The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-08-30
BY BEN FIELD

They been making rings around
more than Russ. The day after
the road work was cut down to 40
cents an hour a whole bunch OF the
men were trucked over to Hen
Fingers place to dig ditch for
him because he's school trustee. If
you say a word, you're fired. Tom
shook his head and winked at Al.
Gee a piece recently?" Old Al
with swollen twisted fingers, work
ing only for board, out on proba-
ton from the pen1tentiary with
five other men, all placed on john
sons farm where Johnson keeps
as housekeepers two girls from the
reformatory.
AL picked an oat mite from his
shaggy arms. "Ain't got time fo-
it. I been keeping an eye on old
Johnson like Steve told me. He
come in day before last with big
'lectric cooler from 25 miles down
the line. This teller Jew chicken
farmer, keeps a stand. He paid up
| only one installment. He took it
off'n him"
"Oi, OIL" said one of the Sunday
farmers.
! Flint shifted his chair. Listen,
boys, glad you brought up this
: Jew farmer. There's Wash, who's
living with that other bunch of
Negroes near the viaduct on the
Puckit pasture. Says he'd like t.
be in on this, says he can ge'
: some of the others in with u.s."
e "They amt farmers" said thI
), Sunday farmer.
: Zachary Smith said, "Wash cut
: grass regularly for the railroad on
the entertainments last 20 years. He
is a good niger. don't care for
the rest"
A couple of the others nodded.
: Zach said, maybe they got good
q principles. But hell, this is the
way feel: l wouldn't sleep in bee
with a niger"
i Steve said "No one says you gOt
= : to sleep with a niger woman. Blu
: Pm dodarned sure you get home
Il and find one in bed you wouldn'
throw her out.
They laughed.
Zach grinned, "Mebbe YOUR
= right"
= = Flint said "Boys, we're all Of
= the level here square shooters. w
can use them, they can use us.
;, What about i.?"
! y They shuffled their feet. OK.
"Now let's get between the
handles" He coughed. The larg
adams apple in the ropy nee.
:. moved quickly. eve been hawini
:, y and geeing around, hogging the BIZ
y We know what we all want. w
can get all that by starting tt
- work on Johnson and the ligh-
:, company. A number of you fel
lows were members of the Dairy
mems League, the DL, devil 70,
- short. 1t scabbed during the las
-. strike. Johnson's milk went thr
with that three-hipped chauffeur o
the truck with a rifle. Some {
! you farmers lost your marke
:, some we know had their power
~ shut off so that the milk turnet
co sour, slop for the pigs. That wa
all accidental on purpose. III
ut issue amt saving Ike, but our
"A selves. The deputy was over tn
= afternoon. Ike got everythin
W bawled up because he wouldn't ca
be on you. We can't get together q
y other issues now. We can on Joh1
cd son. That's the one. We work
% GU from that"
'Tet's go'. Zach showed close
mn A tenant farmer with mole
CIV like mud splashed up by a WACO
of wheel crouched over his hard hanC
I'D Manifested Tom Lucy began
ba read from the "map" the agendi
e. 1, Delegation to the Company;
Flint and few more to sound Of
&C. Johnson; 3, If that doesn't get e
m anywhere, as many farmers as
an possible to surround Johnson
or farm maybe with "swatter'
IA (signs); 4, Massing of farmers
an the Sherman place to stop the de
DIV uties.
int The meeting broke up in tin
tn for the mornings milking. The
same day Tom, Steve, Flint Jes
h and a couple of the Sunday farm
he ers went down to town, The lit
we manager was there looking as
ers he had the pip, a horse ha
ick screwed down his throat wou
off bring up worms. He listen'
be- nervously while Tom hammer
w. home the points. How is it Il
Try company charges 2 cents a hu
ed dred here in the hills while in Il
ION next county under a different nan
CO. it charges only IL cents a hu
he dred? Why this minimum of
ro- a month. That Furnishes the sms
is Sunday farmer. They're sick al
et tired of the company letting job
it. son use it as a skirt to gyp Il
a farmers. And whv in hell waer
Is. the comnanv rigging the feed wi
lat up for the Shermans. IF farme
ok been strikine about milk. what
an, ooirp to stop them strikin0 aho
ak lights
yas The mana 0er's little white han,