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tural class is the great helpless mammoth on whose vitals a 

 thousand parasitical trusts, syndicates, unions and profiteerers 

 feed with impunity, grow wealthy, arrogant, and then kick 

 him for their own amusement and entertainment. 



Arouse, you agricultural class ! Mobilize your giant power 

 by unionizing. Take for yourselves and families skilled 

 labor wages and overhead expenses for your services in pro- 

 viding food for the world through the minimum price system. 

 Follow the advice of your own elected members of the po- 

 litical advisory board of the national farmers' federation 

 and vote as a unit for your union candidates for all offices, 

 and through your majority voting power turn the rascals 

 who have betrayed you into the power of your enemies out 

 of all legislative, judicial and executive State and National 

 offices. 



They are yours for simply unionizing and following the 

 advice of your own elected leaders of your unions. 



High Cost of Living Caused by Profiteering. 



While Congress and the President would not stand for the 

 wheat growers making wages and overhead expenses, they 

 did stand for the following profiteering, which show the nefed 

 of farmers unionizing to enforce justice : 



"WASHINGTON, July 5. Excess profits as high as 2,183 per cent were 

 made by some businesses in 1917, a Treasury Department report sub- 

 mitted to the Senate today showed. The report is a partial answer to 

 the Borah resolution asking data on profiteering. The 2,183 per cent 

 example was that of a food dealer. 



"The report listed the percentage of excess in 1917 profits over those 

 of 1916, together with changes in capital and other statistics relating 

 to the business, but gave no names. 



"Next to the food dealer who made 2,183 per cent, came a liquor 

 man with a capital stock of $5,000, who had an excess profit of 1,220 

 per cent. Another liquor man with $100,000 capital made 152 per cent. 



"A cold storage concern, capitalized at $10,000, exceeded its profits 

 by 472 per cent over 1916. Another, capitalized at $429,000, made 31 

 per cent. 



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