The advocate., 1892-02-10

ever ArfAylng GneSe one 10 t"o mhllon
voters against any party advocating ALL
Snce measures?
Assuming their purchases to average
$3.50 each, then $4,000 Alliance men save,
each one of them, the sum of $1063 a
year. This and nothing more. Whyl
foolish men, 1t will not reimburse you
for the loss sustained in the reduced
sales OF eggs, butter and garden "sass."
Since writing the foregoing | have re-
celved my Kansas Farmer and find
therein an article from Mr.. Edwin Sny-
der, in which he advocates the National
Union plan, and poses as an apologist for
trusts, mOnopolies and combines in gen.
eral. take pleasure in clipping from
his srticle-first-to prove that it Is
not intended to ever sell goods any
cheaper than they are now sold, unless
forced TO do 80 by competition. Mr..
Snyder says:
The customer is assured Of dividend off
per cent. upon his gross purchases at the end Of
the year. he has not cent at risk, and is as
gured Of goods as cheap as sthey can be had any
where, less the above reduction. The customer,
being entirely independent, will compel the COM
pany 20 sell as cheap as other stores do to Sc
cure trade.
Second-To prove that am correct in
my statement that the plan in It's opera
ton, would convert from one-third to
two-thirds of those now engaged In the
service Of distribution; into tramps--or
farmers. Mr.. Snyder says:
1t is an admitted fact that at least three per-
sons are now engaged In commercial pursuits
distributing the products of labor where one
could do the work.
The policy Of the National Union Company win
dismiss two of these from trade to industry, and
thereby prove great public benefactOr.
Apologizing for trusts and monopolles,
Mr.. Snyder says:
The Standard Oh Company certainly has |
monopoly Of Its business, and. yet coal oil is |
better In quality aud costs but fraction Of what
1t did when the business was In the hands Of |
numerous little companies competing with each |
other for the trade. The fact Is the vast ecOnO-
mics Of production and distribution possible in |
immense enterprises greatly tends to cheaper,
and In the end the people receive the benefit.
Mr. Snyder forgets to state that hun
dreds Of millions of dollars, received for
coal oil, ETC., would, if received by mul-
tltude Of small operators have been con-
SWnped in food, clothing and other neces-
saries. Under the management Of the
Standard Oil Company these millions are
converted into an interest bearing In
cumbus upon the people. Look at Rookie
feller, for instance, with his $l3O,OOO,OOO.
Let Mr.. Snyder add to the retail price of
all the oil used In the United States, the
interest paid the msgnates of the Stand
ard Oil Company, and then tell US
whether oil Is dearer or cheaper than be-
fore.
Besides cheap goods make cheap men.
Cheapness Is not an evidence Of pros
perity. On the contrary, we need lots
Of money, every man employed, high
wages and dear goods and then we'll be
During the war, for in
stance. Mr.. Snyder is assuming upon
the ignorance of his readers when be
writes of the National Union plan as
being cooperative plan. Under CO.
operative plan the customers Of the stores,
OICn the capital, goods and divide the
profits among themselves. Under the
National Union plan, corporation owns
the capital and takes the lions share Of
the pro6ts-a vast difference.
Mr.. Snyder wakes sarcastic and says:
Il Is true at Olathe, where the great Grange