The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-04-11

money for the business needs OF the country
In circulation among the people.
Greater fayors given for booming business
than are extended to the producing classes.
Substituting the great railroad corporations
with grants of public lands, which lands are
offered in foreign countries at low prices, and
the unwaFranted Inducements thrown out TO
foreign immigrants to occupy and homestead
cultural crops. This, with low freight rates to
the seaboard granted by the trunk line roads
has reduced our Eastern farming to q well
nigh pro1itless condition, although we have
the markets at our door.
No American vessels to transport our pIo-
ducts to other countries.
Immense shipments OF Western beef to our
market by Western beef and cattle kings.
The failure of the Interstate Commerce law
TO afford reliefto our farmers. The complaint
Is nearly unanimous that the RAILROADS charge
on the produce of this State altogether out of
proportion 10 charges On the same articles
from hundreds and even a thousand miles dis
lance TO the same markets. This, of course.
puts all articles thus Disseminated against in
this State nearly, if not quite, beyond profit
able production.
In view OF the fact that manufacturers have
been and continue to be protected, q majority
of the replies ask for q duty on all produce the
farmers of this country can grow, sufficient
to give them the home market. But there are
some VINO cannot see how a duty on farm
produce will decrease the quantity in our
markets or help the farIner,' but believe, in
stead, that a lowering or abolishing of the pro-
afford relief.
on a par with gold"
Gambling in the necessaries of life-one
writer remarks under this head: W remem-
Der when. a few wears ago, England wanted
our surplus wheat, but would not submit to
the extortions Of our gamblers, so we lost our
market, and with it millions OF dollars to our
farmers"
Another says: "Crush out trustsD
Another cause named by one Is: 81 believe
the depreciation in farming lands began with
the decentralization of silver and with MeCuI-
lnnhfz e. ire ~ 4 4 NM lAA - T-r,a-
when he was Secretary OF the Treasury. The
banks and corporations were thus enabled 10
control the circulating medium and retain the
greater portion of it in the towns and cities, to
the detriment of the farming interests
The committee look with disfayor on any
project looking to the opening up of any more
OF our public domain for years to come. We
are also opposed to any scheme of irrigation,
Mt Government expense, in order TO bring
non-product1ye lands into market for agricul-
tural purposes. There is q great abundance
of lands in the older states that can be had at
very low prices. considering the improve
nlents and advantages, most Of which do not
exist in newer regions. And We claim that
the abnormal development of our public do
main, by whatever scheme OF Goyernment aid
secured, and the literal giving away of those
lands to corporations and through them to in
diyiduals, has worked great injury to our
older States and to the farmers OF the whole
country, and this not only in the matter of
oyerproduction but because our vast and
valuable tracts have been gobbied up by
foreign immigrants and syndicates through
the agencies, to such a degree that the child
rem and grandchildren OF the men and women
who gave their lives ana property during the
war to save the country are, or soon Will be,
deprived OF any share in that domain at Gov
eminent prices. We ask that Congress turn
their attention Tor u while to the East. and aid
in developing and filling up this section OF
our common country, and when this will hold
no more, OFF ehildren-the overflow from
America instead of from Europe-wi3l have
some virgin land left to homestead and settle
upon.
we believe the remonetization of silver.
nfnGad nn an pu1aIifr with eFIt1 uu . "a Oofnava
bullion and certificates, and an enlargement
of our paper currency circulation, are meas
ures Immediately needed.
While large capital is necessary TO carry on
certain legitimate corporations, to procure
which may require combination of capitalists,
we are opposed to and call upon Congress to
outlaw such combinations OF men and means
us deal in the necessaries OF life, especjaIly of
farm products, in such a way as to crowd the
individual producer out of the market, and at
the same time advance the price on the con-
sumef. These methods of creating fictitious
crops or gambling i'll futures should be ami
hliated. Inc same arguments apply with
equal force to combines and trusts organized
TO control the price of farm animals and the
beef and pork markets.
We call your attention also to the absolute
need of further and more stringent laws for
the prevention of adnlteration of the neces-
saries OF life-spurions cheap and unwbole-
some goods branded as honest goods. 1t is
evident we cannot produce the pure article as
cheaply us the bogus can be made. This mat
ter Is growing more and more serious. BY
authorizations and a bogus article our expor-
tations of honest butter have fallen from near
ly s. 10000 annually to about 1905, 0G9, and
now our cheese industry is threatened by put
ting on the foreign market filled cheese an
article which has aroused the just suspicion
and indignation of foreign purchasers. If the
producers OF honest goods must compete,
both i'll the foreign and home market, with
the makers OF spurious, cheap limitations, the
last encouragement to their production will
have been taken from them,
I'VE believe our system of taxation, both
State lin some instances) and national, needs
a reformation 80 as to reach wealth, capital
and incomes that now escape taxation; that
the taxes on articles of universal need and
consumption be reduced as far as possible,
and in general that no more tax be imposed
than is absolutely necessary for actual needs
of government.
In conclusion we ask you as our Represen-
tatives in Congress to consider the foregoing,
with such other matters as may effect our
prosperity, and aid in securing such equitable
national legislation as will afford our depress-
ed industry relief.