The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-02

in nearly every foreign country. The cap
~italists and spectators who practically
control all telegraphic communication
between this country and all others were
the FIRST to know of the crop failures
abroad, and for a time they knew it x
clusively.
y
Did they take the trouble to inform
the farmers of this country of these factsi
Not muchl On the other hand they
vigorously sought to keep the condition
of affairs secret, and went so far as to
suppress to a great extent the informa-
ton coming in. Why? They wanted
the producers Of this country to remain
in blissful ignorance of the truth. They
went so far as to proclaim to the farm
ers that inasmuch as q most bountiful
harvest would be garnered in this coun-
try this year. wheat must eve go lower
than it was. Yes, they did this. and in
some sections they sent out their ennis
saries among the farmers and succeeded
in buying up considerable quantities of
wheat while it was standing in the field.
Tho object of the spectators was to get
control of the wheat harvest at starvation
rates, hold it for awhile and then take
advantage of the situation abroad to sell
it atenormous profit.
Just about this time the famous
''wheat circular" was sent broadcast
throughout the country. It told the
facts about the worlds crops. and sug-
gested that a rise in the price of wheat
must necessarily follow such conditions
Acting on the suggestions of the CIR,
cular many farmers decided to "hold
their wheat" for awhile. and in an
amazingly short time the price of wheat
jumped from Sc cents a bushel to $1.OS,
and even more-an advance of % cent
in about four weeks.
These prices seemed to be satisfactory
to some farmers. and they began to mar.
ket their wheat in large quantities. The
receipts were so large, in fact, that ii
was reported that the great railroad sys,
tens could not 10Y the cereal as fast
rs it came in. Then the spectators
went to work again. The prices were,
they thought. too high for them to make
as much money as they wanted. They
began their schemes to lower the price
by causing the publication of lying
statements from the old country. They
said the failures there were nothing like
so extensive as they were reported. II
addition to this they ever magniied the
great crop yield of this country, and tt
sum up, they actually tried to make i
appear that there would be a large sur
plus of wheat after everybody had beer
supplied. They have been temperate.
successful, for they have managed t.
bring the price from $1.0S to 90 cents a
this writing-a falling off of 10 cent
per bushel.
Now all this is a spectators scheme
When they get the price down low again
and get large quantities of wheat unde
control, they will quit their lying OIL on
side and go to lying the other way
They propose by this mean to raise til
price way up and make piles of none
on what they bought at the low prices.
1t is very gratifying to note. however
Z that farmers are not being "wor ked' e
masse by this scheme. To express
shortly, they have ''caught on to tn
wiles and ways Of the spectators, an
they are holding their golden grain i
an effort to show the spectators the
they (the farmers) are no longer subjet
to the rulings Of the Chicago and Me-
York wheat pits.
The Great West, n of the best an
most influential papers Of the gre;
wheat growing state of Minnesota, sun
up the situation as follows:
1.-THE great wheat combine is dete
mined to get the farmers grain at a
hazards, at a price ruinous to the farm
ers, and make princely fortunes off ii
deal. Every agency known to mode1
civilization is used to force down tt
crop. The most gigantic lies are toll
The most enormous yields in sing
fields are reported. The small yield r
ports are crushed out. And as the vie
Is in fact a large one every farmer al
every provincial shipper is ready to b
Neve-aye, already believes and tai.
enormous cropsr This enormous cro
IL q s%tupendous fabrication. There
20 truth in it. We have watched Il
reports, have looked into the matt
carefully, and pronounce the who
thing an outrageous lie and a bear pls
to get the crop into the dealers ham
In order that they may then Inaugural
the enormous boom to follow"
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To further show that farmers a
Catching on the following letter fro
g. w. Pedlar, secretary of the state a
lance of California. is given:
GILRoy, CAL. Sept. 4
Il. w. Aver, Manager Reform Press Buret
Washington:
DEAR Sir AND B~ROTHER-In reference
the matter OF "Hoiding Our Wheat,"it afTor
me pleasure to say that every Alliance in Il
state. so far as heard from, has cordially
dorsed the movement and is thankful
the advice. Personally ] think the move "
strengthen the order by showing the possln
ties Of organized effort: This feature OF
order cannot be too often deferred to. l
bureau over which you preside has been IN
Judgment a great success. Truly and trat
naIly yours till victory is ours.
G. w. PEDIAR, State Secretary
Now, it is for the farmers to Diet
mine that they will not permit the
selves to be ''duped' by the "wh'
pits of the gambling gangs. The
cessities of the world are really M
Urgent and pressing than they nave b
reported to be. and, according to the
tablished law of supply and dema'
!. wheat must go up. Agents Will so
willingly offer farmers something Ink
Just value for their grain.
Fl. W. AVER
4 CHRONICLE, tHtPTER j.
3 Now it ca,ne to pass, during the tn
9; year OF the reign OF Benjamin, whoses