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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-22

eating committee last October
that his organization, the Farm
Bureau Federation, had received
$69,250 from the power, cement
and copper trusts during the pre-
vious three years. This was for
the treasury of the organization,
to pay the high salaries which Mr..
O'Neal, along with the oters re-
ceive.
For themselves personally, Mr.
Winder and S. A. Van Petten, an
other executive of Farm Bureau
confessed to receiving a tidy sum
from the asphalt trust for operat-
ing a Secondary Road Institute
to handle propaganda on "good
roads," especially asphalt roads.
Vague as this speech of Oggt
is, it attempts to brush over the
power trust graft that went into
the Golfers of the organization anC
concentrates on the smaller graft
which went to Winder and Kiblel
personally.
(This story may be found il
the Producers News of Oct. 81 anS
the Farmers National Weekly o.
Oct. 28).
Aside from Ogg's hypocritica
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-22
A Poor Resolution
on Farm Debts

whereas, one of the greatest
problems that today confronts the
farmers and small home owners is
the debt burden, and
Whereas, the said debt burden,
if not attended to, will soon wipe
out the farmer who owns his own
farm and the man who owns his
own homestead;
Therefore, in order to solve
that problem and to bring about
action in regards to the same, the
United Farmers League pledges
itself to work for and to secure &C.
ton from our national and state
governments on the following pro.
gram, to-wit:
1. That the state and national
government stop all foreclosures
on farms and homes.
"2. That the U. s. government
re-assume its constitutional func
ton in printing and regulating
money and that that function b,
taken away from our banking in
stitutions and that the Unite,
States government print money il
sufficient quantities to enable thu
government to purchase all of tn,
outstanding farm and home mort
cages.
s. That the government, afte
having purchased the mortgages
refund and refinance the same b,
accepting in lien thereof new mort
cages, calling for the payment o
two per cent to be applied on tn
principle and the other one pc
cent to be applied as interest.
"The aforegoing resolution move
and adopted this 9Th day Of Dc
tober, 1888, by the Pleasant Prairi
Local (Kenosha county, Wisconsi
of the United Farmers League"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-22

a resolution there. / am wonder
ing, therefore, to whom you could
have turned in this resolution,
since it was not brought up for
discussions, at least not in the
Resolutions Committee, and not
brought out on the floor of the
Conference.
First of all 1 will say that / am
sure the Resolutions Committee
would not have recommended the
adoption of such a resolution. No
doubt you recall that the Chicago
Conference declared unanimously
against initiation in any form and
for the cafellation of debts I'M
stead Of refinancing. I am sure
that when you and the other fell
low farmers of Pleasant Prairie
reconsider this resolution in the
light of the discussions on initiation
and debts that took place in the
Chicago Conference you will rea
lie that the resolution which you
had adopted contains some serious
errors. It is very likely, Of course
that you yourselves no longel
stand for the resolution. Howeve
to help further clarity the matte
to you and to other fellow farm
ers I am going to make few
critical remarks.
Your statements in regard t
the debt burden of the farmers
more or less correct; althougl
there are localities IN the countr,
where the farmers are no longe
as much worried about their debt
as they are about how they ar
going to manage to live over tn
winter. It is correct that th
United. Farmers League pledge
. itself to work for and to secure ac
ton from the states and the ns
tional government to the end
view of relieving the farmer
J debt burden. But we are for car
collation. Of debts for the toilin
farmers, not for initiation and n
financing. The states and the n,
tiooal government must stop a
foreclosures on farms and home
Until they do, we farmers wi
: stop them BY our mass action.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-22
The Government
of the Rich

The government has and is con-
tinuing its function Of printing
and regulating money. The gov
eminent has done this regulating
partly by turning over some Of it's
control to the banking institutions.
This is because the government Is
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-22

statement the outrageous eraty,,
OF the Farm Bureau leader. =.
never once mentioned on the foo,
Of the annual meeting.
It was Wallace who came to n.
defense of these racketeers ina.
rectly in an interjection in M
speech, which interjection WAS
NOT INCLUDED IN THE WRIT
TEN COPIES OF THE SPEECH
HANDED OUT TO THE PRESS
Wallace consoled the delegates and
visitors that some of the "fineHD
men whom he knew were racks.
teering for big business. "Its A
funny thing but it's just So" DE-.
clared this oracle of the New Deal.
"and always will be under ON
civilization"
He might have added that under
a different system, for example n
the Soviet Unior' where workers
and farmers govern, racketter,
are put up against a wall befmt
a firing squad for doing msl
funny" things as grating.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-22
Criticism of the
Above Resolution

The National Secretary has writ
ten to these fellow farmers, in re-
gard to the above resolution, as
follows:
One thing which prompts me to
write to you about the foregoing
resolution is the fact that l have
been informed that you proposed
TO introduce this incorrect resolu-
ton at the Chicago Conference.
was chairman Of the Resolutions
Committee, and l did not see such
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-22

ers" into industry-iust in a few
empty phrases.
Starvation Acres
Subsistence farmers" will have
a small plot and one or more men,
bers will work in nearby factory
If they can ever get a job. .-.
They will "confine themselves
principally to vegetable production.
They will not produce the staples,
wheat, corn. portland possibly in
most cases will not produce dairy
and meat products"
What this actually means, in
view of the widespread and per-
manent unemployment Of millions
of workers under our present sys-
tenn is that two million farmers
will have to learn how to live on
vegetables. do without flour, meat,
or milk and live in rags. From
their vegetable production they will
be able to buy next to nothing be-
cause, there already is a Surplus"
of vegetables and vegetable farm
GIS are SO1llS UdIlhIuDLs
1.-THE "radicalism" of the New
Dealers is but phrase threshing in
the blue sky In order to prepare
the farmers for coolie existence.
Wallace. however, completed the
picture of planning" at seems
, clear that the detectives of a long
| time plan must be to direct our
! resources, human and other, to
. producing those things which we
really want" He talked of inter
: national planning and of national
3 planning and came to the conclu-
sion that international planning
e really requires planning with
E in the country"
e If we (American capitalists
o planned to receive foreign payment
n IF loans. and interest on foreign
loans in goods a great mass o.
goods would have tt be imported
according to the Secretary of Ag
riculture.
"The admission Of such mug,
quantities of goods from abroat
would doubtless meaa that man,
of our factories would have to ad
Just their operations"
CLOSING down. some of the fac
tories would be of grave ma
tional concern. not only because
of the resulting unemployment,
BUT ALSO BECAUSE SOME
TYPES OF FACTORIES ARE
e NEEDED IN TIME OF WAR"
n We must plan what imports
we should receive Gin time of
ID peace, WITHOUT JEOPARDIZ-
Tn ING THOSE INDUSTRIES WE
ot ABSOLUTELY REQUIRE IN
o. TIME OF WAR"
W Planning for War
b. It is war then which is tn
n skeleton around which the Ne
Dealers are planning. Behind a
the fire phrases about human we
fare. national and information
planning. there looms the hideol
specter of the war which banke
r. are preparing.
Wallace did not for a momer
hesitate about the next war. T
v never even bothered to mention {
s the disarmament propaganda viii
It has been going on to convince t,
n working people that peace is pc
q sible under capitalism. "Tifne
/ War" is a certainty with him. It
n coming. he admitted. and the NJ
Deal is preparing for it-"plal
ming" not for farmers or worker
Nv but for WAR.
ny He brought forward in !
II speech not merely that war is
an criterion but showed how it shou
~ M be prepared for. Wallace's wor
&c are the words spoken by Hitl,
,as and Mussolini. "What we want
- a state of balance between ag
JC culture. labor. and business :.
PS am merely asking that the leadt
M ship Of agriculture, labor and bu
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-22
The Farm Bureau Yields the
WhiteWash Brush

THE CONVENTION of the American Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton in Chicago not conventional a con-
Spracy The hghsaaried officials of the Farm Bureau and
the agricultural heads of the Roosevelt administration put
their heads together and engineered the whole show for
definite purpose to boost the New Dea among the Amer
lean farmers
This much is clear from a hasty reading of Erik
Berts excellent reporting of the convention.
Every speech, whether delivered by one of the Farm
Bureau mseaders by of the four agricultural
of the New Dea-Walace, Peek, Myers and Wson-bea1s
witness to this fact Every resolution every report carried
the tell-tale mark of this purpose.
The convention was actually theatrical show in which
the lines carefully written and rehearsed The per-
formers consisted of exactly TFRTYNINE voting dele
gates the officials of the Farm Bureau and the leading
lights of the Roosevelt administration and the newspaper
ports. AND ESPECIALLY the newspaper reporters,
we may say, because the balyhoo of the convention
intended primarily for the millions of farmers through
out the country not for the handful of farmers who attended
the convention.
VIE can imagine that something like the following occurred
w several weeks previous to the convention.
Mr.. Wallace speaking to Mr.. ONea "The farmers are
shows this The Farmers End Conference at Chicago showed
this The New Deal is practically discreded with the farm
them
Mr. O'Neal, speaking !, Mr.. Wallace. Permit to
help you Mr. Wallace My organization has been of inest
mabe service to the trust the cement trust the cop
per trust and to the banking class as a whole
Mr. W. to Mr. O.: That's the trouble Ed. Your orga-
nzaton has showed its hand too clearly Every farmer
knows you took $4,000 from those birds You have ruined
your possible usefulness to us"
Mr. O. to Mr. W. Not $7O000 Mr.. Secretary, exactly
and no cents And few words from you, sort o.
Joke you know might clear that up And think conyen
ton of organization in the city where these damned
reds met-just think what that would meant!
Mr.. w. That's a fine idea, all right if could only
put But remember that if you get bunch OF farm
together. Of those heads will speak up and
raise hell with program"
Mr. o. "Ah Mr.. Secretary, you new in this game
can fix Il ND along really democratic lines so that ther
win not be dissenting voice. know my boys, see
and we are careful to give neither voice vote to ang
ers."
Mr. w. "Since you put it that way. maybe couc
SWING it. I'll get the president to send message to the
vention But remember the main idea coming from tn
convention must be wholehearted, uncompromising
dorsement of the Roosevelt program"
Mr. O. "At your service, Mr. Secretary. ALWAYS a
the service of you gentlemen"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-22
Position of ''New DEAF Agencies

following table gives the cash position of the
agencies ali supported by the either through bearing
burden of initiation or through the payment of taxes:
ninal 0ranAn
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-22
What the arm Bureau
Convention "Foreo+"

The racketeerng of the Farm Bureau Federati
brushed at the recent convention of that va
From the official records of the Senate investigating
tee, however, read for himself what Mr. ON
his lieutenan apparently forgot" On October II 1000 and
S. Winder, executive secretary Of the Farm Buran 49,
Senate Committee that the following sums were nO me
the Golfers of the Farm Bureau by the following trusts INTO
1880
Copper and Brass Research Assn ...-. a..
L. w. Ramsey Co. .-.....-..--.-..-----.- s N
National Electric Light Association ...-...- ,a Nv"
National Lumber Manufacturers Association r
Portland Cement Association .-......---.. wv
Total sIr
1881
Portland Cement Association .-.............. a.
National Electric Light Association . ,rS ~.
Copper and Brass Research Association . ~" NV
National Lumber Manufacturers Association O.s.
Walstrum Manufacturing Co. -........ ,.o $50.
L. w. Ramsey Company ..---- ssS '
M "W
1892
National Lumber Manufacturers Association - 80.
Copper and Brass Research Association - sr"
National Electric Light Association - ara
Total for three years ssss.
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Aside from Ogg's hypocritical
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-22

He brought forward in his
speech not merely that war is the
criterion but showed how it should
be prepared for. Wallace's words
are the words spoken by Hitler
and Mussolini. "What we want is
state of balance between agri-
culture. labor. and business i
am merely asking that the leader
ship of agriculture. labor and bust
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Continued from Front Page)
ness basis at the lowest possible
COST"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-22

Remainder
$351,641,641
192,477,694
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The Coolidge examiner., 1933-07-28
Tree Windbreak Saves
Soil Blowing Damage

Severe damage to farm lands by
strong winds that sweep great guam
titles of valuable top soil from
fields may be materially reduced by
planting windbreaks of trees, or by
early spring or fall listing.
Planting cross windbreaks Of one
or two rows of trees at quarter-mile
intervals at right angles TO prevail
ing winds is suggested by Fred r.
Johnson, regional forest inspector
Of the forest service In Denver,
and State Forester w. J. Morrill,
at the Colorado Agricultural college
Such windbreaks would be in ad-
ditlon TO shelter belts around farm
buildings. Cross windbreaks at quar-
ter-mile intervals would furnish
protection against soil blowing for
a distance of about ten times the
height Of the trees on the windward
side and about IS to 20 times on
the leeward side, Investigations have
shown. AS the trees grow taller
they would provide protection for
gradually increasing areas.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-07-28
The Flock in Summer

When the flock goes out to sum-
mer pasture and you no longer
bring them to the lot Of an evening,
says a correspondent in the Mis-
souri, Farmer, you will find 1t con
venient to park a little can of gaso-
line, some pine tar and pair of
old shears by a fence post where
you can find them when you make
your occasional trip with salt or to
look them over. You may find a
sheep with maggots in hot weather
and you won't have to make a long
trip to the house after tools. Some
times when visiting back farm
sheep pasture we have in our pOck-
ct some stout string or cord; If we
find a sheep needing attention we
catch ii and hObble its feet, go to
fence post and get our parked
tools and don't have to chase the
sheep a second time to doctor it.
Most any trip you make to such
flock there win be one or two sheep
that need some little attention,
like cutting off a soiled lock of wool
or placing a little tar on stained
wool will be a worthwhile preven-
tive Of worse trouble.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-07-28
Doctors Find Youths
Organs on Wrong Side

Kansas City, Mo.-When William
Schmitz. Jr, nineteen-year-old
truck driver. went to hospital
here for a physical examination. he
just about spoiled his physicians
faith in his instruments.
a stethoscope, put over the place
where the heart ought to be, regis
tered just exactly nothing. Exam
nations of various sorts turned out
several surprising results.
Finally the X-ray solved the rid
die and classified the youth as
very rare physical specimen. All
the youths "in'ards" are reversed.
His heart is on the right side of
his body. His appendix is on the
left. All other organs similarly
were In the wrong places.
His unorthodOx pattern, however,
has failed to hurt him in any way,
young Schmitz reported. He is six
feet tall. weighs 100 pounds. and
has only been III twice In his life
once with scarlet fever and once
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-07-28
Roadside Stands
Sell Many Foods
Customers Are Attracted
by Quality of Articles
and Prices.

BY Prof. W. c. Hopper. New York state
College OF Agriculture.-WNU Service.
Almost any sort of farm produce
which is used for food can be solo
at the wayside market. Fruit is
well adapted to roadside selling
vegetables come next; while fruit
juices, honey, eggs, poultry, baked
goods, flowers, jams, and jellies
have all been sold successfully.
City residents like TO buy directly
from the farmer, which is one rea-
son for the increase in the number
Of roadside markets. Another rea
son is that wholesale prices TO farm
ers have been so much lower than
retail prices that farmers have
made money from direct selling
However, the best way to discour
age buyers is to charge unreason
able prices. 1t is unwise to charge
as much as the city retail price, bui
farmers must receive more than
the wholesale price to afford to op.
crate stand
Prices should also vary with the
grade. 1t is always desirable to
separate produce into different
grades, for there are buyers for
each quality. Prices may be set
according to the prices ia the near
est city, with due allowance for dis
tance buyers must come, the grade
of produce and the size Of the con.
tainer. The most profitable road.
side market business comes from re-
peat customers, who also are willing
TO recommend the stand, the pro
duce and the proprietor to their
friends and neighbors.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-07-28
CAMP GIVES NEW
LIFE TO WOMEN

evidence that II will bet is
planned to open other camps in this
and other states.
The camp Is financed with fed
eral funds by the federal relief ad-
ministratlon under Harry L. Hop
kins. Monthly grants will be made
to the state relief authorities, IN
der whose direction the camp is op-
Grated. The cost for each woman
at the camp Is estimated ar about
So a week.
Recreation First.
In the camp routine recreation
comes first, then vocational work,
for the primary aim is to build up
the women physically, in order to
render them fit for regular employ
ment. The women do no manual
work other than that required to
keep their quarters i.dy and to
take occasional dish washing assign
ments.
They are in no sense comparable
with the conservation corps work
ers, and there will be no pulling
moths from trees or anything like
that AS time goes on and the
camp really gets to functioning and
the girls improve In health and
morale, there will be vocational
training along any lines they desire.
The recreational routine stresses
an active outdoor life of swimming,
hiking, tennis, and other sports.
There are few hard and set rules
of conduct The women may smoke
anywhere except in their cabins
One question which concerns many
is whether men friends may 7isit
them. Thus far camp officials have
frowned on the idea in accordance
with prevailing vacation camp reg
ulations But the campers concede
the ban on dates to be a small worry
as they compare their lot now to
the hardships of New York job hunt
ing.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-07-28
Sugar Raising Saved

The sugar cane industry of the
United States was threatened with
entire extinction back in the days
just following the World war when
mosaic disease broke out in Louis.
lana. This plant disease is fatal to
the cane and its spread was rapid
all through the sugar bowl Of the
lower Mississippi. Little was known
about the disease and any effective
remedies were hard to find. Fed
eral plant experts tackled the prob
lem from another angle and through
the development Of mosaic-resist-
ant strain of cane from imported
varieties, the sugar growing has
been restored to an acreage which
compares favorably with that plant
ed before the outbreak of mosaic
disease.-Washingt Star.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-07-28
Island DESTROYED bx Quake

On June 7, 1892, an earthquake
occurred which shook the whole is
land of Port Royal, Jamaica. Two
thirds of Pc Royal, the capital
city. was swallowed up by the sea.
For at least $50 years parts of the
submerged city were visible, though
covered by many fathOms of clear
water. The capital was removed to
Kingston and Port Royal is but
little settlement.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-07-28
LIGHTS OF NEW YORK ByLL STEVENSON

mately $4,000 was still due. de
started the suit in the state courts,
bnt on petition of the family, il
was transferred TO the Federal
court. Mr.. Hartridge introduced
proof that the fee, out of which he
was TO pay his law partner who
had died before the case came TO
trial. was not all for legal service
but included also about $4,000 of
his own funds which he had spent
in Thaw's behalf. He lost the suit
and the matter was taken up with
the Bar association. That body held
that his bill of particulars had not
been ethical. and so he was barred
from practice.
Before taking the Thaw case, Mr.
Hartridge had been a successful
New York attorney, his income at
that time, so IL was said. having
been about $4,000 a year, not a
bad figure for 1906 Fate took
hand In his entering the Thaw case.
Through his interest In bridge. Mr..
Hartridge knew Thaw. So when
Thaw was confined In the Tombs,
after that tragedy on the old Madl-
son Square Garden roof. he went
to see If he could do anything for
him. He was al once engaged as
Thaw's attorney. Others came into
the case, including Dolphin NJ. Del
mas, but Mr.. Hartridge was the at.
torney Of record. Thus he became
known over the world. And now
he goes about New York unnoticed.
Curiously, to me al least, his In
terest in bridge is undiminished.
He not only still plays but writes
about IL.
After q short chat with Mr.. Hart
ridge, | continued along Forty-third
street and at Eighth avenue met
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-07-28
Once Were Members of
N. Y.'s Jobless Army.

New YOrk.-SOme weeks ago a
score OF young women stepped out
Of n motor bus into the cool, wooded
quiet of the Catskill mountains.
There was WEAKNESS In their steps,
lines of bitterness, fatigue, and un-
dernOurishment were etched in their
faces For a minute or two they
stood in silent awe of the natural
beauty of the place, their drawn
faces softening and with tears in
the eyes of more than one.
Today these women, their num-
bers now augmented, have changed
In spirit and appearance. Faces that
were pale and haggard are now sun
burned; there is a new spring In
their walk. an eager light in their
eyes. They have healthy appe-
tites and food is plentiful. Worry
Is not now u concomitaIt of their
lives as they bask In the sunlight of
Camp Terra on Lake Tiorati. in the
heart of Palisades Interstate park.
United States co-operates.
The campers once were members
oi New York city's army O. unem-
ployed. That they have been able
TO quit the sidewalks and park
benches of the city and leave be
hind them the travails of months of
fruitleSs Job seeking has been due
TO the joint efforts of New York re-
lief agencies and the federal govern
ment- Camp Terra is the country's
first experimental camp for unem
ployed women under a plan spOn-
sored by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
and Miss Frances Perkins. secretary
of labor.
The contingent al Camp Terra now
is but a drop in the unemployment
pool. but II the pioneering project
is guccessful-and there Is every