158). In this document, a worker in the Louisiana sugar cane belt wrote about his experience with horrific working conditions. The laborer states, "I am sure slavery days were much better for the black slaves had their meals for sure three times a day and medical attention at that. But if an American nowadays had that much he is a communist" (In Foner ["Letter to Secretary" 159]). This jealousy that the sugar cane worker shows towards slaves reveals the true instability of unregulated capitalism and extreme need for further laws on minimum wage and greater creation of labor unions. Much like sharecroppers, the workers on the sugar cane belt were forced to buy overpriced products from their employers. The laborer states that the company he works for "sells from 50 percent to 60 percent higher than the stores in town" (In Foner ["Letter to Secretary" 159]). Along with that, the wages were even lower than that of China's wages, as they run from "90 cents to $1.10 per day" (In Foner ["Letter to Secretary" 165]). Such low wage rates cause a decrease in consumer spending, and the forced purchases from their employers do not allow other businesses to grow. Company policies, like this one, would drive out small businesses. The worker would spend the entirety of their insignificant income on the company they work for, leaving them with no demand for small businesses in their area. FDR realized that this limits free enterprise, by raising the barriers to entry. In order to reverse these traumatic effects on the economy and on capitalism, President FDR enacted his Second New Deal policies, as the First New Deal was not enough. Such programs included the Wagner Act, which outlawed unfair labor practices, and the Fair Labor Standards Act, which created a minimum wage. While these programs helped small business, it also consoled the hurting middle and lower classes.