The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, October 18, 1920, Page 17

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I have never read a more a breath-taking, clutching, frightful book.” In India Peasant Farmers Organizing for Political Relief Even in far away India, it appears, farmers are organizing for political action to better their conditions. It is- wo while not.mg that the condition of farmers in India is worse than in any other part of the globe, because heretofore the native farmers had no right to vote and there- fore have been unable to take any kind of political action. BY INDIA INFORMATION BUREAU GRICULTURE in India has been described as the “key industry” of the na- tion. Upon its pursuit is based the very existence of the people. Yet no- where in the world is so little consid- eration given to the agriculturist, to the cultivator of land, as in India. The grievances of the peasants are rooted in the system of land tenure which was imposed on India upon the advent of British rule, and which, ex- cept for a constantly increasing tax rate, remains practically unchanged to the present day. The systems of land tenure may be divided into three groups: 1. The “rayatwari” system. Under this the peasants, as private proprie- tors, pay directly to the government an amount fixed by it and subject to change from year to year. 2. Zemindari system. The “zemin- dars” are landlords, possessing large estates and renting these out to ten- ants. From the tenants the zemin- 488 pages. Single copy, paper, 60 cents postpaid; three copies, $1.50; ten copies, 3894 .50. Single copy, cloth. $1.20 postpaid; three copies, $3. 00. ten copies, $9.0 Address: UPTON SINCLAIR, Pasadena, California. turned over to the government. There is no restriction placed on the amount which the zemindar wishes to collect from his tenants. 3. Ownership of joint estates. One proprietor of several estates or vil- lages pays to the government a lump sum, which is assessed by government officers on the total rents received by the proprietor. He in turn assesses the tenants or villagers, without re- striction on the amount. Under these systems the govern- | ment, as landlord, is permitted to ex- tract as high as from 50 to 70 per cent of the total produce; the zemindar, representing the government, and not without desire for personal gain, levies a goodly sum on his tenants. In this system the tenants experience a double pressure—on the one hand from the landowner and on the other from the government. The peasant classes in all parts of India are now in a serious state of dis- content. For the first time they are becoming articulate. A peasants’ asso- ciation was recently formed in the United Provinces by the Pundit M. M. Malaviya, and already 750 branches of | the organization are in existence. 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