Show STRIKING F FARMERS ARl T THE E farmers' farmers strike in the corn belt may mayor or may not proceed according to schedule schedule sched sched- ule tile meanwhile one cannot help remarking that t the e whole proposition is surely one of the oddest strikes ever proposed If the industrial worker goes on strike production ceases unless ceases unless of course the factory factory factory fac fac- tory is manned by strike breakers If his employer goes on strike or in more common common com corn cornmon mon parlance declares a lockout the machinery machinery machinery ma ma- chinery stands idle No more goods are com corn completed completed until the squabble is settled But things are different o on the farm Cows continue to give milk hens continue to lay eggs the warm earth continues to nourish its crops of wheat and cornand corn al alfalfa alfalfa alfalfa al- al falfa and rye and oats Production in other words goes on much as before Nature pays little attention to the whims of men The striking farmer is up against a pr profoundly different proposition than the one that faces his brother In the city |