Show some aspects of the A farmers problems by BERNARD M BARUCH jan A T aw 40 reprinted from atlantic monthly 1 I 1 the whole rural world arld Is in n fir ment of juniest un iest unil and th luiere re Is an un paralleled volume and intensity of determined ter mined if nut not angry gingry protest und and an ail ominous oin evv aiming of ove conferences feie feren neg ces interest Inte iest croul groupings political movements and aad such a oll cannot but arres arr I 1 0 our ur ullen alien alon indeed it de 11 tan is s our careful study and examination it Is not likely chrit six million aloof and ruggedly independent men anve come together and a n d banded themselves into active sanded u unions n lon societies farm buteaux buie bute aus and so forth for no sufficient lelent cause cu iise investigation of the subject conclusively proves that while there Is much overstatement of grievances and nd m ala mla a conception of remedies the farmers tire lire right in complaining of wrongs long endured and right in holding that it Is feasible fen sible to relieve their ills with benefit to the rest of the community this being the case of an indest industry ry that contributes in the raw material muter tal form alone about one third of the na dional annual wealth production and 1 Is tile the means of livelihood of about ah per cent of the population it Is ob lous that the subject is one of grave concern not only do the farmers make up one halt half of the nation but bill the well being of the th other half dp df upon them so long iong as we have nations a icv economy will aim at a large degree of national self sufficiency and self containment rome tell fell when hen the food supply wua wits too tar far removed from the belly like her we shall destroy our own agriculture and extend our sources of food distantly and bously if we do not see to it that our farmers tire aie well and fairly paid for their services the farm gives the notion nation men ais as well ivell as food cilles derive their vitality and are forever renewed from the country but an im povl dished countryside exports intelligence ll gence and retains unintelligence only the lower loner grades of mentality and character will remain on or seek the farm unless agriculture Is capable of being pursued with contentment and adequate compensation nence hence to embitter and impoverish the farmer Is to dry up and contaminate the vital sources of the nation the war showed convincingly hovi dependent the nation Is on tile the full productivity of the farms despite berv herculean ulean efforts agricultural prodie tion kept only a few weeks or montha modell ll ahead of consumption and that onik by increasing the acreage of cert air staple crops at the cost of that of others we ought not to for vet pel that lesson when we ponder 01 the lie farmers problems they are truly c n it ion p problems r 0 1 1 l ei ii s and n n 1 I there b be e n no n antt attempt e n i p t t to 0 d deal ea t with tapin aa if they purely elfish elf lIi fiand it of a clear cik group antagonistic 1 to the rest of the hie community rathel should we vve consider agriculture in the light of bracil national policy juci n we consider oll oil coal steel dye di tuffs and so forth as sinews of na lional strength our growing browin tion and it a higher standard of living sup ant wore more wool cotton hides and tile the rest with the disappearance of tree free w ii i cheap fertile land additional ll 11 acreage and increased yields can come only from costly effort this we need not noi expect from an impoverished or un chapoy rural population it will not do to take a narrow view alex 0 of f the rural di discontent content or to appraise it from froin the standpoint of yesterday this Is nn all A use fe of flux 11 am 1 change lahd hew left ei ia because a thing always has been to so no longer means thatis that it Is righteous or always shall be so more perhaps than ever before there Is a widespread Ide spread feeling that all human relations can be improved p r 0 ve d b by y t taking a kin g ali thought 0 u g h t a and n eliat i at i it t I 1 ihnot becoming for the reasoning adgel animal m a 1 t to 0 1 leave an v e h his ls d destiny e s ti n y li largely y t to 0 chance and natural inci incidence delim prudent and orderly adjustment of production and distribution in accordance with consumption Is recognized as wise management in every business but that of farming yet I 1 venture ventura to say there Is no other kotlier industry la in which it Is so important to the public to the city dweller that production should be sure steady and inci easing creasing and that distribution should he be in proportion to the need the unorganized farmers naturally net act blindly rind and impulsively and in consa consequence surfeit and dearth accompanied by disconcerting arlee harass i t the 1 i P e conti 0 n imer p r 0 orp f p benr r e a r potatoes a rot ir tile the avin fields hie I Ieru use rf of elc excess production n n and n d there e 1 la a s scarcity n r 0 of f tile die tl ti ings ahat til it hake hae been displaced to tn make way for the of the potato acreage next eor ear the punished farmers haq their fieldg on some ther crop find and potatoes enter the lass enss of af luxuries and sn set tn on to be continued next issue |