Wichita eagle., 1890-02-11
THE CONDITION THAT CONFRONT
Us.
SPIvEY, Kan, Feb. 10, 1890.

SPIvEY, KAN, Feb. 10, 1890.
To the Editor of the Eagle.
s.And now, Kansau, mark how plain q
tale shall put you down"
must apologize for again asking for
space in columns as precious as those OF
the EAGLE and would not, did I not
think ''the emergency" existed. A gem
tleman signing himself ''Kansan" in
writing to you about the emergency
rate" for corn says some very sensible
things. In his various articles during
the winter, always well written and en-
ground than twelve months ago; in fact.
think he will in time make 8 true Kan
san.
But in your issue of the 4th he has an
article which, with all due Difference, L
think he wrote in we'll furnished office,
seated by magnificent protected base
burner heated by protected" anthracite
coal. The chances are that he had not
been out to his corn pile (''free' to hunt
any market in the world) to get sack
of the worst of it, and wrote by the
kitchen stove. warmed by said corn. Do
not think, indeed. he wrote from the
farmers 12 cent standpoint. He says
1--WE need hogs" I've need
capitalists. ** 1--WE need per
cent money" (Amen) "We
need lots of things No doubt
OF it. But if we have not got the hogs,
and money is worth % per cent
we must live, pay for labor,
taxes and interest-What then:
As Mr.. Kanzan's excellent warehouse
scheme is not yet in actual operation,
and we can't borrow money and hold
anything at % per cent with profit, we
must sell at some price.
Now would not the very fact that the
railroads had agreed to divide with the
farmers, giving them an emergency
rate" SO as TO let them have even cents
more per bushel, be big advertisement
to assist in the immigration of farmers
to this country? As to its legality 1t was
done two years ago in shipping corn
west. But he says: sit would not
benefit the farmer as they would get no
more at Chicago" Now let US see:
Dealers here can now pay only II cents
for corn to be sold in Chicago at about
90 cents. At some points dealers pay IA
cents and some as high as 10 cents. Now
they say it is a difference ins'rates' that
does it. And even "Kanzan" will not
dispute this. Again; corn shipped to
Chicago is graded, put into the elevators
without regard to where it comes
from. Now can the dealers says
cas- Kansas has an emergency rate
on corn, of say 3 cents a bushei,
we will run the whole business
through fan mill, seperate the Kansas
corn and only give 25 cents for it" l
believe it would hardly pay. l knew
that cents bushel added to IL cents
would make 10 cents, making quite a
margin, and this would be felt at once
by everybody, while all the excellent
suggestions of ''Kansas" can be put In
operation as soon as possible.
Now, as | am farmer myself and
have several thousand bushels of corn,
l think / look at the matter from the
standpoint of the actual situation, and
not from visions Of what great things
could be done ''if'' the stock of hogs had
not run down during the last two years;
''if' Wichita had immense warehouses,
with 8 per cent money galore. Am
afraid that these visions will be fated to
an "inocuous desuitude" until the pres
ent crop is disposed of. In fact. think
for that purpose 'it is condition and
not theory that confronts us. Yours,
respectively. E. RHUALLY.