The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-30
Iowa Labor Must Turn
It's Face Toward North
Dakota and Minnesota
BY }. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

dominated by the great banking in
terests, is not interested in granting
relief to the corn belt farmers. 1t
takes care of it's own
The great profiteers, and their
government agents are not afraid of
insurgents" as long as they con-
tinue to talk about getting "fair
deal" for the farmers from this
profteers' government. Brookhart
argues that If the Iowa farmers got
"a fair exchange in value for trans
portation, credit service and indus
trial products, her wealth increase
would be greater than the average
of the United States" and that they
would be getting about $3OO,000,O00
more annually than is now coming
into their pockets.
The great capitalists are not wor-
rfed about old party politicians who
talk about fair deals" and "fair
exchange" especially when they
continue to remain within the ranks
of the capitalists parties. That is
the greatest reason why the Coo
ltdge administration can snap its
fingers at the pleas of the Iowa
farmers and not worry much about
the elections. AS long as there is
no great independent political power
Of the workers and farmers darken-
ing the horizon, all Is sunshine for
the plunderbund. It counts its sown
flow of profits with great and in
creasing satisfaction and sees no
effective challenge against the gov
eminent at Washington that pro-
tects its loot. It is in favor of the
status quo.
The Iowa farmers need powerful
labor party to fight for their econ
omic interests. Such party must
inevitably grow out of the present
CRISIS, unless the farmers of that
state continue to crawl on their bel
lies before the capitalist political
powers that jeer at them in their
misery. The farmers of Iowa must
follow in the footsteps of the city
and land workers In Minnesota, who
showed in the recent fardner-labor
party primary in that state that
they are fighting any attempt at old
party domination of their independ-
emit political struggle. The city
workers and wheat farmers Of North
Dakota similarly go to the polls in
the statewide primaries on We'd
nesday, June 80, to ballot, not for
the best man" in the republican
party, nor "a good man" on the
democratic side, but for the candi-
dates chosen by the farmer-labor
party because of their fitness to
battle for the class interests of city
and land labor in their state.
The plunderbund will start wor-
rying when the workers begin to fol-
low the advice of 1.-THE United
Farmers to North Dakota voters for
Wednesdays election when it says:
"The workers and farmers of
North Dakota have for a long time
supported the republican party in
the state. No Roadway In their fight
against the capitalists who exploit
them fs possible by working thru
this party. The time has come for
the workers and farmers to support
their own party and fight for farm
relief within this party. The time
has come for the workers and farm
ers Of North Dakota to join forces
with the workers and farmers of
other states thru the building of a
Vlrile, national farmer-labor move
ment."
Capitalism's agents at Washing
ton have slapped the corn belt farm
ers of Iowa in the face once more.
Let Iowa labor turn its face toward
Minnesota and North Dakota and
learn the lesson of its failures.