The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-09-02

reached. ms proposal Is nOIh1hS
but an attempt to drive all of the
farmers into the fake cooperative
Olson's plan is in
tended to divert the farmers from
their struggle, from picketing. He
wants to prevent the movement
from spreading into Minnesota,
and therefore, recommends this
new cooperative" racket.
Olson warns" of "Firebrands"
Olson proceeded in his speech to
warn the f armers about "fire-
brands" He, too, is in "sympa-
thy" with the strikers but warn
ed" against violence. Talking
about the Holiday movement Oh
son said, "such a cause must have
public sentiment and good will be-
hind it but with violence of any
sort this cannot be obtained" With
these hypocritical words Olson
shows he is in the ranks of the
strikebreakers.
This Farmer-Labor traitor to the
farmers told the farmers at the
meeting in Princeton that he was
ready to crush the strike IN his
state if any violence" developed.
81 could not condOne violence
with my voice and then turn
about and suppress it with writ
ten order as my office would de-
mand," said Olson. What he
meant was that he would be
ready to act like any other cap
italist official 10 use his pow
ers to attack the strikers. He.
tried to camouflage the brutal
program behind this by saying
that Sby suppressing it l do not
mean military force" He would
use deputies and not the militia
; is what his promise means.
Strike Spreading
1t is reported that the strike
movement in Iowa is spreading to
the eastern part of the state. The
first point for the picketing is to
be Upton, to halt livestock trucks
enroute to Muscatine, Davenport,
Cedar Rapids, and Chicago.
The Minnesota Farmers Holiday
Association is reported to be pre-
pairing to spread the movement
among the farmers in the state.
The way they are proceeding
means, however, that they are in
lterested chiefly in keeping farm
ers under control not in winning
from the monopolists. In the first
place the strike is not going to
cover perishable products. 1t will
have to do only with non-perish-
able products. The misleaders are
doing this in order to prevent the
militant struggles which have
taken place in Iowa from being
duplicated in Minnesota. They
want the farmers to hold their
products and to sit home and to
starve peacefully.
Will Use Business" Methods
"The methods that we shall use
said a statement issued by the
Minnesota association, els the
same as the methods used by
every successful business institu
ton" This means that the lead
ers are opposed to anv kind of
rank and file control of the strike
in Minnesota, because rank anC
file control will take it out of theil
hands, will prevent them from sell
ing out the farmers when they
have a mind to. These are th'
business methods" that are being
prepared in Minnesota.
Eight passenger buses and thre,
large motor vans are being held il
readiness at Fort Dodge, Iowa, Il
! carry $50 troops and equipment I,
r the strike area in case the cover
nor orders martial law. The ma
!. tional guardsmen are now In thei
Z encampment at Fort Dodge. Tn
buses and vans were ordered b,
Major R. A. Lancaster as a "pre
cautionary measure" following
conversation with Sheriff Lainsor
of Pottawattamie county.
Force Shipper to Return Home
With Hogs
Fl On Saturday, Aug. q, farme
: of Correctionville, Iowa, was for
/ ced by pickets to take home a ear
e go of hogs that he planned to shiI
He had left the hogs in the stock
yards on Friday night. When h
I got there Saturday the picket
were ahead of him and persuade
: him to return home.
i The capitalist press reports thu
i milk is being shipped into Siou
City, Iowa. The Sioux City Mil
Producers Association reached a
= agreement with the milk trust fo
price of $3.50 a hundred TO
4 milk For several days the farm
ers refused to let down the pickle
lines despite the agreement whic
had been made without their col
sent and at prices below their d,
d mands. Whatever they have a,
e cepted the agreement or not is n,
x known to us at this time.
AT Shenandoah, Iowa, leader:
% of the Holiday movement are a
e tempting to prevent militant picl
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