The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-10

zen re chat coal can Doe shipped from
saatN Met'rsicr To Kansas city for
% s4f that we people hero in Pot-
t,e 'rio county have 20 pay SG.25
nr tn Use eaal That that is just and
aqagati tn you chat it is not Il
nhue more or ics than highway
robbery The distance is less than
1t. lrl and thc over chargc is pear-
Hfds
r'.e fa menumctuer n Chicago
80 Nu Yoik tie cno ship goods
t1 Hnt dsruce to Romuius chcap-
manufacturer c8n from Okla
hr rtr f1 Romulus. Why is thisg
IH- rsF.r IS plala. q is casc OF
rinttiou 1nC rebate freight rates
sr5 oothns else. fou ask me why
Ne ttfe ne sreit factories or home in-
ius,-es m oklahoma, and my answer
h Wat 80 long ae the railroads are
perm ttai o 60 unbrdled, piuudering
fh- pockets OF our people by Imposing
urU-t 1nd unreasonable freight rates..
fhea 80 iane win We bc deprived Of
factories and homc Industries Look
o friends and whcn men come
4ndidtte- for deioeatcs to
Haa a,...t,eionl convention. or seck-
rg legislative pr,fcrment. ask them
no uncertain manner. low they
suud oa the question of the enactment
70 a av establishing in the new state
ptd commission, and IL YOU are
scr- 81 ou best interests you win
.uD.set rs ,n7u who ls not uneoiivo-
clue M ntor of such commission.
7h.r. mother question IN which
v3u sr ar should b., deeply Interested,
naa.v tia organization known as he
"Ftrnefs ,tnian. This organization
.ha. uF sympathy and support Tor ] be-
Heve that Il hes for It's object the mu-
Ituai protection ot each other If There ls
% rs. .f psopir ON carth ttat should
oreariz. mr their mutuaI protection &C.
s h. rrm.r They are tho producers
af tr Vlllh OF tho country and have
les, pr3t cti0n under thc iw thun amy
lol1er e.4.- of people Whlc we est1b-
Hshrea. ot railway commission would
sraa.v piDtcc, tho farmers. yct the Far
m-rs Onion is calculated 20 aftord more
protection uan amy legislative enact-
nea have suggestion tc make to-
you which s adopted. Will in my iudg-
uat rebound TO great benefit 20 the
utiou snd each individual farmer II is
this Have the ncxt legislature pass "a
law authorizing h the territory or state
! the establishment of c. ton Warehous-
as tnd when such law is passed. ie
each union orsauze a corporation and
| elch nember tax, stock, TO the end that
che warehouse viii be owned and oprr"-
tni n members OF the union By dung
tl- tn expense OF storing and insW-
trca gI b" less You can then hold
your ton at home and sell ON a mo-
ment aoacr when Che market is right
Thr1asa your organiz1uon you can
-a arrange masters that the union
Ware 1u-e- will only turn so mnch
60 .9n 1H thc market 900 opT time as
IS necessary to supply the demand and
/ by SD doing you win be able to hold
| up tnc Price of cotton. Where's on
che 1taer band So YOU haze no meani-
zatioe or warehouses and an rushed ~
acn t frst advance in prices the
make. viii become Hooded and ove'-
/ done How many Of son taye held cot Z
ion home aud when you heard tnat
cotton had taken an advance In price.
rusae ed % town with your cotton, said
after sulus there found that the price
had dropped You have gone 20 the irou-
bile af io16lg and hauiug the cGrton
/ .l town and rather than take 90 home
1nd ttul DO back again. you son on tko
/ low nrkct If your cotton was in ths
w1rcara-r y3u could avoid This
IHe -recuAtors on wan street arc
/ the +. pt .hat regulate She price OF
cotton 90 mrse extent From th'
lpre-ar. iavpsI Iguuon going ON iu Wash
ngtou aould seem lhut these sprcu.
atur- HtN- bcen standing iu with th'
geot run.-lr officials and by improper
nel haye persuaded these Government
officials tl oyerestmate the yield off 700.
p tHe axtvnt of about one million bales