SUGAR INDUSTRY
SLAVERY IN THE FIELDS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 8, 1 a.m. Washington, December 7. Alleging that conditions approaching peonage existed in the sugar beet fields of Colorado, James Bodkin, a witness in the Sugar Trust investigation, created a sensation and said women and children were working in the fields ill a state of bondage, alongside Hindus and Russians.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 139, 8 December 1911, Page 8
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60SUGAR INDUSTRY Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 139, 8 December 1911, Page 8
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