The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-11-14

powers, ard that our surplus farm prod
ucss enter the markets of other countries
on the most favorable terms,
UnfrIendly Combinations.
Notwithstanding the antitrust Jaws
now found ON our national statutes, com
binations of most gigantic proportions
have been formed that bid defiance to the
courts Of law and that absolutely control
the purchase and selling of live stock and
it, products. In my Judgment it is a dark
day when these combinations invade any
state. Gradually they are extending heir
power and fastening their fanss upon the
Important trade centers Of the state with
a rapacious greed that threatens to sweep
everything before IL. VIII any well-read
man deny the proposition that these com
hInations can say 10 the farmer, you shall
take your stock to market and sell 1t TO
US at our price. or TO others at a price
dictated by uss They have invaded our
country with the foreign beef carcass.
They have come within the gates Of our
cities, and destroy ed the slaughter house
ana driven the local business man TO the
wall, through the SIRENS song of cheap
beef and the time is not far distant when
they will as absolutely control the price
To the consumer.
When you get behind the screen that
concea.s the grain and the millers' asso-
Citations, you Will ind the same condition.
| Unless checked by state and national leg
| IsLatiou, the miIlers' association will soon
| dictate 10 the farmer the price of his
grain and 10 the consumer the price Of
his breadstuft as absolutely as the wblS-
! Ky trust controls the price OF their goods.
| The meetings Of these organizations are
| exclusive ami clandestine Some time ago
| I understood from reliable authority that
| there was a national convention Of olt-
| meal manufacturers at Oes MoineS, Iowa.
! and their movements we're 50 quiet IS 70
| t>-lQ the sharp eye OF the repo-torial
| stan Of the Des NOines press. II you will
| t-lre JAc margins between the price paid
| for grain and the price charged for mil
| product. ,h-cs IS no man but what will
| agree WIKI me thar those engaged in the
| milling business are not rendering recipro-
| ca! Justice to the producer OF the cereals
or to the consumer. The facts are. the
| silent. submissive farmer and the public
| have submitted 20 these growing evils
| without complaint. The farmer as a class
| gives less attention 70 his own Interest n
| legislation affecting him. and to the sx-
| ccrtion practiced, than any other class OF
! American people
The Rights of Labor.
! BY legislation ana by the courts We
have settled the great principles that the
| pubic have 4 right 10 control these
| trusts, and corporations have accepred
the principle. What We want is for tbs
national and state executives TO lose nc
time in laying before congress and me
legislative bodies the evils complained or
and to suggest such remedies as Wi
| check their further growth. We shouh
say 70 these combinations, thus far an
| no farther shalt thou come. We shoul.
ask for no class legislation. We snoul,
demand no f3y5rs beyond legitlmlt,
protection to th= farm interest. and ",
should be satisfied with nothing short o
the same recognition accorded 10 all otae
American Industries.
Successful farming Is a trade of M
t!onl, and International relationship &
all other trades. There is no industry ST
sensitive 10 spasmpdic action OF social o
commercial. upaearals as our producyiy
Industries. What l said In my last an
u4a. address I now emphasize. Il ;
. granted that Labor has equal right wiz
pl-aI 10 organize, but Ehe right of eth
or Or OF any organization to disturb :h
, | channels OF trade and 10 destroy the bus
mess interests o; the country IS denied
, | and It IS hoped .h4: the action Of h
I president and the federal courts vi.
/ | drive rne asstltor anu the anarchist int
2 | legitimate channels to settle E4nc.e
4 grievances.