REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES. DECLASSIFIED a a Anshority State better the 23 by ML, NARI Date 2498 TOWest Indian Farmers!
nistic iking Fellow Country Men; Greeting:We beg to call your attention to the movement now on foot, that if you allow yourselves to be intimidated by self seeking people, who are against the coloured people and refuse to cut the fruit from your farms, we are the ones who will suffer, our wives and children will starve.
Remember for years we have been working in harmöny with the Co. and they have always treated us right now is the time for us to prove that we are no cowards, your fruit is your own property. Allow no one to prevent you from cutting same for delivery to the Co. Awake to your own interest. This is not a strike, but a dangerous move ment to destroy the Banana industry of Costa Rica.
Remember brothers, if there is no fruit there will be no jobs for any of us, The Co. can send their ships to other countries to obtain fruit, whilst yours will rot on the farm and everybody will suffer.
if we have no Bananas, there will be no ships, no machine shop, no trains, no commissaries and everything will be at a stand still, The Government has offered you protection. This movement is only to scare you. Don be afraid cut your fruit.
THE WEST INDIAN COMMITTAL Express Printery self 40 vum Nuuu. LUIS.
The United Fruit Company and the Compania Bananera de Costa Rica are not most affected financially by this movement. Only 30. more or less, of banana exports belong to