The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-01
WAREHOUSES FOR FARMERS.
sENA TOR CARLISLE's OPINION or THE
SUB TREAsURT SCHEME

He Shows that II Would IpIure Instead OF
BspeatIpe tho Farmers-Ue Enters Into
, nseussion OF Features of tho Plan.
WAsu1SeToY May 31.-To d. +. Howard OF
TurkeRce, Ala. Senator Carlisle has written
letter in response to Mr.. Towards request for
the Senator's views upon the agricultural sub
troasury proposition rs contained In dis be-
foro Congress to provide for system OF ware
houses for farm produce throughout tho coun-
try, to be operated by tho Government which
Is TO issue its notes upon products stored
therein.
Sonetor Carlisle says that Towards state
ment that he and those associated with him
are In favor OF equal Justice to all and spe-
oiul fuvors TO mono" embodies sound Demo-
cratic doctrine and II 1t had been strictly ad
hered to in Congress in the past twenty-five
wears the evils OF which farmers and others
Justly complain would have been averted and
She whole country would now DO prosperous
and contented. But. says the Senator. tho
farmers have been taxed 80 long for the bene-
ut OF other classes, and have seen SO much
legislation for the ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of corpora
tions and syndicates. that their patience
Is exhausted, and finding 1t impossible,
for the time being at least, to abol-
ish the system which has oppressed and
despoiled tho greatest Industrial interest OF
very policy which they have heretofore de-
nounced rs unjust and ruinous shall be applied
10 them, or rather part OF them, for no
scheme has vet been suggested that would oper-
ate alike uponall the farmers. But no evil can
creasng it's magnitude and extending the scene
OF It's operations. There 10 but one eneotual
remedy for the evil which undoubtedly exists,
d duded me- t. Is to reverse tho policy which pro-
The senator after rehearing tho features OF
in nd an HIM ~ MI mn M
the facts that the farmers themselves will pay
more than their fair share OF the cost of erect
nected with hem will be partisans OF tho Adj
ministration in power. says:
There are more than 2,4OO counties In the
United states. but not more than one.thrd OF
them. II that many yn6 n produce and sell annu-
MORE 5"a an sIofSe oh o.
more than oHc-third Of them could possibly
avail tn9mSfolyes Of this plan II It were adopt-
TO- H@ and fsbSc ' %ohsy tHS the fenst
Gncy S DS01nes M The me pen SnS Of the
pe09S living IN she SS9rer and less
pISn To- enable unscrnpHioHs SPECTATORS to
take advantage OF tie farmers pecuniary ne:
eessit,es, aga eNtort oxcrbltant PRICES for food
villages, and from PEOPLE who reside in the
country, but do not own these particular aGri.
Will subject himself to the labor and expense
OF TRANSPORTING his, products to the public
warehouses ana 10 I'LL INC Oln0T cNAFR1S WDlCQ
he must pay for storage, for handling, and for
takni: care OF them while there. when he has
barns and ,Granaries at homo. unless he is in
debt and abs olutey needs the money which the
G"yernment is TO advance: and II he is in that
unfortunate condition, from what source Is he
the products by returning the money and in
terest and paying the warehouse charges? In
to deem them but viii be forced to lose tho tho
remaining ~ per cent OF the value OF his
whatever he In. which will ba
little: for it must be remembered that after he
gets his warehouse receipt he has remaining
interest. storage, &c. and this is ali he can dis
nose Of. He will find the time RAPIDLY APP
deem his Products or sell his small remaining
interest in them or allow them to be sold at
will be the golden opportunity OF the specuIa.
tors. whose agents will swarm all over the
country ready 10 take tho warehouse receipts
from the embarrassed owners for a merely
nominal sum.
The receipt is simply a privilege Of re-
farmer. being himself unable to redeem. WILL DO
forced ultimately TO dispose Of 1t at any price |
nnmIor OF in sent people III" IL this eountrs
viii unite in asking the Government to estab-
large number Of cases &c sacrifice the products
senator Carlisle argues at some length to
ton OF the currency, provided for In the bill
You'd result IN Absolutely destroying the mar,
the sGle Of his CROPS, and that the cotton farm;
ers who are supporting the "Sub-Treasury"
plan in tho writer s estimate would close every
cotton factory IN the country. He says; /
for controlling the markets for purely specula-
two pun oses. said Mr.. Carlisle. have ever |
perc pe Hn he o the
poor could be- devised. The exact quantities
OF PRODUCTS on dcrost in the several public
and financial centre. and combinations to pur-
chase and hold tho receipts could be easily
made. especially when they can be procured
value II tho deposit"
In conclusion Senator Carlisle says: Il have
thus given you rs briefly as the nature OF the
subject would permit some, OF the reasons why
think tho proposed plan for the relief Of the
cial not only to them; but 10 all the other PEG;
Ile OF tho country Blu. It would be uncandd
mu4icaton. that even if it could be conclu-
tiyely shown that this or any other similar
any particular class OF our people / would
still BE- unalterably opposed to its. ,adop-
ton because IN my opinion it would be an.
principles upon which our political institutions
are founded. 1t would DO, in fact, the longest
Soasoid3tion Of rover, II the, hands q the
Federal Government and the subsection Of the
and control OF central and Irresponsible au-
t men iop Hnd are pehmocFats, ana as
necessary interference with. the personal
and domestic concerns OF it's citizens,
md eonlne itself strictly to the admin
istration. Of purely public affairs. 1t 10 q car
dinal piinci pal OF our political faith that the
governed. and that they are most prosperous
and contented when left to the free exercise OF
their own bus mess. subject only to such rea-
sonable regulations az may be necessary to
preserve the peace and good order OF the COM
munity. These propositions arc fundamental
and We cannot abandon them without repudi-
ating all the traditions OF our party and all the
distinctions between constitutional Royern-
ments and paternal despotisms."