The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-03-04
D.. CHARLES E. TAYLOR
1,,Jod from last week.

ga the land mortgaged, Tor
- North, If not foc so nluch
All ~ IN northeastern Montana.
as 0't ss ner cent or 0Lo13 OF the
lln1 ~, rhe delinquent tax list TOR
ian" go and three years. find
one, -" closing and taxpayers as
Sc HOVi trying to find ways TO
sOCla I've school, road and poor
guy Va eo as to find the money to
lew .. +he interest and sinking fund
Pay IN keep the bonds from de-
1 U'..T+;ng and in order to accom-
I I,.-,s This. the whites ollared poll
pR.Ians must suffer a wage CUT
w. w the County Agent is on the
80 11-sas The leaders in these lax
ssHsociations are lawyer agents for
80 holders, and the program is
" ~ make the bonds good at the ex-
60 " of the small and middle
to;1iry farmers. Just the same
sO-,o- inst the same motives, as
kirs13ire taxpayers associations ev-
erywhere.
And I also find butter fat ID
ATS a pound and dropping. 4
S;.S eggs cents q dozen for
Graded NO. l eggs, and price fall
s.T and this is the first week in
pebrnary, lust when the COWS are
frsshenire and the hens are get
ting in full swing. What will the
rTiceg be when the cows-Guern-
avs, Jerseys, Ho1steins, Red Poll
al and Durham-ful1 bloods, for
sbe farmers here have improved
their herds-get onto clover aga1n7
find there is no wood market
70 speak ola few days ago the
heading mill at Aitkin started co
buy Eastwood for barrel. heads,
paying Sc single cord, and it is be-
ing hauled on trucks for forty
miles, by those who have any
Eastwood. And about Aitkin the
railroads are taking a few hand
wood ties. Over at Cloquet g:le
paper mill is taking such pulp
wood and tooth-pick timber as is
delivered at the factory grounds,
and further north, box factories
are taking such poplar as can be
hauled in. And all has to be
Straded out" But no sale for
other timber, and no sale for any
except in a very limited way-
could say, practically no sale at
sll. The little saw mills are all
still.
Over on the Cyuna and Mesaba
ranges, the mines are practically
closedI the underground mines
are nearly all closed. a few strip
mines are operating. Every few
days another mine closes. MY
brother, Rueben, and two nephews,
James and Phillip Ryan work In
IN underground mine at Ely on
Vermillion range. They work 9
shifts month, making less than
$50. They hang onto their jobs in
order to hold rights, which If they
lost would mean no work at all
Even this mine may close.
The mines are not buying tim
Der, except a little which they car
get close. This is evidence thai
no extended operations will occul
this summer.
The boys who work in the mines
and their families are now bacl
home living with their folks OF
the farms, so most farm houses
are packed full. It is only in tlniI
way that thousands avoid starva
ton. The deserted farm houses
on the deserted farm, and all un
occupied cabins are now inhabite'
BY those forced out Of the citie
about the mines. These worker
and their families come wher
they need not pay rent, wher
wood and water are free, wher
they can fish and earn a few dol
lars trapping. overlooked traI
ping as a source of incom3 In m
recital above Of the general d
versity Of activities in this couI
ny. Thousands and thousands {
nnIInRH - - -.
shipped from this country yearl,
since fur was the chief industry I
the country, which Is was prior |
about 1860, when numbering star
Cd In Minnesota. These sQuattel
Also cut cor wood which they Sc
N the villages. LasE winter d.
birch brought $500 a cord, d1
tamarack, $500 a cord: this Wi
Yer birch is $3.50 and tarnara'
N.o0 delivered. People have sto
ped burning coal entirely in tov
as wood is so cheap. These 10
less men also get a few days wo
on the roads in the summer tin
~ which with their gardens a;
With cow they el1e out mise
able living.
There has occurred in the pa
ery seasons, in which fires ha
burned ont the old cedar and ia.
srack swamps. On this Land W
nay has sprung up, and on mu
VI II tame hay has been seeded,
lot OF hay is raised In the COT
Try. A lot of it is very Gho
clover and timothy. Some ye;
there is very little market. T.
year, owing to drouth in the we
nay found a good sale and raj.
70 good price. There is talk &
some Of it brought SIT a ton
nvered in Minneapolis at Sol
o.. Paul stock markets. Spe
lators bought up lot of this
ss low prices. The b@1ing affo
ca some work but the wages p
We're low. Some farmers held
1stter prtces-those who col
ABOUT Christmas time the mar
broke and has CONTINUED to d
SINCE. Fine hay in the stock
advertised for $500 per ton,
sold,
I came here TO speak under
ausptces Of the United Rar11
League, many requests haV
come to the national secretary
me- fof the miserable farmers
tne husband OF Minnesota, Mi
gan and Wisconsin want to X
ABOUT the militant farmers orr
1xanon. They want to join
sney want to fight rather
starve. I was sent to Al
county, my old boyhood home,
= series Of meetings. Shortly
er arrived the weather tu
very cold and as I was suffe
nom q severe attack of bronc,
1 the request Of the farmers
meetings. were delayed for wa,
weather, for they said: 'sThe Il
ers and their families cannot (
Ont in this cold weather. The
1ot nave overcoats or warm
eerwear; their cars are poor
III repair; they cannot at
1 4conol to put In the radiator
|E uey cannot come out now"
Il so 1t was agreeable TO all
eangs were postponed but
start again as coon as the W
Is softensrg.
81 out I haso haE q few NEE
@ 49, nave gotten the work So
wnat did find I found tina
armers had less money flaa1
ers in the drouth stroke
- OF the northwest. 4 find
w. ~ In n