Telegram-herald., 1891-07-25
THEY'LL CORNER GRAIN
Farmsrs OF Tia Alliance Urged TO
Hold Thslr Wheat.
A GENERAL OUTLINE OF The PLAY
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Movements 70 sesaEs Higher PFiess
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ST PAUL. Nina. July e4-se
Paul has been made the headquar-
ters of a national movement by
the United States Farmers' ALI
ance 70 corner the entire wheat
crop Of the United states At 3I7 Waba-
sha stree, for several days a large force
OF employees has been engaged ia sending
out circulars with a view not only Of
having the allisaee men of the United
States bat al Glasses OF farmers keep
back their wheat crop until the
bears have al been killed or
and prices have been advanced 10 a high
point In other words. the alliance
press bureau ani state press bureau
are working together, eldeavoring 20
unite the farmers of the Uaited States
in a gigantic wheat trust. ia which the
producers shall be the stockholders.
and by which the spectators and
wheat buyers VIII be squeezed TO the
wall
at the head Of the movement is
George NJ Muller. editor OF the State
and proninen, alliance man. The
circular, which recites the benefits of
combination and urges the formation
Of the trust" estimates the wheat
crop Of 81 in the United States at
800, osi0, 900 bushels. The promoters
Of the farmers wheat trust be-
lieve that four-ffths of this
wheat can be held back by the
farmers for four 70 eight weeks, by
which time IL is thought that prices
will have gone skyward- Lists bear
ing the names of secretaries of every
alliance IN the United States are now
n the hands of Mr. Muller. and the cir
:uiar has been sent 10 the alliances of
al the eastern wheat growing states.
President IgnatiGs Donneliy, OF the
Minnesota alliance. has issued cir
sular 10 the members of the Farmers
Alliance of Minnesota in which he dis
claims any connection with the Muel-
Ter movs for Withholding part of the
wheat crop 20 raise prices. BY covert
illusions TO Pillsbury. wheat ring
deals, etc, he casts cold water on the
movement and leaves the inference
that il Is unauthorized, at the same
time expressing his sympathy with any
move - raise the price OF wheat
WASHINGTON. July 2+-The state.
ment is again made that huge corner
on wheat is being manipulated by the
Farmers Alliance. The national Off
GERS assert that they have no part in
the plan, as it is a subject wholly with
in the local alliance bodies. 1t is un-
doubtedly true, however, that the ire
form press bureau" which is a sort of
adjunct TO tho alliance, is sending ont
circulars concerning the wheat crop.
The circular closes thus:
No crops that can be raised this year can
change the fact that the worlds supply is i'm
mensely below tac requirements. The Amer
lean farmer is intelligent enough TO know that
whoever markets his production late in q
year hxe this receives the best prices and there
Is really no danger that many will show enough
sympathy with the speculator 10 come 10 his
rescue"
Mr.. H. w. Aver. secretary to Presi-
dent Polk of the Farmers Alliance and
manager in this city Of the ''refrIno
pross bureau" which is also known as
the alliance press bureau" said that
the work of sending out circulars de-
signed 20 show the farmers of the
country that il was To their advantage
to hold back the wheat crop was
actively proceeding in this city as we'll
as in st. Paul. Mimi. which was chosen
rs one OF the seats of operations be-
cause of its location in the great wheat
belt Mr. Aver said that there have
already been 400. 900 Of these circulars
sent out from Washington, and that
during the next few days an average
of 100, 600 n day will be mailed until
more than million circulars alto
gether are issued. The circular, he
said. will also De published in about
2. 600 weekly papers with which the
bureau IS connected.
Mr. Aver said that the information
that the issue of such circular by
alliance men was in contemplation be-
came public prematurely about two
weeks ago when circular in course OF
preparation was published in q news
paper A final decision TO issue the
circular had not at that time been
reached and many leading alliance
men were unaware OF it, but
II had since been finally de-
terminei upon. He explained
that the executive committee OF
the alliance had not acted ON this mat
ter and that By the circular no order
was given . alliance men to hold back
taeir crops. this being contrary to the
methods OF The alliance. What Is done
by this circular is 10 give the farmers
Information as to facts In regard TO the
worlds wheat crop. with the sugges-
ton that wheat some wecl Ks later than
the present time will bring a higher
price.