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Milford chronicle., 1932-04-15
Game Commission
Liberates PheaSants

A4AV1A AAgNtJ =
The Delaware Game and Fish
Commission has just distributed
throughout the State for propagating
purposes 290 ring-necked pheasants.
The season is closed at all times on
these birds. and as they were re-
leased in apparently ideal locations,
ii is hoped that this species of game
birds can be established here.
Settings of pheasant eggs viii
again be sent out this spring to boys
and girls in the State who are inter
ested i'm raising these birds fo. the
State. The eggs are furnished free,
one setting of Is eggs to each appli-
cant, with instructions for the incu-
baton of the eggs and the raising of
the chicks. All healthy birds from
these settings will be purchased by
the Commission at one dollar each
when the birds become ten weeks
old. Applications for these eggs
should be sent to the Commission at
Dover. and all applications should
be endorsed by the County or All
Club Agent or the school teacher.
The application in addition to show
ing the name of the parent or guar
dian and their pOst-oflice address,
should also give the approximate To-
cation of the farm.
With the approach Of Spring and
the return of our birds, recent ar
ticle by the Iowa State Fish and
Game Commission is very appropri-
ate:
mot infrequently we learn of
some one,. who through thoughtless-
ness or wanton disregard for bird
life, deliberately shoots our song
birds. In fact one such case was
prosecuted by the state fish and
game department recently and fine
imposed for shooting robins. There
are reasons for the protection OF
our birds aside from the cOnsidera-
ton that they keep down the in
sects which destroy plants. Birds
have a mission other than that of
acting as orchard scavengers. They
have their esthetic as well as their |
practical uses. There are strong sem
timental reasons why they should be
guarded against harm. They belong
to the landscape. The green foliage
would be silent and the blue sky |
would be dull without them. There
would be no music in the air at
morn or eve we're the little feather
ed friends gone. The poet would
mourn the lark and the thrush,
should they vanish from their leafy
haunts, and the painter would not
be happy without the robin and the
sparrow. The birds have been mans
friends from the beginning. They
have made tuneful the groves; they
have built their nests under the
home roof tree; they have twittered
around the doOrsteps of humble hab-
itations, and in their ceaseless in
lustry and glad enjoyment of life,
hey have been eloquent eXemplars
10 man, whose protection they
should enjoy. Protect the birds"
The time for some people to start
he dangerous practice of burning
)ff fields and marshes is at hand.
This is not only a dangerous prac-
ice which often results in forest
Tres and the destruction of build
ngs, but it also destroys the cover
md protection for birds and game,
hese birds and animals and their ,
ggs or young. Think of this before
-ou start any fires, weigh the mat
er carefully and see if the results
Justify the loss to our wild life and
lossibly your own personal proper
y.
Milford chronicle., 1932-04-15

A recent scientific discovery seems
to have solved the problem of rab-
bits barking" fruit trees. Professor
James A. Nelson, of Michigan State
College, experimental with a num-
ber of rabbits in a small enclosed
orchard. To the trunks of some of
the trees in this orchard was ap-
piled a mixture of linseed oil and
resin, mixed to comparatively
high temperature. The rabbits had to
forage for their food all winter, and
while the rabbits were hungry and
some of the trees were badly gnawed
and chewed, those that were paint
ed with the above mixture were not
damaged by the rabbits.
Referring to an article in one of
our recent bulletins relative to ra-
bies in cats, a report has been re-
ceived within the last few weeks of
Il cat biting a child. A prompt inves-
tigation by the attending physician
and the State Board of Health de-
veloped the fact that the cat was
rabid, and the necessary treatment
of the child for rabies was prompt
ly prescribed.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-12-09

culture then stepped in and set
the prices given above. These
prices d ont satisfy the dealers
who want to make even more pro-
fits at the farmers expense.
Neither do they satisfy the farm
ers who can't make a decent liv-
ing at such ruinous prices.
CALL ALL MILK SURPLUS
Farmers get paid at the rate of
$1.60 per hundredweight for only
small portion of their milk. The
dealers call great percentage of
the milk surplus" and pay only
81 per hundredweight for it. The
farmers have no way of checking
up on the dealers and have had
to accept these ruinous prices
while the dealers made money.
Only by a militant stand such
as was taken by the farmers
around Sioux City last summer can
the farmers in the Milwaukee area
hope to win better prices.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-12-09
Chamber of Commerce Forms
Farm Com. In Business Interests
WILL NOT HELP FARMERS IN
ANY WAY

pie Cotton association, Dunleith,
Miss.
A. C. Hardison, vice president
and manager, Hardison Ranch Co.
Santa Paula, Calf.
N. P. Hull president Grange Life
Insurance Co., Lansing, Mich.
John A. Law, president, Saxon
Mills, Spartanburg, S. C.
From this group the farmers are
supposed to get Recommendations
|. for measures, legislative or
otherwise, which might be taken
for its (agriculture's) improve
ment in the national interest"
REPRESENT RULING CLASS
Of the II, Wakefield and Ber-
rien represent the great banks;
Anderson, Theis and Stone repre-
sent the monopolies dealing in ag-
ricultural products; Peek repre-
sents the machine trust; Rogers
and Hull represent the robber In
surance companies; Sibley and
Harrison represent the rich farm.
ers; Endicott and Law represent
the corporations processing agri-
cultural products; Stafford repre-
sents the plundering railroads
Wood represents the mail order
houses which live off of the farm
ers; and Wilson, Wallace anC
Smith are the friends" of thu
farmers whose profession It is Il
make agricultural "relief plans"
Farom these the farmers can ex
pect nothing but new plans TO
carrying on their old robber &C
tivities. Only from the farmer
themselves can come real plans o
relief and the means to nike thes
plans Effectiveness action.
The Farmers National Relic
Conference, meeting in Washing.
ton, Dec. ITO viii outline thes
plans and viii organize the farm
ers to fight for them.
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No Money In Circulation
In Dalbo, Minnesota

Dalbo, Mimi, Nov. 80. = The
farmers out here receive 25 cents
per hundred pounds for potatoes,
their principal crop. Since we live
Is miles from hte railroad we have
to nay about eight cents per hun
dred pounds for hauling.
The total crop won't even pay
half of the fertilizer bill. Money
has practically disappeared from
circulation in this vicinity. / have
some coming from farmers who ]
worked for this summer. They
are as broke as / am on account
of poor prices, so can't collect.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-12-09
NEW MACHINERY IS
TO DIMINISH COSTS
OF COTTON PICKING

College Station, Texas, Nov. 80.
A cotton picking machine is near
ing development here. The back-
ers of the machine claim that it
picks 81 per cent of the cotton and
that the machine picks a bale of
cotton at cost of $S.OS Compared
with $15.75 for manipulating.
Such an implement is far ont
of the reach of southern tenants
and share-croppers. The machine
will not only push many farm
workers off the farms but it will
also reduce still lower tenants and
small owners who won't be able
to afford expensive machinery.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-12-09
WISCONSIN FARMERS THREATEN
STRIKE AT Low MILK PRICES
GET ONLY 81 PER HUNDREDWEICHT
FOR SURPLUS MILK

Milwaukee, Wis, Nov. 26.-The
State Department of Agriculture
has set a price for December de-
livery of milk at $1.60 per hun
dredweight for 3.5 per cent test
fluid milk in the Milwaukee area.
It has also set price Of 81 per
hundredweight for all surplus.
THREATEN STRIKE
Dairy farmers receive hardly
enough for their milk to buy feed
for their cows, much less clothe
and feed their families. When a
conference of producers and deal
ers was called to set December
prices, the farmers endeavored to
win from the trust a price which
would insure a decent standard OF
living. This the dealers refused
to do. Farmers threatened to
strike against the low prices of
fered by the trusts.
PRICES TOO LOW
The State Department Of Agri'
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-12-09
TRIES TO ARREST
FARMERS In IOWA
Delegates to Conference
Win Release Through
Solidarity
(BY WIN. FERGUSoN

Clinton. Iowa. Nov. 3O.-We
were at Marshalltown the 29th and
arrived here today. The police
jumped on the first truck and or
defed- it to go to TIE police sta
ton. However, when the second
truck drove right up beside the
first one, the police chief began to
eat out of our hands, like a good
dog. Shows what united action
will do.
OLD FARMER TALKS
We had a meeting in Marshal
town and tonight we had one in
this town. We were all glad to
hear C. J. Christianson of New
man Grove, Nebr., talk. He is an
old man and crippled. He gave a
real, forceful talk IN language
that all farmers and workers can
understand.
Roy Miller, Charles Taylor anC
l also spoke on the necessity fol
organization.
GOT A GOOD START
We found that the workers anC
farmers here had already helC
two meetings and had a start o.
200 members. They admitted tina
they had not built their organiza
ton on a militant basis. They sait
they would get a large hall for u
on our return from Washington
and advertise big meeting.
They were certainly good to u
and showed US the best they know
how.
I. The Unemployed Council too
care of US in Sioux Falls. l aske
a woman member what they wer
receiving in relief and she saiC
eve get S1.75 to So a week
groceries and we have to wall
four and a half miles and dra
our children with us to get it."
PACK HALL
The hall was packed full for
meeting in Sioux City, although
the meeting was gotten up on II
spur of the moment. Some of til
farmers who lived nearby gay
speeches that showed they wei
! ready for a change from the pre-
ent system. The farmers and u
employed council are getting t
gether fine here.
We are in hopes of meeting
large caravan of farmers in Cou
Gil Bluffs, although we have bee
/, delayed because of accidents.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-12-09
NEBRASKA FARMERS
STOP SALE BY USE
OF MASS PRESSURE

Newman Grove, Nebr., Nov.
16.-A sale was stopped by
farmers in Battle Greek last
Wednesday. 1t was personal
property sale on a note for $3.50
plus interest. The note was re-
newed for 5000 and years ex-
tension given. The $50 plus in
terest was a pure gain to the
farmer.
A sale in Gordon, about $50
miles from here, was stopped
without hitch by farmer mem
bers of the Holiday Associa-
ton.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-12-09
MONTANA FARMERS
PRODUCE FINEST
WHEAT IN WORLD

Chicago, Nov. 26.-Montana ex-
hibiters took first place in five
of the six wheat classes at the
International Grain and Hay show.
Montana sands first in durum and
white winter wheat, white spring
wheat, hard red winter, and soft
red winter wheat. Canada took
the prize in hard red spring wheat.
Montana farmers who grow
some of the finest wheat in the
world are practically destitute.
Their wheat doesn't even bring
them the cost of production.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-12-09
PEASANTS CLASH WITH POLICE
WHEN LAND IS SOLD FOR TAXES
MANY PEASANTS WOUNDED; TWO
KILLED OUTRIGHT

During the selling of the prop
ertv of peasants behind with tax
pavments fierce collisions TOOK
nlaco between masses of peasants
armed with scythes and other pr ,l-
naitive weapons and the heavily
armed police. The collisions TOOK
place in Polomka (Slovana)'
SCYTHES NO MATCH FOK
RIFLES
The police fired at the peasants
killing two outright and woun9lng
many others. Naturally scytnes
were not a match for the modern
, T of the police. The anger OF
the peasants is at boiling pitch De
ca r not only is peasant properly
be;no sold up, but valuable prop
eTtv is being knocked down Tor q =
sono in order to pay qrite small
debts t For instance in the s,.S case
which led to the bloody collislO S1ss
in Ml' Polornka the authorities nor SOL. SOLO
:, worth $4,000 crowns llss
FsSzOl In order to secure payment
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-12-09
caN Meeting In Oregon
Town and Expose
Graft
SHOW UP JUDGE
Farmers Call For Aid to
Keep Water From Being
Shut Off
(BY R. L. HOGAN)

Bend, Oregon, Nov. 22.-Faced
Nth actual starvation conditions
sfter three years of unemployment
and farm crisis, the workers and
farmers of this sawmill town of
1000 population controlled by the
RrOOks-Scanlon and Shevlin- Hixon
lumber barons, are beginning to
buiId a militant Unemployed Coun-
I'll and fight back against the bos-
ses' starvation system.
CALL OPEN MEETING
In order to rally the unemployed
and part time workers of Bend to
carry on a determined struggle
against the vicious discrimination
Of the boss-cOntrolled county relief
agency, the Unemployed Council Of
Bend called an open meeting of
workers and farmers at Sathers'
ball on Sunday, Nov. 20.
County Judge H. R. DeArmond,
head of the county relief board,
was challenged to be present and
explain to the starving workers
why they were not being giver
adequate relief. DeArmond APP
peared and spoke for an hour r1
50, shedding crocodile tears for the
plight of the workers and telling
them that they should not form
their own committees of action bu
should be "good citizens" and tax,
what the good, kind relief boar,
gave them. He also hoped tina
the Unemployed Council woul,
cooperate" with the relief boar,
and not cause them any trouble.
WORKERS EXPOSE GRAFT
However, when worker afte
worker took the floor and expose
the grating and discrimination i
the relief office as well as bring
ing out masses where the store
filing the already inadequate grc
Gerry orders had overcharged an
shOrt-weighted the workers, De
Almond began to get nervous. tn
workers raised militant demand
for the abolition of the highl
Continued on Page Twc)
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CAN'T GET MONEY,
FARMERS HAVE TO
TRADE THEIR corr

Stuart, Iowa, Nov. 21.-A SHAY
and a haircut here costs three ar
one half bushels of corn. A ha
cut alone requires two bushels 4
corn. Farmers may also trae
corn for gasoline.
Farmers who are not able to Sc
their products for cash find ths
they have to resort to barter I
get the things they need to liz
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-12-09
(BY OTTO GRANTHAM)

Chicago, Ill, Dec. I've are IN
the heart of the city. We just had
supper and are in the Workers
hall. Our car is the scout car.
Our caravan split at Clinton,
Iowa. The Nebraska delegates
made the trip by way Of Sioux
City.
At Marshalltown, the police
jumped on our car and took US to
the police station. When they
found We were farmers, they re-
leased US. They let rs stay at the
Coliseum init lIignt.
Last night we stayed at workers
hall in Clinton, Iowa. About 200
families are on the soup line there.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-12-09
CORN NINE CENTS A
BUSHEL

Old corn in Iowa is worth nine
cents bushel; they can't sell new
corn at all. There are millions Of
bushels piled up on the ground and
acres of cabbage are rotting in
the field.
One of the farmers on the Me-
braska delegation ate on the soup
line just to see what it was like.
He got up and spoke about it and
almost broke down while he was
talking. This trip is sure doing
us all good. We never knew be-
fore how bad it was.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-12-09
FARMERS FROM WEST ARRIVE IN
WASHINGTON, DC; LET UNEMPLOYED
PARADE AFTER A STRONG PROTEST
BULLETIN

The 5000 Hunger Marchers now in Washing
ton, representing at least 10000 members of Unem
ployed Councils throughout the country and thou
sands more unorganized workers make the follow
ing demands upon the federal government:
|. $50 winter relief from the federal govern
ment in addition to local relief.
z. Federal unemployment insurance at the ex-
pense of the employers and the government, and
not of the workers.
The Farmers National Relief Conference which
meets in Washington December 7-l0 will take up
the following demands to be presented to Congress:
|. Debt moratorium
2 Stopping of all foreclosures, tax sales or
evictions of farmers
a. Cash relief to all ruined farmers
The veterans who are now on their way to
Washington demand:
L. Immediate payment of the bonus to ex-sol
diers.
z. No cuts in disability allowances
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of overdue taxes amounting to 800
crowns ($18) only.
DETERMINED TO PREVENT
SALES

The peasants have succeeded In
preventing number of such sales
and they are in state of despera-
tion and capable of anything. If
there were rifles to be had a
regular instruction would sweep
through the country against the
brutaiities of the Czech authori-
ties.
In today's session of the Czecho-
slovakian parliament the commun-
ist fraction demanded an imme-
date inquiry into the killing Of the
neasants. The communist motion
was rejected by the bourgeois dep
uties with the support of the So
cial democrats.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-12-09
LEAGUE MAKES
RAPID ADVANCE
Is New Members Join In
Week; Send Two to
Washington
(BY w. E. BRoCKER)

Owen. Wis, Nov. 27.-The
United Farmers League held a
mass meeting in the Elmwood
school house, Wednesday, Nov. %,
which was addressed by Harold
Olmstead of Superior.
Olmstead explained the United
Farmres League program and cal
led upon the farmers present to
support the Farmers National Re-
lief Conference in Washington. 1t
was decided at this meeting to send
delegates to the conference and to
collect finances for sending them.
ELECT DELEGATES
Another meeting was called for
the following Friday, Nov. 25, fol-
the election of the delegates. The
second meeting was much larger
than the first and was attended
| by a very enthusiastic crowd Of
/ farmers.
Harvey Witt and John Hetts
were elected tt go to Washington
and are well on their way now
Two other delegates from Tripod
and Gleason picked up the Over
delegates Nov. q.
/. NEW MEMBERS JOIN
4 At the November % meeting L
new members were recruited int
the League and two subscription
were sold to the Producers News
At the Nov. 25 meeting six nel
members joined the U. F. L.
We hope to spread the Unite
Farmers League throughout NOR
townships as we develop struggles
such as stopping forced sales. TIL
| farmers will then see that WI
mean business and aim to keel
our leadership only in the hand
lof the farmers themselves.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-12-09
CAN'T MAKE MONEY IF
FARMERS CAN'T BUY

the agrarian crisis.
CAN'T MAKE MONEY IF
FARMERS CAN'T BUY
In order to make the farmers
believe that this investigation
might be of some use to them the
president of the Chamber Henry
l. Hartman, referred to the ode
pendence" of all of Gus" on agri-
culture.
Fortunately, the disaster which
has Overtaken agriculture has
brought home to all of us the
plain truth that the welfare of
our urban population is mex
tricably tied up with the well
fare of agriculture. In fact,
there is scarcely a person gain
fully employed who is not d.
rec:ly affected by conditions ON
the farm. Consequently, the
farm situation is not the exclu-
sive concern of the farmer, him
self. 1t is a major item in amy
plan booking to the economic re-
Mobilization of the country.
COMMITTEE ALL RICH MEN.
The committee which has beer
organized consists of the follow
ing II distinguished" men:
General Robert E. Wood, presi
dent of Sears Roebuck and com
pany, will be chairman of the com
mittee.
Lyman E. Wakefield, presiden
of the First National Bank, o
Minneapolis.
Sydner Anderson, vice presiden
General Mills, Inc.
Burton F. Peek, vice president
Simonds- Shields Lonsdale Grain
Co., Kansas City, Mo.
M. L. Wilson, head department
of agricultural economies. Nor
tana State college.
R. r. Rogers, assistant secre
tary Prudential Life Insurance @
of America.
H. A. Wallace, editor, Wallace
Farmer, Des Moines.
Earl C. Smith, president, Ilinol
Agricultural association.
Harper Sibley, managing dires
tor, Sibley farms, Rochester, N. J
H. r. Stafford, vice presiden
Missouri Pacific railroad.
Cornelius r. Berrien, vice pres
dent. Central-Hanover Bank ar
Trust Co., New York City.
Wendell Endicott, Boston.
! A. H. Stone, president, Long s
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-12-09
COMMUNISTS ONLY REAL
OPPOSITION

Both the Social Democratic pan
ty and the Fascists under Hitle
have made no real opposition t
Schleicher. The Communist part
is the only party that is definitelI
fighting Schleicher. 1t appeals Z
all workers to take up a unite,
Struggle against the fascist offer
sive of the ruling class.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-12-09
SCHLEICHER TO
HEAD GERMANY
Pres. Hindenburg Appoint.
Army Head to Replace
Won Papen

Berlin, Germany, Dec. 2.-Lieut
General Won Schleicher will be tn,
new chancellor of Germany, taking
the place of Won Papen. He wal
appointed by Hindenburg and vii
attempt to form a new cabinet re
sponsible only to Rindenburg i'm
mediately.
Schleicher is minister of defnec
and also commissioner of Prussia
He thus is in charge of the regu
lar army and the Prussian police
His appointment is a direct ste
by the ruling class to set up
military dictatorship.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-12-09
WILL HOLD MEETINGS
ON RETURN TRIP

We have made contacts with the
farmers all the way so we can
hold meetings on the way back.
From here ON everything is ar
ranged. We hold farmers meet
ing tomorrow night at Syracuse,
Ind, north of Warsaw, Ind. We
expect the Minnesota and Wiscon-
sin delegates here tonight.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-12-09
BONUS MARCHERS
DEMAND PAYMENT
5000 Gather In Wash
ington to Petition
Congress

Washington, Dec. with more
than 5000 ex-servicemen already
In Washington and large groups
marching from all parts of the.
country to demand at the opening
of Congress Dec. 5 immediate pay
ment of The bonus and no scdts in
disability allowances, the Veterans
National Rank and File Commit
tee, in a statement issued today,
called on all groups of bonus
marchers to elect their own rank
and file committees and report at
the bonus march hearduarters 905
81 St., N. W., as soon as they ar
rive in washington.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-12-09
ONLY Z CENTS
FOR POTATOES
Takes Four Bushels to Buy
One Pound of
Coffee
(BY EDWIN HELGREN)

Thompsonville, Mich, Nov. 28.-
Farmers geon only IL cents per
hundredweight for their potatoes
here in Benzie county. The farm
er has to sell, at that rate, four
bushels of potatoes to buy one
pound of good coffee. He has to
sell one bushel of potatoes to buy
a loaf of bread. He doesn't get
enough from his crops to pay for
the foOdstuffs he has to buy.
CAN'T PAY TAXES
About 60 per cent of the farm
ers have back taxes which they
can't pay. Last year many of the
farmers paid taxes on only part
of their farm. Some of the farm
ers have had to mortgage their
farms. They placed their small
yearly savings in the banks in
order to pay their mortgages wher
due. Then the bank closed its
doors and the farmers savings art
gone.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-12-09
CHOPPED TO SIS PER MONTH

Fallon, Nevada, Nov. 21.-The
wages in large ranches for farm
hands have been chopped to $15 a
month, figuring board and all.
Many small and middle farmers
will not be able to pay taxes here
and officials fear a tax strike
which is being advocated by the
United Farmers League.