The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-08-12

he mlSeaderS or the farmers are now aCtVey sup
porting the plan for farmers strike wheat selling
1t is now generally known as the dollar wheat move
ment Its origin be traced back to the propaganda
supported and perhaps started by the Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton for national farmers strike his movement
started last spring Iowa and got sort of organized
form in the National Farmers Holiday Association The
holiday was to start July but nothing ever came
of it at the time.
At the present time the Farmers Union is spreading
the idea in North Dakota and Montana and perhaps else
where with particular reference to the wheat farmers
The plan is briefly that the wheat farmers should hold
their wheat until it reaches ST. Whereabouts bushel
and that when it gets there they should sell it only in
small proportions This is the plan bascay altho sug
gestions for it differ in details.
Why are the Farmers Union and the Farm Bureau
Federationhat the leaders of the Farmers Union and
of the Farm Bureau taking interest in activity OF this
kind at this time? Haven't they been attempting by all
means in their power to prevent thus tar any ettec
tive organization the part of the farmers for struggle
against the capitalist class? Of counsel How have they
done this? They have attempted to do this by talking
shouting and screaming about relief from Congress
thru the passage of the Observation-Disclosures feeao
ment bill They have fought for the Farm Board
against the SPECTATORS They have tried to make the
farmers believe that the way to get relief thru APP
peals the Wall Street congress general and thru the
appeals for the feealotmen plan
in particular.
WHY this new tack on their party2 BECAUSE THE
DEEPENING. CRISIS AND THE REFUSAL OF ANY
RELIEF BY THE WALL STREET CONGRESS is
MAKING MILLIONS OF FARMERS REALIZE THAT
ONLY BY MILITANT STRUGGLE CAN RELIEF
FROM THEIR PRESENT MISERY BE OBTAINED
FROM THE CAPITALIST CLASS. The mseaders of
the Farmers Union and the other reactionary farm
CARNATIONS realize this and add the idea of strike
to their armory of slogans They think that by these
they will be able to continue to msead the farm
Why do they support this particular kind of soganp
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the part of the tong farm against the capitalist
class.
Just what would be the result if the wheat farmers
held their wheat for dollara The spectators and
traders could get rid of their holdings an upward slid
ing scale dollar while the farmers were holding
their wheat the farms in the granaries HOLDING
THE BAG in other words.
The main purpose of this slogan at this time is to
prevent the farmers from organizing for militant struggle
around those issues where relief be obtained The
misleaders of the farmers say NOTHING ABOUT THE
FORCED SALES OR EVICTIONS OR STRUGGLE
AGAINST THE OUTRAGEOUS TAX BURDEN THE
FARMERS HAVE TO BEAR. The main purpose of
this slogan divert the farmers from organizing for
militant struggle to PREVENT EVICTIONS AND
FORCED SALES. These miseaders want to prevent the
farmers from winning relief thru the TAX STRIKE
These misleaders the head of the reactionary farm
organizations want to prevent STRUGGLE AGAINST
THE CAPITALIST CLASS.
If it possible make this plan for dollar wheat
work would mean not attack the capitalist class
but an attack the living standards of the working
class. Dollar wheat would from the pockets of the
millions of unemployed, the millions working part time
and the millions of farmers raising other products This
slogan an attempt to set up part of the working
cass-the farmers against the other part of the work
ing class-the city workers; and up one group Of
farmers against another.
Against this attempt to divide the working class the
United Farmers League brings the slogan of CT Ass
oOLlDARIlY-UNITY OF THE WORKING CT Ass.
The United Farmers League brings the slogan Of
WORKING CLASS SOLIDARITY IN THE STRIJC-
GLE AGAINST THE EXPLORERS, AGAINST THE
BANKERS. AND THE RICH
The United Farmers League stands soldIy with the
unemployed and part time workers in their demands for
unemployment insurance. Unemployment insurance for
the city masses will mean market for the wheat of tb
ton for the workers of the cities
The United Farmers League is not opposed 70
strikes by the farmers, it is opposed to STRIFE"
against the working class by farmers The United F.