The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-28

Ibourgeoisie keeps up its courage and
is eager to accomplish great deeds,
but it is afraid to overstep the bounds
Of the capitalist order and to infringe
the laws of private property.
In spite of the struggle against the
feudal landowners which has been car
ried on necessarily for 10 years, the
agrarian question is not yet settled.
Not only have the peasants received
far too little land, but the little they
have received is bad in quality. The
property of the feudal lords has re-
NAMED untouched and the miserable
sums spent by the government on the
! purchasing of machines have not bene-
fitted the poor but only the wealthy
peasants. The government has done
absolutely nothing with regard to So
cial and labor legislation. The estab-
| lishment of national court of arbitra-
ton which is under the control of re-
formist trade union leaders, has only
facilitated the sabotage and the rejec-
ton of the demands of the workers.
False Perspective.
THE petty bourgeoisie and the re-
1 formists hold the point of view that
the revolution is at an end and that
the period of construction is now be-
ginning. They believe that it is pos
sible to create a sort of cooperative
republic with the middle class, the
small peasantry and small industry as
its social basis. They believe that the
exchange Of goods can take place not
through private merchants, but
through cooperative organizations, for
he financing of which the so-called
abor and peasant banks are to be re-
! ponsible. This idea has indisputably
IS good points 1t is also indisput-
tble that the world cooperative Re-
public" sounds well and that it will
at least be possible, in the course of
ime, for the development of the CO.
operatives to be of practical help to
the peasant population. 1t is never
theless petty bourgeois illusion to
believe that an industry of this kind
can be built up Independently of large
capital, independently of the American
banks and trusts.
Federation Bank.
ILNVEN today the New York Fedora.
~ ton Bank and Trust Co. has con-
ributed a considerable sum towards
the foundation of the first agricultural
cooperative bank in Mexico. The
New York bank referred to is fnan,
cial institution of the A. F. L. (Amer
can Federation of Labor), which rep
resents the interests of American i'm
perialists in affairs for which a re
formist label is necessary. The fnan
cial operations of this bank are de-
scribed by the Mexican section of the
A. f. l.. as an action of international
solidarity" as though in this way the
American comrades" wished to make
present to the Mexican workers and
| peasants.
The program of the present gov.
| ,rnment is thus, in reality, nothing
more nor less than a special form OF
reformist consolidation of the capital
list order of society adapted to Mexi
can conditions. There can be no doubt
that the petty bourgeoisie will not
succeed in removing the existing con
ilict OF interests. The more the young
national bourgeoisie develops, the
more the conflict of interests between
it and the United States will grow the
more industry develops, the more
theoretically will the working class
fight for its demands. The petty bour
geoisie will not be able to solve the
agrarian question without dividing III
. the property OF the large landowners
and the more It veers to the right IL
its politics, the more intensively will
the process of disintegration set IL
within its ranks.
New Elections.
A new presidential election is /,
, take place in 1928. In Mexico this 4
I equivalent to the prospect of a new
I civil war. VIII reaction dare to star
3 a new insurrection? VIII the Refoi
1 mists put up Morones, the present La
, Dor Minister ms a candidate? VIII oh
/. region. who was president from 1872
: to 1924 and therefore has no right, az
3 cording to the constitution to be elect
I ed q second time, take part In tn
). election campaign? Whose side vii
Q the United States take? It is impoi
i sble at present TO answer any Of thes
=, questions. and ia any case it must NO
be- forgotten that the result Of tn