Agriculture and the World Economic Conference at Geneva

Excerpt: The World Economic Conference, which met in Geneva in May, 1927, was attended by representatives of 50 countries. Its primary object, as laid down by the President of the Conference, was to discover and analyze the causes of the economic ills prevalent in the world and to attempt to find remedies therefor. It was hoped thus to promote world peace as well as prosperity. The report of the Conference is divided broadly into two parts, the first covering a general review of the world economic position and the second dealing specifically with the three subdivisions of commerce, industry and agriculture. It is of particular significance that here, for the first time, as President Theunis, Belgium, remarked, agriculture was represented side by side with industry and commerce in such a way that it can take its place in a general review of the economic situation in the world.