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Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1916-11-15
1irginia er MI traabt in6 | Ior.
bnbsitnternes MGffer. Hicbmono.

So, 1. Goo, Yireinia er fra !
Dag af | De tsrre Staters RGffe.
Den npe Stats 5orbuoslop traabte
| Strait aI. IL | Stat. Der bar nlnit-
ge 6olf pno genene, men Der bar
inaen 1~loroener. g~egipenbeoen bIep
|ieiret paa forffellig Manoe Of be
forifeIIise interesiereoe Barter Z
Qirferne bar Der Buostieneite o.
mango afboIosfoIf bapoe arrange.
ret D9ansenatSS elffaber." alubber
og 5oteGler boIot nnbent Sns, | en-.
felte FiIfpIoe blep uioIgte Driffe.
pnrer ber ierperet gratis.
gnIget of beruienbe Driffe |
Staten er MI forbnot, men fpnre
Wpneber Driffeparer er bIepet op-
lasret | prfpnte &iem. Mene |
Micbmon6 ffaf Der bore fngret !
0rIoerne for to WirIioner Dollars,
efter bpno Dinbnnoerne flyer.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1916-11-15

oriffe aIting op. mems SuItruen
lioer 9eo % leoer | armoo %
lllpffe; Man0en igler Jig life /
S~fploforbolo til benoe; tbi aer.
ligbeoen er borte. Soaleoes er 8or-
6oloet ogiaa Dos Born ooerfor 5or.
nl0re, Dos 8penoe o%oerior Ser
fab, % iaaleoes er 5or6oI0et Dos
os onerfor airfen - aprligbeoen
letter os / Sfnl0forbolO til ben
eaer Del, bi eIifer.
Men Iaa er Der ogiaa oct 9ooe,
at aerIigbeoen oer 9proen let.
Ger er Menneifer, for bbem en-
lille 9proe er iao nmaaoelie tung.
On lille SnruIe arbeioe for CUBS
3ige. ct lille 0ffer til @uos Gi-
&c; ian lille, ian lille - % bog
iaa tltngt.
8na ben anoen SIDE er Ser Wen.
neifer, for boem oct 9aar let at
gore noeet for SUBS gioe, tbi be
fen0er ben Strait, iom ger ale
9proer Iette - aprIiabeoen.
Geformationen min0er os ON
Bette. Gen bier % Mpn0 Oh qpir.
Der, Tom iatte noget ino pan al
10 inoe @iios Nige; ben oiier os
WcnneIfer, iem latte no9et ino paa
al uobreoe @itos Hi9e. 8i pc
ger meo StoItbe0 paa ben luther.
ife airfe % tiger: Ter bar oi ct
a%anoeIigt 9iem. iom er npro al
30 /; Ser bar pi en- Care. Iom er
|oPro at forfnnoe; Ser bar Ri en-
4ro, iom er oPro at obergioe no-
re gernl" % oct er nltiammen
ian0t. Men ifal BET life p9re tom.
me Sr0. iaa MAJ ri niIe / Ger.
ming, at bi mener. bon0 bi flyer.
|Sna MAJ oi naa rem til at gfoe
oenne 9pgmanosiiloiofi gIn6s /
Dor airfe, at naar 9erren betror
ct Menneife ioroiife Ni0Ier, iaa
ipttes oermeo BET RenneIfe i
SfnIoforbolo til airfen.
Oct aar, Der MI mart bill op-
In6e fine 9orte for os, in0bpSer
til at isre 6enne 5iloiofi no | 2i-
pets 8irfeIigbeo. Oct er oa Sire
Sunore6e anr ii0en. 8eformatiouen
begnnote, og belle oen Iutberife Sir
fe iiRr oil bol0e Set; men oct Ifal
fife bare en- oanoelig 6ier0einli.
feit meo aanoeliat 5proprferi og
l1lDfter, men ct Raaoeaor ira Ser
rem, ct 9or, | boilfet @uos Riges
Snobn9gere fnmler al Seres 9raft
Tor ar gre ct mt og mP9figf
6reniteo oper belle 2inien / oen
aano, iom Reformotorerne gil
frem /, ioo BET fan fenoes, at oen
Gano leuer enonu, og Ieoer frnf.
tiet i ben airfe, Iom life oIene
bprer BUFFERS 9abn, men ion
faI6es, og meo Gette, penonse E.
llttberif"
Men ieg er pitt fommen liot
omitRnOeligt mo paa Ben 5inans-
rapport, ian ies fommer til of
lutte iioen at fna lib til at OBJ
tage noaet mt Gnne oenne Sang.
81. g. Gang.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1916-11-15

4ngaaenoe ben pont9nfte Gu
tbersRirfe / 9es Moinesg ifriper
Bait. 9. 0~oroentoft / ii6ite ger.
of .Gr. Sml." bI. a. Oct fore
fommer mig, at bet nfloe p9re en-
ubooelig 5eiItageIie, Om man gil
BEN og bpggeoe en- forbolosnis fife
og uanielie 2ufber-airfe | 9es
Woines Seq oil gerne BEN
ftiIIe til Stprelien for bort 4irfe.
inmfuno, at ben fnareit muligt
retter en- fraftig og inotr9ngenoe
Dpfororing til ale bort 3irfeiam.
FUNDS MeoIemmer ON at poe ct.
Sobnnnes Wenigbeo | Des Moines
al mulig Ststte til Opfsrelien Of
Gittber-airfen, iao bet fan blioe en-
flor, fmuf og D9roig 4irfebpgning,
Der fan bilue iom noget al en- DON'T
firfe for belle Samfunoet, buori
man 40 Gare fan Iamles til itore
GRllesfeIter ira ale gmerifas Gg.
ne, ct @uosbiis, bpori be unge fra
@rano gietp College Tan opIepe
HE blot at bsre ct lepenoe gio-
nesbpro, men ogioa at Stenere ia.
Ter gennem en- 1oeI og biemlig Or
fiteftur."
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1916-11-15

pore 9arepriier er fuimlenoe,
iremmeo @ulo itremner inc oner
8rnnierne, men Lao os life
glenme, pan bnis 9efoitning alt
oct iferl - gel er BET ionot, at
.Saanopgrt o. Snonitri blonlitrer,
at 9onoel % 5fibsiort brpOer iig
npe 9aner, men DC iaa ianr @e.
binIten. % mange Smaafaarsbiem
iulter paa @rnno al 0nrtio, 40.
ifillige fottige 9piamilier meo man.
ge Born fan emo life faa Tag oper
9oneoet. Masier al 9usn9rter H.
ger De gamIe geboere op, % Log.
ger paa Snsleien. Seq opIeueoe
ielp at faa min SeiIi9beo Ieiet no,
noen at ieg piOite noget isr bag.
eiter. = gel er oct ianot, at Der
CT mange Yen9e mellem 6olf, men
ogiaa eetlinoigbeoen potter itaoiet.
9rifferiet, Nooen, 5orIpiteIierne ito.
rerer, % blanOt oct unge Wanoifab,
iom iteoie enonu logger inOfnlot I'M.
Der 6anerne. trnper uieoelig9eoen
Dire / 9obetoI. eoentnrlDit, Cor.
neielies9aIifab o. Spineli0enffnb
ganr / gIooet pnn 5oIf, oe bette er
aft anoet emo innoe 3eon for Sol
%feIioet.
9laar ie9 betro9ter alt bette, er
oct alt onoet emo Ipie Spner, ieg
icr no / 5remtioen. 9anmarf Zig.
Ger for npr oeb arigsteIegrom.
mernes aliarnei til al nnogna ell
aanoelia Qreoeliesti0, men iiaar
ieg witirrer moo l~lo9anaen al oenne,
foruirres nit Spn. 5or i%iorten Do.
&c iiOen bauoe ui igen arigsioren
li9e op ooer os. Sra ale Opens
oiientli9e etablisiementer faIotes al.
Ie miIitere giebliffeIiet biem til
oeres aioeIinger, men osiaa oenne
@an9 oar SUBS naaoi9e Sanno
oper port lille 5p0relano.
Ter maa ogre bcitemie @runoe
til oenne bans @oobeo. Maatte
Den le6e port 5olt til aluor o.
eitertanfel Seq nGrer iieen
5piul ON, at Der runot / 9anoet er
leoenoe Menigbeoer, iom neiop |
oenne 3io i%oritaar 0eres Opgane
% er Saltet % Suiet ior bort 5oIf.
ct lille 6oIf / oct itorel - Ogiaa
blnnot 0nnif llngOom 1eres Der ct
troinit arbeloe. 6or a0ifiIIige og-
ian al De inofalote SoIonter er ben
he lib bIeoen til geEiigneIie, ioa
De orager gla0ere biem emo De oroa
no. Nlinot i 9eirene bar iaaleoes
81. 6. Il. us Soloatcrmisiion
bpgaet 30 me Soloaterbien. bpor
IGrbet itaoiq prGoifes. iamtioi9 meo
al port tore Siem Der asbenbopn
ombpages til ct Iigefremt Slot.
Sub beonre 9anmorf i~remoelesi
arrlig Silien. g6ers beng.
8. 6. 9~e0fteo.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1916-11-15

10 intet ian inert, noen at SUBS
5oIf fan tribe BET ieennem, tbi
boao Der er for ioGrt for Dem, bet
fan oeres 9erre maete. O9ian pa.
itor 4nfer talte | 4irfer, men gan.
ife fort.
Samtioia meo 9eoraoelien taIte
9ait. g. 6. 6. 9anien os Sens
|Diren / Sfolens Sal.
Sgnoag aften.
iluiteOes Meoet me0 Ell Hnffe for
tie 5aIer. 9i bIep minoet ON at
ianIe ii9r tire Stpffer meo biem ira
Rsoet, at ri funoe leoe al Dem |
ben %fontnienoe 9io: 81 ifuloe rel
ie ct Banner / Serrens 0abn MOB
gIeoa9tigbeo, 3poeliesipae
% 0ers 0i9en eiter DC tinleli8e
|Iine. Get oiIoe foite Crib, men
Seirqn funOe uinoes oeo Dam, Der
funoe alt. 8i ifuIoe beoe Quo igei
aioe os iaa0anne llne6omsifoler,
buor Seius bIeo berIie9iort, % De
nnge tom / Samfuno me6 CUB. %
ri iful6e Ie ben til Nlaalet % min-
oes Dem, JON par eaoet iorio. Com
DC baooe ieiret, iao ifnIle ooiaa oi
|icire peo Serreus Raot % aprIi9.
beo.
Hnsmnis Sanien 8ior0e / ct pei.
oronet lille 3oreora9 aeoe for,
bporfeoes 9eiitolen op~rinoeIia tom
til at be6oe: u9eii grifions MinOe".
Ia Sfolen Ii9e bar reiit o. man8.
leoe genge til 8riiten, penteoe pa.
itor airfebers at ioa SipIp fra
fine 9auosmpnS oe iiar ira Ole
9uII. Men oa Bull life funoe Iioe
9oniferne. ifnloe SfoIen baoe ct
norif Rapn. Men Siitorien mel0er
fife ON 9oonet biaIp.
8%orlioen oe tiOliaere nppnte Ia.
lere, Der nPiten ale iagoe ct Or0
It'll aifeo, fan npnnes Brgiterne
IS. Soerien % Iabera, 8roiesior
Sit5l % oiitnof ilere. 9ait. alotb
taffeoe Orofsrerne for. bbao De BAD.
De tall. oa @riterne ior geieset.
Som en- tiItalenoe eienoomme.
Iigbeo be0 Nsoet fan n9ones, at
Der bleo innget meaet mere emo oct
oilers er in0onnIigt til Meoer.
Set BAR foltet anitrengelie at iaa
geoet oronet, % bet bar foitet glf
l0orn 5oIfeae babe ll6giit os me.
act Arbei0e at mo0ta9e % beipiie
@nitcrne. ieg iDnes, Der blen iagt
At 1900 6leo beipiit Senoag MiO.
oag. let ipnes npppe miligt, BOG
par Der langt oper De 1000. Men
ifsnt iosle al 6orbanbntnserne,
Ser par lat til set Re6e, ilog Sell,
er ie9 ooo bis paa, at oct bar life
o0rei ior9aues.
6sr ieB ilutter Oisie 9emerfnin.
ger, MAJ ies enOna en- Gang ilaa
iait, at iea life uoaiper oct ior ct
Reierat. Sea bar finn n%eoifrepet
mine erinorin9er % De Snotrpf,
ieg enOnu Bar tilbaae. geOre baboe
oct iiffert opret, ON en- anoen bao.
De tnget liz bette arbeioe pno %
noiert oct lige eiter Rsoet, men
oa ie8 al @enner ira eIf 9orn bar
iaaet Opior0ring til at ifripe, bar
ieB life ment oct Net at iige geei,
liar Oa ieo ieIo uar eIaS peo at Dor.
re meo. 81. 5b. SduIt8.
-
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1916-11-15
decentralization.
8orti9tteIie.)

gi fortiptter iaa. bpor ri Hap
for to Tiger ii0en. Get neite paa
Programmed par 6inansfomiteens
Happort. 6olf pleier Dan at ppre
interesieret ! gengeia9erne. eIlers
uiloe iee bope forbisaaet bette
Bunft. men iom iagt: 5oIf er in.
teresiereoe / oct Gmne, ON life
for anoet iaa for at iige ct OPP
muntrenoe Orb til Dem, JON q q
arbeiOet oe giper Ben
|eene. Seq baOoe troet, at BET
bar en- Sag noget Iignenoe JON
at opgsre HegnIfabet efter en- Sir
feba5ar og beitemme, boortil De
in6fomne SoIptreos elIer &unoreoe
Dollars ifuloe brnges, og ieg bIeb
oerfor fife tibet o~uerraifet, oo ieg
aflereoe al oenne 3apport ifsnne0e,
at &omiteen reeneOe meo minoit
oobbelt Iaa meeet, fom bort npe
Maifinbus meo Boiler" o. belle
9iitorien bar foitet, ian begDnote
ieg at ifsnne, at aomiteens ar.
bei6e mantte bore b~etpoeIigt Itsrre,
emo ieg bob0e tRnft.
Sa, Tiger en- Del nf 9eierne, bet
er MI goot NOT, men iaa bar BET
bel HrRiter, iom 4omiteen beitoo
.af2
ga, San0beoen neoer mig til at
lige, at Der pnr fun cen 3pgmano
paa aomiteen.
Nl, Tiger on, oct iorflnrer ga.
gen, iaa fan Ri foritaa, bporfor
be regne6e meo ina fore Gal.
affuratl oct forflnrer Sogen.
Derfor bill ieg ogiaa omtale D n
9agmano. Ser par en- Del andre
al 8omiteens NeoIemmer, ieg fun.
De boDe snitet at omtale, men
g 9gmanoe en- interesiereoe mig;
for bet fsrite, foroi ban gift forat
/ at ~tilifpnoe arbeioet, for bet an.
oct, foroi ban par pig pan, at De
NOT ifuloe ifaffe pensene, for bet
treble, foroi ban bar Dillig til at
lsfte neo ben tunge Gr1oe al gpr-
ben. Weget naturlig iorisgte ieg
at fna fIaret for mig ielo, bpao
Der par bans Brincip, boorefter ian
banoleoe, tbi en- iaaoan 2pgmano
timber man 10 life paa etbDert Ga.
0ebisrne. Seq fanot ian, at bans
princip bar bette, at naar Cub bar
gipet ct Menneife timelige Wi6Ier,
ina titles oerpeo oct Wenneife |
Sfploforbolo til fin 4irfe. - Sc,
oct err goo G9gmanosfiloIofil Den.
ne 29smano eIifeoe ben llttberife
4irfe, oerfor fslte ban, at ban
ifpIote ben noeet, og oerfor maat.
te bet gerne foIte ,noget, naor blot
airfens Gag funoe fremmes. Oct
Tan bel life fables at gaa nogen
for NOR at iige, at Dor Rirfe intet
DiI6e tabe beo, at mango gioroe
bette Drinrip til @en5tano for ef.
tertanfe og Prepe. Oct, Ri eIifer,
og iom er Dor 4nrIigbeo prro,
fomnler oi tillige | Sfploforbolo
til. Naar en- Wan6, bar en- goo
os fRrIig &litru, og ban al 3ier-
tet eIifer benbe, iaa fsIer ban fig
| SfpIoforboIo til benoe: San bill
gerne babe ct bpggeIigt og goot
9iem til benoe, ban oil forisge at
ifaffe benoe be fornsone Mioler
III DpboIoet % unoe benoe al ben
gTooe og 9pf5e, fom ban tan ffaf-
|e ben6e; er arrIigbeoen 6erimo6
borte, ioo tan &ienrnet Iisee Zoe,
- oWu-
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1916-11-15

Carl 9anien, en- pelfenot oe ag.
tet 2anosmono, 6anif-amerifanii
Gorfntter og 5oreoragsboloer, er
ben 81. Of. ifIg. ~l~teeblaoet" oso
! Seattle, @afbinston. Carl Son.
fen, Der par feot | SolbRf, Dan
mari, ben %. Mni 1860, tom til
amerito / en- MIoer Of % aar.
6brft bar ban 2Rrer beo CIT Corn
6biffoIe; fenere oeItog ban | Dp.
n~rbeioeIien at bet fore onnite
Settlement Deo 9pIer, Minn. I'll
bette Npbpsgeriamfuno bar ban
fnpttet | en- Mnrrnffe, bells iom Co.
rer peo Dnueboo SsiffoIe, bells fom
Boitmeiter, Mpotefer og Telefonbe.
itprer. - g 1910 bofntte ban fig
I Stnten @afbfnstcn, ienere ! sumo.
ton GftpL Ore. Gor faa Tiger Il
BEN fIptteoe ban til Seattle, bDor
Ian 0b6e. - Carl 4nnien pnoeoe
At bIfpe faIot Nrniens Digter. San
BAR ffrepet .~rnrtefoIf" en- itsr-
e SomIing SmndfortaIlinger,
vDonff sui ] amerifn,~ 12anos.
mrn6~ % fioft s~9aisqaallp". s
1909 bar Carl &onien fom Gor-
s,on0 for Donifyamerifnnf Gel
us en- at &cbe0tdIerne peo Gier.
~ 3uIi04teu I 6orbinoelfe meo
|an1eltfHtIlnoen I Nar9'ts.
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Mar Leserne henvender sig til Folk,
som averterer j Bladet, enten for at
ksbe hos dem eller for at faa o~plysning
sm det ayerterede, bedes de altid ON
tale. at de saa Avertissementet | dette
3lad. Det vii we're til gensidig Ststte.
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| Tilfmlde af, at Bladet like modtages
regelmessigt, bedes man klage til det
stedlige Postkontor. skulde dette like
kimlpe. bedes man henvende sig til
,.Danskerenps Kontor.
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Entered at Blair Post office as second
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-04
A '<poor planter
of Ylzcata,, direct.
ing the transported
ton of sisal leaves
to the decorticat-
ing mill.

military commander and governor Of
Yucatan by virtue Of the appointment
of First Chief Venustiano Carranza.
Under Governor Alvarado the regu.
lating committee obtained 100 per
cent control. The open market for sisal
was closed-hard and fast. New York
offices were opened by the Commit
tee. No planter could sell, and, no con.
sumer could buy, except through the
Regulating Committee.
But it took an American. railroad
man Of Yucatan, to see the way to an
even more profitable monopoly-to a
tighter grip on the green gold of Yu'
catan." This man came back home
hunting capital. He found his open
ing in New Orleans, where two bank
ers saw his wealthy dream as he saw
it-only with him left out. He led
them to DR.. Victor A. Rendon, Yu-
catecan long resident in the United
States, and to Governor Alvarado, and
then the railroad man faded away into
the background with minor job under
the Pan-American Commission Corpo-
ration. .-s.2
BY November 1915, the sisal monop-
oily was complete-the production and
the market controlled, to the last bale,
pound and shred, by the Regulating
Committee, backed and headed by Mill
tary Commander and Governor Alva-
RADIO, whose will is the only law of
Yucatan. That is the Yucatan end of
the monopoly. ..
On the American end is financing
company, composed Of few bankers
and their associates. It is the Pan
American Commission Corporation, the
handiwork of the New Orleans bank
ers to whom the American railroad
man took his dream. It has $1,000,OOO
cash capital, with $1,000,00O common
stock paid for by the transfer of
contract which the New Orleans bank
ers had secured from the Regulating
Committee In return for it's guaranty
to find such loans as may be needed
to move the sisal crop, with fiber
warehoused in the United States as
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-04

you to pay cent more next year,
every time that they raise the
price OF sisal fiber it costs the
farmer cent, and it costs the
farmers of the State of North Da-
kota quarter of q million dol
lars. There is no question about
that"
There Is plenty of evidence to be
had in support of that clear statement
of the sisal situation.
From it's small beginning, about
thirty-five years ago, the sisal indus
try Of Yucatan operated through
an open market until last year. It's
price was fixed by the law of supply
and demand. Merida, the capital of
Yucatan, was the worlds sisal market.
Some of the big producers built ware
houses and docks and spur tracks and,
in addition to handling other exports
and imports, became naturally mer-
chandisers of their own and their
neighbors' sisal. The industry flour
ished. The plantations widened. From
499,634 bales in 1900 the exports grew
to 964,S62 bales in 1914 The plant
ers grew rich. In Paris and other
pleasure places OF Europe some Of
them came to be known as the "hene-
quen kings"
Quite logically, there were attempts
to control the market artifcially. AS
sociations of various sorts were formed
to regulate the industry. But these at
tempts were never more than indif-
ferently successful. In 1912 one of the
last Legislatures that sat in Yucatan
created the Comision Reguladora del
Mercado de Henequen, which is, in
English commission for the regulation
of the sisal market-or Regulating
Committee" as it Is generally called
in the United States.
But not until the summer of 1915 did
the Regulating Committee come to con,
sequence and power. The government
tai turmoil of Mexico had at last
spread to far-off, prosperous Yucatan.
Rapid scene shifting of politics and
reshufI1ing of the cards had put in alb
solute power Gen. Salvador Alvarado,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-04

security and with interest at current
market rates, the Corporation takes a
bonus commission that will yield it
from 100000 to $1,OO0,000 year-4O
to 100 per cent a year on its cash
capital. +. 49, r1e
OF course the monopoly has put up
the price of sisal. From an average
of 51s cents per pound it has already
gone to 7A cents. An agent OF the
Regulating Committee has been quot
ed as stating that it would be 9 cents
pound by July LIST, 1915. The man
ager of the Regulating Committee in
the United States is on record as say
ing that he and his associates could
make the price 10 cents a pound il
they saw fit.
And binder Irvine prices have
climbed with the price of sisal. That
is inevitable. There are at least eight
cen competing Irvine manufacturers,
including eight State prisons. None
of them takes or can take more than
a reasonable manufacturing profit out
Of binder Irvine. The consumer-the
American farmer-must pay the in
crease. Already it amounts to from
100000 to $5,000,0 900 this year; what
it may be next year no man can tell.
That is why there was an outcry from
the country; that is why the three Sem
ators are patiently unwinding the story
Of sisal, digging after the facts Of the
Yucatan monopoly that takes all it's
income out of the United States and
all increase of its profits out of the
breaches pocket of Mr.. American
Farmer.
1t is serious enough matter, thia
story of sisal, but it has its funny sidess
there's joke in it. Y
The joke lies in the monopoly's JUS
LITIGATION of high and higher prices.
That Justification is the relief of the
poverty cursed" sisal planter of
Yucatan from the low prices of the
open market system. Part Of the jokef
lies in the fact that under these "op-t
pressive conditions" the sisal Industry
doubled in volume and output in four
teen years. The other part is that
there are about 200 sisal planters in
Yucatan-200 poor gentlemen dividing3
q crop worth $20,000,O00 year! Twl
hundred men to share with cotev "a
of American bankers and their as SA
ciates the added profit Of from $500 &
900 to $5,000,000 a year, taxed out 81 Il
the American farmer by this benevoAs
lent Mexican monopoly!
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It's Americas YELLOW Gold zhat
history of Sisal is Story of 81
Tyine-lnquiry at Washington ~
Mnnv Millions to H. 6. Farmers.
Bv Charles NJ. Carroll


) ing that you are a farmer-order what
Irvine you think you'll need and get it,
the neatly corded bales are tossed out
| to you There is nothing in the me,
chanical evenness of it's winding, in
it's freedom from knot and imperfec'
ton or in it's warm brown tone to sug-
gest green gold" or to hint at the
colorful tale that unwinds between the
Yucatan sisal field and the American
farmer. A ball of American binder
twine is as staple as a pound Of sugar
and as prosaic.
Now and then you may have read
in your newspaper that there is some
kind Of an inquiry afoot at Washing
ton as to YucataD sisal-some talk Of
a monopoly; of rising prices of the
fiber; of the oppressed and poverty
smitten planters of Yucatan; of wit
nesses with Spanish-seeming names
telling of their struggles to make a
living. You may have tried to match
up these brief, vague and apparently
pointless reports with intimations in
your farm journals that binder Irvine
is going up" but it all seems far off
and unimportant.
But if you could have dropped in on
some of the sessions of Senate Sub
committee at Washington during the
last few weeks you would have heard
things to open your eyes and awaken
your interest-your self-interest.
The room is that of the Senate Com
mittee on Agriculture and Forestry.
There sits a Subcommittee Of Sena-
tors-Ransdell of Louisiana, as chair
man, Gronna from the great wheat
state of North Dakota and Wadsworth
of imperial New York. They are in
quiring into the matter of the importa-
ton of sisal and its sale in the United
States. By the slow, patient process
of examination and cross-examination
the three Senators are getting down
to the answer Of the sharp and peril
nent query from Americas agricul-
ture: WHY IS BINDER THYME
HIGHER? HOW MUCH HIGHER is
1T GOING? ...-.. a,-.. ~. ....
The senate subcommittee inquiry
began February II, 1916, and went
on intermittently about ten days
of actual testimony taking. March q
was the date set for the resumption of
the hearing. Up to this writing almost
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of the Philippines-is the only other
fiber that will adequately serve in
stead of sisal; and Manila, as they
call it in the trade, is too costly. 1t
is a Better fiber than sisal for rope and
cordage, but typhoon damage, the scar.
city of ocean tonnage, Japan's grow.
ing demand, and the wartime shortage
of wire rope, have combined to send
Manila up and keep it up. Also, rich
little Yucatan is our next.door neigh.
bor-with Progreso only six hundred
miles from rail-end at San Francisco.
So sisal stays master of the Irvine
market and Yucatan queens it over
sisal.
Smoothly balled, neatly baled and
corded, each ball licked with the max
I er's guarantee of 500 feet to the pound,
the sisal of Yucatan comes to the
/ grainfields of America You-assum.
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all the witnesses have been those
called by the Yucatan government
sisal monopoly. 1t is fair enough to
term it that, for the fact of an abso-
lutte monopoly is freely admitted by
those who control it and profit by it.
They lean back on the plea that they
are safe from prosecution or inter
ference under the Sherman antitrust
law because the sisal combination,
though financed with American money,