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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17
UNITED FRONT ACTION wins
FARMERS RELIEF DEMANDS IN
MINI. AND MICH; UFL In LEAD
USE CHURCH As DEN
OF MONEY CHANGERS
TO ROB DEPOSTTORS
fRY n. 81

Scandal, MIMI, March 6. On
Feb. is six banks in this so called
wealthy dairy district closed their
doors, Two Of them were forced
into liquidation BY the state, four
of them reopened, with fifty per
cent boss to depositors, 1t Ia said.
An amusing article Is printed on
the front page oe The Chisago
County Press, published az Lind
strom, MINI. 1t relates that The
bankers set up tables in various
places in the Chisago Lake church
for the depositors to sign and eds
cuss financial matters pertain
ing TO the grave danger existing"
If this does not smack of the
good Old Testament times wher
Christ drove the money-chsnger:
out Of the Temple with the words
''You shall not convert nay Faith
ers House into a rObbers' den."
What's next ON the program2
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17
MINISTER OBJECTS
BUT SALE is HELD,
ANOTHER STOPPED

Reidsville, Ga, Feb. s,-MOre
than 200 farmers assembled here
on the call of the Rev. Joseph
Smith to protest against a sheriff
auction Of farm goods, but Sheriff
Kennedy went through with the
sale according to schedule. The
crowd was orderly.
At Ohoopse neighbors bid in six
COWS for 1925 and paid the same
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17
500 IN MARCH
Baraga County, Michigan,
Supervisors Agree to
Chief Demands
INCREASE. RELIEF
Biggest Victory Is Wor
Thru United Action of
Workers, Farmers
INCREASE RELIEF
(BY F. A.

Earaga, Mich, March S.-More
than 500 workers and farmers took
mart in the Baraga county relief
march to the county court house
A BAnse on Feb. % where they
forced the county officials to grant
All of their main demands.
The court room and all stair
vays and halls leading to it were
hacked. 1t was the largest dem
snstratiOn ever held in this coun'
ty. The workers and farmers
stood firmly behind their demands
The demands which the super
WsOrs were forced to agree Il
we're as follows;
CASH RELIEF
l. Immediate arrangement or
adequate relief work in the cOun'
On for all those In need.
a. A minimum wage Of $500
for an eight hour day to be paid
for all relief work.
b. Twelve days work per month
for families of five or more.
c. Eight days work per month
fOr families of less than five.
d. Six days per month foi
married couples.
E. Four days per month foI
single men.
(. If no work can be arranged
Continued or. rage TWol
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17
DoOdlebug TOwnley Tries to Disrupt
Militant Nebraska Farm Movement

A. G. Townley has just been down in Nebraska,
sent by Milo Reno to try and disrupt the State Re
lief Conference and the organization of the farmers
under the Madison County plan. He is planning to
attack these organizations "communistic." This
is the same tactic that the Pamenter gang and the
bankers are using. 49,
Good WORK has heen done IN Ne.laslSa and Town
ley is there 10 wreck il at his mastel bidding We
see from this to what level the old Non-partisan
League organizer has sunk
This is only the latest of his rackets. He made
racket of the militant nonpartisan league with his
doodle bug" He sold the farmers millions mil
lions of dollars of fake oil stock Last fall he for
Congress and just missed making it on the fake Farm
fr-Labor tick~t N minnesota. vaat dN
When c. C. Talbot, president of the Farmers
Union of North Dakota and Usher Burdick president
of the North Dakota Holiday association schemed to
smash the Farmers State Relief Conference at Bis
marck, March 49, they sent for Townley to do the
job.
Townley didn't come, not because he didn't want
the cash that would have been in it, but because he
knew that in North Dakota his oil record would have
been brought before the farmers again by the militant
farmers who have had enough of his kind of lead
ership.H
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17
WILLIAMS COUNTY
SENDS DELEGATES
TO RELIEF MEET

Bonetraill, N, d.. Feb, 2t.-Five
delegates were elected from the
northwestern part Of Williams
county to attend the farmers State
Relief Conference in Bismarck,
March 1-s. From reports that ]
have received delegates have been
elected from every part OF ths
county. Every car has a full load
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17

The Union Junior" dated January 70 contains soy
on Keller Local. of the Farmers Union Located IN Dun
county North Dakota The author of the article 10 uuy
Talbot Edwards who is editor of the magazine
- The magazine is sent out to the Farmers Union Juniors
aays Talbot Edwards is state leader OF the Juois a
notso-ncidentay daughter of the $bOOO-ayear pieef
uent OF the Farmers Union of North Dakota
AS for the article which she wroea farmer IRON la
C tells us all about that in the following answer 10 usus
no Edwards We have inserted in the appropriate Ras
refers
Larson North Dakota, March D. 1900
SSladys Talbot Edwards
Jamestown, North Dakota
Dear Mrs Edwards,
r.. wish to acknowledge receipt of the Union junior.
~ also wish to make few corrections in your wris
y T" the disbandment Of Keller Local.
ws frank Witty was President Of Keller Local. gu
Icoz and treasurer from the time organizes
sv June 1882 when set of officers was elected
Tp as0 IDEAS Of their own about running a local. 1,
county and state officers were notified BY the on
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17

Commissioners make such pay
ment is certainly deserving of Sc
we're criticism since the same did
not come through the regular
channels of poor relief or any
other government agency for the
care of the needy.
THOSE OATHS OF OFFICE
Our public officials have GER
tain duties to perform which are
governed by law and should they
violate their oath of office, they
Continued on Page TwO)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17
TTASCA DEMAND
AL Federal Relief VIII be
Distributed by Elected
Committee
FED. AGENT AGREES
United Farmers League
Holds Successful
Meetings
FED. AGENT AGREES

Bemidji, Mimi, March g.
The federal agent at Grand
Rapids has been forced by
mass pressure to agree that
all federal relief in Itasca
county should be distributed thru
committee elected by the farm
ers and workers themselves.
This was the third of a series
of demands which the farmers of
western Itasca county drew up at
their relief march last week to
Grand Rapids.
The demands around which the
farmers have rallied are;
1. More government relief work
2. More Red Cross flour and
clothing at convenient places
thruOut the county.
8. All federal relief to be dis
tributed in accordance with the
decisions of a local committee
elected by the farmers and the
workers thru0ut the county.
A. No discrimination in giving
I out relief to the youth.
5, Free seed for the Empower
ished farmers and feed for live
stock.
The next afternoon we held
; very successful meeting at Dee
River and in the evening anothe
at Saumi, Mimi. More meeting
of the United Farmers Leagu
have been arranged for next weel
after the UFL conference whie
will take place i'm the county coui
= house in Bagley, on March 8.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17

(Mrs. Edwards tries in her own
way to discredit the Farmers Ma
tional Relief Conference which
was composed of $50 delegates
who met in Washington, d, c., ON
Dec. z to 10. 1882. She writes
that the report to Keller Local on
the Conference stressed the lack
Of accomplishment In this expedi-
ton" Them she tries to make the
farmers believe that the Farmers
National Relief Conference was
the cause of the death Of Keller
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ATTEMPT TO DISCREDIT FARMERS NATIONAL
RELIEF CONFERENCE

Local. The card playing prler 70
the meetings of the local made
It easy for mushroom movements
10 spring up and distract the mind
of the membership from the goal
Of their own organization, The
Farmers National Relief Confer
cree had no chance Of Recognition.
II did not represent a solid enuf
ORGANIZATION of farmers. "ProbabT
" because Charley Talbot, Mra'
Edwards sB,0O6-a-year father, was
NOT THEREBY
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17
ST. 500 MORTGAGE
SETTLED FOR $50
BY 800 FARMERS
tBY MRS. e. M. NJ

Forbes, N. Oak, March T. A
crowd of 500 farmers settled q
$500 mortgage ON a farmers
personal property held by the
closed Monango bank, for $50, The
$50 was made up by a collection
in the crowd. When the receivers
saw the crowd they were glad 70
settle.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17
SECOND SALE
STOPPED NS.D
Farmers Get to Early Sale,
Hold Sheriff in Office
and Manage Mortgage
lRY MRS. d. M. M

Forbes, N. d., March THE
day after the farmers stopped the
sale of l.. Simpsons property at
Aberdeen, South Dakota, the mort
gage and the sheriff tried to
carry it through again.
Mason, the mortgage, adyer-
tised the sale for Wednesday, 8
a. m, in the evening Aberdeen
paper. He thought that the farm
ers would be unable to get there
by o'clock, Wednesday morning.
The farmer who read an Aberdeen
paper read the morning paper and
not the evening one In which Ma
son advertised the sale,
GO WITHOUT BREAKFAST
BUT GO TO SALE
Some of the farmers went with
out breakfast but they We're there
when the time for the sale arrived
The sheriff told the few frs
arrivals that the sale would &c
forward regardless but by 90 CLOCK
the sheriff was hemmed in his of
flee. He could not reach the front
steps.
Mason, the mortgage, failed T.
appear, One hundred farmers wen
to his office and captured him a
a rear exit. They took him to tn
court house and kept him ther
until too late for a sale Tn
farmers had understood that he
signed papers TO postpone the sal
to December 1, but this was late
denied,
SHADOWS ON THE WALL
A rope was taken along, mostl
as a joke. Several farmers, how
ever, told the lawyer they woul
use it, and so the matter stand
now.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17
ROOSEVELT REFUSES TO MEET
FARMER DELEGATION; BANKING
CRISIS IS GIVEN FOR EXCUSE
National Committee for
Action Demands Results
on Farmers Own Program

To the Honorable Franklin Delano Roosevelt President
Last December at the Farmers National Relief Confer
in Washington farmers asked President Hoover to rec
ognze the National Emergency he and all other
tastrophe which predicted in December has resulted in
complete and thny hidden collapse Of entire system Of
business 1t has evolved into the outrageous condition OF
great surpusses, and threat of general starvation
EvICTED FARMERS
1t is March. Degradation and poverty in the months
intervening since the Conference have forced increasing
numbers of Aeghbors into the roads rural refugees
Evicted farmers must be returned to their homes.
The continued by profgrabbing creditors and
the nacton of Federal and State Governments have forced
farmers to enact the first law of Preservation
which is expressed in nationwide prairie fire of penny
sales to resist forcbe eviction and bankruptcy OF farm
families.
WAR TIME POWERS
have asked for time powers and have exercised
them in your proclamation today declaring universal bank
holiday and embargo on gold exports
Therefore, confidently look to you for action.
We regard futile and of real help to the majority
of farmers such remedies have been proposed namely:
Legislation aimed to reduce production allotment pan)
an agricultural credit policy which offers finance only to
farmers with collateral esricton on feed and seed oans
plans debated farm mortgages held by big business
upon the government through refinancng legislation"
! (Frazier and Robinson bils).
DEMAND REAL NEW DEAL
We, the great majority of ruined farmers must have
new deal; no such legislative sops" can save u.s.
We therefore ask that you urge the assembled COVER
to demand Immediately legislation based the follow
ing outline of legislation which the Farmers National Relief
Conference presented President Hoover and Congress last
gDecember CA copy of the demands drawn at the Con-
ference given to Roosevets secretary EditorO
And further ask that you Congress mme-
diaey and recognize above the banking crisis the threat
of social dsntegraton which threatens our fire sides and
that you insist that these demands be Immediately enacted
by Congress into federal laws.
Respectfully,
A. M SLOWER,
Vice President United Farmers Protective
Association of Pennsylvania.
PHILIP w. SMITH,
81 Member Executive Committee Farmers
~ National Committee for Action.
IS III. w. SPRINGER,
IS President, New Jersey Farmers
Protective Association.
he ROB f. HALL,
e, Editor, Farmers National Weekly.
This committee represents the Executive Committee
the Farmers National Committee for Action, elected by tn
Farmers National Relief Conference Dec TO- 1882.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17
WHAT DID CHARLEY TALBOTT Dor

The demands were read from the floor of the Senate
and entered the State Record The delegates from the
different states also met with their representatives and SEN
ators We found out that haven't any one down here
representing u.s. When pinned down they could not evade
the question, they had power" etc.
If you remember, president, c. c. Talbot,
was sent down to Washington, ID. C. to lobby for
certain bills for benefit with the backing Of the
Farmers Union organization and plenty of money.
How disappointed he that he couldn't seem to
get any action My idea In that Charley didn't catch
on as quick as the dirt farmer delegates did, that
we we're not represented there, or he wasn't big
enough TO tell the members how the land lay when
he came back. 81 eeitog-ssses : es
few of our men down at Washington, ID. c. told some
of the delegates they are poweres 10 do anything that the
Farmers and workers already doing through
action stopping foreclosures and forced sales than they
could do asos is4'ssr
IL seems plain that will get nothing thru their eg
llaton and the Farmers Union leaders are st leading the
Imemberahip 10 believe they backing the main bills for
ece~ssn~se p~ss ~wss &, l.s ,ps
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Stanley, North Dakota,
February 8, 1888

secretary of the change Kindly look up the records and
if Keller Local functioned after the notice of change
meeting was called in the fall for the purpose of eecng new
officers and delegate to the Farmers National Relief Con-
ference When it to the election of officers no
one present would take the responsibility and decided to
call another meeting TO hear the report of delegate and
wind up the affairs of Keller Local. There only few
who could or would pay their dues. You know the rest
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17
2KO FARMERS WITHOUT HIGH
cAT,ARTED LEADERS

can't quite understand where you got the nIormaHon
that you put across 10 the Juniors. that tne
The fact il that for the first time in history tne FARMERS
sent $50 or ESQ delegates direct to washington ~ 20
sent their demands In person. with no hgn saAreu farm
leaders to msIead them I'll say they were recognised In
fact, set Q precedent. s
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17

for a mule. The neighbors made
up the money among themselves
and restored the stock TO the wife
of the former owner.
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MAKE DEMANDS
ff -Gr
Has BEST Interests of the
Farmers at Heart" But
Not in Action
DENOUNCE PLANS
National Committee for Ae-
ton Represented by
Delegation of Five
DENOUNCE PLANS
(BY JOHN d. DAVIS

Washington, d. c., March
6.-President Roosevelt re
fused to see a delegation Of
farmers representing Farm
ers National Relief Confer
ence this afternoon because the
national banking crisis takes pre-
cedence over everything else" ae-
cOrding to- his secretary. The
delegation left with the secretary
statement addressed to the
President, which put before him
squarely the issue of immediate
emergency action for the relief of
destitute farmers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17
PROMISES OF LANCER'S AGENT
SHOWN TO BE EMPTY PHRASES
Roy Frazier North Dakota Relief Agent, Made Promise
in January of Relief Within 10 Days, Only
Mass Action Gets it Through

"We are even worse off than
those who have spoken here, We
get no price for our products al
though we are one of the great
est wheat producing counties IN
the state. We didn't raise enough
for seed. Butterfat is down to IL
cents a nniind,H
These are the words of dele
gate from Mountrail county who
was at the North Dakota Relief
Conference at Bismarck, Madeh l.,
3. He says again, "People are out
of everything. They have no food
in the house, And there is no wood
to burn"
SWEET SYRUP
In the face of these desperate
conditions the farmers of Noun
trail county North Dakota) called
a mass meeting January n to see
what they could do and invited
Roy Frasier TO speak there. Fra
sier, representing Governor Lam
ger, poured sweet syrup on the
troubled waters. He promised re-
lief within ten days and said the
local merchants could advance fooC
at once TO those who needed 1t.
The farmers in Knife River be
lieved him. They called meet
ing at which all but two families
in the community We're Represented
and had the township supervisor
sign orders for So for each per
som in the township. They stave
off hunger for little while, any
way. They then demanded tina
the county commissioners take &C
tion to pay these orders, The com
missioners in turn passed the buc
to Frasier who replied as follows
FRAZIER'S OTHER FACE
Stanley, North Dakota,
February 8, 1913
Gentlemen;
r Relative to demands from cit
zens of Knife River township am
3 their allowance of what you stat
E to be orders ISSUED in the sum
: $3.50, must advise that there is
E yet no Federal or State setup wit
! in this county that can pay an
of these hills and vour demnad til
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17
ACTIONS, NOT WORDS,
COUNT

AOlAOIND, MI WOADDg
COUNT
Assured by the Presidents rep
resentatives that Roosevelt had
"the best interests of the farmers
at heart" Philip Smith Of New
Hope, Pa, spokesman for the
delegation, declared that the farm
ers of the country would judge the
truth of this by the actions Of the
President.
The demands presented to Roose-
welt were the same demands drawn
up by the farmers at the Wash
ington Conference and presented
at that time to Congress and 30
President Hoover. The delegation
pointed out that the failure of
either the former President or Con
gress to do anything had put the
question before Roosevelt.
EXPOSE FAKE "PLANs"
The statement to the President
Roosevelt included an attack on
the Presidents pet farm "relief"
scheme, the Domestic Allotment
plan. 1t denounced the Frazier
and Robinson Bills as "plans to
foist Debated farm mortgages,
held by Big Business, upon the
government through "refinancing
legislation" The crop production
credit policy of the past admins
tration, providing credit only for
well TO do farmers with collateral,
was rejected in the statement.
The delegation represented the
executive committee of the Farm
ers National Committee for Ac.
ton, elected by the Farmers Ma
tional Relief Conference. 1t In
cluded A. M. Slower, vice presi-
dent, United Farmers Protective
! Association, Philip w. Smith
member Of the executive of the =
N. C. A., H. w. Springer, presi
e dent, New Jersey Farmers Pro
e tective Association, and Rob. +
h Hall, editor of the Farmers Ma
4 tional Weekly,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17
MRS. EDWARDS TRIES TO EXCUSE
"IEADERS" FAILURES a s.

Mrs. Edwards writes the fol-
lowing about the last meeting OF
the local, "The first part Of the
evening was spent In playing
cards, followed by a report from
the representatives to the Farm
ers Relief Conference In Washing
bon," She continues to maligm
the farmers, ct has been history
Of farm organisations that they
were ruined By the farmers them
selves and there usually have been
Keller Local didn't make
meas and entertainment. Som
late. So, 10 a certain time, .
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two reasons. The membership
gives too much time to entertain
ment and too little to study OF
their problema." It looks as tho
Mrs. Edwards 10 trying 10 white
wash the miserable failure the
farm leaders have made Of Their
tasks, That would be bad enuf
To blame Il on the farmera them
selves Ia = miserable Insult 30 the
entire Farmers vhdon member
ship.l
practice Of mixing their bust
! came early and others always
! who wished 30. played cards
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orth kota Dirt Farmer Replies to LEADERS Insults

Everything stopped like cocIrwOrk when time was called
Injecting. aMN -
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17

This committee represents the Executive Committee of
the Farmers National Committee for Action elected by the
Farmers National Relief Conference, Dec. TO- 1882.
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UNITE THE DESTITUTE
FARMERS IN ONE
FRONT!
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-08
PACHO HAS
FINE RECORD

Bobby Pacho who meets Alex
Hadrian in the main event here to-
morrow right is no stranger to val
ley fight fans, and his record for
fights here offers some interesting
data for those who must have their
favorites catalogued and keep their
records right up to date. Pacho
engaged in 80 fights here in 1929
30-31, losing but one encounter in
that time, decision to Santiago
zorrilla whom he had defeated
shortly before this fight.
Of his 20 wins, 16 were by knock
outs and the remainder on decision.
Some of Pacho's knockout victims
are Bobby Payne, Red Stevens,
Jimmy Black, Danny Soils, Angelo
Parada and Baby Jack Dempsey
He holds decisions here over Red
Humphries, Trench King, Battling
Sikh, Johnnie Torres. Battling Bull
lahan and Ignacio Fernandez who
had kayoed AL Singer in Madison
Square Garden in three rounds just
three weeks before meeting Bobby
here. These fights were all under
the promotion of Harry Woodbury..
While calling up Pacho's record
at this time it is not the intention
to hint that he will have any cinch
tomorrow night. On the contrary
Hadrian is no easy mark for any
scrapper as has been proven by his
record against topnotchers through
out the country. He is a rugged,
persistent fighter, in there all the
time, ready to give and capable of
taking plenty in return. 1t will be
a good scrap and when it is over
both boys will know they have been
through the mill.
In addition to this main event,
three other star bouts have been
scheduled which will Whet the appe-
tites of the fans for the big fight.
The special event between Memo
Perez and Manuel Ruiz is natur-
al if there ever was one. These
boys don It like each other too well
we understand, and this makes a
perfect setup for hot fight. Neith-
er one will give up and we doubt II
the fight will go the scheduled six
rounds. Ruiz packs a wicked wal
lop in his right fist as he proved
last Friday night when he kayoed
Eddie O O'Neil.
In the semi-final Grant Willard
son and Guy Mckinney will tangle
with Eddie O'Neil and Frankie
Brown, both fast and good young
sters opening the show in foul
round bout.