Evening star., 1932-08-24
TWO VICTORIES SCORED.
Nebraska Milk Dealers to Raise Price
Schedule.

DES MONIES, Iowa, August "a (P).-
Two victories marked the course of the
Midwest farm strike for higher prices
today, as the movement spread in some
quarters and receded in others. Intev-
ference with rail transportation cont
tinued.
Both victories we're scored IN Ne
braSka, where milk producers gained
higher prices for their products. At
Omaha. officials of the Iowa Nebraska
Cooperative Milk Association con-
Gented to pay 81 per hundredweight for
milk. compared with previous top Of
$1.45. while at Lincoln milk dealers
agreed to pay $1.80. an increase Of 10
cents over the previous figure.
More than 1000 agriculturaliSts we're
assembled in camps along the main
highways leading into Omaha, but there
were reports that some Of the pieketeers
were in dispute as to the best method
Of enforcing the farmers holiday. The
army near Omaha was reported to be
leaderleSs. one Of the farmers declaring
that the trouble was that they had too
much leadership already"
Reports of q spread of the strike
came from Danbury, Rockford, Maple
ten and other points in Iowa. At Dam
bury SO strikers unloaded car OF
hogs bound for the Sioux City market.
and chased the animals into a yard,
where they were reloaded by their
owner onto a truck. The owner re-
turned home. taking his live stock
with him. A somewhat similar move
was made at Concord. Nebr., where two
cars OF live stock were not allowed to
proceed to market.
At Rockford. rs farmers demanded
that the Rockford creamery join the
holiday movement. and then moved on
to other nearby towns to make similar
demands
Creamery and produce houses at
Mapleton and Monona have agreed TO
cooperate in the strike, reports from
those towns said. but on the other hand
the cooperative creamery at Sioux
Center. Iowa, decided to continue
operations, despite threats Kog re-
ceipts at 81 concentration points and
seven packing plants in the interior
Of Iowa AMI Southern Minnesota were
12,300 yesterday. an increase OF 1000
over the same day week ego.
Two States May Io.n.
Although the strike wave appeared
to weaken in some sections the po-si-
bility loomed that the Striker5 =. gSs
add two vitally important sect5~s tt
their warfare. Wisconsin dairymen are
to meet at Marshfield. September 2, to
decide whether they will JOIN the strike.
and Minnesota milk producers vill
gather at Pennington, MINI, Saturday
to pass on the same question.
Other developments were at Chero-
kee, Iowa Plymouth and Woodbury.
, County farmers co-operated in enforc-
ing a strict blockade Of Cherokee.
Thurston County. Nebraska. farmers
decided to picket ell railroad stations
! and stockyards in their immediate vi
cinity.
A unit of the Farmers Holiday Asso-
citation was formed at Window, Mimi,
b. 1000 farmers.
In Blackhawk County in Northwest
ern Iowa, Sheriff Fl. T. wagner refused
to allow picketing. One farmer was
hurt when a truck went through the
picket lines.
On. striker, William Norman. was
| arrested at Spencer. Iowa, on -eharge
! OF obstructing a highway. The ccm-
p.aint was made By farmer.
No acticn vas taken, bat Federal
authorities at Omaha kept rnGer ecn-
| Sideration the question CT prosecuting
| for any act which could be ol2sssd a.
restraint Of trade. and police Officers
there were organizing in preparation
for swift punishment for any violence
committed.