The producers news., 1934-10-18
Farmer Vote on The
Corn Hog Program

tive farmers going to vote our
liberty away for which we are ell
titled?"
Voice from the crowd: 1--WE have
no liberty. We've always been the
slaves of the packers and the big
trusts" Laudenslager continues:
"My second point is, are we going
to support a bunch of fellows in
Butte, il Lincoln, in WashingJon-
with pencils sticking behind their
ears. figuring out percentages and
. drawing handsome pay?" Voices:
dyes. the corn-hog plan cost the
= state s75O,O0O to administer. The
. cost of the plan was more than
we got" "My third point is, just
how long is this program going to
= last? We know it isn't going to
stop here. What do they mean,
surplus? T. would be pretty han
= dr if we had some stacks sitting
around here now. We should have
a wear of grain ahead anyhow in
= !. stead of coming to TIE frs OF
y January with our bins all scraped
;. out That would do awav with the
hioh priced corn and seed that we
have got % huv this wear Thev
= ouoh+ 70 cut TIE ereculators ont" j"
= Crea+ anrIauea from all sections
of tho hall
Someone standing next to the
- door called out: "Whv is i that
of the CHICAGO wheat pit and the
70 hackers and all the elevator mer
- and the spectators are so against
the government plans?" Later II
the meeting someone answered
seTha hacking companiee have beer
&c making enormous profits RICH
= through the depression and includ
mo mo last wear. Now they see
ov horde of whito-collared Officials
ne CLIMBING IN on their racket. Sire
a large part of the cost of tn
nm nlan falls on the consumer, tn
hackers see their business fallin'
- off. People can't buv present higl
an. nriced bacon. That the packer
11s Ms fioht to rnairtain their nnonopol'
" rrofitr is no proof that the pla-
~. Is oood for farmers"
NoiSo of heated discussion IN n
a. hall drowned out the voice Of IN
- chairman: "Order, order" he cal
J;d ed out. Farmers, I want you I
"a hear what heard said the othe
- Is day-YOU HAD BETTER THINl
hi, he TWICE BEFORE YOU DIS
cial SOLVE YOUR PARTNERSHI
ers' WITH THE GOVERNMENT"
shout from the audience: "Tf
had sooner we do that the better we'l
his off" Chairman: "Well, l que
ews we better ask the tellers to pa
now around the ballots" Anoth
lvor voice: eve don't need any teller
,erv just everybody vote no."
of In the crowd of 100 farmers.
on or more had spoken up. Everyo
Kan who spoke was against the pl;
the except the presiding officers. Fig
rea- tv farmers had sat quietly exec
the when the speech of Laudenslap
spite had caused general applause. WI
v to were these men thinking? I
flair vote was taken. On the first qu'
tion those who signed up last ye
owd. voted in favor of some sort of
made corn-hog plan 81 to 26. Those "
year had not signed up last year vol
They against it IA to Z. On the secC
An question those who had signed c'
what tracts last year voted voted agail
o to the 1886 grain and livestock p
7arn- by 40 to 81, and those who
sign not signed voted against it II tt
mon- As the returns come in from
corn belt, those sections which V
in favor of a plan will be poin
and o by the administration as soil
% s;- backing the New Deal in agrit
1den- ture-as those farmers who h
4 al benefited by the New Dael
gned. 1884. But the real story and
deep real sentiment of the people
nat I be seen in the Fairview hall M
, op- ing.
to be Hundreds of farmers, think
S my seriously of starving stock in
erva- barnyard, Of bare fields, of en-