.
In the meantime, two weeks Of
opportune rains have insured ar
immense corn crop, grain men say
from which the exports may sur
pass the SSO,OOO,OOO set abroad
from the last crop.
Whether the country will realiz,
a greater profit from this year.
crops, experts say, depend upol
whether anticipated improvement
of the peso, as the crop movement
comes to climax, counteracts an,
change in world prices.
This huge wheat crop which i
coming on the market while tn,
purchasing power of the masse
continues to fall thru more unem
ployment, wage cuts, and par
time work will mean that price
will go yet lower and that tn
farmers who have produced it vii
be driven into even greater mise
J ~.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-01-01

ton of Labor offi1aldOm act
when in a wage cutting conference
with the bosses. First, they made
demagogic statements to the press
that they refused to bulge an inch,
etc., and then they went ahead
and signed up for bad cut.
Borden's announced a cut in the
retail price both in the stores and
from the wagons and Sheffields
followed suit. Thus ended the
fake milk war;
The result was that the corpor.
ations were able to pass almost
the entire cut on to the backs of
the toiling farmers; thereby not
losing anything but actually i'm
creasing the percentage of profits.
Are these farmers militant
Will they struggle? For an ans
wer we point to the milk strikes
here in New York of the past and
the recent strikes in the west.
The poor and middle farmers must
repudiate the misleaders of the
Dairymen's League and their SELL
out tactics, form rank and file
committees of action and prepare
to fight back against the price
cuts. 1t can be dOne-the farmers
near Portland, Oregon, showed the
way recently by forcing this same
milk trust to take back a price cut
by a 5-day militant strike in spite
of the fact that the liberal" and
progressive" Gov. Meir with the
aid of state troops attempted to
make the farmers accept a "com-
promise"
| The concrete issues as we see
them are:
| l. Against price cuts at the
expense of the farmers.
4 2. For the right of farmers tc
have their own weighers and
testers at the country milk sta,
tons. Farmers are paid By
weight and test of the milk they
sell; as the company men now d.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-01-01
open The DUNGEON CELLS OF
The EIGHT SCOTTSBORO BOYS!
international Labor Defense Organizes National Protest
to Force New Hearing For Victims.

ceptions signed by Judge Haw-
kins, the boys and their parents
explicitly declare that they do not
want the N. A. A. c. P. to NEEDLE
in their case. Walter White and
William Pickens know of these af-
fidavits. They have never yet
made any answer-except by gross
evasions and distortions of fact
co this information repeatedly
made public by the l. L. d.
l. L. d. Defends Negro Farm
Worker.
within the last month Orphan
Jones, so year Negro farm work
er was nearly Iynched in Snow
Hill, Maryland, because he was
accused Of killing a family of
landowners. The l. L. d. sent an
investigator into the field at once
and retained a lawyer for this
worker. The investigator found
that the man was innocent; and
the lawyer, Bernard AIDES of Bal
timore, backed by the l. L. D. has
been carrying on a relentless fight
% have the trial removed from the
lynch-inflamed atmosphere OF
Maryland's eastern shore. I. L. d
representatives faced a furious
mob, were beaten and nearly kill
ed, but they continued their fight
and step by step have won some
Justice for this aged and innocent
worker.
where was the N. A. A. C. P
all this time? AS in the SCOTS
boro case, the N. A. A. C. P. waI
keeping it's skirts clean and re
spectacle. It's lawyer in BaltI
more, Josiah Henry, heaped fue
on the lynch spirit by advising Or
phan Jones to plead guilty.
"Such action has drawn from
the Baltimore Afro-American |
singing rebuke to the N. A. A. c
P. for caviar and pink tea leader
ship In contrast the Afro-Amer
lean praises the l. L. d. becaus
its leaders dare to go into tn
: teeth Of a mob to save workers
no matter what their race or color
Solidarity of Negro and Whit
Workers Against OppressOrs
"The /. L. D. is working for tn
defense of workers prosecuted b
the owners of American industry
regardless of color or race. 1t be
: lieves that only by Negro an
white workers joining force
against big moneyed interests ca
/. either be safe from persecution
It believes that the rich owners o
) America use race discrimination t
separate Negro and white worker
! and thus 10 vicitmize them both.
!, "In this program of America
] big business, the N. A A. C. ]
a lends a helping hand. We as
why Judge Hawkins, who all thT
a the ScottsbOro trial aided an
k abetted the legal lynching of Il
t boys, is now so anxious to hel
J, wedge the N. A. A. C. P. into tt
= case We ask why the prOesecl
f ton is so anxious to give the !
e A. A. C. P. foothold in the case
s There is only one answer. IT
: Judge and the prosecutor no
: that it will be easier to sustai
the lynch verdict of the origin
s hearing if these caviar and pin
e tea Negro reformers conduct Il
d appeal. The Judge and the pros
n cutor are anxious to force the
Is L. D. out of the case, because tn.
fear the l. L. D. and its uncor
promising fight for workers, blal
i or white, backed by the combine
= power of great Negro and viii
working masses"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-01-01
Fine Garlin Meeting
In Powers Lake, N. D
(By a Farmer Correspondentl

(By a Farmer Correspondent
Powers Lake, N. Oak, Dec. "a.
AT the Sender Garlin meeting
held last night, the hall was pack
ed to the limit and we had to lock
the door to keep the farmers from
crowding in. Our local pool hall
proprietor and a few of the town
booze hounds disturbed the meet
ing from time to time until it be-
came necessary to invite them tc
leave the hall. l am sure that the
farmers and workers of this vi.
cinity now realize that this ele,
ment is not in favor of our cause
and will henceforth avoid theil
places of business. Otherwise tn.
meeting was very satisfactory.
am sure the picture was welcom,
to Powers Lake.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-20
Seat Officers
 of Auxiliary
Victoria Liebreich Starts
 Her Second Term

Recently elected officers of Corp oral Coyle Post Auxiliary were in- .alled at meeting in the Legion kome last night. Miss Mary Coyle. past national vice-president was installing officer. Commander Ro- bert r. Birt, commander of the post, was a guest at the supper pre- ceding the installation. Mrs Gum mar Schlander and Miss Molly o. Connor were in charge.
 Miss Victoria Liebreich was in- stalled for her second term as head of the auxiliary. Other officers in- ducted into office include: First vice Mrs Gunnar Schlan- der: second vice-president, Mrs Jo- seph DiPietro; treasurer. Miss Mar garet Dillon; chaplain. Mrs Mary Saunders; historian, Miss Molly Parker; sergeant-at-arms, Miss Anastasia Dillon; executive com mittee, Mrs Fred Lawlor and Miss Mary Sullivan; secretary Miss Mol ly O'Connor. Y
 Committee chairman appointed l., Miss Liebreich are the follow ing: Americanization, Miss Olive Inglis; child welfare, Mrs Joseph DiPietro; community service, Mrs Daniel Mahaney; constitution and bylaws, Mrs Mary Butterley; edu- cation of World War orphans; Miss Lucy Shanahan; Fidac. Miss Mary Coyie; Gold Star Mothers, Mrs Julia Conklin; registration, Mrs Fred Lawlor; membership. Miss Annie Coyle; memorials Miss Mar garet Dillon, music and uniforms, Mrs Robert F. Birt; national de- fensc, Miss Olive Inglis; poppics, Mrs William Dillon; publicity. Miss Liebreich; rehabilitation. Mrs John Inglis; trophies, Miss Anna Ward and Mrs Helen Reed; activities, Mrs Gunnar Schlander.
 The auxiliary will participate in the Armistice day parade.
 More tourists have visited Italy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-20
Opposing Forces
 Meet Tonight.
Red and Blue Armies to Assemble at YMCA
 Cafeteria

The Red and Blue Armies in the Y. M. c. A. Membership Enroll ment Week Canvass will assemble at the Y Cafeteria promptly at 6:15 D.. m. to-day for their first reports. Indications are that much hard work has been put in by the team members and that tho Red and Blue Armies are anxious to draw first blood in the membership war fare.
 The members of the high team will be presented with boxes of candy at to-night's session and at every report meeting. No team will be allowed to receive the candy twice. Prizes for the week include pair of theatsr tickets for the high individual, tickets to the Yale Harvard game for the high team and a place in the Hall of Fame" for the winning division.
 It is expected that Generals Templeton and Carmody will stage another verbal tilt at to-night's supper meeting. Both generals have sent out communication to their Armies requesting full attendance at to-night's meeting. Points are given for attendance as we'll as for membership.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-20
CORONER CLEARS BUT CRITICISES BUDCHIk
HIGHWAY MENACE
 WORSE THAN EVER
Shocking Figures for the Last Three Months in
 This State
WARNING ISSUED

Recent serious automobile ac- cidents of various kinds-fatalities caused by cars striking pedestrians running off the road and being wrecked, and colliding with other cars--call for immediate indivi- dual consideration by each opera tor in Connecticut who wishes to survive the most dangerous period of the year. and, avoid the diff- culties encountered as the after math. of all accidents, the De- partment of Motor Vehicles says today in a news bulletin.
 Tn the last three months of each year more deaths are caused than in any other quarter. A year ago 158 of the 4S2 deaths of the year occurred in this period. Even at the rate of decrease shown in the record of the first nine months of 1892, 1t is fair to prophecy that unless unprecedented progress to- ward betterment Is made there will be about 100 deaths as the record of the final quarter. I
 TO make an immediate 'contri- button to a movement for im- proved safety. individuals should promptly inspect equipment of vehicles in their care. Brakes lghts, tires, windshield wipers and horns should be examined and re- paired and adjusted as needed. Equipment in first class order. then , careful driving will complete the requirement. for that extra safe- guard so necessary. ..
 Motorists must be reminded that with darkness falling earlier upon | the land, especially in the cloudy days of fall, with dead leaves mak' ing unusual hazards on highways: with rain, and soon snow, ice and sleet- add their complications tt the driving, there can be no re. taxation for operators. Drivers o1 vehicles other than motor vehicles too, and pedestrians can all parti- cipate in the safety effort of dis playing lights denoting their pre-. sence in or near the travelled way after dark. The law requires this for all vehicles; 1t Is q wise pre-
 cautionary device for pedestrians
 The pedestrian cannot place thu same measure of reliance upor the motorist to protect him in these days. He must walk with great
 care and recognize that he car be seen for much shorter distances than in the longer days tof sum
 mer. Many who walk along tho highways now. travel on the lef
 side of the road, facing traffic seeking safety in the advance knowledge this will provide of on coming vehicles. The average pedestrian, too, is infinitely more agile for movement at right angles to the direction of travel than a, automobile and should exert suci liabilities to save life.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-20

Commenting on the apparent carelessness shown by the driver of car involved in fatal auto mobile accident on Branch street, october 18th, Deputy Coroner Walter w. Smyth in his official finding today, exonerated Faddey Budchik of 99 Dikeman street from all criminal responsibility in connection with the death of Nun zio Vallette, IS. In the opinion of the deputy coroner, however. Budchik failed to exercise due caution. His truck crushed Val lette against another machine 50 severely as to cause the young mans death within an hour after his admission to St Mary's hos pital.
 The official finding on the death of the young man reads as follows:
 On the morning of September 26, 1892, at about 7:30 o'clock one Theodore Sciota, ice dealer, of g Branch street, by whom the de- ceased was employed, parked his truck on the northerly side of Branch street, facing westerdly, preparatory to, delivering ice at No. 10 Branch street.
 Sciota parked the truck al. an angle, the right front wheel Q short distance from the curb and the rear of the truck projecting out towards the center of the street for @ distance of at least four and a half to five feet.
 A few moments before Sciota parked his truck Faddey Budchik, q duly licensed operator of motor vehicles, was driving a closed panel delivery truck owned by his employer, Boleslaw Juzwik, a baker of GA Ward street southerly on Grant street. He turned the cor ner at Branch and Grant streets and parked his truck facing east erly close to the curb on Branch <. street in front of a small store.
 ,Budchik went into the store to make delivery of bread. sciota