, 1873-09-08
except little down and tho willow 1oayes they
put With 1t to mako 1t 10 litto furthor.

e1oopt . uttlo down and tho willow loaves they
put With It to mako 1t 20 little furthor.
How Flow MEN OoMnINE.
MoT az, d9 thoy get thes9 reos1 Ihe pow
lions. Thoy % como at togothor @ md agreo thst tloy
will have just 80 mucsi for plow8 during that
year no nattor what wo mny got for our pro-
ducts. and for tho laBt two years. tloy hnvo aRkod
a 100 per cont on tho coat Of production.
plow business antt no lnattorr what agont or
aamo per cont.
THE 1Ap1Es' COMBINATION ON burrGn.
thomiI "Deatt." " aays ono, two osnnott wo are
too far apart; soattorsd all over This broad lind
we3. Arc you quito suro OF this? Suppose we
up our corn-oribu,, and whom roop1o want corn,
let thom como and got II. Is this possible? Lot
mo show you how It haB boon done on o small
scale. BY the ladies Of county loss than 100
good grapea, and whero thoy make good
buttor,. which the morohant wore buy
Ing at twolvo and q hnlf cents q pound.
Tho ladlos thought Il over, and they ngreol tint
1t VAS worth more thnn that to mako buttor, go
they doedod, in little ctrclo around that ooun-
", not to tnkc losa than 25 cents. In d fow daye
tho groceries rau out. A man came in and said
Have you any butter7 p why, no, the
farn1ors somehow havo not brought III any"
Same question and roplly, and tho thing, was
growing serious, for poop1o cannot 1.-Two without
butter. you understand. So tho groccry-man
says II vii jump into ny NJ, Wagon, o., ana a,a
Il in, % or aomethinE Of That kind." So ho droveo o
out to The lady from whom no bought spIonlid
went to tho next, and she had mono. uo drove
17dN 1ftf1a hftt rDt h1lttHr fFhG
nc1t day tho mon In tho town said "Wo must
hnve butter; YOU must get aono;;'' by TINT time
tho grocery man began to sTon rat, aud ho
Won ' take m for your butter r. "Twonty- y-iyo conts
ponnd." He took 1t md now, whom th0y
want butter IN that town, they take thoir wagons
end 90 aud get II. and when thoso 1alios want
grooeriea they tass their toaaa and 60 and get
ECONOMY AND NoN-INTEncoUnsE.
:. Now havo brought this just where 1 wanted
II. Find what will bo . fair, reasonable prico
for your products and hold them at that. But
We arc in dobt:: Lot us get out Of debt. Any
couple Of years, TINT wo may own ourselves hore-
aftoE, is preferable to going on in the way We
out. Cannot ve % without some e ths lux
urios ne havo2 Caunot wo DO without ten.
sugar, coftoe, tobacco, or whisky, Il
nooeaasry7 I will agroe to do all
that, for cunplo Of years, II you will turn in
tt IL tho surplus that roduoes tho prico OF our
products, lot ls mako aurp1uB Of theirs. Will
not that mako it equal again ? That Is tho true
remedy to begin with, and until VIC como to that
point We are aimply slaves. 30 long IS wc allow
80 long arc re slayos, having the somblance, aud
nothing o1se, Of froo,nen.:
30 16ny there iH a necessity for organization,
for combination to meet combination. We can
hu od nntiNr 31rpt rhntf fbnnn
did with their butter. See how easily no can
meet combination with combination provided wo
all agree; but how are you going to agroe in
anything unless you como together, unitod in q
have union OF action in this matter, the victory
iB oure. It ia won In q moment.
ACTION OF THE PORK PACKERS.
There are my friends the pork packers from
year met and combined to fix tho prico Of pork.
You know that aa wall as I. st. Louis, M1lwau-
kee, Chicago, Louisville and Cincinnati came
together, .just as they arc going to convene next
pork for tho coming year, just as cooliy as tho
inhater sold the 6lnvo or tho products OF hiB la-
Dor. Last year thoy. fixed the PRICE upon your
pork at 81 . hundred, 1.-Two weight, md they
oonrao they got II, and If they lad fixed the
price st % thoy would hayo had it. rs only
got 1896. n Probably tho high price for freight
made the difference In your case.
What right had tl,ey to do this Cortn1n poo
ple Gonounce mo bocauao use strong Language.
Col. Coleman called these pork mon scoundrels
and I believe it is q good word for tho man who
robs mo La q scoundrel. They combined to rob
US. Tho acoundrolh camo together and fixed
their price, aud tho pork begau coming in. The
mon who were In dobt, and whose notes for
these roapers and mowers had matr1rod, sold
first, and whom they werc through, tho stream
stopped. It coats as much to run packing
housse half time as it docs WHOLE and ~ tile
rnrk 1ia mt cn1nn in thoy mt the mira Al
cents q hundred, aud that startea the Btroam
again, and tho next Hot Of men, whose notes for
reapers and oornplantcrs had mntt1rod, sont in
another lot. When TINT was worked up, the
and another lot came along.
WHAT FIXES TIE PRICE OF PORK AND conn.
admit that thoro arc very many rich farmers
in our country bns the rich ones arc the exccp-
tion, and tho poor ones arc the rule; that ia the
difference. But did your rich mon, who do not
owo dollar in the world. and who have you1
farms stocked and paid for, stop TO think who
fixed the price on your pork? Why tho NOR
Che first lot OF hogs, fixed the price Of yours,
The prica OF your products, be it wlat it may, il
| determined by tho figure ct which those whe
! must sell dispose Of theirs. Tho8e who must sol
| fix the price for thoBe who mood not. Is it not
| then, worth whilo to have an union Of oil
| Interested, to como together and bo brothers in
| fact as In nane7 Wo can protect oach othor
and, while we protect our poor noIghbor, ant
aaalet MN over tlgnt plaeo, We aro projecting
| ourselves, because, if ho must sell at 20 conts
that a1oa the price upon our corn. Thia is In
| evitnble for, suppose you have Q deficit Of 9
million bushels Of wheat in this State, and have
| to send ont Of Illinois to buy it, the price a!
which yon can lay it down whore it ia wantei
Tor consumption fixea tho price Of I'LL there IL
in tho State for homo consumption. Il there
is surplus OF d million, In just tho samt
and pork Of those who must soil hxos the
price for those who neod not sell. Thou 1t II
your intorost to como together in these Farmers
| Clubs aud Oranges, organizations and combine
self-protectlon OF the whole people, ! do not be-
lieye there ia anything impossible in this work.
il NO only say wo will: I noyer found the words
I" I can't ;" in any book ever gaw.
! COME UP AND JOIN THE ORGANIZATION.
| know come Of you arc standing aloof, thai
| thers aro thousands and tens Of thousands III
| this and other States who ars hanging back
saying, II DO not SEQ that 1t is any use to pay .
| d,lts 10 tutn thio HrrHntyn+fnfa and aFf