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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-26
HOUSE VOTES
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that last year we couldn't even
get discussion before a subcom-
mittee of the House. Now we
have the approval of the House
labor committee, today's vote, and
the petition still lying on the
speakers desk to bring the bill up
for full discussion and a record
VOTE"
There is still another chance to
bring the workers bill before the
House during the present session.
If sufficient pressure can be put
on congress by their worker and
farmer constituents. To force con-
sideration of the bill on its own
merits, a petition must be signed
by 218 members.
Some of the liberals are trying
to get this number reduced to las,
number which is possible to Sec
ure. But to force this reduction,
we must renew our mass pressure
upon our congressman. Flood
them with letters and kilograms.
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Repeal of the A A A

Ave demand the immediate repeal of the
AAA because the AAA program of scarcity for
the millions and profits for the few is in direct
opposition to our program of restoration of our
FARMS We denOunce their theories of Surplus"
and their program of destruction in "a land where
millions are hungry. Now the AAA is trying to
cover up their crime of reduction by lifting acre
age restrictions IS per cent in 1885, provided that
We agree to reduce in 1885, We denOunce the
AAA theory that two or three million farmers
re surplus" and doomed to subsistence farms.
s4e AAA has from the very beginning benefited
My the well-tO-dO farmers at the expense of the
lOverty-ridden farmers. 1t has driven us in ever
rowing numbers out of commercial production to
headlines and subsistence levels of existence.
Every step of this program has been history
# trading on our labor in the interests of the
tanks, insurance companies, spectators and pro-
iteers.
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Sec. THAT because the operation of the
Agricultural Adjustment Act has resulted in in
tensfying the already existing critical conditions
of the farmers by
(a) Eviction of tens of thousands of tenants,
their farms and homes through the reduction of
acreage programs;
OBJ Imposing the burden Of the cost of bene-
fit payments upon the farmers and the workers
through the processing tax;
Co The waste of FERTILE farm lands and the
return to labOriOus, primitive. and subsistence
methods of production, while millions of mem-
plOyed workers are in serious want;
Cd Further strengthening and fostering mon
OpOIies among the distributors and professors of
agricultural products through the marketing ag-
Teements and licenses.
the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, is
hereby revoked and repealed.
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fall amounted to about 81 a week.
Now the administration promises
less than that and forces the work
ers and farmers to work 14O hours
a month for it.
1t is forced labor plaza pc
onage project.
This program must be met and
defeated. That is certain to any,
one who has the least bit of un-
derstanding.
Wall Streets Plan
Back of teh plan is the ambi-
ton of Wall street to make more
profits. They can do that if the
workers and farmers are ground
down a little more each day. Back
of it there looms the intention of
the Roosevelt-Wall street gang to
smash all wage levels and break
up the labor unions.
1t is coming mighty close to the
wage levels in the lands of the
fascist barbarians.
The relationship is closer thar
that. The breaking of the labor
unions by wage cutting will nicely
+, lay a track for the doing away
with any sort of organized resist
ance on the part of the worker;
and farmers, and fascism can come
into leadership any time it feel
the urge. And it's got the urg,
bad.
The table below shows exactl,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-26
fuel to the fire and develops {
dangerous situation.
Edgar 1. Syverud.

Editors Note: = Mr.. Syverud
wonders what has become of the
sincere purposes" of Franklin the
LIST. He does not need to wonder
long. Those purposes went out of
the window as soon as Roosevelt
took office. The only sincere pur-
pose left was to take mighty good
care of Wall street, and that has
been faithfully carried out.
These relief meetings are held
because of the fact that Roosevelt
is taking such good care of Wall
street that he is obliged to take
money out of our pockets and from
our mouths to feed the purses of
the Morgan gang.
The "rabble-rousers" that Mr..
Syverud complains about are the
farmers and workers of Sheridan
county who have transformed this
country from a prairie waste to a
region of homes and busy towns
The people who braved the haz-
ards of the new country are the
"rabble rousers" and unfit to as
sociate with the best society, ac-
cording to the writer. We wonder
if Mr.. Syverud wipes his hands
with his handkerchief after shak-
ing hands with a farmer.
We agree with Mr.. Syveruc
when he complains about the in
difference of the relief office.
The people who will change this
are none other than the "rabblc
rousers," the Woodworking farm
ers of Sheridan county who organ.
ize, not only to make the relief Of
flee see reason, but who do a lot
of prying into the "sincere pur
! poses" of Franklin the 1st.
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COOLE WAGE
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Deal in all its glory.
The unskilled will average from
$4.75 to $40 per week. The semi
skilled will average Sc to $1S per
week, and the highly skilled will
be getting about So to SIT per
week.
Cuts Union Scales
Let's compare these wages with
the union scales and the MIRA code
wages.
In construction work the union
scale runs from 81 to $1.4O an
hour. The NRA code says 40
cents an hour. The new scale
says from Is to 40 cents an hour,
with the average wage of 81 cents
quite likely.
In electrical work the union
scale is 81 to $1.35 an hour. The
code rate is 35 to 45 cents an hour
The new rate is % to so cents ar
hour.
That is certain proof that the
work bill is a measure that has
the purpose of cutting every wagc
scale and driving the living stand
ards down as far as they will go
In the meantime, living costs ar
going up while Franklin the is
sings "Hosanna" and goes fishing
Under the FERA, the averag
wage during 1884 was SO a week
In January of 1885, this fell down
to So week. The new work bill
brings it down to SAFEST week
The average relief given las
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-26

Sec. 5.-LOg-term crop production loans re-
Payable in cash or kind shall be made without
interest to all farmers in need of such loans.
Sec. 6.-Farm, home, equipment, and livestock
lOng-teIm loans shall be made without interest to
all farmers In need of same due to the fact that
they have suffered the loss of farm. dwelling
house, farm equipment, farm improvements. or
livestock through foreclosure, eviction seizure at
tachmemt. levy. or removal. Such loans shall be
made to the individual farmer to replace such
losses as have been suffered by the individual
farmer through eviction, foreclosure seizure levy
attachment or removal. since 1921 and in an am
cunt sufficient to replace such farm, house. equip
ment, or chattels.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-26
The Readers Corner

it be that these two extremes, as
an example, are an important in
fluence tending towards discount
ing actual needs and resulting in
reduced relief and tagging work
projects? And is it possible that
this rabble-rousing, though great
ly provoked, has had a contribu-
tory effect of arousing antagon-
ism, prejudice, discrimination and
retaliation? Also, may not poll
tics, favoritism and special privil-
eye be at work?
No thinking person can approve
the rabble-orusing on the one hand
nor the provoking Indifference, in
efficiency and the humilating rid
icule and red tape on the other,
resulting in a comedy-farce that
may apt result in dire tragedy.
One is left to wonder what's be-
come of the spirit Of the Red
Cross and the sincere purposes OF
our president. It seems that the
situation calls for more earnest
reconsideration and action by those
in authority and influence. A
leadership is needed with tact
justice, and backbone. Coupled
with this there should be an en-
tire change of program from thi:
humilating and demoralizing dole
to a system of work relief pro.
| jects where a man can be a mar
and earn his monthly sustenance
as well as preserve his self-respec
and that of his family. And abovt
all, remove the causes of thesl
useless irritations which only ado
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-26
Farmers Bill, HR-347l, Supports
Sioux Falls Conference Demands
.....di,ts enactment by cong

.s-,sdiate enactment BY cOn &,
iH N the Farmers Emergency
T relief = Bill. H.R. S47l''
..ods one of the points on
50 I rsp11 of demands adopted e
he .t pI0 delegates ee at the Sioux Falls ais
by the uca Why was it that this
S;lI won their unanimous s"u0i''
gent? ..,.o.+ kind Of discus
d BY ,S Soy learned that Lem Harris
.io1 . 'D,: tI1e key to the qqes-
9ao . - legislative proposals when
o5 3a " in his speech that:
], . SS,-,' II than 100 bills have been
,.. :.o ! into the hopper in Wash
SS2Pr bills Of all kinds. But on
@s.,.;,,ation we find that nearly
.T e them are for those farmers
81 .; Save a substantial equity, who
s s,,g livestock and machinery and
. -. necessary equipment to put IN
q Greg. -. w.iOri,v
@TRey are not for the vast ma
gsv;;v If farmers in this area, who
g g,s lrst everything through the
s,' program and the drouth:
siony are better than the so-called
aan,odies of the AAA, but none
' ss tbe emergency which calls
81 ,1 together except the Farmers
Emergency F. Relief Bill, H.R. 9471.
.rbis bill F. is the only bill
.shich will enable us to keep our
esrms. and continue to raise crops
o. eeod the people of the nation.
7Se immediate passage of this bill
wiii help us at once and prevent
further ruin"
The Program for Unity in Ac-
Yion drawn up at the conference
represents the immediate needs of
ME vast majority Of farmers in
she drouth area.
The comparison to the right be-
,wefn the Program for Unity in
SETON and the Farmers Emergen-
cv Relief Bill, H.R. 9471, shows
point BY point that the Farmers
Bill DOES meet the issues square
" and in the interests of the toll
ing farmers of this area.
For this reason and because no
other bill does meet these issues,
The delegates included as one of
the six points the demand for the
enactment by the 74th Congress of
the United States Of H.R. 3471.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-26

Sec. 3.-Under no circumstances shall any
farmer be evicted from the farm on which he has
titled the soil raised livestock or from the
dwelling house ON that farm for the nOn-payment
of any debt, rent, taxes, other obligations, or
because of the termination of any lease or con-
tract.
Sec. 4.-NO farm equipment, farm improve
ments, livestock, or produce on any farm shall
be attached, seized, levied upon, or removed from
such farm for the nOn-payment of any debt rent,
taxes, other obligation or because of the term
nation of any lease or contract.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-26
OUR RELIEF COMEDY-FARCE

A few incidents were observed
in Plentywood the day of the re-
cent relief meeting which may il
lustrate two extremes of our local
relief situation, as is; two ex-
extremes that may have a very
direct and serious bearing on our
relief business. These tendencies
are worth attention and earnest
consideration.
The first and most spectacular
was seen at the relief meeting
dominated by rabble-rousers vio-
lently injecting the mob spirit into
an angry and irritated gathering
Relief clients had come 20, 30, 40
miles to effect a grievance COM
mittee and other remedies, only to
be disappointed, disillusioned. One
farmer walked out of the meeting
exclaiming in disgust, ooh, why
do we have to be fooled in this
way"
The other extreme was demon
strated by the indifference and re-
fusal of the local relief admins
traitor to attend this meeting Of
his own calling, or dared not, anC
his failure to meet squarely Other
issues. To this might be added
an attitude of ridicule by those il
more fortunate positions who re,
fer to relief complaints as bu+
"bellyaches." This lack of due
consideration only irritates further
an unbearable situation. A wound
ed spirit and suffering humanity
cries out in agony and desperation
at such hokus-polus.
Can it be that our relief set-ul
! is governed by such a spirit? Cal
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-26
Local BrevitieS

Q. R. Fulwiller and family stop
ped for a weeks visit with Mrs.
Fulwiller's brothers, Frank and
William Carlson. The Fulwillers
were returning from a trip out
west where they had spent the
winter. They left on Monday for
their home in Watrus, Canada.
A shipment of trees arrived here
Tuesday to be planted in the Plen-
tywood park.
Mrs. Lynne E. Fortsch of Will
liston, N. D., is here for a few
days to visfit her mother, Mrs. J.
]. Morgan, and other relatives.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-26

Sec 9.-The needs for relief and for thu bene-
fits of this Act shall be determined by farmers
designated in this Act, through committees which
they themselves elect from their own number.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall, promptly up
on the receipt of certified request from such
local farmer committee, furnish to any individual
farmer in the community, such amounts as the
farmers shall certify needed by any individual
farmer in the community.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-26

Sec. 9.-The needs for relief and for the bene-
fits OF this Act shall be determined by farmers
designated in this Act, through committees which
Ire Secretary of the Treasury shall, promptly
upon the receipt of a certified request from such
local farmer committee. furnish to any individual
farmer in the community, such amounts as the
farmers shall certify needed by any individual
farmer in the community
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-26

B-That this minimum be granted by Con-
gress without forcing us to mortgage our crops
livestock, equipment or farms, and that no farmer
be forced to sign up for a subsistence farm in
order to obtain relief
D.-The distribution of relief shall be SUPER
vised by committees elected by the working farm
Frs.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-26

Sec. 1O.-There is hereby appropriated the in
ltlal sum of S2OOOOOOOOO for the purposes of this
Act, which sum shall be raised by the taxatiOn
sharply graduated upward of inheritances and gifts
and the taxation of all incomes whether of trusts
individuals, corporations, or fOundations) in ex-
cess of $4,000 per year. "
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-26

Din view of the widespread cancellation of
the debts and obligations of banks railroads and
big business interests to the RFC and government,
we farmers who for years have fed the nation
while producing at loss. demand that our past
feed and seed loans be wiped out.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-26

Sec. S.-TO secure the farmer in possession
of his land, home and equipment, all debts and
other obligations threatening such possession are
declared cancelled.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-26

A.-The granting of sufficient credit to en-
able us to restore farms to full productive
capacity to replace our livestock that was saugh-
tered starved to repair our homes machinery
and other equipment, and to buy feed, seed and
gasoline.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-26

Chat the income for this purpose is to
he raised by steeply graduated taxes on incomes
of $4,000 year and Upward, and not by sales
taxes, processing taxes OR other measures which
further increase the burden of either the impOv-
ershed farmers or workers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-26
RUPTURE

81. L. Hoffman, Expert, former
associate of C. F. RedIich, Mime
apOlis, Mimi, will demonstrate
without charge his perfect Reten-
sion Shields" in
GLENDIVE
at the JORDAN HOTEL
Friday, May 10
10 a. m. to A p. m. Please come
early. Evenings by appointment.
Any rupture allowed to protrude
is dangerous, weakening the whole
system. It often causes stomach
trouble, gas and backpoins.
My perfect Retention Shields"
will hold rupture under any condi-
ton of work and contract the OPP
ening in a short time. ,
Do not submit to avoidable OPP
erations and wear trusses that will
enlarge the opening. Many salts
fled clients in this community. No
mail order.
HOME OFFICE:
3O5 Lincoln Building, Minneapolis,
Mimi.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-26

TO TRADE OR FOR SALE
Fordson tractor and plOws, for
work horses. Obert Stageberg,
Westby, Mont. 6-Stp
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-26

Chat future credits are to be repaid eth
er in kind or in cash when incomes provide
an adequate standard of living for our families.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-26

FOR SALE-Supreme and Mar
quis wheat and Bison flax, all
from registered seed. o. E.
Wang. 6-2tp
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-26
PLANES HELP sOvETs WITH SPRING SowTNc

The lower picture shows an air
plane dropping the seed while
farmers guide the plane with
flag signals.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-26
Relief Without

A-That our present starvation levels of re-
lief shall Immediately be changed to a minimum
of $40 week plus So for each dependent.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-26
FARMER DEPRIVED
Of HIS MACHINERY
Sheriff II. Madsen Assists
Machine Company
In Steal

When Louis Marsh and his wife
returned to the farm southwest of
PentywOOd last week, after hav-
ing been at the Rochester, Mimi,
clinic, they. were very much sur
prised to find that practically all
the machinery on the farm had
disappeared. Upon investigation
1t was found that the Baldwin ma
chine company and Sheriff Mad
sen had taken advantage of Mr..
Marsh being away from the place,
and on the Sunday before he re-
turned, has grabbed his threshing
machine, combine, engine, pillow
and drill, and pulled them to the
george COllman place and them
them there.
II any other name but stealing
Tie farmers machinery can be
1eant for this transaction, we
would like to know what it is.
8''out serving any papers or no.
;,ys OF any kind on Marsh, the
Daid"in agent from Williston. in
S@aooFs with our hseriff, sneaked
y~s &c the farm at a time they
Me" the man was not at home.
HoF ofIy did they get away with
si'f combine, on which the company
SelN a mortgage, but grabbed
r"cueally everything else in sight.
VI which they had no mortgage,
and pulled away.
Shady Deal
mat the deal was pulled on a
sunday only goes to show that
L saey wanted to pull it over in a
%ry before the man got back
: That a deal of this kind
WI pulled by machine company
!, ".neVer it can have it's own wav.
rot surprising to anybody, and
,on =, any more than expected. What
tSo e. have been expected is that
ME- sheridan county sheriff. Hans
Eg S'sn' pretending to be Of such
rsf. moral standing, would have
de-. iSeG 70 take part in a shady
II a. !, Of this kind, and only goes
eyo s,,ow what other farmers can
b% a couple of years Louis Marsh
TSi saE a Baldwin combine fo,
a5 'u ne ne was supposed to pay ST..
deal ne made deposit on the
conb Snd gave a mortgage on the
this 5O, Tor the balance. Ate
out Seal was made, Marsh fount
sam. mat nat two combines Of III,
e., = Aind had been sold to farm,
S75o IN n the Outlook coun nj 1at IN,
v6v tach; He could see no reason
and ne re should be made the GOA,
h'p Pay pay about twice as rTe goa %,
theirs faa as others could bn,
si,8aSs ioF, He refused to nav G ~.
$3.50 b, and !, offered to settle t f f.,
pers' s ous the company had his no 10
Rood for 1.llOWlng that Marsh wa.
settle l t the amount, Refused .a We :
Just Tor So, the sum , ofse REFUSED t
on ma r% anybody can sneak i
With everv.,p! place and walk AVA,
Be within t AMI in sight and still
but average pers son ca ln 1 mGDe tina
stts, # the fan fa31 be looked for here
stand for i farmers are willing t
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-26

B.-SupervisiOn over the handling of these
loans by committees elected by working farmers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-26

Sec. 9-CasR relief for the necessities of life
sil"i Oe afforded to all farmers in need of relief
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FOR SALE-old newspaper, extra
large bundle, SC. The Producers
News, Plentywood. If
La gaceta., 1935-12-30
INCENDIO EN- LA MUEBLE-
RIA YBOR FURNITURE

A las 10 de la mahana de aver
Sc declare un violento incendiO
en- ell piso alto de la muebleria
Ybor Furniture Co, propiedad
del Sr. Bonifacio Velero, Jr., 81
tuada en- la Septima avenida
entire las GALES 10 Y Ia, frente
a la reduction de este peri6dieo.
Cuando los bomberos empe :
aaron a TRAFALGAR ell aqua no te-
MIA preston y hubo necesidad de
poner una bomba en- la esquina
de la Septima Y Trece, que ira
haio CON tres pitoneS.
La escSssL de aqua de los pri
meros momentos do tempo a
que las llamas Sc extendieran,
luedando deStruidos los salones
altos, donde la mueDlefla tenla
SUI almacen.
Ell aqua cause danos de mu :
cha im%portancia en- ell piso bajo,
inyirtiendo los bomberos mas
de una bora en- dominar por
complete Ell voraz elemento.
En- su parte exterior ell edifi-
clio sufri6 muy POGO.
Miles de personals Sc aglome
raron en- la S6ptima avenida, di
ficultando la labor de los bonn
beroS.
Los danos Sc calculan en- GER
ca de $4,000.
La gaceta., 1935-12-30
HABRA SEGUNDAS ELEC.
CLONES EN- LA UNION IN
~TERNACIONAL.

Para elegir los vicepresiden-
ties segundo. cua!rto y sexto y
un delegado, Sc verificaran e :
lecciones en- la Union Interna-
cional de Tabaqueros, en- todas
las uniones, Ell dia "a de enero
de 1886.
Sc disputan ell puesto de de-
legado los Sres. Ernesto Cam
pc y ell expresidente J. M. Orn
burn. Saco Campo 1743 votos,
en- los pasados comicios, contra
l740 Ornburn; pero tendra
que ir a una segunda y decisi-
va prueba, por no habar alcan.
zado la mayoria.
La segunda vicepresidencia
Sc la disputan los Sres Hall y
Driscoll, la cuarta Simon v
Steur, y la sexta Brandt y Neh-
A~@@
La gaceta., 1935-12-30
MATARON A UN REPRE-
lDEMOCRATA

Chicago, Die. 30.-Albert J.
Prignano, de AZ amos, represen-
tante a la legislature del estado
y miembro del comite democra-
tico por ell "barrio sagriento",
iel barrie 20, fue asesinado ano-
che por tres individuos que en-
traron a robar en- su domicilio.
La esposa del asesinado dijo a
la policia que ella aconsej6 a su
marido les desc TODD ell dinero
que llevaba, 10 que hizO. Ella y
SD hijo entraron en- la casa, des-
de la cochera. Cuando subia las
escaleras del segundo piso hi
cieron seis disparos sobre ell
asaltado, matandolo.
La gaceta., 1935-12-30
DETENIDOS POR REUNION
LEGAL

Habana, Die. 30.-Por SUI
puesta reunion illegal fudron
detenidos ell sabado 20 obreros
zapateros. La reunion Sc veri-
ficaba, segun la policia, en- ell
local que los zapateros poseen
en- la Gale Tulipan, en- ell Ce-
rro. Aparecen entire los deteni-
dos Manuel Isis Cabrera, Juan
Cardona, Luis Perez, Evelio
Vasallo, Jose Garcia Poey, Ro
berto Sanchez Arrange, Aquino
Sanchez Arrange, Ladislao Ri
vero, Angel VaIdes, AbeIardo
Hernandez Acosta, Antonio
Leal Garcia, Raul Hernandez
Larringa y JESUS Cahtro Flo :
res. Todos ingresaron en- ell vi
vac, a disposition del Tribunal
de Urgencia No. 2.