The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-12-25

blocked mp. An official Of the Burling-
ton says 3. 900 more cars and 100 more
engines could be used on that system
alone. A dispatch from Burlington,
Ia, says that 800 cars of grain crossed
the Mississippi for Chicago yesterday,
and this is but a fair sample Of what
the other roads arc doing.
The members OF the railway com
mission of South Dakota started for
Chicago TO plead with the railway man
ayers 70 relieve the state from the car
famine it is now experiencing. Over
100 written complaints from different
points are recorded on the books of the
commission, arriving within ten days.
Many towns report that they have
stopped buying grain, having no cars
The railroad officials are advising
farmers to store their grain for a while
as "a solution of the problem. The
farmers. however, need the money, but
already in many cases they have been
obliged to haul their grain home after
taking it to the station. The result is
the farmers. having no chance to sell,
arc short of money, aud in some in
stances pressing obligations are causing
much trouble. Instead of being CON
fined TO the roads and shippers the dif-
icultY arising from the short car sup
ply Is beginning to affect the entire
western country, and unless relief is
pected The Burlington has issued or
ders TO suspend the loading Of all grain
for Chicago, owing to a threatened
blockade at that city
Now / want 20 remark right here
that no amount of manipulation OF or
Legislation concerning our financial
system. nor any increased volume Of a
perfectly flexible and elastic currency
tsuch as the land loan snd savings bond
plan would supply, can by any means
remedy the evil co1ditious depicted in
the above aud foregoing clipping.
It will be observed that the money
such as il IS, in volume and value, is
ready with which TO pay for the farm
er's wheat The farmer is ready and
anxious 20 sell. although the fact that
he sells upon such a glutted market for
a portion of such q small, unelastic and
iudcEible volume Of money, Is indisput-
able evidence that he is being robbed
Aud yet owning and possessing bread
stuffs upon which the people Of the
United States aud many millions Of the
people OF other nations must live aud
subsist, such breadatum is a worthless
drug upon his hands, and he, In the
possession OF great wealth of intrinsic
value. must be annoyed and harrassed
by his creditors. not being even al
lowed the privilege Of selling his
wealth ct such prices as viii give the
sPscuIatoF and grain gambler what
little margin OF profit there may be de-
rived from his labora-
What then, does the farmer need in
this extremity The answer is simple
II he IS out oE debt he needs only at3r-
age room for his wheat II be iA in
debt and his de bts are pressing him he
needs not storage room only, but an
advance OF money to enable him %
meet the pressing demands against
him and thus be in q position 90 hold
his Wheat Desperate diseases require
heroic treatment National problems
cannot be left to Individual solution.
Now am convincsd that under the
land loan plan o. She alliance there
would always be 9 sua3eisnt golums OF
moEey outstanding TO Ill any dsnaGud
upon e for productive industries
or the exchange Of matsrial wealth.
am also sure that there vouid at ali
times be q reserve, or surplus fund
Of idle money, belonging % the people,
invested In savings bonds and available
% dl any eEHaordinEry demand 4oE
money at or slightly more than ths
legal curreut rate Of interest But how
viii sucL surplus reserve fund be ap-