The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-06-28
Friday, June %, 1885
The Signal Gun is Fired!

Wheat not ripened yet and this years crop long
way from being harvested but already the machine
panes, banks and insurance companies and all the
other creditors getting ready to collect to reap their
golden harvest first and let the farm family take what
left
The operation of the Case machine company at the
Heberg farm last week but the trial that fired
to find out the reaction of the farmers They tried it and
not successful despite the excellent cooperation of the
sheriff and certain elements who served deputies Mass
action the part of the u F. L. Holiday and unOrganzed
farmers prevented the farm from being cleaned out while
the away 1t forced the deputies to unload the
machinery they had already put trucks Farmers SOL
idarity again has scored victOry
There is doubt that these attempts will be repeated
and creditors will this and every other county
long before the crops IN They intend to collect for
mortgages and all kinds of liens. Already insurance
panes have put little items in the announcing that the
companies expect to collect several hundred million dollars
out of this year'ss harvest
Uncle Sam is of the biggest creditors and most
likely one of the most mercess collectors Here is the gov
ernments chance drive thousands thousands
of small farmers off their FARMS Two millions supposed
to 90 in order that the rich farmers may share in the mar
ket And Roosevelt and Wallace not likely to overlook
this opportunity to put farmers in position to hang
for another year.
What's the use? If get crop this year-and the pros
poets far-we still find ourselves in the same or
worse financial position next winter with nothing
to live on with not enough to clohe the kids deceny many
of US are likely to throw up their hands.
This must not happen The governments plan to put
two million of subsistence must be defeated! Wife
and children have the first mOrtgage Let the government
and other creditors wait!
Farmers are very well aware that every grain elevator
manager supplied with statement of debts owed by the
farmers OF his section He is not allowed to for the
grain that will be delivered unless the creditors notified
before hand In other Words the grain crop garnsheed
in advance.
But with such protection the creditors will not
find it to assert their claims because farmers know
that is choice between paying them and buying food
and clothing for their families
Already in many counties farmers making their
plans to how they going to market their crops One
recently remarked that he had agreement with his
neghbOr according to which they will help another
the hrehng and what used to be the recognized
for harvest hands the Great PainsS1OOO day. Maybe
they will not be able to put in very long hours and of
the labor bill will have to be deducted before any
settlement with the creditors can be considered.
The question arises to whether is honest make
the creditor wait AS the crisis deepens and big business
feels the approach of bankruptcy determined effort
is made to force farmers to produce necessary for
smaller return SOmewhee along the line the farmer
stand up and resist.
Already have been robbed of considerable part of
the value of the that not yet harvested Farm prices
nave been manipulated in far bankers and traders
offices When planted barley had up to ST.
bushel for seed barley We today that barley has
dropped to around 45c bushe When planted wheat
we paid about SLIGO bushe Wheat has dropped to II
cents and is safe bet that at harvest time it will be still
lower.
Those who worry about the honesty of making the big
companies wait should remember how honest nations and
honest businessmen declare moratorums and cancel debts
when necessary Practically all debts owed by France,
england and other nations have cancelled the plea
that their national requirements need all their income One
OF RoosevetS first acts when taking office the
banks OF the nation and c repudate til bankers honest
oDhgatons to pay upon the demands of the deposits
the people So also farmers saying that the good
OF their families, which also the good of the nation
requires that the creditors wait
The signal gun fired the Heberg farm makes il
perfectly clear that the carrying out of this policy can only
De done by the presenting of united fighting front Even
though the notice short this was presented last
Saturday 1t must be widened to establish guarantee that
human rghtss VIII receive preference property rights