The advocate., 1890-04-30


only economy In large storage. There Is a
great saving In Che quality OF house. and h
ls we'll known fact that grain Is better
housed and preserved In well-built and con-
Quoted elevators than In the ordinary farm
| granary. 10 is not only better preserved
from tho weather. but from leakage and
waste, and from rats and mice; none Of
these causes produce any waste In a we'll
conducted elevator. Large storage also
enables the application OF machinery, which
Is attended with greater economy In hand
! ling--a very important item of expense for
such bulky products. Large storage also
makes the entire bulk available no all times,
in spite Of bad roads and foul weather, and
the reserve being always available has ten
dency 10 prevent fluctuations and corners; a
true economy OF such great value ~ 10 be
beyond estimate.
The fact that there would be great econ
omy in local freights, II the warehouse sys-
tom provided for IN this bill be established,
is one easily understood. One of the great.
est expenses now attending the transmission
Of the crop from producer TO consumer, is
that attending the concentration Of large
quantities OF farm products in the cities.
To do this the product must pay local
freights often equal 10 through rate for
prices for handling and ralandling, storage
and insurance, which In the very nature of
things must be comparatively high, and prac-
tically all can be- Obviated by the county
warehouse proposed in this bin, because Il
entirely supercedes the necessity for cOncen-
tration IN the cities, BY means Of the mod
dern facilities for the quick transmission Of
intelligence and the rapid transportation OF
freight the product Is just as efiectually
upon the markets OF the world in the large
country town, with railroad and telegraph,
as II would DO II stored in tho largest city,
and further this system accOrds more per-
fectly with the most modern development
OF railway manipulation. Railways have
combined In spite Of violent sentiment In
opposition, and are still combining, and will
continue TO combine ON the irrefutable
ground that by combining they can improve
tho service and lesson the expense This
warehouse system proposes to make availa-
BILE to tho people the true benefits that
should How from railway combinations, by
utilizing these great systems In getting
through rates OF freight from all points 20
all the markets OF the world. Should this
create a tendency TO stop the growth of
large cities, and be corresponding stimu-
liant to the small city and the large country
town, II will be very desirable state of af-
fairs for number OF years, and will in the
end provide a better foundation for the
greater growth of the large cities. Another
economy that will flow from saving the OK
pense now incurred for local freghts Ia, the
product is held in It's home county Till de-
manded for actual consumption; it is, there
fore, always ready for any route, and an ex-
cess is never shipped out as a result of the
demand for money, which before the next
crop is made must be replaced by shipments
back TO make up the deficiency. These are
all true economies that certainly attend this
measure, but by far the greatest economy
attending the agricultural feature of the
measure is the provision whereby the pro-
duct AZ soon as prepared for market is made
available as capital to meet obligations and
supply wants, without being subject TO a
forced sale regardless OF price. IL is made
available in this bill by providing that the
government shall take possession OF IL for
the producer and preserve IL as 10 now does
whisky for the whisky men, until demanded
for consumption, and that when the gov
ernment takes possession of this, the most
potential form of value, because life de-
mands II all for consumption every year, IL
shall issue against IL up to 80 per cent of its
local value treasury notes, which are Obliga- |
tion to pay on the part of the government
equal to the value IL holds in storage This |
is certainly not lending money on the part
of the government, because its outstanding |
notes are O liability, not an asset. The pro-
ducer, by having 80 per cent of his product |
available in the shape Of money, will be en-
abled TO supply his wants by cash purchases,
at great saving compared 10 credit pur- |
chases, and will not be compelled to sell his
product before the prices are satisfactory.
Instead, therefore, Of being compelled by |
the ''power of money to oppress" TO sacri-
fee the products of his whole years labor at
n season in which prices are by the same
power crowded down to the very lowest, he.
by his independence of the power of money
10 oppress, could not be compelled Co sell |
all at one time, and his own interest would |
soon impel him TO sell regularly throughout