The sun., 1890-05-22
COMMUNICATION.
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THE SCN each week for three weeks
from E.Sax. Mrs. Is very honest and
candid in all of his communications
and will try and be the same: diff
fer somewhat from the views of Mrs.
as given in his first communication;
/ have given the papers containing
the communications referred to, to a
| friend so now have to write from
memory and if / remember rightly
be thinks that the present depres-
sion in prices of farm products is
caused by over productions that is the
supply is greater than the demand.
Now am of the opinion that supply
has almost nothing to do with the
present low price of alffarm products.
To, Illustrate. I will take the price
OF dressed beef as compared with
beef cattle the past winter, i am an old
man but ! have no recollection of
beef cattle being so low as they have
been in past winters. Has dressed
beef been correspondingly low? No,
on the contrary IL has sold for just
as much as it did years ego when
cattle soldfor, t wo aud three times the
amn~..s they have the past winters.
What then Is the cause Of the low
price for cattle and the high prise for
dressed beet? The beef trust makes
the price for both producer and con.
sumer, and they don't pay the pro-
ducer enough to pay for the hay that
the cattle eat, to say nothing
about the labor of taking care of
them, and keeping through the
summer land they sell dressed beef at
such an unreasonable price that
the poorer class cannot buy, thus the
demand is less than it would be if
dressed beef was proportionally as
cheap as cattle. Supply and demand
has no part in making the price fo1
products for consumer, and what is
true in regard to beef is also true with
many other commodities but it
would make this article too long
tespeakof each seperately;e y;enough has
been said to prove that trusts and
combines make the price instead of
supply and demand, trusts cause the
present depression in agricultural
pursuits. MIR. Sax says he was dis
appointed at the meeting held by the
County Alliance;that it was too much
like political conventions, too many
resolutions and not enough work.
Many of the Alliance men will agree
with Mr.. S. and ! will say for the
encouragement of those that think
the Alliance is not doing any work,
that we nave done more work than
We are credited with, and that In
future we intend to work more and
resolve less, but it is not strange that
a few should cling to customs, it is
difficult for some men to turn from old
and long travelled paths, we are trying
to improve as fast as we become
educated What Mr.. S. says about
County expenses and County Officers
is the same as the Alliance has been
saying in their meetings for the last
six months. but Nc man had courage
to write an article for publication,
but now that Mr.. s.. has, started tho
ball a rolling l think it is best to
keep 1t moving, so / will give the
ball light blow to help keep it
moving by saying that some of our
present County Officers might as
we'll engage passage on the boat
that carries defeated politicians up
that noted river, for the farming
portion of the tax payers of this
County don't propose to keep. men in
Office that use the County money in
the manner that some of it has been
used the past few years. Our County
Attorney is receiving, $500.00 more
than it is worth to do the work that
the county requires to be done. i
might speak Of the poor fund,and the
unnecessary meetings Of County Com.
misieners. but MIS-. has spoken
Of these. No Mr. commissioners we
have no more use for you, and when
your term of Office expires make up
your minds to let men have your
places that work for the interests of
the county instead of himself. But
this article is already too long.
If i can get time to write l will
give the readers some suggestions
that have been made for a remedy.
AN OLD FARMER.