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1906, Yale 1913, University of Missouri 1914, Harvard 1914; married 

 Helen Beall, of Austin, Tex., December 11, 1895; graduate student 

 political science, Harvard 1891-1894; adjunct professor 1894-1897, 

 associate professor 1897-1900, professor political science 1900-1902, 

 and dean of faculty 1899-1902, University of Texas ; president Agri- 

 cultural and Mechanical College of Texas 1902-1905 ; president Uni- 

 versity of Texas 1905-1908; chancellor Washington University, St. 

 Louis, 1908-1917. Took the oath of office as Secretary of Agriculture 

 on March 6, 1913." 



Contrast this non-farming representative of farmers with 

 the laboring representative of labor and you can easily com- 

 prehend why union labor gets wages increased while farmers 

 get their wages decreased when both appeal to the President 

 and his advisers for increases. Here is his biography from 

 the same source : 



"William Bauchop Wilson, of Blossburg, Pa., Secretary of Labor 

 (1844 Mintwood Place), was born at Blantyre, Scotland, April 2, 1862 ; 

 came to this country with his parents in 1870 and settled at Arnot> 

 Tioga County, Pa. In March, 1871, he began working in the coal 

 mines; in November, 1873, became half member of the Mine Workers' 

 Union ; has taken an active part in trade-union affairs from early man- 

 hood ; was international secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Work- 

 ers of America from 1900 to 1908, having been elected each year without 

 opposition ; is engaged in farming at Blossburg ; is married and has 

 nine children ; was elected to the Sixtieth, Sixty-first, and Sixty-second 

 Congresses from the Fifteenth Congressional District of Pennsylvania ; 

 chairman Committee on Labor, House of Representatives, Sixty-second 

 Congress. Took the oath of office as Secretary of Labor March 5, 

 1913." 



Now here is one result of farmers not being unionized so 

 they can see that they have true representation in the Cabi- 

 net, Congress and everywhere their interests are at stake in 

 government policies and actions : 



"WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. Legislation providing for the colonization 

 and farming of the public lands of America by the millions of soldiers 

 released from the army is strongly urged by Secretary of Labor William 

 B. Wilson, in his annual report to President Wilson, made public today. 

 Secretary Wilson recommended the organization of a board consisting 



