The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-06
by a Farmer Correspondent


NORWICH, N. The dair,
farmers of New York State are be.
ing pushed around by interests tina
are looking out for their own per.
sonal gains, at the expense Of thu
dairy farmer.
In some places milk is selling fol
as low as 81 per hundred lbs, Of
&c a quart; while in New York City
Grade B sells for 12c quart
and now the greedy distributors are
trying to force the consuming public
to pay another cent for their milk
AS it is. the poorer people Of New
York who consume a large part OF
the milk sold in New York City
can hardly pay the price they dc
at present, and over the one cent
raise, they are up in revolt. The
sad part of it is that this revolt fight
is being led by group Of silk stock
ing type of Socialists, who are
thinking OF their own personal
gains. They have formed an al
lance with Mayor LaGuardia and
his political followers and they are
pretending to lead the working
classes of New York City against
the raise in price.
Watching the City
We farmers upstate are watch
ing what is done down in the city,
and think it would be a good idea
for the Communist Party to take up
the fight against the proposed raise.
Arrange for a series of city meet
ings, have speakers from the farms
tell their city comrades just the
conditions on the farms of the dairy
district. Let them expose some Of
the so-cslled leaders like the Piseck
Bros, Albert Woodhead and others,
How can rich dairy farmers have
much Of an interest in the poor
dairy farmer, who is about to be
driven from his farm by mortgages
and low prices Of their products?
For the past year the New York
Committee of the Farmers Action
group have been active upstate. The
work has been slow, owing to the
hard medicines of thousands of
the dairy farmers who worship the
Republican Party and the Dairy
mems League.
Suddenly a few months ago hun
dredS of small dairy farmers found
in their mail boxes, copies OF the
militant farmers program. The
material found in these books along
with the militancy created during
the 1898 milk strike, has left an
impression on them.
Dairy Day Circulation and Political
Scheme
According to government figures
the headquarters of the dairy In
dustry is situated in st. Lawrence
and Jefferson County, New York
State. The largest city in the sec
ton is WATERFOWL, New YORK, which
depends upon the dairy farmer for
their trade, etc. In this city is pub
lished a paper. 1.-THE WATERFOWL
Times" The editor is one Harold
Johnson, who wanted to be the
Republican candidate for Governor
at the last election. He Is friend
Of the dairy farmer, that is the
large wealthy ones and to hell with
the little fellows. So as to become
popular and gain circulation for his
paper, each year this johnson spon-
sored a plan Of a Dairy Farmers
Day at WatertoWn. There was g
parade, few bargains in the stores
and hell Of lot Of speaking In
the Armory at night. Generally al
this meeting each year from foul
to five thousand people attended.
This year Johnson, along with tht
big bellied members Of the Rotary
Kiwanis, American Legion and othel
capitalist groups, met and planned
the Dairy Day for this year, May 5
Another parade was to be held, on,