The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-31
The Old Party Politicians
Are Very Much Worried
About Farm Discomfort
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

TODAY the politicians worried about the "embatted
farmers" This includes not only the spokesmen of the
Coolidge republican administration, but the democrats
WE'LL Both begin wrgge than ever under the thumb
of increasing discomfort among the land workers. They
realize that there much meaning in the new wave OF the
farmerabo movement sweeping from North Dakota Mon
and Washington down thru the middle west into Okla
hona and The farmers bent Independent
class attack on both Wall Street parties that have made
them many empty promises offering futile remedies.
Some Of the western states the centers of the
greatest discomfort ardent supporters Of Coolidge at
the polls year. In little than II months the balance
has turned The farmers on the wapath against Coo
dge
That the republican administration at Washington is
fully Of this shown in the hurried trip
made by President Coolidge Chicago address the Amer
lean Farm Bureau Before this gathering Of politicians,
bankers rich farmers and little business men, who feed off
the working farm population, Coolidge gushed rivers OF
onv remedy however was the cooperative marketing of
farm products This didn't please the farmers who
the reatonary strata represented by the Farm Bureau yelled
its dsapprova of the remedies offered by the New England
farmer Coolidge %h once had his Picture t D taken
made him look II he didn't often get close to the SOIL
When the picture published in the kept press for PO
cal purposes had quite the wrong effect among real dirt
farmers. It was to them good comic
The farmers have taken the starch Of CooIidges
professions before the Farm Bureau Other advances
process of initiation The 1926 elections coming
on and the grip On @ states o openly
appoint commission to dispose of the surplus production Of
the farms This is supposed to refer especially to the
belt cenerng in Iowa. But again. it would help little dis
pose of the surplus the price below the of produc
ton So far the president has set his face against all forms
of price fixing. 10 ua
One of greatest of American capitalism is its
home market protects its manufactured goods for the
enjoyment of this home market thru high tariffs shutting
out foreign competition Similarly farm panacea
offered is high protective tariffs for farm products But this
would only help complete the circumference of vicious
circle Higher tariffs farm products, would in
in the price of those products, resulting in
mounting of living for the industrial workers. This
would force the city workers into greater struggles main
tain their living standards Every inch gained, however,
would be seized upon by the private Of industry
increase the cost of industys products that the farmer
must buy thus in turn raising his cost of living
The drive toward the for independent political
action shows that increasing numbers Of farmers realize the
vicious grip in which they held under the present social
system In the words of William Bouck president of the
Western Progressive Farmers
I'VE KNOW THAT THERE is NO CURE FOR THE
PROBLEMS CONFRONTING THE FARMERS UNDER
THE PRESENT CAPITALIST SOCIAL SYSTEM"
The politicians at Washington worried They have
great need to be worried