The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-10-30
The Farmers Battle Cry.

VI - tuSh VPPVsAAVn ~ WY o~S esesss
ury scheme. Whether that plan is the
very best way of freeing the producers
Of wealth in this country from specula-
tors and robbers and of getting more
money ahoat in the channels Of business
is not the main question at issue. Blu
if the plan is not the best. then why
not? And who will show US betteri
Colonel Livingston, Of Georgia, is per-
hsps the ablest champion of the plan.
He makes broad and fair proposition
at all times to his opponents. "Give
US the sub.treasury or something bet
ter" That is fair. Surely farmers
who have produced supplies for a whole
year, and some hundreds of millions 10
the form Of cotton, grain, meats, etc., for
export. shJs..a not be expected and COM
PEELED to dump the whole amount into
the hands of consumers at the moment
of production. A whole years supply
cannot be eaten or otherwise consumed
10 a single month. The consumers
have no means Of buying and holding a
whole years supply in advance Of their
necessities Plainly then somebody
must hold the supplies till demanded
by consumption. Who shall it be the
producers or the speculators3 II the
producers hold the supplies and place
them on the market as demanded by
consumption they will get better prices,
and consumers will pay less for better
goods than if bought of spectators. As
matters are now in the West aud
South, farmers and planters are in
debt and have neither the financial
ability nor the proper means and facil-
tiles for storing products. Here, then,
is a want--s necessity which must be
supplied. In steps the oficious specu-
lator and offers his services. He is
anxious to buy and.hold the products
till consumption also creates neces-
sity. The peoples necessity on either
hand create his golden opportunity.
He buys ON an overloaded market
months in advance Of the expected de-
mand. He sells in driblets on hungry
market clamoriug for supplies. He
buys SO per cent too cheap. He sells
SO per cent too high. He becomes
rich. while producers and consumers
remain poor. Now the sub-treasury
plan is designed "to break down this
middle wall Of partition between pro-
ducers and consumers There is now
margin Of 100 per cent between
them, This they can divide by trading
directly together through their own
agents. The farmers believe their plan
Of storage is feasible and practicable.
And their enemies believe SO too.
Hence their rage and opposition. II
it was hair.brained, impracticable
scheme the spectators would be only
too glad to see the people pursue the
false scent. They would have nothing
but praises for what they believed an
impracticable scheme. Oh! but it is
"unconstitutional!' Well, the good
old Constitution is something like Ma
poleon said Of Providence: It is usually
on the side Of the strongest kattalions,
or the most votes It was once said
that the Constitution would not per-
NIT interference with slaveryin th,
States. Yet when tn time came to d
'hrat m worse the Constitution wa
willing. They tell us that the govern
nent cannot provide storage for pro-
ducts, yet the government provides
storage for the products Of the golt
aud silver mines. They tell us tha
the government cannot loan money t.
individuals. Yet we find that ths
bankers and whiskey men are accom-
modated with cheap loans, and ever
gratis loans, and the Constitution does
not seem to object. So long as the
government can furnish warehouses fol
gold and silver men, and can loan money
on bonds ond whisky to the tune Of
many millions per annum, either with
or without interest, let the howl against
the snb.treasury plan of storing and
holding products till wanted by con-
suuers be hurled back into the teeth
Of the great and greedy spectators.
1.-THE subtrsasury plan is not the best
plan to beat our enemies and save our.
selves. then show US better. That is
the question now before the House.
1.-THE -sub- treasury or something bet
ter = A watchword like that, as the
slogan Of honest men. is not bad
battle cry.-JouN DAVIS, M. c., in
Junction City. Kan., Tribune.
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