The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-15
Whose Government Is It?
BY JAY LoVEsToNE.

tie is being fought actually in the corn
fields and in the cotton fields, but to
all intents and purposes, the present
act is being performed in the house
of representatives.
Neither the Haugen bill or the Tin
cher bill affords substantial relief for
the exploited American farmers. OF
the two, the Haugen bill unquestion-
ably affords bit more than does the
Tincher bill, which is simply cam
oudaged piece of legislation aiming to
put the farmer to sleep on the Coo
lidge bandwagon for 1926 and 1928.
Crisis Growing More Acute.
THE basic economic problem for
American agriculture is as acute
as ever. The divergence between
prices for agricultural commodities
and industrial commodities has been
increasing within the last few months
at pace altogether too alarming for
the most conscious leadership of our
ruling class. The world war lent
great impetus to the development of
American agriculture to capacities far
beyond the demands of the so-called
normal world market. Besides, while
industry is being operated more and
more on a gigantic and collective,
monopoly scale, agriculture is falling
behind in development, when COM
pared with the tremendous progress
in technical and commercial avenues,
within the last decade. In the main,
American agriculture is still organ
ICED on the individual basis prevail
ing at the opening of this century.
The deepening crisis in agriculture
is having it's political reflex in the
class relationships in the United
States. The economic difficulties in
American agriculture are powerful
forces for serious disruption OF the
capitalist class in this country. The
new class lines have not yet become
fixed. The divisions are not yet deep
enuf for frontal clear-cut mobilization
OF the petty bourgeoisie, the farmers,
against the big bourgeoisie, as a
class. But we already hear talk
about the "solid middle-west."
We are now being introduced to
"corn-belt committees" An attempt
is being made to secure the passage
Of the Haugen bill thru an alliance of
the representatives of the farmers of
the middle west and the representa-
tives Of the cotton growers of the
south.
Such an alliance has it's difficulties,
but such an alliance stands much
more chance Of being consummated in
the house of representatives than in
the senate. In the latter body, the ele-
ments representing big Southern cap
italist interests would very likely line
up with the industrial magnates of
the North so well represented by the
senate. The gulf between the big eco
nomic interests of the South and the
North is being bridged. Simultane-
ously, however, there is being Gre
ated a chasm between the big bour-
geoisie and the small bourgeoisie of
the South. In the house of represen-
tatives, the small bourgeoisie of the
South have some substantial represen-
tatton. In the senate. they have con-
siderably less.
Political Differences Evident.
COME sort OF an agreement between
~ the representatives of the Western
and Southern small and middle farm
ers has been arrived at thru the ar
rangement to appropriate 500, ZOO, 900
out of the $375,OOO,O00 provided for in
direct farm-relief in the Haugen bill,
10 meet losses In cotton marketing op-
erations. The spokesman of the big
financial interests, located primarily
in the East, are exerting every pos
sible pressure they can on the South
ern representatives, in order to break
up this combination. The bill, intro
duced by the reactionary congress-
man, Aswell of Louisiana, notorious
for his attempt to secure the enact
mant If Wholesale danorfaf inp 1anfc.