The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-07-25
THE FARMERS DILEMMA

The farmers today selling their wheat at
81 cents bushel. This is about 10 to 20 cents
below the cost of production The price of wheat
today the lowest it has been in the last sixteen
years.
While the price the farmer gets for his products
is much below their cost of production the prices
of the commodities which he needs are continu-
ously mounting and are now much above 1914
The working masses, however do not benefit
from the fall in the prices of agricultural pro-
ducts. Bread is no cheaper and the cost of living
remains the same if not higher.
1t is the grain and packing trusts who are now
enriching themselves by means of the expropria-
ton of the farmer.
The agricultural crisis did not come suddenly
Capitalist agriculture has been in chronic crisis
throughout the entire postwar period. The grow
ing unemployment only further accentuated the
crisis in agriculture
Capitalism not remedy his crisis Even
the capitalists are forced to admit the failure of
the Farm Board 1t could not halt the fall of
prices, which are determined by the price on the
world market The wheat bought by the Farm
Board did not abolish the fact that over 100000
bushels OF wheat are stored in the grain elevators
IN the United States and 100000 bushels in
Canada. The Over-su-pply will be still further
augmented by the spring and winter crop, estim-
ated to be S1S,O0O,OOO bushels
Farm relief the chief issue in the election
OF President Hoover. The millions of poor farm
eTs now see that they were fooled and betrayed.
1t could not be otherwise capitalism lives ON the
plight Of the farmer and the misery of the masses
Otherwise it would not be capitalism, and Hoover
was the chief exponent OF the interests OF the
American capitalists
The government sees the growing discomfort and
revolt of the farmers The elections are approach
ing and it again wants to appear before the farm
ers with some fake issues. AS a solution of the
agricultural crisis, the government called upon
the farmers to cut their sowing area by 20 per
cent. How this will remedy the conditions of the
farmers Is difficult to understand. Even with
the maximum production the farmer could not
make ends meet. Yes, they tell the farmer that
tbs raise the price OF their products. This
is nonsense and the capitalist economists know
this too we'll They know that the United States
Is not the only country exporting wheat; that Eur
Opean and Southern American countries are also
increasing their wheat exports; that the price of
wheat Is determined by the supply on the world
market and not by individual countries
We presume that since the government is so
interested In less production then a crop failure
would be the greatest blessing for the American
farmers. This would be the logical conclusion of
the policy of the government. 1t may not sound
logical But the entire capitalist system is not
based on logic, but the exploitation and profits
The parasitic nature OF capitalism becomes stiI
clearer when we take into consideration the fac
that millions OF unemployed are starving Will,
millions of bushels of wheat not IN the grain ale
Nators. These are the results of capitalism. NJ
matter what schemes and promises the bosses viii
make they will not be able to solve the agricul
tural crisis, only the proetarian revolution will de-
that