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AGRICULTURAL RELIEF
Mr. KincHELOE. You have been in Washington a good while here
lately ?
Mr. Taser. Only a few days.
Mr. Kincueros. You can tell whether you have heard that or not.
Mr. Terr. 1 have heard that there was jealousy in Illinois.
Mr. Kincueror. And you heard there was some question whether
Doctor Stewart was going to be permitted to come down because
somebody was intimidating the president of the Illinois University.
Mr. Taser. I had a telegram from Doctor Stewart saying certain
conditions were in the way of his coming.
Mr. Kincaeros. I never asked you what Doctor Stewart told you.
I am asking if you heard that as a fact.
Mr. Taser. I have heard those rumors: yes.
Mr KixcmeLor. I was just wondering how the individual farmers
of the country were going to get relief when the leaders of the various
 organizations can not get together themselves, and not only can
not get together, but that there was such acerbity existing between
them, that even a great university in a State is intimidated because
of that acerbity existing between your organization and some other
organization in that State. Do you think that the union organizations
 of this country would have gotten very far on the question of
immigration if they had been divided like you leaders of the farm
organizations have been?
Mr. Taser. I presume you are right.
Mr. KincueLoE. Do you think that the protected interests in this
country would have gotten very far when asking protection on their
products in the Fordney-McCumber tariff bill if they had been divided
 like you leaders are?
Mr. Taper. They usually work together.
Mr. KincurLok. That is not answering my question. Do you think
they would have gotten what they wanted if they had come up here
and cut each other’s throats like you farm leaders have been doing
all the years? I do not mean literally so; I mean differing on the
remedy for the farmer. Do you think that if the protected interests
of this country had come in that attitude they would have gotten
legislation
Mr. Taser. They most certainly would not. But you are overlooking
 this question, that Charley Barrett, for whom I have a profound
 regard, and Sam Thompson and myself find ourselves bound
by resolution such as I have just read.
Mr. Kixourtoe. I am not talking about just you three; I am talkin
 shout le der, In on, regan nd al ge
¢ g untry—that is broad enough.
think that the railroad reat would have gotten the er
fn they did under the Adamson law and every other piece of leg-Mr.
 Fam, %y had come here divided like you farm leaders have?
1. KincaeLor. Then, why d i 3 i
hope of relief fr the condition of the think Gere Is going to be any
r. Taser. The hope is much greater th i i
2 Sn ten to get together. I find it ety ahore. Tre. at the No.
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iv args Tet Bad tnymenly,
organizations to seek to find a 0 Issue Ais Invkiation to other farm