72 THE GREEN RISING 



the International Labor Organization and designed 

 to serve the interests of agriculture as the labor or- 

 ganization was designed to serve industrial labor. 

 It might have been possible for the Versailles 

 Treaty to coordinate the work of the International 

 Institute of Agriculture at Rome with the League 

 of Nations in some such way as the Court of Inter- 

 national Justice, at the Hague, which was already 

 in existence when the treaty was formulated. The 

 fact is, that the recognition by the treaty of indus- 

 trial labor was the result of better organization of 

 the forces of industry throughout the world. 



While there is every reason to believe that the 

 International Labor Organization will serve certain 

 aspects of agriculture, and is doing so at the pres- 

 ent time, it is quite obvious that its interests are 

 primarily concerned with the problems of industrial 

 labor. The failure of the Versailles Treaty to recog- 

 nize the rights of agriculture is the climax of politi- 

 cal indifference toward, and neglect of, the basic 

 industry that is of universal concern to all nations 

 and to all peoples. 



The Historical Perspective 



As we look back over the history of Europe in 

 modern times, we find that the French Revolution 

 marks a new era in agrarian history. This revolu- 

 tion swept away medieval survival and aroused a 

 desire for feudal emancipation throughout Europe. 

 The land reform initiated by Stein in Germany 



