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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-16

| products of labor, or even of land. On
the contrary 1t expressly opposes the So
clallstic idea and only seeks to secure to
the laborer the fruits of his toni. This
proposition Is distinctly stated in a re-
cent issue Of the single tax organ IN the
following language:
Having secured TO the community that
which rightly belongs TO il. we insist, 10
| use phrase from the Quaker discipline
that II shall be content TO live within the
bounds OF It's circumstances" and keep its
hands out of the pockets OF individuals.
On the other hand, the individual hav-
! ing paid 20 the community the fair price
Tor whatever superior advantage he has
obtained from it. rIghtiully owns every
thing, over aud above that payment. that
IS the product of his labor, his ingenuity or
his skill. IL Is not only his as against any
other Individual. but his against all other
individuals combined; his. as the sea is
the Lords, because lie made it,
The logical deduction from Mr. Davis
argument Is that there are too many
agrlculturIsts in proportion TO the popu-
lation This means that the farmer
must abandon his farm and seek other
pursuits, or else continue To labor
tor the meager compensation that he
now receives. But where is there an open
for HIM:
Every door is barred with gold, and
opens but TO golden keys"
8lr. George does not propose a revolu-
ton IN human nature. lie only pro-
poses a reform in our system Of taxation
IN the interest of the producer. If Mr..
Davis will study Progress and Poverty lie
may learn means Of preventing over
production.
IDIar Dr,y- v,,.orrrr r,af.,, Of Ill
tenure there will always be a disposition
TO oyer production; and by over produc-
ton / mean production in excess Of the
demand at prices that will properly COM
pensate the producer. Landlordism
crowds too much land into cultivrtion.
Mr.. Davis complains of the folly OF
opening up any new territory 20 settle
ment; yet 1t Is the interest of the land
lord that requires more land. There IS
an abundance Of land within the con-
fines of settlement to employ the aericul-
turIst for centuries TO come. If he were
only permitted to use IT, But he is not
permitted to use 1t. He is fleeing from
the landlord, who in turn pursues him
with a determination to get possession Of
the whole earth. This accomplished and
the laborerer viii have before ham only
the prospect of mere substance.
lt IS folly 90 assign any one thing rs
the cause Of industrial and commercial
depression. Over production Is accouuta-
bic for its share: private mi-manage-
ment Is accountable for It's share. and
every device by which the dollar IS &C
quired without labor Is an important
factor in the problem.
H. L SHANNON.
MEDICINE LODGE, March II, 1890.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-16

The verdict Of the Iowa State Register
on the operation Of the interstate com
merce law is that it has closed up nearly
every Iowa manufacturing institution
which shipped goods out of the state.
and has been almost as disastrous to the
farmers under the operation Of the long
haul clause. There is abundant testimo-
ny of this kind, the correctness Of which
is unquestionable. Since the the adop-
ton Of the interstate law the producers
Of the west have been at the greatest
possible disadvantage, through the per-
lection Of combinations and the advance
in rates of transportation. The east is
not affected so visibIy because the pro-
Queer and the manufacturer are so much
nearer to the sea-board and to the staple
markets. The question arises, what are
we going to do about il: 1t Is easier
asked than answered: but if the voice of
the west could be heard and needed the
pernicious enactment known as the in
ter-state commerce law you'd be wiped
out in jItfy.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-16

writ proof position: claims he was IN
| fortunate, and offers 10 cents on the
dollar for receipt in full, all eof which
| retards legitimate trading, destroys con-
fdence and drives capital out. For who
would invest in the actual product and
hold 1t against such odds, or what farm
er IS encouraged to raise a crop that
Wouidhardly paw for the seed he uses:
The number of these transactions and
the quantity of wind bushels Of grain.
! pounds Of cotton and hog products that
are sold on the market amounts 10 ten
/ to twenty times the total quantity pro-
| duced, and ends in bankruptcy to the
/ producer first, then the hanks and coun-
try next. These wind gamblers are a
curse TO the community, they are drones
and should be cast out.
Sellers and buyers of puts and calls
are only an off shoot of this nefarious
business, ana are generally those who
being successful among their sharper
brothers are reduced to smaller and less
dangerous enemies to the public.
Bucket shop dealing, whilst looked on
with contempt by the larger wind sell
ers, is just as honorable as selling what
you do not own. and is hardly as de-
moralizing, as the amount of risk is usu-
ally limited to the am5uut of cash in the
hands of the applicant: however, a great
deal of his money is flched from I'M
fortunate EMPLOYERS whese confidence
is betrayed by the men and boys they
employ.
"One of the most serious results Of
bucket shops and puts and calls deal
ing is the demoraliZing effect on the
rftb o WI
SUN Of money, can get into the vortex,
and once in their morals are usually de-
stroved: in fact, we are raising nation
of gamblers, instead of producers or self
supporters.
Il claim there Is no over production IN
this country. for every pound of food
that is raised, and twice as much more,
could be disposed of at higher prices
than it is worth now, if short selling
could be stopped. Foreign operators not
they want it, and would buy it, but they
fear to buy cargo III this country for
the reason that supply and demand does
not govern, and before they could re-
ceive the goods the chances are the mar
ket would be put down by short selling.
And besides, through the wind system
of grading. inspection and regular ware
house Of or delivery changes they may
not get the quality bought, and besides,
in case of future sales under the pre-
vailing system, the seller may hide be-
hind the corner rule and default his con-
tract.
4 sincerely hope the 'Butterworth'
bill will pass; it is a step in the right
direction, and further hope the general
government will yet pass a grading and
inspection law that will be general and
uniform all over the United States, free
from the control of boards of trade or
politicians; also law declaring future
contracts shall mean actual delivery of
and that wringing out and
of the original signer to con-
tracts shall not be allowed, and that the
original signers shall not be relieved
from responsibility until the contracts
mature and are complete.
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a year and let wheat and other tTn
products be su bject to those who WI
! egitimately buy and trade IN them
handling the actual stuff. There IS nc
question as 10 what the result Will be.
! Capital will buy This stuff and store 1t.
Competition will come IN and bid up the
prices. Make it possible for people 10 do
business and they will do IL
You admit, '.that the spectators
are responsible, to some extent, for the
fluctuations of prices" but assert that
'ov reproduction by the farmers IN this
and other countries seems to be really at
the bottom of the trouble" l beg to say
that overproduction is not an established
fact, only an assertion; there is no over
production. The United states today
could not export one bushel of wheat If
it was not because she has a corn crop
to fall back on. 1t is said that wheat
is the brain food of the world, and the
growing of wheat should be stimulate
instead of depressed. Is it not true that
wheat IS grown less and less every
year compared with the increase of
population IN this country?
In the past three years prices Of nearly
all commodities have been going down,
W AlCti HAS no. 5llLuuldlSh pSOiiiD ~ ~
into business. Capital does not go into
legitimate business for the purpose of
buying high and selling low for profit
The consequences is that money Is tied
up. But you start an upward tendency
to the market and capital comes out anu
takes hold Of business, because there Is a
profit IN ia legitimate profit. If the
price Of the commodity goes too high 1t
regulates itself, as, for instance, If wheat
goes to So a buShel people stop eating
wheat and eat something else. If butter
goes to 80 cents a pound, while 1t may
taste better than If it was worth 10 cents,
people do not eat as much of 1t, or use as
much of it: if production increases the
price goes down. l am of the opinion
that the sooner the railroads and the
business men and the farmers can get
together and see the causes which are
producing this depression, and use their
best efforts to remedy it, the quicker the
question will be solved.
There Is no more necessity for a bear
to depreciate the value of property than
there Is for q wrecker to destroy our rail
roads. They are no benefit; they do not
work for benefit; they are panic breed
ers, and their whole aim and tendency
is 10 destroy confidence and create dis
trust. Establish an upward market for
farm products and the rate question will
be settled, and there Will be no necessity
for legislation. II.
Wichita, Kan.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-16
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

J
/ Frisco expects to have two railroads in
: side oil SIX months
/ The inhabitants Of Noble distinguish
/ themselves as noble men.
Guthrie has a rickety old bridge that IS
/ considered Dy some dauaeF1b-
The measles has broken loo.. anon,
some cgmmuuitI-s IN Okiahafga
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The Dep ForS farmers voted almost
uhahld4o47iJ ID IaF9f o. q AsF1 law .ies-
day.
4 Guthrie pugilist. Paddy SHEA has
fallen heir u $1,000 and some land su Ire
lama.
inc silver l0rret hands II DEfab0.rra
ar. AL hoarse since lle bal g....eI tgs
house.
Thomas Tersa7 has received hss l1-,-
mi scion "a. United states rr-,,fr,I ,-..,- ~
II Ea-.
4. said .f,,+ resrl- every III. o,~,., 70
V-bfs t..- -.-.r,.s-5 rr-.s 4 80 t...+-5...i
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4 rev town called Fzllz CITY has been
started ga toe fails of Little klse. about
eight miles e4-t ~ Norman.
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HoMEsEEKERs' EXCURSIONS.



KANSAS CITY, No, March ), 1890.
To connecting lines:
Recognizing the necessity of populat.
ing the unocCupIed agricultural lands OF
the great west. the people OF Kansas
nave perfected organizations and contri-
buted funds Tor the purpose Of advertis-
ing their resources in the east. 4 very
earnest spirit has been manifested by the
public IN tins move, ami the various rail
roads strongly urged TO take the neces-
sary steps IN the way Of reduced Iaies
anu other measures of cooperation to
produce the largest results IN the desired
direction.
After a careful consideration. the lines
party hereto have decided that series
OF low rate homeSeekers' excursions
would result in a development Of the
west that would have future results hard
TO overestimate.
The regulations proposed for these ex-
cuFSIOnS have been devised with the
idea OF atfordlng the largest measure OF
protection 10 regular business. and at
the same time be sufficiently liberal not
TO defeat the object sought to be gained
We therefore tender to our Connec-
tons basing rate OF one lowest regular
first class tariff rate for the round trip.
with exceptions herein named. for =
series Of housekeepers excursions on the
following basis:
TO all points IL Kansas except that for
tickets sold through Missouri river gate
ways, minimum rate Of 50. added 10
the lowest one-way rate To the nearest
Missouri river gateway, shall apply.
Tickets 10 be sold April -. Nav ~.
September 3 AMI % and October Ii. 1880.
Tickets must be Of the usual iron clad.
non-uansferable form, limited 70 con
unuouS passage IN each direction. with
final limit for return of thirty days from
uate of sale.
TRANS-NTSSOURI Pass, Assn.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-16
THE swINDLE OF OPTION DEALING

u u. McEnnis. president OF the cham
Der of commerce Of s.. Louis, has given
out ms views on the Butterworth bin for
publication, in which he holds that the
law OF supply and demand does not &C
count for the present depression in prices,
that there is no such surplus OF farm
products IS claimed. but that futures, =
puts and calls, and that character of
option dealing Is the trouble He says:
MANY sales of this kind are made
months ahead Of the crops and forestall
any chance OF the producers getting the
advantage either OF the foreign demand
or any benefit or a short crop. In fact,
the short sellers interest viii tempt him
10 use any means IN his power to falsiIy
the market TO keep him from losing
money, even to making washed sales aud
circulating rumors Of yellow fever. etc,
- the injury OF the bayer.
Selling promises TO deliver products
that the seller does not own implies tie
belief IL lower prices. and Il the seller
Is mistaken he : tempted 20 use such
means Is VIII break down values by call
ing TuinoUs margins. making false r.
ports Of stock. damaging tine rin&ucjal
reputation OF the buyer and ii al fails.
he lays down on his contract. sinks oa-
hind q corner rule % places himself IL >
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-16

The press is still discussing the farm
ing interest, and usually wind UP their
profound dissertations with the ques-
ton, "Does farming pay:" The answer
as to this, as to every other enterprise or
vocation, depends upon the individual.
Some people make miserable failure of
anything and everything they under
take, while some others prosper and sue
coed at whatever they engage in. Take,
for instance, the case of one Sedgwick
county farmer who, although he can
give no detailed account of the cost of
raising corn, yet he has raised little else
but corn for fifteen years and saved 500
600 during that period. Phenomenal as
this may seem to the inhabitants of any
other state or country, it Is by no means
exceptional. There are scores of farm
ers-and by farmers we mean men who
have titled the soil and performed other
farm labor with their own hands-in
Sedgwick and adjoining counties who
have done as well. The farmer who
fails to make money in Kansas VIII fail
anywhere else on earth, similarly stu
ate0. And what Is true Of farming is
also true of almost every other line Of
business known to legitimate commerce
and industry.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-16

From ,hs Wios.fa Hlrr8r.
Evidence o. 90 how important are b.
coming tie wholesale interests 81 Wlch-
ia was furnished last week br SIR. j. l..
3iecorHey. proprietor 81 large general
store 80 Rochester. Kansas. Sir Mecor-
uey p4tfoalzed uCariy every Wholesale
concern iu tgwu and 81 ben bIs purchases
were completed Le frankly stais-I tbat
be- could buy every dollar worth a. Lu
dIvefsIilel stock more cheapiy .r 81 .
I'a than in any ether piare boz lba uof 3.
VITA view ~ attracting such bgter
~ SIR. MeCouev. would % net b. o. tte
interest of the wholesaler 20 rairoHLe
their home papers to the extent Of seus
advertising: I i rot strange that. after
ali the Clty papers have Goar. 3 reader
might Peru every ltuc ~ each ~ Nich-
ia newspaper ami nlf know that there
w4- single wholesale establishment n
the city.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-16

The thing that the Republican party
leaders Of Kansas must decide before the
calling of the next state convention Is.
Have q respectable minority. even. of the
party a right TO demand and have
afforded them another opportunity to
vote again upon the question Of consti-
tutional prohibition? IL said leaders de-
eide not, then there VIII be q new set Of
leaders or the same old leaders with the
Republican party in the minority,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-16

From the Minneapolis tribune
1t Is "A matter of record that a rigid en-
fo.cemeut Of the short and long haul
clause cuts down the profit o. western
producers Ola ell grain marketed in Eu-
rope. The distance from Minneapolis 10
Liverpool constitutes tho long haul Of
our wheat, and until New York and
other seaboard cities complained Of dis
elimination and insisted upon strict
enforcement Of the interstate commerce
law, the freight charge on wheat was
less from Minneapolis 10 Liverpool than
from here 60 New York. IHe long ard
short haul clause enables the cities ou
ths Atlantic seabOsrd % levy tolls on
north"estern stapies-aud our producers
are compelled % pay chem cut Of their
profits
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-16
Unspoken Words

Harriet Bcscher Stowe.
The bitterest tears shed over graves
are for words left unsaid and deeds left
undonc. "She never knew how / loved
her. He never knew what he was 10
me-" Il always meant 10 make more Of
our friendship Such words are the
poisoned arrows which cruel death
shoots backward at Us from the sepul-
cher,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-16

The orange trees Of Florida are re-
ported as badly nipped' by the recent
frost. But then, the Florida oranges are
getting 50 that they can stand about as
many killings by the frost as the Della
ware and New Jersey peaches. If the
fruit culturists Of these extremes want
to escape such risks to their business
they want to come to southern Kansas,
where fruit never fails.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-16

Algeria ssa T4uas arr overraa wlfn orlrk-
e. AMI szzt hzaes Il tEFaatere. "a -
provinces q CoaElzutsls. Tsa4r prsarnas :
etIri5sssd ~ Us ua.aEzral fai31nsss q To-
weather laa g>sFsrl-oT Es1erzl q Aizsfla
ADD sse IsHsaizs rszsHry ere eaEazst ia o.
Tis4ug fl-szaa 70 rsg.1i ~ saro15s q rs 10
wssccsns iHsaas-s
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-16

Roscoe COnkling once said that if JAY
Gould had gone into politics he would
have made the master politician Of the
country. But II JAY Gould had gone
into politics he wouldn't be paving the
S%,5JO year pew rental that he is 10
day.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-16

The readers Of the EAGLE will find
themselves treated in this issue to a va
riety Of exceedingly paIatable and nutri-
tlous mental food, prepared by several
superior caterers. The menu embraces
both substantials and dainties, and we
are persuaded the whole of it will be
consumed with a relish.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-16

1t transpires that the energy expended
by certain Of the state press IN Directing
10 the appointment OF the Minnesota
minister as chancellor of the state uni
Yersity was labor lost He declines
with thanks.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-16

nom ne EclTCrlA NSIys-
Put sugar on the free list. and
squander other millions on the various
Jobs proposed. aud where Is the money
- come from to meet the requirements
81 = service pension bilic The Empcra
Republican may answer.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-16
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
Speaks for Itself

-NI'l -'N"N'N
We would like TO know II the Wichita
EAGLE isn't the ablest edited Of any
paper west Of the Mississippi
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-16

The shortage of uhirty-odd thousand
dollars in the cash account of the Mis-
souri, state treasurer paies into insignifi-
canoe when placed alongside the dis
crepancy of over $500, GOO between the
cash received and cash on hand in the
treasury Of the state of Mississippi.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-16

From Colme-'s Rural World.
The best farmers are not always good
business men, but they can learn # they
try. True, II takes long years Of train
ing TO make a good merchant, as II does
10 make a good farmer, but the man
who has his wits about him Is learning
all the time. lie looks into this and
prys into that, be asks questions, notes
facts, reads books and papers, notes tho
markets, sees which crops are paying
best, and changes his plans accordingly.
The ne'er-dO-well was born in "a rat. and
loves nothing better than To stay in II.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-16
ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRIES.

a number OF Kansas City, Kan, CAPT
talists are talking of starting a smelter
Muncie, a small town eight miles west of
that CITY. on tract Of land owned by
them. The tract where the company
proposes to plant Its works Is known as
the Ginter bottoms, and the total
amount of property controlled by the
organization is something over 5000
acres. The extensive works at Argen-
tine, near blythe largest in the United
States-has proven profitable enterprise
to its owners and an important one to
the community, but its value IN the fu-
ture viii depend largely upon the action
Of the government in the matter of tax
ing or admitting free the ores from Mex
lean mines that are in a measure essen
tial to the successful prosecution of that
important industry. The same condi-
tons apply to the new enterprise. With
the necessary Mexican ores to be had at
cheap rates the Giuncie snlelter viii be
put up and set agoing in a short time,
and this viii be followed by others in the
same vicinity, as well as at other points
in the state.
The benefits Of such enterprises are
double in their effects, giving employ
ment to large numbers Of people here,
and in opening the way for and encour-
aging the development of a desirable
and desired foreign trade in our products.
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- - General Id - 10.

From the Washington. Pa. Reporter
Our drive is now out 20 the big field
where we went for review. just left Of
the mouse was Gen. Hancock's tent.
Here Is where Corporal Blake took the
general at hIs word. Blake was on duty,
the general, coming 10 the door. asked:
Well, my man, do you get enough 90
eat Blake said he did not well,
asked tho general. "do you get half
enough Blake replied he did. We'll. .
responded the general. cit. a poor sol
der that can steal the other mali" A
few minutes later hot coffee and biscuits
were stcamln- ON Jhe general table. As
the cook turned around toiuyite the gen
eral out 10 breakfast, Blake turned the
plate Of hot cakes into his haversack.
That's all there was about IT,