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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
NORRIS BUSHES TO
ADVISE ROOSEVELT
Says He Should Not Take
Conservatives Out Of
Senate

Senator Norris, progressive"
HspnOhcan has come to the aid
u the Democratic administration
. telling Roosevelt that ne should
not remove his chief conservative
Importers from the Senare by
uta T them into the cabinet.
me Senators who Norris thinks
IOuio remain In the Senate are
HOTdel Hull of Tennesses, Walsh
montana, and Glass Of Virginia.
oidnt protest these possible
S 1cns" said MIR. Norris. 81
SUOlmt protest them. But ]
teu Mr.. Roosevelt that /
taE" "sOt 1t would be a shame to
@ Ae so many strong men cut Of
49, senate where tley will be
SsO 0uea badly and where the,
'O' be replaced"
II. Again the progressive show,
Niue 'rue face. He PUSHES To align
D anlf with the rock-ribbed
pre- 'tatlc leaders to run Con-
r. as during the coming session
b h PUSHES to advise Roosevelt as
kV fo ne can best run the o9un-
. i0f the benefit Of Wall Street : ,aai.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
EVIDENCE CLEARS
SCOTTSBORO BOYS
Girls Testimony Clears
Boys Forever Says UFL
Executive Committee

Superior, Wis, Jan. 2S.-The
national executive committee sf
the United Farmers League has
sent the following letter 10 Judge
]. P. McElroy, who presides over
the county court in Birminghasa
where the nine innocent ScottsbSfs
boys are in jail:
Sir:
In the name of the thousands
Of toiling farmers in thi 9 oe-
ganixation we demand TIE Ina
mediate release of the nine
ScOttsbOro boys. To continue b.
hold them in, we are firmly con-
WINGED, illegal and mconstitu-
tiOnaI.
The letter written b. Ruby
Bates n which she declares the
boys never touched her Is suf-
ficient evidence 10 clear the bOyi
forever.
To h0ld these young boys nm
prison any longer bears out and
exposes to the world the class q
injustice of the courts Of Ala
bama and the race prejudice
policy carried out therein.
Signed,
JAMES FLOWER,
National Sec. Of the Emitted
Farmers League.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
Modern Revere Rouses Farmers

force the two supervisors who
were present to sign relief orders
of 50 for each person. They didn't
need much urging as they are as
destitute as the rest Of us in the
township. Provision was made to
give more 10 bachelors and old
couples. There orders aggregated
$3.50 and a resolution was drawn
up and sent to the county COM
missioners, demanding that they
pay the Knife River township peo-
pies bills at the stores where they
have obtained their groceries and
clothing in exchange for the or
ders signed by the township sup
ervisors.
II every township wOu.,, take
similar action / am sure :he coun-
ty commissioners Of this county
would be forced % geS more than
the measly $1,000 they applied for,
and l believe it WOULD be forth
coming Immediately instead Of
being pushed off from day to day.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
ASK BANKER ON
REFINANCE BILL
Chairman Of Joint Stock
Land Bankers Assn.
May Write Bill

A farm mortgage refinance bill
will be written for the Senate as
the result of a decision, reached
Feb. z, by the sub committee #
the Senate Committee on Banking
and Currency, which has been hold
ing hearings on the subject.
Tie line of the bill has not been
decided but it will be of "ten1-
porary" character only. While the
committee isn't vet decided on
what fake program they want,
they know how they want it 1ore.
Senator Walcott, Connecticut Re-
publican, stated that,
'No decision had been reached
but that the idea that expert
craftsmanship under the guild
snce of a capable man was be-
ing considered further as a re-
suit OF conversations held in the
first subcommittee meeting to
consider policy matters"
LAND BANK HEAD TO
DRAFT BILL
Just what this means to the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
DEMAND SOVIET
Be RECOGNIZED
Farmers National Relief
Conference Favored
Recognition

A nationwide campaign for the
recognition Of Soviet Russia has
been announced by the Friends of
the Soviet Union. Conferences will
be held in large cities thruout the
country March IL and sympathetic
labor and fraternal organizations
will be asked to send delegates.
These conferences will start the
collection of signatures to a pc
ttion for "full and unconditional
diplomatic and trade relations be-
tween Soviet Russia and the
United States" The goal is one
million signatures by May first.
FARMERS BACK MOVE
The Farmers National Relief
Conference meeting at Washing :
ton during December, 1882, went
on record as favOring Soviet rec
ignition and it Is expected that
many farmers will take part in
the campaign instituted by the
Friends Of the Soviet Union.
The resolution Of the Confer
emce read;
Whereas the damming up of
foreign trade, especially exports,
has greatly contributed towards
farmers inability to market
their product,
Therefore be it resolved that
our U. s. Government give
Russia equal recognition and IA
cilities for trade enjoyed by
other fereasn countries.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
SMALL HOME OWNERS
UNITE

The growing movement of small
home owners to protect their prop
erty is gaining ground in Ohio.
Many workers who were encour-
aged to buy their homes by the
mortgage companies are finding
that these same companies are
taking away their homes and are
swallowing their savings at the
same time, how that they are un-
employed.
In order to widen the movement
against foreclosure and eviction a
county conference Of the Small
Home and Land Owners Fedora
ton will be held in Cleveland Col
lege, Sunday, February rs at 10 a.
n. Present indications are thai
there will be between 800 and
1000 delegates at the conference
The Federation has already ten
branches in Cuyahoga county,
where it was first organized and
many mroe branches are being
formed. The organization now has
over $500 members.
Delegates from many different
organizations will be represented
at the conference which will also
take up reduction in taxes, and a
moratorium on mortgageg until
economic recovery. It Is expected
that the United Farmers League
will also be represented. Organi-
xations wishing to send delegates
should communicate with the Fed
GRAFTON at 1929 Lorain Avenue,
Cleveland.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17

poratiOn funds, which Governor
Langer's field man, Roy Frazier,
had promised to send to Mountaril
county would not arrive before
Feb. 10 at the earliest.
Could we wait until then? No;
Two weeks is a long time to go
barefoot and without food in win
ter here. II we wait we viii need
only shrouds.
The chairman explained pro-
misses Of the county commissioners
and Roy Frazier to bring relief
to the Mountrail farmers, but this
would be bye and bye. Sulo Mai
jala explained that only through
using their mass strength would
they receive relief now.
GET s1se IN ORDERS
The farmers then decided 70
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17

farmers can be gathered from the
fact that the subcommittee sug-
gested had asked Angus Mclean,
chairman of the Joint Stock Land
Bankers Association, to provide
the expert craftsmanship" One
of the chief agents of the bank
ers in robbing the farmers is con-
sidered a capable man" to re-
lieve the farmers of their mort
gage problems.
The senate suggests banker to
write the "refinancing" bill. The
farmers know just what to ex-
pect from bankers. They also can
see what chance of real relief
there is from Congress- plans and
programs.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17

Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 49,
Ashbel mgerson, son of former
Senator Ralph IngerSon of Burke
county and secretary of the Call
Committee of the North Dakota
Farmers Relief Conference reports
that farmers in many parts of
the state are busy holding meet
ings and electing delegates to the
Conference"
The Conference will be held at
Bismarck, February %, "a, and 25
and farmers wishing to learn more
about it should get in touch with
Mr.. mgerson at TIT Thayer Ave
nue., Bismarck.
GRATIFYING RESPONSE
Secretary Ingerson reports fur
ther that the response to the
Call has been very gratifying,
showing that the farmers of the
state are realizing as never be-
fore the necessity for the taking
up in earnest, themselves, the
problems Of relief.
'The Conference is a united
front gathering 70 which actual
farmer members of all farmers
organizations and groups of un-
organized farmers are invited to
send delegates, provided they are
actual dirt farmers. Republicans,
democrats, nohpartisans, liberty
ties, socialists, and communists
are all invited 30 participate if ac-
tual farmers. It is high time they
all got together for their common
relief and defense"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
5000 COSTA RIGA
FARM WORKERS IN
RANKS OF JOBL ESS

San Jose, Costa RIGA, Feb. L.
Costa RIGA has approximately nine
thousand unemployed in popula-
tan Of nearly 500 BOO, according
Q census made before the cof-
nee harvest began. The situation
aere has undoubtedly been re-
HeVed 10 some extent.
Agriculture accounts for more
uan 5000 Of the unemployed.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
RECEIVER RELEASES
BEANS

What made it even worse was
that this farmer had deposited sew
eral hundred dollars in this bank
a few days before it failed. The
bank didn't have to pay him his
money but the receiver said that
he had to pay the bank what he
owed it. Four hundred massed in
front of the bank and the receiver
released the beans.
We feel that we have been well
paid for our efforts to date and
tie trainers are all joining the
united Farmres League.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
N. FARMERS
RALLY SUPPORT
TO CONFERENCE
Ashbel Ingerson Reports
Gratifying Response
to Call
UNITED FRONT
Lem Harris, Secretary of
Natl Committee for
Action Coming
UNITED FRONT
BULLETIN

Bismarck, North Dakota, Feb.
12.-Because of the furious biz
yards and the blocking of the
roads over the whale state and
the stopping of all organization
work in the field during the
storm period, the North Dakota
Call Committee has decided to
postpone the Conference until
March l. 2. and Sd. This will
give the organizers for the con-
ference another week for orga-
nizatiOh and preparation, to
make up for the time lost dur
ing the blizzard.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
UFLLeads Farmers in
Stopping Four Idaho
Sales; League Grows
UFL EXECUTIVE
COUNCIL MEETS
ON SAT-, FEB. Is

Superior, Wis.-An announce
ment was made by James
Flower, National Secretary of
the United Farmers League
that the first meeting of the
National Executive Council OF
the U. F. L. would be held in
st. Paul, Mimi, On Saturday,
Feb. 18. The new tional
Secretary and the Executive
Council were elected at the Ma
tional Conference of the U. F.
L. held in Washington, D. c.,
on Dec. 10, 1882. 1t was also
announced that for the present
the address of the National Of
flee of the U. F. L. would con-
tinue to be Box 81, Superior,
Wisconsin.
The Executive Council in
cludes besides the National
Secretary, James Flower, the
following members: Charles E.
Taylor, Minneapolis, chairman;
Alfred ITALIA, Makinen, Mimi,
John Hetts, Colby, Wis, Frank
Arvola, Hancock Mich, Arthur
Reuber, Littlefork, MINI.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
ten FARMERS ARE ARRESTED
FOR STRIKE ACTIVITIES ON
MARKHAM, MINI. ROAD WORK


Mrs. H. S. Barritt, Dial.
las Co. Missouri writes:
Here is my last dollar, |
can't do without the Pro-
ducers News. When your
taxes, interest, and mort
cages get you where you
don't know what to do
read the Producers News
it will tell you what to
do"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
LEM HARRIS TO BE
PRESENT

The program adopted by the
Farmers National Relief Confer
ence at Washington, D. c., las,
December, will be placed before
the North Dakota farmers by the
North Dakota delegates who were
at Washington. Lem Harris, Sec
rotary of the Farmers National
Relief Conference viii be present
at the North Dakota Conference.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
KNIFE RIVER TWP.
ELECTS TWO TO GO
TO N. D. CONFERENCE
(BY A. H.

Sanish, N. D., Feb. 1.-Two
delegates were chosen at a relief
meeting in Knife River township
to attend the Farmrs Relief Con-
ference TO be held in Bismarck,
Feb. 1925. The farmers were
very enthusiastic about it and
thought it was the best thing since
the discovery of America. I was
chosen for one and Matt Hansen
for the other one.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17

date relief for their starving, half
naked families.
ALL BUT TWO OUT
Charles call, like Paul Revere's
was spontaneously responded to.
AT 2 p. m. Monday, representatives
Of Is families of the township had
assembled at the school house and
two other families, unable to send
representatives, had sent letters
asking for immediate aid. This
represented the entire community
except two families.
The meeting was called to or
der, a chairman and secretary
chosen-but then what? Food and
clothes were needed by all right
away-without q days delay-and
the Reconstruction Finance Cor
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
FARMERS SHOULD DIS.
TRIBUTE WORK

The strike, which Is under the
leadership Of the United Farmw
League, is the elimination Of y
struggle between the farmers and
Victor Kosld, commissioner Of the
sixth district, the district Of St.
Louis county in which Markham
is located. The farmers are d.
handing the recognition of their
own township committee of actAon
which would have charge of dis
tributing equally among the poor
farmers the little county work
which there is. In past years the
work has been given only to q
few friends and supporters of the
commissioners while the majority
of the farmers have received little
or nothing.
Victor Kosld, the newly elected
commissioner, in his campaign
promised the farmers that he
would recognize their committees
and it was upon this plank In his
platform that he rode into office.
WIN RIlCOGNITTON TO
FEB. /
Early in January TIE U. F. L.
branch in Markham called a mass
meeting attended by 125 farmers,
for the purpose of electing their
CONTINUED on Page Two)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
Nebr. Attorney General
Tries to Hinder Work
o. Farmers Conference
TELLS FARMERS SEARS AND ROEBUCK SALES
WILL BE HELD ILLEGAL BY
COURTS

In order to stem the rising tide
of struggle against foreclosures
and evictiOns, and to divert the
attention of Nebraska farmers
from the Nebraska Farmers Re-
lief Conference which meets in
Lincoln, Feb. 1916, Attorney Cen
eral Paul F. Good of Nebraska, de-
clared on Feb. 6 that Sears and
Roebuck sales would be declared
illegal by the courts.
Because of the mass action of
the farmers, the courts have not
dared to make any such ruling yet,
so the attorney general comes out
with his opinion which has abso-
lutely no legal standing.
ATTORNEY GENERATE
OPINION
His opinion contained the follow
ing five points:
1. Courts will hold sales where
intimidation Is practiced void,
2. Many sincere farmers who
are able to pay are being vic
hmized by neighbOrs.
8. Few banks OF insurance
company foreclosures now are
being held except where there is
no chance for thu farmer to get
out from under his debt lead,
even under favorable conditions.
4. The farmer by utilizing le-
gal means has from a year TO Is
mEmths to delay loss Of his farm
by foreclosure.
5. There is serious doubt any
of the Legislative proposals for
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17

relieving the mortgage situation
would affect existing mortgageA
IConunued an Peg PwOO
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
MANY BIDDERS
$50 Farmers Appear at
Sale Where Sheriff
Expected None
FARMERS JOIN UFL
Farmers Force Release of
10000 Pounds of Beans
Seized by Defunct Bank
FARMERS JOIN UFl
(BY w. H.

Bull, Idaho, Feb. Idaho
farmers are rapidly following the
example of farmers to the west
and east of them. On January 81
an organized group stopped a sher-
IFS sale south of Twin Falls.
ESQ OUT
About ESQ farmers were on the
job to stop the sale and there was
good discipline. The sale was con-
dncted by the receiver of defunct
bank and the mans tools were to
be sold with some livestock. The
sale had very little advertising and
they were not expecting much of
. crowd.
However, when the sheriff saw
the determined farmers, he said
that the bank receiver had called
the sale eff as there were TOP
many bidders. Two other sales
near Twin Falls were postponed
sitter that.
Another sale was said to be
postponed, but the farmers be-
came suspicious and went anyway.
It was lucky they did, because the
wdersheriff came out to the
place. When he saw the crowd he
called the sal eoff bnt said that
1900 pounds of the farmers
beans which were in storage would
be sold at auction three houds
lister at the closed First National
Bank.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
WILL STOP FORECLOSURES
AT WHITE CIOIIn

This was the first mortgage fore
closure sale that the Newago coun-
ty farmers saw and they sure were
well pleased with the good re-
suits. We are planning to stop a
foreclosure here at White Cloud,
February 13 and hope we have
good results.
Among the is men who went o.
the sale at Manistee was one wo-
man and she is writing this letter.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
CBY E. H.

Sanish, N. d. Feb. Ito arms;
To arms; The Red coats are COM
ing;" Such was the cry Of Paul
Revere as he went tearing through
the countryside on his flaming
steed in 1775-calling his fellow
men to struggle for their freedom
from the English tyrants.
MODERN PAUL REVERE
But now in 1888 in Knife River
township, Mountraill county, a
modern Paul Revere rides. 1t was
Charlie who received the signal
and went around the community
on a half starved nag. Ploughing,
plunging through enowdrifts, hun
CRY, cold and shivering in the
blizzard, he told his starving fell
low farmers to come to the Plain
view school house on Monday aft
ernoon, Jan. 30, 1888 to decide on
some method Of obtaining imme-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
FARMERS STOP
MICHIGAN SALE
Over a Thousand Mass at
Mainstee; Some Go 100
Miles to get There
(BY G. 81

White Cloud, Mich, Fe b. T.
There was a foreclosure sale at
the court house door at Manistee,
Mich, February 8. The farm be-
longed to a farmer near Kaleva,
Mich, and the mortgage and all
other debts totalled $500.
GO 100 MILES TO SALE
A Chevrolet truck with 16 farm
ers from Newaygo county went up
to Manistee to protest against
this farm mortgage foreclosure.
We had to get up at four o'clock
in the morning to get there as we
had 100 miles to go. 1t was a very
cold day, but the men all dressed
warm and took blankets along. We
put straw in the bottom of the
truck and a canvas over the top
SO we kept quite warm.
There were over a thousand
people at the sale. AS a result of
their protest, this farmer will not
be foreclOsed. He has only $79
interest to pay and he has 80 days
to get the money to pay it in.
The farmers around here are
beginning 10 wake up and are be-
ginning to realize that they will
all have to join hands and stick
together II they are to remain on
their farms.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
HOME OWNERS
MEET IN OHIO
Call Cleveland Conference
30 Resist Foreclosures
and High Taxes

Cleveland, Ohio-Two hundred
elected delegates of the Small
Home and Land Owners Fedora
ton protested against the eviction
of Andrew Hanyaz of Parma,
Ohio, before the Southwestern
Savings Loan Co. Of Cleveland re-
Gently.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17

Markham, Mimi, Feb. 10.-AbOut
one hundred farmers Of Markham
have declared a strike on cOunty
road work and are picketing the
county garage and highways in
the township in order to prevent
any work from being done until
their demands are granted. Dep
uty sheriffs have been sent to
break the strike but the farmers
have repulsed all attacks and are
standing sOlidly behind their -
mands.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
CONTINUE FIGHT
Demand Recognition of
Farmers Grievance,
Work Committees
UFL LEADS STRIKE
Commissioner Discriminate
Against Farmers ON
Road Work
by the Farmers Strike
Committee)

Virginia, MIMI, Feb. 11-Ten
farmers were arrested to-day for
their activities in conne:rion with
the strike of 100 Markham farm
ers on county road work. The
farmers struck because County
Commissioner Koski refused to
recognize their work and griev
ance committee, although he had
promised to do so before election.
The farmers are organizing to
continue their fight and to win the
release Of the ten arrested farm
ers. The Farmers Defense Com
mittee asks all farmers to send
protests to Victor Kosli, couaty
court huose, Virginia, MINI.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS SIGN ORDERS FOR
RELIEF; FARMERS DEMAND COUNTY
PAY BILLS

date relief for their starving, half
naked families.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
GET slse IN ORDERS

The farmers then decided TO
Evening star., 1933-10-26
GOOD TASTE TODAY
Niss BY EMILY POST.
TW Famous Authority on Etiquette.

wives, mothers and sisters Of her men
friends refuse to know.
Dear Mrs. Post: What shouid teach
my son, who Is 8 years old, to reply to
an Introduction? want him to say,
Ma'am.' but I am told this is incor-
rect"
Answer: To q man, "How do you do,
sir; to q woman, How do you do, Mrs.
Jones" "Ma'am" has always been a
colloquialism-except when replying to
royalty. But why "sir" Is used when
speaking to a gentleman, and why
ma am" Is said to ladies In only few
localities, is just one Of those things
that seem to have little reason further
than that usage has made 1t so.
Dear Mrs. Post: Will you help me
plan a very small wedding in church,
because it has been a long time since
we've had wedding in our family? Q)
Is it necessary for the bride and BRIDE
groom to have any attendants? (2)
Is it permissible for the brides mother
to act as her matron Of honor? 90 And
may the brides 15-year-old brother
give her away?
Answer: % The bridegroom must
have Q best man. All other attendants
are optional. 90 Absolutely no, so far
as walking down the aisle is concerned.
But she could stand next to her and
hold her bouquet. Cd Yes.