It may be assumed as a fixed truth that the prosperity and riches of the farmer must depend on the prosperity and good national regulation of trade.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Prosperous farmers mean more employment, more prosperity for the workers and the business men of every industrial area in the whole country.
If the quantity of labour realized in commodities, regulate their exchangeable value, every increase of the quantity of labour must augment the value of that commodity on which it is exercised, as every diminution must lower it.
As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country.
A wealthy landowner cannot cultivate and improve his farm without spreading comfort and well-being around him. Rich and abundant crops, a numerous population and a prosperous countryside are the rewards for his efforts.
What farmers gain most of all from the increase in agricultural productivity, of course, is choice.
The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer.
It's well proved economics that if a country which is rich and a country that is poor come together in global trade, sooner or later the standard of living of the poor country will go up towards that of the rich country.
Agrarian reform should not merely subdivide misery, it must raise living standards. Ownership raises the farmer from his, but productivity will keep him on his feet.
The labour of the farmers, no doubt is of greater value than the financial capacity of the government and non-government institutions which can only play a supportive role.
The duty of the individual farmer, at this time, is to increase his production, particularly of food crops.