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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-21
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must push forward the League and build it to point where
instead of thousands of members there will be millions
You the reader will have to do that You must learn
how get your negbor to read the Producers News and
to your United Farmers League meetings
In the meantime take some paper any kind of paper,
write protest against the arrest of Harry Lux and of the
Caspers Get your neghbors to sign it. Then send them
to the of Nebraska and Michigan and the judges
Of courts These resolutions piled up the offices of the
governors and judges will get results
Mass action will win!
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-21
WAR POWERS In
WALL
Roosevelt Demands Power
to Cut Wages and Give
Capitalists Prifits

The Roosevelt administra-
ton has under consideration a
new measure giving tht presi-
dent the authority to estab-
lish war time measures for
American industry. The plan
is a preparation for war on
the American workers - a
means to make them accept
new wage cuts and speed up
and to guarantee profits ia
big capitalists.
PUBLIC WORKS EXCUSE
The Roosevelt plan is to push
this measure, or something similar
to it, through on the grounds thai
it will aid the "public works" pro
gram and start industry goinl
again.
The capitalist press reports tn,
program in its present form a
follows:
Certain types of industry,
under the plan. would be as
sembled and regulated by a
government agency reminisc-
ent of the War Industries
Board. Competition would be
regulated; hours of work and
minimum rates of pay would
he fixed; and some of the pro-
penents of the idea also would
: have the government guaran-
tee manufacturers against loss
in resuming or increasing the
manufacture of prescribed ar
ticles and materials"
GUARANTEE CAPITALIST
PROFITS
The war on the American worl
ers is going to be undertaken /
fixing new low wages for thos
who are still employed, putting Il
stagger system into force by lay
In case these measures would NJ
provide sufficient profits to II
' manufacturers the Roosevelt a
\ ministration plans to guarant
them a minimum of profits.
While Roosevelt has not Y
come out openly In favor of the b
it is understood that his chef a
wiser Raymond Moley, assista
Secretary of State, favors the pr
gram.
ROOSEVELTS PLAN
le eff this is true" reports t
l. capitalist press "then its adopt
lie is but one step away, since the
is is no adviser in whom the Pre-
n. dent reposes more confidence
ri This is roundabout way of So
n ing that it is Roosevelt's plan.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-21
FINLAYSON, MINI.
TO SPREAD PAPERS
Two Delegates Sent to
State Committee of Ac-
ton Meeting
(BY H. M

Sandstone, MINI, April 4.-The
workers and farmers of the Fin
laysOn community gathered at the
Finn Hall on April 2 to discuss
the tasks Immediately before them.
Rudolph Harju and Sulo Iivari
of Superior gave some pointers on
the tasks for the members. A COM
mittee of four teams was picked
out of the membership of the Fin
layson Workers Federation and the
F'inlayson Youth Club to spread
the working class papers and get
subs for them.
WILL ORGANIZE u. F. L.
Comrade Sulo promised to stay
in the Finaayson community tc
help organize and build the United
Farmers League. Comrade Anselm
johnson was elected to go to
Waino, Wis, to the sports train
ing school. We are looking for.
ward to his return as we need &C
ton in our locality to increase oul
group of youth members.
One delegate and one member Of
the Committee of Action were ap
pointed to go to st. Paul onl Apri
IA to attend the meeting of tht
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-21
FOURTH RESOLUTION
ENDORSED

The fourth resolution was en-
dorsed as demanded. A supply of
garden seed will be available at
the office of the county agent.
Preparations are underway for
a mass meeting for the May meet
ing of the county board.
The Federal relief agent, hear
ing that "few Reds" were COM
ing had his doorway decorated
with red flags and a placard bear
ing the sign "WelcOme Reds" We
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-21
We Must Build the United
Front Of All the Farmers to
Fight Our Common Enemy
(BY L. H. r.

Watford City, North Dakota have been
reader of your paper for time and can say that
am very much in favor of your style 70 paper and
only regret that there too few of them.
am not a member of the United Farmers League
but am member of the Farmers Union and the Farm
Holiday Association. have realized for some time
that with their present leadership there is little
neel expect from either of these.
l have been working for the Liberty Party but
have also to realize along with many others that
really try to understand that unless we the masses
unite under banner for the purpose to fight
enemy capitalism, we will get no further.
I am chairman of our local Holiday unit and have
tried to get the farmers to fight by action only
to find that they follow afar off,"
But now again see need for action anl will try
again in this to stop foreclosure by the Federal
Land Bank on one of my neighbors
Is as usual will be dubbed Communist" radical
crazy, but nevertheless I will have tried Really it's
not that I am ashamed Of being called Communist
but don like to have the Communists get all the
credit foT the fights.
AS soon as I can will subscribe for your paper
and wishing you only continued success, l am yours
for the unity Of the masses
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-21

Minnesota State Committee for
Action.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-21
HOLDING MEETINGS
FOR ORGANIZATION
VIII Order Bundle Soon to
Bring Producers News
to the Farmers
(BY A. NJ

Wilton, North Dakota, April IL.
We are holding meetings two or
three times a week. We have
small group organized here in
Painted Woods township. We had
a meeting in Baldwin on Saturday
night.
We called on the following Fri
day night but the old gang got to-
gether and stopped it, saying that
we were nothing but reds and
plotting to overthrow the govern
ment. We got hold of Onh of
them and told him just what we
had on our minds.
Would it be possible to have Mr..
Taylor come into this part of the
country for a few good meetings
as we are not so good at speak
ing and an outsider can do more
good work?
WILL HOLD MEETINGS
1 am thinking of going out for
few weeks to hold meetings in
the western part of the state.
AS soon as the snow goes we
are going to order some copies OF
your paper for our meeting but
so far have not had enough money
to do so. The farmers out here
are so hard up that they are not
able to have your paper. They
think it is too big price.
Editors Note: We don't think
that Charles Taylor, our Ma
tiOnal Chairman, can be in
your locality for some weeks.
His immediate plans call for
work in several other states
during the spring. After that
he may make a tour of North
Dakota.
While effective speakers
can do a great deal of good
in a community, we haven't
many of them yet. We have
got to get new speakers from
among the farmers them
selves. We expect that if you
continue holding meetings in
| your county there will be at
least three or four good speak
ers there in a few months
time.
DAY-TO-DAY WORK
In addition to the speakers
we must do all of the day-tO-
day work ourselves, among our
neighbOrs and friends, teach
ing them and organizing them.
If you haven't the money for
a bundle we can send it to you
anyway. Pay for it after you
have sold them. How many do
you want?
GET SMALL SUBS
AS soon as we get a large
| enough subscription list to be
able to do So we will cut the
price of the subscription. But
the farmers can subscribe for
: six weeks for two bits or for
three months for fifty cents
5 if they haven't got the price
. for a year or six months.
We sure are glad to see
, what work you are doing
there.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-21
MAY DAY MEETING
IN ABERDEEN, S. D.
WILL STOP SALES

A big May Day demonstration
will take place in Aberdeen, South
Dakota on May 1. At 10 o'clock
in the morning the farmers and
workers will rally to stop certain
foreclosures which are being at
tempted on that day.
About noon a parade will be held
through the main part of the city
In the afternoon speakers will adj
dress the audience at Melgarc
Park. All workers and farmers
organizations are invited ii par.
ticipate in the demonstration.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-21
(BY B. To

Palisade, Mimi, April 6.-Yes-
terday 90 farmers met with the
Board of County Commissioners
on the question of relief. These
90 farmers were delegates from
the townships of Hebron, Logan
Clark, Millfward, Beaver, Salo
Spalding, Rice River, Libby, Glen
and Spencer and represented about
700 people.
Before meeting with the com.
missioners we held a meeting II
the community room where VIZ
drew up a program covering thu
resolutions passed by the mass
} meetings in the townships.
PROGRAM DRAWN UP
The program as drawn up In
cluded the following points:
1. Free medical and dental
care for all needy persons, es-
pecially for the children.
2. Federal Relief work shall
r be administered by commit
tee of those needing relief,
and compensation be in cash
2 In place of grocery orders.
f Compensation to be at least
t $3.50 for eight hours work.
Y The crawling of side roads be
e made part of such relief work.
t 8. The present condition OF
v agriculture does not justify
the expense of agricultural
extension work. Therefore we
demand the dismissal of the
county agent.
EXTENSION OF MORATORIUl
4. The moratorium on fore
closures be extended to include
evictiOns for nOn-payment of
rents, debts or other causes
and it should be extended un-
til such time that a special
session of the legislature be
called to enact this measure
into law. A copy of the same
to be endorsed by the sheriff
and county board of commits
siOners and sent to Governor
Olson.
5. A short resolution be
drawn calling the governors
attention to the ever wOrsen-
ing conditions and demanding
relief. A copy to be sent
from each place a meeting is
held to the governor and to
the county Board of Commits
siOners.
6. That a copy of these resO-
IutiOns be prepared for the
Aitkin Republican and indie
pendent-Age demanding that
they be published.
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are 80 members to start With
and will soon be 100" he says.
VIM. Ferguson, King Co.,
Wash. comes in again with 7
subs, IL points.
Jack BARLEY, Racine Co., Wis,
orders bundles.
Oren J. M. Olson, Burke Co..
N. Oak, renews and send one more
o OBJ. Svv.rJOMnourC, keehs
sub, 9 points.
Alfred Starr, MOunltrail Co., N.
Oak, also renews, 2 points.
Harry JUL, Ward Co., N. Oak,
sends one sub, 2 points, and pays
for bundle.
SAYS WE DO GOOD
WORK
John Salmen, Lawrence Co.
S. OAK, renews. four points,
and says: Il am not a farm
er but | like your labor news.
You are doing good work with
your paper"
Elmo Hill, BrowD Co., S. Dak.s
sends another four subs, 5 points.
Ed. johnson, Pine Co., Mimi,
one sub, ONE point.
S o. Morris, Twin FAILS Co..
Idaho, pays dollar for bundle.
Raymond Edwards, Perkins Co..
S. OAK, subscribes, two points.
M. Pollari, Saltwater Co., Mont.
sends two subs, four points.
Joe Cholin, Idaho Co., Idaho, re-
news for year, 8 points.
TELLING TRUTH AND
FACTS
w. r. Miller, Twin Falls Go.
Idaho, renews, points. and
writes: "YOur paper is the
DeSC way W CuuCdIe Ohc PCV
pie. Let chem read the truth
and facts"
o. Hoopola, Wadena Co., MINI.
, orders 100 papers for the first o.
May.
VIM. Ferguson, King Co., Wash
sends another four subs, 8 points
'' Mrs. o. B. Snuggins, Sheridal
Co., Mont, brings another sub,
points.
Arnt Olson, Sheridan Co., Mont
renews with eggs.
John H. Ladd, Sheridan Counts
Mont, renews with butter.
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DOINGS OF LAST WEEK
N. Jasperson, Brown County, S.
D., renews, points.
A. Huta, st. Louis Co., Mimi,
sends three subs, a points.
VIM. Ferguson, King Co., Wash.
pays for bundles and sends nine
subs, 10 points.
L. N. Peterson, Pierce Co.,
= Wash, pays for bundles. owe
now have a pretty active
bunch and are really getting
some action accomplished"
she says.
J. J. Moffet, Henry Co., Ill.
4 wants us to rush two dollars worth
: of back numbers.
p RENO Maxi, St. Louis Co.
y Mimi, sends us two subs,
points. "Subs are starting to
roll in, will send some more
q after Sunday mass meeting"
u he writes.
n Hilma Maxi Sandstone Co. MINI
sends two subs, two points.
Nick Larson, Clark Co., Wash
sends a dollar for a bundle to b
II used at meeting.
u Robert Kirmo, Brown Co., S. L
~ sends two subs, six points.
lg Mary Petaja, MusselsRell Co.
Mont, writes for samples. 81
ne will try and get you some
as SUBS" she says.
Ed. Johnson, Pine Co., Mimi
sends one sub, one point.
J. B. Welzenbach, Roosevelt G
Mont, renews for year, 8 point
LIKES PAPER VERY
MUCH
L. d. Lloyd, Woodbury. Co.,
Iowa, says 81 like your paper
very mueh," he renews for a
year, s points.
L. Klebe, Burleigh Co., N. Dial
sends one sub, one point.
E. M. Kjorstad, Williams C.
N. D., sends dollar for bundle.
Mrs. Roe Hopkins, York Co., F
wants sample copies.
WORKERS ARE FARMERS
rk- FRIENDS
by F. COrinth, Cook Co., ILL.,,
ose sends stamps for copies. 1--WE
Ine city workers are friends of the
aw. farmers and are interested in
not their struggle" he writes.
the
adj w. E. Clement, Pierce Co., Wa
tee sends 81 for bundles.
A. Johnson, Pine Co., Min
yet sends two subs, two points.
bill ]. C. Hedstrum, Burke Co.,
adj D., sends one sub, one point.
ant T. Greenman, Lewis Co., Wa
Dro- wants samples.
RENO Maxi, st. Louis Co., Mi
sends another sub, one point.
the A. Haugo, Eddy Co., N. DE-
ion sends one sub, four points.
lere Frank Hayden, ThurstOn Co
esl- Wash, wants some sub cards
&c. He is anxious signing up SOM
iay- subscribers.
Labor Unity Club, Cascade
Mont, wants a weekly bundle.
Eber Wright, Gladwin Co., M
70 sends two subs, four points.
WILL SOON BE 100
tion Alex Smith, Lewis Co.. Wash
nth sends money for bundle. CIV
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-02-16
Mrs. Eta Scott Brill Smiif,

Eta Scott Brill Smith was born
on farm in Morgan county. ohio.
Oct. 27. 1885. and departed th's life
at her home in Cambridge, O.. jan
4, 1888, aged At years, two months
and seven days. She was the only
daughter of the late Benton Scott
and Mrs. Ella Scott of Malta. Early
in life she gave her heart 10 Christ.
uniting with the Methodist Prot
estant church, and remaining loyal
and faithful member until death.
She took great interest in her COM
munity, and was loved by all who
knew her. In 1907 she was united
in marriage with Cal Brill of Stock
port, and to them were born two
sons, Cecil and Carlos. She was
preceded in death by her husband in
1919. She was married in 1927 to
VIM. Smith, electrician, of CAM
bridge, O. She leaves to mourn, her,
husband; two sons; her mother.
Mrs. Ella Scott, of Malta; four
brothers--Howard and Wilford
Scott of Malta Elmer of Penns-
vile, and Orton of Marietta, and 4
host of relatives and friends.-XX.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-02-16
manner.

manner
Conditions of the times are re.
.Aected in almost every bill. Many
with reference to taxes, relief from
taxes, collection of taxes, and re-
striction of taxes are before the as
sembly. Taxation is the major prob
lem of the legislature. Taxes are
never popular. Almost everyone
takes a fair and liberal attitude
about taxes if they are paid by the
other fellow The other fellow,
however, is non-existent. He never
pays.
Of 968 bills introduced, 317 in
the senate and 651 in the house,
hundreds doubtless will fall by the
wayside. Others probably will pass
and be vetoed by the governor, and
the whole effort will boil down to a
residuum of legislation which will
be concerned chiefly with problems
of the depression.
Here in the legislature, of course,
we see the focal point of the theory
that our troubles can he cured by
law. Wise legislation can help and
is necessary, but there are limits to
what legislation can accomplish. and
the danger of situation like the
present is that temporary needs will
cause us to shut our eyes to the
longer view.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-02-16
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\ IMSReljgiOuS1I
\ w. Ne.u!!l,!!S!'|..l q! s |

The erection Of a large iron cross
on Mount Verna and the illumina-
tion of this cross by Pope Plus XI
throwing the switch. of wireless
installation, is now definitely an
nounced as one of the events of the
Jubilee year Mount Verna is where
ST. Francis of Assist received the
stigmata.
The heads of two Chinese fam
lilies in the district of Hankow open
their houses every fine evening for
a group of people who come to
study the Christian way. One of the
men supplies oil for lamps for twen-
ty people who come to his house to
study Another who has been a
Christian for many years receives
forty inquirers into his house. Sixty
people quietly turning to Christian
ity with the Communist headquar
tiers for the region only few miles
away!
The executive committee of the
Oberammergau Passion Play has de-
cided to arrange for special play
this year which will be given to
comm emorate the 300th anniver-
sary of the plague of 1888. 1t was
at this time that the now world IA
nous Passion Plays were inaugurat-
ed by those who had been spared by
the deadly pestiience after having
taken a vow to the Holy Virgin to
institute these festivals in her hon
or.
The largest Bible in the world is
said to be in the Royal Library of
Stockholm. The covers are made
of solid plank four inches thick, and
the pages are a yard in length. The
famous thumb Bible in the theolog-
ical seminary at Washington is the
smallest complete Bible ever print
ed. A shorthand Bible is exhibited
in London, the work of an appren-
tice of the day of James II, when
even to possess a Bible was an Of
fense. An American owns a Bible
which an ancestor of hers baked in
a loaf of bread when house-to-
house search was being made for
copies of the scripture.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-02-16

Jesus Teaching by Parable, Mark
4:21-34, for Sunday, Feb-~19:
The purpose of Jesus in these par
ables is to teach and inspire his
disciples and especially to encour-
age them with a view of great
things that may be accomplished by
the weak and lowly, such as his fol-
lowers would seem themselves to be,
If they were obeying the commands
of their omnipotent Lord.
VS.. 21, %. "And he said unto
them, Is the lamp brought to be put
under bushel? For there is
nothing hid, save that it should be
manifested. ;" We should take
heed that we do not suppress the
gospel 1ght or interpose a screen of
misleading teaching or living be-
tween 1t and the world, but it
should shine through us so as to
lead men to It.
Y. %. ''If any man hath ears to
hear, let him hear" This calls up
on us to exercise sound judgment
and common sense and seek the
guidance of the Holy Spirit that we
may listen to the right things. 1t is
also important that we take heed
how we listen even to the truth, for
we may listen so heedlessly or al.
low our mind to be SO absorbed with
thoughts of business or pleasure
that the truth will find no entrance
into o,1r roiSsHc
VS.. "a, 25. Take heed what ye
hear: with what measure ye mete It
shall be measured unto you; and,
more shall be giten unto you. For
he that hath, to him shall be Civ.
en-. Right hearing plays an i'm
mense part in the business of life
and wrong hearing has caused many
wrecks. If we hear Alright, more
truth will be added to our store of
knowledge, but if we are careless
and defiant at this point, we may
lose even that which we have.
v. 26. $50 is the kingdom OF
God, as If man should cast seed
upon the earth.' The kingdom be-
gins as seed sown on the ground.
This seed is the gospel truth and
the ground is the human soul in
which the teaching is cast. The
sowing of the seed is the human
part of the process" After the seed
is sown, one must be patient for
kingdom processes are very slow
many times; then, too, as one does
not know exactly how seed sown
in the ground grows, so there is
corresponding mystery which en-
shrouds Christian development.
v. 28. First the blade, then the
ear, then the full grain in the ear"
There is an orderly development of
the Christian life, there are stages
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-02-16
The Morgan County Thursday

OF growth; but final maturity is the
goal for all. Much of Joy can be
traced to the fact that a mind is
constantly enriched with new
thoughts: new light bursts forth as
one walks in the light he possesses.
and a purer life follows holy am
bitions and efforts.
v. 81. "The kingdom Of God is
like grain of mustard seed, which
when 1T is sown npon the earth,
though it be less than ali the seeds
that are upon the earth, yet when It
is sown, groweth up and becometh
greater than all the herbs" The
thought Is that the kingdom OF God
from an exceedingly small, begin
ming, almost imperceptible, would
eventually grow to become such a
spreading movement that it would
provide rest and safety for all OF
Gods people throughout the world.
Small beginnings are never to be
despised in any field. A page in a
book, an item in a newspaper, or q
chance word from a stranger may
change ones whole ambition and
life effort.
v. 33. "And with many such par
ables spake He the word unto them,
as they were able to hear it," There
are many wonderful truths about
God which are not recorded In the
Bible because they are beyond hu-
man comprehension. We have the
necessary knowledge to make a
success of life.
v. "a. "And without a parable
spake He not unto them, but pri-
yate1y to His own disciples he ex-
pounded all things" So bitter had
his foes become that it became
necessary to couch his teachings in
a form to which exceptions would
not be taken.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-02-16

1t was the experiences of the Rev
olution that tried to the full the
heroic quality of Washington No
man ever waged successful warfare
and won peoples liberty with
such small resources. BY the sheer
force of his dominating personality.
Washington overcame almost in
surmountab1e obstacles and led his
army into victory.
= Washington, sad of heart, fought
his way through humiliation and
failure, overcame petty jealousies,
Indifference, Incompetence and out
of defeat brought back immortal
triumphs.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-02-16
Methodist Episcopal Church

I Sunday at the Methodist Ep1s-
copaI church Will be Visitation
Sunsaay," when nearly all the FAM
lilies of the church will be visited.
The men of the church will go out
two and two from the church, after
dinner, for social and Financial OBJ
jects. vThe people are requested to
remain at home till the visitors ar
rive. Al 10:30 the spastor will
preach ON .sThe Power ccf The Peo-
ple." and at 1880 on What II
Washington Were Here Today
Church school, 9:15. The Ep-
worth League will be led at $50
by Miss Evelyn Wells. Book club
at 1O:30. Wednesday at
1880, social .hour of prayer and
,raise.-H. III. Scott, pastor.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-02-16

Bible school at 9:15 a. m. Spe-
cial opening exercises. Morning
worship at TO- 30 Special music
by the choir. Special sermon given
in the series. Christian Endeavor,
6:3O D. m. William Lawrence. lead
er. Evening worship at 1880. Good
music, and sermon by the pastor.
The missionary society meets Thurs
day, 1880 p. m, at the w. r. Foster
home.-W. j. MCCARTHY, pastor.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-02-16
stockport M. r. Church

A study of the scriptures at $40
"a. m, followed by prayer meeting.
Preaching at night, 1880. At this
service, evangelism will be en-
phasized There will be preaching
at Olivet, following the Sunday
school. Hope the weather and
roads will be SO can make the
trip .fhis time. Prayer meeting
Wednesday night Received two
into the church at the conclusion of
the two weeks meeting, just held.
Il. B. Douglas, pastor.