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OF MONTANA,
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THE PRODUCERS NEWS
COUNTY
cVF.RY ufl member
a READER of the
; PRODUCERS news
o^hed Weekly. _
Volume XV. Number 39
EDITION
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE UNITED FARMERS LEAGUE
Entered tm second Clans Matter, October It, 1*1*. at the Poet
Plentjnrood, Montana. Under the Act of March t. 1ST*
PLENTYWOOD, SHERIDAN COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1932
office at
TEN cents paid
FOR HORSE AT
SHERIFF SALE
.
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Pennsylvania r aimers Fro
tect Their Neighbor
from Forced Sale
. orrvQ AT QA1 C
HUNDREDS A1 oALL
Action Fakcn After Mass
Meeting Addressed by
JVieeung y
Northwest Farmers
0 , U u Hnwhalcpr and 1
(Bf H. •
A. b. bnya r)
fireencastle, Pa., Dec. 13 —As a
sheriff sale of a farmer was -ad
Certified lor today, we decided at
meeting last night to elect,
■\ mass
à committee of action to help the
fanner keep from being s.9ld out.,
iiui we were successful in every
wav.
ONLY ONE BIDDER
Today at noon farmers began to
arrive on the scene and continued
until hundreds were present. The
committee appi cached each credi
tor as he arrived and asked him to
çrant an extension of time. One
feed dealer refused. Each farmer
then made himself a committee of
one to tell another farmer to stand
by and not bid. The farmers
stood together so well that, only
bid, as he had not
une l'armer
been approached and he paid for
the article he bought and gave it
to the faimer foreclosed.
Stock and tools were bid in at
low prices so that the farmer
could buy them back. Some of the
prices could have been lo'wer, but
didn't want to b e tco hard the
TEN CENTS FOR A HORSE
■we
first time,
retailed about $29.
The stock and tcols
Same of the
!
:
Six horses, 10c to 50c each; 12
cows, 10c to $1 each; 17 head
hogs, $1.75, total about JOc each;
binder, $1; hay rakes. 50c; har
ness. 1 cent a pair; 1927 Chetfi
rolet. 60 cents.
prices were:
TV, Vinio tViimr vprv easily
me wnoie * ^
d;,ne »d each farmer re sponded
fine Some town mfcn present .
Ï afe "farmer cannot exist WhS :
rt tnc tarmcr cannoi exist wnat
a . b ° ut workers in :
A.ter rney nau sold a wra , tne |
'neun saw we would nav ro ^ t
fooling and bid, but tne crowd ju.i (
laughed and didn t pay any tte -
tjon. A few more sales line
one and there!! be.no more sher-^e
lff sales m ^ ranklin Fourny, tf .
We probably would not have!
taken the stand we did, had not
«ieiegates returning to their homes
from the First Farmers National
Relief Conference at Washington,
D. C., urged us to do so. Many
able speakers, representing farm-.^,
ers of Washington, Oregon, Mon-j
tona, North and South Dakota,
Nebraska, Minnesota and Michi
gan, addressed hundreds of our
local farmers at the BrcWnsmiU
school house last night and urged
us to join together to protect each
other.
W e sure congratulate the boys
on the good work they did for us
at our meeting. There was lots
of talk of it at the sale. It was
the greatest meeting ever held in
the school house.
We trust that by the time
SPURRED ON BY NORTH
WEST FARMERS
article comes out in print manv of
the delegates will be safe in tneir
respective homes talking with
their families and neighbors of the
gloiious times we, the farmers,
lief Conference ^
Conference.
Milwokee, WU.—Max Ciehon,
who was evicted from hi« home
near Elkhom by a sheriff with 19
deputies during a bombardment
lasting several hours m {which 300
r unds of shot were fired, is being
held incommunicado in jail and a
representative of the International
Labor Defense has not been able
10 see him -
TOLD TO STAY ON LAND
The I. L. D. representative
talked to Cichon's neighbors wh>
told him that Cichon had been
elected justice of the peace and
had advised his neighbors to stay
on their land when the sheriff told
them to move off. This refusal
to move became a> common that
the banks and mortgage holders
decided to make an example of
Oehon.
They surrounded his house and
forced Cichon and his family to
leave as they were in danger of
being murdered . Both Cichon and
bis wife are mow held under $2500
hail charged with councilling a
felony and assault with intent to
commit,t murder, both carrying
long terms. '•
The Elkhorn State Bank had
bought the farm for $7,000 at
foreclosure sale last August*
CICHON HELD ON
BAIL FOR TRIAL
t L D. Representative Not
Allowed to See
Him
WIDE REVOLT OF
PEASANTS IS NOW
FELT IN MEXICO
Mexico City. Dec, 15.—A wide
spread revolt of peasants and ag
ricultural workers is reported, in
the state of Vera Cruz. Peasants
wht have been enslaved to the big
landlords have been ground to un
bearable conditions and have risen
m revolt at, their conditions of
pe
lt is reported that 80 per cent of
farm renters have refused to
rent.
pay
At the same time municipal
and state authorities are demand
i nR P r0 ™pt and full payment, of
taxes which is n absolute impos- !
sibility fir small landowners.
REFUSE TO PAY RENTS
Ptasants have taken matters in
their oSvn hands and have refused
to pay taxes and rents. The fed
eral government is rushing 10,000
troops to mow down the militant
agrarian masses.
peasants are also demon
stratmg against the government's
land distribution prtgram, which
is in the interests of the big land
owners.
SEIZE MACHINE
AFTEH $101 HAD
BEEN PAID ON 1T1
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Farmers Returning From
Relief Conference
Urge Action
j (BY WILLIAM FERGUSON)
Clinton, L>*wa, Dec. 18.— We
farm delegates returning from the
Farmers National Relief Confer
ence held at Washington Dec. 7-11
arrived at Leetonia, Ohio, after a
hard day's travel over mountain
roads and many setbacks such as
breakdowns, tire troubles and so
on.
....
SEE THE COUNTRY
We passed through some beau
tiful country and for 300 miles it
was a matter of climb one hill, go
down the other side and imme
diately start, up another. At one
point we stopped on top of a *
'mountain tor coffee at the Steam-i
boat, two larrge funnels sticking, I
k° a L tw0 lra S e funnels sticking up
radio masts, and life belts ready ;
{cr usc About li000 feet below is
a beautiful valley with a view of
3 5*^5"^ W ' S ' '
an( j Pennsylvania.
Some of-the delegates reached j
Leetonia in time for a meeting
jbut we didn't arrive until 1 a. m.
(D ec . 13.) However, I'm sure ,
John Marshall would never
allow the meeting to be a failure,
j, just a s sure of himself as a 1
ibanty rooster chasing a turkey and
11*11 bet on him any time.
cpi pvmn INDIANA
FARMERS
rAttmravs
j D ecem her 14 we arrived at Wa
1 bagh> Ind where tVo meetings
were held, several miles apart. I
attended one s } x m iles outside of
^ be ^ a ^ ^ b€ Somerset school and
there wasn'f a big crowd
tb meeting was attended by
sQr ^ e sp i end i d farmers. A com
m jttee of action was organized that
, , r brieve that we shall
he " r fr0m these f arm ers soon thru
the columns of the Producers
Ngwg
Roy Miller, Pat, Barrett, and Roy
D , j el sp0k at the meeting. Dal
. . m ember of the Farmers
. , th F Bureau, said
were merely social or
^«tfonsand Tave no real aid
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corded Delegate» to
Farm Conference
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Greencastle, Pa., De< L 'g-iven
enthusiastic ^elcome^w
the Noith ana oouwi
Montana, Washington a^d^O
delegations ^ ^ Farm Relief
from the Was ^ at the
Conference a Aooroximately
loca l high scheol. Appro« >
450 farmer, attended the mee
Delegates reported on uie
terviews ^^LÎZd Soover, arid
gressmen, 0 & rne evaS i v e
pointed out.that
plies ^ wouid do absolutely
that they would o for
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impovenshed fammm » ]e
tion can also prevent^ (arniers
| seizures and organize
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more widely of the Farmers
hind the o e u| a Conference.
National Kel reported a
The lodal i and the delegates.
threatened sa - z j com mittees
assisted in o ^ the That,
, a S tlon J° were successful is re
the farmers we * tion of the
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Between the farmer and the worker stands the Hog. He eats up all the farmer gives him and is always de
manding more. He grows fat and the farmer grows l?an. The farmer doesn t even get a pair of shoes and
clothing from the Hog. And when the workers ask tHe Hog for a little of the food he has taken from the
farmers, he says, **No, I have nothing for you. 11*2 only way that the farmers can get shoes and clothing,
the only way that the workers can be fed is to get rid of the HOG Til A i IS CAPITALISM.
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Farmers Rally Around Fighting Program
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Farmers National Relief Conference Held at Washington
i j A _i e J~ r ~J p mOT . m . Dplraate«
Adopts LaretuUy Considered Program, Uelegates
Will Organize Around These Demands in ,
Home Communities
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With the adoption of a militant
program and the organization of
a united front organization for the
struggling farmers of the country,
the more than 260 delegates meet
.ing in Washington. Dec. 7-10 in
the Farmers National Relief Con
fer-ence opened up a new phase in
the unitin * of the farmers of the
entire country in the struggle for
immediate cash relief, against
evictions and foreclosures, and for
production credits for the impov-,
enshed farmeis.
The first delegatesto the Pann
ers National Relief Conference
with the exception of those who
came With the Hunger Mardi, be
gan to arrive on Tuesday, Dec. 6.
The more than 250 delegates
(took part in the conference came
from the widest reaches of theen
tire country, from New Hampshire
to Florida, from Montana to Ala-i
bama, and from Washington to
Pennsylvania. In all over thirty
states were represented directly.
... prvMMTTTEE INTRO
CALL C °dttCED
DUCED
The Typographical Union Hall
padeed to the doors when Lem
was
Harris Executive Secretary for
the Call Committee, opened the
meeting The Call committee was
" ke d to sit on the platform. This
committee which hadConducted the ■
SStaLpr woA the oorfer- j
enceconsistedof Harry Lux, Neb. j
Hölidav A.s«o , England*
?. reSlde Jl ' LoS BeSey!«f
{Farmers League L^tus
aÏocÂ
Ithe Pennsylvania F. P. A.); and
h w Springer, pres., of the New
Jersey Farmers Protective A 8 **: I
ciation; Pat Barrett, of the North
Dakota Holiday Assoc.; Ed Bau '
m __ of United Farmers Lea)?ue, :
Minn • and Stephen Spaford Negro
^ prcS ' enting the organized Negro
workers of Florida.
f Each of the membe rs of the Call
Committee was introduced to the
Conference. The greatest applause
erected the Negro member from
greetea no k
^.{Florida. su?gested
?" ^v ZTrman, To^
"urSidSit nf the Ne
Holidav Association. The
ttj^animously
("Z^d bv the conference.
lproved .
REAL PROGRAM
»ovine- the chair Rosenbei g
9 1 ? ! /that from this confer
pomted „_ t i a real program
ence must come a ^ r tJiat
the ^ a 'thine to them in
u ■^"XmHo oondlttona
|u,,lr P' e f" t J^" aD s „ c b as have
and farmers meetings.,
jbeen which have been
I "" f 0 .. con trol of . high salaried
; u ri! er v n i dera
: of ' lce . To Rosenbersr
The chairm . y Executive
' introduced «all Committee,
Secretary or background and
to r€p0 " n a T <( of the conference,
the purpose» i ooenlng,
Harris pointed ouv,
that, tjro the conference was phys
ically confined 'within the four
walls of the meeting place, its sup
port and influence extended in re
ality to every state in the union,
|He read telegrams from Califor
nia, Oklahoma and other states
{from farmers who were with the
! conference in sympathy but who
h^ not been able to finance the
trip to Waashmgt,on.
j pRisje jjqT TEMPORARY
C ISIS « USÂT KAKï
1 jj e pointed out that the present,
crisis was not temporaiy or na
fional in character, but world wide
; and. without any turn for the bet
ter in the immediate future. His
statement that thes e conditions
who'demanded united struggle on the
par t 0 f the workers and farmers
was greeted with thunderous ap-1
pi aus e from the delegates.
The program of the bankers,
Harris pointed, out was one of
;l0 wer living standards for the toil
|i n g farmers. This program is be
! injî carried thru b Y a11 °f the
: agencies of the bankers, deluding
the Federal Reserve Bants. The
delegates applauded vijorously
when Harris stated that despite all
of the plans of the banters for
lower living standards for the
toiling farmers, "We are not go
(ing back to loWer standarcs of llv
ing."
UNITED ACTION
with a
call for united action on the part
the Negro and white farmers,
^ farme with tae work .
^ers in the cities. To th* end .
Program and permanent form of
organization should be prepared
by D ^_i n !°?h?3t«noon seston on
During the afternoon session on
SereïcY'th^deleïates^eard re
conierence, me delegates leara re
Doits from a representxtive of
each^ ^stete^ representj^ there.
jinese reports jwnich we nope io
:mand?
' A unanimou8 j n shownc the
, living standards ti which
Amprir^r farm masses were
jthe Amencan farm mas^ were
gjw *Ottafen dur
Ros-Zh secS of he coun
trv Fr X TelLatel re^rtd nricL
f ^ tb • nroducts far blow the
cZ of nroduÄ As a result
{of th? S f acute privation ms being
1 felt in all oarts of the country
with actual starvation laming in
certain of them. The deleates re
ported an intensified Svlingness
on the part of the farmers to
j gtrugRle P for the lives 5 their
loved ones.
reports were fem the
very farmem -bo were eing op
pressed and not from higl salaried
farm "leaders" who wou3 falsify
them in the interests oi the ex
ploiters of the farmers.
ELECT COMMiriiES
It was decided at the evening
session to elect a progwn and a
resolutions committee to prepare
a set of demands for th confer
,ence based on the farmers con-.
dirions thruout the country which
had been presented in the various
jreports f Ws œmmittee was se .
.looted on the basia of One member
(from each of seven different re
grons thruout the country. Fred
(Chase of New Hampshire was se
( lected for th e New England rep
resentative, and later became the
chairman of the committee. Benzly
was chosen for the middle Atlan
tic states and the middle wesfe
Jim Flower of Minnesota, for :
Minnesota. Michigan and Wiscon-|
sin; Jess Green of Nebraska, for
Nebraska and Kansas; Andy Oja
for the Dakotas and Montana; and
,Paul Dale of Orogon for the^far
1 !?f :ludin . g Washington Ore.,
jîdaho. Wyoming and Colorado.
VOTE ON EACH POINT
^
The program cojnmittee later
asked for the assistance of Chas.
Taylor of Montana and Alfred
Tiala of Minnesota to report the
program as it was being worked
out. to the floor of the conference,
in the Thursday morning ses
sion 'while the program committee
was working out the program, re
ports were heard from sections
which hadn't an opportunity to he
heard at the previous sessions.
, The program was then reported
to the floo^Tv Tallorandmia
« W ai füiffi J bv the rommi?-',
t e E b t J th
was on as appeared from
tbe commRee A e b section !
was reported the floor was thrown
| 0 com pi ete discussion on the
^ of the dïl^2S? The nn>
Äs of the program comm&ee I
^
changes which were referred from.
^ e . floor back to tbe committee
. urui ^' he c °urse of the discus
sion The program m full was
JfiSZL
b^jîSrtffwasthS con
cerni immediate relief fer the I
farm masse ^- This is included ^ 1
the first three _ ointg of th
* ram - ^e pro^am demands an
. r «Rnoononno to
the farm D0DU i ati ' a
.. minimum healt f P and decency
standard . n v in«" Point two de
that the^ federal govern
Inent Purchase directly from the
far *nera all food and other pro
duct|B which are given to the un
l ed £ reli ^ ^ that these
^ be * proce8sed and
transported by the federal govern
witbsut any profit to food
monopolies and transportation com
P™**
INCREASE IN PRICES
INCREASE IN PRICES
Point three as reported to the
conference demanded an increase
in the prices paid to the farmers,
with a reduction in the prices to
the consumers. This is to be
achieved by a price regulating
body to be Vloeted by tbe worker!
and farmer*
In hi« report Lem Harris pointed
out that the allotment plan, as
well as others of the same charac-1
ter, were béing proposed in order
to deceive the farmers into believ
ing tba t a solution to their prob
lems could be found thru the star
vation of the mass of the popula
tion. For this reason they talk
about "surplus" production.
The "defeat of any legislation
based on the theory of 'surplus'
production was demanded in point
ive 0B the pounds that "while
millions of our population are un
demonrished through loss of pur
chasing power, the acceptance of
the surplus theory is a crime
against farmers and workers." —
(This point was, omitted from the
Producers News of Dec. 16 by mis
take).
vmui i atiaw nr ni?Rrrö
CANCELLATION OF DEBTS
The program demands under the
next point production credit for
the i mpave rished farmers who
have n0 Collateral" this produc
tion credit ^ be administered by
e i ec | ed oommittees of farmers and
w0rkers . For the most impover-1
ished part of the farm population:
the program demands under point
seven, the cancellation of debts
and interest* while for the r®'
mainder of the farm masses a
moratorium on these debts is de
manded. For all of the toiling
farm masses this part of the pro-,
gram demands "cancellation of the
back taxes and moratorium on fa-•
ture farm taxes during th e crisis."
The final demand is that "dur*
ing this national crisis Congress
should declare all foreclosures,
seizure of property apd evictions
illegal"
Z , ^
Lbe farmers wh» were prient
8t Confer«ice realised that
demands was not ^ »"f- ;
£ ,c,enA - The program was
wlt ^. th ? ped ^
^ ^ by , m !5
* ** *
Äit = f^ 5ft*
inR and their families from <*
^1 disintegratioln, by our united (
aotion .»
emtrmtmnn* '
SEE CONGRESSMEN j
14 was decided to divide up the
Conference into delegations which
™uld visit the senators, repre
sentatives, Gamer, Curtis and Hoo
ver and to »»J very specific
Questions as to their position on
the demands which the farmers
had drawn up. Each senator was
visited by farmers from his own
state ;
Friday morning the farmer dele
gates proceeded to the Capitol for
! the appointments which they had
made with their various Congress
men. No sooner had they reached
the front, of the Capitol when they
were met by a squad of Hoover's
police who tried to bully them and
Prevent them from keeping their
appointments. The North Dakota
delegation preceded the remain
der t del ®f at | s to Le^a their
appointment with Senator Frazier,
As ; ^ on , Æ. *, J Æ î,
mahider of Äe driegates had been
Z**
"' a ? ded Frazier that he secure
tte.r releaee, Frazier got m tonoh
lï'V h ' ~ l * ith
JJ® farmers had appointments anri
. the y * ot ln toUch the P° hce -
The police were forced to let the
delegates free. The senators re
| alized that these farmers were not
there as individuals but as repre
sentatives of millions of farmers
thruout the »untry. It was fear
of this mass that made the sena
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ARREST TEN IN
SLOVAKIAN TAX
SALE OF FARMS
The campaign of Czech terror
against the Slovakian peasantry is
being continued. The police have
attempted to make further arrests
in connection with the Polomka
massacre when police killed two
peasants in a clash after authori
ties had sold ont peasants holdings
for taxes.
I In the night from Nov. 19 to 20
a detachment of armed police ar
rived in the village of Hronetch in
order to make arrests. However,
the storm bells sounded and in a
short space of time the whole vil
lage and the surroundings were
alatmed and peasants were pour
ing onto the streets from all di
rections armed with any weapons
which came to hand.
ARREST TEN
The police thought discretion the
(better part of valour and left the
'village hurriedly. Later, however,
a larger force of police returned
and made ten arrests. Among the
arrested are three officials of the
communist party.
During the last few days scores
of protest meetings have taken
'place all over the country against
the massacre of Polomka and also
against the legal drive being made
against the communist party and
i its parliamentary representatives.
• The meetings and demonstrations
{were particularly powerful in the
German-speaking districts and in
Slovakia.
TRY TO WHIP UP
WAR SPIRIT AT
I DEBTOR NATION
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Bntain Only Country That
Is Meeting Debt
Instalment
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Washington, Dec. 16. —With
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Poland, Esthonia, Hungary and
Belgium joining France in default
ing in payment of the war debt
installment due the United States,
the danger of war looms even
threatingly before workers of ;
more
ithe world.
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WHIP UP WAR SPIRIT
Members of the House and Sen-land
ate are doin all they can to whip
snirit amonv the Amer
"L a "" k ere m-dSlmers rttte I
j f , t; nations Senator Me
S^lmoc^at of TVnneïee hi
tro j resolution urovidine
tliat a pa8sp ort to France should
cost «5000. Representative Knut
gon ' Q ^' Minnesota introduced a
reso i u ti on calling for the barring
0 f a jj securities of defaulting na
tions from the U S
"Mtten of Illi-'l
nois declared that France "noW
stands before the world as a cheat,
a miser, an international swindler
and an unappreciative, deceitful"!.
nation which would destroy its!
honor for a stack of gold."
payment
ENGLAND MET PAYMENT
; England met its debt installment
1 , «qc aaq aaa but j* eave notice
that it would make no further:
n „ ument „ tbe it g acceded
L^ts demand of revision of the
. . . '
my" p rpT . rb government offered
it ® reason f or defaulting the
faU f the Herr i 0 t government.
Th L* governments pointed
tbeir bankrU pt conditions as a re
f devastating world crisis
and the consequent decline of cap
it U
\~^ + . nTïn1?R * Blwl Dat ri,ti
Th l
speeches delivered.by a 1 _
.gressmen s ca c
me ri
a war hys ^ ' ,
(C«n people. Gomg
lect the debts P be
W0 ? erS , 1?™™' PS 1*^1
ready pl^ty of money m fte roun
help the debt-ridden and impov- ;
erished farmers and workers is |
cancellation of all debts, both pub
Uc and private>
MAWT MARCH Til !
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Demands to Center Around
Winter Relief
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Butte. Mont., Dec. 20.—Dele-1
gates of unemployed workers and
farmers ruined by low prices paid
for their products while the same
foodstuffs is priced so high in the
cities that workers can't buy it,
will march on the state legisla
ture at Helena Jan. 3.
This Montana Hunger March
will take place shortly after the;
national Hunger Marchers from
this state return from
ton. It is ^cpected that delegates
who attended the Farmer National
5î ief 9°,[ lfe If * e *. Wl11 als ° haV
returned by that time.
F0R WINTER RELIEF
The demand« will center around
wtater relief and ab „ mi „n of evic
«on Jaw., Pull demands will be
worked out in a state conference
to be held by workers and farmers
1 of the state Jan. 2.
Her e in Butte, on the "richest
hill on earth," there are 8,000 un
i employed copper miners. Those
1 who have jobs are working only
a week and a half a month with
such low pay that it is almost im
possible to live. V
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THREE NEGROES
SHOT IN BLOODY
SHERIFFS RAID
Fanners Killed When They
Defend livestock of
Neighbor
LYNCH SPIRIT
Danger of More Horrible
Crimes Against
Negroes
Tallassee, Ala., Dec. 20.—The
outrageous and cold blooded mur
der of three Negro farmers and
ifarm hands occurred here when
sheriffs made a dastardly attempt
to take a Negro farmer's livestock
awav from him yesterday.
The cattle belonged to Cliff
James who lives about 12 miles
east, of Tallassee. The cattle were
the only means of making a living
for James, and he and other neigh
boring farmers were determined to
protect him, as other farmers have
done throughout the country, par
ticularly in Nebraska and the
northwest.
KILL THREE
When the sheriff and his men
found that the Negro farmers,
who suffer even more than white
farmers under the capitalist sysr
tern, were organized to protect the
property in order to keep from
death by starvation, their anger
■ knew no bounds. The sheriff and
{his men used the same terror
1 methods against tht militant Ne
!groes that s have always followed
the black man under Southern
capitalist rule,
outright.
One, John McMullen, was killed
.at, the home of James. Not oyn
tent with one killing, the posse,
Three were killed
like a bunch of bloodhounds, they
traced another Negro to a house
where he had barricaded himself
in and killed him. His nam ® T?*
jJudson Simpson. The name of tht
third Negro is not known.
ALL NEGROES IN DANGER
have been arrested
their lives are in imminent
danger. At least 50 cars of
armed men are scouring the coun
*w, looking for other Negrcea. No
Nevno's life is safe, and there is
'no* telling what other bloody
crimes will be committed.
The United Farmers League de
mands that, the six arrested men
be placed in safety at once anc
steps be taken to stop the lynd
terror instituted against the Ne
groes and guarantee them safety
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'. Vacaville, Calif., Dec. 11. Aft«,
i f ° ur weeks 0ut on »trike, Cahfoi
jnia tree pruners are still wagin
! f ml . tant , . a 8amst attempte
; lowering of their wages from $1.5
( a day J?ji„ 5 - 4 „ ^ ÏTVT ^,. i
EVERY DAY COUNTS
i Only a few »cab» ar e reporte
1 working, and the bosses are grow
ing more and more impatient i
Iget their pruning done before U
h eavy rains set in and they camF
wait, very much longer,
, The six strike leaders who we
{kidnapped from the local jail ha'|
returned to the struggle and a'
addressing mass meeting» ever'
h ere ask i n g for support of tl:
militant strikers. Substantial cc l
lection8 have been 8ent t p wor'
SSttÄT.
dar ^> telegrams ha
^ • h Workers Intern
tfte S
\S ^PrmcSoo
DEFEAT WORKER!
Al1 the capitalist, class press
California is trying to defeat t
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rea h*e that the
workecs are setting an exam]
.for the tens of thousands of ott*
agricultural workers throughci
the state, ground down to misJ
i able conditions.
And the ranks of the strfle.
remain solid,
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Poplarfield, Man., Canada, N,
Washing-126.—Through snoV and frost I,
f armera gathered here Novem :
: 23 t0 protest a tax sale adverti,
for tlhat da y- Not onl y were .
farmers successful in stopping ,
sale but they also compelled ,
government collector, W. Hrycij
to resign.
Over 160 teama with alel
filled all the street« in the li
town. The farmers had come fi
20 miles around, carrying banri
"Pood for our Children fin
"Hold our Homes." J
PARADE TO COLLECTOR*}!
OFFICE »
o„ e bo u r before the sale a ir-'
meeting was held, attended by C
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50« CAN, FARME
STOP TAX SAL!
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