Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-07-13
The Farmer and Organized Labor
By J. B. LAUGHLIN

President, Labor of Americ
The real aspiration of the American different from
member labor every
such remuneration for his work will enable
him and family fair comfort his home
himself and his family old his children
education better opportunity than he and his wife have had
The farmer does not want special privileges but does want the
opportunities and rewards for his work everyone entitled
conscientious and intelligent effort
a vital distinction
should be carefully considered discussing farmers problems The
he is farm has his produc
on land buildings farm implements and machinery TOOLS horses
and stock He has to have capital order make living,
whether he bonows this capital it outright
who a tenant,
also invests his time and that of his family for the whole family works
on s M Two n r & syfa m can m0e g an% f @ 3
labor or his capital or to be more ore accurate before he knows whether
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and a%ys anil investment ist Of tin time and capital @
week P gs te its py moD for m its 3 knows of TIME % a1d that ao
be in @ H most Toe o e not hnG%
and the d of life tho they entitled title & they can a buy e them hem
Labor directly and primarily with their
end wih Every farm is fact small ao usuay with no no one
but the his wife and the children working this farmer
with World market poncts
s s % that % for fsa % am farm peHet %
big market for farm & duct and i'd small small in the
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National Council cooperating fundamentally with labor
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Twenty years would not have believed possible that
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the most helpful and hopeful establishing economic
Industrial agricultural democracy the United States.
certainly would be place this article the
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told America,
brought hundreds thousands to do the
manual labor rate that they could not
possibly American standard all of the desirable free
land of the nation Farmers against and this
tends make sympathetic with abors
viewpoint The drive millions immigrants
the of the population
has been driven off farms has made pretty clear to
that they flood which
which evictel farmers need.
high help but they
possibly do this unless they fair for their
Farmers keep working loss
they won't do this
Farmers help the worlds food and clothing
realize this world it's
military 1t
whether he
opposition partly because farmers getting the afterwar
effects with such during the three but primarily