OUR PROGRAM
OUR PROGRAM No. 4—Development of Farmers' Co-operative Movement tn any program designed to break down monopoly and the , ¦¦••.centralization of wealth, the development of a strong farmers'...
...Enclosed find check for $3 to pay for two subscriptions of The Progressive, one to John aloreri, 2207 Allcsundlo st., Los Augolss, Calif...
...William T. Evjue, editor of The Capital Times of Madison, Wis., progressive dally...
...The farmers, too, must quit supporting false farm journals which think more of fat advertising contracts than of actual aid for the farmers...
...I BANK OWNEDIN TWO 'PLACES...
...4.1—Please send your paper to me at the Above' address, and oblige me...
...Harne-men who have brought the bank to its present strong position will ^^^Hue without change to manage and direct its affairs with the help of the ^^^^Knced officials of the Corporation...
...0 The only answer to this unfortunate situation is that the ¦ i.anner must organize on both the economic and political fronts in precisely the same way that bankers, manufacturers, and business men generally organize for their own advantage...
...B tri the u&uaT blarney...
...La FollolU> entitled, "Tho • Old Guard Is Routed," In which he describes the senate fight over the tariff bill...
...IroniSilly, this propaganda has been, voiced largely by powerful j terests which have themselves profited tremendously by arti- j ftcial governmental subventions such as favorable tariffs, railroad and utility earnings guaranteed by law, and tax immunities and rebates...
...the ad seeks to'tell the people of Minot Haat although the bank is now owned by the big chain in Minneapolis, it will continue to be Operated "by the people of Minot...
...In doing so, ¦hey must be able to spot fake farm leaders who give lip service Ko the principle of co-operation, but who will not fight for this principle because of the fear of reprisals at the hands of monopolistic interests whose privileged status will be affected if co-operation is given practical application...
...Ka the farmers, however, come forward with a proposal to ^^¦or agriculture what the tariff does for the industrial inter-^^B, then they are assailed as dangerous Bolsheviks who are ^^¦ermining the foundations of our government...
...Is editor of the weekly...
...Grundy raises nearly ^^BOO.OOO to install a Republican administration in control at ^^fthington and then demands dividends on his investment in ^^¦shape of a tariff bill which will place a burden of millions ^^¦ollars on the American people in the added cost of living...
...The farmer has been compelled to sell his wheat, hogs, milk, and liyesto^k at low prices and to buy his feeds, sugar, farm implements, clothing, and household necessities at high prices...
...following paragraph appears in the ad: ^^^Be Union National Bank and Trust Company will • continue to be a home every respect, operated by and for residents of Minot and its vicinity...
...CONGESTION OF WEALTH BLOOD (From American Worker) Congestion of he blood Is a grave, disease of the physical body...
...Robert, M. La Follette, Jr., is president of the publishing company...
...MONOPOLY has deflated and depressed agriculture because the farmer has been in the impossible economic situation of having to sell his products in a market dictated by monopoly and having to buy, at the same time, in markets whose prices are dictated by entrenched privilege...
...LONG LIVE PROGRESSIVE [Seattle, Wash...
...Douglas...
...Through the development co-operation they must eliminate the parasitic influences Which stand between them and the consumer...
...There are belated signs that the farmers are beginning ~-fc»appreciate this fact...
...For years the farmer has been told that the laws of supply and demand operate in the agricultural domain and that the farmer cannot therefore hope to lift himself by his bootstraps^ through the application of artificial governmental aids...
...D.) Independent announcing that the Union National Bank of Minot, North Da-i • Hota, has joined the First Bank Stock Corporation, one of the MTwin-City bank chains...
...IN EFFECTIVE STYLE tFrom , Locomotive Firemen's And En-glnemcn's Magazine) The Progressive, new four-page weekly published by forward-looking Wisconsin folks is-coming out In effective style, with news articles and editorials which carry conviction, It will replace La Folm I lette's Magazine, which for more than 20 'years carried the standard of progressive Ideajs...
...It needlessly concentrates blood In some part, impoverishing and eventually killing the entire body...
...LIKES THE PROGRESSIVE...
...The first Issue contains nil editorial by Sen...
...I like The Progressive very . much , and I hope that you will be .successful In your enterprise.—Annette ' <i...
...This disease always impoverishes the masses of the population and causes the decay of nations...
...f A READER of The Progressive sends in a full page ad which recently appeared in the Ward County (N...
...4—Development of Farmers' Co-operative Movement tn any program designed to break down monopoly and the , ¦¦••.centralization of wealth, the development of a strong farmers' co-operative movement must have a major place...
...Husum, Wash., Jan...
...Congestion of wealth-blood in a social body fs'a'disease of Ihe same nature and-symptoms.1 It causes wenlth-blood.to.flow needlessly to some parts at the...
...VHE farmers, therefore, must organize both economically and politically for their own good...
...At national conventions, in legislative halls, ^•Congress, the farmer has been told that equalization fees, ^•entures, and farm relief bills have been unsound and dan-^H~>us, while similar subsidies and aids to favored manufac-^^srs, railroads, and monopolistic interests in general have been ^^Bpted as good business doctrines...
...The farmer must develop a political consciousness that will adhere to fundamentals for his own good, and which will not permit him to be diverted by red herrings always drawn across the horizon in every Presidential campaign, to divide and befuddle the farmer—prohibition, religion, sectionalism, and other prejudices...
...May your paver ¦ live long.—Frank Hughes...
...The relations of customers with the ^J^^krill be unchanged, Its .policies of loyal support to (he community and ^¦S^K dependable service to its depositors will be carried on...
...The United States Is suffering, more than any dther hatlbh In the world, from the acute- congestion of wealth-blood...
...Until the farmer learns the value of solidarity, he will con-¦cinue to be the victim of powerful monopolistic interests which ¦ire organized to the nth degree...
...The farmers must learn not to give their support to men in public life who vote with the Old Guard in legislative halls and who make progressive speeches back in their home states and districts...
...The present cleavage" in the Republican party between the industrial East and the agricultural West is one manifestation of the spirit of revolt which is in the air...
...Belle Case La Follette is associate editor, and Sen...
...expense pf the whole body, which thereby Is weakened, becomes anaemic, and eventually' disintegrated...
...tro Progressive may be very obtuse, but we would like to ^vve somebody explain how a bank which is owned in Minneapolis "will continue to be a home bank in every respect operat-^¦bvand for/residents of Minot and vicinity...
...Monopoly isf entrenched in this country today because, for one reason, it h*s stood at the highways to the farm and appropriated to itself a big share of the products of the' farmers' toil...
Vol. 1 • January 1930 • No. 8
