82 FARMERS: UNION AND FEDERATION 



Farmers Receive the Lowest Income. 



"WASHINGTON, June 14. A larger proportion of brokers than of any 

 other occupational class reported incomes of more than $3,000 in 1916, 

 and farmers made proportionately the smallest number of returns, it was 

 shown today in analysis of income tax returns for 1916. One out of 

 every five brokers made returns, but only one in 400 farmers. Nearly 

 one-fifth of all lawyers and judges made returns." 



This is the direct result of farmers failing to unionize and 

 go after higher wages as all other classes do. 



Wheat the Only Product Requisitioned. 



"WASHINGTON, March 30. The Food Administration's appeal to 

 loyal American farmers to market their wheat now, while the greatest 

 difficulty is being met in feeding the Allies, had only slight effect last 

 week, when mill receipts increased to 3,250,000 bushels as compared 

 with the 3,000,000 bushels of the previous week. Normal receipts are 

 7,600,000 bushels. Many millions of bushels, the Administration said, 

 still are in storage on the farms. Exports to the Allies meanwhile con- 

 tinue to decline and from March 15 to 22 amounted to only 199,749 

 tons of cereals as compared with the weekly program of 270,000 tons. 

 Up to March 22 there was a deficit of 1,001,301 tons in shipments of 

 breadstuffs, which must be made up with wheat. Decision to requisition 

 all wheat held by German sympathizers seeking to profiteer or hamper 

 the government has not been changed, administration officials said. 

 They indicated, however, that another week or ten days would be given 

 loyal Americans to sell their grain, and that drastic action then would 

 be considered to bring out what was left." 



Owing to filled elevators and no cars to be had in many 

 localities, and bad weather and roads in others, some loyal 

 wheat growers were unable to market all their wheat. They 

 were notified by the administration to market it within a 

 few days or they would be liable to prosecution. At the 

 same time the government needed scores of other things to 

 equip and provision the army as badly as wheat, but nothing 

 else was requisitioned. They were paid all they asked for 

 their services or products, which in some cases were several 

 hundred per cent above cost of production. Your Uncle 

 Samuel did not give you wheat raisers a fair deal, and I 



