The Red Cloud chief., 1889-04-26
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Last SATURDAY oStor0oon purSuant
70 call the farDsss Of Webster county
met in eoavsaties st tls eeust house
for the purpose Of taking sstiea in
regard 70 the tvise trust
On notioa Jes Gasber vas elected
chairman and Ttuaky secretary.
MI. CARER read the call and stated
tb object Of the meeting, after
wh:e'. y. N. Francis vas called for,
an. q . veil wordsd speech, stated
Ito grisvaaess Of the farmers and
vewsd that - fas - 10 va concerned
he ? suld bind his grain By had be.
for .hs would ply Is cents . pound
f. hviss.
Following hin eaasJehn NiIheln.
con, Who thoukht that - farmers TOO
often allowed the rich = 1svsur then.
He rs In favor Of tskins;ssss q the
grain in the old manner rather than
submit 70 the tvins trust.
At this juneturs !. ]. Ward moved
. committee bs sppsi,isd 70 adopt Re.
The ~ carried
and the chair appointed E b Jones,
Of 1nsvals, John MeCsllun Of Gather.
ton and u. n. Francis Of Cowles q
that committed. After tho committee
returned, Mr.. Stone Of Smith Co..
Kansss vas called for. In . few we'll
chosen remarks he sisted his position
q - being feminist tho trust.
A. A. Pope being preseat, VA loud
" called upon for . speech. He
arose end in . concise statement gave
the formers the correct status Of the
case. He believed that . few com.
Panies IN Boston, Nov York, etc., had
combined, but there were those Who
were on the outside Of the corner that
were manufscturings Irvine just -
good and were selling it st last ysars
He believed that the prices
would still be lower. but be VA willing
to contract tWine 70 responsible
farmers At l6 cents per pound. He
also thought that the cause Of the
about high twine vss brought
about By the implement nrnufacturers
Who had . lot Of the old rakers on
haad that they would like to get rid
Of and could not do It in any other
Wy.
Reese Thompson thought that
twine at Is cents va al right, and
If he could get it At last years prices
he would be sstis6sd and il 10 could
not, he would bind his grain BY
hand.
Ed. Psfkss thought that there ~
just enough John Bull in him 70 buck
The trust and il he could not get Irvine
II about l24 cents he would bind BY
hand.
L. A. Haskins va Of the sane
mind. He wanted Irvine It III cents.
10 thought If they could cell Il in
Iowa at that price they could in
Joe CARRIER advised tho farmers
o stand together. He thought their
'ction was what had lowered tho
rice Of Irvine. He was Of tho opin.
on that If il had not been for their
citation they would have had 70 pay
3 cents.
D. r. Ttuaky vss Of tho cane
He thought that tho farm.
- should combine and that one
against The other Va the
ny to combat the wrong done 70 the
armsrs in general. He thought the
lrmers allowed themselves to be
eeced too often and said the tine
id como 70 "ieAt the devil with
70: He proposed to give what spare
lonsy he had to HE nsiehbors rather
laa the twiss men II he could not
tvine reasonable.
At this poist the following resolu-
on va adopted: /
3Aselvsd; That ve, the usdersien.
! farDsrs Of Webster c.. Nsb. viii
u NE any biadisg tvipe this year
alsss il can % bought It . price not
exceed III cents PER pound sud
lrther pledge ourselves . stssd by
ID carry cut this rseealution % tks
llsst extsnt Of our ability, and ve
'ur COMMITTEES rseennsnd that eop-
. Of this resolution Be printed asd
reulatsd throughout the county for
Iusturea.
s.; J; : : i e.; :;:::,:; &C.,. |
The le3 cent portion Of the rssslu.
~ tgoQgAt out considerable con.k
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