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Show Farm Relief Imperative I With 7.003X30 farms, 32,000,000 pctpl? en them end farm property v;-.l: ei t abc-ttt $60,000 COO 030 agri- cult ere is a big enterprise in the United States. : S. Icr.g as this great segment of cur econr.rn.ic structure suffers there is r.et likely to be a solution to the ilis that affect the nation. Tae farm 'pioblqr. so-called, is not of recent ! eiiein. Presie'ents Coolidge and Hot- vcr wrcstie ei ictn the issue .and the efforts of tee New Deal cannot, as ,y-ct, be pronounced successful , in tr..eeting the conditions that confront or fanr.ers. This distress that has wrecked agriculture ag-riculture for nearly two decades cannot be explained away easily. It is due te a nulr.fcer of causes, so.r.e cf d.emestic anil so.r.e of foreign origin. or-igin. Speedy ror edies are not avail-c.b-le and s!a-v processes j.r.iust be allowed al-lowed to work a solution to grave troubles. We have said bef.cre that, in our Cpinicn, i.rueh of the nation's un-.1 un-.1 r.ployment can be eliminated when the farmers cf the nation receive a fair siaare cf the national income. Tais will restore -a balance between industry end consumers, without whieh the economic Machine creaks, -titrains and eventually cellapses. Unfortunately we cannct foresee my quick reeovery for agriculture. Benefits, lending ami obiter regulations regula-tions work slowly against tretr.eni-c.us tretr.eni-c.us economic 'barndicaps. It will take iti.rie to idiseover the solution of t-'.e nation's problo.n and to offer faim families the a. iportiunity that Americans Amer-icans boast exists in this country. It should be pointed ouv, we thinlc tXtt individual faitners can do sci.r.&ihing to improve their own condition. There is no excuse ficr the adoption icf an attitude that it is tire government's exclusive task. Intelligent agriculturists will Imake every possible endeaver to make farming profitable without waiting for any milleniuliii. |