Forbes, who never earned a dollar in his life, but inherited his money, is trying to take the dollars out of the pockets of the farmers by depriving them of the income derived by selling spaces for advertising signs.

He is robbing the farmers while claiming he wants to beautify their homes.

The farmers can't eat beauty; they want money.

Therefore they are going to vote for the Honorable Erastus Hopkins for Representative." Then followed an estimate of the money paid the farmers of the district by the advertisers during the past five years, amounting to several thousands of dollars in the aggregate.

The circular ended in this way: "Hopkins challenges Forbes to deny these facts.