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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-24
RALLY SUPPORT
FOR STRIKING
MINI. FARMERS
Dodge Co. Farmers Hold
Meeting Condemning
Victor Koski
CONDEMN ARRESTS
Demand Arrested Farmers
Be Freed and Committees
Be Recognized
CONDEMN ARRESTS

The farmers Of Miltontown.
Dodge county, Minnesota, at re-
cent meeting passed the following
resolution in support of their
brother farmers who are on strike
in Markham, st. Louis county,
Mimi:
1--WE severely condemn the action
of Mr.. Victor Kosld, commissioner
of the Sixth District of St. Louis
county in causing the arrest of
many of the striking farmers OF
Markham, MINI. We demand the
arrested farmers be released i'm
mediately and that the legal terror
practiced on the Markham farm
ers be Immediately stopped. We
demand that Mr.. Victor Koski full
fill his prediction promised to
recognize the farmers work and
grievance committees which are
elected by the farmers themselve
and 50 bring an end to the nee
essity for the strike"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-24

mittee of Action, then he requested
help from the Committee to stop
the sale as it was the only means
of existence for his family.
After an investigation Of the
available facts, the Committee OF
Action decided to help Mr.. Bodiker
and a general call was made to the
farmers.
A day before the sale the Com
mittee of Action by insisting was
able to acquire a duplicate Of the
letter. Of course boo short q
time existed to notify the farmers
properly.
However, 1000 farmers were
gathered at the farm in time &c
stop the sale. All Of them had 9
determined look on their faces
There is an Increasing realization
ON the part Of the farmers thai
only through mass action can the,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-24
LUX ARRESTED AT
NEBRASKA SALE
Holiday Assn. Organizer
Arrested While Stopping
Foreclosure

WILDER, Neb., March 10. line
trial of Harry Lux, militant orga-
nicer Of the Farmers Holiday AS
ISOLATION Madison County PAM
of Nebraska, will be held March
23d.
IL ARRESTED
Lux was arrested with Is farm
ers when they attefpted to halt :, q
foreclosure sale near WILDER. AN
were charged with melting to not
and held under exorbitant bonds:
The true nature of the capitails'
state is shown by this attack upon
the farmers and their organizei
when they attempted to keep .ns
home Of a fellow-farmer from De
| ing taken away from him.
Protests at this unwarrante'
and brutal action have been sen
to County Attorney John Makot'
Of Saline county who is prosecut
ing the case by an organization 0
unemployed of Lincoln, NeDrasks
demanding the release Of the naeI
Farmers everywhere are urged 7
send similar protests
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-24
SPREADING FAST IN SOUTH
DAKOTA; MASS ACTION WINS
OUT EVERY TIME

defend their rights to stay on the
farm.
SALE POSTPONED
At the sale, the mortgages an
hounced the postponement Of the
sale until next Monday.
The court house was too small TO
hold the crowd, so arrangements
were made for the use of the
school auditorium, to which every
body moved Immediately. The
duplicate letter was read. The
crowd was thoroughly satisfied
that the Committee of Action had
done the proper thing and that the
organization was not TO be used
as tool to pull "chestnuts out Of
the fire" for someone. The farm
ers said they would help Mr.. Bod
ker, by united action, 30 stay OF
the farm, to keep his livestock and
farm equipment and to get propeI
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-24
WANT CASH FOR
COUNTY RELIEF
u. F. L. Makes Demand fOr
Cash on Work Done for
r. F. c. Funds
(BY R. M. d.

Trout Greek, Mont, March e.
We had a very successful meet-
ing Saturday night, March 1, ~
the Trout Creek local OF the
United Farmers League. We
elected a committee of actioa 10
meet the Reconstruction Financs
Corporation Relief Board on Mar.
6 to present our demands. They
were fatty refused on all corners
and the buck was passed on 10
the State Relief Board, but theg
refused to dig up any p apers
where they were given instrus-
tons not to pay cash or gr~hs
any of the other demands that we
presented.
MUST WORK FOR RELIEF
A family averages here $1S q
month, and they have to work for
that. The grocery order and the
wage cutting policy of the Relief
Board was defended in truly 1Oe
per cent American fashion by the
Board, one Of whom happened to
be our high salaried county agent
Our committee was also inform
ed that they ought TO be glad thcy
weren't made to work for 81 .
day for 8 hours instead Of $1.oo.
However with the United FARM
ers League growing like it is, =
word to a wise public servant
should suffice. The power that u
in the hands of the mass Of orga-
nized farmers should be remem-
bered. At our next meeting we
are going to put some Of theaa
petty officeholders on the carpeA
and find out which side Of the
fence they are on - whether they
are working for the interests d
the farmers and workers or the
. Merchants Association.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-24
One Thousand Farmers Stop Sale

relief for his family, but he should
not play tricks on the farmers.
julius Walstead, United Farmers
League organizer of Roberts coun-
ty, acted as chairman and gave a
report of the South Dakota Con-
ference.
A report of the North Dakota
Conference was given by Arne
Jaskela of Butte county.
The last and main speaker was
Charles E. Taylor. Mr.. Taylor
pointed out that the farmers
strong Committees Of Action are
the only power which win keep
the bows on the farm II a war
should break out. The applause of
the audience was tremendous.
Roberts county is developing at
tremendous rate. Ninety per
cent of the county is organized on
tbo basis of township committees
Of action; and there are approx
matelv five hundred members in
the United Farmers League COun-
~ acaIe meetings are held every
month in the courthouse at Sis
| seton.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-24
A GOOD WAY TO
HELP US ALONG

WaterviIIe. Mimi, Feb.
23.-An appeal should be
made in the columns of the
Producers News for every
subscriber to become a sub
scription agent. This should
be done not once but con-
tinuously. This is one way
and an effective way in
which every one can par
ticipate in the work of or
ganizing and educating the
farmers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-24
OHIO FARMERS
AGAINST SALES
VIII Protect Homes of the
Farmers In Defiance
County
(BY F. @

Defiance, Ohio, March ia
Committee Of Action Of Defiance
county called upon farmer by the
name of Banks near Hicksville,
Ohio, and was informed by him
that the mortgage company was
going to foreclose ON his farm.
Mr.. Banks said, Gentlemen,
DON'T know what to do, but if you
think that there is a way we can
save our home l am willing to give
nay cooperation, and / appreciate
the interest that has been shown
in me and my family" Mr.. Banks
is crippled, but he said his sOr
would go with the men.
The committee decided that they
would call upon the judge and the
mortgage holder in an attempt tx
gain a moratorium for this fam
lily. If this failed they decided Il
call a demonstration DO stop thi
sale. Further, if a sealed BIZ
vancouver is pulled by the sher
Tiff the committee decided tina
force would be modified and tina
these people would be kept on tn
land.
The Committee was elected froT
those who attended the meeting
addressed by John w. Marshall q
Mark Carter, Ohio, town hall, o
FEBRUARY %, 1888. They were a
, farmers, and were elected by tn
farmers. The politicians who PR
claim themselves the friends
the farmers were conspicuous b
their absence from this meeting |
which Mr.. Marshall spoke.
Join the Committee for Actic
, in your township or neighborhok
for your own and your neighbe;
protection against eviction.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-24

one of the speakers at the meet
ing pointed out that there should
have been some women on the
Committee Of Action. This would
have strengthened it a great deal.
He exposed the politicians who do
not have the interests Of workers
and farmers at heart but are con-
cerned chiefly with the interests
of the bankers.
Rodney Salisbury, Montana State
organizer of the United Farmers
League pointed out the class IN
terests of the farmers.
Mr.. Solberg, a member Of the
Williams county delegation, to the
North Dakota Farmers Relief Con
ference, in Bismarck, March 1-S
reported the actions and results O
the conference to the farmer
present at the meeting.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-24
TRIAL OF FARMER Held FOR
MILK WAR SHOOTING IN SIOUX
CITY SHOWS HIS INNOCENCE
Iowa Holds
Conference

In the storm center Of
the milk strikes - Sioux
City = the Iowa farmers
are gathering as we go to
press, March "a and 25, in
the Iowa Farmers Relief
Conference. The Producers
News greets this fourth
state conference of dirt
farmers in the grain states
and hopes it will carry on
the splendid work begun
in the preceding confer.
enceS.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-24
STOP TWO SALES IN
A WEEK IN TRAIL
COUNTY, N. D. TOWN
(BY ]. H

Grandin, N. D., March 15.-
Since the State Relief Conference
held at Bismarck we have stopped
two more real estate sales here in
Trail county. One was stopped
in Hillsboro February q and we
shall stop another Saturday.
know of no one in this COM
munity suffering from lack Of
food or clothing. The Red Cross
however, is distributing flour in
this county and six sacks were
brought here to the chairman Of
the township board. He spoke tc
me about it and asked if l knew
of any one who might need it.
didn't but shall make it a point t
find out.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-24
Mich. FARMERS
DRAW DEMANDS
Hear UFL Organizer Elk
plain Need for Mass Ac-
ton; Want Organization

Hancock, Mich, March 8.-Over
$50 farmers of Paavola, Franklin
township, Houghton county, gath
cred at the Arcadia school house
to discuss their problems and to
draw up demands to be presented
to the county board of supervisors
at their next meeting. Nearly all
the Franklin township farmers
were at this meeting. The Farm
ers Action Committee which was
just recently organized was in
creased to ten (10) to represent
farmers from every corner of thai
township.
Frank Arvola, Regional United
Farmers League Organizer haC
been called to speak at this meet
ing. Arvola pointed out that a
this time almost in every township
of the country the farmers ar
getting together for the purpose o,
discussing the problems that fac
them and also to decide as t
what they are going to do abou
them. He pointed out that thi
was the only way the farmer
could get results. Only throug
united action can they force tn
authorities to hear their demand
and to force them to act on then
that this was the only way farm
ers can save themselves from tn
dump heaps the bosses are tryin
to force them to.
PREVENT EMOTIONS
These farmers of Franklin tow
ship had already petitioned Il
officials of Arcadia Consolidate
Mining company to stop all evl
tons and forced payments Of rem
|. at this time. The farmers We
successful in stopping such acti'
, for the period of two years.
: They were very anxious to ne
(Continued on Last Iage)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-24
Nearly SO Per Cent of
Workers In Ohio Jobless

Cleveland.-CEose to so per cent
of Ohio industrial workers were
iobless at the beginning of 1888.
Since 1929 total employment in the
state dropped AZ per cent, accord
ing to the Bulletin Of Business
Research Of Ohio State University.
This does not reflect the full de-
crease nor does it account for the
part time workers whose numbers
have increased considerably.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-24
ORGANIZE FAST
Have Taken all the Raps
They're Going to Take;
Joining UFL
CAUGHT MAPPING
Governors Moratorium Is
Meaningless; Just Lulls
Farmers to Sleep
CAUGHT MAPPING
(By a Farmer Correspondent

Nsntorville, MINI, March T.
Determined action by 200 farmers
at the Dodge county court house,
on the morning of Monday, March
5, stopped sheriff foreclosure sales
on three local farms.
The governor Of Minnesota is
sued proclamation, and the state
legislature ratified it as a law,
under which it is optional with the
sheriff whether or not foreclosure
sales are carried on during a per
iOd up to April 80. Our sheriff,
evidently under pressure from the
Insurance company holding the
mortgages, meant 10 GO through
with the sales.
CAUGHT MAPPING
The real purpose Of the COVER
nor's proclamation and of the act
Of the legislature appears 30 have
been, not to stop foreclosure sales
but to lull the farmers into think
ing that our homes are safe for (
time at least.
We had faith in the proclama
ton and in the act so that W.
were sort of caught mapping, bu
a few of US got wind Of the mat
ter Just in the nick of time AM
spread the alarm. Time was shor
and consequently we did not hav
an entire county turnout. How
ever the 200 present were enoug
to make the sheriff change hi
mind, and the sales were post
pOned 10 May 2.
We are not going to be caugf
mapping again. We are now OF
ganizing into the militant Unite
Farmers League. Four locals
Dodge county have already bee
organized Milton, Wasiopa, Coz
cord, Mantorville-and other L
calls will soon be organized.
We farmers have taken all Il
raps we're going to take. II
next to take jolts will have to
the banks and the insurance cor
panies-the big boys Of the coul
TV-whO are actually getting ric
q while we are faced with utti
ruin.
We have a United Farme
Continued on Page Twwa
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-24
GREEK VILLAGE
DISARM POLICE
Police Attack Peasants but
Whole Village Defends
Them

Athens, Greece, (Delayed),-A
Evolutionary drama wss to have
been played before q peasant
audience in the village of POntok-
om and peasants had come in
nom the surrounding countryside
aOr the performance which was
prohibited by the police at the
iaT moment. The angry protests
81 the assembled peasants caused
Ae police to make two arrests.
The storm bells were rung and
sae whole population rushed to
sne scene, surrounded the police,
Oisalmed them and drove them out
u the district after which the
performance took place.
POLICE SURROUND TOWN
Late IN the night, however, 6
large force Of armed police sur
Vunoed the village and began I,
search for the culprits, many o
TnOm had already gone home
Eurther fights occurred and 2
PEASANTS and a number Of polio
we're injured. Six peasants wer
arrested.
In. Inc whole district suffers yer
considerably from police persecr
S 40. and chicanery owing to II
.sct that at the last munich,
sections the peasants gave Il
G, "3a party an absolute m,
"tsy on the council.
un similar collisions between D,
Nc and peasants have also .
Na in the villages Of vus
AM nOEos, and Kimeria. In Kir
re ,,s SIX arrested peasants wei
NoEo from the hands Of d
Ssed women. The n 0oe.a' ~ -
vThs n up and driven out of t
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-24
500 DEMONSTRATE
MARCH a IN ARIZ.
FOR NEEDED RELIEF

Tucson, Ariz., March 14.-Over
1900 workers and farmers demon
strated at the Pima county court
house here on World Unemp1Oy-
mend day.
This demonstration was a pow
erful protest against imperialist
war preparations and starvation
amid plenty Of everything.
Local unemployed neighborhoOd
committees are being rapidly or
gahized and some very good
growth is taking place.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-24

The crownfng point of the series
of meeting held in South Dakota
by Charles E. Taylor, chairman OF
the Executive Council Of the
United Farmers League, was at
Sisseton, S. D., on the afternoon
of March 9. One thousand farm
ers gathered from all directions %
stop a supposed to be FORCED
sale"
FARMER TRIES TRICK
The mortgagor, a Mr.. Bodiker'
had not however, disclosed all the
facts regarding the case to the
Committee of Action He, the
mortgagor, had sent a letter e
the mortgage demanding that ne
come and get the cattle, as ne was
moving away and did not want the
cattle.
The mortgage Immediately
notified the newspapers to adver
| t5se the livestock. The mortgag'
was not due. however. until mex
fall.
| Mr. Bodiker sent the letter
without the knowledge Of the Com
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-24
TO
Be HANDLED BY
Mich. FARMERS
Win Recognition of Own
Committee IN Meeting
With Relief Board
CAN'T PAY LIENS
VIII Work off Loans But
Won't add Mortgages
to Crops
CAN'T PAY LIENS
(BY F. Az

Hancock, Mich, March 16.-Five
Committees of Action, represent
ing farmers from Franklin, Calu-
met, OceCla, Chassell and Portage
townships attended the county
board Of supervisors meeting at
the county court house, Houghton,
Mich, on Tuesday, March IA.
Armed with resolutions drawn
up at farmers meetings called by
the United Farmers League they
presented the following demands:
PRESENT DEMANDS
Hay and grain seeds to be pro-
vided for by the county to the
needy farmers to be paid for
through work On the state and
county roads.
Moratorium.
Cash instead of the present scriI
No discrimination in giving cut
work because of color, race or
religious or political beliefs.
No foreclosures or evictions.
Relief and relief work TO be ad
ministered through committees
of farmers.
The board Of Supervisors at
tempted TO rush through the de
mands, saying they didn't hay
the power and had "insufficien
funds" and that the Consolidate
Relief District is in Charge If III
lief anyway.
When the farmers pressed theI
: on the question of getting seed
! they were forced to say that tn
: Emergency Relief COMMITTEE
E would take it up that Afternoon
The farmers demanded that the
j also be at the meeting.
Il REFUSE TO ADD ~
DEBTS
: When the Emergency Reli
S Committee met at 3 p. m. tn
i county agent was called on to gi'
It information as to what require
It ments would be necessary In &c
ting loans for seeds. After iste
d ing to the various federal requi
d ments for getting these loans, t
r farmers told the Relief Commit
IT that they were not here to add
p the already heavy load of DEB
'e of the farmers but instead to ca
If this burden. They said that t
:e farmers would not stand for a
TO more mortgages and liens on t
ut crops as they were already in de
Is uu TO their necks. And besid
RS many of the seed loans gotten Il
IN year were not paid for.
ne The Emergency Relief Comm
as tee could see mo other way
N, but to ccncede to this demand
n the farmers for seed to be p'
ne with work at a time when t
~ farmer is not busy with his IA
work.
The seed orders for those v
n need them are 30 be administer
he thru Farmers Committees cleo
ed by the farmers at mass meetin
ic- The United Farmers League
It's Hou9htoh county urges the fal
IRE ers to organize action commit
ion and to join and build the Uni
Farmers League which fights
lar the every day needs OF the ia
ers. Only when we have hundr
of farms backing our commit
and our demands can we get
suits.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-24
DAIRY MAKES 500 PER
CENT PROFIT

The background of this case is
the milk war when. farmers were
picketing the highways around
Sioux City, last February. The
strike had been directed against
the Roberts Dairy, which had beeA
making 300 per cent profit while
milk stayed high for city work
ers and farmers got almost moth
ing. Farmers are certain that the
Roberts Dairy hired Markell 30 run
the picket lines with scab milk. he
was well qualified since he Is
known as rum runner.
A week before the shooting dur-
| (Continued on rage TWo1
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-24
Three Sales Stopped
By League In Minn.;;
zoo Farmers Gather
FARMERS READY TO
STOP EVICTION OF
S. .. ORGANIZER

Pierpont, S. D., March 90
Farmers are mobilizing to pre-
vent the eviction on April s of
E. L. Bolland, SECRETARY of the
South Dakota Farmers Commit
tee of Action.
Bolland's mortgage Of SILL
600 is held by the Federal Land
Bank of Omaha. After only
two months of delinquency last
year the bank foreclosed April
6, 1892. Since the law permits
one year to redeem the land,
eviction cannot take place until
April 6, 1888.
WORKED WHOLE LIFE
ON FARM
The farm is the same one
which Bolland's father home
steaded and he has worked it
for At years-all his life. I'm
provements alone cost more
than the mortgage and are all
paid up. For example the barn
cost $500. If the bank fore
closes they get all this valuable
property. BOlland holds a letter
from the bank stating that he
will have to vacate April 6.
Farmers of the community
say they will mobilize 100 per
cent to stop his eviction.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-24
CROSS-QUESTTON COM
MISSIONERS

The farmers and their leaders
sharply questioned the chairman
of the board Of county commission
ers, Ben Iverson, on the activities
Of the commissioners in the relief
question. The commissioners have
continuously sabotaged the eff
forts of the farmers TO get ade-
quate relief.
A Committee Of Action, COM
posed of five men, was appointed
at the commencement Of the meet
ing, to hear all complaints regard
ing relief. The committee includes
Gordon Wagner, Mr.. Soiseth, Mr.
| Arnston, Norman jacobson. Johr
Kjorstad.
SHOWS UP POLITICIANS
Pete Gallagher Of Plentywood
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-24
MILK DEALERS
BREAK PLEDGE
Refuses to Pay Basic Price
to Farmers; Action Leads
to Milk War

These are BUSY times for the
farmers of Western Iowa. Sold
out by their officials in the Milk
Producers Association; one of the
most valiant fighters about to be
tried for the shooting of a milk
Scab; and the county supervisors
refusing to permit the farmers to
distribute milk directly to the un-
employed, these farmers are grid
ing for battle.
The agreement between the milk
producers and the distributors of
Sioux City last fall has become
another scrap of paper.
The militant picketing Of roads
at that time forced the distributors
to accept the farmers demands of
$1.80 a hundred for milk contain
ing 3.5 per cent butterfat. This
was the basic price. Surplus milk
was to be paid for at the prevail
ing Chicago prices.
DISTRIBUTORS MFG.
MILK
The distributors soon began cut
ting down on the farmers ''basic"
by manufacturing" milk from
powder. The formula for quart
of this synthetic milk, as told by
one of the condensers in the plar
is one pound Of powder to three
thimbles full of milk and the res
water. By this method the farm
er has been getting less and lesi
for his gross supply Of milk unit
today it averages 80 cents per hun
dred pounds of 3.5 milk.
All this has been engineered
with the passive cooperation of tn
officials of the Milk Producer
Association.
Il In addition to this, Robert
. Creamery, largest distributor i
the city, has been sending truck
outside the milk shed to turtle
cut down ON the 'fbasic" of tn
shed producers.
This scaBbing resulted in ba
2 tie between milk runners an
farmers which cost the life of ]
r D. Markell, father of family nj
i torious for its bootlegging and i
t strike breaking activities.
; Nile Cochran, one of the pickle
at the time of the fatal shootin
= is held in Elk Point, S. D., fl
It murder. A committee of Holds
1 leaders was appointed and /
structed to hire lawyers for 500
d and supervise the proceedings
r the interests of the farmers.
d date the proceedings have bee
clouded in mystery. Some fe
- facts have simmered out which
e. dictate the ends DO which the pr
a secution will go to send Cochr
,e over the road.
ID PROTEST EXTRACTION
10 The farmers committee went
rs Des Moines TO protest the exit
n dition of Cochran 10 South Dako
is Governor Herring assured the q
mittee that the evidence again
L.. Oh ,..x.. -.voo ma ct1fficsont