The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-03
Shows How AAA
And NRA Can't Aid
Producing Class
BY a Farmer Correspondent

BY Farmer Correspondent
OLIVER, I'LL am sending in a
copy of letter I wrote to the edi-
tor of Prairie Farmer, one of Amer
icas Oldest farm papers, asking him
to publish it in his paper. I am
also sending a copy of what he &C
tually printed which was merely a
few extracts of the letter, leaving
out the most important points. I
would like you to print these two
letters, which exposes him as tool
of capitalism.
To the Editor of the Prairie
Farmer-C. v. Gregory; Dear Mr..
Editor: I have been reading some
of the letters written by the read
ers of the Prairie Farmer, discussing
some of the most important prob
lens of today, and wish to add my
bit.
AS for the result of the MIRA.
and A.A.A. administration: Anyone
who is honest with himself and has
not allowed his mind to be cramped
with the spirit of patriotism can
see that they have utterly failed.
When I speak of failure, I mean
failure to help the conditions of
the farmers and working class as
whole. 1t is true it has helped a
certain section of the farmers and
working class, mostly the petty
bourgeois or middle class, but as
for helping raise the conditions or
living standards of the mass of the
people, it has failed-and badly.
To prove my statements, I have
an example in my own family.
My brother, who works in a pack
ing house, has had his wages
slashed between 80 to so per cent
since the beginning of the N. R. A.
Not only my brother, but about 20
other workers in this plant, also got
the same medicine. AS the result of
this, eight or ten more workers
were given jobs in this plant. I
want to ask any sane or thinking
person, at whose expense we're
these workers given jobs? And
will it help conditions any?
They were given jobs at the ex-
pense of those 20 workers, with
little or no increase in the payroll.
This meant that the purchasing
power of the masses was not in
creased and that the families of
these 20 workers we're deprived Of
from IS to $40 a week with which
to buy food and clothing-"The
Very Necessities of Life"-thus put
ting them all on stagger system.
1t is very obvious to me that we
cannot speak of returning prosper
ity under this present system of
society, where capitalist stabiliza-
ton has ended and can no longer
properly feed the mass of the
people.
The purpose of the N. r. A. and
the A. A. A. was to regulate pro-
duction to approximately equal the
consumption of commodities, but
this cannot be done under a COM
petitive capitalist system, because
of the contradictions within the
system itself
I would like to make statement
about Mr.. Albert Bisping. You say
that someone has been filling him
full of poison. Well, Mr.. Editor, I
think that Mr.. Bisping's reasoning
power is more logical than what
you would like it to be, as you are
the one that is putting out the
poisonous propaganda and hope
that the people will swallow it ALL;
but you know the old proverb: "You
can fool some of the people all of
the time; all of the people some of
the time, but you can't fool all the
people all of the time"
FRED SLOAN.
Clark County, Illinois.
This is the extract of my letter
which he actually printed
Recovery Failure
A. A. A. and N. R. A. have failed
to help farmers and working men
as whole. 1t has helped few of
the middle class, but not the mass
of the people. My brother who
works in packing house has had
his wages slashed 80 to so per cent
along with the 20 to 80 other work.
ers. AS a result eight or ten more
workers were given jobs at the ex-
pense of the other workers. Pur-
chasing power of the masses was
not increased and the standard of
living of the old workers was de-
creased. A.A.A. and MIRA. cannot
succeed under competitive capt.
talist system. 1t is you instead of
Mr.. Bisping who is putting out
poisonous propaganda, but you can't
fool all of the people all of the
time.