The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-11
Kansas Loses z Millions of Dol
lars Annually.
So Claim the Democratic Cam
paign Managers. .
DEALERS TRUST
Has Kansas and the Market By
the Throat.
Democrats VIII Prove This by
100000 Word Circular.

The Democratic state central commit
tee will promulgate from the Kansas City
headquarters this week a circular of 100,-
900 words. explaining how the Kansas
farmer is being robbed of millions of dol
lars by the combination OF men engaged
in handling the grain grown in the Sum
flower state.
]. Mack Love- who Is directing the prep
aration OF this document says that It VIII
cans Just what this means is something
of an enigma but the Democrats furnish
an explanation, which. in their opinion.
proves that the Kansas farmer is being
systemat ically robbed by the maehina-
tions of this alleged trust, which the
Democrats say, dictates today the price
which is to be paid for wheat tomorrow
As a part of the statement which the
committee expects to issue a sort Of
ing which is claimed IS a copy of the
this combination is made The blanks
which appear in the text of the document
are. the Democrats say. 1.-The places in
which the names of the contracting par
ties appear. The agreement follows:
This agreement entered into this sixth
day of June. 1900. between the --;;-.-.-.-.
pose of Rarm arm the grain IN trade at
this point.
I'VE, the parties to this contract, agree
to keep our places OF business open Tor
business for each business day and fur
Their to accept our proportion of the grain
received and we further agree at the time
and place fixed by this contract to settle
according to the terms of this contract
This particular paragraph lacks clear
ness. but the Democrats state that much
Of the detail has been omitted: that the
omissions specify the percentage basis
upon which the grain Is divided among
the parties to the agreement, which claim,
is in a measure sustained by the follow
ing paragraph:
than his proportion of the grain as named
in this contract shall pay to the other
grain 5 cents per bushel on wheat and 2
cents per bushel on corn at such weekly
settlement
Each party to this contract to deposit
with the secretary of the Kansas Grain
Dealers association a certified check for
same to be returned to each party to this
contract unless it be forfeited by viola
to this contract violates the terms there
of, the amount Of deposit is to be divided
equally among thesDther parties
s'Should any difference arise between
parties to this contract the same is to be
submitted to the secretary of the Kansas
Grain Dealers association and his decision
shall be final unless appealed to the OFF,
cial board of the said organization
This contract to be in force and erect
until January /, 1901
The Democratic committee will attempt
to prove that the parties to this contra ct
are the men who buy and sell the. wheat
and corn sent into Kansas City by the
Democrats claim that the union of these
forces is so close that the grain dealers in
Kansas dictate the prices which the far-
mer is to receive and then control the
distribution among the commission men
in Kansas City. absolutely and that the
commission men are at the mercy of the
dealers, depending upon them for pro-
portion of the business
The operation of this combine is dis
PLAYED, so the claim is made. to the ex-
tent that it shows the existence OF an IRON
clad agreement among men who dictate
the entire policy and prices of the grain
business.
The conclusion reached by the Demo-
cratic committee is that the Kansas farm
ers lose 81, 600. 600 annually by the opera
ton of this combination
This is one of the "thunder-bolts" furn-
the fusion nominee for attorney general.
and the author of the Kansas Antitrust
law