THE PEOPLE'S FORUM
THE PEOPLE'S FORUM FOR THE FARMERS [Boardman, Oregon, June 11.]—Much is said about the apparent indifference of the majority of the people to various political and industrial swindles, yet very...
...and when the people become interested in the welfare of the nation, much can be accomplished for the good of all...
...I am delighted to know that Philip is going to be Wisconsin's next governor...
...W. Smith...
...fail, conditions may improve yet, and prevent, a revolution...
...There is much unemployment at present...
...Murphy...
...When farmers have a piece of work which they are unable to do by themselves they often exchange work with their neighbors, thereby both benefit...
...PROGRESSIVE INFLUENCE ]N...
...Also the failure of many cooperative enterprises has had a bad effect...
...Your paper certainly tells the truth and your editorial on California in the June 1 edition was a dandy as the cities are full of unemployed out here and the farmers are in a pitiable condition...
...His father had at the same time been refused permission to speak over WHO, Bankers Life Broadcasting station ot Des Moines...
...The present system of blacklist and suppression makes cowards of many who otherwise would be leaders and managers...
...Sir Herbert Hoover has a ranch near Palo Alto and he employes yellow help only...
...But the Progressives are only in their infancy and all great causes grow...
...Charles Ripper...
...Richmond, Ind., for his long letter, and I feel assured that all Americans who have so long waited for the "turn of the tide" will shoulder their task and help restore this government to the people...
...A shorter day would increase employment, and possibly decrease overproduction on farms, thereby making a larger market, and better prices to the producer, making much better times for the farmers...
...The farmers inqluded in the latter class...
...A hundred bushel crop at 30 cents per bushel will not bring as much as a 50 bushel crop at one dollar per bushel...
...PAYING TO RAISE WHEAT Kansas wheat has been quoted as low as 70 cents a bushel in producing centers which is 10 or 20 cents below the cost, of raising...
...Minna Reiff...
...THE CALIFORNIA SITUATION [Oakland...
...in other words exchange votes...
...Especially do I wish to thank E. W. Stout...
...I've thought many times I would write to Bob Jr., or his mother and ask how I could obtain a large picture of that great American...
...I was born in Milwaukee, lived there in Dave Rose's palmy days but he was a dead one to compare with the bunch of political pirates we have here...
...I also am anxious to receive the large picture of Robert M. La Follette.Sr...
...Moreover, the success of famine relief agencies in recent months shows that it is not true that civil war in China makes effective relief impossible...
...It may be necessary to military discipline, but with less militarism this country would be better off...
...I am in accord with Louis Bower-man and V. B. Brokaw, in June 21 issue...
...A new era is dawning in which the thoughtful and serious-minded statesmen will have attention...
...These interests controlled the press and do yet to a very large extent, and though an editor gives out some very good information, unless one reads a great deal and thinks more than he reads, he will be confused upon every important subject...
...Here's hoping...
...Many a time I am at a loss who to vote for, but...
...They cannot vote millionaires into office and expect them to legislate to the workers' interest...
...That is...
...Cooperation will be the next step and we the workers will cut out all the grafters and will bring about a condition where mankind can really live with good wheat selling, around 70 cents per bushel and taxes around $200 per 160 acre farm...
...It looks like plague and pestilence are going to hit the gentleman with the...
...Yet few farmers consider the fact...
...thanks to The Progressive, I am learning...
...and without military discipline war would be impossible] Submission never bought anything but slavery...
...It just simply isn't being done.—Wm...
...I believe our religion is largely to blame, because it teaches submission, counseling the people to submit to present, wrongs that they may receive a rich reward later...
...There was a decrease in the ratio of borrowers, consequently the financier called in the existing loans without reloaning any money or credit, thereby forcing us to become borrowers in place of depositors, (due to the restriction of amount of money in circulation) whereby the banks have gobbled control of nearly everything...
...farmers under the hot Kansas sun are not merely working for nothing, they are actually paying for the privilege of growing wheat...
...I would love to hear him campaign...
...The explanation is said to be world over production...
...THE PEOPLE'S FORUM FOR THE FARMERS [Boardman, Oregon, June 11.]—Much is said about the apparent indifference of the majority of the people to various political and industrial swindles, yet very few seem to realize the reasons for it...
...Such was the so-called deflation policy of 1920 which has been ruthlessly followed by the banks ever since...
...When congressmen or representatives wish to enact a bill they "log roll...
...Iowa...
...They are paid according to production, consequently they are pieceworkers, and considering the time most of them put in (12 or 14 hours per day) they do not receive as much as a section laborer, yet a section hand is usually considered one of the lowest paid laborers that we have...
...FROM A PROGRESSIVE WOMAN IN IOWA [Allerton...
...I have the snapshot of the two Bob's and think a lot of it...
...Why not apply it to the interests of the laborer, whether day laborer or piece worker...
...empty dinner pail, a solar plexus blow...
...1 AN INQUIRY FROM IOWA Ames...
...I would suggest that a standard five day week at eight hours per day...
...OUTLOOK FOR WORKERS [Indianapolis, Ind., July 1;—In view of the way times arc at present, it sure looks like a tough winter for the proletariat...
...La Follette did not live for nothing and if the courage of his followers does not...
...Many farmers consider themselves capitalists...
...What a mad world this is when wheal and other foodstuffs must bo stored or destroyed or sold at less than the cost of production while millions starve...
...Paul, Minn., July 2. ]— Enclosed find check for $10 and some addresses for new subscriptions...
...His blood was riled and right it should have been...
...Every city here seems to be corrupt as we have an ex-district attorney in San Quentin prison and a number of ex-police officers and a few ex-city officials from Oakland and more on the way there...
...The unemployed are not a benefit to progress, and they do not have the wares with which to buy anything, therefore the markets are much poorer than they should be...
...Grattan L. 'Hoffmann...
...Whether we call it exchange of work, "log rolling," or something else, the principle is the same...
...is their plain duty as citizens, to claim their own and help enlighten others as to their 'fluty...
...However the people who suffer the most are the very ones who are to blame...
...The farmers often get less for a big crop than they do for a smaller one, yet they usually think that the more they produce the more they will get...
...But this explanation sounds hollow when the very papers which carry it report that one of the greatest famines in history still rages in the interior in China...
...They must first be taught to realize that the government belongs to the people and is their own businees and if it is successful it must be attended to in a business-like manner, or it will fail just as sure as any other business...
...Our military propaganda during the war has had much effect...
...It is true that they have capital invested, but they are not paid according to the amount invested...
...It certainly looks like some sane way could be devised in which a man who wanted to work could be guaranteed steady employment, and at a decent, living wage...
...together with a system of stabilized production, where possible, in which slack and busy seasons would be eliminated...
...B. HOOVER PROSPERITY ]Enid, Okla...
...July 2..—Enclosed find check for $1.50 for a year's subscription...
...Factories closing down, food prices going sky high and the Grundy tariff ready to raise things to the limit...
...We surely have seen none of Hoover prosperity.—Gus Hollander...
...This line of thought has been left out of our educational system largely and to my mind it should be a very important part of liberal education...
...It is considered bad taste to argue about anything, yet without plenty of discussion it is seldom possible to fully understand both sides...
...Many farmers oppose Ihe eight hour day, when they would really be benefitted by it or even a shorter day...
...I wish to thank the several readers of TheTrogrcssive who have written me commendatory of my letter in defense of W. K. Henderson...
...Editors seem to vie with each other on this point and I'll admit they do a good job of confusing and blinding the public...
...If it were not for the mis-educated masses, it would come about soon...
...Laborers working part of the time for 30 cents per hour...
...In fact times were so good that bank deposits were increasing to such an extent that it looked as if they might soon exceed the amount borrowed by the debtors (which would have been bad for the bankers...
...when we of the common citizenry are looked upon and persecuted as Bolshevik, Red, and the Lord knows what if we so much as breath our distrust of the type of animal this article is glorifying...
...I believe a better world is in the making...
...It teaches submission to the officers in charge, without consideration of why and wherefore...
...Many farmers are opposed to the labor unions, yet they will join the wheat growers, wool growers, hay growers, melon growers, or other marketing association, which is only an effort to get more for the labor of producing their respective crops...
...churches, too...
...It sometimes leads one to think which Is the dumbest, the man who goes to the polls on election day abd votes to perpetuate such a system, or the men at the head of the industries who allow such a condition to continue, when they know that, sooner or later, they are going to lead to conditions which are going to be hard to control...
...During the war there was the least unemployment in our history and one of the best times for the farmers we have had...
...There seems to be a great opportunity and of course a great responsibility for those who call themselves Progressives at this time...
...And knowing your attitude toward the rot-terii privilege seeking class that is be-mg^glorified in this artiale In this paid propaganda sheet of the parasite class I would like very much to know why one class of degenerates who leave no stone unturned in an effort to discredit some of our senators can get away with it...
...The farm relief board and congress between them might even yet work out a program of relief in China somewhat comparable iq American relief in Ha._League tor h: dustrtal Demon at y...
...Wouldn't it be fine if The Progressive could be bought in schools and yes...
...June 25.]—Enclosed find $1.50 for renewal of my subscription...
...Wishing Philip success and hope Young Bob will some day fill the president's chair.—J...
...July 2.]—I always want The Progressive so will inclose $1.50 for another year...
...I well remember his short fiery talk at Des Moines, after talking at Ames under hectic conditions, during the 1924 presidential campaign...
...The discussions in The Forum are good...
...July 5.]—While not as yet a subscriber to your most estimable prper...
...I am a diligent reader of it...
...I can frankly say without any fear of contradiction by any thinking, well meaning person in the state of Iowa that this great, great commonwealth has paid well for the acts of intolerence and short sightedness on the part of leaders as well as the rank and file...
...It is a pleasure for me to do my best to encourage my fellow-citizens to become more interested in government and help bring about political and economic freedom...
...That would be real patriotic propaganda...
...This has been tried in several large manufacturing concerns and has been proven to have worked to the satisfaction of all concerned...
...I believe there is an improvement along this line, but plenty room for more...
...Mrs...
...Must the rights of humanity be abrogated just so that the few who prostitute their patents for the filthy gold they are so eager for, can flaunt it in our faces?—H...
...Right now, and for many years past, this government has been operated by private interests, because the few Progressives in congress could not awaken the masses to the real situation...
Vol. 1 • July 1930 • No. 32
