Dodge City times., 1891-11-27
900 more net profit to the producer;

VVU mofc uct pt"ue Az vi" ysV~
;ust siU, G1U mnre t.iat the iarmer
would have to s,ei,d a,ac g the AeF
chants IF this c;Uy, who, il turn. would
require iDc,re help. ani ,i.u give labor
a share VI this wealth. Carr II a ii.-
tie farther All surpose tha ;Ais .neal
brought S1.G0 per bush, wh q
ought to bring under any ana al eir
cums.ances, and sou have tie enormous
sum OF $4,000 profit .o the farmer
>: this county. Who is benefited by
this wonderful prosperity of the farm
er? Is 1t just the farmer, as the oPpo
si.ion 10 the farmers Alliance c.aim,
or does every man i'll Dodge City prs
per by the fact thai the farmer has
something with which TO pay his help 3
fair rI:ce for their labor and use two
farm hands where they GOV use none,
to buy OF the merchants Of this city
farm machinery, hardware and lumber
with which to improve their farms Int
tie better, and little more dry goods
aod clothing for himself and family, t.
pay up his subscription, probably, to
some of the good newspapers, who new
er lose an opportunity to besmirch and
telittle the attempt Of the farmer to Of
ganize through an Alliance or otherwise,
SO that be and his calling may not per
ish under the load they have, for the
last twenty years, carried. No, you
make the farmer prosperous and every
man in Dodge City will, beyond the
shadow of a doubt, share in his prosper
ity. But, you ask, to what does all
this tend? To simply this: that,
through unprincipled speculation,
through q contraction of the circulating
medium, through extortionate freight
rates m order that our railroads may
pay dividends upon millions of dollars
of watered stock, and other things OF
but little less Importance, the profits OF
the farmer have been gathered up by
these monopolies, until they now are a
power III the land; while the farmer and
those directly dependent upon him, the
people Of towns like Dodge and even
cities, are made to suffer accordingly.
Some people say Dodge is supported
bv the railroad, and that, in measure,
is true. 1t Is estimated that the Santa
Fe pays out to employees about sl5,
600 each month. This, for one year,
would be $3.50, 900, and every man in
Dodge City would use his time and mon
ey rather than see this division moved
and this vast amount Of money paid out
somewhere else. But, while willing to
turn their energies towards holding this
vast sum here, they arc eq aally unwill
ing that the farmer should form any
sort of an organization witch has for
its end the securing Of better prices for
his products and, In many places, all
such efforts on his par: are laughed to
scorn, and yet, if thev we're getting a
81 90 bushel for wheat. and other ag-
ricultural products we're selling in pro-
portion. the farmer, on the crop pro-
duced in this county the last year,
would bring into it as clear profit as
much or more than the $3.50, 1000 paid
railroad employees We have only
taken this county as an example, and
what is true of it will hold good else
where.
Here is 9 good illustration of where
the farmer profit goes. Last week
wheat sold in Chicago from 95 to SO
cents per bushel. In Dodge City it
sold from go to 65 cents per bushel
Total number of bushels produced In
Ford county, 200, 900; at 95c per
bushel, $3.50, 900; at Csc per bushel,
$13O, 900; the difference, $50, 900, is
the enormous amount paid for trans
portation and handling; in other words
the grain spectators and tbs railroads
get $4,000 for handling and transport
III. tbs rrop tn market, while he FAR
n-.. p man m produces IT receives
"a. s.: Hti 49, lae ael -.
1r"ducti"n 4 nns ,,.o-7 ..r. So a
uc of the crop Is thas e. IA up. att
to forever and effectualiy put stop to
this eating process is one of the many
things for which the Alliance is found
ed. Laugh at it, kick it, scorn it. be-
smirch it, misrepresent it. yell calamity
howler, socialist, or, if these terms don't
give full vent to your pent up feelings,
invent something new, it don't make
much difference what, just 50 it is mean,
dirty aud ccntemptible; but you will
find in the end that it has come to stay;
that it is founded on the gre At and broad
principle Of equal and exact justice to
all, and favors to none.
Fairl FalF!! Fairl!l
The ladies of the Presbyterian church
will hold Fair. with supper and enter
tainment. in the afternoons and evenings
of December 9th, 10th and 11th. at Nc
Carty's Rink.
Booths will be arranged 10 represent