Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-09-28
FARMERS MUST UNITE
TO DEMAND RIGHTS
Journal Launches New
Plan To Raise The Price
Of Corn And Hogs

some means by which farmers could |
secure by force or otherwise more
money for their products, just as
the trainmen have recently secur-
ed more money for their labor.
The Journal believes it has found
a practicable means Of doing this;
and it is asking it's subscribers to
join during the coming week in a
concerted effort which it believes
will raise the price Of corn in Iowa
to two dollars per bushel and thel
price of pork to twenty cents per
pound.
Briefly the plan is for every farm.
er to write a letter to the presi-
dent of the United States demanding
the prices named and asking that a
law be passed to this effect within
fifteen days The two-fold threat
should be made that unless such
a law is passed without delay, all
| food products will be taken off the
market so that the folks in the big
cities shall all starve, and also that
the writers will vote the republican
Or some other ticket at the coming
election Also the writers should abb
solutely refuse to arbitrate the mat
ter of prices. In writing this letter,
the form below should be used:
|TO THE DEMOCRATIC ADNIlNIs-
TRATION OFFICIALS.
Washington, d. c.
Gentlemen:
hereby demand the immediate
passage of a law, maxine the legal
price of corn in iowa two dollars a
bushel and the legal price of pork
twenty dollars per hundredweight.
| This law must be enacted within
fifteen days from the date hereof,
which allows one week for recon-
vening congress and one week for
the enactment OF the law in ques-
tion.
Unless such law shall have
been legally passed within the time
limit .amed, then l shall use my
best endeavors to have all corn,
pork and other farm produce of ev-
;ery kind taken off the market, even
4 though it should mean that ''ba-
bies in the cities should die for
want of milk, that thousands of
laborers in the factories should
starve, and that the business of
the nation should be paralyzed be
cause all people engaged in trans
portatiom are unable to secure
food.
y Moreover, unless such law is
enacted as demanded l shall refuse
to vote the democratic ticket and
shall use every effort to induce my
acquai-'tances to do so.
l absolutely refuse to arbitrate the
matter OF prices.
Th.s above terms must be com
piled with in the time stated. OF
you may expect ne to take part il
a concerted effort to cut off the
food supply of the nation.
Respectfully yours,
(Signed) >. ).
Dated >. 1915.
The Journal invites every farmer
! to write the above letter, bu1
to send it directly to the Journal OF
flee instead of to Washington. Then
when the number has become large
enough to be impressive, all vii
be forwarded at once to the White
House, where it will undoubtedl!
create great conSternaion; ard with
in twenty-four hours, We shall prob
ably see such hurried calling to
gether of congress as has not beel
witnessed in a generation.
/! t In a matter of this kind, o
+ course, bluffirg is an importtan
l part of the game. But since, NJ
l. CarranZa, OF Mexico, has succeeded
+ so we'll with it on so many occasion.
and since the administration was ST
s frightened that it fell all over it
4 self trying to pass laws quickl.
I enough to suit the trainmen whel
l. they worked the same game, tn,
: Journal believes that this lette;
coming from so many farmers can
f not but have the same effect. II
s fact, the threats which it cont ain
Y are as bad or even worse thai
:. those made by the trai'-men as al
'can see; and when we remembe