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Show T Hi; IiAM) UK - JOUKNA I, HOC AN. UTAH, v. n September ior2. 2, TAGE THREE. attended the Whittle reunion on members of the ward attended th Saturday and Sunday at the Girls Relief Society- convention at Hy rum Friday.'camp in Logan canyon. Miss Beth Merrill spent a few Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Woodu of at week Preston with and Miss Lillie Riggs of Logai the days her grandmother, Mrs. Mary C. spent Sunday visiting with Mr. an Merrill. Mrs. A. L. Riggs. Miss La Gene Harris was a vis Mrs. Vern Jenson and tw itor last week at the D. A. Skeen daughters, Leona and Bernice, c Richmond News Mom,. in i nt"i .mu .1 nt Mr Thin "1 iv ntlrruoon in : '( M In Mi s raid Munson. Pn.lc The looms were d d. mi ilt d it h sum in. it ivis ..'ft- - Tv cut v fi o win " n led Mrs J l,oo Shi paid and t oh or. Renee, ol Sill Rake Cit . m o ic those piisent A i : THIS IS THE LAST STOKY in a series of five by Bruce t'atton, staff writer for N EA Service and who was sent to the midwest corn belt to find out what the farm strike is ail about. Herald-Journa- l, BY BRICE CATTON NEA Service riter (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc i t dor the ) SIOUX CITY, la. Sept. 2 irili in The business communities Sioux City, Omaha and other cities in the corn belt are watch, ing the farmers' strike with a tremendous amount of interest and, on the whole, with a good deal of sympathy. The prosperity of these cities, in the first place, stands or falls largely with the prosperity of the farmers, and today the farmers are anything but prosperous. But that is not the only reason for the interest with which they look on. Sioux City, like other cities in the area, is beginning to get an inkling of the tremendous amount of power which lies in the farmers hands if the farmers ever discover just how to use it. And pne on two things have happened since the strike began to indicate that at least a few of the farmers are glimpsing some of the possibilities. Recently a creditor foreclosed a mortgage which he held on the livestock of an Iowa farmer liv. ing near here. The stock was to be sold at auction to satisfy the claim. A group of farm ers on one of the strike picket lines got to talking things over on the morning of the auction. They decided that it was too bad for George to lose his livestock. He was a capable, business-likfarm, er, overwhelmed by conditions not in his control. The loss would ruin him. So they took up a collection. Money isnt plentiful in the picket tines. The men raised just $11.75. But they took the sum, small as it was, and a sizable group .set out for the scene of the auction. Having reached it, they took up strategic positions. They gave the assembled buyers very definitely to understand that it would not be healthy for anyone to bid against the men from the picket line. Then, as the auctioneer began his " e patter, the farmers put in their bids. They bid one at a time 50 cents for a good cow, a dollar for a thick-lippedraft horse, and so on. There were no other bids. The auctioneer had nothing to do but knock the animals down to d them. The upshot was that Georges entire herd of livestock was sold to the group from the picket line for exactly $11.75. And, having bought the animals, the men calmly took George aside and gave them all back to him. ' Some of the leaders of the farm strike have drafted for considers, tion a plan whereby the striking farmers would not only withold their produce from the market in brder to control the price, but under which they would also strike hard blows at any man or group of men who stood out against them. Under this plan a boycott committee of farmers would be chosen to investigate all cases of action against striking farmers. If, for Instance, a bank should institute foreclosure proceedings against a farmer, the committee would look into the matter. If it found any reason to believe that the farmer was being delt with harshly, they would recommend a boycott. Then every farmer in the strike would boycott the bank, the law. yer and everyone connected with the bringing of the foreclosure proceedings. The same thing would apply to any other creditor who got unduly impatient. There is no question but that the farmers are aroused. In talking with them I heard, over and over again, the expression, Well, we haven't got anything to lose, " so Regardless of the outcome, the strike is a symptom of a profound unrest. The farmers have got to the point where they want to raise' hell instead of corn. A Souix City business man the other day remarked that the strike was largely the work of radicals. None of the established, conserva five, prosperous farmers arc in on it." he said. The man he was talking to, another Sioux City business man, reThe only trouble is that plied: there aren't any established, con servative, prosperous farmers left around here any more. t.l i i:n ht on ' -- Misses Mmisnn Some lovely lceeived hv the guest Mr and Mrs Raul Mon Monday for o ska;! visit s: Id ilm, with Mr- - Moo tnii incuts. Bishop ami Mi.s Riihi am! gu'i of n -- ' son at 1. SO" W il' r M i C,d ' ar as s. t ed hv In her d.iugh Mug net, Amy w is., assisted Ol II 1 Maggie T Met rill lott on foi Tulare, 'day morning to make the uoqu in t her new granddaughter. Friday ta Mr and Mrs J Smith Mri Smith was foiim llv Miss Bhylhs Merrill The minimi dinner of the J lines Hemli n Its camp. Daughters of th Bimueis, will be held September 9 hi the Richmond Smith ward chapel Dinner will be served at 12 noon wiili a program follow, ing Thi" event marks tile begin of the season's ntng progrun. An invitation is extended t all mem herto attend. Mi- Ivan Christensen and daughter, Colleen, returned Mon day evening from a few days' visit to Salt Luke City. They made the trip with Mis j L. Shepaid ami M.ss Renee Shepard who had previously visited in Richmond. Bishop and Mrs J L. Robinson amt fan. ilv ar "'ending the week at Salt Lake City. Mr and Mrs. Bill Niveson and Mr ami Mrs C. S. Hall spent Sun. day at Lava Hot Springs. Mrs C, S Hall, Mrs Amos Bair, Mrs Yenna Beckstead and Mrs. Marie Niveson motored to Ogden on Thursday. Mr and Mrs Iaul Monson, went to Kexburg, Idaho, Sunday, where they will visit relatives for a few days. B Cyril Monson, is spending his vacation here with his parents. Mr Monson expects to leave the latter part of the week to continue his work. He is bookkeeper for the Caterpillar Tractor company at Peoria, 111. Miss Hortense Shepard of Salt Lake City returned to her homn Friday after spending the last two weeks visiting relatives here. The Utopia club were entertain, ed on Friday evening at the home ol bm n R. M 225 200 175 - ISO 175 too 7S SO This graphic rliart, prepared by the F. S. Department WHY THE FARMERS WENT ON STIUKE of Agriculture, shows how the price the farmer receives for his produets has fallen far below the price of things he has to buy. The heavy line indicates the price of what he sells. Such conditions led to mass meetings of farmers like the one shown above, photographed near Dakota City, Neb. farmers They've been forced to to the farmers. here between its land promises of farm lots "I've lived h' re all my life, and tight." and Sioux City that's not making (TIIE END) enough to pay taxes. And when, I have never seen anything border on top of that, the farmer has his ing on anarchy," he sajs "But the - and most of other night I went down the road land mortgaged OPENS BUSINESS them have it s not hard to figure and I saw Soft or so of the best farmers in this country taking the out what he's up against. When c. man gets a mortgage law into their own hands. CINCINNATI, O., Sept 2. (( l!i it's an indication that he has no A former Virginia slave, Martin "Now, that isnt the thing to do reserve no he has if and reserve, But look. Suppose a man coines iGoode, 79, who was freed at 11 and inthe of what case a its just into my office here and starts brought to Ohio by his parents, surance companies decide to do. abusing me and calling me a jhas l, applied for a permit to The big insurance companies, you a name no man'll stand for ate a bus here. It know, hold just about ail of the It won't be the thing for me to took Goode 40 years to save farm paper around here. do, but I'll get up and fight him. 'enough money to purchase the That's the way it is with these Ibus. Eighty per cent of the farm is here land around mortgaged. Between 50 and 60 per cent of the men whose land is mortgaged cannot meet their payments. The j loan companies, so far, have been very fair about foreclosing on these men, because it's to their own interest. They don't want the land at any price. If I'm a farmer, and I've keot up my interest and tax payments for 20 years, and then fall down for two or three TOO CJUUW LLIQ30. DlUEMJDW. years, 'theyll figure the land is WHr 3MOtir TO 1H( GROCERY CWI5S THFl SELECTIONS ARE CfRTAmtt better in mv hands than in theirs TAN 6T SUCH IN OCUVfRY tlRViCE Fine, son, and they never fall and they'll hold off and give me a rOH RE D A WHITE. STORfc DOWN ON QUALITY1 chance. ' - oper-wei- AND But conditions are had-- so HEADQUARTERS FOR U. S. INSPECTED MEATS A Line of Cold Meats and Plenty of Fresh Hamburger and Sausage I' ull Veal Shoulder Roasts, lb. 11c Beef Pot Roasts From Tip Top Veal acre, and he has 50 acres of barley. He's getting about 30 bushels to the acre, and barley right now is selling for 15 cents a bushel. Figure it out. His income will be just $4.50 an acre. And, by the way, the taxes on that land run around $2 25 an acre. 'All right, he can t pay. So we do the usual thing; I arrange to take twofifths of his crop instead of rent money. So I get 12 bushels of barley per acre $1.80. Now suppose I had a mortgage on that land. Whored I be? The other night at one of our meetings a man got up to make a speech about the farm strike, and he was actually in tears. Th; t 2000 acres reclaimed of man swamp land and turned it into first rate farm land. He hHd faith in agriculture, he had faith in America. He gave his life for that land got up at 4 in the morning and worked until 8 at night, every day, to turn it into a good farm. And theyre foreclosing on him today. News of the government's recommended 60.day moratorium on was received with plea-surhere, hut it brought little real hope, since the "om belt's trouble is too deep to be cured in 60 days. Spring Leg of Lamb, lb. 18c Boneless Ham Butts, lb. 15c Milk Fed. Bake One and Serve it Cold. Young Fat Hens Iteal Mealy. Foods Pt 25c, French Dressing, Pint. 19c Salted Peanuts lb. 10c F ES121-V- 4 TUNA 1-- H lb. can Blue and White Brand 10c lb. can Blue and WhiteBrand I6c FANCY STOCK SPECIALLY PRICED 0U Y Ir.ua rarknow Birowl CKUtiUSTS SYWKWBiM baked, lb. 10c sh Tall can Bccco Lime 3 Bottles 29c Corned Beef bottle 33c Deviled Meat Rickey-29-- oz, " Ginger Ale-29- Bottle 29c -oz' a?)c Can 19c . . 6 Cans 25c . pack . . 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Every Mark Guaranteed size, ea. 5c Cantaloupes-larg- e Save Money GaL 25 Vinegar-Bu- lk Tomatoes Jr U Bars-fre- Fig st Peas, newcropUtah3 cans 29c Zee Toilet Tissue, 6 Rolls 29 to buy them... BBIFO test. Safest. 2 lbs; 19c V2 55? List o Specials for Sat., Sept. 3rd Ashford is not sure just what the farm strike is going to lead to. In some ways it dismays him. But he couldn't see anything else to do. He says neither the state nor federal government has kept WILL BE CHICHESTERSilLLS . Fresh Rendered. EH e You 6th lb. 14c Snow White Lard . Mayonnaise-Be- s PLUNGE It ! IFtoffE & Eeatao::4 fornc had they could hardly he any' worse Here's an example: There's a man near here who has rented some farm land from me. Hes renting at $7.50 an LOGANA SEl-TEMISE- ..... lb. 10c While They Last, IJ. 8. No. 1 Watermelcns-red- - -- : CLOSING I)ATK - NIBLEY Potato n IWAtK picture of the financial problems of the farmers was Ashford, given me by George president of the Security State bank in the little town of Homer, Neb., which is near here. Ashford can tell you about the grievances of the farmer, as a class: Sitting in his little office in Homer he has been watching a steady decline in agriculture for years, and it has made him pro. foundly discouraged. "Unless theres some sort of a he says, I don't know change, where the farmers are going to et off at at all. There's lots and r. " Tmm IFSoItoSstts S5c A closeup ; home in Salt Lake City. Hyrum spent Wednesday visitin Mrs. C. S. Hall entertained on with Mrs. Jensons mother, Mr Monday at a birthday dinner Cov. Cummings. ers were laid for la. The guests George Mrs. Alma O. Larson spent Wei included Mrs Martha Jenkins, and in Logan with he the Henry Jenkins and Thomas nesday visiting daughter, Mrs Alden Adams. Griffin families of Newton. Dick and Abe Cummings return ed 1 uesday evening after speudin the past eight weeks at Randolpl Mrs. Glenna Peterson of Loga is spending a few days visitin Anderso Mr and Mrs Orval Eiiason ami her daughter, Mrs Ivan family of Logan spent Wednesday evening visiting Mr. and Mrs TRW EL DEPENDABLE Ernest Morgan. Mr. ami Mrs. Frank Rosenbalm NEW YORK. Sept. 2. HT of Salt Lake spent Wednesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. George Those who scoff at the depend Anderson. bility of commercial air transpn Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Dames of must reckon with some remarkah Logan sircnt Sunday evening with operations figures showing th Mr and Mrs. Olof Olson. United Air Lines, operating Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rmdlesbaker 100 fleet of plant of Logan spent last week visiting completed 99.8 per cent of 1,250,0 with Mr. and Mrs. Roland Olson. miles scheduled for July. Evt Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Anderson more remarkable was that of 7W and family spent Sunday visiting 000 miles scheduled on the 2,7C Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Anderson. mile air span between New Yo Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rosenbalm, and Sail Francisco. The plan Mr. and Mrs. George Anderson and flew all but 1,100 miles, and tw Mrs. James Olsen spent Thursday thirds of the mileage .was flo in Bear Lake valley. multiniotored ' passeng with A number of Relief Society transports, and half of it at nig STORE CLOSED ALL DAY LABOR DAY, MON., SE!?T. 5th I VYMFM Alvin Bair A mee him heon ami bridge were the pastime. High at the bridge games was won by Mrs. Edna Icwis, and the all cut prize by Mrs Nettie Enckxon. The guest list included Mis. Laura Christensen, Mrs Ray Johnson, Mrs Cyrus Lewis, and Mis Alma Erickson lean Beeksiead, Seth Albtston, ami Dean Nielsen eclebraled their TUi birthdays this week with birth. lay parties. T H Mi trill has gone to Poca tella ami Iilah' Kalis where he "ill visit ins ihildten, Mrs Lon kci sdertcr, Mrs Ruel Righv, and Men ill Mr ami Mrs S W. Hendricks cnUrtaiued at dinner Sunday for members of their Out of town visitors were family. Dr. and Mrs W H Hendricks and family of Salt 'i11'0 ('1,.v. Mr. and 'Mrs. Allan Hendricks, and Mrs. Hilma nht of Howncy. Mrs. K. W Merrill to her home at Salt Lake returned City Tucs day visiting with her par ent.x, and Mrs. Nels John- son Mr and Mrs L W. Tolman and daughters left Thursday for Arimo, Idaho, where make cheir home during theschooj season which begins Monday Ajtumber of Richmond people of Mi ii( Pound E3)&9 ( u( |