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7. Since many other classes of laborers, professions and 

 producers do agree collectively on uniform wages and prices 

 for their services and products, it is not likely the wheat 

 growers would be singled out as a class to be denied that 

 privilege. But should they be denied, it of course would 

 be fought through to the highest courts by the union ; and 

 if denied there, the union would see to it that the law was 

 amended to exempt farmers who collectively fixed their in- 

 direct wages. 



8. The union would see to it that the milling trust did 

 not profiteer in wheat products and then blame it on the 

 union, nor would the boards of trade be allowed to gamble 

 in wheat or its products. 



9. The wheat being a good collateral when the price is 

 assured, any grower could borrow on it near the minimum 

 price. 



10. I have in answer to No. 6 suggested how the price 

 could be set. The national executive committee could ap- 

 point from its membership a sub-committee on wheat sta- 

 tistics to gather and summarize the cost of producing wheat 

 in all parts of the United States, its general condition, supply 

 and demand throughout the world, and from this informa- 

 tion, in agreement with the wheat growers' union of other 

 exporting nations, determine the minimum price at least a 

 year ahead so that producers would, know before they did 

 the work what wages they were to get for it. In certain 

 cases it might be left to a vote of the union members. 



11. A membership fee, say of ten dollars and monthly 

 dues of one dollar per member, should provide ordinary 

 running expenses for a very efficient organization including 

 the township, county, state and national officers' salaries, 

 and equipment of necessary offices. Were any special funds 

 to be raised for the purchase or building of local or terminal 

 elevators, or for other purposes a graduated assessment on 

 production over a certain amount could be provided for. 



