The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-18

Preston Republican:
The silver bill conference commit
tee has made a report which entirely
destroys the parity between gold and
silver and, if it is enacted into law,
will continue the power of Wall
Street to control the money circula-
ton andits largeprofits in premiums
on bonds and gold. So far as the
conference is concerned the people
have again been defrauded in mat ters
of finance. The senate will not accept
the report, at least that is the gener-
ally accepted opinion. Senators Tel
Ter, Jones, Stewart and other republi-
can statesmen will not be bound by
the conference report. King caucus
will not force them into robbing the
people to crafty Shylock.
Kansas Advocate:
Railroads.
OF course we know Just after having
passed through the glorious 4th that
we have the best government under
the sun. But after all we might learn
little lesson from benighted Hun
gary. In that country the railroads
are under government control and
there is a steady decline in the rates
of travel. The tickets are put. on
sale like postage stamps and the
fares are so low that one may travel
distance equal to that from New
York to Boston for 20 cents. or from
New York to Chicago for 1922.
Suppose the people build themselves
a railroad.
Wheat and Whisky.
Iowa Tribune:
The United States provides relief
by law for whisky manufacturers and
sellers but is entirely Indifferent to
the distress of the farmers and other
manufacturers. AS soon as distill-
cry turns out few barrels of alcohol
spirits OF any kind the United States
furnished an agent to take it in
charge, store it safely and issue a
government warehouse receipt for it.
This receipt would pass for money if
it were not for tax of 10 per cent
on all such currency to protect the
national banks and give them the
field. 1t is the nearest thing to
money, and yet not money its value
is everywhere recognized. 1t can be
taken into any bank and deposited
as security for loan almost up to
it's face value. This is of incalculable
advantage to the distiller. He can
leave his poison to ''ripen' and get
the money for it all the same, and
withdraw it whenever the market
justifies by surrendering his ware
house receipt.
Now note the difference. The farm
er who raises wheat or al y other valu-
able crop is generally poor so loaded
with debt that he must realize upon
it at once. The manufacture of alco-
hol involves only a few days of out
lay when the money can most of it be
had through the kindness of Uncle
Sam as above stated. The rising
OF crop by the farmer involves not
few DAYS, but twelve long months
of expense and waiting. At the end
OF this long term does the United
States come to his relief as it comes
to the distiller's. and say here, Mr..
Farmer your crop is ripe you need
money and if you sell now you. will
not realize cost, moreover it is not
well for the crops to go forward at
once for other reasons. Now here is
a warehouse receipt for the crop.
We will take the best of care OF it
and you may have it on the return
OF the receipt whenever you wish it.
Meantime the receipt will pay your
debts for you and help you realize
fair returns. Oh, no, on the con-
trary, the farmer is forced to rush
pell-meIl into the market, compete
with every other farmer, sacrifice his
years's work and tread the road to
bankruptcy, and the only sympathy
he gets at Washington is the lock up
of few more millions so his crops
can be actually stolen from him by
skin-aints and usurers. Farmers OF
the Northwest, open your eyes to the
mOnstrOus Standardization laws
that treat the alchol business as
they treat the banking business, but
treat the farmers with Indifference
usually accorded to serfs.
Leaders of both old parties are at
loss to understand what the indie
pendent party movement will
amount to at this coming election,
especially so i'll this county The
old Union Labor element will iOin
hands with them, and will thus
greatly strengthen the new party.
Ii the present prospects for unani-
nous combination between the In
dependents and the Union Labor
men is consumated, don't forget for
u moment that the fight will be a
close one. The Independents stand
as good show, if not better, to elect
their men than the old party dema-
gogues.-Farmers Advocate Pipe
stone.
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