| Summary: | In the first letter, written February 8, 1910, the men ask Bankhead to support legislation that would protect farmers from gambling in the markets for cotton and other farm products. In the second letter, written February 14, 1910, Bankhead assures his constituents that he is working to benefit the agricultural community: "...I am in accord with the legislation suggested to suppress the gambling in futures in farm products....As a member of the Agricultural Committee of the Senate, I hope to be of valuable service in having it passed. There are many matters pending before this Committee which are of importance to farmers which we are endeavoring to have passed, among them the eradication of the boll weevil, the reclamation of overflowed and swamp lands, and the distribution of information as to the best methods of production and marketing." He also asks that the men support him in the upcoming election. At the time of the correspondence, Bankhead was representing Alabama in the United States Senate. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1887 to 1906, and in the Senate from 1907 to 1920.
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