The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-06

ents rode into Office in the three prair-
lie provinces. Despite this wonderful
show of solidarity and the existence
Of farmers governments, the lot and
condition Of the farmers has steadily
retarded. Adhering to the wretched
policy of class collaboration the Pro-
gressive party has ceased to be feared
by the banking barons of Montreal,
and is hardly to be distinguished from
the two old-line political parties.
The reaction is setting in with
vengeance. The whirlwind defeat of
the Drury Farmer government of On
tario revealed the intense disgust of
the farmers of that province. In the
west the old-line grain growers asso-
citation have lost members in tens of
thousands and are only shadows of
their former selves. A decided anti
political reaction is making itself ap-
parent, the rapid rise of the Farmers
Union of Canada being evidence of
this turn of the tide.
Demanding Action.
The farmers are questioning the
efficiency of the old-line leadership
and show unmistakable signs of rest
Ilessness. A left tendency is becoming
apparent and is manifesting itself in
more or less open revolt against the
old reactionary leadership. At pres
ent this left wing is unorganized ex-
cept in isolated cases, and it loses its
effectiveness because of the individu-
alistic nature Of its activities. Eff
forts are now being made by the Com
munists to consolidate this left-wing;
ito give it direction. If this is accom-
plished then there will be remarkable
changes in the agrarian situation Of
the Northwest within the next two or
three years.
Signs are not wanting of better
understanding between the tiller of
the soil and the industrial proletar-
lat. Last summer the militant Farm.
ers' Union of Canada issued an appeal
to all labor organizations in the Do
minion for joint action on the wheat
pool, and suggested the calling of a
joint convention of all farmer and
LABOR organizations.
The recent convention of the Alber-
ia section of the Canadian Labor Par
ty { mass political party constituted
much the same as the British Labor
Party took step in the same direc-
ton. A fraternal delegate was well
coined from the United Farmers of AL
berta and resolution was passed
favoring closer cooperation between
the two organizations. The Nova SEQ
tia section Of the c. L. p. favored the
same course previously.
Workers-Farmers' Alliance.
The Communist Party of Canada
understands the imperative necessity
Of working alliance between the
farmers and the industrial proletar-
lat for definite class action. This
need is all the more imperative when
1t is remembered that Canada is pre-
dominantly agricultural in its econ
omy. A successful proletariat revo-
luton in the Dominion without the ac-
tive assistance Of the farmers would
be wholly impossible
Every effort is being made, there
fore, to bring closer together the la
Dor and agrarian movement The
situation is not such that Federated
Farmer-Labor Party could be launched
with any degree of success, but every
thing is tending in that direction
The rapid development of the Cana
dian Labor Party, which promises to
become a real, live mass political
party within surprisingly short
space of time, is a stepping stone in
the right direction.
In this as in other countries the
Communists unfurl the banner: To.
wards a Farmers and Workers Re.
public.