The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-01-01
COUNTY AGENT
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confidential report of Oscar T.
johnson, assistant seed loan agent, |
on Salisbury.
This confidential report reads
as follows. "The committee asked
me to make inspection of the
above application. found that
he had the cows, but he could
show me only three horses, bal
ance he claimed were on his
uncle's place."
In the first place Rodney Sails
bury has no uncle who could take
care of his horses in the North
west. Secondly Salisbury showed
this Johnson FIVE of the horses
when he came 10 inspect and Of
fered to walk with him over the
hill where the other horse was
grazing. Johnson replied he did
not want to see the horse and
took SaIisbufy's word for the ex-
istence of the sixth horse.
The reason for The rejection was
not whether SALISBURY had nrs
horse or a hundred horses but
that he was organizer OF The Unit
ed Farmers.
"Mr. Salisbury is State Organ
izer for the United Farmers Lea
que (Red Society OF Sheridan
County,. I feel that If Mr.. Sails
bury bought feed with money used
in covering this county, I think
he would get along nicely.
81 recommend that Loan be
disapproved for full amount.-Os-
car T. Johnson"
This is the agent of the Hoover
Hunger government. This is the
attack on the toiling farmers.
These agents of Wall Street think
they can curb the rising militancy
of the farmers of Montana by per-
psecuting the leader of the United
Farmers League.
On December 9Th, the County
Committee approved the applica-
ton for a feed loan of Salisbury
which they had previously disal-
lowed. This they did at the time
they were forced to do so by the
mass pressure Of the farmers who
came to Plentywood under the
leadership of the United Farmers
League for mass protest against
the treacherous dealings of the
committee.
On December 18th, the Grand
Forks office informed the County
, Committee for their protection
; that the loan had been disapproveC
because the report Of our fielC
agent indicated that he could no
produce all the stock indicated il
; his application"
This was written to the Count,
Committee SO that they could, i
pressed too hard, state these rea
, sons, and so avoid admitting tn
) real ones which were the fact tina
Salisbury was organizer of thu
4 militant farmers of Sheridan
!. County.
{ Thru this whole underhande
i dealing the County Committee ha
q had the leadership Of the Count
E Agent.
p The members of the Commits
e relied on him to find the mean
: for carrying thru their attack O
!. Salisbury.
And he found them.
In a letter which County Agen
Ferguson wrote to Eliff, admins
:, trative officer of the Grand Fork
Z Feed Loan Office, he admits ths
the County Committee had a
agreement with the Grand Fork
! office, that the Grand Forks o.
: flee would take all the respons
> bility for the rejection of apple,
: tons, even tho the reflections, e,
: cept in technical questions wei
J decreed by the County Commute
= He further demanded that Il
Grand Forks Office refuse to civ
any information to the Senator
4 and Congressman from the nortl
u west who have received hundred
r Of letters from farmers deman,
y ing action on their feed loans.
!. The stool-pigeon Ferguson wro
as follows:
cit was the understanding
- when these county and cOmmu
= nifty committees were appointe,
that the responsibility of pass
nj ing on these applications shout,
- be assumed by the Seed I.na,