The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-01-21

J the combines there and thus formed and
the unnatJral building up of one vast
ma ket with all that Is involved In the
secret combinations, with vaster railroad
corporations snd interested managers were
and are the natural consequence of the
! ranch business and its effects upon COM
| merce that these trusts, combines and
syndicates continue until this day seeking
to add to their power, increase their grip
upon business, to spread themselves over
the entire country and control everything
that pertains to the production of beef and
pork and marketing of the same. insist
that whilst they are the natural consequences
of the first cause thew are BY their very
existence inimicsl 10 safety and the sue
cess OF Legitimate commerce and as such to
call for the early AMI earnest attention of
congress and the law making powers
generally. 1t remains with you gentlemen
to determine what action you will take at
this meeting in the premises,
IL seems to me that every man who is
engaged 10 the production of beef on the
public domain should be compelled to pay
q rent for the use of the land when he does
not own n. There is nothing reasonable
in this. He would then be measurably at
least, placed upon q footing with his
neighbors and the farmers who own their
ranches and farms. II the United States
government would charge all such men
70 cents per acre for the land they use, Il
would very soon root out many
who do nothing but destroy values.
IL would be hard upon them
it is true bat no harder upon them than
they and their business now are upon the
farmers of the country. We never heard
OF these men having any sympathy or re-
gard for the farmers.
We are met here not for sympathy but
10 take care of ourselves and our bones.
These monied capitalists of the plains care
only for themselves and dose of the same
medicine can have no othe- than a good
effect. Our motto may we'll be our homes,
our farms ard our future.
CONVENTION NOTES.
Hon. Green Clay, of Audrain, q
delegate, is Kentuckian, a farmer, q
democrat and a state senator. He is
prominently mentioned in connection
with the office of governor.
Hon. Jno. II. Estill, of Howard
county, a delegate, is member of the
Missouri legislature. He is a demo.
crat and is spoken of for railroad and
warehouse commissioner of the state.
Henry r. Walker, of Pleasant
Green, cooper county, a young man
and one of the wealthiest farmers and
stockmen in Missouri, is in attend
ance. He is graduate of the Mis-
souri, University.
-Leverett Leonard, of Mt. Leon
ard, Saline county, one of the Leon
ard Brothers." famous in Missouri
agriculture and politics, is in attend
ance. Mr.. Leonard is highly edu-
Gated gentleman. He IS lawyer, as
well as a stockman and farmer.
Captain Charles e. Leonard of .
Cooper county, in attendance as q
delegate, is one of the Leonard
He makes speciality of
breeding thoroughbred shorthorns at
Bell Air and has a herd noted
throughout the west. "Ravenswood,"
bis country home, is one of the hand
soonest country places in Missouri.
-Abiel Leonard, of Mt. Leonard,
Saline county, is in attendance. Mr..
Leonard IS not only man of wealth
but, also, of brains. He is highly
educated. we'll read and thoroughly
posted upon all the economic ques-
ions of the day. He is president of
he Farmers, Merchants and Bust
less Mems association of Saline
ouDty, an organization which is play
ne an important part in the politics
nd prosperity of the state. Mr..
leonard is, by birth, rearing and
rinciple, democrat. He has been
rged to run for congress, railroad
commissioner and other offices but he
as steadily declined nomination for
u offices in the gift of the people.