The producers news., 1934-10-18
WHO IS TO BLAME?

With election at our door, it should be most appropri W
ate to contemplate for minute and try to find out who
responsible least to extent for much OF the lousy con-
dtons in which find ourselves today 1t is quite apprO-
1uiate that try to put the blame where belongs ana
see whether better conditions by our vote on Nov
Who is responsible for the present discriminatory ad
mnistraon of relief Sheridan county? We have recently
been asked this a number OF times.
We realize that this pretty broad statement, but
nevertheless it is the truth !
Who else could be held responsible Are we gong 10
hold the county responsible just because they
are represented on relief board? 1t is true they never
have fought relief they never have protested
aoanst uniust distribution and why should they? They
have aligned themselves definitely AGAINST the mp07er
ished farmers and workers In letter of May 1S to Hon
B. K Wheeler" the gentlemen, Olson, Tango and Spole
suggested" a road work program
with lower scale of wages 6udgeung each lam lam l.
ilv to a more conservative basis of living. They
stated in this letter that "the CWA and the Emer-
gency Relief Work program carried too high wages
which resulted in uneven distribution for the
So whv blame these men for inacon when the inter
ess Of farmers and workers concerned Let's blame
ourselves for eecting such men to office Let's blame
selves they given another chance on Nov to continue
this kind of work m
nolitica parties perhaps But should know from e
pernc that the democratic and republican parties are DEAD
all the time except when election around then they
are very much alive promising heaven on earth IN order
to keep their political offices The same IS true Tor the men
who are running the sO-caled United Front political party
Two years ago they called the Liberty party group that
disappeared election over Don't blame the
you blame the Communist party Tor your mis-
cradle position today? Certainly not You must admit that
the Communist party has fought continuously to better the
conditions of workers and farmers COMMUNIST canouae
have leading positions in the United Farmers League and
whenever farmers home his means of making living
were endangered the UFL and the Communist party were
always struggling for the farmers rights You re
member the many relief meetings and demonstratos INA
lead by Communist candidates You nave not IorgoC
the fight to get this county recognized as an emergency
drought county, the fight for disqualification for severa
farm women the struggle for higher wages on relief jobs
and many others Honestly, you cannot blame the Com
munst party Blame yourselves for not giving those srug
giles greater support blame yourselves for not securing
greater vote for this party two years ago.
You cannot even blame the newspapers of the count!
for any misery you you have eTG Ia 0 Efu o @v9
relief better distribution, ETC. You have no right to eN
pect Mr. Polk to launch protests against the deduction
cattle and wheat allotment checks from relief orders for
stance you ought know well enough that such thing
would benefit Harry Polk financially and the North Ds
kota publisher interested nothing else And that ougn
to be known by now
And the Producers News
Well we have nothing to say for ourselves. You kno
well enough to realize that our only Juscatlon Tor e.
stence is the continued support of the struggle for
rights of the impoverished farmers and workers Our on
is bringing about system where each receives accor
ing needs and gives according to his ability, syse
4 where there is oppression nor exploitation
You cannot blame us. But if you want to blame som
body all that happened you during the last years.
the mpossby to achieve prices for products tn
YOU could afford decent living for the impossbity to
job that pays living wage, for the depression that
caused by man. for the nadequacy of relief for break
that dd not come your way Gr the KICKS ano %se 9 I
prevented through fault of your to take part in
nice and wonderful things of fe-blame yourselves.
AS Communists have constantly been trying to sht
the only way out of this The way is difficult a
hard but there is better and way that leads
the goa if there was, would certainly it becaU
Communists not particularly fond of a contnu
struggle Our only for struggling determinedly
because that is the only way.
There is one assurance The more men, women a
young people viii march this way the broader easier
will become Therefore join the Communist party vote
its candidates Nov 6!