The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-07-15
TRIED ON KANSAS.
The Farmers Proposed Great Wheat
Strike.
Kansas Alliance Farmers to Make the
Test.
The WHEAT CORNER.

The WHEAT CORNER.
ST. LOUIS, July 10.-Grain men
here and board of trade men general
ly are greatly interested in the circu-
lar proporting to come from alliance
sources as to the storing of wheat in
order to shorten" the market.
President j. B. Dimes, Of the Ma
tional Business Agents Association
of the alliance. said to day that the
national officers had given some at
tention to the matter. Mr.. Dimes said
he did not believe that the movement
would be general.
As the matter stands now tests are
to be made in two states-Kansas and
Georgia. In section of the former
grains are to be stored, while the far
mers of Georgia will hold back cot
ton. The movement will have the sup
port of til United Alliance, ant. the
result will be watched with interest
by farmers every where throughout
the country.
The scheme, as outlined, cannot
fail to fascinate the agriculturist and
it may play an important part in reg
ulating the price Of bread during the
next twelve months. It is outlined
in the circular rs follow: -
SPECULATION MUST BE STOPPED.
The farmers alliance demand un-
animously that the speculation for flu
ture deliveries of cereals shall he pro
hibited. The great competitor Of the
farmer is the speculator. The specu
lator sells for delivery in amy month
in the year, and therefore makes it
necessary for the actual consumer to
lay in such stocks as he may consider
reasonably sufficient for his require
ments. The farmer coming i'll with
his grain finds most uf his customers
supplied by the specul;ttor who prom
ises 10 deliver. He has no ch, ice but
to sell to the elevator man at !, Lover
price. It is i; competition between
grain and wind, in which the wind
has the advantage, as the wind crop
is never short
This manipulation has Robbed the
farmers of this country Of 100000,
600 in the last three years This :c.r
seems especially designed by Provi
dence TO help our farming interest.
Our wheat crop promises t. be good.
The European crops are worse th.iIi
they ever have been AMI the rest rves
are exhausted. Under sach circum
stances the true value of wheat is
greater than ever before and it is as
tonishing that spectators should dare
to bet CD low prices. This, however,
explains itself for the following rea-
sons.
Low PRICES MUST NOT PREVAIL.
During the four years from 1884
to 1888 the speculation iu low prices
was successful on account of the
worlds crops being in excess of the
demand, and during the past three
years the same speculation has been
carried on by cheek, ana did not re
suit in disaster only because there
were resources to draw upon. Thu
success for seven years has made the
Spectators think that they have dis
covered the philosophers stone, ant
that the betting on low prices can al
ways be made to earn them money
There is no doubt that they woult
ruin themelves by persisting i'll tina
policy during this year. AS the con
ditions are entirely reversed, but i
our crop rushes into market RICH
after harvest, there'is the danger tina
the most Of it will have been sacrific
ed before the speculation on low price
is broken. There is, however, rem
edy simple, effective and entirely with
in your control.
"The stocks Of wheat and flour ar
hardly large enough to supply tn
wants of this country until the ne,
crop comes in. If for some reason
the rush of new wheat should nc
come in as early as anticipated, tn
market for this crop would start in O
double the price you have obtaine