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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-02-19
CSC SUBSCRIPTION CARDS ARE OUT

We have printed lot of subscription cards Zach
card sold for Csc and is good for six weeks subscp
on The price is printed on the card. We sell them to
anyone in lots of 10 for $500 in advance. Every time
you sell you make Soc the you sell the more
you make.
In many cases these cards are handy than re-
cept book you sell the card and get your Csc and that
all there is to it 1t is up to the other fellow fill in and
mail the card
When you go out on a house-to-house drive, you
should get as many yearly six months three months
subs you If you not get any of these, you
might sell them at 25c card
Where the 25c cards come in most handy is at the
meetings; here you sell lot of cards in hurry
You take down and give receipts Just sell
them the card and get your 25c For meeting pur
poses will send bunch of cards to responsible
parties if you tell us to-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-02-19

question the farmers brought out
the fact that they are in a posi-
ton where they will not be able
to pay their taxes. The meeting
unanimously decided to popularize
the tax strike among the small
farmers and to prepare the farm
ers for this strike. The program
of the United Farmers League on
this tax problem was approved.
That the taxes on rich farmers,
bankers, corporations, etc., be rails
ed so that the small farmers can
be exempted from taxation.
A committee of three was elect
ed to get subscriptions to the
Producers News as well as to send
in reports of activities and prob
lens of the farmers in Markham.
sThe township committee of the
U. F. L. was instructed to call an
other meeting. Due to the mill
tant activities of the United Farm
ers League in Markham thirty
four new members have joined the
organization in the past week. Ten
of these Joined at this meeting.
Many of the poor farmers that
have been following the betray-
ers, the right wing, have begun tc
see that they have been misled by
the renegades and are now coming
back into the ranks of the militant
class struggle organizations. They
already see that these militant or
CARNATIONS are the only ones thai
put up a fight for the interests Of
the workers and small farmers
and therefore in Markham tbs
renegades are being shattered al
the misled farmers leave thu
ranks of the betrayers one by one
and come over to the militan
United Farmers League.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-02-19
DOings of the
Advance Guard

Another week has gone by. and it has not been bad
week at that, considering the we have had Don't
let the stop you, put your shoes and skis
and hop to it. Look and if you have your name in
the paper. Your name looks good in print and like
to print it Be and get in next week and every
week thereafter We put this Producers News over
big, and we do it. Not two of US, but all Of
us. When all want to do something all we have tc
do is to go ahead and do it.
By the way would like it much better if you woulc
send P O. money orders instead of checks We have
had spell of Hoovers prosperity here and our bank
could not stand it. they all bursed But our postoffic
is still keeping its doors open part of the time
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-02-19
INSTITUTE

OOAtAA0S0 4A0m &DWk k8kGf
iencies. He practices cold fash
Toned economy" because he can't
do anything else. It takes all he
makes to pay the interest on the
mortgage, to pay taxes, rent, etc.
If he has anything left he pays
for the annual privilege of taking
his butter and eggs to town In a
broken down automobile.
According to the latest census
figures $3.50 of Ohio's farmers are
tenants. Another 26e6 are oper.
ating under mortgages-the total
mortgaged debt amounting to 44%
of the total farm values of the
state. In these two groups we
have 500 of Ohio's farmers. Ever
conservative farm papers admit
that most of these cannot continue
to exist under present conditions
In addition to these we have an.
other section of small farmers
who own their own land but have
no capital with which to operate
A large number of such farmer.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-02-19
NEW PAMPHLET /.
ON THE NEGRO


The conditions of the Negro
por farmer and worker and other
phases of the Negro question in
this country are comprehensively
discussed in THE AMERICAN
NEGRO by J.. S. Allen, just pub
lished by International Pamphlets,
as number Is of its series of
pamphlets on current economic.
social and political questions.
The pamphlet describes the sit
uation of the Negroes in the Unit
ed States, presenting all necessary
data in condensed and popular
form, and gives special attention
to the Southern Black Belt and
the agrarian situation, phases
which have hiterto not been treat
ed in such detail. Besides treat
ing of the Negro in industry, the
author discussed the relation Of
the Negro upper class to tht
white ruling class and the Negro
masses, race prejudice, Jim CROW
and lynching and the struggle fOl
lequal rights for Negroes and fol
the right of self determination fol
the Negro people.
Other pamphlets in this seriei
recently published are SPYING
Jon WORKERS, by Robert W
dunno, and PROFITS AM
WAGES, by Anna Rochester. 9th
er titles to appear shortly are
! MANCHURIA AND THE Wal
DANGER, THE AMERICAl
FARMER, and THE CHINESE
| SOVIETS. The pamphlets can b
obtained at all workers bookshop
or directly from Workers Librar
Publishers, Box 148, Sta. D, Nev
York.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-02-19
More Going After 1t

Theo. Wihela, Iron River, Wis,
sends us a sub and writes: "Kind-
ly send us three of your receipt
books for the Producers News. We
got some fellows appointed to get
subscribers for the paper"
Arne Jaskela from Newell, So.
Oak, is here again with one more
sub.
Arthur Rystrom, Frederick, So.
OAK, subscribes.
Satisfied With Paper
Stanford Altpeter, Asland, Mas
sachusetts, sends in articles and
writes: 81 want to congratulate
you on the editing, set-up and ag-
gressive spirit of the Producers
News. The correspondence is ex-
cellent. One gets tn feeling thai
the farmers Of America have {
definite feeling of ownership il
this paper; that the editors arr
very close to those farmers"
Swate Hill, High Bridge, Wis.
writes: Enclosed find one dolla
and my first three subs. I'll as
sure you l will do my darndest t,
help fill your quota on sub drive.
E. Laiten, Richmond, Ind, ask
for copies and says he can get u
a lot of subscribers.
Oscar Doxberg, Daggett, Mich
subscribes.
Bill Knows How
Bill Lapinoja, Enumclaw, Wash
digs down deep in his own poke
and sends us $500 for 8-25c sub
scriptions for neighbor farmers.
Joe Kucaba, Catawba, Wis, sub
scribes and sends 25c for extr
copies. He writes: 81 could nc
be without your paper. 1t is DE-
ing good work in our locality"
Ellen Lemponen, Superior, Wis
is here again with a couple MOI
subs.
Ole Sanvik, Rudyard, Mont
sends US couple of dollars. q
is wishing us good luck and tel
us to shoot away.
VIM. Engelbert, Hines, ii
sends US 8 subs which he pays fl
, himself.
ArvO Maxi, Eben Junction, Mic
subscribes.
!, A. Hill, Marengo, Mich, Of
sub.
VIM. Kosketa, Glendale, N. [
q subscribes.
Rudolph Harju, CHASED, Mici
sends us another sub.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-02-19

if the roads are broken, we expect
to have John Zaharee and Hank
give us some songs and one of
our young Mexican friends to play
the banjo.
We have found our neighbour
hood meetings at workers homes
highly successful. We suggest to
all of our town friends to visit
your neighbors and take the Pro-
ducers News with you and talk a.
bout it while the weather is bad
and even when it gets better.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-02-19
ORGANIZE AGAINST The
BANKERS PROGRAM

"SOmertOn, AriZ., Feb. S.-LoOklng DV-
er the resolutions passed by different or
CARNATIONS, l see that we need most of
all, one thing, law pOstDOning all fore
closures until this crisis is over.
"This need is nationwide. and should
have the backing of united front.
Because we have not been able to pay the
interest on our debts have taken crop
mortgage and say they'll carry But
we all need this pOstpOnement to be made
law or the banks will take homes
from us.
81 will try to get the farmers here to-
gether to ask first our state legislatures
for this law. 1t should be demanded,
since when the banks have the crop mort
gage they are getting everything the farm
produces. They should have right to
fOreclOse on the farm at least during the
life Of that crop mortgage and since the
crop mortgages do not out until paid,
it will be good for this crisis"
From Arizona this comrade points out some inn
portant facts about the banks Because have
not been able to pay the interest on our debts
(they) have taken crop mortgage and they say
they'll carry u.s." when they have the crop
mortgage they getting everything the farm
produces"
'But we all need this postponement to be made
a law or the banks will take homes from u.s."
He proposes that the farmers there get togeth-
er and ask the state legislator to pass such
law. What is this legislature? Isn't this legis-
lature, like the legislatures of all the other states,
ike the Hunger Congress, like the entire state
government of the capitalist class, the very agents
of the bankers who are foreclosng on the farm
ers. If we ASK this legislature for relief for the
farmers what can expect? The legislature will
repeat the that its master, the Wall Street
bankers, have already given
Of this legislature we must DEMAND relief
from the misery that the farmers are suffering
at the present time. But this one thing we must
Ieam-THAT OUR DEMANDS, LIKE OUR RE-
QUESTS, WILL REMAIN JUST WORDS UN-
LESS WE PUT BEHIND THEM THE MASS
PRESSURE OF THE TOILING FARMERS 1t
is only thru such mass pressure that the bankers
and their legislatures can be forced to grant re-
lief to the farmers.
If they refuse to postpone the interest and
payments principal that the farmer cannot
make, the farmers must tell Them ''Your de-
rnands and your sheriffs be damned! Not one
farmer shall be evicted in this county. We the
farmers of the county, firmly organized, shall
see to it that such eviction does take place In
this way will postpone" our interest paw
ments, despite you and your Wall Street masters.
to save our homes for our families to save our
very lives"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-02-19
YES! LIFE INSURANCE
THRU ORGANIZATION
UFI,

\ Senator Capper in Cappers Weekly of January
80 under the title of "Ten Per Cent Own Ninety
Percent" sobs some crocodile tears over the con-
centration of wealth in the United States with
particular emphasis on the smallness of the farm
er's income. He then unburdens himself of tie
following:
"The business depression has brought
into bold relief the weaknesses of our &C.
onomic system. l am satisfied that out
of the ruck will come new and better
era. Big business of every kind has a
fundamental interest in social stability. It
Will serve itself best In serving the COM
mon good. The Golden Rule is so funda-
mental requirement of good business"
that no business can be successful with
out it, or ever has We have not few of
such splendid examples of business in
tegr1ty on large scale, already in exist
ence, in the United States"
This vicious demagogy is handed ont 70 tbous-
ands OF farmers weekly in order to prevent them
from struggling for better existence for them
selves and their families
THE business depression has brought into bold
relief the weakness Of our economic svstem.s The
crisis has showed the toiling masses that capital
ism means untold misery for the masses OF pro-
ducers because they have produced too much. The
weakness" of this system of exploitation is that
it deprives millions of the toiline masses of every
possibility of existence
II am satisfied that out of the ruck win come
new and better era" He may be satisfied--but
the toiling masses who see naught ahead but
capitalist privation and misery are not satisfied
They are organizing to wrench relief from this
system whose future so satisfies the demagog
Capper.
"Big business Of every kind has a fundamental
interest in social stability" "Big business" mon
Opoly capitalism, which has an interest in social
stability has brought the entire capitalist system
to a lower level Of economic depression than ever
before in its two hundred and more years Of
existence. This interest in social stability" near
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-02-19
BUILDING UFL
CONTINUED from last week.

to make an issue and find out def
initely what is in back of all this
opposition that is attempting TO
hold the farmers in slavery. I be-
lieve that we can have something
then that will insure the farmer
and laborer that he can secure his
rights and have the same privileg-
es that are granted to other class
es of people under the laws Of our
country.
/ am member of the United
Farmers League and l am taking
this opportunity to ask all the
farmers, readers Of this paper, to
join in this same organization so
we can find ourselves in position
TO make others respect US.
ROBERT DU MONTE.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-02-19


one of the most enthusiastic of
those present.
Fred Dalziel, one Of our new
youth members of the United
Farmers League, spoke on the
"War and its relation to the the
youth" His father, Ray Dalziel,
spoke on the "Crisis forcing us in
to a world war" Mother Bloor
made a stirring talk on "War and
unemployment" Comrade Omholt
was chairman and Comrade James
Pearson of White Earth gave
some Of the old time songs.
At the open forum next Sunday,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-02-19
Clover and Timothy
Sown From Airplane

A trial sowing of clover and
timothy from an airplane was
made in the Kashir Mountains In
the Moscow Region. The plane
sowed an area of 203 acres in 21s
hours.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-02-19

D0lngS Last Meek
Steve Kochis of Calhan, Colo,
sends one sub and 25c for bundle
and writes: 81 am going out again
to distribute and try to get some
more subscriptions"
| Felix Boucher, White Cloud,
Mimi, writes: Enclosed find one
dollar for two more subscriptions.
I will sure try TO get all the sub
scriptions I can before March 16.
Mrs. o. Ranmael, Cooke, Mont,
subscribes for one year.
F. Stenroos, Sebastopol, Calf,
sends us 8 subs, each one for a
year.
A. G. Kringlock, Lake Mills, Ia,
renews for another year and tells
Jus: MAY send you some subs lat
Ter. Conditions are hard here, but
the exploited toiling farmer and
worker are still clinging to the
false illusions fostered by the cap
italist politicians and farm orga-
nization takers" It's our job to
make them see that they are false
illusions and that we must orga-
nize for struggle to keep our.
selves and our families alive.
Leonard Nixon, Newberg, Ore.
subscribes.
Richard Koski, Ogema, MINI.
comes in with seven subs all a
one time-Good work Dick.
P. Mutanen, Hurley, Wis, sen
US one sub.
N. Jasperson, Aberdeen, So
Oak, subscribes.
Willis L. Wright of Great Falls
Mont, sends $3.50 for which h
wants copies of the Producer
News.
Louis Wallin of Van Hook, n
OAK, is back on the job again. H
sends in subs and paid for hi
bundles.
Good for a Starter
Paul Harju, Peguaming, Mich
writes: 81 was elected Producer
News agent at the U. F. L. meet
ing. 1 have taken a few order
which / am sending to you.
will try to get more orders q
soon as possible" Then he send
6 subs-You are starting out fin
Paul.
Orvald w. Lame, Green, Mich
sends one sub and tells us to rus
bundle.
Matt Ola of Geyser, Mont, N
news his subscription for on
year.
Edw. C. Bauman, Bagley, MINI
sends us 8 subs and orders a bun
die of so. He writes: "The U.
L. is getting many members her
The Farmer-Labor party are show
ing up that they are tools of tt
boss class by openly fighting tt
poor farmers within the U.Fl
You are doing fine work with you
paper. We are holding anotht
big mass meeting in March"
Alfred Hukkanen of Sanish,
OAK, pays for bundle.
Alfred Backman, Hancock, Min
pays for a bundle and orders su
scription books.
R. C. Jensen of Flaxton, N. Da
! sends in two subs: evil try
get some more Immediately. Su
like the paper. We now have Il
!. U. F. L. going pretty good her
Hope we can organize the who
county by the next three months
Roger P. Murray, Butte, Mon
sends in a farmer subscriber.
Hans Larson, Memo, So. Dial
pays for bundles.
John L. Strid, McGregor, N. I
. is another one going to work. T
writes for a subscription book.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-02-19
Mass Action Essential

Without mass pressure of the
farmers the sheriff's sales would
go thru and the farmers would
lose, in many cases, a lifetime of
hard work and their farms.
The supervisors adjourned for
dinner which took over two hours.
The farmers held a meeting in
the court room, discussing all
phases of the tasks of the United
Farmers League in Baraga couil-
ty. A county UFL committee was
elected consisting of 20 farmers
repre- senting seven different local
tiles. These delegates were in
structed to see to it that a local
of the UF'L would be built in ev-
cry locality which they represent
ed.
During the dinner hour the SUI
pervisors had held secret meet
ing in all probability trying to
find ways to evade the issue of
the farmers, also thinking that the
farmers would get tired of wait
ing over two hours for the off
Gals to return. Every farmer
remained in the court room which
was nice and warm while the
snowstorm and sub-zero weather
ragged outside. It was reported by
a farmers that the officials had
called the farmers ga bunch OF
buns and tramps," that they don't
deserve any relief. This was TAX
zen up in the meeting and pointed
out that this is the attitude Of the
capitalists everywhere when the
workers begin demanding then
rights.
Try to IRtimidate Farmers
The officials exposed themselves
as enemies of the workers anC
farmers who helped to elect then
into office. The supervisor from
Baraga township indicated in his
talk to the farmers that they haC
} better be little careful how the,
criticize the government. Th'
farmers took the hint that h,
meant the foreign born workers
However, there were several Indi
ans in the crowd and the supervis
ors were made TO understand tina
such threats will be answered b,
organizing every nationality re
gardless of color, to fight such
system of robbery. It was point
' ed out that the American Indial
] is robbed and Disseminated a
gainst regardless of the fact tina
2 they are the "real Americans"
(, On January 90 meeting wa
: held in Aura, Mich. Twenty-fou
r Joined the UFL. A committee O
j action of seven was elected t
t carry on the work. In Upper Mi
S chigan SO new members have join
E ed the UFL in the last thre
weeks.
/, ALFRED BACKMAE
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-02-19
ST. LOUIS


den in the public schools of Mark
ham as at these dances gather all
the hoodlums, degenerates and
drunkards, which is no place fol
them.
In the discussion on the taz
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-02-19
UFL DEMANDS
Continued from Front Page)

county board Of supervisors read
as follows:
WHEREAS, it has been repre-
sented to this board through pc
titcn by an organization known
as the United Farmers League,
that a large number of farmers in
Baraga county, due to present de-
pressed economic conditions, are
and will be unable to meet pay
ments of principal and interest on
mortgages executed under the
terms and conditions of the Fed
ieral Farm Loan Act and
Whereas, a recent act of con-
gress in the opinion of the board
makes provisions for extentions o1
time in such payments in proven
cases
Therefore, Be It Resolved, That
the board of supervisors of Bara
ga county does hereby declare
that it is in accord and sympathy
with the farmers of this county
who, due to economic conditions
prevailing at present, cannot NEE
the aforesaid mortgage obliga
tions, and we do hereby reoues
the Federal Farm Loan Board t,
send representative here to dis
cuss this situation with this boarc
and committee of the said Unit
ed Farmers League, and that sal,
conference be held as soon as pos
sible.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-11
FORMER CHAMP
HEADS OPENING
CARD AT ARENA

Headed by Sammy Mandell, for
mer lightweight champion of the
world, and now campaigning as
welterweight, the entire card for the
first boxing show of the season to
be given next Friday night has
been completed.
Mandeu meets frankie Diaz,
rough and tough hard-hitting
Mexican boy, who is not of cham
pionship calibre. but is one of those
mysterious trial horses" that have
a habit Of making champions look
terrible.
The matcn is in no sense a set
up, Manden having come out to
the coast with the determination to
force Jackie Fields, the present
Welter champion, into a match
This Ell Centro bout will be Sam
my'S first one on the coast and
knowing that hs will be watched
his work here must be high class
if he is to get the big matches he
wants.
Sammy is by no means through.
Always a smart boxer, and a little
shy on wallop, he lost the light
weight championship by having to
make the weight limit when he was
naturally heavier than the required
1875 pounds. Since getting into the
heavier division he has shown much
of his old time form.
The Mandell-Diaz match is for
six rounds and will be preceded by
another six rounder between Al
Greenfield, a real mauler from Chi
cago, who will take on Eddie Ba-
gauiS, a Filipino who is fast and
clever as most Filipinos are, and
who also sports a punch.
The balance of the card has four
bouts of four rounds each. Young
Sam Langford, a middleweight from
Cleveland, will mix it up with Vic
McNeill, Los Angeles boy who is
frequently lodged by other boxers
who want none of him.
Mission Bolo, something on the
style of Battling Buluhan, meets
Joe Bollo of Mexico City in another
bout. Buluhan is unscientific,
tough as nails and wild as a hawk,
but a fighter from the tap of the
gong. Bollo is not the Kid Bollo
who used to be seen here, but
boy who has come up to the states
to see what he can get after clean
ing up most of the Mexican scrap
perS.
Rudy Sisson, Filipino, and Ray
Rivera, a Mexican, both feather
weights, will also step four rounds
and a four round opener, featuring
two San Diego boys as yet un-
known, will open the card.
Reserved seats go on sale Mon
day and boxing fans are promised
real treat when the II boys
booked start in to do their stuff.