The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-07-08
Friday, July s, 1882
The DEMOCRATIC PLANK

The Democrats have nominated Roosevelt and
Garner for the presidency and vice presidency
They have also formulated their program, the
program by which they intend to get the sup
port of the millions of toilers in city and coun-
Try
The nomination of Roosevelt and Garner and
the platform decided on by the Democratic party
are a statement to the working class of the
country that if the Democrats are elected the
capitalist class will be served as ably by them in
the exploitation and oppression of the toiling
masses they have been by the Hoover hunger
government.
Use Radical Phrases
The Democratic platform makers realize that
the temper of the workers and farmers is chang
ing, these workers and farmers are coming to
understand a scale, that the Democrats
are at one with the Republicans in serving the
masters in Wall Street. For this reason the
Democratic party inserts into its platform GER
tain progressive" measures. For this reason
the Democrats nominated the progressive" agent
of Wall Street, Roosevelt as presidential candi-
date.
We shall have other occasion to refer to the
record of this demagog Roosevelt What we must
first understand is the platform on which this
faker is running What does it tell the farmers
about the way out of the crisis.
The Agricultural Plank
Point is the plank they offer to the farm
ers of the country 1t reads as follows:
For the restoration Of agriculture, the
nations basic industry better financing
of farm mortgages through reOrgani1ed
farm bank agencies at low rates of in
terest, on an amortization plan, giving
preference to credits for the redemption
of farms and homes sold under fOreclOs-
ure extension and development of the
farm cooperative movement, and effec-
tive control of crop SURPRISES so that eur
farmers may have the full benefit of the
domestic market
Enactment of every constitutional meas
ure that will aid the farmer to receive
basis farm commodities prices in excess
of cost of production.
Restoration of Agriculture
They stand for the restoration of agri
culture, the nations basic industry" "Restora
ton" to what? Hasn't the history of agricul
ture in capitalist America been history of pro
gressive pundering of the toiling farm masses
under all capitalist administrations, Republican
AND Democratic? What the Democratic part
wants to restore" is not agriculture BUT TIKI
FAITH OF THE AMERICAN FARM MASSES
IN CAPITALISM. They want to restore the
hspe in the hearts of the impoverished farmer
that there can be security and happiness for thu
farm masses under capitalism.
The Frazier FalCery
Better financing Of farm mortgages thrl
reorganized farm bank agencies at lower rates O
interest, on amortization plan, giving pref
erence to credits for the redemption of farms an,
homes sold under foreclosure" BY this plank tn
Democrats want to fool the farmers by mean
devised by the "non-partisan" Republican Bill
Lempke and known as the Frazier Bill, since i
was introduced into Congress by the "progres
sive" faker of that name.
This proposal, in the first place, says absolute
~ NOTHING about oppressive interest that tn
toiling farm masses are paying NOW. It say
nothing because the Democrats want the imprO
erished farmers 10 continue paying these oppres
Sive rates. And how do they propose to accom-