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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12

tanned in all communities by first
holding a short meeting, and then
putting on Box or Pie Social or
dance.
Each delegates quota is made
small CROUCH so this can easily be
done, if real effort is made.
am taking it upon myself to chal-
lenge all other states in reaching
our quota first. So fellow dele
gates, back me up IN this chal-
lenge and let's put our shoulder to
the wheel in real orgnized way
and come out on top. Write me
when you reach your quota to see
who will be first.
Now for United Action!
Hans Hardersen,
Archer, Mont.
State Secretary,
United Farmers League
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
SCHOOL SITUATION
ADJUSTED

House Bill Is was rushed thru
the legislature OH Wednesday. This
bill Is supposed to relieve the
school situation and enable our
schools to operate.
When the Montana supreme
court made the ruling that school
district debts shall not exceed 8
per cent of the taxable valuation
many districts found themselves in
a position where they could run
their schools no longer.
The present bill will DESIGNATE
all high school warrants as county
obligations, where the school dis
trict will remain responsible for
expenditures incurred,
Another bill was passed enabling
common schools to use funds ac-
cumulated from the past tax COL
lections. for present expenditures.
A clause was added, whereby an
additional tax levy would be made
to create a sinking fund to paw
outstanding registered warrants.
More of these laws will be able
to cure the present financial crisis.
but will probably be able to stall
things off for a little while and
enable the schools to operate for
some time to come.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
CONTINUED from Front Page)

(ConClnued from Front Page)
SUPERIOR, Wis.-The execu-
tive council of the Workers and
Farmers Cooperative Unity Ali
ance has assigned quotas for sub
scriptions and bundle orders for
the WEEKLY drive to each of the
half a hundred cooperative stores
and cooperative associations which
are members of the Alliance.
This action followed the decision
Of the Alliance to amalgamate its
monthly Bulletin" with the new
combined Farmers Weekly.
The executive council of the
Alliance has set quotas totalling
1900 copies each week in bundle
orders, and ITO subscriptions be-
fore January 10. The cooperative
associations will spread the Week
ly among their membership and
larger subscription quotas will be
assigned later.
1.-THE Farmers Weekly must be
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12

organizations. and all farmers to
discuss this case among them
selves. If they agree with us that
it is in the interests of real JUS
tice we should support and defend
these unemployed workers. we call
upon them to come to town when
curt opens.
We believe that the court should
be packed with workers and farm
ers. Demanding the dropping of
charges against these brother
workers. A collection should be
taken to help paw a LAWYER but
this is not the most important
Thru. A crowded court room of
militant workers and farmers will
do more thin any lawyer!
Yours for worker-farmer soli-
darity.
HANS HARDERSEN,
Sec'v-Treas. U.FL.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
SET MONTANA QUOTAS
IN "WEEKL Y" DRIVE

To all Montana delegates who
afforded the Farmers Second Ma
tional Conference in Chicago, to all
United Farmers League members:
The National Committee has set
quota for US in the drive for our
part in getting our Farmers Ma
tional Weekly going.
Therefore l have taken it upon
myself to divide our quota among
all delegates, so that we can make
this drive in an organized way, to
insure real and quick success. l
suggest that we set up a commit
tee in each community and lay
plans on how to proceed in the
subscription drive.
l feel that we should get at
least one-fourth in greetings or
cash which car be quite easily OBJ
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
Mainstreet PrOSeCutes
Three JObless Workers
Continued from page ID

continued from page II
! know it, that main street, which
has dOre its part in supporting
the bankers and bosses policy of
starvation. doesn't like theidea of
anv one going out in the night to
take food and clothing from them
for their wives and babies, even
tho they are starving.
And as this has been done, an
example must be made from some
one, and Raymond O'Toole, Tom
Feeney and Jack Gundersorl bows
who have grown up in brentwood,
were chosen for the demonstra-
ton. Whether they are guilty or
Justified in this particular offeree
Goes not matter at all-they must
be sent o Jail on general princi-
Piles, says Main Street.
Farmers and Workers! 1t is
to intimidate YOU and your boys
that this case is being prescott
ed-tO scare you so that YOU
will think twice before you 90
get food in the night to feed
your hungry babies, or in the
daytime either. It is plainly a
class case.
The mainstre eters and business.
men disclaim wicked intentions,
They say they only fight for law
and order-that thieving must stor
that thieves and burglars must
be punishe6-the law be enforced
They are only concerned as a mat
ter of principle in stopping this
sort of thing.
This is lie to hide their de-
splcable purposes.
Other Young men in this town.
the sors of mainstreeters, with
plenty to eat at home and good
clothes to wear, have burglarized
the homes of fellow mainstreeters
We refer to one of the men who
wants to "get" Tom Feeney. What
CT his son? What of the numer.
Gus crimes that have been com.
mltted III brentwood by some Of
the very mainstreetens themselv.
es? One of these fellows who
has taken an active part in fore.
ing the prosecution of these work
ers has carried on the business Of
dealing in "hot" goods.
What of Frank Rooster, who ha.
perjured himself, and is. caught a
it? Has a warrant been ISSUED
for him? MOI Why? He is :
banker and that's the reason.
The officers knowing all abou-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
Fascists Release Socialist
Leader Unframed
STR NCRIIRG

STKASSBURG, Alsace-Aec0fuIIss, ~ :
trustworthy information from GerIn I.S
Paul Loebe, former president of the hs S,ss
stag and one of the leaders of the Gelnsi
Social Democratic party, has been r { 'sSr
from prison by the Nazis. So mlcn ~ wa
Loebe's services to the capitalists: ap st.,.
ciated, that Hindenburg himsen !. mg 4.
vened in Loeb's behalf. In CONTRAST y Mi II
many cases of brutality reported py Osh
Communist and Socialist workers I 4
suffered no mistreatment at the nSi''4 "
his Nazi jailers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
Three Roosevelt Nominations
Questioned bv Senate

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Three i'm
portant nominations of President Roosevelt
will be questioned by Senate committees.
The senate banking committee will investi-
gate William |. Myers of New York on his
qualifications for becoming governor of the
farm credit administration. The interstate
commerce committee will question w. M.
w. Splawn of Texas to determine his fit
ness for the interstate commerce commits
sion and George G. Mathews of Wisconsin,
federal trade commission appointee.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
FARMERS TOLD TO.
APPLY ALLOTMENT.
ON u. S. FEED LOANS.
Farm Credit Administration
Tries to Grab Our Only
Cash for Bankers

By this time we expect every
body who owes the government
for seed and feed loarjs has re-
ceived a letter sent out by the
Farm Credit Administration.
In this letter it says, that the
government "has a legal right of
set-off. against your wheat allot-
ment check" But, the govern
merit SIS waving it's legal right
except where the borrower has
been guilty of bad faith"
The letter further states, that it
will be entirely voluntary" on
the farmers part, if he uses his
check for the purpose of liquidat-
ing his Indebtedness. eve hope"
it says. "you will apply a fair ard
Just proportion Of the proceeds of
your allotment check to the reduc-
tor or liquidation of your indebt-
tdness to the Crop Production
Loan Office"
The question now before us is:
What does the government mean
by "bad faith ?" If "bad faith"
means those of us who have not
paid back part of our feed ard
seed, loans. then most of us have
beer guilty of "bad faith" and are
in 6nger of losing our allotment
check to the government.
The farm families of this sec
tior' already have too few of the
necessities of life. Cutting acre
age has already cut the total in
come of the farmers. When the
government suggests" that the
allotment check be used to retire
seed and feed loans. it is Suggest
ing that our wives ard children go
without the necessities of life in
order that Uncle Shylock be paid
his pound of flesh. And remember
that the governments purpose in
collecting farm debts is TO PAY
GOVERNMENT BONDHOLDERS
WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE
MONEY CLASS.
The United Farmers Legue. and
those organizations, represented at
the Farmers Relief Conference in
Washington, came out for "can-
collation. of seed ard feed loans. -
At the Chicago conference, we
went further. and demanded the
cancellation of all, secured farm
debts.
We took this position because
we knew that the farmers could
lot pay their way out of the deep
bog of debt into which the money
class, with the help of the govern
ment, has forced the farmers. We
said THE WIVES AND THE
CHILDREN HAVE THE FIRST
MORTGAGES
The letter from the Farm Credit
Administration tries to make IL
appear that it is voluntary with
the farmer whether he paws his
allotment check on his seed and
feed loar. But at the same time
the letter makes a poorly con-
cealed threat against the farmers
that refuse.
Let us make good our stand for
cancellation of seed and feed loans
bv refusing to pay a penny of
these allotmerts checks against the
loans. Then let US make good our
pledge of solidarity by defendrne
the right of every farmer to put
the welfare and safety of his wife
and children ahead of the inter
ests of Uncle Sans bondholders.
nnere VIII be some high top bill
collectors right on the heels of the
allotment checks who will try to
talk the farmers out of all or a
pant of it.
but before you turn that check
over to anybody remember that
the wife and children have the
first lien on it. Ask your wife
what Is needed in food clothes
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
Support for Pig Case
Workers Is Urged
By Hardersen Of UFL

To the farmers of Sheridan
county. members of the United
Farmers League, Farmers Holiday
Association. Farmers Union and
unOrganized farmers:
When court convenes on January
%, three unemployed workers,
Raymond O'Toole, Jack Gunder-
son and Tom Feenev. will face
the court charged with burglary.
If convicted they may serve from
one to five years in the peniten-
tiary.
The case is already krown to
many Of you and involves the theft
Ct 1O0-lb pig from DR.. Storkan,
well-to-do member of the Main
Street clique.
We have studied this case care
fully. For US there is only one
conclusion and that is that this is
case of class against class, eX-
ploiter agairst the exploited
masses.
These three unemployed workers
are being prosecuted because they
are workers, because Main Street
wishes to "make an example of
them" as they would say.
+ With this trial the businessmen
who exploit US are trying to say
to the hun grv workers ard farm
ers of Sheridan county,. "Stay in
your own place. YOU buns. No
matter how hungry YOU are. no
matter how badly YOU need food.
the sacred PROPERTY of Main
Street must not be touched"
In other worde. this is a threat
against the workers and farmers,
an attempt to cover them so that
when relief orders are no longer
/ issued. the workers ard farmers
will not take steps to FORCE re-
! lief from the stores and business
/ es of brentwood.
+ We do not agree with the coun-
tv attorney and the commercial
club that these men are guilty. We
believe that it is a conscious, de-
i liberate frame up.
Yet, even if these men were
guilty of taking food for them
selves. and their hungry children.
we believe that we should defend
them.
Wher, a man is hungry, when his
children are hungry, we do not call
it stealing" if he should take
food to quiet the pangs of their
hunger. Only the MAR Street
businessmen hold their rights of
private property as more sacred
than the rights of starving work.
ers and farmers to live.
If we do not recognize that this
/ case is a class case, we should
hrow Main Street does. Main
Street has collected 5000 to con-
vict these UNEMPLOYED workers
The commercial club has organ
lied pressure to push the case
thru. We would be very blind if
this fact did not awaken us to ou1
responsibility as militant farmers
and workers.
Because we see the case in the
above light, we are callirS on al
organization. and all farmers. to
| discuss this case among them
selves. If they agree with us that
in the interests Of real Justice. we
should support and defend these
unemployed workers, we call upon
them to come to tow when court
opens.
We are fighting for adequate
relief for the IMPOVERISHED farm
ers and workers of Sheridan cour.
tv. If Main Street and the poll
ticians had granted cur demands
RIO one could even be CHARGED with
stealirg food for hungry children
Because we see the case in the
above lipht we are calling on al
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
Cost of Living Rises
for German Workers

BERLIN, Germany.--FasclSii nss surr.
creased the cost of living to the COn'T The
ers under the cloak of farm relief d uer
price of vegetables has increased py we = also
cent since February. Meat prices tart IS
gone up. A kilo of pork costs "a aD 's,orks ID
marks now as compared with LOO l n,s' more
April. The price of margarine l ns' which
than doubled since February. butssr If the
is a great luxury for the maJorlg lilo b
worhingmen, costs 3.4 marks pc ar;I uriOs
Berlin, as compared with the Ap'-
of "a.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
Post Office Graft Exposed
AT Senate Hearino

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Before he left
office in March, Republican Postmaster
General Walter Brown ordered all his files.
both official and personal, burned, accord
ing to the testimony of postoffice en-
pioye before senate investigating COM
amttee. This testimony was offered to the
committee which is investigating air and
ocean mail contracts. CHARGES have hnan
made that the post office department was
m cahoots with the young but GROWING
aviation trust, which according to one Wit.
mess, got all the gravy"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
Treasury Aide Resigns
Under Five

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Earle Bailie,
recently appointed assistant to Secretary
of Treasury Morgenthau, his close friend,
resigned from his post after two months
service, as a result of criticism because of
his association with ]. & w. Seligman, Wall
Street bankers. A senate committee
brought forth evidence that the Selgiman
firm, while Bailie was a partner, had paid
$450,000 commission to the son of the
president of Peru, when large loan to
Peru was negotiated through Seligman and
Company.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
Philippine Leader Organizes
Fascist Youth CroI1ns

MANILA, Philippine lslands.-Manud
Roxas, former speaker of the house, has Or
ganized Filipino youth movement alOHg
Fascist lines, it was learned. There are
about 1000 members in the group, which
IS called Young Philippines" ROxas has
been supported in the past by several
american Senators, notably Cutting Of
New Mexico, who introduced the Halves
Cutting bill for Philippine independents
last year with Roxas' advice and help.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
Five States Open Active Drive
For Subs for Farm "Weeksy"

put over with a bang" states the
letter of the committee. "The
task before the executive boards.
managers, and tie education COM
mittees is to carry through the
quotas assigned to them. The
Weekly must become our weapon
and our orgarizer. Let us all put
our shoulder to the wheel"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
Steel Shipments Higher
Than Last Year

NEW Shipments of finished
products by the United States Steel Cor
poratiOn in December increased by 170,281
tons. The shipments were higher than in
November and December of 1882. Prepara-
tons for war is an important reason for
this renewed activity.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
Crowds Riot In Protest
Over SNrindle

PARIS.-Angry crowds rioted near
the Chamber of Deputies in protest against
a gigantic swindle in which the French
cabinet was involved. The scandal was dis.
closed with the suicide of Serge Stavisy,
founder of $40,000,OOO pawnshop which
collapsed recently. Opposition papers
charge the government secret service men
With shooting Stavisky to prevent him
from involving government officials in the
swindle.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
Socialist City Cuts off
Electricity for Unemployed
STOCKHOLM Sweden

OIOOh1OLN, sweden. = Alfboua
they are directly supervised by the , soeiS
democratic city administration Of S SY.a
holm, the management of the StockbOIn
electric service states that in Nova arS1.
and December of 1888 they cut off the e'l oIoa
trio current of 600 unemployed fam fan Sos'
This is the kind of relief which the Sw ..tss'
Socialist Party is giving the workers '''
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
NOTICE

nave out in Plentvwood and
~ xc1s'nlIv several loared books:
= Gentlemen Prefer Blondesv ssTen
s a1avs that Shook the World >.
koreans Ancient Society" and
p ANYBODY having these
looks or any others belonging r.
ue. would he very nleassd a
r rnev would return them 70 me
MNanaries F. Taylor. Plentvwood
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
French Govt. Increases
u. S. Import Quota

PARIS, France Faced with o.
protests from American manufacfnroS".t'O Ag
bankers, the French governms rt'S and
nounced that the import quotas on an
lean goods will be increased by 3OO ~ ma amer
for the first quarter of 1884. Tbis S g. c.
is especially beneficial to the anto ueclSon
and machinery industries. 'OuiOOle
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
Unemployment Increases
In Denmark

COPENHAGEN, Denmark-wit,;
short time the number of reoictoro mi '
ployed has increased by 6,42O, and D'l nos
counts lO8,463. If the unorganized uD .uS
plOyed and youth workers are added ~ Ti an
number, total figure of at least 1 X aus
unemployed must be counted for this cO SrVV
country, in which agriculture nraS Sna9
mates. F'0uOlu'
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
u. S. and England Make Pork
and I-inI1nr Advancement

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Great Britain
and the United States this week concluded
arrangements by which $1,OOO,OOO worth
of American pork products will be allowed
entry into Great Britain in addition to the
regular quota, in exchange for an increase
in the British liquor quota for the United
States to twice the original amount.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
Cuban Govt. Returns Property
to American Capitalists

HAVANA, Cuha.-The Cuban worker.
learned whom the present government o.
Grau San Martin is working for Vnea
PRESIDENT Grau San Martin signed decree
returning two large American sugar prop
critics in Cuba to their American oWnes
The properties had been seized by Strkug
workers and peasants Food in the CON-
pany commissary had been distributed v
needy families.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
Van Der Lubbe Beheaded

LEIPZIG, Germany.-Marinus van der
Lubbe Dutch tool of the Fascists, convicted
OF burning the Reichstag building, was be,
headed at Leipzig prison on January 10. A
guillotine was used by the slk-hatted.
frock-coated executioner. A plea for mercy
by Queen Wilhelmina of Holland sent
through the Dutch minister, was refused
by the Nazi government.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
Washington State
Pledges Quota

SEATTLE, Wash.-A resOlu-
ton pledging to fulfill the state
quota by 100 per cent in the
drive of the Farmers Weekly
Tor $4,000 by March 1, was
passed by the Washington State
Farmers Conference in session
here January z.
The quota for this state Is
SO in subscriptions and SIS in
greetings and donations.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
Los Angeles Begins Campaign
~ Dauoy4 Rede

Los ANGELES, Calif-Police Chief
James E. Davis announced that he was
taking steps to deport alleged red agitators
who were leading a wave of strikers in the
Los Angeles territory. The Los Angeles
Red Squad is noted for it's vicious treat
ment of workers suspected Of radicalism.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
Panic Causes Death
of Seventy-six

TOKYO, Japan.-A sudden panic and
stampede in the Kyota railroad station
caused the deaths of rs persons and IN.
Juries to 48. A large crowd of about 10.
600 people were assembled in the stahm
to say goodbye to recruits for the imperial
Japanese navy who were leaving on the
train The cause of the panic is not known
yet
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
Illinois Home Owners
Petition for Moratorium

CHICAGO, nl.-A petition calling for
moratorium, and signed by 10000 home
owners facing foreclosure is being circu-
lated by the United Home Owners of Hi
nois The petitions will be forwarded to
Governor Horner late this month and will
be backed up by a special delegation to
Springfield, the state capital.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
Beet Growers Urge
Immediate Relief

-(SCOTTSBLUFF, Nebr- Charles NJ.
Kearney, president of the National Beet
Growers association, in kilograms to Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Secretary of Agricul-
ture Henry A. Wallace, urged the adoption
of measures Immediately for the relief of
sugar beet farmers and laborers, whose
plight he described as pathetic"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
Hundred Million Dollars Approved
for Commodity Loans

WASHINGTON, d. C.-Another $780,
100000 for loans to cotton and corn pro
ducers has been approved by the senate
agriculture committee The Commodity
Credit corporation is loaping cotton produc-
ers 10 cents pound on their staples and
corn growers 45 cents a bushel The corn
loans are due August 1 and the cotton loans
July 1.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
Pickets Capture Plane
Smuggling Milk

BONFIELD, M.-A milk smuggling
plane, forced down near Chicago for lack of
fuel, was captured by five picketing milk
strikers. The pilot fled, leaving so gallons
OF milk to be dumped on the ground.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
Navy Planes Start Flight

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-Six United
States Navy seaplanes carrying 80 men left
San Francisco January 10 on a 2,15O mile
formation flight to Honolulu. The band of
fiiers, led by Lieut.. Com Knefler McGinnis,
had some difficulty in taking off.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12

case against Raymond O'TOole
Tom Feeney and Jack Gunder-
son Isl a prosecution against you
and YOUR boys and girls. It is
part of the scheme of the bank
ers and bosses to force starva-
ton on to all of us and make
us like it. It's a class case. Raj
~ to the defence of these fellow
workers. Immediately.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
Papal State Levies
Import Duties

VATICAN CITY, Itay.-For ~
time since it was established ~ me nc Inst
City will levy import duties on NC Vatican
all imports into that tiny state p'"cElcaly
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-12
Ten Escape Death
In Mine Fire

FREDERICK, Colo-Ten miners mar
rowly escaped death when the mine tipple
burned down here at the Puritan mine of
the National Fuel Company. The miners
were at work when the fire broke out.