CHAPTER XIV 



Thus the syndicates and bankers 



Always crying out for bonds, 

 With both feet on the neck of labor, 



While they're clipping their coupons. 

 With their palace cars and banquets 



They can pass their time away, 

 And you old honest farmers 



Will have their banquet bill to pay. 



There are many corporations 



That's no better now than knaves ; 

 For they pay starvation wages 



And make men and women slaves; 

 And they work the little children 



In their sweat-shops day by day, 

 And to fill the rich man's coffers 



They must wear their life away. 



In the daily papers a year ago was this interesting 

 item : 



"An increase of $4,500,000 in the capital stock of 

 Deere & Co. was announced here to-day. The pres- 

 ent capital of the concern is $1,500,000, and the 

 stockholders have voted to increase this to $6,000,- 

 000. The additional capital is to provide for the re- 

 markable growth and expansion of the business dur- 

 ing the past few years and the further increase that 

 is assured. It has all been subscribed by the present 

 owners." 



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