The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-08-17

1T is q conspiracy o. the c1tles!
said a prominent man in Chicago the
other day.
these gigantic combinations OF
capital and power aim to put every
dollar of the peoples money, every
pound of meat, bushel Of wheat, mile
of railroad and every country bank
under control Of the cities.
"The cities produce nothing, but
control everything. They would
starye and freeze If 1t were not for
the country, yet while country people
are busy growing grain and cattle. to
feed the cities, city people have plenty
of time to scheme how to get this
grain and cattle into their own hands
soon as it is ready for market.
"And they succeed.
"The price of corn, wheat and cat
tie is fixed in the cities. Shipments
of all products are under city control.
"country Money Flows
Into the City Banks"
Country money is also under city
control. The country banks carry
their reserve deposits in city banks.
"They have to do so by law, which
SAYS reserve money of country banks
must be carried in city banks des1g'
mated Repositories in order to count
as cash in vault.
"Tvothirds of the money In city
banks Is country money. Thrty-tve
of the fifty billion or so in the Han
over Bank of New York Is deposits
Of country customers This ratio
holds good Of all.
This money is used to control
Wall street and the trusts.
Insurance money is another OF
the three great rivers Of cash which
flow into the cities and control the
generations which control the coun-
try. It's an endless chain by which
the country produces all the wealth
and turns 1t over to the cities.
The Object Of
Rate Legislation.
"Legisletion aids the cities.
Legislation as to meat, pure food
and all that sort of thing means In
the end only the trusts can do busi-
ness. The country butcher can't at
ford the elaborate plant demanded By
LEGISLATION. 't'. :,s'jE :, L. -~--":.
"The big concerns are the only
ones in any line that have money
enough to keep quality up and prices
down.
Rate legislation will concentrate
whdesaling By making It impossible
for vhoesaiezs to ship goods from
any except great cities like New
York, Chicago and st. Louis, where
the political organizations are that
contrm congress.
~The railroads are the friends Of
the country. Not from friendly mo-
tives. They are as selfish az the rest
Of the trust but the&r Property de-
ponds on the pruepertey Of the coan'
try people. so~<heg bs4h up the coun-
try, settle new fields stimulate agrt
culture, oattleSaastny, manufacturing
and whdesaling. and thus create trat'
hc. The more business and popular
ton are scattered the better for the
railroads and the better for the coun-
try.
"Railroads want legislation that
Will distribute prosperity through the
country, and the cities want legis1ar
ton that will concentrate prosperity
in the cities"
"The Private Car
What do you think OF the private
car question: was asked.
Legislation against the private
car is legislation against both the
producer and consumer Of fresh fruit,
vegetables and meat" he replied. 1T
aims to give control Of iperlshable
products to city commission mer-
chants.
"They had this control before the
private car took it away from them.
The private car system carries fresh
fruit, vegetables and meat from where
they were produced direct to where
they are consumed, guaranteeing
prompt delivery in good condition,
securing a universal market at fair
prices and distributing hundreds Of
millions OF dollars to de farmer, cat
tie and fruit raiser through applying
business methods to the shipment
and selling Of his products and leav'
ing the control of those products in
his own hands.
abolish the private car! AS well
abolish the express and postal sys-
TENS and compel each railroad to
have its own express company and its
own postal service"
1.-THE Railroads Will Not
Replace the System"
"But will not the railroads put in
a refrigerator car system of their
own"
NO.
'@Why not!"
"Weil. in the words of General
Manager Mphler Of the Union Psci-