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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17
DOTNGS OF LAST WFEK

DOINGS OF LAST WEEK
o. A. Zuehlke, Oshkosh, Wis,
sends two subs, four points
Frank Depk, Deerbrook, Wis,
wires for 259 copies to be d;strib-
uted at a meeting.
Arne H. Moen, Upham, N. OAK,
wants sample copies.
Frank Murtland, Berlldji, MINI.
sends one sub, two points, and also
pays for bundles. On March 3, you
should have had credit for three
subs and we only gave you credit
for one. The mistake is our own
GOT ALL FARMERS HE SAW
]. Haaland, Jr., Grandin, N. ID.
sends us 20 subs right off the
bat, 20 points. '1n less than an
hour l got them all on { he
strength of the Conference re-
port. got a subscription from
every farmer / saw, and some
had to borrow the Is cents" he
writes. Then in another letter,
he sends twelve more subs. am
other Ia points.
TovO Salo, Chisholm, Mimi
sends one sub, two points.
c. II. BoskaIjon, Eatonville
Wash, sends TWO subs, IL points,
He is going out and do some more
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organizing in a few days.
Edw. c. Bauman, Bagley, MINI.
sends two subs, tire points.
You will begin to hear from me
often from now on" he says.
Joe ChOlin, Garfield, Idaho, sub.
scribes, one point.
H. R. Millhouse, Shippensburg
Pa, sends us four subs, clever
points.
John Mikkola, Columbus, Mont.
sends one sub, two points.
A. Wanman, Twin Falls, Idaho
subscribes for six months, foul
points.
Bruce T aylor, Palisade, MINI.
sends us another three subs, foul
points.
Frank Fusch, Billings, Mont
subscribes for one year, eigh
points.
U. F. L. is GROWING
The u. F. L. of Spanaway,
Wash, sends dollar FOR bundle
received. "Our u. F. L. is grow
ing. Every farmer sheuld read
the Producers News. Every
! farmer and farm worker Should
be U. F. L. member, the sec
rotary says.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17

as it was, the price that the farm
er receives has declared a tar
strike for him. Why then give Il
a name of strike:
What we WANT, is tax exemption
for farmers whose standard Of
living does not permit the payina
of taxes. To call it a strike gives
the impression that we actually
could pay. our taxes but that since
we think they are too high we
won't do it. A refusal to pay the
taxes can be better fought by the
insisting of no evictionS or sales
for inability to pay taxes.
SEARS AND ROEBUCK
SALES
On the question of mortgages
and mortgage foreclosures. In
this week l just want to touch
briefly the methods that have been
successfully used to stop them.
The most popular one is the Sears
Roebuck sale where every thing is
bid in by a single bidder. This
type of sales goes alright where it
is sheriff sale. Other types of
sales are different because the
mortgage holder can come back
with a deficiency judgment and
still claim the property. In this
case we have been successful in
forcing the mortgage holder to re-
new at low rate of interest or
none at all. In some cases we
have stopped sales where some
thing was advertised for sale that
was not actually in the mortgage.
Using the claw" On the banker
i'm mass is very effective. More
will be written on this next week.
KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS
/ The League must keep in touch
with the neighbors and be ready
for action when the need arises.
It should know the circumstances
of every individual family in the
neighborhood regardless if they
belong to the UFL. We are and
should be the first TO fight fol
them if any need arises.
All members of other farm or
CARNATIONS can be be asked to
unite with the fight for daily
needs. You do not need to be
afraid that these farmers will NOT
like your radical viewpoint. When
you have proven that your interest
lies in getting shoes for the other
fellows kids and not in hammer.
ing Socialism or communism" intC
their heads, if you show then
how they can get the every da!
things they are forced to do with
out they will support a united
struggle for these things.
Call meetings in your township
now. Do not wait until some or
ganizer for the UFL comes or vol
may wait until we are dead. w
do not have high salaried organic
! ers. You and the neighbors mus
, get together and form your or
ganization now.
Your neighbours lad or yoursel
or wife or son must take the steT
We cannot send somebody to OF
ganize you. We are here to Civ
guidance but it can only be whs
] has been done by farmers Xix
yourselves. Do you see the ide
: fellow farmers. 1t is your orga
: hization and Won must build Il.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17
CIRCULATE THE
PRODUCERS NEWS

In closing I think that we must
give our paper a much wider cir
culation. Every reader should set
himself the task of getting a new
reader every month.
And please give your copy to
your neighbor when you get thru
with it. Don't use it to light the
kitchen fire or consign it to the
County seat out back of the
wood pile. See you next week!
JAMES FLOWER,
National Secretary.
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line bn1n& want 10. 1mprSSSs
upon the minds of all the read
ers is the absolute necessity Of !
raising finances, We have letters
from ALI parts Of the country ask.
ing for the Program fof the
League and how to organize it.
These letters must be answered
if We expect our League to grow.
It is important that, the secre-
tary of every local of the league
write to the national office and
let US know what is goinglpn. In
this way we can keep in touch. Up
till now the office has not func-
toned because no one was actually
in charge. This work was done
by a group of workers who. do
mated their spare time and it
simply became impossible for them
to do it any more.
Now a few words as to the
League and its organization. The
League is the organization of the
small farmers and tenants. 1t ac-
cepts all farmers into its ranks
who are willing to fight against
the ruinous exploitation of toll
ing farmers by the huge corpora
tiOns and trusts.
To name here all the various de-
mands we struggle for would be
to write a huge article.
THE FIGHT FOR RELIEF
This is what you must do, fell
low farmer, if there is family in
your township which is not get
ting relief. Call meeting of the
people in the neighborhood and
draw up your demands on the
basis of what they actually need
in the line of food, clothing OF
shelter.
Perhaps it is the question of
paying taxes. A very good way
to- involve the farmers is to take
the delinquent tax list which al
most all counties are required by
law to publish. By getting the
names of those who are unable
to pay their taxes you can call {
meeting.
TAX STRIKE
QUESTION
In many places the question o.
J a tax strike has come to tn,
front. Now a tax strike means
that for one reason or another thu
farmers refuse to pay taxes. Nov
the real question is, they could
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17

our starvation namely the Frazier BILL allotment plan, etc.
which are just bunk for the farmers.
You will also find lot of the members like myself that
have cooperaed to the full extent all along the ne and find
we have about reached the end of the rope
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17
SHIFT IN HIGH FOR UNITED RANK
AND FILE ACTION

You admitted that the Farmers Union slow in reach
ing its goal Well this is time to dly daily around play
ing politics. We farmers must shift in high before it is
late and get behind the demands of the real farmers and
workers for immediate cash relief and unemployment in
surance This is the first program drawn up to cover
for all states and the burden where it belongs by
farmers delegates at Washington D. c. Dec no. 1892
Frank Witty is still in the fight with Orga-
nized farmers for better conditions and farmers
and workers government.
FRANK WITTY
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17
Weekly Report from the
Executive Council
United Farmers League
TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE UNITED FARMERS
LEAGUE-TO ALL READERS OF THE
PRODUCERS NEWS -.

This column is to be hevoce of the National Headouar
tiyty of the farm situation and comments on it. :.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17
Yours very truly,
R. w. FRAZIER,
Field Director Poor Relief.

RELIEF WITHIN 10 DAYS
What has happened to the sweet
promise of "relief within 10 days?
Con March the delegate from
Mountrail county reported to the
Relief Conference that his county
had not received aid yeti. Fraz-
Ter in his letter never mentions it.
Instead he writes of "oaths of Of
flee" and the claws" To him the
laws-made by the bankers are
more sacred than the lives of the
farmers.
But to the farmers the lives of
their wives and families come
first, and what these families need
now is food, clothing and fuel. If
they had waited for Mr.. Frasier's
"duly authorized representatives
to be set up, they would have
starved to death first. The peo-
pie of North Dakota have put in
winter Of dire privation waiting
for the "duly authorized represen-
tatives" to act. And they have
not acted.
FARMERS WILL GET RELIEF
The farmers have taken the
first step themselves in Mountrail
county. The delegates who were
at the North Dakota State Relief
+ Conference in Bismarck are ready
to follow.
Mr.. Frasier can talk about the
regular setups," "public officials
~oaths and laws" but what th,
farmers need is relief and the,
need it now. And Mr.. Frasier'.
"severe criticism" win not sto1
them from getting It.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17

agent be put up for a referen-
DUN vote in the coming elections.
All except a few rich farmers
and a preacher were in favor OF
the removal of the county agent.
The supervisors however, would
not concede this demand. The up
keep of the county agent costs
$1,000 a year with no benefit to
the farmers. Instead he works
against the impoverished farmers.
The farmers are determined to
continue the fight for his removal
until they succeed in doing So.
sas. No diseriminatiOn- IN giving
out relief because of race color,
religious or political bellefs. 3
The supervisors were forced to
accept this.
TAX THE RICH
z. Funds for adequate relief to
be gotten from the state and,
federal governments and by m
creasing taxes On such large
companies as Ford Motor. Co,
railroads and others who have
been making huge profits. y :
The board promised to get more
money from the state and federal
governments but would not agree
to tax the rich. &
8. Relief and relief work to be
administered by county, town.
ship and local committees elected
by and composed OF workers and
farmers.
The county board had no OBJ
lection to electing local and town
ship committees which will taxi
care of distributing evenly the re
lief work, but they refused to givc
them official recognition.
ENDORSE UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE
9. That the board of supervis-
Ors go on record endorsing the
unemployment insurance bill
which provides unemployment
Insurance at the expense Of the
state and employers.
The board agreed to this de-
mand also.
Having no further business wit
the county board, the workers an
farmers dispersed in an organize
manner to their respective com
munities.
While waiting for the supervisor
a meeting was held which Taste
about an hour. Frank Arvols
United Farmers League organizer
Alfred Backman, and Martin Kuu
sisto spoke for the county commit
tee which had arranged the relic
march. The speeches were loudl
applauded by those present.
BIGGEST VICTORY so FAR
This is the biggest victory eve
won by the workers and farmer
of Baraga county. We must bac
mp these demands by organizing
Locals of the United Farmer
League and farmers action Con
mittees in every locality. tn
workers must join the unemploye
committees.
Only through solid organizatio
can We hold what we have wo
and win even bigger victories fc
the workers and farmers
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17
REMEMBER JOHN WALZ!

For example take the of John Wall of Fessenden,
now down where legislation and patching wont help It's
natural he would ask for help from his dearest organization
the Farmers Union surprised and disappointed with
Secretary Greenes long delayed reply His advice to hold
Sears Roebuck sale wasn't bad But dow does Greene
expect john Pete and Ole to conduct sale Of that kind
without instructions help from leaders John was
given to understand help from leaders impossible
My idea of farm leader during these times is
that will go through hell and high water, with
the backing of the members, if can't get relief
any other way and homes. Experience
gained in struggle far has proven salaried
leaders in different farM organizations have failed
Oh betrayed us when the road looked tough. Us
ing the radical phrases to keep the farmers beiev-
ing in way to get by for a WHILE but when it
to real action find out the real leaders
among the rank and file of the farmers and work
0rs than can be depended OH.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17
'PROGRESSIVES" TO
SET UP NEW PARTY !
TO FOOL. TOHERS

A progressive" organization
has been planned by Senator Nor
ris as a means for continuing the
betrayal of the American workers
and farmers.
Every single progressive IN
Congress supported the "progres-
sive" Roosevelt in the election.
Now that the time for results has
come they propose a new political
set up, since they, know he ;canzoi
deliver any real relief for the
working class.
They do not want to give relief,
but they do want to keep the work
ing class under the influence of
Wall st. Norris indicated : that
| thesbloc might even becomes thirG
party.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17
TAX STRIKE
QUESTION

In many places the question of
tax strike has come to the
front. Now a tax strike means
that for one reason or another the
farmers refuse to pay taxes. Now
the real question is, they could
not pay them in half of the cases
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17
PROMISES OF
LANCER AGENT
EMPTY DRIVEL
CONTINUED from page one)

NOOhNAAACO AAOAl page On6J
no longer could be of service to
any of the citizens within their
respective districts. Hence, the
action of any outside committee
assuming to take the government
in their own hands, is to be con-
demned.
Until regular setup as pro-
vided by the Federal Government
Is completed, none of the Federal
relief money can be used and then
only when an investigation has
been made by duly authorized rep
resentatives of such organization.
Please do not feel that you can
take the matter into your own
hands any more than you could
to open the doors of a bank vault
and secure their funds without au-
thority.
Yours very truly,
R. w. FRAZIER,
THa1J ns..o-L- n nTse
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17

L. v. johnson, ourn,ss Wisconsin,
sends one sub, one point.
Roy Miller, Frederick, S. Oak,
turns in another five subs, five
points. -
Ruth B ert.. Plentywood,. Mont,
| gives. us 80 subs gotten on shef
trip to Bismarck, 46 points.
Chris Heibegg, Dagmar, Mont,
two subs, six points.
Alfred Helm, Westby,' Mont,
one sub. four points.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17
MORE WOULD LIKE TO
HAVE 1T

HAVE 1T
Mrs. Herman Gerllng, Wheel
ock, N. OAK, sends us four subs,
eight points. 'Many more would
like to take it but have no money
she says.
F. M. Joslyn, Barnhart, Texas,
wants to sell some papers.
WE HAVE MANY FRIENDS
G. c. Stone, Burlington, Wash.
subscribes, four points. keep
up your good work, you have
many friends out here"
Carl G. Widlund, LOup City,
Neb-, says: II got hold of one Of
your good farm papers and |
sure like It." Then he subscribes
two points.
0. d. VaultOrn, Presto, s. Oak,
subscribes, four points.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-17
NORTH DAKOTA DIRT FARMER
ANSWERS LEADERS, INSULTS

CONTINUED from page One,
Montana labor news., 1933-02-16
PRESIDENT GRAHAM REPORTS ON
COMPENSATION LEGISLATION
UNIONS TO WRITE ALL SENATOR'S TO PRO
TEST ENATE BILL NO. 80. COUNCIL
PROTESTS COMPENSATION CUT

House Bill No. 80 now before the
legislature provides for the payment
Of compensation to part-time workers
who are injured part-time compen-
sation. Thus if a man works three
days a week he will get compensation
based on three days pay if injured.
This means a cut of fifty per cent on
compensation to the part-time worker
if injured.
Another bill is in the Senate and it
is also No. 80 (Senate Bill and it
means a flat reduction of twenty per
cent in compensation to the full time
worker if injured, besides a cut from
500 weeks compensation to 375 weeks
compensation for permanent total dis
ability making a total reduction in
this class of injured of as per cent.
We have made a vigorous fight on
both these bills and hope and expect
that both of them will be defeated.
During the hearing on these two
bills, Judge Dryer of Butte, stated
that it vas costing the Anaconda Co.
70 cents a ton to pay compensation to
injured workers while copper could
be mined and refined in Africa for
80 cents a ton; that workingmen's
compensation had become a hard bur-
den on the company, that the increased
cost during the past four years had
been very heavy. That is his argu-
ment, however, the records at the In
dustrial Accident Board Office bears
out considerable of Judge Dryers
contentious.
Today in the Senate a bill was in
troduced to make the Industrial Ac-
cident Board self sustaining. Prior
to this year the legislature always
made an appropriation out of the gen
eral fund to maintain and operate the
Industrial Accident Board.
Under the provisions of this new
bill the officials of the Industrial Ac-
cident Board will have to make a levy
on the pay roll of the employers who
come under the Compensation Act
for money to run the Industrial Ac-
cident Board. | have known for many
months that such a bill as this was
intended, but it has not shown up I'M
til this the last day in the Senate to
introduce new bills.
Having given the matter much
study and consideration lasting over
six months, | have no hesitancy in OPP
posing the Bill. Such a bill is entire
ly out of place at this time, and is not
to the best interests of the workers
of Butte, Anaconda, Great Falls, the
Montana labor news., 1933-02-16
THE SYSTEM

Was l going to town? | was.
Would l be kind enough to give him
a lift? l said, r
Subsequent cross-examination Of APP
plicant for life revealed the following
data:
Age 28. Married. Two children.
Share-cropper. Had raised 20 bales
of cotton, or enough to clothe him
self, wife, children, and prospective
posterity down to the third and fourth
generation. Financial status, broke.
Financial status Of landlord, ditto.
Purpose of going to town, to secure
permit to work on made work at
$3.50 per day, minus transportation
charges of S1.00.
Arrived in town, l accompanied APP
plicant to office of made work dis
pensary. The office was crowded.
Some twenty attendants of both sexes
were busy hammering on typewrlters,
filling out cards, passing cards, fill
ing cards. Anchored at the first desk,
applicant was requested for informa-
ton relating to character, nationality,
abode, past present and future con
dition of servitude. Above that was
GContinued on Page Fourl
Montana labor news., 1933-02-16
STREETCAR MEN JOIN IN CAMPAIGN
TO PATRONIZE ADVERTISERS

In conformity with a plan outlined
by the secretary Of the Silver Bow
Trades and Labor Council and the
press committee of the Montana La
Dor News and following the action al
ready taken by some of the larger
organizations, the Street Car Mems
Union at their meeting this morning,
February 18th, 1888, went on record
officially to direct the purchasing
power of the members Of the organ
ization to the regular weekly adver-
Users of the Montana Labor News.
1t was brought out in the discus
sion that the Montana Labor News is
a little business u by the organized
labor movement of Silver Bow County,
that the union expects patronage from
those whom they patronize. This
principle of reciprocal relations will
be carried through its extreme limit if
Montana labor news., 1933-02-16

necessary to put the Montana Labor
News in a prosperous condition. While
the purchasing capacity of the unions
inasfar as the local merchants are
concerned has been extensively re-
duced, nevertheless it is the trade un-
ion members today who are employed.
Consequently, this union feels that
we are asking no more than we de-
serve when we ask the merchants to
reciprocate in our business for the
business we give them.
In last weeks issue Of the Montana
Labor News appeared ar article deal
ing with similar action taken by the
Butte Workingmen's Union. These
various actions of the unions will con-
tinue from time to time as the unions
meet. There can be no doubt as to
the value to the merchants of adj
vertising in the Montana Labor News.
Montana labor news., 1933-02-16

coal miners or lumber workers of the
state. 1t will react against the work
ers, it will make it harder in the fu-
ture to get new benefits to the COM
~pensation law it will react in favor
of wage cuts. If industry was boom
ing | would be in favor Of this change,
but with things the way they + in
dustry cannot stand this new load.
The insurance company agents are
the main mes who have been advo-
eating this change for many months
and their reason is that they hope to
cripple the state reserve fund belong
ing to Plan Three and hope that event
ually that Plan Three will have to
bear the entire burden of the cost Of
administration of the Industrial Ac-
cident Board.
Money is taken from the general
fund of the state for the administers
ton Of the Live Stock Board, for
chickens, hogs, bees, horticulture, for
real state agents, for publicity for the
benefits of those who have land to
sell, for the benefits Of farmers, for
the benefits of the dairy department
of state which is run for the benefit
Of the great creamery trust. Now
why cannot the state general fund pay
something to administrate the car Of
Injured workers by contributing to the
cost of administration of the Indus
trial Accident Board?
JAMES D. GRAHAM.
Montana labor news., 1933-02-16
THE NEW ERA IN AMERICAN FINANCE
MONTANA BANKER SAYS PRESENT
MONEY SYSTEM OBSOLETE

Our present money system is obsolete, broken down, and
must Immediately give place to a modern medium of ex-
change, simple, complete and efficient, says Chris Yegen,
former Montana banker.
The American people have spoken through the ballot
and declared emphatically that the Government alone
shall control the peoples money and regulate the value
thereof and not the profiteerng chain banks and chain
corporations.
Doing business on corporate bank credit instead of gov
eminent cash is the real cause Of industrial depressions,
panics and hard times. The result Of doing business on
Montana labor news., 1933-02-16

For the benefit of our steadily
growing family of friends and sub
~scribers, the Silver Bow Trades and
Labor Council, editor and publish
err, feel that it is justified in stat
ing definitely its policy: The Mon
tana Labor News has been, is now
and shall continue to be a labor
paper. The Montana Labor News
is not a political organ maintained
for the benefit of a few aspiring
men or women, but is devoted solely
to furthering the cause of Organ
lied Labor.
Montana labor news., 1933-02-16

NEW YORK-(FP)-Cutting social
service budgets such as those for sdn-
cation and welfare will bring "crima
waves and similar social outbreaks
Prof. Joseph D. McGoldrick of Colum-
bia University warned as New York
City officials laid detailed plans for
budget-slashing.
Montana labor news., 1933-02-16
Labor News Editor to
Speak in Anaconda
Will Discuss Role of Organized Labor
in Solving Depression.

The editor of the Montana Labor
News will speak at a Forum to be
held at the Methodist Church in Ana
conda, Sunday, Feb. 10, at 7:3O
o'clock. The Forum topic will be 1.-THE
Role of Organized Labor in Solving
the Depression" All members OF
organized labor are invited to attend
this forum.