The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-06-04
CARLISLE FREES HIS MIND,
He DenOunces the Scheme for the
Government Ware
Houses.
A GREAT NORTHERN APPOINTMENT.
John N. Abbott Receives a Call From
President Hill and Ac-
cepts it.
Searching for the Dead at Oakland
Cal.---PrisOners Break Jail at
Aitkin. MINI.


Howard of Alabama, who requested the
senator's views upon bill providing for
a system of government warehouses for
farm products, upon which products
treasury notes may be issued The sena-
tor after rehearsing the features of the
proposed sub-treasury plan and noting
the fact that the farmers themselves will
pay more than their fair share of the cost
of erecting the warehouse and that Off
GERS connected with them will be parti-
sans Of the administration in power, says ::
"There are more than 1880 counties in
the United States but not more than one
third of them, if that many, produce and
sell annually more than $500, GOO of wheat,
corn, oats, cotton and tobacco and not
more than one third of them could posi-
bly, avail themselves of this plan, if
adopted, for the bill provides that the
| county in order to secure warehouse
must produce and sell annually farm prod
ucts valued at $5OO,000; moreover, this
| is plan to enable unscrupulous specu.
lators to take advantage OF farmers pc
cunlary necessities and extort exhorbitant
prices for food from people who reside in
cities, towns, villages and from people
who reside in the country but do not own
these particular agricultural products.
SOME SERIOUS DANGERS.
1t is evident that no farmer will subject
himself to the labor and expense of haul
ing his products to public warehouses and
l fo. al thn< thar nh rsrhi iah ha pt
pay for storage, for hauling and for TAX
ing care Of them when he has barns
and granaries at home, unless he is In
the products? In great majority OF
cases he will never be able to redeem
but will be forced to lose 20 per cent o.
his products or sell his warehouse re
ceipts for whatever he can get for them
which will be very little.
srECULAToRs WILL THRIVE.
The senator points out that the farmers
troubles will be golden opportunity TO
spectators, whose agents will swarm al
over the country ready to take warehouse
receipts from the embarrassed owner
for merely nominal sum. The receip
is simply of redemption, like pawn
brokers ticket, and the farmer hlmsel
being unable to redeem 1t will be force
to dispose of it at any price offered. II d
not" the senator says, "think that an,
considarahla uumher ~ intelligent peo
pie IN this country VIII unite in askin
the government 70 es!aollsh systen
which will compel them in large numbe
o. case TO sacrifice products of their labol
Senator Carlisle argued at snme lengt
to show that the plan proposed woul
produce an annual expansion and cor
traction Of the currency, which would re
suit in absolutely DESTROYING the marke
upon which the farmer must depend 10
the sale OF his crops and that cotto
farmers, who are supporting the schsm'
would be special sufferers because e: IN IN
plan in the writer's estimation woul
close every cotton FACTORY In the country
| SOUND DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE.
In conclusion Senator Carlisle says: 81