Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-07
To Nationalist Elevators.

Mr.. LEADER: In our last paper we
had reached so far as to the ardous
work Of congressman and we had
found that during all these years he
had found no time to take up and reg
ulate that important branch of our In
terstate and foreign commemorative
grain trade. Yes, sir! We had found
that it is no concern Of congress If the
millions of hard working people in
our country who are engaged in the bu-
siness of producing grain were turned
over for their fortune or misfortune to
be ground between a set of financial
gamblers in New York, and an other
set of grain gamblers in Chicago.
Seriously, sir, did it ever occur to you
what a world spectacle these gambling
hells are? We will now pass by the
financial gamblers and turn u atten-
zion to the grain gamblers for a mo-
ment.
Are they all located in Chicago9
l guess not.
The center heads and hell's superior,
Beelzebub, is located in Chicago and
from there its qualifications are spread
to the farthest corner Of the land
How many suicides are committed
every year through this hellish insti
tuition? How many banks are wreck
ed and depositors' money scattered t.
the winds? How many business mel
are ruined and homes upset? Ant
the harvest of the land, the b0untie'
OF an all good Providence are giver
over to the sports and manipulation
of a set of lunatic gamblers constitute
ing hell itself. What a spectacle
What a hysteria? What a blasphemy'
We shudder at the sight of 1t, yes
even at the thought of it, cold shivers
run down our spinal column, and YET
we proceed our way and let 1t pass
Did it ever c to your mind thai
we are really all of US accessories tc
these crimes? This is a national sin
a national transgression and we car
not escape the Judgement, the day o.
reckoning is coming home to US every
day. We need therefore to stir about
if we will purge ourselves Of this sin
Experience has taught us that con
gress will do nothing upon its owr
motion except to dive down and make
grabs in the public treasury. II we
want our congressman to do anything
for the public good we must need b.
after them with a sharp stick. 81
then my fellow citizens let us throw
off our lethargy, let us take up a good
heavy blacksnake and see If we car
move congress to action. The legis
lation here proposed will knock tn,
props from under the grain gambling
institution, it will cause that gam
bling den to tumble as completely a
did the Philistine's Temple wher
Samson tore the props from under it
So in pressing this legislation to a sue
~cessful issue you do not only do a ben
%evolent and patriotic act but you full
fill a duty which you otherways al
ways will have to reckon with.
And then, when under present con
Editions we turn to the local shippin,
points which are the farmers hom,
market for grain, what do we find
Confusion galore. No standard 70,
testing or.for classifying grain, every
thing is done arbitrarily. Dockage !
always a bone of contention which set
buyer and seller into a mouth fighI
until it has come so far that the tern
"bushelo is almost abandoned ane
the buyer says; 1 give you SO mucl
for so many pounds, so the divisor i
set up and the load is divided int
so many groups Of pounds. When tn,
paper comes out quoting the market
price per bushel we are just as wise a.
the North Pole on what constitutes {
bushel.
On the point of weighing there !.
nc reason for complaint here at thu