Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-06-26

A"SS'S AAOu 1AouStiS pOiuIS I'D LILO MIS-
souri, river on corn, wheat. oats, hogs,
cattle, and other farm products are ex-
cessively high, and beg your honorable
body to inquire into the matter and
reduce the rates to correspond with the
very low prices the producer is now
compelled to accept for these commod-
tiles"
The Peoples Party-Ausust Is.
s. F. Willitz, chairman, and s. W..
Chase. secretary of the central commit
tee of the peoples party. have issued
the call for the state convention to be
held in Topeka, August ID. It is as
follows:
"In pursuance of resolution adopt
ed by the convention assembled at the
state house in Topeka on Thursday,
June II, 1890, which convention was
composed of delegates from the Farm
ers' alliance and Industrial union. the
Farmers Mutual Benefit association,
the Patrons of Husbandry, the Knights
OF Labor, and Single Tax clubs, we
hereby issue this cal! for peoples
convention to be held in the city of To-
peka on Wednesday, August Is, 1890,
to place in nomination candidates for
state Offices, and to transact any and all
business that may be legitimately
brought before the convention"
The apportionment of delegates pro-
vides for convention of 529. the
largest ever held in the state. It was
based on the population of the counties,
as no test of the strength of the party
had ever been made. Sedpwick and
Shawnee counties will each have eight
cen delegates. Wyandotte sixteen, and
Leavenworth twelve. Other large del
egations will be: from Cherokee twelve,
Cowley thirteen, Bourbon twelve, and
Sumner thirteen. The three latter are
strong alliance counties.
A large number OF Kansas City grain
men were present. and it developed be-
fore the testimony was concluded that
the demand made by the farmers, if
granted, would more likely result to the
benefit of the Kansas City grain brokers
rather than to the farmers. It was adj
mitted by all the Kansas City grain men
that practically all grain which they
bought went to the eastern markets,
that the price was fixed in the eastern
markets, and when the railroad COM
missloners asked them if it was not to
the interest of the Kansas elevator men
and the Kansas grain producers to ship
direct to the eastern markets, thus |
saving the toll which would otherwise
be paid to the Kansas City broker.
hey were unable to give satisfactory
reply.
Mr.. Low, of the Rock Island road. |
claimed that II the local rates in Kansas
were reduced. the rates must also be cut |
down in Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois. |
which must necessarily hurt the Kansas |
grain producer.
Mr.. Davidson, Kansas City grain
dealer, said he marketed his wheat prin- |
cipaIly at Baltimore and New Orleans. |
He admitted that the prices he paid |
for grain were governed by the |
prices prevailing in the seaboard mar
kets.
President Low of the Rock Island, |
asked il it would not be possible for
the local shipper in Kansas to deal di-
rectly with the Baltimore or New York
dealer. Captain Simonds did not think
they could do as we'll. Haven't you
done all that you could to prevent
the local grain men of Kansas from
dealing directly with the eastern buy
ers:" asked President Low. Captain
Simonds denied that they had.
Mr.. Low claimed that it was to the
interest of the Kansas City dealers to
stop all grain and secure a toll. He
said that the chief complaint when
the Rock Island came into Kansas
was that the farmers OF Kansas desired
to be relieved OF the embargo at
Kansas City. The inspection charges
there were outrageous; then they had
to pay toll to the Kansas City ship
pers-
Railroad Commissioner Humphrey
said that grain men in Kansas City
paid no more for grain than they had
to; they did not do business on phil
anthropic principles; from the admis=
sions made here by the Kansas City
grain men, this matter of rate to the
Missouri river was seIltimsntT vesy i
little, If any, Of the grain remained 1t
Kansas City; it went through to east
ern markets, where the price, ven
fixed