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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-27
LOOK FOR PLENTY
OF FARMERS FROM
SOUTH DAKOTA
Many Counties Active in
Getting Delegates for
Conference
Frederick, South Dakota.

HACuCAANh9 OOASA O1hNNsAe
South Dakota farmers will de-
monstrate their determination to
Go something about their present
economic plight this fall by send
ing a good delegation to the Far
mers Second National Conference.
Roberts county plans to send at
least ten delegates, Perkins coun.
ty about six or more and Brown
county about the same number.
In addition to this the following
counties have already signified
their intention to send one or
more delegates: Mcpherson, Day,
Harding, Butte, Marshall, Grant,
Sphinx, Minnehaha, Dawson, Hut
Gibson and Potter counties.
The continuous attempts of in
surance companies and the banks
to evict farmers from their farms
this fall which is being met with
| the powerful weapon of mass &C
ton Of the farmers is only serv.
ing to emphasize the necessity fol
a broader solidarity among the
farmers. Only last week two evic
lions of farmers were stopped
Look for plenty of farmers from
South Dakota at the Chicago Con
ference.
&C. II. Sharp.
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MICHIGAN U. FL.
ATTENTION!

Michigan farmers have been
searching the Producers News
looking for a report of the
Upper Michigan Relief Confer
ence held in Paynesville Oct. 10.
They have been sadly disap-
pointed. The responsibility for
this grave error must be laid
directly at the doors of the
leading u. F. L. members in
Upper Michigan.
Up to Oct. "a, we have not
received one word of news
about the Upper Michigan Re-
lief Conference. This must be
branded as impermissable lax
ness on the part of the United
Farmers League.
1t is we'll known that the Pro-
ducers News cannot send a re-
porter to every state and coun-
ty conference that goes on. The
reporters for the Producers
News are the tanners them :
selves. This must be especially
true of United Farmers League
members.
Let steps be taken by the
United Farmers League of Up
per Michigan to see that such
an error does not happen again
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-27
The Disease Called Trichinosis

on about a week after the pork
is eaten. This lasts for a few days
and during that time the worms
are busy in the intestines hatch
ing lavae that will cause more
trouble. These young ones then
leave the intestines and travel out
to the muscles of the body where
they dig in, and cause great pains
in the arms and legs, swelling OF
the face and eyes, and fever. This
part of the disease may be very
severe. Usually the disease lasts
from 2 to 6 weeks and then the
patient RECEIVERS completely. Some
times, however, the disease may
be fatal.
The unfortunate part about this
disease is that to date there is no
real good treatment for it. Since
this is the case, the thing to do Is
to try and prevent it.
Preventative Action
There are two ways of prevent
ing or fighting this disease. The
first way, since rats carry the
worms, is to war on rats. The
second, since only the live worms
carry the disease, is to kill the
worms in the pork. How are these
two preventative actions carried
out?
| If rats can be eliminated, nat
urally the hogs will not be abl'
to get infected by them. Int
usual methods of warning on rat
are: rat-proofing Of buildings
larders and feedbins, use CT trap
ping, poisons, or cats and dogs Il
places where hogs are kept, ais
in butcher-shops, markets ant
slaughter houses where rats ma
get in and infect the pork. Hog
also may become infected iron
eating scraps of hog-meat infect
ed with the worms, or by eatinI
feces or offal (human refuse), s
81 this source should be watche
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Communication
From Montana

Hans Hardersen, U. F. l.. secre-
tary for Sheridan county, is in
charge of Conference preparations
for the state of Montana. He sends
US the following communication
addressed to farmers throughout
the state:
"The date of the Second Ma
tional Frmers Conference which is
to be held in Chicago Nov. 1918,
is drawing nearer. Have you
elected your delegates? If not
why not?
The Montana state convention of
the Farmers Union and Holiday
Association endorsed the confer
ence last year. Tom Horsford, the
president of the Holiday Assn. has
endorsed this Second Conference.
"The undersigned is in charge
of the Conference work of Mon
tana this year and the state is so
large that. the expense would be
too great for me to cover it per
sonally. l am asking you Mon
tana farmers, wherever you are, tc
call a meeting at once, elect your
delegates and then take a collec-
ton list among the farmers anC
businessmen for funds telling eacl
one of the Conference and leaving
Conference Call with him. Calls
can be obtained from me and they
are Is cents per hundred. l vii
also send collection lists if you
! write for them.
"The delegates of Montana ar
leaving Plentywood Nov. z. If i
. will be more convenient to NEE
the delegation in Belden, N. Oak
our first overnight stop, let m
, know.
: Zone car and two trucks are
arranged for so far. If you can
not get enough together in you
own territory to fill a car or
truck, let me know and we vii
arrange transportation for yo'
But must know not later tina
Nov. 8. You must also let M
know the number of delegates 20
= will send.
"The cost per delegate from MOI
. tana will be $25.
"The truck route will be as TO
. lows:
Plentywood, Mont. Nov. z.
u Belden, N. D., Nov. 8.
: Mandan, N. D., Nov. 8.
: Frederick, S. D., Nov. 10.
! Sioux Falls, S. D., Nov. IL.
" Denison, Iowa, Nov. II.
Upton, Iowa, Nov. ID.
Chicago, Ill, Nov. Il.
Yours for action,
Hans Hardersen,
:, Archer, Mont
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Harry Lux Tour
in Eastern Nebraska

Harry Lux, state organizer of
the Holiday Association of Ne.
braska (Madisor' County Plan) has
been touring the eastern part OF
the state since middle October.
He reports so delegates have al
ready been elected from his state.
The remainder of his meetings ar
ranged thus are as follows:
Oct. %, NiObrara.
Oct. 20, Dakota City.
Oct. 80, Schuyler.
Oct. 81, Shelby.
Nov. I, Auburn.
Nov. 2, Firth.
Nov. 8, Hardy.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-27
Farmers Return Livestock
and Implements to Owner
Without Any Sale
REAL UNITED FRONT
Renter Elected Delegate to
Farmers Second Natl
Conference
By RENO Tanttila

MOOSE LAKE, Mimi, Oct. II. |
One hundred and fifty farmers
from Kettle River, Lawler. Fin
Jason and Moose Lake take over
10 cows, three calves, a horse, a
mule, a hay rake and a logging
sleigh and returned them to the
original owner, Mr.. Schnoor, a
poor renter farmer of Kettle Riv-
err, when the deupty sheriff fail
ed to go through with a sale that
was scheduled for 10 a. ~, al
though the farmers insisted it be
held.
! This stock and farm equipment
were previously taken away from
Mr.. Schnoor bv a stock dealer, a
Mr.. Dugan from Iowa, to satisfy
a mortgage note of 500 and tax
en- to another farm about IL miles
away.
The fight against this schedul-
ed sheriff sale was led by the
United Farmers League and was
we'll planned. A farmers commit
tee was elected to be in charge OF
the bidding and another commit
tee to handle anyone that inter
} ferred with the bidding. Although
! very short notice of the sale
: was posted, the mobilization was
) fairly good. This was possible by
sending out call through the
, telephone lines of Kettle Rive
and Moose Lake, calling upon thu
farmers to be present at the sale
: The deputy sheriff showed up ;
s few minutes before 10 with Mr.
. Dugan, the mortgage holder. Tn
y state organizer of the Unite
! Farmers League, RENO Tanttils
|. who was speaking just then, call
ed upon the deputy to go throug
! with the sale. However, the an
I swer was that the sale was Gale
: off for a few days. The farmer
S demanded that the sale be held tC
e day as advertised and if he won
go through then to go and get tn
sheriff.
= He left with Mr.. Dugan bJ
p failed to return with the sheriff
q The farmers elected a committe
: to go after them and demand thu
o Mr., Dugan come and settle tn.
. matter. Mr.. Dugan was found
4 town but said it is up to the she
= tiff to settle with the farmer
The farmers committee retunre
and reported their findings to Il
a mass of farmers.
= Seeing that the sheriff had g
- cold feet because of the size
y, ~ the crowd, the farmers unanimou
- " decided to take the cattle al
:: farm equipment and drive the
Oh home. A committee of Is farT
by ers was elected to drive the sto
es home. The cows were let out
vn the barn and the three calv
were put in a car and thew we
on their was home to the origin
owner.
:. Mr.. Schnoor was elected unal
N, mouslv by the farmers to repl
sent them at the Farmers Seco
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In the Farm Home

Such measures mainly keep the
disease from being spread.
Boil Pork Well
The housewife may help wipe
out and prevent this disease by
killing the worms and the way she
does this is by cooking pork suf-
ficiently well. Since the worms
are too small, usually to be seen,
she can never be sure which pork
is infected and which is not so
she should cook well ALL pork.
Raw pork sausage, smoked pork
sausage, raw ham or any pork not
we'll cooked is dangerous. Cook
ing the pork to 100 degrees Far
enheit is well cooked, kills the
trichinella spiralis worms safely
and prevents the disease. So by
observing the one simple rule of
cooking all pork well the house
wife may avoid sickness and even
death, in her family, and help
stamp out this disease.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-27
BANANAS, by Luis Monies,
illustrated by William Siegel.
International Pamphlets,
Five Cents.

With the Cuban revolution rivet-
ing attention upon the Caribbean
Sea, the new International Pamph-
let, Bananas" written by Luis
Monies and illustrated by William
Siegel, exposing the fruit empire
of Wall Street, is now very timely.
The people of the United States
consume bannas, joke about them
and sirg songs about them. But
few realize what a monstrous sys-
tenn of economic exploitation and
political domination has been built
upon the production of this fruit
The humble banana has, indeed,
entered the arena of international
politics as a factor of great i'm
portance.
Illustrated throughout by the
excellent drawings from the pen
Of William Siegel, this pamphle'
brings home to the America
workers the exploitation raging Il
this vast colonial area, and tn
struggles of the Latin America
peoples against Wall Street domi
nation.
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gether, then add one-third cup of
milk and flavor with nutmeg.
One cup of nutmeats greatly IN.
proves this pudding.
l find when cooking squash, by
putting about u cup of brown
sugar in it the flavor improves,
and it becomes more appetizing to
those who are not so fond of it.
Try putting a teaspoon of COM
mon baking soda in your dish
water for glassware and see how
they sparkle.
Add a pinch of soda to home
canned corn while its at the boil
ing point and note the earned
taste disappear.
These household hints and re
cipes are contributed by Mrs. Lar
sen, who is one of our readers il
Sheridan county, Montana, wher'
the Producers News is printed.
I We want contributions from al
our women readers. We wan
recipes, household aids, sewinI
hints, and news Of the part womel
are playing in militant farr
struggles.
Write to the Women's Editor
Producers News, Plentywood
Mont.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-27
Hints to the
Housewife
By ANNA LARSON
Dagmar, Mont.

VEGETABLE PUDDING
L cup sugar
II cup ground carrots
l cup chopped raisins
IL to Ia cups Of flour
/ egg, if wanted
u cup ground raw potatoes
y cup of fat Clutter or suet)
One-third cup Of milk or water
Y teaspoon each-baking powder,
nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon and
salt.
Steam for about two ard one
half hours. Serve with whipped
cream or nutmeg sauce made by
adding one-third cup butter, three
fourths cup sugar and ceam to-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-27
By DR.. C.

TRICHINOS IS (TRICK-I-NO-
sis is a disease which is carried
by pigs to human beings. Most
people probably haven't heard of it
as it used to be considered
very rare in this country. Some
recent studies show that this dis
ease has always been more COM
mon than was thought. Many
cases that were puzzling were
really cases of trichinosis. What
is most important is that this
sickness seems to be getting more
and more prevalent. Since it can
be serious and sometimes even
fatal. a word of warning to help
in heading off this disease seems
very important.
How It Is Contracted
The disease is caused by
small worna about the size OF a
pin head, seen best through a mi
croscope. The scientific name fo1
this worm is trichinella spiralis
This worm makes its home chiefly
| in three animals--rats, pigs ane
human-beings. The plot is as fol
lows.
The hogs get the worms inside
them by eating rats, and human
beings gets the worms by eatinf
the infected hogs, as pork. Incl
other rats eat some hog meat o.
human refuse infected with thes'
worms, and so the chain starts al
over again. When the human-be
ings eat the infected hog meat n
eats the adult worms; these lodg
in his intestine. Young worm
Clarvae) are formed and thes
move out to the muscles.
Symptoms
{ The symptoms of the disease i
J human beings are: nausea (feelin
: sick-to-the stomach), vomiting
{ cramps in the abdomen, and diarl
hea (loose bowels). This come
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.o+ivities for the Farmers
Second National Conference
n.ars and Banners

rap ~ the meetings on the way 15sS,, -
For. For en' every delegation s N eDa
Chca aI supplied with copies s. Of 5ne
bs wen s,sner 11f News and suOscrlptlG ~
PFOG Es Literature will alsO De
olanS', yery useful. Order generous
t0al 31.. .e Of both from the PrOduc-
en- rreTv truck should be covereG
=. Ia tanners on which are pain nt
El'h Us for cancellation OF dents
'9 a.t etc, On the banners there
Tslle ,i3 also be painted the place
'l .o the delegation comes iron
sns, tbe organization it represents
80 -, the Conference itself, thes'
DuIlns s. should be displayed in TIT
Conference hall.
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RENO CALLS FARM
STRIKE WITHOUT
ANY PREP ARATION
CONTINUED from Front Page)

(COnClnueQ from Front HageJ
small picket line of rs at James,
Iowa, were stopping Sioux City
trucks on Sunday.
May local Holiday officials
have even declared they are
against the strike. Others state
that they are considering whether
or not to respond to the call. In
Ohio, Holiday officials have indi-
Gated their intention to meet with
in the rext two weeks to determine
course of action.
Betraying Strike
Such actions by Reno and his
lieutenants constitute the vilest
treachery to the strike. They cal
have no other effect than to be
fuddle issues and discomfort &C
tion, thus playing directly into thu
hands of the dirt farmers enc
mics.
Reno is making a lot of nois
about obtaining "labor's support
| for the farm strike. Instead o
going directly to rank and fiji
workers Tor support on picket line
and other solidarity actions, h
! proceeds to Chicago to confer wit
A. F. Whitney, president of tn
Brotherhood of Railway Trainme1
Whitney no more speaks for tn
workers If his union than Rem
speaks for farmers. Whitney ha
been partner to the agreement be
: tween the Railroad magnates an
the railroad brotherhood official
which gave three wage cuts t,
railroad workers in the last yes
. and half.
Wants Support of
"AIl Society,"
, Again, failing to make any re
: effort to enlist the active aid
the farmers most dependable allie
the city workers, Reno calls f
: moral support from call groups
S society" Do you expect Il
S banker group of society, and Il
h Spectator group, and the insul
: ance companies to support tn
: strike of impoverished farmer
r which, if properly conducted won
e decrease the swollen profits
: these groups?
Governors Schmedeman of WI
n consin, Bryan of Nebraska, OILS
+ of Minnesota, and LANCER
North Dakota have come out
support of the strike. They knt
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-27

that with Reno at the head, such
a strike will never touch so much
as a penny of the banks and the
trusts profits. Even Bernard Bar
UGH, Wall Street financier and the
real power in the Roosevelt gov
ernment is in complete sym
pathy" with the strike.
Farmers Militant Actions
Force RenO's Hand
it is clear that Reno has called
this strike only in order to head
off the militant mass actions that
small and middle farmers are
everywhere resorting to and which
threaten to overthrow the capital
list system of robbery and exploit
tation. For, says Re7o, "The life
of the republic is. at this time.
hanging in the balance"
So alarming are these militant
mass actions becoming to the rul-
| ing class, that two leading Ne
braska democrats came out last
week in strorg opposition to the
policies of the Roosevelt govern
ment.
Governor Bryan of Nebraska de
> scribed the temper of farmers Al
"seething unrest" "The unrest il
: the nation is increasing" he de
clared. "The prices of farmer
products are decreasing so his
, throat is being cut from both ear
: at once"
2 A former governor, Keith Ne
5 vile, announced his resignation a
2 Nebraska state chairman of the
4 NRA, because Of lack of sympath
E with its program in agriculture
/. states. Neville said that the Mr.
e had increased everything the farm
o ers bought, although the price G
S agricultural products, including
: livestock in Nebraska, today
d less than was the case when til
S program went into effect"
= Reno is also evidently attemp
ing to turn the minds Of impo'
erished farmers away from Il
Farmers Second National Confe
cree which will be held in Chicas
next month. The present strik
Il he declared, "is the last hope
u the American farmers for ind
s. pendence."
If A survey of Fl states by ASS
le ciated Press on Sunday night, o.
lie %. found no strike action going
: anywhere, except in the case
s James, Iowa, mentioned aboV
s, This failure to act, is a result
Id the confusing tactics followed
Of Reno, and the sabotaging activiti
carried the Headers" of his oV
s. stripe.
On
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-27
Women Delegates to the
Chicago Conference

We have received news this
week of the following farm wom-
en- who have been elected dele
gates to the Farmers Second Ma
tional Conference in Chicago next
month: /:
Mrs. Mcdonald, Spanaway,
Wash; Mrs. Vera Swirbul, Glea-
son Wise: Mrs. Anna E. Lutnes,
McElroy, Mont; Mrs. Grace E. M.
Hardersen. Archer, Mont; Mrs.
Grace MCGOWAN. Raymond, Mont.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-27
Iowa
IReady

NJ Won remember the name VI
- / North? 1t figured large
fia W. news all over the country
n y Nav. North was one OF the
e., ~ Of the Crawford county
s -. in Iowa who were putting
- Ton to eviction. Then Governor
u.rTipg declared martial law
Tortb was one of those arrested
North writes to Producers News
ave are getting ready to enter
a, the Conference delegates over
In here in Denison on their
gsy to Chicago"
The first to report the schedule
- route their truck will take on
=. y. vay to Chicago are the farm
=, If Upper Michigan. Frank Ar
v,g United Farmers League Sec
rtary sends US the following com
nunieation:
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Reports of
Delegates Elected
North Dakota

NANA OohOSo
United Farmers League in the
Mound Prairie township, Williams
county, elected two delegates;
berg.
Fam Holiday Association of
" wlhams county elected John
AI0rstad to represent them in Chi
ago. This is the father of John,
a. who was elected recently by
Se U. F. L. of Stoney Greek
%T,nship. Probably one of the
sIls IN the family will also be at
Tie conference.
Dig family, these Kjorstads
and a fighting one.
Montana
sheridan county United Farm
n - league pushed rapidly toward
goa ~ goal Of rs delegates from the
homestead farmers elected Dave
cago. ee"'e' 10 Nnn
60. archer is sending Hans Harder
NJ, eCCunty .. F. L. secretary, anC
Ms; Grace E. NJ. Hardersen.
-0S. HlrOy is also sending a coupl
1rt Oln Lunes and Mrs. Anna =
M. farmers around Ravmon,
~ We selected Arthur wankel an,
. Trace MCGOWAN.
A Washington
I a meeting in Spanawav. th
sls.t :, L. !; locals of Pierce count
" T three delegates. Thev az
.nOpnnson, Spanawav: I. \
Dosa5,sss Puyallup; and Mrs M,
'aa'd' Spansway. MS '
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Meetings to
Elect Delegates

North Dakota: Williams county,
Cow Creek school; Liberty Party
meets Friday, Oct. 81, to elect q
delegate to Chicago. The local
numbers rs to 100 members.
New Yerk: Gasport. "Wish to
advise that primary committee Of
actor Of Town Hardland will call
mass meeting for election of dele
gates to Chicago. Meeting will be
held Sunday, Oct. 20, in the eve
ming"
South Dakota: Memo; meeting
TO elect delegate will be held Sat
urday, October %.
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HERE Is THE ROUTE THE UPPER
MICHIGAN DELEGATES WILL TAKE

There will be sendOff Mass Mich on Saturday eve
ming at m Nov IL All delegates Green Ononagon
Woodspur must be in Mass evening Nov IL delegates
from Bruces Crossing territory delegates
Truck will be already to leave Mass at Nov H. all dele
gates to be ready leave then
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Organize U. F. L.

Leola farmers had heard of the
fine work Of the United Farmers
League in Brown county. They
invited some members over to- the
Washington township where Mr..
Pade lives, and UFL local. of 10
members was organized. James
Perkins was elected secretary A
committee of action was also
elected which Undertook 10 miobi-
lie the farmers for today's evia-
ton proceedings.
l With the court house jammed
with farmers long session was
held in the sheriff's office with a
view of settling the matter out of
court. Justice of the Peace II. H.
Yost, described by a local farmer
i as damned old pettifogger," be-
fore whom the case was to be
heard, was plainly "shaky'' at the
presence of the crowd of farmers
) and proposed that the case. be
: postponed. The farmers, however,
2 demanded that it be held that day.
2 Yost then wanted to hold it in a
] little room, but finally yielded to
I the demands of the farmers that
e it be held in the large court room
where the mass of farmers would
n have a chance to hear it. This
room was filled 10 overlooking
? with quiet but grim farmers.
! Mrs. Pade on Stand
s. The case was started with plenty
of legal flourishes to try to inn
press the farmers. Altho Agent
Rhodes had denied that he had
promised Mr.. Pade a lease yet
when he was placed under oatf
he would neither deny nor affirm
it. He chewed more and more
nervously on his unit cigar as
the case continued, especially wbel
Mrs. Pade came to the witness
stand and began to tell her story
Simply but dramatically she de-
scribed the family's struggles Il
save their home ard the blood
sucking policy of the insuranc,
company and Agent Rhodes. II
was plain that both he and hf
bawyer were getting alarmed ans
it took them no time at all to de
eide that they did not want Il
cross examine her-she had show
Rhodes up plenty as it was.
Justice Yost evidently did ne
: relish making his decision in IN
face Of that group of huslxy farm
: ers and ponderously announce
that on account Of some obscur,
points Of law he would have II
look up he would reserve his d.
cision "a few days.
Just before leaving "a membe
of the group of farmers fror
Brown county spoke briefly fro
the court house steps. He to-
them the mortgage holders weT
making this a test case in Nc
Pherson county and that II was I
to the armers to stick together Al
keep Mr.. Pride on his place or Il
same fate would be facing most
: them soon. The applause he r
. ceived showed they were with hil