Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-24
Missouri Changers.

vlcwtM r. Allsu--A Glenr Exrosl.
siou Of the Evils of National
Banding ~ stena-'The Pat.
ROM or n usbandry De-
mnnd } Justice o
the Farmers.
tCorycspon icnc. Of the New York Tribune ]
I find. therefore, among tho Missou-
ri nnu very little of dctiuitr
purposc except u determination TO
perfect as rapidly US possible 'hcir
SO that whenthe proper
tiue CONES they Will be able. by
united action, To accomplish whatever
reform il may seem desirable TO IN
dcrtnkc. The master OF the state
orange is Mr.. Il. Il. Allen, q farmer,
WIN resides about thirty miles west
of ST. Louis, on the Missouri Pacific
railroad. In the performance OF his
official duties hc has travelled, within
the INST six months, into almoi!
every county OF Missouri, converted
with the farmers, listeucd to their
complaints, eaten and slept with
Them SO that, | think, he understands
as wei, as amy man in the state the
extent aud meaning of the new move
meut. lie told me, i'll u conversation
which | had with him the other day,
that there was no agreement among
| the farmers as TO what was The cause
| of their lack of prosperity. SOME OF
them complained of what they called
unjust determinations by the rail-
roads. IL was the same oid story that
[ had heard so often iii lllInnis-uu
tt.. l.,,, a., -, al SNts trhnl'Is
the railroads. cuinprtc with cach
othcr or with river transportation,
and u~nrcasonably high ones at points
where no such compei'tioE exists. lie
also said that the railroad managers
often refused to furnish cars when
the farmers dcsirch 10 take advantage
of n GOOD market. The most of these
comuiaiuts were matic ngaiust the
Missouri Pacific and North Missouri
railroads.
MISSOURI BACKWARD IN RAILROAD
DEVELOPMENT.
In railroad development. Missouri
Is at least ten wears behind l!iIn"iS,
and six wears behind Town. and the
ncnnlr orthis state, like thvsc %! i"r
o,rcr who are without the mems o.
transporting their crops i" market,
arc rrnav to make a"y sarriii"r TO 81
r.ilra:ds built. | doubt II there car
nr n,;y general uprising among iht
people of H;i<sou!i against ra,i'N:'
,.v;or:iun En.i!,i.r lines reach II larger
proportion ofthc farmers. may
rive Il ftrHcr living i!iiy mites ava!
from It railroad 8: ntt'hs;Htt:'aI N':.i'
ous,ratiau thai i':2 E'hd "hrN Hhh'
will tain ;i!rer-t2nTths OF t:N creep i"'
rarrv,un the Other thH!ih /" h'n'tt!
aud he will lock around on h;a r::h'
ovcrf,owinG with c"f!i &@I "!'s.''
! absolutely worth io!hih% Ill ,sI.'
and 90 OH am! vote hoii,I, "l't T..
most Observation-Disclosures - an,
"mouonu!,s," who Will h',L.ri him
r~aiiroasi. Years "itcr..ard, when l'
zee. the stcrk ror nlch he @av,' Ia
i."nhs wiped "".., tie ROAD PASSED IA
20 new ha!''.. aud earning ';irgr ,'tti
dcids o. wAtercd slack. lac "ity WaE'
up t. &c fact shat he %ns 10" Erner
a." And even then, il he WAS OF
i..,rcd to,rhco-c hctw cen IA" rAi!rHa,t
and t;jcit cXtor;ions, no wnuiit Sat'
nit to the latter and wait tor bette
times
TUE rAkHrRs' nprOS;l:oI TO IN
NaTIoNA. Bh%Hs;.
Another monopoly "'ii'ii Mf. y
i";l told ~" tciura 'h i'i'"'! ~
farmer. of Missouri very c"u"r,i'i.
rnmp.aiuinr nj l. That uiii.c "'tif.'''
hunks. T!ry thinh tI.~t IN" csuni'".
Eufspccial rriviieg.> !" i..r-'' ih-tit'l
riotis~ operates against the Interest Il
the uroplr liz " ~waHs-hrs!. h,
makiuw ~. unequal distribution "
r]u:rencr. and secondly. bv maintain
linz, HID, rates of interest. l wa
~ranyersing. fcw days ago. with
Missouri farmer. wEo caah" To fhi
state two or three 81 since +
,,r,rul PENNSYLVANIA. and is lie pa
, into NOR. concise language than Az.
=, one else that | have met, the Eronii'
K. oforro.itinn ~ the national ttnkint
system | venture TO repeat sut:stt:i
tinIiy his wnr.'- h'"":
J Il hold" he said, ";hat unjns
burdens are p!.,rc, '.p0n the pc"pi
\ whenever il men or class @
uf rie:r, by rnj"Iin:. special lrl
ilrgc<. ar" cnai'ied 10 realize an
! Reasonable profits on ANY service" the
! render 10 the community. ana II !
GA this account thatt deinuncc IL
, national banking system as one OF tn
most oppressive m~oir"poilrs OF IN
present day. Take Il case that c'ui
under my own ohecrvaiinn III ceAtr'
= PENNSYLVANIA. Three mcn-twol""
yrrs and onr business man-c>iai
, tii.hr,l Il small bank il: AZ Iiage whcI
there wcr,. none, ah0"t fifteen yea
farn. One OF the partners Ii Id n stat
Office. and through his influence {
= Harrisburg scared 81 deposit {
. $4,000 from tie surplus fund of t:
= Stuic. Another ofthc pn!tHr"S -"
CHARGE Of the business, and i'e
lone ned their house without pail!
in IL dollar Of the n"mimai c.pitAi {
"a The firm. They made arrangement
~ ,l Iiiiiaiclplna and Harrisbur
banks to Give t.icm aid IL the "H'
I they should need il for Il i"N day
1 AMI Will, tia! $4,000 at stale mp'it
ans; Il portion OF the deposits they
once received they began hisc"nhii'
uo;f- ON short tirT. Ihr state q
post. though uT'"I Irnwn upon, WI
generally from SiD,0nOt to :!;lA.JJO. al
the business wiz 50 prosperous 'h'
iuafrw Years though M ';ivIA"n'
had trru m.,!r. the profits aihn"n,e
Ia $50. $50. #nl pail-up Si"c!; tor u;
c rrnun'. was ~i>.iIg,i to The partner
for which they have never paid IN
.iu!lar. Then congress ctiartcrr
them AS Rational bank. WIKI t'tcj
$4,000 capital. which the hank la
6 a!ready maI" out OF nothing, thv
purchased 8 lm- cent. bonds ;i1ld d'
u posted them III tic treasury "ripar
!. meat. There vas 6 per cent. "
: tilrir capital. Which eos ilttn "oti'','
to start with. The register 'f I'll
= treasury returned them sl5,oD !
l. national bank bills. These they usr
: od,sco,int notes at rates that m'tte
= not less .htn 10 per c"nt- or y pc
cent. on their capital. Tt'"t nhiEf
y. Is per cent. In the meantime u
,, town had grown rapidly. IL" ";ht
I hank has been established. ait the
; intivuinai deposits "tcou'sc l'crca
cd wear nv wear. The profits the
made np Ties. and on the SAFE mo,
j. cy which they still held. 'w""r thrf
wears NO., male nearly 10 per cen
more. So here three men who Ill
I not adj Il dollar Of capital TO th'
Il town. but bv the cnj", nicnt OF Tie:
c sprr:al privileges of which We c"i.
= nIair. E.,t collected from the poop
s,,nCo0 in ca-l,, and then took ann'
+ ally truin the s.Ine people % per cen
l.. ufih,t amount for The use OF 1t. lh'