The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-06-28

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be incapacitated for about thrsea
weeks.
Chris LinCO-f and children of
Redstone were in Plentywood Sat-
urday. Chris has been doing some
painting on the S. E. Paul home.
the whole AAA appara US exists
In every farm section of the coun-
try. LIE School has held its ses-
sions in Michigan, Minnesota, Ne
braska, Pennsylvania, Missouri,
California and now Washington
and Oregon. The central idea of
this travelling school, Scott ue-
ported, has been to train new
forces for The militant farm or
CARNATIONS. A hundred farmer
students have been so trained in
the last ten months. eve work
cur our practical problems right in
the community where we are, by
taking part in the S ruggles of the
section.
The problems of the various or
CARNATIONS, including Sharecrop-
pers Union, Nebraska Holiday As
ISOLATION, and Michigan Farmers
League, have been made a cen
trail point Of study for the classes
And in Analysing the local and ma
tiOnal problems, we always rur
smack into the workings of he
Agricultural Adjustment Admir-
stration. We have considered it al
important part of the School!
functioning to study the real in
/ terests and reasons lying back o.
each step In the administration
, program. We found that the ex
perience of cotton farmers, and
> wheat growers, 10 cite but two
examples, show that the effects o
: the AAA have been to help tn
: rich farmers and harm the small
,. est and poorest.
: To summarize, this Ford trucl
e carrying three organizer-teacheri
= library, mimeograph, typewriter
and cooking equipment, has lei
r behind a trail of profession;
d farm organizers. 1t has been
e great factor in breaking down til
y isolation of the various militan
d farm organizations, by building u
"a real collective leadership.
j. The advance agent OF he Irave
D ing School, also at the conventio
ii reports that the next stops are a
organized in the heart OF Il
a. drought regiOn-where the sru
IN giles for mass Ueief are takinl
he place. The next stop, close to Il
g Montana-North Dakota line
e Flaxton has already organized
students from Montana and
IN from North Dakota. Next wi
:, come South Dakota on a fan
ms close to Sisseton where the NJ
n famous trial of the II prisone
at took place. Some of the fanme
ID who were on trial for their part
helping to set an evicted fami
en- back on its farm will be studeT
ty at the South Dakota stop. He
LID the number Of students will
lat limited only by the quota. VIII
as is 80.
~ A large part of Monday aft
we moons session was devoted to Q
iet of the central tasks of the Unit
'l Farmers League, it's part in bui
iiu ing the mass circulation of t
Farmers National Weekly. 10
Miller, business manager descriE
y the achievements of its first "
- of existence, and announced
~ present goal, the gaining of
- other 10000 new readers by 81
S Is. He emphasized that the dTo1
has brought more clearly than e
, the necessity of the fighting or
- of the farmers. Scores of picr
~ are taking place, mary of tn
" right in the heart of the drou
. region. According to the delega
=" comments from the floor it is ]
- cisely in the drought areas Il
s A.. they are finGing the greatest
n Spouse to the paper. the most
"a tile field for selling subscripti,
The delegates showed by Il
%" comments that they endorsed
policy of strict financial acco-
a ing which the paper has been
suing.
The role of the United Farm
vlt;. League in bringing its progl
tbot before ths membership or the q
thor organizations was brought be
80 the Convention by Lem Ha
o;d Executive Secretary of the F.
, es ers National Committee for Ac
,;s+ He showed the contrast betw
rDe- the program of the Grange, F
+ba Bureau, Farmers Union, and ]
hv day Association with the prog
Ster of the United Farmers League
the the face of the nations v
re- drought and worst crisis. whe1
lief is needed as never befor
in pointed out how the old line q
ion nizations still advance their :
hing out currency plans for monet
nust silver, or an honest dollar as
; the solution of farmers problems.
II 70 "Yet the membership of t
,ver- organizations are farmers from
Il Is ranks just Ike the members o.
, ex- United Farmers League. No
,ars the time as never before to
,rt Il lenge the membership of thes
tbev line organizations to join han