The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-29
So, 600 By March 1st Is Goal
Of Farmers National Weekly

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die of this sample issue. How
many copies shall we send you?
BE sure to order enough because
1t nay be MANY weeks before we
have the regular paper coming out,
In order to help US put out this
sample issue, we are asking that
all bundle orders be paid for in
advance. 1t may be very hard for
yon to do this. But just think how
hard it is to get cut q paper with
out any money.
The retail price Of the paper is
) cents. Rates in bundle lots are
as follows:
Up to SO copies, 2 cents each.
90 to 100 copies. / ~ cents.
Oven 100 copies, ! cent each.
If ycu don't have all the cash
necessary to get a good big bundle
do what some farmers have been
ccirg i, Wisconsin. Get a few Of
your neighbors to chip in two bits
each or so. It's their paper Just
as much as it is yours. It won't
be a donation, but just an invest
n1ent that will be paid back as
soon as the papers are scld.
Get Greetings
. In the first REGULAR issue
y of the FARMERS WEEKLY,
several pages will be devoted to
Greetings from farmers, workers,
friends. farm and working class
organizations, and small business
men.
Greetings are a form of adver-
Using. For 20 cents, any farm or
worker or friend can have his
name printed as greeting the be-
ginring of regular publication of
the FARMERS WEEKLY. For 81
Greeting will be printed in bold
face type and enclosed in special
borders.
Every storekeeper, doctor, law.
yer or dentist, with whom you
trade should be asked to take at
least at 81 Greeting. You will
find this a good way to collect
fU! DIS for the paper.
Write to Chicago for a blank
Greeting list.
Go to everv organization. club,
group and cooperative in YOUR To-
calitv. Tell them about our new
FARMERS WEEKLY. Ask them
to support it with Gre citing. All
organization Greetings in the same
county will be printed in a special
space.
If YOU collect $3.50 Or more IN
Greetings YOU may keep a COM
mission of 20 per cent to cover
your expenses.
A A good way to raise money
I for the FARMERS WEEKLY
is to solicit advertising from your
local merchant. You are the best
one to Go it. Tell your merchant
that the dirt farmers in your COM
munity are backing this paper, and
/ advertising in it will repay him
well.
A commission of 20 percent will
be paid for all advertising you can
secure. This will help paw any ex-
penses YOU may have in gettings
ads. We are having advertising
rate cards, contracts, and dunn
mics prepared. We will send YOU
a supply of them if you want to
be an advertising agent for the
FARMERS WEEKLY in your
community.
e Now here is one of the most
q important things you can do.
Get your organization on the lob
for the paper. At your next meet
| ing bring up the question of the
newly amalgamated FARMERS
WEEKLY. Explain to the men,
bers what the paper is, what its
aims and purposes are ard what
we are planning to have in it.
Call on the farmers present to dis
cuss the paper and give it their
support. Get as many as YOU can
to subscribe. Have the organiza-
ton order a bundle for their reru-
lar meetings and for anv mass
meetings that may be held in your
community. And have them send