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ADVOCATE AND GUIDE. 85 



REMARKS 



by Mr. M. McAuliffe, President of the Kansas Branch of the 

 farmers' Educational and Co-operative Union, and editor of 

 "he Fanners' Union, May 16, 1918 : 



"I am publishing in another place in this paper the result of the vote 

 y States, both for and against $2.50 wheat, as taken in the House of 

 Representatives April 18. 



"The result of the vote of some of the Northern States was an agree- 

 able surprise to me. For instance, Indiana cast 11 votes for and 1 

 against ; Illinois cast 9 for and 12 against ; Pennsylvania 9 for and 12 

 against; Wisconsin 6 for and none against. I didn't really expect 

 $2.50 wheat would get as strong support in Indiana, Illinois and Penn- 

 sylvania as it did. These States are largely manufacturing and mining 

 States. Ohio, which is one of the great agricultural States of the Middle 

 West, didn't support $2.50 wheat as I expected it would. 



"I was, however, more disagreeably surprised in the vote against 

 $2.50 wheat cast by the Southern States than I was agreeably surprised 

 by the vote cast for $2.50 wheat in the Northern States. I expected a 

 much larger vote for $2.50 wheat in the Southern States than it got. 

 The truth is, I expected $2.50 wheat to carry in the House with the sup- 

 port the cotton States would give it, but most of the cotton States 

 knifed it most beastly. Take for instance the Texas, Georgia and Ken- 

 tucky vote. These three States cast 31 votes against and 3 for. The 

 Missouri delegation didn't vote at all. If it did, I suppose it would 

 have voted as the President said. Virginia and Oklahoma are the only 

 two Southern States that gave their entire vote for $2.50 wheat. The 

 delegates from all of the wheat States proper voted unanimously for 

 $2.50 wheat except Nebraska. The latter State cast four votes for and 

 6 against $2.50 wheat. For the life of me I can't understand why a 

 majority of the Nebraska delegation voted against $2.50 wheat. If I 

 belonged to the Farmers' Union of Nebraska I would ask for an explana- 

 tion from the Nebraska delegation the .reason they voted against 

 $2.50 wheat. 



" Senator Norris of Nebraska voted against $2.00 wheat in the Sen- 

 ate when the vote was taken on that price last fall. What's the matter 

 ith Nebraska, anyhow? 



"The States that voted solidly for $2.50 wheat are : Kansas, Okla- 

 homa, Wisconsin, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Montana, New 

 Mexico, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming and Indiana. Indiana 

 casting one vote against and 11 for $2.50 wheat, is entitled to a place 

 in the roll of honor for $2.50 wheat. 



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