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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-01-29
st. Paul Workers to
Demonstrate Feb. 4

St. Paul, Minn.-On Friday, Jan.
18th, a United Front Conference
to prepare for the February 4th
demonstration was held. Besides
the three branches of the Unem-
ployed Council a number of other
organizations including some To-
Gals of the AFL unions were rep
resented. Preparations were made
to raise funds, issue leaflets and
to mobilize the workers for the de-
monstration.
The best result of the confer
ence was the presence of a num-
Der Of Negro delegates, represent
ing organizations. One after an.
other took the floor and pointed
out how the city administration is
discriminating against the Ne
groes in giving relief, and pledged
support for the February 4th de.
monstration. The Unemployed
Council Of st, Paul found good re
Spouse amongst tha workers, es
pecially on the West Side wher'
Negroes and Mexicans, the mos
oppressed groups amongst TIKI
workers, live. They plan a marcl
from the West side to the Cour
House, the center of the Februar,
4th demonstration.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-01-29
KY. SHERIFF Is FORMER
THUG FOR BALDWIN-FELTS CO
Workers, Farmers Must Rally Relief for Heroic
Kentucky Miners.

Of 1922, the Baldwin elts agency,
Blair's school of smuggling and
murder, had an arsenal of 1872
guns, 6 machine guns, 482 revolv-
ers and 1890 rounds of ammuni-
Uion. They had an army of 600
to 700 gunner, acting very much
as Blair instructs his present gun
thugs to act.
In 1914 the Baldwin, Felts agen-
cy was hired by the Rockefeller
interests to break the strike of
the Ludlow, Colorado, coal miners.
The state militia, together with
the Baldwin Felts thugs - (was
Sheriff Blair IN this gang?)-
drove by the tent camp of the
striking miners. They fired ma
chine guns and rifles at the strik-
ers, killing over a dozen men,
women and children. Sheriff Lee
FBeenor did the same thing at the
Swimming Pool soup kitchen. BE
killed two miners.
Another of Sheriff John Henry
Blairs present gun thugs was hir-
ed by the Baldwin-Felts strike
breaking agency and took part in
the murder of Sid Hatfield in the
1920 coal strike at the Stone
Mountain Coal Corp. in West Va,
At that time, the Baldwin-Felts
thugs fired into a crowd of min
ers, killing ten. One Of these kill
ers is terrorizing the Kentucky
strikers today.
These are the forces used by
the coal operators to enforce
hunger and starvation and ter
rorism in the Kentucky coal
fields.
It was these striker-breakina
nurderers of Sheriff Blair, too
of the coal operators, who kidnap
ped Joe Weber and Bill Duncan
= Continued on hst Page)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-01-29
IRON RIVER. MINI. FARMERS
ELECT COMMITTEE OF ACTION
Committee Draws Up Resolution of Farmers Demands
and VIII Work Out Plans of Activity

Iron River, Mimi, Jan. 15.-Ov-
er 200 farmers attended a mass
meeting held at Iron River Town
ship Hall January 10th. Victor
Benson of Bates township presid-
ed as chairman. Gust CasagTan-
da was elected as secretary at
the meeting. The meeting was
opened with a short talk by Vic
tor Benson.
This was followed by general
discussion in which all farmers
nook part as to the situation of
Iron county farmers. A report
followed by a representative of
the 'Ssnitea Farmers League. The
platform was explained and con-
ditions of farmers in the other
parts of the peninsula.
Then followed the proposals for
a Committee of Action to carry
further this work. Also to ar
range for further meetings. The
meeting made proposals as to the
demands of the farmers there ia
be drawn up by Committee of Ac-
ton, TO be presented to the Super
visors meeting and to the local
press.
The Committee of Action fo1
Iron River township is composed
of the following farmers: Arvic
Maxi, Gust Casagranda, SANFORD
Aho, Mr.. Williams, Mrs. Mat
Maxi, John Andre, Napoleon La
Veaux.
This Committee Of Action elect
ed by the farmers Of Iron Rivel
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-01-29
MINNEAPOLIS SNOW
SHOVELING RACKET
ROBS UNEMPLOYED
TWENTY CENTS FOR EIGHT
HOURS SNOW SHOVELING
ON HOOVER SYSTEM

(By an Unemployed " lrker)
Minneapolis. - The newspapers
were writing a great deal about
the "snow as a help to the unem-
ployed." Well we got a lot of
snow last week and here is the
help it was:
One morning right after the
snow had fallen an employment
shark on the skid road stuck his
head out thru the door and hOller-
ed. Fifteen Snowshovelers for
st. Paul, 80 cents an hour" The
ramshackled office was filled in a
second and a crowd gathered out
side. They were informed shat
the fee was $1.00 but could be COL
lected from the pay check. Board
could be had on credit as long as
the work lasted; car tokens were
advanced.
After s hours work they were
informed that the Hoover etagger
plan was in effect and another
crew had to take the next shift,
They were paid off with earnings
of $40, minus $1.00 for the EN-
ployment shark fee, minus $1.0c
for the days board, minus 70
cents for car fare (although two
tokens cost only 15 eents). The
balance was 20 cents No credit
for eats when not working and nc
guarantee to be put on again. 81
they could either walk to Mime
apolis or pay the rest Of the q
cents to the street car company.
Here is what the snow helped
The employment shark got $500
the Milwaukee Commisary Com
pany got $500 more; and tn
street car company got the bal
ance of the S-hour work put in b,
is workers.
Down with the employment
shark. Demonstrate on Februar,
4th, 400 P. NJ at Bridge Squar
and demand unemployed insur
ance.
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adopted the following resolution
after the meeting:
WHEREAS the conditions of
the farmers are such, that we are
unable to continue paying our high
taxes or mortgages, in this period
of crisis, we are faced with losing
our homes and no consideration Is
given by the County or Township
officials to the needs of the farm
ers.
WHEREAS these conditions
make it necessary for us to orga-
nize our forces DO struggle for the
following demands:
1. The immediate and drastic
cut of taxes on all farmers in this
county.
2. A cut of 1919 on salaries ur
to $10A00 per month, and 251o OF
salaries over $4,000 per month OF
all the county, township and school
officials.
8. A new and complete assess
ment of all properties in Iron Riv
er township.
4. We favor the $500 pel
thousand valuation limit, on al
properties.
s. Absolutely no foreclosures
or evictions for inability to pa,
taxes or mortgages due, until thu
times improve.
Signed,
Gust Casagranda, Chairman
Williams, Sec. of the Com
mittee Of Action.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-01-29
Hoover Inn Built
By Unemployed on
Minneapolis Dumps

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.-on the
outskirts of Minneapolis is a huge
city dump where homeless unem-
ployed workers and their families
are living in miserable shacks they
have put up. "No one shall go
hungry this winter" is the boast
of Mayor Anderson, but,it doesn't
apply to these workers, nor to
thousands of others who are de-
MED relief. This dump has been
christened by the unemployed
workers after that great humani-
tartan and believer in rugged In
dividualism," Herbert Hoover. A
sign tells the world that this
"home" Of the unemployed is to
be known as prosperity Hoover
Inn"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-01-29

10 Horses Of
arrnOrS Die
of Starvation

In the small territory north
of Raymond, Montana, ten
horses have died in the past few
weeks - farmers horses. We
call this murder of the farm
ers' stock by the local feed loan
committee and the county
agent. YES, MURDER.
With ice and snow covering
the ground these horses have
been unable to get at the mis-
cradle grass that was left af-
ter the drought. And the coun-
ty feed loan committee and the
county agent are responsible
for the farmers not having any
feed for these months. They
are responsible for the killing
Of these horses.
Wayne La Grange lost one
horse, O'Grady one. Ole Ma
thieson got his feed loan after
one of his horses died, due to
the county feed loan committee.
Many other horses are roam
ing the prairies trying to get
the grass that isn't there be-
cause the farmers can't feed
them the feed-that isn't there
either due to the feed loan COM
mite. The horses that have
died so far are good horses
young horses from three to five
years old. Many cows are in
bad condition.
One of the takers from the
Grand Forks office who tried
to save the county agents hide
when he was here, together
with the government feed loan
man, Oscar johnson, went to a
farmer whose horses are starv-
ing now and asked him if he
couldn't wait until the next
seed loan comes thru! The far.
mer told them that he wouldn't
need the seed loan if he didn't
have any feed for his horses
now, for he wouldn't be doing
ANY blowing next spring if hi
horses died in the winter.
This s1s-what feed loan dis
elimination means to the farm
X ers. This is what the farmers
told the feed Joan COMMITTEES
last fall when the loans werl
being made.
The farmers of Sheridan
II County under the leadership O
the United Farmers League de
mand the cleaning out of thi
vicious county agent. The far
mers of Sheridan County de
mand that farmers should b
appointed to the committees 70
the seed loans this spring-an
only farmers.
II We want every case of sue
murder of stock by the agent
of Wall Street reported to tn
Producers News. We want ev
cry example of oppression Q
the farmers by these agents II
II ported.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-01-29

HARLAN, Ky.-A killer, train
ed in the school of the bloodiest
strike breaking agency in the his
tory of the American class strug-
gle, John Henry Blair was care
fully chosen as sheriff of Harlan
County by the coal operators, an
investigation of his record by the
Daily Worker in Harlan County
shows.
Sheriff Blair, under whose in
structiOns Joe Weber and Bill
Duncan were beaten merciless-
ly for taking a leading part in
the present strike was formerly
a strikebreaker for the notori-
Dus Baldwin Felts detective ag-
ency noted for its killing of
miners in Ludlow. Colorado and
IN the West Virginia coal fields.
Blair himself at times has been
coal operator. With a partner
named Jim Green, Blair at one
time operated the High Point
Mine, at Ages, KY. Before prohi-
bition, Blair was a strikebreaker
and later big liquor agent.
A brief review Of the murder
GUS deeds of the Baldwin-Felts
agency for whom Blair did many
bloody tasks, will show that the
present attacks against the miner:
in Kentucky and Tennessee, are
the outhgrowth of the long series
of attempts Of the Rockefellers
the Morgans, the Fords and ths
insults to crush out the struggle
of the miners against starvation.
John Henry Blair learned thu
lesson of murder from the high
est strikebreaking school in thu
United States-the Baldwin-Feltl
agency-hired by Rockefeller Il
kill the Colorado miners in 1914.
! In the West Virginia coal strik
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-01-29
Farmers Union Local
Will Fight Eviction Of
the T0iIing Farmers

used for commercial purposes be
lowered at least 1870.
"Whereas, it is impossible for
the people to pay their personal
taxes,
"Be It Resolved, that we de-
mand that the Legislature pass a
law canceling personal property
taxes for all time.
"Whereas, there are Organiza-
tiOns especially the United Farm
ers League who are fighting for
the same things we are,
"Be It Resolved. that we show
a united front with the u. F. L.
and other organizations.
ain case the County Commits
sioners and the legislature do not
meet our demands,
'Be II Resolved. that we will
use whatever means necessary to
keep our property regardless Of
the law.
adopted and passed by. Farm
ers Union Local No. 364, Ray
mond, Montana. January II, 1882
DAVID S. DUBRY,
"Acting Secy. Local No. S64,
Raymond, Montana.
This Farmers Union local Oh
Raymond, thru its secretary calls
on all Farmers Union locals t.
adopt resolutions similar to the
one it has passed.
Members of the Farmers Union
Fellow farmers. We call on al
Farmers Union locals to enter ths
struggle for your homes and you
very existence. Fellow the ex
ample of the Raymond loca
of the Farmers Union. The Unit
ed Farmers League, and its orga
mixers will cooperate with you II
any action directed to betterint
| the conditions of the farmers o
your neighborhood. The locals 0
1.-THE United Farmers League vii
| Join with you in actions to pro
| tect YOUR homes, to prevent evic
lions. to reduce the taxes of Tn
small and middle farmers and 7
| get relief from the class which
exploiting us. j.
/ Write to us of the conditions /
your locality and tell rs of the &C
tions YOU are taking to better you
conditions Send the resolution
you pass into the Producers New
for publication.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-01-29
Use of Milk Drops
Because of Poverty of
Workers, Says N. J

The New Jersey department Of
agriculture has announced that de-
spite the recent cut in the prices
of bottled milk, the consumption
of milk is very low The depart
ment blames this on the fact that
family budgets have been adjust
ed to the depression" The state
ment adds that social workers
are keenly apprehensive as to the
results of such adjustment" The
statement expounds the very
healthful qualities Of milk and
urges all families to supply Their
children with at least quart 9
day for each child and at least g
pint for adults-but it doesn't tel
the workers where the money fol
this milk is to come from.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-01-29
ORGANIZE TO SAVE.
IN. D. FARMS FROM
ST. PAUL BANK.
FEDERAL LAND BANK WILL
EVICT FARMERS UNLESS
WELL ORGANIZED.

The vicious attacks which are
being made by the Federal Land
Bank of st. Paul against the far
mers of North Dakota has taught
many of the farmers that they
must organize against the St.
Paul Bank if they. want TO protect
their land and homes. In Viii
liams County, North Dakota, an
organization Of farmers has been
formed.
The Federal Land Bank is GO
ing ahead with its foreclosures
when the poverty stricken farmers
cannot pay their interest or their
mortgage installments. In a let
ter which was sent out by the
temporary secretary of this farm
ers' organization, these attacks OF
the Land Bank are pictured.
"The means used by this bank
in forcing collections and foreclos-
ures would not do credit to g
pawn shop. Most pawnbrokers
would not ask for the money that
! is used for food for families anc
for the little stock that remains
on the farms. Individual cases
can be cited where this bank hal
insisted on getting just slcl
money, with threats Of foreclosure
for the full amount Of the loan il
default, including taxes.
"No consideration is given 1
man if in the past he has beeu
prompt in his payments.
eve feel that when choice lie
between interest on bonds am
taking the home away from droutl
sufferers, there should be only ON
Ianswer-save the home for tn
drouth sufferers.
The letter points out that tn
Land Bank will try to evict tn
four hundred borrowers in tn
County if they cannot pay thei
interest charges or pay the prin
cipal due on their loans. The onl
way they can prevent the st. PAT
Land Bank from carrying out thi
brutal eviction policy is to orgs
nize to prevent it. That mean
organizing all of the farmers
the county and with the coopers
ton of the United Farmers lie;
que of Williams County actual
preventing, by mass pressure, ii
eviction of any single farmer. Tn
is the only way that the Lar
Bank can be argued with-pr'
venting the sheriff from evictin
any farm family at the orders (
the st. Paul agents of Wall Stree
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-01-29
JAPANESE WAR SHIPS READY
TO SHELL CITY OF SHANGHAI
Capitalist Press Admits Soviet Union Sincere In De-
nannding Peace.

The imperialist struggle be-
tween the United States and Jap |
an has brought to an end the
temporary union between the Can
tonese and the Marking factions
in the Chinese government. The |
foreign minister, Eugen Chen, and |
the premier, Sun Fo have resign
ed. The capitalist press reports
that this break between the Main.
king and the Canton factions OF
CURED at the behest of Japan
The Marking faction has been the
puppet of Wall Street while the
Cantonese members of the govern
ment represent the japanese inter-
ests.
The sharpening Of the rift be-
tween the United States and Jap
an is seen in the antagonism with
which the United States views the
preparations of the Japanese i'm
perialists for an armed attack on
Shanghai. The Wall Street inn
perialists are not opposed to an
attack on the Chinese masses but
Chey know that if the japanese
send in troops and marines from
their battleships which lie in the
harbor at Shanghai it will be for
che purpose of establishing the
rule of japanese imperialism in
Shanghai at the expense of the
other imperialists. For that rea-
son Washington thinks that the
situation" in Shanghai, that is
the crushing of the mass move
ment, should be handled by the
police of the international Settle
ment, which police are run joint
ly by all of the robber powers.
The Japanese imperialists have
ten warships in the harbor at
Shanghai and 1400 Japanese ma
rines are patrolling the water
front. These are the preparations
for the attack on Shanghai and
for the dismemberment Of central
China.
Admission that the Soviet Uni.
on is prepared to go to the limit
to assure world peace "even tt
] the point of total land and nava
disarmament" was made last weel
/ in the imperialist press.
3 A dispatch from Eugene Lyons
2 Moscow correspondent of the Unit
Press, admits that the Sovie
E Union is sincerely interested il
2 supporting any move which viii
e prevent war. He reports that for
r eign opinion in Moscow sees tn
: Soviet delegates who are leavin,
Y for the Geneva Disarmament Con
i ference" as "amenable to an,
S agreement which in their govern
: ment's eyes seems real disarma
S ment and not merely formula :
n mask further ornaments H
: declares:
: ''The unmasldng of any sue
Y equivocal formulas will as hereto
e fore be the special task of Mos
Is cow"
d The dispatch further admit
: that the proposal for complete dis
g armament which was advanced b
# Commissar of Foreign Affair
t. CONTINUED on Page Two)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-01-29

The Raymond, Montana, local OF
the Farmers Union at its regular
monthly meeting held at Raymond
on Thursday, January Fl, has re-
solved to enter militantly into the
fight for the improvement of the
farmers conditions. The program
of action of this local of the Far
mers Union is contained in the
following resolution which was
passed at the meeting.
"FARMERS E. & C. UNION
"Local No. 364
Raymond, Mont.
Whereas, we already have enuf
roads to serve us and cannot pos
sibly pay taxes for building more
roads
"Be 1t Resolved, That we de-
mand that the County Commits
sioners cut their road program to
such an extent that we just main
tain what roads we have.
'eWhereas, the County Agent Is
absolutely useless to the taxpay-
ers,
ssBt It Resolved. that we demand
the immediate resignation of the
County Agent. Also be it resOlv-
ed that we demand that the Coan-
ty Commissioners do mot hire an
other County Agent.
whereas, the county Officials
get far larger wages than the av-
erage taxpayer.
"Be It Resolved, that we de-
mand that the county offlcers
wages be cut
Whereas, the sheriff gets ar
unreasonable amount of mileage.
"Be 1t Resolved, that we de-
Imand that the sheriffis mileagt
be cut.
Whereas, there IS great dea
of red tape In regard to the trans
ferring of public funds,
"Be 1t Resolved, that we de
mand that the County Commits
gioners use more horse sense ans
less red tape when a transfer O
funds is advisable. Furthermore
be it resolved that we. deman'
nat the County Commissioner
realize that. they are or should b
public ser1sts and not dlctators.
"Resolv that we demand Q
; the State Legislature that the L
cense fees on cars and trucks no
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-01-29
Only Bank In Harlem,
Montana, Goes Bust

HARLEM. Jan. 2O.-The First
National bank of Harlem failed
to open its doors Wednesday
morning and an announcement
was made that frozen assets
caused the closing. The closing
followed an examination of the
banks records by ]. E. Gently,
deputy state bank examiner.
The First National was the
only bank at Harlem. A few
years ago it and the First State
bank were merged.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-01-29
teachers Job Given
10 Lowest Bidder
In South Dakota

bo CHICAGO, III. - One school
br;oSu. N South Dakota had the
for 4 ~ IDEA OF advertising for bids
wo,,' me JOB: A girl willing to
said LOT 900 a month got it,
min an ofticial Of the teachers
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-01-29

u @NAO AOAAS3(A oS~AN( eAASNS 40
Der 7, hundreds of thousands
more workers and farmers
have rallied in the struggle
against hunger and priva-
ton. On December 7. the
Hoover Hunger govern
ment, barricaded behind the
greatest slaughter machine
ever assembled in Washing
ton, told the toiling masses
of the country, with all the
stark brutality which is the
life blood of capitalism, that
the toiling masses would have to
pay for the crisis thru starvation
and death.
In order to hold up their hu&4
ger system that they run thru
wholesale starvation of the toiling
masses, to save the market price
on their bonds, the Wall Street
plumber crew ordered ali relief by
the cities and states cut off. These
plunderers know that the masses
wild Tot submit to their hunger de-
cree. They know that the Nation
al Hunger March has drawn hun
dreds of thousands Of new forces
into active struggle for immediate
relief from this hunger state,
They are prepared to drown the
misery of the masses in blood. The
instructions given to the Illinois
militia, which we publish on an
Iother page, are but a sample Of
the preparations made for thT
state militia Of all of the states
and for the national guard by the
military agents Of Wall Street.
The 1910 delegates 10 the Ma
tional Hunger March faced Hoovu
1er's thugs and gunner, unarmed,
on December 7th. On February 4,
millions of workers and farmers
viii demonstrate for immediate re-
lei turnout the land despite the
police, the state militia, the thugs
5 and the gangsters that the capi-
: talist state has at it's command
. armed to the teeth. Despite ma
t chine guns, tear gas bombs,
+ sharpshooters, sub machine guns,
/, and rifle and hand grenades, de-
spite hunger and privation, despitG
worse misery than the toiling
I masses of this country have vet
known, these toiling masses will
: on February demand with pre-
: letarian resoluteness and determ-
\ ination that relief be given Tho
$ unemployed workers and the des-
q titute farmers.
+ While the capitalist press dc.
mics editorially the misery anc
starvation, its news stories report
: day after day cases of starvation
deaths from starvation and sui
cides of workers and farmers whS
have been driven to this by tn,
misery the capitalist class has de-
i creed for the working class. A
I few such items follow:
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Unem
ployed and starving, William Z
$ Brant, %, took So from a casl
register to buy himself some food
was arrested and given 10-yea
jail sentence by Judge Thomas
n Seehorn. When Brant stole tn
money he told the proprietor o
If the store who had $11 in the reg
re lister.
III II ana only taking So of Thu
I'd money. / haven't had anything t
lg eat for several days and all
Is want is enough to buy a meal"
D. ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Alexande
Eickhammer, unemployed, died o
rs starvation, here on Jan. IS at til
a. Municipal Lodging house, the s.
le Louis Globe-Democrat declared /
its issue Of Jan. 10. "Extrem
ic malnutrition," was given as til
is cause of death at the city hospi
tai.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-01-29
MASS SOLIDARITY
AGAINST BANKERS
HUNGER PROGRAM
MILLION MASSES WILL DEMONSTRATE DE-
SPITE WALL STREET GUNNER AND ARMS

The mass demonstration of the workers and farmers
of the entire country February will show the Wall
Street punderers their Hoover Hunger government and
the local branches of the Wall Street Hunger that
the two months since December hundreds of thousands