The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-07
FIGHT EWCTTONS
Wright Co. MINI. Farmers
Have Studded Belt to
Persuade Drivers
COOP. TRAITORS
Twin City Milk Producers
Association Meets With
Milk Trust Agents
COOP. TRAITORS

Ever larger numbers of
farmers are organizing for
struggle according to re-
ports from the middle and
northwest. The Farmers
Holiday Association leaders are
using all their power in order to
confine the struggle to a peace
full" waiting at home for higher
prices.
The rank and file farmers, how
ever, are learning that it is mass
struggle that is needed, not only
for higher prices, but for action
against evictions and foreclosures.
The struggle that the FILA lead
ers are trying to stifle must be
broadened to include an attack on
the entire front of exploitation Of
the farmers.
More than 500 farmers met at
the Clay county courthouse in
Spencer, Iowa to organize against
evictions and against collecting
penalties on delinquent taxes. A
unit of the Omitted Farmers" was
formed.
GEORGIA FARMERS MILITANT
The farmers of Georgia demon
strated their rejection of the in
junction granted to the milk dis
tributors by the federal courts by
dumping several loads of milk
at Conyers, Georgia, on Monday,
September 81. L. K Starr, pub
licity director for the milk trust
asked the United States Marshal
at Macon to issue warrants for
pieketing farmers of Rockdale
county.
PICKET IN MIMI
A group Of Wright county farm
ers organized on Friday morning,
September 80, to picket lines on
the highway east of Montrose, 80
miles from Minneapolis. The pick
citing followed a mass meeting
held Thursday night at Woodland
at which more than 100 farmers
were present. The farmers were
picketing peacefully" but had
prepared a nail studded belt in
case any of the truckers did not
listen to persuasive language.
Z In order to prevent the dairy
farmers around the Twin Cities
I from striking for higher prices the
Farmers Holiday leaders, coOpera-
tive heads, and milk distributors
have been holding meetings IN
Minneapolis. The meetings have
been held supposedly for the pur-
: pose of getting higher price fol
the farmers but actually for the
: purpose of keeping the farmers In
: active.
0 HOLD CLOSED MEETING
g On Wednesday, September %, q
v closed meeting of these groups was
q held in the auditorium of the
O Franklin Cooperative Creamery
association in Minneapolis. At this
meeting a conference" committed
Representing all branches of the
e business" was organized. This
r committee includes six represents
l. tives of the holiday association,
l. from the distributors, three from
d the unions, and the executive com
le mittee Of the Twin City Milk Pro
+ ducers Association.
Isl. On Friday this conference com
e, mittee met again at the offices o.
ID the Twin City Milk Association II
'. lSt. Paul. After an all-mornini
e, meeting the committee adjournet
" to meet again on October 7. Il
n this way the milk trust hopes tina
/ 1t can keep the farmers passiw
p with the help of the cooperative
lie and holiday misleaders.
. COO OUT
Six hundred farmers are re
ID ported to have organized for til
ig farmers strike In Rice county, 1
70 southern Minnesota. The leader
a. Of the movement are trying
IN keep the movement one Of per
ne suasiOn IN order to prevent pich
he eting.
ne In Big Stone county about Q
n Iper cent Of the farmers are n
n ported enrolled behind the strfk.
a. and five stoek associations at O
y (cOnsanusa on Paws Twe)