Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1912 — The Farmer and the Trusts. [ARTICLE]

The Farmer and the Trusts.

“While you were feeding the world, congress was feeding the trusts.” In that one compact phrase, Governor Wilson stated the case of the farmers of this country versus the Republican party. Of the-two billion dollars which the tariff costs the consumers of this country each year, the farmer pays nearly half—and gets nearly nothing. The farmer exports considerable produce, even now.