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The producers news., 1933-10-06
Not Initiation But Cancellation

ALTHOUGH President Roosevelt himself remains silent
"A in regard to initiation high officials in his admins
traton report that he will set the printing presses to
turning out paper money
Farmers have long believed that initiation is the cure
for their ills Cheap money will raise prices and enable
them pay off the mortgage and other debts they thought
process of indirect initiation has been steadily cheap
enng the dollar since Roosevelt took office This has
resulted in big price rises for manufactured goods and
slight increases for farm products The result has been
big loss in the purchasing power of the farmers dollar
the time workers have remained the and
the workers purchasing has been cut down. thus
contracting still more the market for farm produce
"The outstanding fact of today" admitted Secy. of
Agriculture Wallace recently els that the greatest prob
lens of agriculture have not been solved"
The indirect infatonary of the past sever
months have not settled whit the problem of the debts
of impoverished farmers Open and direct initiation dC
no better THE TIME HAS COME TO DEMAND CAN
COLLATION. OF DEBTS.
THE United Farmers League and the Producers News
believe that cancellation of debts will be of th
outstanding points the agenda of the Farmers Second
National Conference Articles in support of this demand
will be printed in forthcoming issues.
We invite contributions pro and con this impOrtan
problem We offer the columns of the Producers News
forum for discussing the demand
Cancellation of debts for the poorest, the small an
middle farmers.
The producers news., 1933-10-06

give the banker the shivers and
the mortgage shark heart failure,
but honest John Farmer will lose
that depression headache and
heartache when he learns that the
thousands and the millions in the
American countryside are blazing
IA pathway to better times.
No doubt there are small town
(and even big town) newspapers
that will gladly give space to the
news articles about the Chicago
Conference, for this conference is
going to be "big news" Readers
of the Producers News are urged
to send names and addresses to the
Farmers National Committee for
Action, 1922 H St., N. W., Wash
ington, D. c., of such local papers
as viii print our news releases.
Those who will utilize the Con-
ference Calls Gan excellent piece
of iterature) can obtain same
from the Washington, D. c., office
at the nominal cost of 15c per 100
which merely pays for the mail.
ing costs. Try to get the Call
printed in your local paper. Broad.
cast them among the farmers
Have copies posted at the cream
cries and in stores (maybe from
a string) in such a way that the!
can be read and win not be tori
off.
The producers news., 1933-10-06

necessity of tht Hill City lO,s
electing "a delegate to the Fan.
ers National Conference at III
cago Nov. 1918.
The membership increased bG
and the following executive com.
mittee was elected: Mrs. Paum
as secretary, Mr.. Foust, Mr. M.
kins, and Mr.. Skinner. Alh
Bauer was elected to represent il
Hill City UFL local as their dsA
gate to the Farmers National Con
ference at Chicago. A literahr
committee was also elected to dis
tribute the Producers News. CON-
posed of VIM. Wilkins and Rev
mond Foust. 1t was decided b
have the farm school order then
first bundle of ten copies to b
sent to VIM. Wilkins. Finally 4
was decided that regular meeting
would be held on the first Fridsy
| of elch month.
Geo. Andersen
Farm School Studeni
The producers news., 1933-10-06

The Farmers Second National
Conference is going to be so large
in scope and such in character that
there is not "a farmer in the coun-
try who will not be affected dur
ing the coming year by the de-
cisions that will be made at the
Conference. That is why it is
highly important that all farmers
shall be represented at the Confer
ence to actively take part in the
making of the decisions.
Some farmers may still think
that this conference does not in
terest them. They must be shown
how they will be affected. Suppose
for instance, the Conference de-
cides that in order to enforce oul
demands the farmers of the entire
country shall withhold all farm
produce from the market. Sup
pose the Conference further de-
cides to enforce such a measure BY
mass picketing. There is not
farmer anywhere in the country
who could escape being affected
Ibv such a decision. He would be
come involved either for o
against the strike. Sooner or late
every farmer would have to max
his voice heard. SO why not soon
er. in the very beginning, when tn
decisions WIN be hammered out? ?
The producers news., 1933-10-06
LANDLORDS PLAN
MORE DESTRUCTION
(By Special Correspondent

Nacogdoches, Texas.-Not con-
tent with the enormously in
creased profits which they will
make as a result of the "plow-
under" campaign, business men
and wealthy planters Of this re-
gion have started a movement
looking to the reduction of the
cotton crop by another two or
three million bales. The plan was
presented by Roger Davis, Nacog-
doches county farm agent, and en-
dorsed by two hundred business
men from eleven counties at a
meeting sponsored by the East
Tenas Chamber of Commerce.
Guy A. Blount, wealthy lumber
man and former president of the
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
was appointed chairman of COM
mittee to petition President Roose-
welt and Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace for the increased reduc-
tion. The Blount family has long
ruled Nacogdoches county to its
profit.
Meanwhile the sharecropperf
and small landowners who were
forced into blowing under theil
cotton may not received the bonus
which WINS promised them.
Many of the smaller farmers art
heavily indebted to the Fedora
Land Bank.
The producers news., 1933-10-06
Young
People Too

Similarly, we can no longer af-
ford to neglect the young people
of both sexes. The farm youth of
today, in this period of capitalist
crisis have no personal incentive"
to strive to get ahead. How can
they have, when at every angle
they are completely foiled? To-
day gives them nothing and to-
morrow offers no hope. Doing
largely without even ordinary
comforts, with no prospects "be-
yond the horizon" it is a wonder
that more of our youth do not go
absolutely to the dogs. Eventually
large sections of them will become
entirely demoralized unless they
will be drawn into the struggle
for bigger share Of what life
owes to the youth of the land.
So let us get the youth to the
Chicago Conference and make ii
the initial step for building a mass
farm youth movement.
The producers news., 1933-10-06
Friday, October 6, 1888
Farm Women at the Chicago Conference

IN THE preparations for the Farmers Second National Con
ference we get of the old habit OF leaving every
thing up to the fathers of families The farm women are
Just big factor in the countryside as are the men,
The may be concerned in the drought stricken areas
with how to get hay for the cattle The women are Wor-
red about the chickens and turkeys for which there is no
grain The old pow is and the mower is falling to
pieces so the farmer scratches his head But bitter tears
into the eyes of the mother who must send her child
to school cad and with little nothing in the lunch
bucket
The farm woman must be represented at the Chicago
Conference In this respect particularly the United
Farmers League leadership at the Conference can be borne
out Let this rule be rgdy adhered ton every delegation
there shall be farm delegates.
The producers news., 1933-10-06
Weekly Organizational Letter
By ALFRED ITALIA Natl sy United MINI

nand other literature, such q
U. F. L. Program and "Ihs W.
Step for American Farmers
Money collections must .,i',
started at once for the trsSsu.s !,
expenses of the delegates. w y :.
not collect only from the CIa ..l', y
liable givers. The Fellow IAN ,,.n
or business or professional . nI
who contributes so m9ci sOv
nickel will be interested n h
that nickel is spent. he W. M
interested in the results ..ds, q =
Conference. Let US draw a,s DIS' ~
and and broader masses to support '.1.,. J.
conference in one way OF a. - trip
Trucks and cars for tOs s.suc. rs
must be secured well in o' sul vi
to make sure that delegatOss 90 ls.t u
not be held back because ;SSolstS =
Of transportation. From l'oI'''S ~ q
localities, from where only ls' - Srs
two delegates are sent wnS Ia;t. Il b
euuip q car or truck, vIlS IioN. q
| YOUR nearest UFL cOnns'asG'1 ! D,sl
to the National Office, ce,.l.,orss. : Or
Il
must be, for making 'lS ..ouy dsls
ton arrangements for y yOus us bstt
gate. Nothing must nO'0
The producers news., 1933-10-06
pTTTr ALTON TAXES
TAX OFF INTEREST
I'M CONT RNNnc

WASHINGTON. d. c.. Oct. A.
The Commissioner of Internal
Revenue has inst passed a regula-
tion making exernt from exces-
sive nrofi+ hax fhe income that
bankers derive from interest on
~ovArnrnent bonds
This + IN line with +ra rnlicv of
+hA PnosavaI+ New 0ea1 o0vern-
~-a,,4 - 1set ~, = +av h,-vSane FROM
4ho ~i~h r,h;f~ -o~r-i~.e~ +1,e worfs-
o~~ ord s,-,a1I farrre~s
The producers news., 1933-10-06

Hill City, located about 20 miless
north of Palisade, is an example OF
organizing new territory where no
fiarmer's movement has existed
previously. About four weeks
ago a brigade of students went
there and contacted Mr.. Myers and
Mrs. Parsons who helped arrange
the first meeting ut the east side
hall.
The Hill City farmers were In
terested because none of them had
paid last years taxes, which in
some cases were tas high as $S.7O
per acre. They felt it would not
be long before they too would face
tax sales and evictions so decided
to have another meeting Sept. FL.
/ At this second meeting Henry
Krumley, Beltrami county farm
school student spoke on the ne
cessity of organizing into the
United Farmers League. He re-
lated some of his experiences In
Beltrami county; how the farmers
there had organized U. F. L. 10
oals and committees of action, thus
stopping evictions and sheriff''
sales and obtained relief.
The Hill City farmers feeling
that the UFL is their organization
elected Mrs. Parsons MS temperar.
secretary.
Ten signed up to join the UFl
: before leaving the hall.
| Organization was completed a
n later meeting when Reino Tar
tilla of st. Louis county, state OF
: garizer, assisted the Hill Cit
farmers in setting up their ow
e United Farmers League loca
: TantilLl who is temporarily wit
r the farm school on wheels tol,
: how in st. Louis county and elst
e where the farmers had successful
e ly stopped evictions and foreclot
: ure sales. He also spoke on ti
The producers news., 1933-10-06
u. S. Army Officer
Speaks

A dramatic event in the Con-
gress was the speech of a nom
commissioned officer Of the u. s.
Army dressed in full uniform. 81
am here to show you delegates to
this Congress-" he said, shat
there are soldiers in the United
States Army who know and appre-
ciate what you are doing here. /
am glad to say that the soldiers,
in spite Of their being somewhat
neglected by organized movements
of this sort, are waking up 10
their position in society. We no
longer look forward to war with
the adventurous, active interest Of
the soldiers Of yesterday - We
know that war means death and
suffering for most of us, as well
The producers news., 1933-10-06
Hiding Our Light Under a Bushel

IN FRIDAY. Sept. 90 members of the United Farmers
League succeeded in turning bankers sale OF farm
ers chates into Sears Roebuck sae The sale netted
the banker $2.44
OF the 600 farmers who attended the sa 500 expected
regular foreclosure However when the committee OF
United Farmers League spoke in favor of turning into
Sears Roebuck sae the whole of farmers appauded
heartily and Joined in the action.
The bankers agent at the sale was scared stiff The
farmers chattes returned to him. The action was
successfully carried through and the United Farmers
League members at the sale flushed with their victory
It did not to them that their militant action was car
red on in such way that it did not build the United Farm
ers League
WHAT WERE THE made by the u F. L. MEM
w bers?
l. Although the action was begun by the
u. F. L. and the committee that directed the sale
composed entirely of u. F. L. members, it was
announced to the 500 farmers that the Holiday
Association was stopping this sale. AS result,
so farmers later Joined the Holiday Association.
?. Although the sale was held in the very
county where the Producers News is published,
copies of the paper distributed.
g. Not mention made Of the Farmers
Second National Conference in Chicago.
The United Farmers League members in Sheridan
county known far and wide Reds This they
feared would set the 900 farmers at the against them
They greatly underestmated the willingness of these farm
ers to struggle under openly militant leadership
We should have a clearer understanding of the part
played by these local actions in the building of the
United Farmers League and the revolutionary movement
We carry through Sears Roebuck saes yes, to keep the
farmer his farm and prevent him from being robbed OF
his very necessities But every one of these militant ac
tons must point out that is precisely the United Farm
es League that the most energetic the most courageous
champion of the interests of impoverished farmers
OUR VERY activity win make this plain to the farmer
but ourselves hide light under bushe then th
United Farmers League viii never grow TO refrain from
mentioning the u T. L. something too RED" for the
farmers means to hinder the growth of their
The United Farmers League the foremost leader an
against the rich farmers the banks and trusts Let us un
derstand this clearly. Let us proclaim it boldly.
The producers news., 1933-10-06
UPPER MICHIGAN
RELIEF CONFER.
ENCE OCTOBER !,

In Upper Michigan on OFT 4
farmers of different Organizasv.
as well as unOrganized fsm.,.
will meet in Paynesville To NJ,
an Upper Michigan Farmers R.
lief Conference. It's purpose /, t.
unite impoverished farmers :
struggle for relief, against sT.
tions, and other immediate Ds.s,
The conference will open At a
a. m.
The producers news., 1933-10-06
Women In
Every Delegation

The necessity Of getting women
delegates to the Conference cannot
be over-emphasized. The editorial
ON page two clearly points out
the importance Of this. The wo-
men are iust as good fighters AS
the men. rs many experiences ard
struggles have proven. We must
break down the age-old habit of
The producers news., 1933-10-06
Preparations
Must Be Thorough

The Producers News must be
utilized now more than ever. Every
issue win contain excellent Con-
ference material. There win be
a special Conference number. Or
der bundles for every meeting
that is held before, during and
after the conference. Have on
The producers news., 1933-10-06
Publicity and
More Publicity

We mut not hide the light of
what we are doing down in the
cellar. It win give our fellow
farmers more cheer IL It bBazes
out from the front window FOR
everyone to see. Maybe It win
The producers news., 1933-10-06

as for millions of other workers.
We will do ali we can to prevent
war;"
Another breathless moment was
furnished by Nan Lee, a war
nurse who spent % months in
France. She said that she haG
been in the trenches and knew
what war was. The same energy
she put into the bast war, she
pledged to put into the fight
against imperialist war.
Greetings From Cuban and
German Masses
A sensation was caused when a
spokesman for the Cuban Com
munist Party, Ibanez, brought the
greetings of the Cuban revolution
ary masses.
Anna Schultz also thrilled the
Congress when she spoke. 81
bring you greetings from the Ger
man working Glass;" she said, "anC
a pledge from them to fight un
flinchingly against all Fascis
terror and war preparations"
The manifesto, adopted by th'
Congress states in part:
Capitalism Breeds War
"The war danger arises in
evitably out of the very nature o
monopolistic capitalism, viz, the
ownership of the means of prOduC
ton by small capitalist class an
complete domination of govern
ment by this class
"The rapid rise of Fascism j
closely related to the increasing
war danger. Fascism means force
labor, militarization, lower stan
dards of living 1t sets I'll
people of one country against I'll
{. people of another country -.
. "Only in the Soviet Union has
this basic cause of war been re-
moved. The consistent peac,
I policy of the Soviet Union
around which the anti-war strus
/: giles throughout the world mus
be rallied, was made pOssibI,
, by the revolution which over
: threw the capitalist system, re
n organized economy ON the basi
. of Socialism, and established
, powerful government of work
!: ers and peasants. One cann0
a fight seriously against the wa
The producers news., 1933-10-06

The Producers News is the
best organizer and agitatOr
for United Farmers League.
Order a bundle. Get a bundle.
Get subscriptions.
The producers news., 1933-10-06

Which really means 'O,,rgsstiOi
publicity. But here's = 00uuSiiddng
for n different way ,.p Of p''IEsVa EVal,
ourselves and our causT' sII ssrsld~
delegation del should be we well irIFE TT ~
with banners that carry .yl1.II IS risi
banners bartn RS that tell vhat ',.r '''~ ~s s1
county and cornnnuni'
from. 4
The producers news., 1933-10-06

last year. AS he entered the hall !
at the opening of the Congress, the
audience leaped to its feet and
sang "The Internationale." An
owation lasting Is minutes greeted
this famous world fighter against
fascism and war.
Pointing the road to be followed
by the Congress, Barbusse de-
clared:
1--WE must attack the cause of
war. There is no other way. We
must be practical. We must di-
rect our attacks at the roots of
war. AND THE CAUSE OF WAR
is CAPITALISM"
The Congress was opened by
Donald Henderson, national secre-
tary of the Agricultural Workers
Industrial Union, executive direc-
tor of the American Committee
Against War, and one of the most
energetic organizers of the Anti
War Congress.
BrOwder Calls for Action
Earl Browder, General Secretary
of the Communist Party, was
greeted with thunderous applause
as he addressed the delegates. The
struggle against war, said Brow
der, "is eostly-and difficult. II
is easy and cheap to fight wal
with words only. To fight against
war requires that we fight, frs
Of all, against the war-makers
closest to us, the incorporating
government of the United States.
Other speakers at the Congress
were William Pickens, Nationa
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People; Prof. Alfons
Goldschmidt, exiled German eco
nomist and anti-fascist; A. J
: Music, Conference for Progressiv
Labor Action; Mother Ella Reev
, Bloor; Annie E. Gray, Women
: Peace Society; Emil Rieve, Amer
: ican Federation of Full Fashione
> Hosiery Workers; Roger Baldwin
: American Civil Liberties Unior
3 Harold Hickerson, Workers E.
S Servicemen's League; Malcolm
Cowley, famous writer; Paul Pol
s ter, Socialist Party organizer
, Philadelphia; Jack Stachel. Trad
r Union Unity League; Rov Hudeo,
s M'rine WORKERS Industrial Uniol
William Truck. Ohio Unemployt
e League; I. Amter, Unemployt
i Councils of U. S. A., and LloN
Brown of the Young Communis
League.
Many Farmer Delegates
Farmer delegates who took Il
> floor were John Marshall, Obi
Farmers League; w. Haskins {
the Farm Holiday Assn; Stanl
: Czapkewicz of the United Farme
: Protective Association; and A.
: Slower who represented the Far
= ers National Committee for A
ton.
= 1--WE are fighting war;" ss
: Z. Slower, ''by fighting foreclosur,
- and evictions. We will hook
= the fight Of the farmers with I
: fight against war"
:. Robert Minor, speaking for I
:. - Communist Party, declared tn
y 'SThere can be no struggle again
= war without the Communist Part
Minor narrowly escaped the
= ing squad for his anti-war acti
- ties among American soldiers
'e Europe during the last World W
= "The greatest Iact of disarn
Z" ment in the history Of humanit
= Minor said, ''took place when
ls Russian workers and peasants
- 81 der the leadership Of Lenin 1
up up the Bolshevik Party seized POI
"s and disbanded the army of re
,e e tionarv czarism."
The producers news., 1933-10-06
NATL MILK STRIKE
MAY FACE CHICAGO
FARM CONFERENCE
CONTINUED from Front Page)

drivers union of Philadelphia.
They have also put into operation
e system of Farmers Bulletin
Boards in the center of each rural
community where the Emergency
Notices of the Farmers Strike
Committee are posted. They are
choosing points on the highways
leading into Philadelphil where
the farmer pickets will patrol.
Federal Agreements no
Aid to Farmers
The putting into effect of Fed
eral Milk Agreements in Chicago,
Detroit and Philadelphia under the
powers of the Agricultural Ad-
ministration Act, has increased
the strike sentiment instead of re-
moving it. In each of these cases
the Agreements were drawn up
by the commercial distributors of
milk and the big dairymen's coop
eratives which are controlled by
the distributors. The resulting
agreements have been most un-
satisfactory to the farmers. They
raise the price to the city consum-
ers which cuts into the farmers
markets, passing a part of the
difference to the distributor and {
plrt to the farmer. They maintain
and make into law the double
price system called "basic" ant
Surplus" whereby the commercial
distributors can continue to pa.
the turner's very low prices ant
at the same time charge tn
! consuming public nn increase
amount.
One thousand farmer delegate
are expected in Chicago, each on
D elected by rs or more farmer
j back home. They will work OF
e pbans of action affecting all croI
4 and sections whereby they ca
mobilize to a greater degree ths
ever before the great strength I
their numbers. For complete i
structions regarding the electio
of delegates, write to the Farr
ers N1tional Committee for A
+ tion. 1922 Fl ST.. N. W., Washin
: tor. D. C.
The producers news., 1933-10-06
Casey BoskaIjon
Figures Out How to Get
Even With His Attackers

Seattle, Wash
Dear Editor:
The affect of the Yakima terror has again kept
me awake another night The nerve system seemed
to be shot.
l was wondering what would be the best way to
get even with the Fascist hOOdlums who attacked me
and decided the following:
To order a bundle of 500 copies of the PRO.
DUCERS NEWS in which my story appeared En-
closed $500 for the bundle The papers will distribute
all over Yakima Valley, and try my best to get sub
scriptiOns.
This believe is the best way to combat terrorism
CASEY M. BOSKALJON
The producers news., 1933-10-06
BIG US. ANTI-WAR CONGRESS
A GREAT HISTORICAL EVENT

danger unless one fights against
all attempts to weaken or de-
stroy the Soviet Union.
"The government of the United
States, in spite of peaceful pro-
fessions, is more aggressively than
ever following policies whose only
LOGICAL result is war. ThS
whole program of the Roosevelt !
administration is permeated by
preparedness for war Under
the guise of public works, the N.
R. A. has diverted immense funds
from the care of starving millions
to the building of vastly larger
navy and mechanization of the
navy
"The presence of 80 American
warships in Cuba is itself an act
of war against the Cuban revolu-
tion.
"The Congress declares TINT the
bcsic force in the imperialist coun-
tries for struggle against the war
danger is the working class, or
ganizing 7round it in close alliance
all of the exploited sections of the
population. working farmers, in
tellectuals, the oppressed Negro
people and all toiling masses"
''YOur Task Begins
Let's Get to Work"
The delegates at the Congress
well realized that the adoption of
: a Manifesto, no matter how mill
! tant its tone and correct its line,
: is but the st2rting point for real
anti-waF work. Henri Barbusse
sounded the keynote of this reali-
zation, when in his closing speech
! he said:
"As we are about to disperse,
each to take his place as a worker
and fighter, I say to you only what
l said in closing the Amsterdam
World Congress: Your task be-
gins-Let's get to work."
.
(The Manifesto adopted by the
United States Congress Against
War will be printed in the next
issue of the Producers News.
Order bundles for distribution
now.
The producers news., 1933-10-06

PALISADE Mimi. Oct 3-The Farm School on W.
which has been at Palsade since Sept has given H. %
dents some fine practical training in the field organiznS W.
limited Farmers League locals and reviving old ones |
The producers news., 1933-10-06

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