The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-13
TO BULL THE MARKET.
A Farmers Alliance Scheme to
Withhold This Years Crop
Of Wheat.
And Hold It Till the Growers
Gan Get Their Own
Prices.
Text of the Circulars Recently Sent Out
Promising a Big Stake for the
Changers.

CHICAGO, July 12.-Somebody in the
Farmers alliance has devised q great
scheme. 1t is to withhold this years wheat
crop from market until the farmars can get
their wi price, or at least a price consider
ably above the average. The plan ia I'M
folded in a circular of advice issued through
accredited official channels to all members
of farmers organizations in the United
States. 1t suggests a great combination of
the six million members of farmers organi-
cations, and has the relative Importance
and force of an official order for a strike
among the one million members of the
Federation of Labor or the five hundred
thousand member of the knights of Labor.
The circular. which is presumed to
be a. secret document, is now
ready for mailing, and it will be
sent to the 100000 members of the farm
ers' alliance and industrial union, the
l,000,O 600 members of the colored national
farmers alliance, The 100000 members of
the national farmers alliance of the north,
the 300, 900 members OF the farmers mutual
benevolent association, the COG, 1000 members
of the patrons of husbandry, tho 15O, 00o
member of the patrons of industry and the
100000 members of the farmers league.
The circular in substance is as follows:
1.-The farmers alliances demand unanim-
ousiy that the speculation for future deliy-
cries of cereals shall be prohibited. Tho
greatest competitor of the farmer is the
Spectator, and his competition is not at all
fair, because he sells what he has not got
and can sell unlimited quantities, while the
farmer has no moro to offer than nature
grants to him. The speculator sells for de-
livery in any month of the year, and there
foro makes it unnecessary for the actual
consumer the miller and the exporter to lay
in such stocks as he may consider reason
ably sufficient for his requirements. The
farmer coming in with actual grain finds
most of his customers supplied by the spec
ulator with promises to deliver. He has no
choice but to sell to the elevator man at n
lower price than the Chicago speculator
has offered his promises. 1t is n competi-
tlon between grain and wind in which the
wind has the advantage, as the wind crop Is
never short. TIL farmer il told that it is
best for him to sell as quickly as possible:
that there is Il auperRbundance of wheat:
that Europe will pay no more, and that ii
the United States will not soil it, Europeans
viii buy of other countries. which would be
GLAD to have the trade.
Now, there comes in the swindte. India
is the only country america e%xcepted)
that has any wheat to sell to Europe
namely, about 5000, 600 bushels per
year. All that they have to spare is
shipped or contracted for long be-
fore our crop comes into tho market
and supplies only n small portion of the
1i4'000, 600 bushels yearly imported by En-
gland alone. People talking about Egypt,
Australia, Argentine Republic. etc, as
competitors with American wheat nre
either ignorant or lie, for all those coun-
tries together have not enough surplus for
export to Europe to feed il for three days.