The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-08
Farmers Are Told Fairy
Tales in Effort to Quiet
Their Growing Discomfort
BY ]. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

TODAY the farmers fed with promises alleviate
their by other than Henry A. Wallace editor
of "Walaces Farmer of Iowa. and son of CooIdges late
secretary of agriculture 4a8E8
Editor Wallace, who inherts influence among the
Iowa farmers gravey tells the parasite gathered
conference table at the Institute of Politics. at
Wlamstown Mass, that the farmers will grow prosper
Gus thru the increase in population Here his brave
"By there will be 100000 more mouths to feed and tn.
farmers of the country will no longer suffer"
But then he Immediately allows a black cloud to float
over his beautiful picture foIIows
"5y 1860 affairs pass
Of the world their
universal blood only problem
admitting a IS in the ens0 s Moud bng
the agricultural depression back again. since the mouths that
needed to be fed had had their lips sealed upon
partlefeld, or as the consequence OF war.
Editor WaIace's speech indicates however, that he was
merely taking an amateurs fling at the Mathusan theory of
over-popuaon Discussion Of this theory in an eastern
center of kapitast kutur is of interest to work.
years crop to be harvested years rent to be
paid where the money from meet partial pay
ments on machinery already broken down. where the interest
money is coming from mortgages and debts.
hey know that with the increased of farm machin
cry and thru intensive cultivation the will pro-
duce crops in 1885 that will care of much more than
100000 increase in the population
They know at the time that 1t Is wIdnans dream
mar puts on the next war IS years until 1860 when both
spain and France even today have big their hands
syria and the British equally active in Trans-Jordana
with greater troubles brewing in India China and the
storm ciouos towering everywhere in the Pacific.
While these result in temporary Reorganization as
the world with the resulting civil wars and wars of in
teventon laid waste Russian agriculture yet reconstruction
takes place rapidly especially when the peoples liberated
from the capitalist rule OF the landlords bankers and other
profteers The of the Soviet Union are greater this
year than ever Modern machinery making over Russian
agriculture on such large scale that increasing popua
ton offers no problem to the Soviet Republics.
Coolidge thinks that agraran relief will come thru, an
extensive program Of rail consolidation This will cheaper
transportation, but without profit the great substructe
OF the agarian population the half million of acri
cultural workers, the two million farmers and the mill
non and half mortgaged farmers. They will be exploited
Just as butay The savings made will 90 into the
pockets OF the great proees who only run the
1ent but it.
Cooldges conception of Economical TRANSPORTATION, is
bigger dividends for the holders of railroad stocks This is
clearly shown when he demands freight rates be not
lowered by weak carriers meaning that the loot of the
profit takers must be assured No for the pundered
and pennlless agraran masses.
The New York Times confesses that visitors TO Swami
scott Mass these days telling SIent Cal" that the
western farmers not only absolutely united in his sum-
port but perfectly delighted with the great prosperity that
pervades agriculture everywhere.
To which the Times adds that "lt is an old coronIo+
OF presidents that they have tell them the truth
Coolidge doesn't get the truth. He Just gets his orders
and ne obeys Them His orders carry relief for the
ing masses just they carry nothing but more bitter life
for the industrial workers. $500 w
Keller for agricultural workers comes onIv 4hru +ho
overthrow OF the profit system that the Coolidge
IS organized to defend The farmers are earnino th
in spite of the fairy them bv such as Edtor w
President Coolidge and all their kind ''