The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-09-27
FoolIpg the Farmers.

The farmers of this country could
have no worse enemies that the pes,is
Il mt demagoguss who are endeavoring
10 amuse them with schemes OF comb:n
alton fer controlling the wheat markets
of the world. In :uItherance OF a plan
OF Farmers Federation il has been
proposed TO hold Convention of the
wheat-growers OF the NJ .ssissippi Valley
on the % of October next. In the
meantime The American farmers are ad-
vIsed 10 Withhold their wheat from mar
ket, in order TO compel consumers at
home and abroad TO pay such prices as
the Wheat Ring in Chicago may de
mand.
One of the objects OF this scheme OF a
gigantic Farmers Trust is to reconcile
the farmers of the country to the vsri-
Gus monOpolies and combinations in
trade by which they are surrounded. II
the farmers could only be induced 10
organize Trust for controlling the
wheatmarket they would not be in a
position to make war upon the Trust
methods that syste matically plunder
them. AS fellow-conspirator in at
tempts to violate The laws OF supply and
demand, the hands of the farmers
would be tied.
Another object of this scheme of
Wheat Growers Trust is to divert the
attention Of the farmers of the United
States from the real evils which they
suffer. and from the substantial means
of remedy. While organizing a Trust
or their own, 1t is expected that the
American farmers would cease to con-
ceIn themselves about the legislative
abuses and mischiefs under which trade
monopolies flourish.
Even il such a combination TO con-
troll the prices and supply ot wheat
should temporarily succeed, il could
end only in disaster to the American
farmers. its oeniiciaries would be a
few gamblers, who are speculating for
rise Of prices in the bread market.
The hrst effect or speculative COM
bination would be to bring ali the re-
serves or wheat out OF the granaries of
wheat growing regions. The ManIpu-
latoTs OF this scheme would soon dis.
cover that the world is bigger than
thew seem to imagine.
The next effect of an attempt 20 ar
bitrarily raise the prices OF bread in
this country would be to extend the
area of wheat production in other
quarters of the globe, and, by largely
increasing the worlds supply, to lessen
the independence of consumers upon the
American markets During the last
seven months there has been a consider
able increase in the exports of farm
products from the United States. In
this period the exports o. meat and dali
~ products alone increased to S65 OOO.-
goo, from $50, ,000, 900 In the correspond.
ing mouths of the previous year. These
American products were sold at the
prices that rule in the worlds marke's
under the laws of supply and demand.
But let an attempt to corner the
American market for wheat and other
farm products meet with even Temporal
~ success. and It would be followed by
a disastrous reaction in this export
trade. Not only the farmers and trans.
porters but all other Industrial Interests
in the country would suffer under the
blow which could be given to COM
merce.
Instead of listening to preposterous
schemes Of organizing a Wheat Trust
against the bread winners of the world,
the manifest interest OF American
farmers is TO crush the tariff fed cona-
binstions and conspiracies for erhanc-
ing the cost OF the necessaries which
they consume. Record.