Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-02-25

agent, one being allotted to each state.
Upon the basis Of gross purchases Of
50, s75, 600, as figured above, the state
agent for Kansas would receive the
snug little (2) salary OF sac. 800 year
almost as much as IS received by the
president OF the United States
Fourth--It does not yet appear just
what proportion Of the ''swag" the dis
trict or division superintendents would
receive. They would probably have
charge OF a group Of states and re-
ceive small commission upon all
W wholesale sales in their district A
commission Of one fourth of one per cent.
in four states like Kansas would net
the district agent the sum Of sos, COO a
year.
Now, Mr. Editor, italicize just once
more. lShCr me tie men who e1pect 10 be-
coD,e district, state or l0cal aqe4fs, and /
,rtA sh0lc gou men Uhose adcoeacg Of tAo
plan Is FAR from dislat@csted.
And what do the farmers Of Kansas
who thus ruthlessly drive into bank
ruptcy and dispair from one-thirl to
one-half Of the business men in their
own state, and many thousand busi-
ness men and their employees in the
large cities, receive for their share in
this work OF centraization and de-
struetion and for forever arraying these
one to two million voters against any
party advocating alliance measures?
Assuming their purchases TO average
$3.50 each, then $4,000 alliance men
save, each one of them, the sum OF
$40 SO year. This and nothing more
Why foolish men, it win not re-im-
burse you for the loss sustained in the
reduced sales Of eggs butter and gar
den "sass"
Since writing the foregoing | have
received my Kansas Farmer and find
therein an article from Mr.. Edwin
Snyder, in which he advocates the ma
tional union plan and poses as apologist
for trusts monopolies and combines in
general. / take pleasure in clipping
from his article, first, TO prove that it
Is not intended 10 ever sell goods any
cheaper than they are now sold, unless
forced to do SO by competition. Mr..
Snyder says:
The customer Is assured OF a dividend OF two
per cent upon ms gross purchases Al tlt rntl OF
the year He has not a cent at risk. and Is as
surcd OF goods as cheap rs they can be had any
where, less the above reduction. Tho customer,
being entirely independent, will compel the
company 10 sell as cheap as other stores do 10
secure trade.
Second, t. prove that am correct in
my statement that the plan in its
operation would convert from one
third 10 two-thirds Of those now en-
gagged 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 ia commercial pursuits
distributing the products Of labor where ono
could do the work.
The policy Of the National Union Co win dis.
miss two Of these from trade 10 industry and
thereby prove a great publlc bcncfactor
Apologizing for trusts and monopo-
lies, Mr. Snvde~ says:
The STANDARD on Co certainly has a monopo.
ly Of Its business and yet coal oil is better ia
quality ana costs but q fraction Of what it did
when the business was in the hands OF uuIncr-
Gus little companies competing with each other
for the trade Tho fact is the vast economies
OF production and distribution possible 10 i'm.
mcnsc enterprises greatly tends TO cheaper,
and In the end the people receive the benefit
Mr. Snyder forgcts TO state that hum
dreds of millions Of dollars, received
for coal oil, etc, would, II received by
a multitude Of small operators have
been consumed in food, clothi1g AMI
other nccessaries Uadar the manage
ment OF the Standard OH Co. the mill
lions are converted into an interest
bearing incubus upon the people Look
at Rockefeller, for instance, with his
Sl30, 600, 600. Let Mr. Snyder add to
the retail price OF all the oil used in
the United States, the interest paid the
magnates of the Standard Oil Co and
then tell us whether oil is dearer or
cheaper than before.
Besides, cheap goods make cheap
men. Cheapness is not an evidence OF
prosperity. On the contrary, we need
lots of money, every man employed,
high wages AMI dear goods and then
we'll be prosperous During the war
and until the policy of contraction set
in, for instance Mr. Snyder is assum.
ing upon the Ignorance Of his readers
when ne writes of the national union
IAN as being a cooperative plan. I'm
der cooperative plan the customers
OF the stores, own the capital, (goodsl
and divide the profits among them
selves Under the national union plan,
a corporation owns the capital and
takes the lions share Of the profits
a vast difference George c. Ward, in
Topeka Kan. Advocate