Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-31

RESOLUTIONS Adopted by the St Louis Con
vention-A Sonewhnt Political Debate
OmceEs Elected.
ST.. LOUIS, OFT 24-when the Inter.
yesterday afternoon with Colonel Colmau
in the chair, Robert Lindbiom- ono Of the
most noted Board Of Trade operators of
Chicago, made q speech in which he gave
the spectators side of the question. He
said the monopolist had taught society q
lesson that in time would make monopoly
an impossibility.. That lesson MAS. the
lesson of cooperation. The lessons
raught by the trusts was co-opera-.
,ion. 1t was intended as a blessing &c
monopoly; it would end in being a bless
ing to humanity. He was brought up
to believe that wheat on the great lakes at
81 per bushel was good as Govern
ment bond, but in four years it never
went as high as 81. until last year, when 1t
touched 81 for a minute, because of .'Old
Hutch, (" and he was m ich Sun prised as
any body. He believed that at fa,riy high
prices more grain could be sold than at
low prices There was no foundation for
the cry about over-pi o luction. In Eve
years. while the production of wheat de-
creased 2H per cent. the price decreased
2S per cent There had been no over-pro-
duction in other countries.
President Colman then addressed the
convention from a free trads standpoint
denounced the way farmers were used by
the present Administration and the pro.
tectiye policy and said that the only way
to protect their interest was to adopt free
trade. Hs assaulted elevator combines,
pools, commission men and spectators as
robbers OF the farmers and said that be.
tween these factions the farmer was
crushed.
The following resolutions were pre-
sented and adopted after a lively de-
bate:
Resoleed, BY the farmers of the States lying
between the Mississippi and Missouri river
valleys and of the States of Oregon. Washing
ton and California in National convention as
semhled:
Firsi-That we hereby memorabilia our a.
tional Congress and the President of the United
States and do most seriously petition them to
make such reciprocity treaties with those
foreign nations to whom we ship our surplus
farm products viii cause the foreign nations
to remove the customs duties from our farm
products shipped abroad, thereby causing us &c
receive higher price for our foreign farm sur
plus and thereby fixing a higher price upon all
that we sell abroad.
= Second-That we ask that such steps be
taken by our National Congress as VIII destroy
the present existing nonopolies and trusts and
prevent the formation of others
Third-And TO the end that we NAV get our
farm implements at a less price, that the pres
ent laws be repealed that place a duty upon
farming implements or the raw material used
in their manufacture.
Fourth-That we are more deeply interested
In the carrying out of the above resolutions
than are in the success OF any political
party.
In the afternoon resolutions were adopt.
ed recommending the building of joint
ste OK elevators for their own use, asking
Congress to pass an Inter State law max.
ing it q felony for any man 10 sell or offer
for sale any produce which he does not
own at the time of offering for sale; and
asking that Mr.. Porter, superin OF
the census, collect complete statistics
upon the s'farm mortgage question"
Permanent officers were then selected
as follows: President, Hon. Norman j.
Colman. of Missouri. with the privilege OF
naming his own secretary; executive
board, W. L. Scott and A. D. Noe. of Ken
lucky, N. j. Colman and U. S. Hall, OF
Missouri, E r. Murphy and P. A O'Dell.
of Minnesota. d. B. Green and j. 7. Nc
Caffrey, of Illinois, Calvin Cole and
George Gibson, of Oregon, Walter N.
Allen and ex-governor Robinson. of Kan
sas, j. A. Coates and D. A. Epson. oil
Indiana, n. o. Walker, of Tennessee and
H N. Sargent, of Ohio. the convention
then adjourned sine die.