The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-10
Here's Your Answer, General

IKE the we'll known Roman master, Ptees General
q johnson did not pause for e reply.
1t was at his special Des Moines speeoh 10 tbs
farmers yesterday that johnson YVES heckled by
shrewd, impoverished farmer who could very wen
that the Generals smooth lying words would not
feed his family save his farm from foreclosure
And the General thought he had settled the life
death problems of the exploited farmers when he
shot back
what better farm plan than President Roose-
Veats You think off"
The answer is easy, General.
The striking farmers being crushed by in
toerabe 900 load of mortgage debts Ninety
per cent of these mortgages are held directly n-
directly by Wall Street banks, insurance, and trust
companies.
How does Roosevelt's NRA try to help the strug-
Cling farmers to get out of this load, General?
You know how it works, General To those bank
rupt banks which loaded down with mortgages
that they cannot collect, the Government with
offer of exchanging good government bonds for the
worthless mortgages. The Government balls oct the
banks!
To those ruined and impoverished farmers whose
farms are being foreclosed the Roosevelt government
comes and offers to lend them money so that they
can pay off their mortgage loans But not only does
this actually increase the burden Of the farmers still
further by increasing his debts, but in actually
the impoverished farmers eligible these gov
crnent leans since they cannot provide any adequate
security Only the rich farmers can benefit.
The Roosevelt re-fnancing program is a disguised
subsidy the mortgage holders and to the rich farm
ers and nothing mere! 1t does not is not stop
ping foreclosures!
But for the poor farmer the Roosevelt farm pro
gram only fastens chains mortgage slavery
INCREASES the weight Of his debt burdens, drives
him, off the land altogether
How about Kidding the small farmers Of the chains
Of mortgage slavery by canceiing all mortgage debts
GehersIf
How about giving the foreclosed farms back to the
farmers, debt-free?
you talk about the wonderful blessings of the Roose-
welt price raising program.
svBgt who gets the benefit of this price-raising?
Dent you read the government reports Of the
Department of Agriculture, General2 Didn't you read
few days ago that out OF the terrific rise in food
prices the farmer gets less than he did be-
force
Didn't you read that the farmer now gets only
s6.6s fron, the Wall Street nonopoes for food which
they sell to the city workers for S17.s5?
The solution for the farmers price problem is to
smash the monopoly profits by raising the prices paid
10 the farmers and sashing the food prices in the
cities Let the farmers workers in from both
sides against the mOnOpoies That's the only way they
win.
How about that for a solution, General? Isn't
That much better the farmer and workers than the
Roosevelt plan Of choking off the buying power in
the cities through rising prices and slashing the farm
ers' income through criminal acreage reductions?
THE Coming historic Farm Conference to be held at
Chicago on November IS to 10 will witness 600 to $50
deegetes discussing the platform of cancellation of
mortgage debts - the platform OF sIashng monopoly
profitthe platform of unity of city and workers
The Roosevelt farm plan means misery and pauper-
ism for the farmers.
The program Of the Farm Conference means the
fight against the farmers real enemies-wall Street
finance capital.
That's your answer, General.