What Will Become of the Farmer?

The emergency faced by the U.S. agriculture is one which calls for emergency remedies. It is perhaps true that an abolition of tariffs which favor our manufacturing group and operate disadvantageously to farmers would correct the worst artificial handicaps they suffer. So much may be taken for granted since it is a matter by now of almost universal recognition among economists. The enumeration of "basic agricultural products" included only cotton, wheat, corn, rice, tobacco, and swine. What is notable about such a list is, of course, its restriction.