The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-22
RESOLUTIONS OF
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the Farm Bureau leadership had to
say something about it also. In
the Farm Credits" resolution they
declare that farmers who are
temporarily delinquent in farm
mortgage payments or otherwise
must be carried along without
foreclosure and eviction with their
delinquencies added 10 the end Of
the mortgage period"
This means only that when the
mortgage falls due the farmer will
have to pay not only the mort
gage. but IN ADDITION, ALL OF
THE ACCUMULATED : DELIN-
QUENCIES.
Not one word of STOPPING
foreclosures ard evictions bv mass
struggle, which is the only way
that they have been and will be
stopped, but simply declaration
that thew must" stop. The Farm
Bureau leaders do not want to adj
wise farmers as to HOW evictions
can be STOPPED because then
President O'Neal" could not eat
tend, as a specially invited guest.
part of the sessions of the United
States Chamber of Commerce" as
he did this year, according to the
report of Acting Secretary Ogg.
Alibi for New Deal
In order to keep the farmers
hoping for some relief the resolu-
ton reports that as vet "the laws
are not perfect either in admin
stration or text" "The appraisals
continue to be too low on many
farms" still greater activity is
recommended in approving
loans to farmers" "the interest
rate on farm mortgages should be
: lowered to not exceed three per
cent" Just as though the destitute
: farmers could now pay three pei
Y cent. They also hold out as bali
t to the farmers the possibility o.
r farmer owned and farmer con
{ trolled credit neutrality-suspicious.
system run by Wall street, tn,
Y capitalist system.
n The resolution on postal At
r fairs" has an interesting item
Q One cause of the postal deficit i
y easily found in the subsidies whicI
n are given various transportatiol
agencies for the carrying of U.
n mails. Reasonable compensatiol
d should be given these carriers, bu
,. subsidies are indefensible."
d Here are the facts behind thi
}, resolution. The Ship Owners ASST
e is the BODY which fights for tn
v higher subsidies for the ship owl
d ers. S. A. Van Petten. an execu
v tive of the Farm Bureau, offere
o the Ship Owners Assn. the FAR
Bureaus propaganda facilities fo
! fee of 100000. The ship owl
le ers thought the price too high. Va
le PETER came down to $4,000. A
l. even this price no agreement coul
Ia be reached so the deal fell through
So the Farm Bureau leaders al
!" against ship subsidies-it ma
a convince the Ship Owners Assn
AZ that it should have paid Van Pc
10 TENS price.
at Peddling to Power Trust
e. The Farm Bureau leaders al
tn preached not only the ship ownel
- but the Power Trust with an off
4 of their services. But the Pow
Trust was more approachable al
willing to pay. They paid. toget
er with the cement and cope
trusts. the sum of $4,000 to
S. Wirder. at that time Executi'
Secretary and Treasurer of tt
American Farm Bureau FEEDER
ton. In return the Farm Bure;
educated" the farmers to the n
=. cessity for electrical applianc
Il through movies; articles in t
BUREAU FARMER, official @
a gan of the Federation; communi
rel meetings sponsored by the Bure;
Do, and special pamphlets and otht
printed material.
- The Farm Bureau resolutio
re passed unanimously, points to t
os. "desirability of having mode
IN, conveniences and equipment In {
lip cur homes, and of saying labor
farm and home operations (thr
M a greater use of ELECTR1CIT
water. gas, TELEPHONE. and
- SIMILAR SERVICES" Which h
I been bought and paid for.
In order to make this paid q
vertising more acceptable the res
luton points out that the cost
these services is high as the
suit of various financial manipu
tons by the public service corpol
tions.
A whole mess of other reso
lions was also passed. They
cluded opposition to rewriting
food and drug act. codes for I
d brewing and distilling industri
- control of grain exchanges a
speculation, guarantee of bank {
- posts, and a dozen other 81
40 which are basicallv of no signi
TN canoe to the immediate life int
AO ests Of the impoverished and VIII
are passed merely to provide re;
ing material INSTEAD OF A
TON for the farmers.