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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-06
By Labor Research Association

By Labor Research Association
AS the United States Congress
IA Against War meets,-- some
people maintain that there is lit
tie or no prospect of war on the
horizon.
If that is so then why are o.
nations NOW spending Az billion
dollars annually on armies, nav1es
and other branches of the war
machine?
Why is it that the United States
alone is spending Approximately
s8S.3S3 Der hour, or 81 million a
day, on its army and navy
High Cost of War
In more ways than one, the Am
erican people still suffer as q re-
suit of the last World War. In
his 1925 report, the then Secre-
| tary of the Treasury, Andrew Mel
lon. estimated that approUmateiy
500 of the United States govern.
ment's expenditures went for pas,
and future wars. And the Socla a
Service Bulletin, April 1, 1897
stated that "About three-foursn'
of the federal taxpayers doilal
goes for wars, past and future.
Take a typical year, say lSoO
J In that year 3S1kq6 Of the fedora
governments outlay went towar'
military upkeep, preparations am
+ veterans benefits. Exclusive o
E veterans Compensation and tn
: like. over 100 million dollars wa
! expended in that year for mn
n tary upkeep and preparation
This compares with only one
third of one per cent OF the q
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-06
INITIATION IS
EXPECTED BY
THANKSGIVING
Roosevelt Responding to
Wishes of Spectators
and Business Men
WALL ST. WILL GAIN
Still Further Increases in
Prices of Consumers
Goods Will Result

WASHINGTON, D. C.-In
response to insistent demands
of it's Wall Street masters,
the Roosevelt administration
will soon embark upon a
policy of currency Intuition. Ac-
cording to a high-ranking govern
ment official, initiation will be an
nounced by President Roosevelt
before Thanksgiving.
To Raise Prices
Fearing that the rise of COM
modify prices may be stopped, and
perhaps even wiped out as
the boom of speculative pro-
duction bursts, manufacturers and
spectators lare demanding curren-
cy initiation as a means of increas-
| ing prices. They refuse to face
the fact thIt indirect initiation Of
the last seven months has raised
prices of consumers goods so high
that farmers and workers are los
ing their ability to buy.
Will Deepen Crisis
Open, direct nfB.tion, through
the printing of paper money, vii
still further increase the prices o
consumers goods. 1t is a well
known fact that during an infla
ton period prices for farm pre-
ducts do not keep plce with tn
rise in consumers goods, nor d
the wages of workers. Thus, til
real cause of the crisis-the vic
gap between purchasing power I
the masses and prices for thing
they have to BUYS intensifie
end aggravated by initiation.
President Roosevelt and h
4 brain trust" argue that busine
! is coming to a standstill becau
: of b2ck of money to invest
4 industry. The plain, urvarnish
nonsense in this theory is plain
Il even a simple farmer. Manufs
. turing slows down when the fan
and city masses are unable to b
as what the factories turn out.
ne 11 Increase Speculation
of The President and his 'bra
r. trust" maintain that to increa
e. the amount of paper money
n circulation will permit more ca
in tai to flow into industry and tn,
st fore set the factories to produci
Tx aglin. AS matter of fact, d
ing an initiation period, capital
IS taken out of industry and put i
ed the stock market becluse Of
he chance to make big profits quic
10 through the rapid rise of ste
and bo~d nrices,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-06
Bic US. Anti-War
Congress a Great
Historical Event
Adopts Fighting Manifesto Against Fascism and Inn
perialist War Against NRA War Schemes
and Intervention In Cuba
CALLS FOR DEFENSE OF SOVIET UNION
Delegates. Representing All Shades of Religious and
Political Opinions. Achieve Real United Front
for Struggle Against WarMakers

NEW YORK CITY, Oct 3-Ten thousand people, over
flowing two halls attended the opening session Sept %
of the greatest and most inclusive united front anwar
ference tus far in the history of the American revolution
airy United States Congress Against War
Two thousand six hundred and sixteen delegates from
IS states attended the Congress- There
from trade unions, farm organizations, peace societies.
pacfst clubs veterans fraternal and church
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-06
Dee MONIES, Iowa

We had very good meeting
n DenisOn recently. We met
Frank L. North who was jailed
and beaten up during the martial
law struggles here this spring. He
and number of others around
here are Interested in the Confer
ence and we are sure of a delega-
nOn from there. We must have
lOO from Iowa.
We have decided to do the fol-
lowing In Iowa: to set up an office
n Des MOines, to be called Iowa
headquarters, Second Farmers M
uOnal Relief Conference with
andrew 0mholt as Secretary. We
Intend to circularize Iowa with
our own leaflets md news letters.
PROBABLY weekly bulletin for the
next two months. But that viii
axe money, but we also hope that
We can get the money form the
farmers nfter we get started, il
TACT We feel quite sure about that.
Andrew Omholt
Pox 102
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-06

Write to the Producers
News about your plans and
preparations for the Farm
ers Second National Confer
ence.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-06
a WOman's
Section In the
Producers News

In this issue OF the PrOduc-
ers News ON page 8 we be-
gin a new feature, q WOmen's
Section called an the Farm
Home" This is for the pur-
pose of interesting the farmers
wife in the paper, and draw
ing her closer to the struggles
Of her husband. Suggestions
and contributions to the WO-
mems Section are invited.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-06

There was "a non-commissioned
officer of the United States Army,
national guardsmen, a delegate
from National Guard unit. There
were marine workers from the
waterfront, steel workers from
Pennsylvania and West Virginia,
coal miners md textile workers.
There were grain farmers from
the west, dairy farmers from the
east, Negro sharecroppers from
the south. There were clergymen,
doctors, writers, social workers
and telchers.
Many Views Represented
There were pacifists, liberals,
! Socialists, Communists, Repub-
] licans and Democrats. Every
shade of political and religious
opinion was represented.
The unspeakable hatred of the
masses for war was the touch
stone which welded solidly to-
gether this grelt variety of wide
| ly differing views. In the Mani
festo which was unanimously
! adopted by all the delegates, re-
: m1rkable unity was established on
these fundamental principles: the
E struggle against imperialist war;
: the struggle against Fascism; the
: struggle ngainst Intervention in
: Cuba; and defense of the Soviet
4 Union.
The sessions were characterized
r throughout by a tremendous en-.
thueiasm and an unshal0lble de
, termination to forge out of thu
# Congress- a mighty weapon with
Ie which to carry on the anti-waI
r struggle throughout the width an,
breadth of the land.
e Ovation Greets Barbusse
A great deal of the enthusiasm
is at the Congress conferred aroun
IS Henri Barbusse, French Commur
" list and author, international hea
be of the revolutionary ex-servic'
d. mems organization, and one of I'll
ne initiators Of the World Congress
II. Against War held in Amsterdam
e Continued on page 2, col. ~
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-06

of the 1925, 100000 naval build
ing program using borrowed
money, Secretary Swanson's sup
Elementary demands for $S9,OOO,-
600 for airplanes, $77,OOO,OOO for
moderni7ltion of ships, $S7,OOO,-
600 for new naval bases and adj
ditional millions in the permanent
appropriation for great Increase
in the naval personnel for the new.
ships
No End to Il
This is all in addition to other
military appropriations such las
the contracts totaling $50, OO0,-
900 for aviation and motori7atior
(which) hang upon the failure OF
the Disarmament Conference.
according to the News Bulletin.
And the ndded 100000 for
army housing" already granted
by the Public Works Administers
ton, with more to come for this
purpose.
The Race to Arm
The announcements of increased
military appropriations for thu
navy and the like in the Unite
States, was quickly followed by
statement of the Japanese Niava
General Staff that a 1876 million
naval building program was Z
be started.
Great Britain, France, German,
under Hitler and italy under Mus
solini all hive announced sinila
: increases in war budgets. Fac
gives as an excuse the fact ths
( rivll countries are likewise arm
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-06
Fret. Mississippi

"I do not know whether it will
be possible, but l am endeavoring
to get at least four delegates from
Mississippi to go with me to Chi
cago. At this writing do not
know positively about my being
able to go but l am working to
that end in view"
z z
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-06
The Farmers Second
National Conference
IN the Making

! n T.+;onal Conference has been
nd 1a.t sa' with tremendous interest
gIee'or .r section of the country, by
. e'si l:;n1 Of farm organization as
eJ n &c urorg nized farmers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-06
Norwich, N. Y.


81 and my two brothers are
members of the Dairymen' 5
League and we are poolers TINT
Just went through the strike
which under proper leadership
should have been won for the
farmers.
81 would like to ahve you rush
to me IbCut so copies of the
Farmers National Weekly ard 100
copies of the Convention informa-
ton and I will see to it that they
are given out in the mail boxes
=, CT La'gue members and also the
members of the Rutland plar
groups"
-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-06

ing. And the end * not yet In
SIGHT Yet it is the masses of
people in all these countries who
not only fight the wars, and are
killed or MANNED, but who PAY
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-06
LOup City, Nebr.

Orl Wicklund, vice president OF
the Holiday Association of Ne
braska, reports that the organiza-
ton has stlrted it's campaign with
the slogan, 100 Farmers to Chi
cago." At a Holiday meeting in
Webster township, the Grange
Master of this county was present
and he expressed himself in favor
Of the Conference, calling fol
unity of all small farmers.
Harry Lux, state organizer o.
the Nebraska Holiday is on tou,
Of the state to make the slogan o
400 Farmers to Chicago" a re
slity.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-06
U6ana, Ohio

having read in your Sept. 1
w 1SuS OF the Farmers National
"eSAiy Of your Conference in Chi
VIII say that all farmers /
t. I've talked with are very much in
S SS'ed. G. S. Hagans and
~ ave neiped organize six units Of
! N national Farmers Union here
a., campaign county since Janu.
~ !. several farmers here would
Chicago 'Ou' meeting II
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-06
lakeland. Fla.

| believe we'll get support for
the Conference if Farmers Pro-
tective Assn, PascO county can fl
nance expenses. Want to send Iat
least three delegates from Lake
land district. More notices of the
Conference will be appreciated.
U N
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-06
Delegates
Are Elected

Cberidan county, Montana, u
~ first to report. In the Quit
WE'VE. - precinct Carl Brinkman and
To-bert Portra have been elected
- % TO the Conference. If enough
'.o1sv on be raised in this pre-
.;".t Olaf Hoff will also be sent.
Tho women in Quitmeyer pre-
anct are going to send a delegate
"a Carl Brinkman will take his
tuck. a huge thing which oln
So1 IS delegates comfortably.
From Rock Creek, also in Sheri-
don county, John Klisis has been
sIsteded a delegate. Meetings
arp being held I'll over the county
,,r the Conference. The farmers
4 this county are planning tC
send Is delegates.
In Hill City, Minnesota, tn
osvly-formed local of the UniteC
Farmers League elected Alvin
R,uer as their delegate to the Coz
ference.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-06

tai 1880 expenditures for public
education; one-half of one per
cent for promotion Of public
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-06
Cliff Showers.
Anappa, Oregon

,,. from my experience in Chi
ms = when On the trip to Wash
wsr ssn 70 the First Conference, we
bV az accorded the finest treatment
win ~ s., workers of that city. This
. siS help develop stili more the
farrna'y between workers and
success ,s.s :, which is necessary for
from ~. - IS quite a long distance
Rsvs . NE Pacific cOlst but | be.
! az I'm, that we win be able to send
Asn i ia. DELEGATION from Oregon
Raul Dale.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-06
Bailey, Mimi.

Edward C. Baumanan, county
organizer of the United Farmers
League, reports that at the coun-
y U. F. L. conference held Sept.
"A, plans were made to get dele
gates elected from all over the
county.
The Primers National Commit
tee for Action, which together
with the United Farmers League
and its other affiliated organiza-
tors sent out the call for the
Chicago Conference, reports the
following response from different
plrts of the country.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-06

charged by the Committee to takes
every step necessary to coordinate
the strike sentiment of all the i'm
port1nt milksheds so that they
will come out at one time. At
Chicago such a natioca al strike
plan for dairy farmers will be
thoroughly discussed and adopted
if the farmer delegates approve.
Strike Sentiment
Spreads
Dairy farmers writing in to the
office of the Farmers National
Committee for Action report that
strike sentiment is flaring w
higher and higher. In the Detroit
milkshed a conference of dairy
men from five counties was helC
! September II. Each dairyman wa'
asked to state what he was receiv
/ ing for his milk. The average from
these men for 31s per cent butter
fat milk was just 2.3 cents pc
s quart. The trainers costs are owe
5 cents. Farmers report that the,
might ns we'll hold their milk a
ship at so great a loss.
From Colby, Wisconsin, come:
an urgent letter from John Hett'
state secretary of the Unite
Farmers League, which warn
Tint strike may break out befol
! the Chicago Conference. He state
that the Wisconsin Milk Poo
l. which called strike twice alread,
: this year is preparing for anoth'
strike this fall.
Il Preparations in Penn.
: Pennsylvania dairymen are plal
n ming strike in a more thoroug
l. way than any of the precediI
r ones. Knowing TINT turning Of
the milk supply of the thi
n largest city of the U. S. is mo
n serious matter, they have alrea'
le obtained agreements from ind
q pendent dealers whereby hospit'
r and babies will continue to g
u milk during the strike, on has
rs which meets the farmers price d
r mands.
K
ut They have worked out plans
On close cooperation with city VOL
I'd ers. especially the large mi
Continued on page 2. col. 81
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-06
Camp Hn, Ala.

l have talked the Conference
over with some of the boys and
about every body pitching in and
making the fire for somebody that
is capable of bringing the real true
facts back to old Camp Hill, and
if there is any possible chance for
me to make it to Chicago l will
be too glad to make the trip"
"A Negro Share Cropper.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-06

The latest photo of the great
fighter against imperialist war and
fascism. This famous French
Communist and author Of Under
Fire" came to this country Tor the
first time to address the U. D
Anti-War Congress. immigration
officials tried to prevent nm
from landing, but the demonstra-
ton of thousands on the dock
when Barbusse's steamer arrived
forced them to change their minds
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-06
Hancock, Mich

Il. l have written and sent dl-
receives to all contacts in the
Upper Peninsula. Through them
l can get contacts to work with.
80. l figure to get a truck, can
vas covered nack on trailer, pos
sibly will be able to get a small
stove in it, will seat Iabout fifty
but if we can get about thirty dele
gates we can be in real comfort.
Intend holding short meetings
along the way, sell literature AM
make collections. The truck vii
popularize Upper Michigan dele
cation. Will have large signs o,
both sides. We intend going b
way of lower Michigan so ns t
let all the farmers along tn
Upper Peninsula know that tn
farmers are struggling. We hav
used such a truck for transports
ton to demonstration in tn
Upper PeninsuLl and can say ths
they are the cats-meow. Ride
E very good, don't feel the bump
and jars half as much as the sma
platform truck.
"3. We nre taking up the Oh
: cago conference at all our doint
r around here and in our Upp
e Michigan conference we will tai
! it up in earnest.
e "a. All contacts have be e
. asked to plan activity alrendy +
u Getting finances"
Frank Arvola.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-06

Write to the Producers
News of your plans and
preparations for the Farmers
Second National Conference.
Evening star., 1933-04-29
SPECULATIVE BOND
LIST GOES HIGHER
Brisk Demand Appears for
Convertible Group-U. S.
Loans Lower.
BY CHARLES F. SPEARE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, April 29-Scores of
speculative securities scared to new
heights in the bond market today.
Dealings in bonds, despite the rush
for equities, we're fully 40 per cent
greater than yesterday.
The brisk buying of convertible de-
bentures and semi-Speculative and low
grade bonds. which was directly due to
the Senate's passage Of inf1ationary
legislation, almost overshadowed the
declining movements in some Of the
standard high-grade industrial and
railroad loans.
naturally moved lower. though they ex-
hibited surprising f1rmness. both on the
exchange and in over-the- counter mar
kets. This steadiness was due to the
fact that the Federal Reserve System
will be large buver of these loans as
o. result OF the imitation measures. On
the other hand, 1t is likely that insur-
ance companies and banks, offered more
profitable opportunities to lend money
to trade borrowers, are more apt to be
sellers of Governments than buyers.
Oyer the longer trend, assuming imitation
goes as far as its proponents propose,
Governments will drift lower. This
trend Of course will be checked by Re-
serve Bank buying. which probably will
appear first In those short-term issues
selling below par. 1t was this sort of
argument that traders used today in ex-
planning their purchases Of such leans.
Foreign Government loans generally
were active and higher. This was to be
expected in view of the weakness OF
TIE American dollar in foreign finan-
cial centers In this connection the
Street heard today that many foreign
overs of American bonds, both Govern
ment and corporate issues, will demand
payment in gold as such securities ma
ture or interest becomes payable.
Evening star., 1933-04-29
IMPROVEMENT IN BANK
CLEARINGS is REPORTED

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 29-Bank clear
fngs made a somewhat better showing
than for the two preceding weeks in
April. although the amount continued
below the clearings Of year ago. The
total for this week at all leading cities
in the United States, according to the
records of Dun &, Bradstreet, Inc, was
$3.50 ,956, 900, this amount being "a
per cent under that of last year. At
New York City clearings were S2,760,-
100000, a reduction CT only % per
cent, while the aggregate for centers
outside of New York of l,079,0l6,O0O
was 23.9 per cent smaller.
The betterment this week was re-
fected largely In the more favorable
showing at New York City, where ac-
tivity in the speculative markets in
creased bank settlements considerably
Relatively, however. losses at nearly all
OF the cities outside of New York
were somewhat smaller. The decline
continued mainly at some of the West
eTn points, although there was an in
crease this week at Minneapolis, while
for Southern cities and those of the
Pacific Coast. percentages of loss are
quite generally smaller than they were
in the two preceding weeks in April.
Furthermore, clearings this week ex-
Gfeded those Of last week by S550,275,-
600, whereas a year ago there was a
decline Of $549,134, 900 during the same
period.
-Clearings at leading centers, showing
decreases and increases compared with
those OF last year, are printed here
with; also daily bank clearings for the
year to date:
Evening star., 1933-04-29
Washington Produce
WHOLESALE PRICES.

sButter-One-p pound prints (93 score),
2b; tub, IS; one-pound prints (s2
ssore), IS; tub, "a; one-pound prints
el score), "a; tub, %; one-pound
prints go score), %; tub, %.
:Eegs-Hennery, 13al312; current re-
crpts. l2al21s; Government graded.
eHtras, 1877; standards, 161z; mediums,
Poultry, alive-Turkeys. hens, IS;
Cd, l2a14: toms, 10; chickens,
fkns, l2a13; Leghorn hens, 9al0;
ROSTERS, Sat; Plymouth Rocks. broilers,
2Sa24; Leghorn, broilers, 19a21; fryers.
lSal9; roasters, 17a19; mixed colored
chickens, 14a16; keats, young, 25a40;
Old, 15a2o; .capons, IS; slips. l8. 49,
toms, l3; chickens. hens, l5a16;
Plymouth Rocks, broilers. 18a28; Leg
Hbrn, broilers, 22a24; fryers, 20a2l;
rsasters, 20a22: mixed colored chickens,
lyal9; keats. young, 28a43: old. lSa23;
cSpons, 28; slips. 81.
Meats-Beef. II; veal, IL; lamb. IL;
Spring lamb, Is; pork loins, 10; fresh
hams, IL; smoked hams, 13; strip bacon.
l8; lard, III; compound, Z.
Fruits 500; water
melons, 75a1.50; peaches, 1.50; apples
Hox stock, 150a2.00; pears, 3.ooa3.50;
alligator pears, 3.00a3.50; bananas
f.25a2.5 so; oranges, 2.50a3.50; lemons
Io0a4. SO; grapefruit, 200a3.50: grapes
35Oa4 90; Strawberries, 2.00a3.50; pine
apples. 600; rhubarb, per dozen
punches, 40a50; cranberries, 3.25;
Honeydews, 1.75a2.25; lines. per 100
400.
Vegetables - Potatoes. Maine, lbs;
New York, ITO; Florida, new. barrels
E5Oa4.75; Idaho bakers, 1.75a2.00;
sweets. 50a60; cabbage, new, LOCAL so.
tarnips, rs; parsnips, 1.25a1.50: celery,
zOoa2.25; lettuce, Iceberg, 3.25a3. SO
florida, l.25a1.5o; string beans. l.0oa
200. limas. l,50a2.50; eggplant, 2.75s
Zoo; tomatoes. repacks, Span, LISA
200; lugs. 2.5Oa300; cauliflower, LISA
Zoo: carrots, crates, 1.25a1 40; beets
crates, l.25al 40; okra. pan, IS; aspara-
Gus, 1.25a2 so; spinach, 50a65; kale, 25a
90; Spring onions, per 100 punches,
sea1.5o: squash, 1ooa2.oo; satisfy, per
dozen punches, co. cucumbers, bushel
4,5oa5 90; peas, 1.50a2.00; peppers, 1.ooa
t,50; squash, l.25a1 so.