The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-05-31

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FARMERSiAND THEIR TWlNE TRUST
The New York World In It's inyestiga-
tlon of the twine trust says that the IRE
publican farmers Of the west and North.
west who Last fall thought that "trus,s are
private affairs" and voted with enthusiasm
10 double the tax on the raw material and
to increase the duty on sisal twine,ure now
up In arms against the twlne trust,and haye
perfected state organizations In Illinois,
Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and other states
10 fight It. Their battle Is plready lost.
Their surrender must be unconditional.
"Foreseeing this advance In price, the
Mills hill put sisRi grass on the free list aud
reduced the tariff on slsal twlne to as per
cent. II Il had become law the trust
would have been possible, but II would
have been az per cent trust instead OF the
3s per cent trust and with free raw ma
terial there would have been no excuse for
Il. The price OF twlno could not have been
put at more than as per cent beyond the
costto import the foreign.
"During the past three years there has
been an actual decline In the amount os
sisa. grass imported from Yueaian, In the
face OF a largely Increasing demand for
twlne. The price abroad Of the raw mate
rial advanced from SOS per ton In 1850 te
$I47 In 1883, and all stock on hand has
been used up. The advance In price u
general all over the world, and iS caused by
the scarcity OF raw material.
"why are the cordage companies 'pro
tected" by duty of IS per cent on ioreigt
twine ifit Is no: levied solely To enable
thcm To form trust and charge the repub
llcan farmer IS per cent more than TIN
foreign Irvine would cost to impor, The,
are only doing now what they have alway'
done and what these republican farmer
have always approved OF.
"why did these republican farmers vol'
In iaver OF ttusi and a 20 per cent lSenat'
Bill duty on twinc,I they did not desire I,
pay IS or - per cent more than Il wa
worth The advance abroad has only bee'
met by. a corresponding advance here.Th
lrus. has not exceeded the IS per cen
"gouge," In which Il Is protected by law.
"The farmers Of the Northwes, eanno
afford to fight the twine trust To haryes
BY hand this season will be to harvest at
loss and to ruin many small farmer.
will not affect the trust. All the boycott
ting possible will not reduce the price G
twine.
"rhe farmers delivered themselves lsi
November into the hands OF the trast, ,tean
hand and foot. and favor now the still iu
ther addition to the price OF twIne whie
the Senate Tariff bill will make next DE-
cembcr. Their objection to the PreseI
increase, after voting for It,is illogical an
absurd. They rejected the relief ofIer'
by the democrats In the last Congress au
can hardly expect sympathy u what the
asked for and received l. not what IN,
wanted.
"Eat Il L. no. on sisal twInc alone IN,
will be robbed without mercy by a truI
II Is the t~ine trust to-day. but ie.morrc
Il will be the salt trust, the Eext day d
lumber trust, the sugar trust. and so I
/. through the whole li.t of trusts made PC
Hible only by protection, which the dem
= cratic party vainiy asked them to desiro,