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suppose you can tell him so, now that the war is over, with- 

 out being accused of pro-Germanism, for there is not a more 

 loyal bunch than you are. Tens of thousands of you an- 

 swered the call to arms and thousands made the supreme 

 sacrifice. To produce this wheat you were in desperate need 

 of farm implements, twine, lumber, food, coal and clothing, 

 that you were unable to buy owing to their high prices, yet 

 your -government refused to come to your aid by forcing the 

 price down fifty per cent and ordering holders to sell at once 

 under penalty of confiscation. Huge warehouses were filled 

 with these goods by producers and profiteerers holding them 

 for still higher prices. 



That's the kind of treatment you can expect from a labor 

 and capital controlled government until you unionize and 

 ut a controlling majority in Congress from your own class. 



Congressional Fight for $2.50 Wheat. 



"WASHINGTON, April 9. Senate and House conferees were still 

 tightly deadlocked today over $2.50 wheat. They expected, however, 

 before evening to formally disagree and to make a report tomorrow. The 

 conferees planned to lay their disagreement before the House for in- 

 structions. This will give the House an opportunity to vote on the 

 measure and register its approval or disapproval of the new minimum. 

 The proposal passed the Senate by a two-thirds vote, despite the admin- 

 istration's protest. Since that time the administration forces have been 

 exerting every pressure to defeat it in the House. A vote will be taken 

 later in the week, according to present plans. Both sides admitted the 

 vote would be close." 



THE VOTE ON $2.50 WHEAT IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, APRIL 



18, 1918. 



For Against 



Alabama 8 



Arizona 2 5 



Arkansas 2 5 



California 2 5 



Colorado. . . 31 





Carried forward . . 9 24 



