Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-09-29

from it's source to it's mouth helps tc
form the mighty river. 1t is posi-
bile to dam the headwaters, and thus
slightly to increase or diminish the
volume OF water, but in the main the
ststsst, will be the same. Hes,S,
rains fhay swell The river ut certain
permits in tts course, while other..parts
ct the river may not lie visibly al
fected. And SO witt, Wheat prices
An abundant eSSop in one locality
my have a tendency to reduce the
prices there below the worlds mar
ket. A combination OF buyers may
produce a similar result. But it cal
be only transient at most, for the
market is bound to adjust itself. Nc
one nts,n, or combination OF men CIR
control wheat prices. 1t is too vast
an undertaking. 1t would be like
Harvesting Niagara falls. 10 con
troi prices absolutely one would
have to corner the market, which
is impossible. 1t has ruined all who
have attempted it, And suppose one
crop could be "cornered," in u few
months again there would be anoth
er crop to ''corner.' Why, it eau
not be done by any combination d
capital.
Now a few words in regard to Mr.
Pl!lsbury whom the Globe accuses O
having Tor years been engaged in
roeb'ng the farmers, but whom We
DeIleve IN all sincerity to be the best
Tfiend the farmers have in the state
The farmers in Minnesota; raise a
big surplus OF wheat and this wheat
they i,,,,st sell to somebody. Mr.
Plllsbury is probably the largest
buyer OF actual wheat in the world
tie buys wheat to grind, not wind
wheat for speculation, like the gam.
blers uh the Chicago board of trade,
whose cause is being espoused by tine
ST. raul Globe. Granted that Mr..
PIIlsbury wants to buy this wheat
us cheuply us he can. Still we have
heard thillers claim that there is
more money in the business when
wheat is high than when it is low.
Mr. Pillsbury has labored diligently
for years to open up a market for
his flour in European countries. He
has spent large sums OF money to
introduce American flour abroad,
Now we ask, are not men who com
mand large amounts of capital,
which they utilize in buying and find
ing u market for the farmers sur
plus wheat, IL benefit to the farmer?
Would it not be Il good thing for the
turner's ii there We're hundred or a
Thousand men in Minneapolis like
Pillsbury-men who would be as
large buyers and exporters of farm
products? Most certainly. Instead
OF cursing Pil'sbury let us wish we
had more men like him.
Furthermore, we believe that no
class OF our citizens deem it to their
best interest to have wheat prices
low, unless it he the laborino men in
the cities. Ii wheat would be wortl,
$50 a bnshel to-day it would bene.
tit the business men in the cities as
we'll. Farmers would buy more
goods and the railroads would have
more goods to carry. When the
farmers prosper other interests will
prosper also. Jim Hill is too sharp
a business man to desire low wheat
prices. High prices would mean
more business for him and increased
sales OF railroad land
Ii the Globe is so anxious to i'm
prove the condition OF the farmer
why does it not engage in the grail
business itself, or try to get capital
lists to go into it, in us much rs il
Claims such great profits. No, the
e.
That's all. But it is making votes
Tor the republican party instead
Fni: minded men will not supports;
party that resorts to tcn.ayCyisn
I'd furl her its cause. Even us stuuucl
II democratic paper rs the Minneapo
lis Times repudintes the disrrputablt
methods OF the St. Paul Globe.