The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-29

taxpayers IN OhDEh Thai
THEY SHOULD CONTINUE TO
PAY THE PRESENT OUTRAGE
GUS TAXES. OLSON WANTS
TO PREVENT THE SMALL AND
MIDDLE FARMERS FROM GET
TING TAX RELIEF THRU THE
TAX STRIKE. Even this miser-
able tax "relief' proposal would
be crushed beyond recognition if 1t
ever got into the Minnesota legis-
llature to the tender mercies of the
Farmer Labor, Republican and De-
mocratic agents of the bankers.
The second group of points con-
Itained in the platform include sup
sport of the Farm Board, State
owned light and power plants, a
demand for action on the st. Lawr-
Ience waterway project, state own
ed printing plant, tax on oleOmar-
Igarine and special licenses and
taxation of chain stores. The pur-
, pose of each Of these points raised
in the platform of the Farmer La
: Dor and in SIS demagogic propa'
, ganda is to divert the attention OF
, the farmers and workers from
their immediate demands.
: AS we nave already stated the
Idemagogy Of the Farmer Labor
agents of the bankers is two-fol,
; in character. On the one hand
!. they attempt to keep the atten
: ton of the workers diverted TO a
= great an extent as possible from
their immediate demands by tn
D raising of fake ISSUES" On tn
. Iother hand since the deepening o
!. the crisis is arousing in the mass
es the will to struggle for imme
,diste relief the Farmer Labo
,, Party raises hypocritical demand
% for relief from burdensome taxa
N ton and high interest rates, fo
. unemployment insurance, etc., q
a we have already pointed out.
% Supporting the Farm Board
N The Farm Board receives Il
"a following endorsement:
1--WE indOrse the AgTicultur
- Marketing Act and demand
~ retention. We also demand tn
: Congress make available as
- part of the Marketing Act, {
NC Debenture and the Equalizati
10 Fee in dealing with the expoI
OF able surplus of farm products
an These worthy representatives
ice the capitalist class work night a
~ day to hide from the farmers
he fact that the Farm Board is
,at agency of the spectators, t
H. Board of Trade, the bankers, a
9r+ the rich landowners. Becau
lon they know that the farms
IN are learning thru their own bit
,IIv experience the significance of
III Farm Board activities they melt
The the decade-old tissues" Of
re- "progressives" - the equalizat
,er- fee and the debenture plan-in
,wn platform. The purpose of this
his % keep the small and middle
per mers looking to Congress for
the lief, and to prevent them fl
nall organizing in their own milit
nall organizations to win relief by m
still pressure.
Olson stated before the conv
ton, Il am opposed 10 a sales
ont unless the proceeds of that tax
nall used for some purpose directly
. lated to the commodity upon wi
yves the tax is imposed. AS an exam
'Iero gasoline tax -" The Z
form, however, showed just
.rd much this Opposition" Of o
i'm meant. Point XII Of the platf
n reads as follows:
any ''The farmers Of this
en- must have legislation that
'hers provide an adequate tax |
their the manufacture and sale
,end- oleomargarine, and we DEF
as a part Of our agriculi
4ha policy for the speedy enactl
the " S1S s'""'
and He wants TO make the 4
farmers Of the state believe