The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-15
Not Moratorium, But Cancellation
ofDebts, Rents, and Taxes OF
Poor Farmers

thirty days because although farmers are hav-
ing large crops, they being offered the lowest
prices in history.
In some of these Southwestern states the
movement has been started by the so-called
insurgent-refornlist politicians for debts mora
forum on farm implements and farm properties
Even if these proposals would be realized they
would not in any way help the poorest strata
Of agrarian population, that is troopers, ten
ants and poor farmers. But these proposals
may create some illusions, in any case they are
being used by refornlist politicians for mis-
leading toiling farm population, and as pre-
tentative for struggle.
In this situation, the troopers tenants and
toilng farmers should come forth with the
demand of cancellation of debts on crops, I'M
plements and farms, for the abolition of taxes
for tenants, troopers and poor farmers and for
the abolition of ground rents and confiscation
of lands of big landlords Instead of fake NOR
atoriun1s, put forth by politicians of so-called
farm block" Farmer Labor Party, Farmers
Union, ETC., toiling farmers must fight against
these takers. who only try some kind Of re
forms" in order to better be able to betray the
toiling farmers, Just well as the Hoover ad-
ministration and his Farm Board has betrayed
them.
The toiling farmers should also put up
most determined fight against the further in
crease on railroad freight on farm products and
farm machinery which is being applied by the
railroads and the granting of which is secret
ly being prepared by the Inter State Com
merce Commission upon the basis Of watered
valuation of railroad properties. u.s.
The toiing farmers should learn more about
the conditions of their brothers In the Soviet
Union, where the workers and peasants rev.
olution has done away with all the debts of the
toilers of the land, has abolished ground rent
by taking all the land away from the landlords
and by the naturalization of land, has abolished
the~taxes of the poor peasants and has done
away with tenantry and has made toiling tillerS
Of the land along with the workers their own
masters And because they have done this,
the Hoover government together with all the
other capitalist governments is preparing to at
tach the Soviet Union. The purpose of Hoover's
moratorium of European debts, is not to aid
European workers and peasants nor to- aid the
American workers and farmers, as he claims,
but to effect united front Of capitalist gov
ernments in an attack against the workers, and
farmers republic, the Soviet Union; also TO pre-
vent a revolutionary uprising of the German
workers and, peasants and the growth of the
revolutionary movement of workers and farm
ers in all countries. $50
It is therefore necessary that the toiling farm
ers in this country, while fighting for their eco
nornic demands. join in with the revolutionary
workers, to fight against these war preparations
and for the defense of the workers and farm
ers' Soviet Republic and for the defense of the
revolutionary movement of the toilers in every
land By fighting against war preparations
you will strengthen the fight against your rob-
bers, the railroads, implement trusts, bankers,
and their protector, the Hoover government and
his Farm Board who want the war in order
to crush the revolutionary government Of the
workers and farmers in every country so that
they would be able to unopposedly further in
tensify their exploitation of the workers and
poor farmers.