Abstract

What the Farmer Hopes For

All farmers, even big farmers, hope for peace, lasting peace. Some farmers hope for a peace of cooperation among nations, a peace that will last because it is based upon economic, political, and social justice. Other farmers, fearing the wartime cooperation among the United Nations will melt away when peace comes, are prepared for a return to pit-war conditions, to high tariffs, to an isolationist imperialism in which they would sell but would not buy. Many farmers hope that full production and employment can be carried over into the post-war. Some others would like to continue full production but would prefer to have some unemployment; it would be easier to get more labor at lower wages. Members of `the National Farmers Union, on the other hand, hope and work for a post-war in which full use will be made of all human and material resources, full production, full employment, fair distribution, and full consumption.