The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-14
SAYS 1t WON'T WORK
Ar Enrisht's Financial scheme to
Relieve the Farmers,

To the Editor % the Eagle.
In the St Louis Republic Of October :
there was published = synopsis OF plan
d:vulged by Albert J. Enrght Of ST.
Joseph, Mo, a political economist, fnanc!er
and promoter, who has promulgated g.
gantio scheme. which he confidently be-
!ieves will place in the hands OF che farm
ers OF the country The controlling power
now held by grain operators and others
located in the cities. He proposes 20 or
ganize all the farmers in the United States
into one mammoth organization tor the
purpose OF controlling the shipment OF
their crops TO market. thereby hoping %
maintain a certain scale 81 prices. and
create and supply the demand at the win
OF the producers. 1t is also stated that
thousands of circulars explaining his OBJ
ject have been mailed INTO every county In
every state and territory.
His scheme is TO have one man chosen
in every county 70 act as a member Of he
state organization. From each state a
delegate viii be elected to national con-
vention, and this body will establish
central bureau Of information where the
farmers in ali parts of the country may
keep apprised OF the condition Of the crops.
the demand and the price. They will b:
advised in certain parts o. the country
when the proper time is TO ship grain.
where to send ii, in what quantities, and
the price they may expect therefor. The
price will be regulated, Mr.. Enright claims,
by the will of the producers in making
their shipments. Mr.. Enright declares that
wheat is now selling for % GEMS less than
its value, and that the crop OF .S9S IS no
greater than was that Of 1897. which s
now altogether consumed. Mr.. Enright
is correct in his assertion that farmers are
not getting full value for their wheat.
They know, and know to their sad detri-
ment, the invulnerab,e power they have
TO contend with. They know while deIving
early and late with sweat and fatigue 10
produce whatever mother earth with nor
NAL conditions may yield fo- their reward.
that scheming operators are vigilantly plot
ting 10 fiich their hard earned crops for
what they please to Offer. The farmers
wheat and oats are corneraG, the operators
and others 0he bulls and oears) in the
cities hold the bag of filthy lucre; they
fix the price to suit themselves The farm
er must nave money to settle pressing OBJ
legations; the means for getting it lies in
his burdened granaries; he sees the ret
Of fraud and cunning strategy that en-
virons him; from which ne cannot escape.
With feelings of humiliation, and modest
protest he sulrenders the profits Of his
wheat, corn and oats 10 a soul.Ass ootcrie
OF rapacious vampires. But of remedy
to relieve himself from the market bond
age TO which he perpe.Ialy and unwit-
tingly yields, he cares not to consider.
Now it seems that Mr. Albert J. Enright,
In the plentitude and bounteousness of his
munificent soul, comes forward with the
CELEBRITY of the wind, with a gigantic and
chimerical scheme Of boundless benevo-
lence; proposes to enlist the fecundity and
superhuman genius of his exalted talents
in behalf of the farmers of the United
States to relieve them of an INSCRIPTIONS
and mercenary horde of genteel robbers.
Mr.. Enright lives in the distinguished
city Of ST. Joseph. of Missouri state
noted for its big ears of corn, fine fruit,
luscious berries, and nice honey He is
a political econmisto, fnancier and promo
ter He may, for aught we know, be sin
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doubt whether he is as familiar with the
disposition and traits of American farm
ers. as he seems to be with abstruse and
visionary theories. concOcted in st. Joseph.
on the borders of turbd and 7auseating
river. He may be an adept IN mental
science. but wofully deceived in the con-
tents Of the farmers pate. lie will later
on discover to his establishment thai tie
farmers of the United States are a waIy
set of fellows. not to be Hoodwinked by &, V
pet scheme of his. nor anybo " else. lie
ultimatum of which would be an indefinite
horde Of delegates and secretaries and
presidents and superintendent and mul-
titude Of salaried officials, 70 be paid from
a fund procured by a direct tax levied on
the farmers. II such an organization as
that proposed by Mr.. Enright can be ac-
complished. it would require vast sum OF
money every year 10 sustain and keep it In
operation. as much or more than the ad-
vanced price which the farmers might re-
ceive for their wheat. Handicapped as the
farmers OF our country to some extent are
by an invidious power that stealth.lv
seeks 70 clutch the avails Of toheir indus
try. AT the nominal cost OF production.
and frequently for less and OF the adverse