36 THE AGRICULTURAL BLOC 



see the poor clothing the American people 

 have worn, especially the poor farmers' 

 families as a rule. They have shivered in 

 poor cotton cloth when they ought to have 

 the finest all wool clothing. 



The automatic destruction of America's 

 once grand merchant marine and no one to 

 help because people object to subsidies or 

 bounty when in fact the import tariffs were 

 subsidies and bounties pure and simple, only 

 called another name. 



The cause of the Agricultural Bloc in the 

 Senate and House this A. D. 1921 began 50 

 years ago and has taken all this time to 

 assert itself.. The action of excluding aliens 

 has been made necessary because of the 

 wrong economic conditions. Labor has been 

 made master of the land, whereas with the 

 proper protection labor would be greatly in 

 demand steadily without any vacation and 

 farm labor would be hired by the year. (It 

 ought to be done. It can be done. It should 

 be done.) 



Jan. 1st, 1922. 



Had agriculture received the same pro- 

 tection that manufacturers did when the 

 tariffs were put on, the United States today 

 would be worth 200 billions of dollars more 

 than now and have a population of 200 mil- 

 lions of people, happy, contented and pros- 

 perous. One-sided protection has created 

 suspicion and distrust between the city and 



