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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-07-05

LOUP CITY, Nebr., June 81
Mother Ella Reeve Bloor, 70 year
old veteran organizer of workers
and farmers, noticeably weakened
by her ten-days confinement in the
Hall County Jail during the hottest
spell on record, succumbed to the
heat Tuesday afternoon in the
court house here where she is be-
irg tried for "inciting to riot"
She was taken out on the lawn
where she soon recovered.
Mother has stubbornly refused
to leave Jail until her two Negro
comrades, Floyd and Loretta Booth
were released on bail. The Booths
are back in court after attending
the funeral of their father. fol
which they were excused by the
| Judge. :,
Together with Mother and the
Booths. seven farmers are facing
trial on charges Of unlawful assem-
blv and melting to riot preferrec
Inv the Loup City authorities. Tn
charges follow a demonstration o
worlrer~ ar,d farmers called by TIT
(Con'inued on page y
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-07-05
.SUMMERFALLOW
LOANS RAISED But
NOT in SHERIDAN
UF.L. Demands That Com
missioners Explain This
Discrimination

The maximum amount of sum-
mer fallow loans has been raised
from $3.50 to $40O in the drought
areas of Is mid-western states, &C
cording to a report received from
Washington.
However, Sheridan county is not
included in the ten Montana coun-
ties affected by this ruling. Only
in the following counties of this
state may anyone individual farm
CT obtain a maximum loan of $400
from the emergency crop fund of
1884: Carter, Custer, Dawson, Nc
Cone, Fallon, Garfield, Powder
River, Prairie, Rosebud, and Wi
baux.
Sheridan county, although being
situated closely near the "Offi.
cially recognized emergency area
of North Dakota, is not being
benefited by this ruling. Farm
ers Of Sheridan county, although
being worse affected by drought
than farmers in practically any
other Montana county are again
being left out in the cold and mus
be satisfied with a 81 per acre
loan.
Definitely they are not, neithe
is a large group Of small bushes
men of the county satisfied wit
this ruling. The leadership of tn
United Farmers League, accordin
to Hans Henderson, State Secre
tary, wants to know what the cour
~ commissioners have done or ar
going to do against this renewe
discrimination. The U.F.L. d.
mands immediate action on tn
part of the rmissioners to II
clude Sheridan county in the ruin
allowing a maximum amount {
$400 to every farmer for the pul
pose of summer following.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-07-05

CARPENTER, however, who is a
strong supporter of the Roosevelt
crop destruction program, in intro
1uring he FERB omitted the first
aection Of the bill which calls for
4be repeal of the Agricultural Ad-
a,stment Act. In the original
draft as drawn up by the COmmu-
mist Party and as endorsed by the
National Convention of the United
Farmers League at Minneapolis
snd ether organizations, Section 1
reads as follows:
THAT because the operation of
ths Agricultural Adjustment Act
has resulted IN
(a) eviction Of lens of thousands
a tenants, sharecrOppers and OPP
Grating owners of farms, from
tAGr farms and homes through the
reduction Of acreage programs.
Cbl imposing the full burden of
ths cost Of benefit payments upon
fhe farmers and workers through
ne processing tax.
(e) the waste Of fertile farm
lands and the return to labOriOus
and pEimitive methods of prOduc-
Glen. while millions of unemployed
gorSeFs are starving
ID creating and fostering mo-
noyOlies among the distributors
4ad professors of agricultural pro
Ducts through the marketing agre'
mnts and licenses.
The Agricultural Adjustment
Act, as amended, is hereby re-
voGed and repealed.
This entire section was with
drawn completely by Congressman
Carpenter.
Even in its present form. how
ever, H.R. 1867 offers Fundamental
relief to the toiling farm masse
Of the country.
"Under no circumstances" tn
bill reads, shall any farmer bt
evicted from the farm on which h
has titled the soil, or from tn
dwelling house on that farm fo
the non-payment of any debt, rer
taxes or other obligations. 7
secure the farmer in possession c
his land, home and equipment a
Gebts and other obligations threat
ening such possession are declare
cancelled.
Furthermore. HR 1867 provide
Continued On page -
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-07-05
WHEEL ROLLERS
MIGHT STRIKE
By Hans Rasmussen

By the looks of things the "sur-
veyors" who are supposed to start
measuring wheat acres one of
these days, are liable to go on a
strike before they ever get started.
Already several of those that
have been attending the school"
have refused to accept the job.
Others have been out doing a little
experimenting after getting hold
of the little iron wheel, and all
seem to be completely disguised
with the job. One man spent two
days measuring one unit, others
have done a little betters and
some have done a little worse.
By this time the men are real
izing that the wages they are go
ing to make out of the job are very
small. Besides they are also be-
ginning to realize how disgusting
it is doing a job that is so abso'
lutely useless and nothing but g
lot of nonsense, for which the rest
of the farmers must pay.
Instead of being looked upon as
men Of two days superior educa
ton, these wheel rollers are nov
made fun Of by the rest OF thu
farmers and considered anothel
bunch Of non-producers unloaded
upon the farmers.
i The surveyors" are now be
ginning to see these things as the,
really are. They see their wage
are going to be very small and
they probably will have to wait
six months or more before they
get any of it. They see how fool
} ish the whole setup Is and how
will delay the payment OF tn
} allotment money for severa
months. They realize that the cos
4 of this nonsense is not paid by tn
government at all, but is taken OF
Of the pockets of their neighboI
: farmers.
e At this time there is a lot {
talk among the would-be surveyor
about getting together. refuse t
d start out and go on strike.
: this is done they will have ths
s support Of every farmer IN tn
county.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-07-05
AS Convention Closes Delegates Pledge to Fight Every
Manifestation of Fascism In the United States;
Singing of international Emphasizes Pledge
SELECT JULIUS WALSTAD
600 at Picnic Hear Clarence Hathaway Expose Farmer
Labor Program; Lem Harris Analyses FrazierLeTnIOe-
Long Bill as the Last Squeeze"

MINNEAPOLIS, June 25-Demandng the freedom of
Ernst Thaelmann the militant leader of the German work
ing Glass; and pledging themselves to fight reentlessy
against every manifestation of fascsm in this country the
delegates of the First National Convention of the United
Farmers League concluded the afternoon of their
fourth convention day. here today
The resolution greeted with enthusiasm and singing
the International of the highghts of the Conven-
ton and followed by another high point the choice of
the UFL for farmer delegate to Soviet Russia to OBJ
first hand the achievements of workers and farmers
government
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-07-05

By a unanimous vote, the Con-
vention went on record in support
of the workers and farmers of the
Soviet Union and pledged to con-
tinue rallying our strength in de-
Tense of the Soviet Union and
against imperialist aggression.
The Convention was brought to
its feet with great cheers when it
approved of the recommendation Of
the Resolutions Committee that a
farmer delegate should be sent to
Soviet Russia to attend the No
vember celebrations. Resolutions
called for the nominating of a dele
gate by this Convention, which
nominee would be submitted by the
Farmers National Committee for
Action to Cher farm organizations
wishing to cooperate in sending
this delegate. The resolution
specified that upon the return of
this delegate to this country, that
he would be sent on tour through
the farm sections to give first
hand account Of the life and the
achievements Of the workers and
farmers of the Soviet Union.
Walstad Nominated
The Convention approved the
choice of the Resolutions Commit
tee of julius Walstad of South
Dakota to be the nominee of the
United Farmers League as this
delegate.
Farmer-WOrkers' Picnic
About 500 workers and farmers
had gathered at the picnic held
yesterday in honor of the delegates
at Fish Lake to listen to speakers
and to enjoy a Sunday afternoon
together at the shores of Fish
Lake. The relatively small num-
r Der of workers attending was at
5 tributed to the fact that Fish Lake
1 is situated 20 miles outside the
e city and is accessible by car only.
z julius Walstad, the first speaker
and ONE of the defendants in the
: South Dakota trial that ended last
e week with a victory of the farm.
d ers, briefly explained this victory
: stating that it was achieved only
e thru the uninterrupted efforts Of
/ the. UFL to continue organizing
g the South Dakota farmers inspitt
f Of terror and injunction, and thru
: the mass pressure brought upon
(COntinued On page 81
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-07-05
EMERGENCY FEED
LOANS AVAILABLE
IN SHERIDAN CO.
Maximum Loan Is So Per
Head of Cattle Per Month,
81 for Horses

WASHINGTON, June 28.-The
emergency loans to farmers to pur-
chase feed for farm livestock and
for summer following were made
available today in all counties
designated as secondary drought
area, it was announced here today
by the Farm Credit Administra-
ton.
Emergency loans in secondary
drought areas will be made from
the $40,OOO,OOO emergency crop
loan fund and are not to be con-
fused with the feed and forage
loans which will be made in the
primary drought areas.
The maximum amount that may
be loaned in secondary drought
areas for feed for workstock is Sd
per head per month; for cattle, So;
for hogs, 81; and for sheep and
goats, rs cents. All loans will be
advanced in one payment and may
not be made for feeding period
extending beyond Sept. l, 1884, il
is stated. All loans for feed fol
livestock and for summer fallow
ing must be secured BY a first lie1
ON the livestock fed, or the crop!
financed.
The following Montana countie1
are included in the secondar!
drought area and farmers in thes
counties may make loans according
to these provisions:
Sheridan, Roosevelt, Daniels, BIZ
Horn, Carbon, Golden Valley, Park
Musselshell, Petroleum, Phillips
Richland, Saltwater, Sweet Gras:
8 Treasure, Valley, Wheatland anc
Yellowstone.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-07-05
MINERS
BATTLEPOLICE
BEAT UP SCAB
Strike Breakers Car Burned
When Scab Is Rescued
By Police

BUTTE, July For the first
time during the present copper
miners strike, that is soon going
into it's third month, strikers bat
tied police here today when police-
men tried to pro ect George Vivian
a strike breaker, who was attacked
and beaten up by the miners.
The battle occurred on Butte's
busient street when Vivian left
pool room. He was escorted by
squadron of armed policemen when
hugo crowd of strikers attacked,
pushed aside the police and adj
ministered a severe beating to the
scab. Policemen also had to take
many blows before they succeeded
in getting Vivian into a patrol
wagon and 20 safety.
Burn Car
Someone in the crowd of strikers
which had grown to such an extent
that it stopped all traffic, had
spotted the car of the scab. A
number Of miners Immediately go
busy. The car was upset, a match
touched to it and soon the machine
was aflame.
The sell-out practices of the fed
eral arbitrators and the AT. of L,
officials have so far been unsucces-
full. The miners are insisting on
strike until their demands for a
higher wage scale are met by the
Anaconda Copper Company.
More and greater violence is
feared by the authorities as the
strike continues and becomes more
severe.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-07-05
ANNUAL FESTIVAL AT
DAGMAR ENDS AFTER
3 DAYS CELEBRATION

DAGMAR, July 2.-The annual
three day church festival of the
Dagmar community came to a
close yesterday. The church was
packed to overflow all day long
with people from far and near
listening to the speeches delivered
by the local minister, Rev. Larsen,
by Rev. Alfred Sorensen of Seattle
and Ansgar Rodholm, teacher of
Grand View College, Des Moines,
Iowa.
On Sunday afternoon Rev. Rod
holm gave an interesting lecture in
which he mentioned names of ma
tionally advertised medicines, tooth
paste, mouth wash and other RENE
dies, which had been proved to be
not only absolutely worthless but
even detrimental to human health,
medicines which in many cases had
caused sickness and death.
He pointed out that in spite of
these facts the advertising of these
fake remedies is still appearing in
magazines and papers to the ex-
tent of millions of dollars. And
when law was introduced recently
in congress to prevent fake ad-
vertising, a more powerful lobby
than Washington had ever seen
before was on the spot preventing
such a law from being passed.
The talk was interesting and de-
livered with a lot Of knowledge
and ability, but it fell short in
pointing out how impossible it i
getting these things remedied as
long as the government is con
trolled, and magazines and papers
bought by the food and chemica
trusts that are making billions b!
selling rank poison to the people
Only when the people themselve'
take over the government can thi
be stopped.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-07-05
Jul. WALSTAD
TO TOUR N.DAK.

julius Walstad, State Organizer
of the United Farmers League Of
South Dakota, who together with
Is other defendants just gained a
victory in the now famous Sisseton
trial, will tour North Dakota and
will speak at eight meetings under
the auspices of the U.F.L. of North
Dakota during the week from July
8 to July Is.
He will speak at meetings accord
ing to the following schedule:
Sunday, July 8, U.F.L. picnic,
Belden.
Monday, July 8, WillistOn.
Tuesday, July 10, WatfOrd City.
Wednesday, July IL, Max.
Thursday, July IL, Bergen.
Friday, July 10, Sheyenne OF
New Rockford.
Saturday, July IA, Harvey.
Sunday, July Is, United Front
picnic, Bismarck.
The meetings are arranged in
proc est against the Linton frame
up in which farmers and workers
have been sentenced to jail for hav-
ing called relief meeting to pro-
test discrimination and graft.
The personality OF Julius Wal
stad and his recent experiences il
the Sisseton affair guarantee sue
cessful meetings and no farmel
will like TO miss to hear WalstaS
speak.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-07-05
Introduction Of Farmers
Relief Bill in Congress
Forced by Mass Sentiment
,L...ka Congressman Cuts Out Section Repeating
Vicious AAA; Puro Brands This Action
Demagogc Gesture

WASHINGTON, D. C-The rapidly growing support
h Farmers Emergency Relief Bill is achieving from mill
I farm organizations and groups of farmers all the
ntry has finally forced its introduction into Congress dur
@ the last few hours the 73rd Congress in session
Terry Carpenter representative from Nebraska intro
ced the BILL at the time acknowledging the fact that
s 10000 members of the Nebraska Holiday Association
Madison County Plan) demanding It's enactment The
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-07-05
EMPTY PHRASES IS ANSWER OF
OFFICIALS TO RELIEF DEMAND

happened.
The proper authorities" Relief
Administrator Hopkins, have not
even answered the demand of the
farmers. And no answer has been
received from Senator Wheeler.
Passes Buck
The Governor of the State, F. H.
Cooney, states in his answer, "I
am referring this matter to Mr..
Elmer Holt, Acting Director of
Relief, asking that he do what he
can for your drought stricken
county"
The Governor realizes "that your
county has had a hard time of it
for the last three OF four years,
but he has no definite proposal to
make. He passes the buck by ere
ferring" the matter.
Promises New Study
The Montana State Relief Com
mission answers thru it's acting
administrator Elmer Holt. Holt
states that the matter will be given
due consideration.
ga study of the situation in your
county is being made and every
thing within reason will be done
to take cane of the situation over
the entire state" says the Acting
Relief Director.
Our county commissioners ex-
plain that already for months the
drought situation in the county had
! Continued from page 81
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-07-05

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Buchanan Of
Prince George, B. c., are visiting
Mrs. Buchanan's parents, MIR. and
Mrs. Andrew Iceland. Their trip
from Prince George to Outlook
was made in nine days, five by
water and four by car. One day
last week they visited friends and
old schoolmates in Plentywood. Mr..
Buchanan is a mine foreman at
Prince George.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-07-05

Floyd Booth, Negro and Orga-
Hi0er of the Unemployed Council,
was sentenced to two months in
jan and $50 fine. Carl Wiklund,
organizer Of the Nebraska Holt
Jay Association, received a SINH
!aF sentence. Harry Mcdonald and
sohn Squires, local Holiday men,
oers' were sentenced TO 20 days in
lal and $25 fines, Loretta Booth
% 10 days in Jail and a SO fine.
ine conviction was secured on the
charge of melting to riot.
Giving 70 year old Mother Bloor
the limit allowed by law shows
clearly that it was Mother, one Of
tae most active and successful
lighters the poor farmers and the
american labor movement have
the corporation hirelings were
after.
Sentences Appealed
immediately after sentence haC
oeen given in court house packed
70 the roof with farmers, defense
attorney David ]. Dental, repre-
sentlng the LID, served notice o.
&ppeal to the district court.
Old Grandpa Pritschau and hi
son Will, Of Ravenna, signed ap
peal bonds Immediately for Mothe
~ns Loretta Both. The two wo
ir.n were to be transported to tn
!Sli at Grand Island at once an
me Judge refused to accept tn
COt'd Tor Mother because It wa
"ased on real estate. The cou,
vas making every effort to get he
" lsil and keep her. there. How
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-07-05

It is reported that no measuring
is to be done in North Dakota and
by using the opposite practice here
we are only making a lot of fools
out of ourselves and out of the
government as well. Probably the
government doesn't care, but we
do, because we have to dig up the
money and yay for it. Call the
strike boys and we are with you.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-07-05
Mother" Gets
Jail Sentence
Three Months in JAIL 500 Fine Is Sentence of MOthea
BlOor; Five Others Also Sent to Jail; Cases
are Appealed to District Court

LOUP CITY, Nebr, June 29.-Carrying out the will
and Instructions of Big Business, County Judge MOehnert
today sentenced Mother BloOr to three months in JAIL and
300 fine the limit under the law, after the jury of six
handpcked by the sheriff. had brought in the verdict OF
guilty
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-07-05

ever, Mother got her bond any
way.
The LID, the Sherman County
Holiday Association, and the Ma
tional Office of the U.F.L. have
called for protests to be sent to
Judge Moehnert, LOup City, and to
Governor Bryan at Lincoln.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-07-05

Out Of that carriage charge OF
$7.20 was taken, and commission
Of $3.50, which totals exactly $11.
Not only does the farmer re-
eeive nothing for his work and ex-
pense in raising the lettuce, but he
is out $500 cash for 40 bushel
baskets he had to buy.
Many of the farmers around
here have actually owed the merch-
ant money after he had sold his
stuff.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-07-05
n. J. FARMER OWES
81 AFTER SHIPPING.
80 Blu. OF LETTUCE.

VINELAND, N. J.-Farming is
getting to be an expensive propO-
sition here. By the time commits
sion men and truckers take their
share of any farm produce shipped
to New York, there is nothing left
for the farmer.
A good example of this is the
recent statement a local farmer re-
ceived from S. H. and E. H. Frost,
a New York commission house on
a shipment of 40 bushels of lettuce
WH G.1I .-ooI &C foll0vvS.
Evening star., 1934-02-25
Abbroved Meat Gains

THE value Of the Federal seal ON meat
produced in this country is testified to
by the great increase of production m-.
der Federal supervision. Last year 49,
GAS, 900 pounds Of dressed meat were inspected
by Government agents. This was the great
est total since 1924, and exceeded last years
figure by million pounds It also exceeded
a five-year average by 100000 pounds.
The per capita consumption Of Federally
inspected meat and lard last wear was 1924
pounds
Evening star., 1934-02-25

follows: 1.-The plan to withdraw by pura
chase sub-marginal lands unsuited for
profitable agricultural use affords an
and pressingly urgent national program
for wild life restoration. We find
the plan in its general aspects and
intent practical, vitality necessary, ma
tional in scope and Of great economic
and social Importance. There IS
incontrovertible evidence of a critical
and continuing decline in our wild life
resources, especially migratory water
fowl, due to the destruction of vast
natural breeding and nesting areas by
drainage, the encroachment of agricul-
ture and the random efforts Of our dis
ordered progress toward an underlined
goal. The economic values are
enormous and the cost less than one
great bridge or housing project.
Projects comprising about 100000
acres have, at this writing, been Sc
1ected and are herein submitted for
immediate consideration" (The 100000
acres are sub-margilal lands which be-
fore opening to cultivation were natural
breeding areas for game) can
ironic commentary on our neglect Of
waterfowl nesting areas Is had in the
proclamation of President Theodore
Roosevelt setting aside Lower Klamath
Lake, Greg, as sanctuary, in which
he said: This is one of the greatest
wild fowl nurseries in the United States
an outdoor museum-which will prove
of great value and in the report Of F.
L. Lathrop in 1892 which states: Lower
Klamath Lake was drained after much
difficulty and expense and dried up
devastated by numerous fires and
abandoned as unfit for agricultural de-
velopment.'
"The rapid depletion of the migratory
waterfowl resources now universally
admitted to be fact is, in large part,
the direct result of the universal ex-
ploitation of sub-marginal lands.
This destruction of nests by drainage,
grazing and moving of the lake shores
and sloughs has reduced the annual in
crease from normal expectancy OF
800 per cent to a point so low that the
annual hatch from all the nesting
grounds no longer equals the annual
sportsman's bag, to say nothing of the
losses from other causes. Natural
propagation has been curtalled to such