Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-08
THE sus.rREAsuRY BlLL.


Ahe Auea That IL froNtdeH only FOR th'
Farmers shown to i3e Ridiculous.
As the organs of monopoly are trying
10 scare weak-kneed and shallow
Drained people to death over the possi
bility of the passage OF the sub-treas
ury bill, we set out below that bin II
full. The monopolists say il is uncon
stitutional, undemocratic and unrepnb
lican because II provides only for tn,
benefit of The farming class The ideF
that II provides only for the farming
class arises from superficial view OF
the matter. The aim u not more u
provide for the farming class than II Is
TO promote the welfare Of all classes by
making the formation of trusts corners
and combines impossible. by cornering
grain, cotton, tobacco and money the
whole country except the monop-
olists, is severely injured, and
the imposition of paltry fines
and short Arms Of Imprisonment
do not opera seven in the smallest de-
gree to prevent their formation. 1t Is
true that, in order TO reach these cor
ners, we have TO provide warehouses
for the storage of farm products, and
money TO be advanced in part payment
of their value, and thus not only is the
farmer Immediately benefited, but the
whole country is benefited resultant
ly, and quito as much, If not more,
than the farmers. The Federal Govern
ment makes an annual appropriation Of
81, $50, 600 for the use Of the Agricultural
Department of the Government. WIN
any one contend that because the
farmers receive the immediate bene-
fit of this appropriation, that only
they are benefited, and that IL is
OF no advantage to the whole coun-
try for the farmers to thrive, and receive
from the Government encouragement
and assistance in their husiness? The
Government appropriates annually SoU,-
000,0 900 for the improvement of our
rivers and harbors, the benefits arising
from which are enjoyed most immedi-
ately and in greatest degree by the mer-
chant vessels who are i'm the free and
daily use of our great waterways. VIII
it be said, however, that this appropria-
tion is entirely for the benefit of the
navigator class, and that the people Of
the whole country do not participate
in some degree in the advantages thus
secured TO the navigators? We do not
propose to 60 into a discussion of this
question, and only print the bill that
those whose attention is now for the first
time perhaps being directed TO it by
these furious attacks of the monopoly
organs, may have the opportunity of
reading it for themselves and of dccid-
ing upon its merits, nninfuenced by
empty denunciations II will be no.
tieed that it is non-partisan measure.
having strong advocates and opponents
in all parties, and is not adopted as
distinct plank in any platform, and is
merely suggested by large element Of
our American citizenship as possible
remedy for the very greatest evil which
this country ever has or possibly ever
Will again encounter; that is, the for
nation of combines and corners for the
purpose of depressing the price of the
five great American agricultural
products, wheat, corn, oats, cot
ton and tobacco, when the farm
en- Is compelled 20 go into the
TO sell, and then when the
farmer has sold out, to corner the pro-
duce and make the consumers pay all
that they possibly can and still subsist,
the average difference between the price
paid the farmer and the price paid by
the consumer, as shown by statistical
tables, being 40 per cent. The burden
Df this huge steal is borne partly by the
farmer and partly by the consumer. OF
course, in approving the PiclSler bill, we
,nly approve the principle embraced in
I, and not every provision. 1t is mere
" a skeleton proposition, subject to
,hange and amendment in committee
md upon the floor, and is liable to be
hanged very materially in form. If
he Government win only incorporate
nto law the essential features of the |
'ickler bill, we win be satisfied. Nash
lille (Tenn) Toiler.