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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22
THIRTY MONTANA
COUNTIES ELIGIBLE
FOR FEED LOANS

Bozeman, Sept. 18.-The farm
credit administration through the
crop production loan office at
Minneapolis has announced that 80
Of Montana's counties are includ-
ed In the area eligible for feed
loans and that a Every limited"
fund is available for making feed
loans in this area.
The Montana counties listed bv
the farm credit administration are
Big Horn, Brine, Broadwater. Car
bon, Carter, Cascade, Chouteau,
Custer, Daniels, Fallon, Golden
Valley, Hill, Liberty, Meagher,
Musselshell, Rark, Petroleum, Phil
lips, Powder River, Prairie, Rose
bud, Roosevelt, Sheridan, Still
water, Sweet Grass, Treasure,
Valley, Wheatland, Wib1ux, and
Yellowstone.
The announcement gave no IN
formation as to how or by whom
the list of Montana counties was
prepared or whether other coun-
ties may be added to the list as
eligible for feed loans.
Regulations accompanying
the notice permit loans per
month per head of $2.5e for
cattle and horses, 80 cents fer
sheep and 81 for brood sows.
No loans will be made to feed
ewes over 8 yeras old. Total
loans for one individual will
not exceed $3.50. Applications
must be in the hands of the
designated farm credit adj
ministratiOn representative not
later than Oct. 81.
The procedure in administering
inspecting and conducting the al
nounced lU7n will be the same al
in previous feed loan periods. L.o
cal loan committees appointed TO
previous loans are being asked t.
serve through the present LOAF
period
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22

along nicely.
Elizabeth Nelson has been stay
ing with Mrs. T. w. Holdeman the
past two weeks while Mr.. Holde-
man is threshing southwest CT
PlentXwood.
/ Mrs. Emily Carlson, who for
merly lived south of Dooley, has
bought a house in Plentywood and
is now living there. Miss Lucille
Graham is staying with her while
going to high school.
Clayton Holdeman is a beginner
in the Rocky Spring school this
year.
Adolph Heppner, farmer of the
south Comertown co'lntr7, was
here to supervise the harvesting
of his crop. He has left again fol-
his home at Charlo, Mont.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22

The Aug. Is price index of
farm products was II as
compared with rs on July Is.
During the same period the
prices paid by farmers rose s
points.
One-Third Less Than Pre-War
The ratio of prices received by
farmers to prices paid by them
the purchasing power of the far
mers-fell from II per cent of the
pre-war price on July Is to Ga
per cent of pre-war on August
Is.
Hogs were bringing 1919 per
100 pounds in mid-August, in To-
cal markets, or about S percent
down from July Is. Corn prices
in local markets were depressed
from 55.5 cents a bushel in mid
July to 48.8 cents in mid-August.
The average farm price OF
wheat declined from 800 to TAT
cents a bushel during the month
ended August Is.
Cotton declined 1.8 cents q
pound in farm price during the
period.
After five and a half
months of the New Deal
/ which was supposed to give
the farmers the "pre-war par
i ity" for their products-the
! same relation of the price
of what they sell to what
they buy as in the pre-war
days-they are getting over
one-third less than in the pre-
war days.
Conditions WOrsening
Furthermore, the trend of farm
prices is still down while the pro
ducts of what the farmers hav,
to buy is still going making
their conditions continuousl!
worse.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22
PRICE BALLOON"
PUNCTURED FOR
BERRY FARMERS
Even Famine Crop Fails to
Bring Higher
Prices

Kalama, Wash. - Strawberry
growers here certainly have not
benefited from the Roosevelt
Price Balloon" On the contrary
we had to stay on the ground to
hoe the plants in an effort to get
a few berries after the frost. With
. famine crop this year many ex-
pected a price for their labors, so
the local farmers cooperative as
ISOLATION built a packing plant in
which the contractors could pack
our berries.
The town took on an air of re-
turned prosperity, a train footed
and with busiress like dexterity
placed a yellow car at the pack
inc plant while the brakeman
franticallv waved the signals he
had forgotten. TIE pickers went
to the field to pick at lie per
hound. or about Toe an hour. Sug-
ar and barrels were shipped in
and thriving business. totalling
about s2E moo was done at the ex-
nenee Of the farmers.
MISERABLE RETURNS
Eventually the first returns
came in; a measly &c a pound!
The pickers paid for their grocery
bill and Bull Durham sacks. As
founding as it may seem, we are
now getting an additional &c, but
that will not keep the farmers
from trekking their way to the
enforced labor camps this coming
winter for their grocery list, as
they did last winter after seeing
their berries rot in the fields.
Relief is cut off at present 1--WE
are expected to live by chiselling
and gardening) but the struggle
for adequate relief will bind the
farmers closer together in an eff
fort to solv our common problems,
and build our local United Farm
ers League. The struggle for re-
lief will have to be more deter
mined next winter since the huge
MIRA propaganda campaign in the
newspapers is turning the public
eye to the blue eagle in expecta-
ton of seeing it lay a golden egg.
while millions Of farmers and in
dustrial workers are destitute.
THE LEAGUE CAN WIN
The United Farmers League
can protect our homes and demand
relief for US and our children
The NRA is leading public Opin-
ion against US, thus fulfilling one
of its main objects; to prevent
strikes, demonstration, presenta-
tions of demands for relief, and
foreclosure struggles, TO stop mass
action.
Let us not be hoodwinked,
let rs not be lead to increase
our mortgage to the fullest ex-
tent Gas the welfare board
told me 10 do), but let us unite
In one United Front for our
homes and for q decent living.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22
DEPT. OF ACR.
BOOSTS ESTIMATE
OF FARM INCOME
Tries to Create Impression
New Deal Is Bringing
Back Prosperity

Washington, Sept. Through
deliberate Justification and unwar-
ranted assumptions the New Deal
administration has discovered that
"gross farm income will approx
mate $6,36O,OOO,OOO this year COM
pared with SIS 143, OOO, 900 in 1882"
In the very statement con-
tanning this prophecy the
government shows the hol-
lOwness of its Blue Bird sta
tistics.
The Department of Agriculture
admits, in the first place, that "the
trend of farm prices in the next
few months will be an important
factor in determining the gross
income of farmers for 1888 since
farmers marketings are usually
largest during that period of the
year."
OO4Nh Om AOO ON1I IOINo
In order to make the farmers
believe that the Blue Vulture is
laying golden eggs the New Deal
ers have ASSUMED THERE
WILL BE SOME FURTHER I'M
PROVEMENT IN BUSINESS
ACTIVITY DURING THE NEXT
FEW MONTHS.
Even the capitalist papers il
their sober moments have no such
illusions. William H. Grimes, Of
the Wall Street Journal wrote re.
Gently in that paper that, 'Thert
has been a let down in business
and industrial activity at the very
time when the NRA program il
supposed to come into full swing
There will be no Improvement
in business activity during tn,
next few months" as the Depart
ment of Agriculture predicts il
order to put phanthom Blue Vul
ture golden eggs before the farm
ers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22
LEADER OF TEXAS r
UNEMPLOYED IS
MURDERED In JAIL
Police Were Determined to
Get Barlow Because
He Was a Communist

Fort Worth, Texas, Sept.
1T. E. Barlow, 40, orga-
nicer of the Fort Worth I'm
employed Council, was foully
murdered in jail; and two
other workers, E. E. Hardy,
26, and S. N. Macomb, 40,
are in danger of the same
fate. Local officials declare
that Barlow was killed in a
jail fight, but circumstances
indicate that yeggmen were
planted in the jail to do away
with him. Barlow was the
outstanding Communist in
this state, having been a can
didate for lieut.. governor and
Congressman on that ticket.
The three workers had been ar
rested for unlawful assembly"
at a recent meeting of the IN
employed Council. In July Barlow
and % others were arrested on
the same charge. At that time,
Barlow was thrown into the death
cell, where he remained for nine
days. He refused to be released
on bond until his comrades had
been set free.
Determined to "Get'' Barlow
For months the Fort Worth DO
lice have been endeavoring to
get" Barlow. Workers have been
stoppd on the street by officers
and asked questions about their
leader. Intense resentment is be-
ing shown by workers over the
state as a result of Barlow's mur-
der.
kilograms and letters of
protest should be sent to
District Attorney Jesse Mar
tin and Sheriff J. R. Wright
of Fort Worth demanding an
investigation by a grand jury
of workers into the death of
Barlow, punishment of his
murders, and the release Of
Macomb and Hardy.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22
Gov. Cooney and Mont.
Delegation VIII See
President Roosevelt

Helena, Sept. 15-Gov. Frank HI.
Cooney and Montana's entire con-
gressional delegation will appear
before federal officials in Wash
lngton, D. C. shortly, seeking aid
for public works projects in this
state, it was announced today.
Governor Cooney said he was
preparing to leave Helena for the
capital next week. Senator Burton
K. Wheeler now is enroute east
and Senator John Erickson, Con-
gressmen Roy Ayres and Joseph
Monaghan were reported prepar-
ing for the trip.
Dater-It is reported that Con-
gresham Ayres is not going to
Washington at this time, but will
remain in Montana till January.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22
ARCHER

Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Cook and
family were dinner guests at the
Harry Whitish home Sunday.
Gus Leesburg spent Sunday at
Leo Kiazeck's.
Robert Cook and his aunt, Mrs.
Joe Whitish called at Pete Whit
ishe's Monday evening.
Nels Thompson and family were
visiting in Plentywood Saturday.
Mrs. Edward Boelens was In
brentwood Friday and took din
ner with. Mrs. Rufus Marks.
Miss Margaret Clark is assist
ing Mrs. Harry Whitish during
threshing.
Alfred Shaw and Mrs. Clark at
tended the dance at Antelope or
Saturday evening.
Clarence Whitish, who was op'
Grated on at the Scobey hospita
two weeks ago is still quite i'll.
Miss Alice Whitish and brother
Herold spent Sunday at the Pa
Greff home.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22

thing besides sympathy" from
these friends" of theirs but it
will take mass pressure to get it.
Farmers who peddled pork in
town last winter report that they
do not intend to try it this COM
ing winter. The processing tax,
some of them say, will raise the
price Of pork so high that It will
be out Of reach Of most people in
the small towns.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22
MONT. WORKERS
TO GET RELIEF
IN SOW BELLY:

Helena, Sept. 19-Montana needy
..on will be sharing in the dis
,ribution of pork taken over by
,oo government under the agricul-
tDTai adjustment act.
T. c. Spauldlng, Montana relief
director, announcing plans today,
ior distribution of this fOOdstuff,
.sid $4,000 pounds of pork had
bser 7llocatcd the Treasure state.
"a CARLOADS OF
sow BELLY COMING
The amount allowed Montana
aggregates 20 carloads from which
tbe first shipmtnt of five oars
will come into the state soon after
Oct /. continuing then at the rate
Of five cars per month.
The pork will be sailed and in
first class condition, he said, and
will be distributed thruout Mon
tana by local relief agencies.
BULK TO co TO
BUTTE
The bulk of the initial shipment
will be consigned to Butte where
warehousing facilities nre avail
able to the relief committee for as
many as Is carloads of provisions
at one time. From that point the
meat will be distributed to nearby
surrounding towns such as Ana
conda, Boulder, Basin and Deer
Lodge, by truck, and will be tnans-
ported to farther removed cities
by rail.
Spaulding said this consignment
Of meat would prove a great boor
TO the needy of the state and tt
he relief organizations in supply
ing to some extent the demand
upon them for this type IF pro
vision
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22
CANADIAN WHEAT
CROP ESTIMATE IS
AT Low FIGURE
May Be Below SOO,OOO,OOO Bushels
For the First Time Since 1874.

Ottawa, Ont, Sept. IA crop
report of the Dominion bureau of
statistics today estimated this
years wheat crop at 282,771, 900
bushels, reflecting the devastation
of grasshoppers and the effect of
drouth.
Last year the crop was 428,514-
600 bushels and the previous year
321, 325,OOC The record year was
1928, when, with fewer acres un-
der cultivation than this year, a
harvest of 66,726,OOO bushels was
garnered.
The crop has not fallen below
100000 bushels since 1924.
The average yield for this year
was estimated at 1919 bushels pet
acre, compared with 11.9 in 1924
and 23.5 in 1928.
The bulk of the wheat comes
from the three prairie provinces,
where the estimate placed this
years production at 264, 000,00O
bushels of spring wheat, compared
with 408,400,000 last year and
301, 181 900 in 1881.
The report stated that new crop
wheat so far marketed has grad
ed high.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22
1NEW DEAL'' HITS SMALL FARMERS ON ALI. SIDES
HITLER FASCLSM Is
DRIVING TOWARD A
WORLD STRUGGLE

Paris, Sept 10-A new
world war is threatened if
Hitler attempts to annex Aus
tria, which is now a pawn of
Great Britain and France.
ct is useless to tempOrize
or QuibbIev declares Henry
Berehger, president of the
Foreign Affairs Commission
of the Senate in the Agence
EconOmique ct Financiers.
Austria must remain outside
Germany or there will be
European cOnflict-and what
a cOnflictl-wfthin a short
time"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22
Mitchell Quits Job as
Supt. of Mont. Capitol

Helena, Sept. 19.-Declaring he
didn't care to be bothered with 1t
any longer" Secretary of State
Sam w. Mitchell today announced
his resignation as superintendent
Of the Montana statehouse. In his
official position, however, he re-
mains a member of the state board
of examiners which is in charge
of the capitol.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22
WESTBY

M. MI and Mrs. Art HetBand and
S- iiy motOred to Bowbells, N. D.
ouuuay morning. They were &C
''i NY by Edith Helseth.
n AfS; Oscar Helseth is assisting
mig this week. WIN '''-
Miss Mildred and Vincent John
n n" arrived arrived home from Harvey, N
= Saturday evening.
p.1l ~. and Mrs. Ivar Larsen Of
Tno oCilff' Sask., called in Westby
M mrs :, 5. Zimmerman called or
s m, chas' ThOrsOn Monday aft.
sbs mss 5, Cora Legard and Miss Els.
W. W.. Nelson called on friends +
"stOy Saturday. -''''uS Il
wa s9s ladies' lie aid of McElroy me
lea 'Oy Monday afternoon an,
Inch >. tu !. Mrs. 1verson served
n, a. The conclusion of the dav
mo :. - !. D,anstrum has been work
past - I'm. .De Oscar Helseth home En-,
mp WEEK painting and kalsomin
~
A. 7 n ~. D. c. club met at I'll.
and 5 ..,, Olsen nh home last Tue s la
M, ssT e uuilt blocks.
the l Pee G'o roe. Miller Is visiting a
"s Lutheran church has 70
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22
STOP ANOTHER
JULESBURG SALE
By Harry Lux

Julesburg, Colo.-About 300
farmers from DUEL, Nebr.,
and Sedgwick counties, Colo
RADIO stopped the Kansas City
National Life Insurance COM
pany from selling at sheriff
sale the half section farm
home of Matovsh Bros. of 10
miles south of Julesburg,
Colorado. After the sale was
stopped all of the Farmers
Holiday Association members
went outside the court house
and took a rising vote to not
allow another farm foreclos-
ure in any county or state If
they could hear of it.
County chairman, Otis Hodges
is a real leader and not afraid
of any insurance company. Two
committees Of action of five men
each just closed the clerks office
until the time for selling was over
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22
CANADA'S WHEAT
EXPORTS HIGH

Montreal, Sept. 11.-Exports of
wheat from Canada during the
crop year 1888 amounted to 240,-
1868 bushels, compared with
182,863, 1862 bushels in 1892, fig
ures issued by the dominion bu-
reau of statistics reveal. The 1882
exports were the fifth largest
from Canada in any previous crop
year. Of the total exports this
year 156,461 ,736 bushels went to
Great Britain.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22
NEED MORE MEN
LIKE MGERSON
Farmers and Workers of
North Dakota Face Win
ter of Misery

Wilton, N. D., Sept. 2O.-A lot
of farmers and workers will need
help this coming winter. There is
no feed for the cattle and hogs
and no price for them when you
sell.
1t is about time that kids
should be going to school and
most of them have no clothes and
shoes and cannot buy books. So
they cannot go.
There are old men and women
that rcvc no means of getting
food and clothing arc getting a
roof over their hedas this coming
winter.
Taxes Wont Be Paid
Taxes will not be paid and
many farmers are going to be
faced with the loss of their homes
but they cannot see it yet.
The workers at Bismarck were
getting two and three dollars a
week this summer on the relief
and they are about starving now
What will they do for food and
coal this coming winter.
Organize
Farmers and workers of NOrtl
Dakota. Let US get together anC
when we do we can let the bosses
know what we can do and in ,
big way.
We sure need more men Xix,
Ingerson (secretary of the Stat,
Committee for Action to Civ
this war hound Governor hell, VI
one side and down the other.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22

sanctioned issuance of licenses to
five vendors on Indian reserva-
tions.
The change in policy, it was
said, resulted when it was learn
ed that federal permits were be-
ing issued these vendors. A num-
br of places on the reservations,
the board learned, were selling
beer under federal permits and
without state licenses.
Those granted were:
Charles Delger, Poplar; Davey
q Jacob, Wolf Point; Fred Turn
er, Poplar; L. F. Butler, Poison,
and Dan T. and w. H. Haggerty,
J Browning.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22
SCHOOL BUS KILLS
BOY AT POPLAR

Poplar, Sept. 19.-Amos Buckles
IL, son of Thomas Buckles, OF
Poplar, was run over by the school
bus and killed this morning on
the school bus route. His body
was brought Immediately to Pop
lar and a coroner's inquest was
being held late this afternoon be-
fore Justice John Hanson.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22
BREWERS PAY
BEER SALES TAX

Helena, Sept. 2O.-Receipt of
$4,424 from Missoula and Great
Falls breweries as taxes on the
August beer sales amounting to
8,849 barrels was announced today
by the state board of beer control.
Two retailers licenses were issued
today to dispensers on an Indian
reservation, at st. Iglntus and at
Poison.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22
Livestock Dealers Che at
Farmers Out Of Hog Bonus
(By Special Correspondent

Pierre, s. D-Farmers turnout South Dakota are
taken place in this state in connection with the pay v Of
the hog bonus They charge that livestock buyers who got
the Of the bonus the radio etc. hurried out
isolated, impoverished farmers who have neither daily
phone radio and told them the bonus would not
be paid for long while They then proceeded get these
farmers to sell their hogs for 2K cents pound ship
ped the hogs to market when the bonus became effective
and collected the bonus for themselves
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22
Visible Supply of Wheat
Increases In United States

New York, Sept. 1.-THE Wis
ible supply of American grain
shows the following changes, in
bushels: Wheat increased 1,200,-
900; corn decreased 181, 900; oats
increased 1,198,0OO; rye increased
467, 900; barley increased $4,000.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22

In Brown county, farmers sent
telegram of protest to Secre-
tary of Agriculture Wallace aid
demanded that the bonus cut of
which they had been cheated be
paid them. In Sully county, a
group Of farmers, with Henry
Sunne of Agar as spokesman,
came here to demand Of Governor
Berry that he was to take action
in their behalf. The farmers
should insist that they get some
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22

be that we are now in the
midst of insane schemes to
save the capitalist system that
has placed all of us in the
terrible jam of the last three
years.
MERTON WILLER.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22
Couertown-DooIey

Mrs. Perkins, formerly Mrs.
Cook, a pioneer Of this county is
here from Rosewood, Colorado,
visiting her cousin, c. Hedges.
Tim Holdeman injured his left
shoulder recently while getting a
sick horse up.
Howard King, brother Of Mrs.
Horace Laverdure, from Redwood
Falls. MINI, who recently broke
his shoulder blade is now getting
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22
FARMERS!

For information about how to
organize in defense of your homes
ard your lives, communicate with
the UFL National Office, Alfred
ITALIA, Secretary, 1929 Linden Ave.
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22

placed the broken windows. MT.
Triund did the work. !,
Mr.. and Mrs. Art Berg attended
the ladies aid at the John Nelson
home Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Haugen
and family were in Westby shop
ping Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rohwader
arrived home Tuesday from the
east where they also attended the
fair in Chicago.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22
WISCONSIN FARMERS!

For information about how to
organize in defense Of your homes
and your lives, communicate with
John Hetts, UFL State Secretary,
Colby, Wisconsin.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22
farmers Purchasing
Power Drops 10 Per
Cent In One Month
:. If Agriculture Admits Prices for Farm Products
D0P" Fall While Cost of Goods Farmers
Buy Rises

IN the single month, from July Is to August To- the
basng power of the farmers dropped TEN PER CENT.
% Not only did the products the farmers sell decline
% but the price of the goods they have to buy rose
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22
RESERVATION BEER
LICENSES GRANTED

Helena, Sept. 11-Reversing It's
stand of several months ago, the
state board Of beer control today
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22

RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION,
50 PER YEAR
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-22

Let us not be hoodwinked,
let rs not be lead to increase
cur mortgage to the fullest ex-
tent Gas the welfare board
told me 10 do), but let us unite
In one United Front for our
homes and for q decent living.