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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-21

Continued FROM Front Pags)
vent the unity of the workers and
farmers by the most shameless
demagogy. They tell the workers
that the demand of the farmers
for higher prices will increase the
cost of living. They tell the farm
ers that their plight is largely
caused by the high wages of the
workers in the cities. Both these
statements are bare-faced lies.
"The prices which the farmers
received for their produce have de-
clined to less than one-third what
they were a few years ago. But
the decline in the cost of living
has been a miserable II per cent.
The tremendous disproportion be-
tween the low prices for farming
products established by the robber
banks and trusts on the one hand,
and the artificial high level of re-
tail prices maintained by the same
monopolist corporations for the
purpose of robbing the workers
and the consuming masses in gen.
eral on the other hand, calls for
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-21
EAST
COALRDCE

ole Boo did little home thresn-
ing Tuesday, having a field of late
barley left to finish up. Ole Bake
also finished threshing some late
flax using his combine as a station
airy thresher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Dahl, Mari
nus Ibsen and Sig Bergum drove to
to Plentywood Wednesday as a
committee to meet with the federal
feed and seed loan inspector.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Haven, Miss
Agnes Johnson and the correspond
ent, were supper guests Friday eve
ming at the Hollow Rock farm. Miss
Johnson remained over Sunday. The
Hansen family expect to leave soon
for their California home to spend
the winter.
Vote for Linda e. Hall for County
Supt. Of Schools. (Pol. Adv
The Northwestern Bank at Gre
nora closed its doors on Friday and
solicitors were out getting present
deposttors signed up on a deferred
basis so that the bank could reopen
for limited service.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rich. Paulsen from
the reservation were in our COM
munity on Saturday, Mrs. Ed Dahl
returning with them for a visit and
a rest, having suffered a crushed
foot recently.
j. c. Hansen and daughter Flea
nor accompanied by Edgar 1. Severud
made a shopping and business trip
to Plentywood- Saturday.
Henry Haven and family made
a shopping trip to WilIiston Satur-
day, returning by Zahl they visited
the Walter Roland family.
Oscar Melby and Ole Bake were
at Westby to Sc ethe feed loan in
spector, the latter part Of the week.
Henry B. Syverul, Andrew Dahl
and Ole Boo drove to Wolf Point,
Thursday morning to attend the con-
vention Of the Farmers Union, the
former being a delegate from our
local. They enjoyed a most inter-
esttng and instructive convention as
Well as making a visit with former
Osnabrock friends. the Jacobs, liv-
ing there. They returned early Sum
day morning. Quite a number from
Dagmar and other locals in Sherf-
dan county were there, including
President Dan Campbell and secre-
tary. Mrs. w. e. Nash of the county
union
Duck hunters were evidently put
ting In some overtime on Saturday.
banging away over an hour after
sunset, perhaps taking advantage of
land.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Hansen and
FAMILY, Mr. and Mrs. Marinus Ibsen
and family, Pete and Laurits Jen-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-21

ployers. All relief and insurance
to be financed by taxes on wealth
and capitalist income, not by in
flation.
4. Immediate payment of the
veterans bonus.
5. Unconditional equality for the
Negroes. Smash Jim Crowism and
lynching.
6. Immediate Federal cash re-
lief to the impoverished farm
ers, and relief from taxes and
forced collection of rents and
debts. Support the farmers
strike.
2. Against the new robber war.
Stop the manufacture and ship
ment of munitions. All war fund.-
for the unemployed. Defend the
Soviet Union; defend the Chinese
people.
Exploited and toiling farm
ers, spread your organizations
and join up with the struggle of
the workers and unemployed On
the cities against our common
enemies, the banks, trusts, and
Wall Street capitalists.
Workers, employed and unem-
ployed, support the farmers
struggle and send delegates to
the farmers organizations to
work out joint actions for imme-
date relief for all the starving
masses.
5 Workers and farmers, support
in the elections, the only party
that fights for your immediate
relief and for a revolutionary
way out of the crisis-the Com
mrahist party"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-21

sen were guests at the Nels Miller
home at Medicine Lake on Sunday.
1t may be appropriate at this
time to call the attention Of our
farmers OF Sheridan county to a
danger which confronts their cattle.
Last winter a number of cattle died
suddenly and mysteriously. Mikkel
Jorgensen of Coalridge lost about
IL head within a short time and no
definite cause has been determined,
but suspected to have come from
poisoned hay.
Just lately a few items have been
noticed in a Williston paper telling
Of similar cases near Zahl, N. D.
An items last week reads:
Five milk cows in a herd Of
seven owned by Oluf Lunde, farmer
living near Zahl, died Monday with
in few minutes of each other from
Prussic acid poisoning.
1.-THE cows had eaten the poison
in flax chaff at a spot where a
threshing machine had been operated
and the chaff had fallen under the
machine.
''Prussic acid is found in flax
straw that does not fully ripen,"
said County Agent Swanson, ''it may
be found also in straw that has
not matured because Of drouth. It
is deadly poison. This year all the
flax straw should be burned and
care should be taken to see that the
chaff left around where the separa-
tors stood should also be burned"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-21
Cor1ertOwn-DOoley

Selmer Samuelson, who is now at
Ambrose had the misfortune to
break his arm Oct. 10. It happened
when he was cranking q car. His
aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. Hans
Olson motored down to visit him
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Mikkelsen and
family and August Getchel were the
guests at the Adloph Heppner home
Oct. IL.
Vote for Linda E. Hall for County
Supt. of Schools. (Pol. Adv.)
Among the visitors at the Rocky
Spring school the past week are
Blondina Steinke Monday, Oct. 10,
and Mrs. Rueben Rice and children,
and Miss Anna Rice, Oct. IL.
Lloyd Evenson and Ray May
crowse came up from st. Paul
week ago to visit Mr.. Evengon's
uncles, Martin Isaacson and Melvin
Evenson at Raymond.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-21
WORKINCMEN
UNITE

(Tune: Red Wing, by Joe Hil)
Conditions they are bad
And some Of you are sad
You cannot see your enemy,
The class that lives In luxury.
You farmers are poor
Will be evermore-
So long as you permit the few
To guide your destiny.
CHORUS
Shall we always slave and work
for bankers
It is outrageous-has been for
ages;
This earth by right belongs to
toilers;
And not to spoilers Of Liberty.
,
The master class is small
But they have lots of "gall."
When we unite to gain our right,
If they resist Wen use our might
There is no middle ground,
This fight must be one round.
To victory, for Liberty,
Our class is marching on.
3
Farmers, unitel
We must put up a fight,
To make MS free from slavery
And capitalistic tyranny;
This fight is not in vain;
We have a world to gain.
viii you be a fool, a capitalist toe
And serve your enemy.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-21
COMMUNISTS
OFFERAREAI.
PROGRAM
CContinued from Front p.

AG FaeRl
ested in, and at his n,o--.~
% T;oul' even open the fI I1og' b
ran into a Communist" nc I'll HOWeVa
ms arguments all to n; VINO toe
Showed him up as a fe gIeCeS and
was too much for him S - This
the rest of his meetings y an NJ l. Ia
appeared across the line ' ;H anu d.
ada. This proves thai t INTO Can
trying to split our vote 'Hey an
The Liberty party is No.
ing out with a county p pa DeT con %la
paper is being printed ted ~ Ibis b
PlentywOod Herald, the nat a. De
a SEao az paper in the couDt r.
Now If they really are f EUon!E
people as they claim to b bOr De
don't they support the PeoO W.!
publishing Company, instead ~
paper which openly works sos u =
the workers and farmers SSSnE
CON Harvey writes in The Ro.,
that there will be a great 'r re DTOt
ton with great bloodsSadi ''S ~ !,
will destroy the present c;v;I ;ns'
ton, and that we must onaIs
against such a fate. suA'O
What does revolution ma,
Revolution means a change. > a.,
plete change. A change frcw WIN
system which robs workers ~
farmers of all they have and t S,,u
beats them down and starves S t i,sn
to death for the sake of profit I'm ~
a system where all people ~ y
free and equal and where svs az
thing is produced for use insta!a
of for profit. ''u
The mere fact that he is aoai0,,
revolution (for that is the ' nni'
way such a change can conn U,
about) proves that he either Sos.
not understand that those wbo o ~
in power wont and never have y,
given up what they have witSou,
fighting, or else he is not in favo,
of such a change.
Instead of a revolution DESTROY.
ing everything in the present ciy.
ization that is just and coed /
will destroy capitalism (t6e vp,v
thing which is now destroying NJ
and build a society under Will
all people will be able to progress
He speaks about the horrors Z
bloodshed and supports the SyH
tenn which is starving millions b
death and supports the parue
which murders and cuts worker,
heads open with clubs, support,
the party which sticks bayOnet
into the legs of women and chil
dren as was done in the recen
battle of Washington.
Fellow farmers there is only on
way for US, that is by strugglnl
and voting for the party that wi
support our struggle The Com
YnI1nist Marty
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-21
NEBRASKA FARMERS PREVENT
EVICTION OF WIDOW AT SALE

taken over the county Holiday AS
ISOLATION ourselves and most of
the state organization. Since this
program has proven so sue
cessful in getting to the crucial
needs of the farmers, as well as
in action, the farmers here cali
upon all farmers all over the coun-
try to organize in rank and file
meetings under such a plan. Ad-
ditional information may be Sc
cured by writing to Andrew Dahl
stem, Newman Grove, Nebraska.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-21
UNDER MADISON co.
PLAN

The farmers in northeastern
Nebraska are organized under
what is known as the Madison
county plan. (This was published
in the Producers News on Sept.
S0.-Ed.) They are pledged to
help their starving brothers in the
cities, the unemployed; and in line
with this program collections of
wheat, dressed poultry and all the
other farm products are being
made at this time and will continue
thruout the winter. The major
part of this relief now goes to
Omaha.
The farmers in this district
have analysed the farm problems
realistically. They have decided
that little or nothing can be ex-
pected from price demands en-
forced by sporadic picketing thru
out the country.
FIGHT FORECLOSURES
They support and encourage all
such struggles in other parts but
are concentrating here on keeping
the farmers on their farms by the
fighting of sales, foreclosures,
evictions, by struggling for a
moratorium or cancellation as re-
CARDS all farm debts, lower taxes,
etc.
This is their immediate aim-to
keep the farmers on the farm in
full possession and title to their
property.
At the same time they are keep
ing their products from the mar
ket and satisfying the response
bility they thus incur to the city
unemployed by relief.
NOT AFRAID OF 'REDS"
The farmers here are not fooled
by capitalist propaganda that the
Madison plan is radical or "red'
or illegal" They permit no such
scabbing activities to divide and
weaken them. There is only one
consideration at stake here as in
all rural sections and that is GLOW
are we going to stay on our farms
in full possession of our goods,
how to keep the banker. insurance.
machinery, state parasites from
turning. us out on the bread lines
and poor houses"
There is only one answer to this
down here, divorced entirely from
all political, religious or moral
considerations and that is "organi-
cation under an effective program"
and they have chosen as their pro-
gram the Madison plan.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-21
FARMERS UNION TO FORM
TURKEY MARKETING POOL

There will be a meeting of all
those who wish to form a Farmers
Union cooperative pool to market
turkeys in the court house at
Plentywood, October 20 at 2 p. m.
1t is too late to form such a pool
for the Thanksgiving market and
this pool is intended to take care
of shipments for the Christmas
trade.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-21
ALL WORKERS MUST
SUPPORT FARMERS


''The trade unions in the pres
emit situation" continued Foster,
must theoretically support the
farmers movement and their de-
mands for increased prices for
farm products. At the same
time, we call upon the workers
and unemployed to fight for the
lowering of the retail prices.
"An unemployed Organiza-
tiOhs everywhere should estab-
lish connections with the farm
ers movement, and together with
them organize wide participa-
tiOn in the road picketing by the
farmers. At the same time, they
should call updn the farmers to
support the unemployed with the
unmarketable food stuffs instead
of allowing it to be Destroyed.
Joint united front organizations
and picket lines of the farmers
and unemployed shOuld also be
formed
The impoverished and middle
farmers are more and more
learning from their practical
struggles the necessity of form
ing a united movement toOefhar
with the working class against
the alliance of bSnkers, corpora
tiOns and rich farmers. The i'm
pOverished farmers are learning
in bitter struggle today the les
sons of the class difference be-
tween themselves and the rich
farmers. Everywhere, the rich
farmers are scabbing OF the
farmers and strike organizing
squads of gunner imported from
the city underworld to smash
the picket Hnes and break the
heads of the striking farmers.
While supporting the imme-
date demands brought forward
by the farmers themselves. the
Communist party invites the
farmers to bring forward also
the demand for complete annul-
ment of their debts to the banks,
annHlment of mortgage and tax,
and to take up the agrarian de-
mands Of the Communist party
election platform. The Commun-
ist party proposes to the farm
ers organizations that they shall
join with the workers n the
cities to carry through ieint
hunger marches to the county
and state governments, joining
with the workers and the unem-
plOyed In the cities and direct
ing the movement against the
local and state governments
which are the tools of the banks,
trusts, and railroad companies"
FARMERS AND WORKERS
MUST UNITE
1.-THE Communist party calls up
on the workers and farmers every
where" concluded the Communis
Presidential candidate, "to estab
fish a joint struggle around sucl
demands as those put forward il
my speech in the Chicago Coli
scum on September Is, as follows
1. Not a penny off wages, re
peal of all sales tax laws, not
penny new taxes on articles O.
mass consumption. Stop the cap
italist attack against the Twins
of the workers.
2. Not promises, but immediate
relief for the starving unemploye,
Not one worker or his fanil,
without decent housing, food ant
clothing. Fifty dollars winter re
lief from the Federal treasury 70,
each unemployed worker, plus S1l
for each dependent, in addition t,
local relief. Stop the eviction O
unemployed workers from thei
homes.
3. Stop the billion dollar subsi
dies to banks, corporations, and
railroads. A federal system of un
employment insurance at the ex
pense of the government and EN-
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Continued from Front Pag)
thru the road over which nail stud
ded planks had been spread.
The farmers of Martin county,
organized in the Holiday move
ment have stated that if shipping
of poultry and livestock is not
stopped they will picket the roads
with 1000 men.
In Steele county, Mimi, farmers
are reported to have established
committees 10 report on all mar
keting of farm produce at prices
below the cost of production.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-21
ADVISES PEACEFUL"
PERSUASION

W. uuu0IOu 4dI1 1SIS VI virgin
county, Mimi, meeting at Buffalo
were told by the county president,
Lonny Melin, that they should con-
centrate on peaceful persuasion. F"
The farmers of Anoka county,
Minnesota, 500 in number, meet
ing in the armory, organized into
permanent county unit of the
Farmers Holiday Association.
The first instance of highway
picketing in Hennepin county, took
place on Tuesday, October II
when the Anoka county farmers
chased trucks into the adjoining
county.
Nail studded belts were put into
effective use by the farmers until
the trucks were escorted into
Minneapolis and st. Paul by Hen
nepin county deputies.
FIGHT AT COON CREEK
A determined struggle took
place at midnight, Tuesday, Oct
IL, between pickets and truckers
at Coon Greek, Anoka county. The
truckers came into Anoka, the
county seat, and told Sheriff Oh
son that they wanted protection
thru the picket lines. Olson tolC
them that he did not have enough
force to combat the pickets OF
highway 81.
The truckers decided to go thru
When they got to Coon Greek, thu
pickets with red lanterns anC
flags tried to stop them but the
trucks kept on. Heavy logs wer'
thrown across the highway and
still the trucks tried to get thru
A little down the road spike Seud
ded planks stopped the trucl
drivers who jumped down from tn
trucks.
The pickets then fought mill
family against the attack of tn
truck drivers and their helpers.
ONE PICKET ARRESTED
One picket, H. A. Bosch, of Will
mar, who had come from Kandi
iyohi county to help organize tn
farmers Of AnOka county was ar
rested.
The sheriff of Hennepin county
Wall, threatened the farmers wit
the same treatment that had bee
decreed for them by the sheriff
of Sioux City, Iowa, and Oman;
Nebraska, in the early stages o
the strike struggle.
FARMERS ARE HOODLUMS'
Wall called the farmers on tn
picket lines, ''hoodlums" and ais
threatened to use all means
keep the roads open for the pack
ing trust and the rest of the mono
lists.
Il don't believe the real farm.
ers of HeEnepin county are out
on the highway turning back
livestock and produce being
delivered in here to market" he
said 81 believe a force of hood
lums is being employed to do
the work. I'll keep the roads
open if it takes my whole force,
and If can't handle the situa-
ton with the men have. then
I'll ask the county commission
ers to appropriate more funds
so l can employ a larger force.
Il am proceeding on the theory
that If a farmer wants to take
his stuff to market. and is sav.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-21

bidders were already appointed
and that anyone else offering a
price would have to deal with
the crowd. The sale then pro-
ceeded as quietly and as order
ly as a Sunday school cOnven-
tion.
Three or more pieces of farm
machinery brought only rs and 80
cents, % spring shotes were also
knocked down at rs cents for the
lot, horses at so cents a piece, go
cents for a set of work harness.
milk cows at 1878 head and SO
forth.
The farmers were a little apollo
getic about the high prices paid
for the cows but the expenses of
the sale had been guaranteed the
banker and the bidding had to go
high on some articles. All the re-
leased property was turned over
to Mrs. Won Bonn.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-21
ONLY COMMUNIST PARTY AIDS
FARM STRIKE SAYS FOSTER

united struggle of the workers and
farmers to force up the prices to
the farmers and to force down the
cost of living in the cities.
"The workers and farmers must
make a united attack against the
monopoly capital which is merci-
lessly exploiting both these main
groups of the toiling population"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-21
TAKE OVER HnLInAY
MOVEMENT

And because the Farm Holiday
leaders, Reno and Co., refused to
subscribe to our program we have
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-21
FARMERS APPROVED
SALE

The sale was completed in 80
minutes but the farmers stayed
around all afternoon and listened
to speeches and sung songs.
Great satisfaction was expressed
by the crowd in the way the sale
was handled, many of them de-
claring that it was the best sale
they had ever attended. There was
only a note Of regret, found every
where and that was "Why didn't
we take action like this years ago
and so have saved the thousands
of farmers who have been dis
posed"
On the same day a group of rs
farmers marched to the Interna-
tional Harvester sheds in Newman
Grove, Nebraska, and wheeled out
two international trucks that had
been repossessed by the machine
company.
The International Harvester knew
that trucks were needed at this
time Of the year to haul corn
coal, wood, etc., and thought that
by taking them away the truckers
might be able to borrow money
some place to pay on their install
mentS.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-21
TAKE NATL. TRUCKS

However, the farmers in the vi
cinity decided that this was moth
ing but robbery and took action.
The trucks were wheeled out with
the International Harvester agnets
looking on helpless, filled with gas
and driven back to their owners
with instructions to disable each
truck at night so that the Inter-
national men couldn't come out and
steal them again.
Today, Oct. II, the farmers near
Petersburg, Nebraska, are organic
ing to take out a corn binder re-
possessed by a machinery com
pany.
This Friday just outside of Pet
ersburg, a farmer who has rented
his farm for thirty years is about
to be sold out. The farmers are
so worked up about this that they
are determined to have the prop
erty go for as little as possible
not allowing the banker even the
costs of the sale.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-21
IN HENNEPIN co

Continued from Front Pag)
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