The advocate., 1892-04-06
A KIND OF PATERNALISM WHICH THE
OLD PARTIES DO NOT FEAR,

ROCKS county, KANSAS March ~, 1882, the I0l
lowing preamble and resolution were unanl
mOusly adopted, without dissenting vote:
Whereas. We are persuaded that there are
laws fav0ring trusts, combines and tine money
power, In order to control all labor and all pro
duce, and
Whereas, There are plenty Of men who. we
believe, are good, honest citizens that deny there
being any class legislation, and
Whereas, The government warehouse subject
is topic of discussion, and
Whereas, The government has system Of
custom houses In many cities Of the United
States at the present time In operation, there
fore we anxiously seek information in regard to
how these warehouses are run, and
Whereas, We believe THE ADVOCATE, Of
Topeka, TO be one Of the best reform papers and
as well posted as any, and strictly honest In
what It says, now be 1t
Resolved, That We request THE ADVOCATE
to give us all OF the information 1t can without
lntruding too much on time and space) espeCl-
ally list Of the kind Of goods stored in said
warehouses and who uses those houses, and how
1t benefits said parties, and what beneit 1t is to
the masses, or government; what length Of time
are goods allowed to remain in the warehouses;
also under what conditions are deposits made
and what per cent can be drawn on any and all
deposits made.
W. 8. LANGDoN, President.
]. E. MCOAULEY, Secretary.
Il affords The ADVOCATE pleasure
to comply with the above request al
though we have published this infor-
nation in former numbers. Wehsve
received other requests of the kind
recently, and the subject is one that
cannot receive too much attention.
Our friends, the enemy, are deSper-
ately afraid Of paternslism. They
have cold chills whenever the SUBJ
treasury and land loan or govern
ment ownership Of railroads is men
toned, but somehow they seem to jog
along from day to day altogether un-
mindful that there is any paternalism
or class fsvoritism mixed up with our
affairs as they are now conducted.
We will endeavor to answer the in
quiries of our Rocks county brethren
in detail. In letter accompanying
the above resolutions, the vice presi-
don't of the Rocks County Alliance
says:
thought would explain little more In de-
tall the information desired. Some claim the
custom houses, or warehouses are only used to
hold imported goods; while others claim they
are mostly used to store whiskey in. Now II
there is any difference between custom house
and bonded warehouse, we would like to be
informed what that difference is.
In discussing any existing abuse il
is always important that its character
be thoroughly understood. There is
nothing gained by any party through
Misrepresentation. We frequently
see statements in our papers that the
government builds warehouses for
the storage Of domestic spirits. This
is not true with respect to the distil-
lery warehouses; and yet we shall see
before we are through that under
certain circumstances American made
liquors are stored in the custom
houses of the United States.
1t is important in the outset of this
discussion that we clearly discrimi-
nate between the custom houses Of the
United States and the distillery
warehouses. The United States GUS
tom houaaa are built bv the govern