Evening journal., 1921-12-06
Open Letter From Orange
County Farmer to Con,perS
Cssued by the Federation caiifornla)
cssued by the Better American Federation of California;,

building return like the farmers
products to around the 1914 level
and this country will experience the
greatest building boom in history,
with consequent reduction Of rents
and unemployment.
You also inquire for the capital
list who has suggested a reduction
in the rate OF interest" In 1914 the
banks in this part of California
charged us farmers z per cent. Dur
ing the war they raised the rate to
8 per cent. and have now reduced
that rate to per cent. or the pre-
war rate of discount. Contrast with
this the 200 per cent. increase which
union labor is extorting from US and
you will understand why at last the
farmer is beginning to awake to
who his enemies are. A farmer
who has had his fruit and vege-
tables rot in the field because those
who haul his stun to market enforce
double pay Is doing some thinking
and "Union Labor" is going TO hear
the results of his conclusions.
Now, Mr.. Gompers, because you
] tAlN AAAt NNA1 AhAt anu A0nNAtA RAN0-
ident OF the American Federation of
Labor you have easily been duped
into thinking you are the voice OF
labor and also you have been able,
through united effort, to make most
Of the country believe it. Stupend-
Gus error
You only represent a small seq
ment of American labor. The
farmer and his assistants perform
much more labor than the A. Y. L.
members, to say nothing OF labor
performed by unorganized labor
The A. L. L. is banded together to
promote its own interest by exploit
ing the other members of society
chiefly the farmer. have heard
many rhapsodies about the sacred
rights of labor" / should like to
ask you which is more sacred. the
dollar in my pocket which 1 earned
yesterday or my today's labor by
which I hope to earn another
dollar?
should like also to ask why the
farmer is expected to work for
twenty-five cents per hour (and this
Is much more than his labor income
for 1s2O-1921), to produce food for
all, and then when he is met at the
railway by the brotherhood who
operate the trains they should be
permitted to extort from him the 81
to 50 per hour for haullngg this
same food to market2 Yes. '1abor is
sacred" at least that OF some few
people.
There Is no use belaboring Con-
gress or the president or capital OF
all OF them together to relieve the
unemployment situation This car
be done only In one OF two ways
Either double the price OF farm
products or halve the price OF the
things the farmer has to buy, in
cluding labor in the form OF manu-.
factures, buildings, machinery and
transportation, etc. Any one who
can perform either OF these miracles
will be able to put several million
Of the unemployed to work.
In conclusion, Mr. Gompers, the
farmer from very necessity is beini
forced to think and organize. And
hope he will not be misled by dema
gogues to ask for especial privilege
and monopolies, as has union labor
: but will content himself with i'm
proving his product and giving hi
customers a better service through
cooperative effort. And that he vii
see TO II that the special privilege
now granted to union labor ar,
swept away so that ali Industry ma,
be on the same competitive basis al
his own. Invisible government
whether OF capital or labor ol
church or secret society, is intoler.
able in Amricaa
Respectfully,
c. Il. UTT.