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Show REACHING THE ROOT. r-cnton Mae Kayo, an export in tho ol'i'ico of tbo yocrctary of labor, has issued is-sued n istatrniont in wliicli lie denls wiih tlie eorehition of cniploymont and natural nat-ural resources, -particularly aa these two factors have a hearing on the prices of commodities. Ho declares that tho cost of Uvinj; cannot lo dealt with por-matitontly por-matitontly unless the problem of unemployment unem-ployment is solved at the same time. Moreover, ho asserts, tlie increased production pro-duction necessary to solve both problems prob-lems cannot bn obtained without making mak-ing idle lands and natural resources more accessible to labor. Tho statement says that no appreciable appre-ciable decrease in the cost of living may be expected so lone; as ruperficial factors only are i"alt with. High price of manufactured product?? generally reflect re-flect cither hiph prices of raw materials or lack of organization in transportation transporta-tion and distribution. An effective policy, it is pointed out, must start with the land from which the "extractive industries draw raw materials and mu-t follow the subsequent induftrinl processes proc-esses clear through to tho consumer. Ouuj. led with this must lv changes in the ' ' di-itribut ive ' ' industries so that products will flow ennoothly from land to mn n. A substantial increase in production is tin! ili ciy, say ,s t Ui report , so Ion as the average wjie earner is cnipl(ycd ' C per cent of hi time and per cent of our bind and n:iural resources are unused.' A sol-'tno for brinin; tojjother theve potential productive factors fac-tors is presented. The rmiti points of the plan may be found in this synopsis: Unemployed labor should, where wr possible, l " diverted to farm commun-it commun-it i"s established under public s'r, rr i-sion, i-sion, th.'.:s relieving uncmploymcnl nr.d increa;.n tK supply of food-lutfs. Tl;e-o commtinities slmnld be nrnni.'cd so that they do not consist, of isolated farmers. They should be ' concrete or-: or-: n ism s and not n-- sen Mali's of eon-flictin eon-flictin in;ere-.rs. Th.ey !iou!,l I. t ho roughly equipped for co opera t i o markeliui: and buying. Not only sloMild organization be npplied to new com-tr.uni' com-tr.uni' ;es, but the jo crnnn nf s!;ould cxteii'l a-'tl-tatice toward or.ini'in ftl r1 a d y existing c o :n ir. v. n i t i e s. Economic waste ean be tn in i ;u i red by a proper orani.-.at ion of forcs's and mines. The lumber indts'ry is net yet ono of fores ry or "timber culture,'1 as i i ii 1! ii rope; it is s'lll one of "tim-I "tim-I er mining.' It i-t a tramp ind'.is'ry and ll.eret'oi.' a lreedcr of train's. The ta i .1 1 ory In m ber j.P P , or ' ' i mber wad I ' must remain a hobo i: n 1 il t h x o;;inj! ramp is siijqdan'ed by the forest for-est community. I'orrrt and agricultural agricultur-al communities can often be organized together; and tlie report R'S'S into Ronirt detnil ia showing tho possibilities of developing snrh ft rombinntion in government gov-ernment national forests both in the ea 't n nd in t he w e d . Tower reourep's mut be organized under public con' ml. Water power must be coordinated with coal power. Wherever possible I lie ''white coal' of falling water should he substituted fur iho bin' k coal of tl v under;iound. In this wny a vast energy requiting In sini f icant labor rf f ot t can 1 c pUeed nt the service of tho people, Trn n sport nt ion and mn r ket injj s s tetTis in it nt bo orpnni.red under public eon t rol. Tlei f ii i tu community should bo linked wiili the city mari.et. Kail-way, Kail-way, waterway, and motor t ruck .er v-ieen v-ieen nh ou bl be f l' f c c t i e ly coord ilia t ed. j St a pics fo;eh as milk, egs, jumll ry, ! fruit, and ej.-etnb!es ran, tn 7a per rvnt. of tlio farms, bo carried in small I containers n ml sent, i rec t y into the cities by motor truck, thus relievlne; the railways in 1 he work of Mipplyiujf the I u i bn n juquihi t inn. Such shipments, when retailed to the city coinnmer throu;:li the i:ircols poit, could go wl-mnst wl-mnst dineetly from farm to tablo. Tho construction of public works nni'if hi more ef lee t i vely orgnnlred. The plans worked out In tho report cell for a largo program of rojid building to bo f ollow rd bv "farm building'' out side the cities. To rarry out such of this work as. ii done under the federal finoinnuMil, a public mii'.t met Ion srrv ien N sufiested, to be run under proper slnnd.ird'i of labor. Temporrtry employ-n.en employ-n.en t. in such n consl rue I Ion new ien n nuld lernl to permn nen t em pbv men t on thn land bein 0ifned. |