The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18
OUR FIRST ANNIVERSARY

With this issue the Producers News completes
year official organ of the United Farmers League
1t is significant that this anniversary falls within few
weeks of the Farmers National Relief Conference and the
Organizational Conference of the United Farmers
League The first year of the Producers News Off
cia organ of the United Farmers League has in de-
gree made possible both the Relief Conference and the
Organizational Conference.
We have witnessed during the past year a rapid de-
velopment in the rehabilitation of the impoverished farm
masses. This development found the United Farmers
League and the Producers News unprepared for it when
this broke out in the struggle around Sioux City.
The United Farmers League was unprepared
ganizatonaly for the strike and did rally sufficient
forces during the of the strike around Sioux City
to take organized part in the strike
The Producers News was also unprepared for the
intense struggle that developed around the demand for
higher prices 1t first saw this struggle solely strug
gle which be directed by the capitalist class against
the city workers. This was changed Immediately the
farmers around Sioux City showed by their actions that
it was incorrect.
During the past year in many localities with such
an outstanding example in ST. Louis county, the farm
under the leadership of the United Farmers League
has conducted struggles for immediate relief.
Since the strike for higher prices ebbed the farmers
have rallied for struggles against evctons, foreclosures
and forced sales In localities these struggles have
been conducted under the leadership of the United Farm
ers League others by the local Farmers Holiday Asso
Citations .,*.a .:.e:..
In either case hundreds of nonmembers of these
organizations have showed ready willingness to fight
against the attempts of the bankers to rob them OF their
homes, their cattle and their machinery.
In the year that lies before US we can expect
intense struggles the part of the impoverished farmers
IN defense of their homes and chatte against the rob
berry of the great food monopoles, and for immediate
cash relief from the capitalist class.
It is absolutely essential that the Producers News
play important role in these struggles than it has
played In those that have gone by Thru official
organ we can win thousands of farmers the struggles
for their immediate demands. We get in touch with
farmers whom we will be unable to reach in any other
way Thru the Producers News will be able to reach
them for organization within the United Farmers League
But this spreading of the Producers News to new
thousands of farmers active work on the part OF
the members of the United Farmers League, individually
and thru their locals and the part of every reader or
the Producers News.
The question of spreading the Producers News will
be taken up the Organizationa Conference Before
that it is essential that every effort be made to use the
Producers News in the work of the Farmers National Re
lief Conference
The Conference is being called by committee or
ganzed by the Rank and File committee of farmers at
Sioux City The United Farmers League will however,
partae In the conference thru such of its members
elected by the farmers to attend the Conference
1t the duty of the members of the United Farmers
of the locals of which they are members see it that
the Producers News used along the entire trip to popu
larze the Conference and build the United Farmers
League among the of the farmers
Every member of the United Farmers League on the
trip should take with him bundle of Producers News
subscription book and number of Is subscription
cards. There will be ample opportunity along the route,
among the farmers with whom the delegates will stay
and among those whom they will meet win read
ers for the paper.
In addition to spreading the Producers News along
the trip is the duty of the members of the United Farm
League discuss with the other delegates to the
Washington Farmers National Relief Conference the pro-
gram of struggle that the United Farmers League
supports
Effective work along the route will be one of the
best for making of the first anniversary of the
Producers News real forward step in the organization
IF the farmers 1t will also be real first step in the
yanized effort for rang the farmers for struggle that
viii be undertaken in the Organizatona Conference of
he United Farmers League.