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ever come when we could not sell all our wheat at the fixed 

 minimum price, rather than lower it the national executive 

 could order a per cent of it fed to stock on the farm if the 

 surplus is too much to carry in reserve. 



19. It is contemplated that all farm products will sepa- 

 rately unionize and adopt the minimum price system as soon 

 as wheat is unionized. Their minimum price will cover the 

 same rate of wages and class of overhead expenses. Then 

 there would be no object in quitting them for wheat. All 

 these crop unions would then organize a national federation, 

 and its crop equalization board would advise the unions on 

 increasing or decreasing each product in order to stabilize 

 production and prices. 



20. The foregoing plan would tend to keep prices of the 

 various products equalized so there would be no advantage 

 in prices of any over others. Consumers would not object to 

 the price of wheat when it covers only skilled labor wages and 

 overhead expenses as no profits whatever are to be added. 



Mr. Wiseman is a Convert to Unionism. 



"Well, those answers are as satisfactory as they can be 

 made in advance. I see that all questions can be met by 

 the union as they arise, that will be part of its officials' 

 duties. I am a thorough convert to the minimum price sys- 

 tem. I don't see why it wasn't thought of long ago, and all 

 farm products unionized to adopt it. I have always wished 

 the farmers could have something to say in pricing their 

 products, and this plan fills the bill. Can you suggest a 

 method or plan for unionizing the wheat growers?" 



No, I cannot do that. No one could unionize them by 

 any plan. They must unionize themselves if it is ever done. 

 But I can suggest a tentative outline of a plan for them to 

 follow which they can amend to suit themselves when they 

 become members, or adopt some other plan by electing a 

 commission from their own membership to write a constitu- 



