The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-24
AMOVE CORNERWHEAT
THE ALLIANCE LEADERS IN THE
SCHEME.

Circulars Being Sent All over the
Country Advising Farmer to bold
Back the Crops for Month or Two.
Higher Prices Promised Them if
They Will Do So.
ST. PAUL, MINI. July 23.-St. Paul has
been made the headquarters of the national
movement by the united farmers alliances
of the country to corner the entire wheat
crop of the United States. AT No. 81
Wabash street for several days large force
of employees has been engaged in sending
out circulars with q view of having not
only the alliancemen of the United States.
but all classes of farmers, keep back the
wheat crop until prices have been advanced
to a high point. The alliance press bureau,
reform press bureau and state press
bureau are working together e1deavoring
to unite the farmers of the United States in
gigantic wheat trust. AT the head of the
movement, which has its headquarters in
st. Paul, is George NJ. Muller, editor of the
State and prominent allianceman. A
circular reciting the benefits of combina-
tion and urging the formation Of trust
has been made public. The circular esti-
mates the wheat crop of 1891 in the United
States at 10000, 900 bushels. The pro-
moters of the trust believe that four-fifths
of this wheat can be held back by the farm
ers for from four to eight weeks and high
prices be secured.
SENDING OUT THE CIRCULARS.
WASHINGTON, June 23.-H. w. Aver,
secretary to President Polk of the farmers
alliance, and manager in this city Of the
reform press bureau, which is also known
as the ALLIANCE press bureau" said this
afternoon that the work of sending out cir
culars designed to show the farmers of the
country that it was to their advantage to
hold back the wheat crop, was actively pro-
ceeding in this city, as well as in st. Paul,
Mimi, which was chosen as one Of the head
centers of operations because of its location
in the great wheat belt. Mr.. Aver
said that there have already been 400,0 900
of these circulars sent out from Washing =
ton, and that during the next few days an
average of 100000 a day will be mailed
until more than 100000 circulars alto
gether are issued. The circulars, he said,
will also be published in about 1000 weekly
papers with which the bureau is connected.
He remarked that he could not say, of
course, that it is the circular which has
brought about the result announced in the
recent market reports, but that. as mat
ter of fact, the actual movement of wheat
was 140 cars less per day than has been esti-
mated.
PREMATURELY PUBLISHED.
Mr.. Ayers said that the information that
the issue of such a circular by the alliance
men was in contemplation became public
prematurely about two weeks ago, when
the circular in course of preparation was
published in newspaper. The final decis-
ion to issue the circular had not at that
time been reached, aud many leading
Rlliancemen were unaware of it, but 1t had
since been finally determined npon. He ex-
planned that the executive committee of the
alliance had not acted on this matter, and
that by the circular no order was given
to alliancemen to hold back their crop, this
being contrary to the methods of the alli-
ance. What is done by this circular is to
give the farmers information as to the facts
in regard to the worlds wheat crop, with a
suggestion that wheat some weeks later
than the present time will bring higher
price.