The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-15

aICenQanJ problem OF StaCe rights
versus national centralized govern
mental supremacy have we been con-
fronted with a political situation so
fraught with the likelihood of so
many fundamental changes.
The two-party system, supposedly
based on the granite facts underly-
ing Americanism, is in a far more
serious danger of being thrown over
board than ever before. The divis-
ions among the various layers Of the
employing class have not been as
rife and as acute in the last three
score years.
Glass Farmer-Labor Party.
The chances for the organization
Of a national farmer-labor party
along class lines; the probability Of
the launching of third progressive
party supported by the small bust
ness elements, the large numbers Of
the poor farmers, the aristocratic,
skilled, upper crust of the working
class and even a great mass of the
lower strata Of the working and
farming masses whose discomfort is
still vague, unclear, tho steadily in
creasing; the serious deep-rooted dis
satisfaction with and lack Of conf
dence in the government and all its
subdivisions and ramifcations arising
from the experiences of the working
class in it's recent national railway,
mine and textile strikes and the
shocking revelations of the Teapot
Dome explosion-these are only some
of the outstanding manifestations of
the storm that is now lowering over
the political horizon in this country.
Add to this veritable magazine the
unstable economic and political con-
ditions prevailing in Europe and the
multiplying signs Of a revival of
dangerous colonial unrest and revolt
against the world capitalist imperial
lists in Korea, in Japan, in Mexico,
in the Philippines, in India and you
will find that the American working
masses are on the Threshold of a
period of critical and decisive strug-
giles.
Some may ask: Why draw Europe,
the Far East, and Latin-America into
a consideration of our national po-
htical problems? The matter of
fact reply to this question is that:
tho the class conflicts in the various
countries may be fought very often
along the limits Of the respective
national fronts and are colored by
the immediate local conditions at
hand, yet the class struggle every
where is fundamentally and in es-
sence international. Our national
economic and political situations are
inextricably interlaced with the pre-.
vailing economic and political situa-
tons in the other countries of the
world.
The Economic Situation.
In order to comprehend the serious
disintegration that has set in the
Republican and Democratic parties,
the rise of the insurgent bloc in con-
gress, the spread of the Farmer
Labor movement, the problems con-
fronting these groups and the tactics
employed by them, it is necessary to
consider first the economic conditions
out of which the impending political
Da11ACo al AoS anu uHucI WHICH IHey
are to. be fought out.
For some time there has been
waged a ceaseless campaign to con-
vince the country that we are now
enjoying the blessings of prosperity.
But beneath the surface of these
hollow boasts one can detect a strong
undercurrent of lack of confidence
on the part of our fnanciers and
industriahsts in the economic situa-
ton today. Financial observers call
it, in the language of their tech
nique, "the uneven tone of business"
"the strong spirit of caution" Buy
ing today is on hand to mouth
basis, "small order basis" Short
time orders are in vogue. Bradstreet's
in one Of its latest weekly trade
reviews said anent the keel of BUSH
ness navigation that something like
a slackwater appearance is present.
ed. . +. Neither trade nor industry
appears equal to year ago at this
time"
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