New Britain herald., 1919-10-28
WHEN THE FARMER
 MEETS LABOR.

EleelIlS ol organized labor and the representatives, of agricultural inter- Rsts which is to take place. it is eX Pected' in Washington in the month PI December is the occasion for much interest and conjecture. The two Bactions, according to labor, will er- 8 eaNor to get together and force d &hoWdoWn on industrial issues of the Hay. There should be some develop 8nents of note.
 It is claimed that the radical ele- &nent in labor will endeavor to use the conference for the enforcement Of 8he One Big Union idea, or the na~ Equalization of all industries. The &llners' Union and the Steel Workers nion will both take a prominent part #n the meeting, and it is we'll known #hat these factions flavor the nation- x #llzation of their places of employ lent. The farmers following the Partisan League, will expand their Rffqrts providing plans do not go |l lstray. Townley's league, which had E s inception in North Dakota and Tow exists in that State and in Miu- x esota, is avoWedly in favor of the & ationalization of state and national # dustries. It has also been in favor & the farm and labor alliance. 1# The One Big Union idea is liable cause d decided split in the ranks labor, one that will cause it a great bal of trouble. The American Fed &ation of Labor, as a body, is not in vor of the move to d great extent.
 is more conservative. But there e members of the national body, ld unions in the group, who would ing affairs down to this 1t is a' estion, then, whether Sovietism will allow the federation or whether the verse will be the case. The One s Union would collect all workers to a group, irrespective of their in vidua1 trades. The international unci would control the whole bus- ss and would be able to call a gen. al strike of all workers, everywhere,
 gain any particular point. The < iteration is split into various trade anches which may act independent 8 of each oth"r.
 Nationalization of industry is an her matter; it plans for the social c policy rather than the soviet. e Townley bank is an example
 the cooperative proposition along Ks line. It is an unfortunate exam hoWever-the league came a. ppper with it not long ago and the nk's affairs were would up rather oidly
 Whether the farmer and labor are
 e 10 get along together any better Rn did labor and capital at the re- 1t conference in Washington is en 10 much doubt When all is and done, the two are as inter- pendable as the former. pair, and it
 y ba that one side or the other be as insistent that it gets it's mands as was formerly so The
 mer is interested in getting his
 Us, his clothes and his mechanical #oplies as cheap as possible in order at he may make a profit on his
 ps. The labore1 wishes to get his bd as cheap as he can in order to
 ke a profit on his work, by saving greater part of his wages How
 ch will the farmer be willing to # mt the laborer, and how much will a laborer give to the farmer?
 will be a question of mutual dc
 l-such a question as has spelled
 eat for other moves of the kind bvding there is denial, and the two & able to stop the vicious grind of & re wages and higher foods, we may M somewhere. The element nt lnsportation will then enter into the 8 .tion. It's costs will be regulated
 labor and someone must pay
 rn Will it be the farmer on one
 or labor on the other? Capital
 st get Q share of the profits, else
 TO will he no transportation, nc
 q for labor and no market for the
 ner.