The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-08-02
GOVERNMENT WAREHOUSE SCHEME
| Farmers FTiend.I


The many Mandatory articles | see
and read about the government bnild-
ing warehouses, in which to store the
farmers grain as surety for money
loaned them by the government, remind
me OF family of kings, called Pharoah,
who, through the instrumentality of
one OF his subjects, gathered all the
grain in Egypt during years OF plenty.
and afterwards sold the same grain
back TO the people, getting first all
their money, then all their cattle, ,horses
ana lands, and finally their bodies,
Thus making slaves of them all except
the priests (pohticians). In our
opinion the warehouse bill would
finally result in this thing for the
tarmers OF America, viz: The gov.
ernment and the priests (p0lilicians)
would have both lands ana cattle, and
place the people la b0nddge,as Pharoah
did X 'uIelnber, history repeats itself.
Aud Tia" money imitation scheme would
be- IA different road bnt equally certain
To reach the same end. First, il is class
legislation for the benefit of the iDdi-
gent, slothfui and extrayagant class
who have lived beyond their means
and Thus become Indebted TO the more
industrious, economical class, and by
this means nope Ia pay these debts
with all Inflated and less valuable cur
rency, In other words give back to
their creditors half the value they re-
ceived thus causing the frugal class to
bear the brunt OF his neighbor's extra
vagance or laZiness or both. Ii
fthis was all we might not complain.
IHl Iiiis cheap money would enable
j1nofpitp yet cheap money with Which 10
ikpafl EQ3f1Qa HpeztssgDsk. ..on the cheap
EWssf faE0islasi'i sfsuen n.tsaIiis3au1pod The
| already gEnfted mai 81. 81 ~ ! ,kipis
OF Iarn prodness s,sa Il :: + I W
compelled To e&i,ort tsg<f31t s Il {etz5
below the cost oi traiisIjoi + II IS "a
tie exporter wou,d buy ff8ihsH@ 81
cheap money and pocket the E84Izs>
gold he received for it when sold 70
that country. OF course the price OF
what we sell would rise at first, and 30
would what We buy. This could not
better our condition. Why not lower
the legal. rate of interest TO two or
three per cent. and thus compel the
money lender TO invest his money in
some kind VI business or in real estate,
where he will pay tax on IL instead of
resting at mis- case living off the interest
OF bis money on which he does not pay
AL apology tor tax, and in addition 10
lowering the rate of interest put a
heavy tax Oh money loaned out Of the
state aud thus stop these men sending
the money justly belonging 10 this
state into western states to help them
ruin us by overproductioD, and as a
penalty for taking usurious interest
make void the debt. Finally, when a
man talks about high tariff making 9
home market and thus beBefiting tar
mers he either does not know what hi
is talking about, or he does not care
how he handles the truth. The far
mer is the great consumer of manufac
tured goods.
A high tariff means that he pays thai
much more for what he buys. Think
OF fifteen per cent. on wool and hide
as compared with eighty per cent. or
manufactured woolen goods. Ii thu
is not the government helping manufac
turers at our expense then what is il
CHURCH HILL, 1928,