The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-07-01

ditions and international trade relations" are
in the first place an ever increasing of un-
employed workers in this country which will tend
to drive down the world prices, because these
workers will be pushed closer to the hunger level,
and secondly our international trade relations
the trade relations of the imperialist countries,
building ever higher tariff barriers, are mar
owing the world markets. and are sashing the
amount which the farmers can get out Of their
products.
DEMOCRATIC TAX SOLUTION
s., What does. this Democratic agency of Wall
Street have to say about the tax burden the farm
ers must bear?
1--WE shall reduce the constantly in
creasng burdens of extravaganza in gov
eminent by the elimination of all unnec-
essary and mprOductive governmental ac-
tivities which have grown I'D without
precedent in the history of the world"
Isn't this something similar to what the Re-
publicans said? QUITE SIMILAR! The Republi-
can phrasing of this solution" of the tax burden
on the farm masses follows:
Constructive plans fog financial sta
bilizatiOn cannot be completely organic
ed until our national state and municipal
government not only balance their bud
gets, but curtail their current expenses
as well TO q level which can be steadily
and economically maintained for soma
years to come.
I'VE urge prompt and drastic reduc-
ton of public expenditure and resistance
20 every appropriation not demonstrably
necessary to the performance of the es.
sential functions of government notion
al or local"
HIDE CLASS CHARACTER OF TAXATION
Why do these bankers agents talk about "ex
travagance" were cut out of governmental exnen-
cause they want to hide the fact that the tax bur-
den on the poor farmers is not due to extrava-
gance but to capitalist plumber. Even if all "ex-
travagance were cut out of governmental expen-
dltures the tax system under capitalism would
still be means to plumber the farm masses. This
is wkat they want to hide
The Democrat keynoter attacks the present
tariff laws, attacks the operations of the Farm
Board. The progressive Republicans have also
attacked these two features of TIE Hoover admin
lstration. Both have done so 20 hide rom the
farmers, behind damagogic phrases, the fact that
fGnosmeLtally they are at one with the Penut1i
can party in using the state apparatus to keen the
farmers IL subsection TO rob them of the products
o. their tell
Bark ey said ir his speech in talking of the
Republican administration, that "Nether the tar
LIZ law mol the Farm Board was solution of The
American farm problem. Neithe. touched the
fundamental difficulty"
CAPITALIST PARTIES HAVE NO SOLUTION
The impoverished American farmers must re.
a''ze hat neither the Republican, nor the Demo-
eeat' nor the Socialist, nor any other capitalist
narfv has
confronting the American farmers
they say not word about an, real tax ~
het f>r the farmers because they saw not a wcfd
about exemption of impoverished farmers frpm
taxes.
They say nothing about the seizures of crop
and chattels which the farmers are facing. bv
which they are BENG plundered of their verv
means OF existence Trey say nothing because
the only words which would mean something real
In this respect for the impoverished farmers would
be mo forced collection Of rents or debts"
RELIEF FOR BANKERS
The "relief' which has been given bv rho Pc
construction Finance Corporation is the kind of
rehef all these capitalist parties stand for. It is
relief for the bankers, for the railroads. for the
capitalists The only kind of relief thew have osv
en- the farm masses is loans to those in the droutn
stricken areas, for feed and seed Thew have
neaped an even greater burden of MORTGAGES IN
the farmers of these areas The loans thew gave
while 1t put the farmers irretrievaby in the hole
even deeper without any chance of GETTING onr
were given on such basis that thousands of
head OF cattle and horses starved last winter and
that the farmers have been forced to cut tbeir
acreage substantially because they had erou yb
Tor only part of the seed and tractor fuel necss-
sary to put in all of their land
COMMUNISTS OFFER ONLY REAL PROGRAM
Against these programs of the cam
talist class the Communist partv comos
out with the only plank giving an ade.
quate answer to the present conditions in
which the farmers find themselves.
EMERGENCY RELIEF FOR THE
IMPOVERISHED FARMERS WITHOUT
RESTRICTION BY THE GOVERN
MENT OR BANKS EXEMPTION or
IMPOVERISHED FARMERS FROM
TAXES, and NO FORCED COIJEC-
TION OF RENTS OR DFBTS.s This is
the fighting slogan of the farmers in the
present election campaign This is the