Machinery Prices Still Going Up Amid Farm Demand
Farmers face rising costs for 1918 farm machinery as prices climbs noted by Ed Hockaday who named major manufacturers John Deere Emerson Brantingham Rock Island International Harvester Oliver Parlin Orendorff. Senator Curtis urged FTC action to protect farmers with fixed wheat prices and rising equipment costs.
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Federal Trade Commission
Senator Curtis
Kansas
Senate
Coould
Ed Hockaday
Oklahoma
Victor Murdock
Hockaday
South
Murdock
John Deere Plow Co
Emerson-Brantingham Co
Rock Island Plow Co
International Harvester Co
Oliver Plow Co
Parlin & Orendorff Plow Co
Speech on fighting monopoly and empowering small business
Judson King’s St Paul convention speech argues small businesses are squeezed by big firms. He urges a united front of producers and the people through government to replace the old system with a new, more democratic economy and politics. He calls farmers to organize for government representation against monopolies.
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League
Judson King
St. Paul
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Phelan & Shirley
Swift
Live Stock Exchange
C. H. Whitey
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H. Watts
Farmers Union Live Stock Companies
F. W. Thomas
First National Bank of Omaha
G. J. Ingwer
Mae
United States
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The
Board of Omaha Or
Council Bluffs
Robert Gilmore
Skinner Packing Company
First National Bank Bldg
Omaha
Hyar
Akers
Ners AG
Skinner
Tanah