The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-09-16
TAXPAYERS FAIL
TO PLACE TICKET
Special to Producers News

Special to Producers News
Bainville, Mont, Sept. ga
number of Roosevelt county tax
payers, at the call of the Call
Committee of the proposed Peo-
pies Independent Tax Reducing On
ganization of Roosevelt county,
met here at the Blue Bird theatre
for the purpose of perfecting a
permanent organization drafting {
tax reducing program and then is
suing call for a mass convention
to name candidates for county of
flee on an Independent Ticket,
pledged to carry out the tax re-
ducing program.
There were representative tax
payers and farmers from the east
end, of Roosevelt county to the
number of so or go. Very few
citizens of Bainville attended the
meeting; even Bill Powers, the big
banker boss of this limited burg
ignored the convention. Editor
} Heir of the we'll known local Jour
nal did not think the meeting just
fled the time it would take him to
attend and not being interested il
tax reduction did not attend.
Judge S. E. Paul and tenograph-
er Koser were casual visitors.
: John Monkey was the moving
! spirit of the organization, opened
the meeting with an eloquen'
. speech setting forth the purposl
}, of the meeting and. described TIT
deplorable conditions of the tax
payers who could no longer pa!
d their taxes. Monkey was made
n chairman of the convention AM
v Carl Harmon, Communist candi
! date for representative from RoosI
: welt county was elected secretary
); Charles e. Taylor, former tsena
tor from Sheridan county and tn
. Communist candidate for Repre-
IS sentative from Sheridan county
s who had been invited by Mr.. MorL
t ley to attend and present the Com
# munist point of view on the ta1
situation addressed the meetin
y Immediately after it opened. He
n called attention to the fact tina
J; the, Communist party stood fc
{. cancellation of taxes on the farm
Z of poor farmers, with the abolish
ment of taxes for. such farmer
He called attention to the fact ths
tax reductions, could not, help tt
le farmers as they could not. pa
i'll their taxes if they were cut qua
o. ter of what they are now, that
D. tax reducing program if the Or,
r. posed cuts and reduction wer
20 made would help the railroad al
i, power companies the nlost-an
~ the poor farmers not at all; tn
the proper way to solve the ia
er problem would be for the actu
Ier farmers to refuse to pay their ia
to es at all-go on a tax strike, al
ID organize, an. u. F.. L.. and fight t
ist evictions, while raising the lev
- on the railroads and mortgage al
~ insurance companies who now ov
III about go per cent Of the land
= the country or would soon own
ms by foreclosure. This policy won
r reduce taxes without much arg
sts men and in the meantime vo
i've Communist fight for the, owe
throw of the capitalist system,
cause Of their poverty and bar
Re ruptcy.. Taylor pointed out ii
Ne the struggle was, the only w;
- out for the poor farmers and
aa workers. His remarks were I
= ceived with applause.
~ Taylor, who was accompanied
ne ne James Osthy, Communist can
Ia date for legislature, and Jerol
rs Blodget, Communist candidate
ne presidential elector, left the me
ing Immediately after ne had
ished speaking 30 90. to Wills
to attend the meeting of James,
M Ford, Communist candidate
~ president, who spoke at the h!
III school auditorium. After Tay