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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
Communist Vote Over 100000

The Associated Press admits that there were
l02,7S5 votes for Foster and Ford thruout the
country certified by state officials For
some reason it places in a separate column 994
votes for Ford in California where the party was
ruled off the ballot. The total Communist vote
then would reach 103,T779. The vote for Foster
in 1925 was given by capitalist sources as $4,000.
The Associated Press gives the following
count for other parties:
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06

Paris, Dec. 49, The strikes of 1000 dock
ers: in Havre and $500 lockers in Dmkirk are
still proceeding firmly: The mayor Of Havre, who
Is at the same time minister for the mercantile
rnarlne has issued an appeal to the striking dock
ers to return to work. The strikers have taken no
notice whatever Of this appeal. A new demon
stration of 5000 workers has taken place in Dun
kirk in support of the strikers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
(BY HELEN KAY)

Out in the country where the
fields are green and the sunshine
is golden, an old farm stands be-
tween two groves of tall poplar
trees. On this farm there lived
at one time a happy colony of
healthy chickens.
Now the yard where these chick
ems lived was filled with very fer
tile soil. The rich ground con-
tanned a plentiful amount of nice
worms upon which the hickens
lived. There were long, shiny
worms, short stubby worms, and
big fat worms. There were as
many kinds of worms as there are
people. Besides worms a great
variety of caterpillars and bugs
helped these chicks lead a healthy
well-nouTished life.
In a corner of the yard where
the chickens scratched away their
time ran a refreshing spring. This
spring was used by the chickens
to quench their parched Threats in
the hot summer days.
HAPPY FAMILY
Many a happy day was passed
by these ROSTERS and hens. The
chickens would rise with the sun,
scratch for worms, drink water
from the spring, cackling and
growing merrily all the while. The
hens would lay eggs-and then
tell the world about it in delight.
"Cut, cut, cut, ca, dab" thev
would cry. Just as if they were
trying to say, 'I've laid an egg,
the lOvelieSt white egg"
The little downy chicks would
play tag and leap frog between
their eating times, to while away
the time until they in turn would
grow up and become hens and
ROSTERS.
The cocks would strut about
the farm in conceited manner,
growing and asking the world il
it had not noticed their handsome
plumage. "Coclc-a-doodle-do." Am
] not handsome bird. Am I not
Am / not"
Then at the setting Of the sur
the chicken farm would become
dark and silent, closed in the EN-.
brace Of slumber.
AN UGLY ROOSTER
On this farm, however. there
was one very sly ugly rooster, who
had lost most of his fine feather.
IN his quarrels and fights with the
other more sociable inmates of the
farm He would always take ad.
vantage Of the young chicks. Be.
ing a very lazy fellow he would
try to get out of doing his owT
scratching for worms.
For Instance, when a younger
cock would dig up a dainty morse
from the rich loan, such as a live
ly young earthworm, this upl,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
Children Demand Relief

Los Angeles, Calf, Dec. PA delegation
of S5 children accompanied by Is adults visited
the Board of Supervisors this morning and de-
manded $4,000 be appropriated for relief for the
needy children. The Supervisors were inattentive
ard vagne and refused to act on the cases Of sew
eral families in distress that were present.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
''Rote Fahne" Appears Again

Berlin, Dec. IA The "Rote Fahne." the
daily central organ of the Communist party Of
Germany, appeared again today after a period Of
suppression, the fiftieth lasting almost three
weeks. The authorities had reduced the period
of suppression by three days
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06

New York, Dec. 14.-FOr the first time in the
history of the United States communist candi-
date has been elected Mayor of American
town. The new mayor of Crosby, the center of
the American manganese ore resources is young
miner employed in the Minnesota mines
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
Philanthropy Cut 20 Per Cent

New York, Dec. 27.-DonatiOns of American
philanthropic institutions were cut by 20 per cent
during 1881, according to the 1882 edition of
American Foundations and Their Fields" When
workers need relief mist these charity" institu-
tiOns cut down their appropriations
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
GET ONLY TWO CHICKENS

Sixty policemen, some of them
disguised as farm labOrers, set out
before dawn hidden in moving
vans to seize the farmers live
stock for taxes due. The solidarity
of the farmers neighbors defeated
this endeavor however, for all the
livestock, cows, sheep, pigs and
poultry had been hidden on neigh
boring farms. The police expedi-
tiOn returned to headquarters with
two chickens as the net bag for
the day.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06

ing this period were generally not
strong enough to live. Most of
them died and the tragic part was
that those who did survive took
the condition that now existed for
granted They thought it was inn
possible to live any other way.
On the other hand the rooster
grew bigger and fatter. His
daughter also grew bigger and
fatter. Neither had to work. They
merely ate and played all day.
They lived off the toll and sweat
of their fellow chicks.
A ROYAL MARRIAGE
Now, on the farm there was a
duck a very handsome graceful
duck. He would waddle and quack
all Though the chicken farm. One
day the rooster decided to marry
his daughter to the duck, in order
that she would become a duchess,
and so be one Of the nobility.
The rooster went up to the
duck and said, eff you marry my
daughter, and so make her a duch-
ess, will give you a share of my
grounds and make you a partner
in my food association. You will
not have to scratch for your
worms, but, will live off the worms
that the other chickens scratch up.
You will lead a life of luxury and
play, if you do this"
The duck agreed. And so they
were married. They had little
aristocratic duck-chicks born to
lead lives of idleness.
One day one of the ROSTERS was
tired of feeding the mean cock and
going hungry himself. He ran up
single handed to the old miser and
started to fight him. Of course,
he was Immediately killed by the
police. This incident added to the
suffering and to the downtrodden
/ conditions CT the other chickens.
But. they always remembered the
brave young cock.
Soon after this occurred. the
ugly mlser got another idea. He
called over some more chickens.
He told them that he would pay
them more than the policeman if
they would act as preachers.
"Iour duty" he said, "is to tell
the chickens to be submissive and
obey me, the apostle of the lord
in the heavens above. If they are
submissive and do everything I
and my family order them to do,
when they die they will go to
heaven, and there lead happy lives.
But, if they rebel they will go
down to the fires of hell and burn
forever. The harder they work on
earth. the better time they will
have in heaven"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06

Moscow, Dec IA Soviet engineers have
discovered big field of strata with high radium
content the little village of Vyernagorsk in
the Urals. Preliminary tests show that the field
is one of the richest in the world In view of the
extreme Importance of the find work will be be-
gun Immediately, without waiting for warmer
weather, to exploit the. field
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
VIII Demonstrate In Pa.

Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. 30.-Thousands of un-
employed workers children forced to stay away
from school because of no shoes and ragged clcth-
Vg. will demonstrate with adult workers before
the Board of Education offices, January IA
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
Government Debt Increases

Washington, Dec. 3O-The government debt
IL higher by $298O,OOO,OOO than it was on Dec 81,
1881. The present debt total is S21, O0O000,000.
Yet bankers are receiving billions in gifts from
the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
Hungarian Miners Win Strike

Budapest, Dec. s. The strike Of Hungarian
miners has been completely successful The ov-
erdue wages have now been paid out and at the
time the miners have secured promise Of
the company that in the future wage payments
will be punctually carried out
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
No Trial for Negro

Fort Huachuca, Aiz, Dec 3O.--With the kilt
ing of James B. Alternately, Negro private at the
Provost Guard, the motives which led Alternately
to kill two superior officers and their wives were
wiped cut The Negro was shot by Corporal
Hardley.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
Bread Strike

Chicago, Jan. "a bread strike has been
called by the Unemployed Council following the
boosting of the price of bread 100 per With
wheat prices at rock bottom, wonder what ex-
cuse the bakeries give for boosting prices to the
workers
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06

arose as usual. The sun was up
and shining brightly. The day be-
came very. hot and uncomfortable.
The inmates of the farm grew
very thirsty and as was the habit
they strolled over TO the spring to
quench their thirst. However, as
they came within reach of the
precious water, the mean rooster
arose and said:
"This spring does not belong to
you. It's mine, you cannot drink
here"
The thirsty chickens exclaimed,
What do you mean, yours. It is
everyone's."
The cock Immediately answered,
Didn't you sell it to me yester-
day in return fer the food that
you have already eaten"
A young rebellicus cock cried
out, "But we are thirsty. You can
not keep the water from us. We
wish to drink"
The rooster replied, "For every
drink of water that you take out
of my spring, / will in return take
two worms"
Since the chickens were very
thirsty they consented to this
arrangement.
GETS PROFIT !.
The pile of worms which the ole
misery cock reaped from the tot
of the chickens began to grow by
leaps and bounds. AS matter Of
fact it grew so large that he alone
could no tcare for it so he hired
ten of the strongest young roos.
tiers on the farm to be his police
men.
Their job was to take care o.
and to protect his hoard of worms
In return, he promised to Civ,
them enough water and food to
live on, no more nor no less. n,
less-because he had to hav,
strong husky well-nourished police
men to take care of and guard tn,
surplus that he now lived upon. H,
would give them no more-becaus
this wicked rooster wanted NOR
and more for himself.
This state of affairs went on 70
long time. The chicken colon,
lost its usual happy satisfied ex
pression. They did not crow a
joyously as they did before. Tn
young chickens were afraid to b
merry. They were underfed an
undernourished. They could n
longer play without fear of dis
turbing the selfish cock. The hen
could no longer lay good eggs, be
cause they lacked food, and enter
tainment- They now had to labo
from sunrise to sunset so tina
they could have enough food I
live on. and enough food to Civ
Ito the cruel rooster in return TO
the water that they so badly
needed.
] The chicks who were born dur
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
Win Relief

New York City, Dec 3O.-A delegation of 90,
of whom Is were Negroes, demanded relief today
for nine families who had not received any. The
Home Relief Bureau was forced to provide relief
for three at once and promised to put the other
SIX on the list.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
Savings Wiped Out

Davenport, Iowa, Dec. 30-Savings of thou
sands of depositcrs were wiped out with the clos
ing of four local banks here. The largest bank,
the Union Savings and Trust Co., had close to
$1O,OOO,O 900 in deposits.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
Always Money for War

American bankers have loaned twenty mill
ion dollars to Bolivia for the purchase of arms
to continue her undeclaFed war with Paraguay.
Hamilton Fish, Republican, New York, declared
recently.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06

Note: The foreoing story is
taken from a book of stories en-
uted Battle in the Barnyard."
The book contains six other de-
Mghtful stories for children by
Helen Kay. It can be ordered
from the Producers News for so
cents a copy. Your child wants a
copyl
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
Campaign to Repeal Criminal
Syndicalism Law

San Francisco, Calif.-Plans for collecting 225,-
OOG signatures in order to put the repeal of the
criminal syndicalism law en- the ballot have been
started in California
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
Blow at Aged

Denver, Dec. 30 Another blow at the agee
was made by the Colorado Supreme Court when,
hy vote of five to one, it wiped the state old
age pension law frcm Il statute books
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
Three Seriously Burned

Portsmouth, Ohio, Jan. 8.-Three workers
were seriously burned when two gasoline barges
in tow of the Ohio River burst into flames at Man
chester yesterday
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
IOWA FARMERS
ENTHUSIASTIC
Form Committees of Ac.
ton to Help
Themselves.
(BY E. L. DAVIS)

A meeting of farmers was held
at the Dalton school two and a
half miles north of LeMars, Iowa,
December % and a committee of
action was appointed for Washing
ten Township consisting of rank
and file farmers. Hans Marsh
field is the chairman of the com
mittee.
This is the third meeting held
in Plymouth county recently and
each time local committee of ac-
ton was elected.
RIGHT TO LIVE
These committees are to protect
the farmers and are backed By the
masses of farmers, in each COM
munity.
Each farmer left the meeting at
the Dalton school feeling that he
had a right to live and net, to be
starved, evicted, foreclosed, on
taxed until some relief from the
crisis was granted him.
| was invited to speak at a
Farmers Holiday meeting some.
time next month when we should
like to distribute the Producers
News. The meeting at the Dalton
school came too quick fer me to
order papers 50 I had to tell the
farmers that we would take theii
names and send them sample
copies.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06

Glencoe, Mimi, Dec. 28.-Last
summer a $125,OOO school building
was built in Glencoe. The build
ing contract was given to Jean
JUL, a contractor from Hutchin-
son, MINI.
25 CENTS AN HOUR
The wages paid were 25 cents
an hour, and some got only Is.
Fer the hard work they employed
married men. For the easy work
they employed the sons Of their
friends. An unemployed single
man who didn't happen to have an
uncle on the school board didn't
have a chance at all for a job.
The workers were driven like SO
many slaves. If any one com
planned he was discharged at once.
When the outside work on the
school building was almost COM
pleted. some of the workers asked
if they could have some of the
scrap wood for kindling. They
were fatty refused. Later the
wood was taken by truck to the
Congregational church and to the
wealthy members of the school
board.
WORKERS ON CHARITY
The city of Glencoe is now sup
porting many families with food,
shelter, clothing and coal. The
charity ASST Citations are also busy
trying TO keep the unemployed
workers satisfied. They seem to
know that most workers won't
stand by and let their children
starve: They have seen the hand
writing on the wall.
Some of the workers are sent
out to husk corn for two cents a
bushel hut they don't get paid in
cash. Others are sent out into the
woods to work for almost nothing
just to keep them busy. And most
of these workers went 70 the polls
and voted for Roosevelt like so
many shepherds.
/ If you are one of those who are
| still wondering what's the matter
with this system then remember
that the capitalists own and con-
troll all the big factories, mills and
mines. They run their industries
only so long as they can make a
/ profit. When they can't make a
profit they close up the factories,
mills and mines and throw MILLIONS
of workers on the streets.
WORKERS CAN'T BUY
When employment stops, wages
stop. And when wages stop buy
ing power stops. And when 49,
100000 are out of work naturally
there is not much demand for
farm products. Down comes the
price of wheat, corn, and meat.
Therefore the farmers and work
ers must get together and throw
out those responsible for low price
and no jobs.
Industry must be owned and con-
trolled bv the workers and farm
ers and must be run for the good
Of all and not for the profit Of a
few canifa1GSfS
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
Told In Brief
Dividends to Rich Continue

New York, Dec. 27.-Directors of the Amer
lean Can Co. Tuesday voted the regular quarterly
dividend Of 81 a share on common stock
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
International
News
Is Miners Killed by Explosion

BOnyhad Hungary, Dec. 20 Thirteen min
ers were killed and one injured in coal damp
explosion at NagmanyOk, Thursday.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
''The Battle in the Barnyardn


monster would Immediately pounce
upon his comrades dinner and
gobble it all up. Yes, every bit
of it. This nasty habit made him
very much hated by all the others
on the farm.
WORDS FAIL
One day the entire colony was
amazed. They were in fact so
astonished at the sight before
their eyes that words actually
failed them. Even some of the
more laxative hens who always
had something to cackle about,
couldn't find their tongues.
Dear little comrades, it actually
was an unusual sight, for there
before their eyes, they saw for
the first time this nasty rooster
scratching away for worms. But
what surprised them even more
was that this greedy creature did
not eat the worms he unearthed.
He put them away. AS many as
ne dug up he would lay in a pile
On the ground.
The inhabitants of the colony be-
came nervous. Such a state of
affairs was impossible. They We're
unable to understand it. Some
thing had 10 be done about it.
One evening at the setting of
the sun, huge mass meeting was
called. 1t was advertised far and
wide by the young cocks, who
would perch themselves on high
fences and, Tapping their wings,
would crow the order for the meet
ing.
At this gathering the rooster
was asked by the patriarch and
industrious hens of the colony, the
meaning of the huge pile of lus-
cious worms.
A BARGAIN
The rooster promptly answered,
Here / have huge pile of tasty
bugs, catterpillars and worms
He paused cleverly to let the au-
dience take in the sight. eff YOU
will give me the corner of this
yard where the spring runs, and
allow me to keep it all to myself,
i viii give in return that huge
pile of food"
Without further thought the
chicken community decided to do
as the roasted bargained. His food
was evenly divided among all the
members of the village and in re-
turn he received that section Of
the yard where the cool spring
ran.
The chickens gossiped among
themselves, telling each other how
stupid the old rooster was to de-
sire that bit of land in return for
the delicious pile Of eatables.
After an hour Or so everyone re-
tired for the night. The sun was
Iset and the farm was dark and
silent.
The next morning the chickens
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
WORK HARDER AND
HARDER

As the time went on the chick
ems shaved harder and harder, and
the rooster grew richer and richer.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
DRIVE OUT ROOSTER

And they did win. They cel-
tainly were victorious. They drove
the old rooster and his protectors
out of their lives forever. The
mean cock and his lazy good for
nothing family were killed. The
preachers and policemen fled from
the farm. No one has ever heard
of them since. Perhaps the wolves
ate them.
Now in the summer when the
fields are green and the sunshine
rs golden in the country you can
see the hens happily laying eggs,
and the other chickens scratching
away for worms. They have now
learned their lesson, and never
again will anyone be able to trick
them into slavery. The little chicks
play tag and leap frog in their
merry way. You can hear them
go Peep, peep, peep. The roos-
tiers strut around the farm and
crow, Sock -a-doodIe-do." The
hens cry, "Cluck-cluck-cluck." Now
they are all contented and equal.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
ADMIT FARMER
BEING CRUSHED
Ground to Powder by Rise
In Taxes and Falling
Prices

} Cincinnati, Dec. 29-An admis-
sion that farmers thruout the coun
! thy are being crushed by the bur
den OF taxation was made yester-
day at the meeting here of he
American Economic Association.
attended by LOO capitalist econo-
mists.
DEVIL AND DEEP SEA
Prof. B. H. Hibbard. Of the
University of Wisconsin, declared
that ''it is between the upper iciH-
stone of falling prices and tie
neither milestone of its stoutlv 1e-
slstant counterpart in the form of
rising taxes that the farmer is be-
ing ground to powder" The prc-
fessCr. however, offered no solu-
ton Of the situation.
AGAINST MORATORIUM
While R. NJ. Green of the Pru-
Dental Life Insurance company
came out against moratoriurls and
reductions in interest rates and
Prof. r. S. Marian If Harvard
made a bitter attack on unemplov-
ment insurance, all the economists.
including the socialist Paul Fl.
Douglas of the University of Chi
cagO, Joined in keeping their
mouths tightly shut abour the ie-
mands raised by the Fam Relief
Conference which included:
Fifty million dollars federal
relief for the farmers; a NORA
forum ON mort cages, taxes and
rents; administration of all re-
lief by local committees of the
farmers; legislation to raise the
prices paid the farmers and to
lower the prices paid by the con
sumner; food for city unemployed
to be bought direct from farm
ers, not the trusts; no legisla-
ton based On the theory of "sur-
plus production; cancellation of
the feed and seed loans that are
used to drive the farmers off the
land; and no evictiOns.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
Is CENTS PAID
AN HOUR ON JOB
MINI. Unemployed Get 2
Cents for Husking a
Bushel of Corn
(BY EMIL FALK)

Glencoe, Mimi, Dec. 28.-Last
summer a $125,OOO school building
was built in Glencoe. The build
ing contract was given to Jean
JUL, a contractor from Hutchin-
son, MINI.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-06-01

Weather conditions last week were
not fully favorable for the farmer as
frequent rains kept the ground too
wet for seeding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Silas o. Wiley, of
Mountain Lake Park, spent last Sun
day with relatives in this village.
Rev. Robert Karge and a fellow
worker, of Philadelphia, held evan
gelistic meetings in the school house
in this village last Thursday, Friday
Saturday and Sunday evenings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Wiley and
two daughters, Fannie and Oils, spent
a few hours in Oakland last Saturday
They were accompanied by J. B. EN-
DRY.
Ralph Buckle, teacher of the Sunny
side school, spent the weekend with
his parents here.
Mrs. Baker, teacher of the Bittin-
ger school, visited her relatives in
Frostburg over the weekend.
Merchant o. C. Buckle made bus
mess trip to Cumberland last Thurs
day.
]. L. Ross, of Jennings, was in Bit
finger one day last week.
George Altstetter, of Oakland, pres
ident of the District Luther League
attended the league meeting here on
Sunday evening. He was accompan-
led to 'Bittinger by Miss Stemple, also
of Oakland.