Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1912-01-18
Why FARMERS AND OTHER
PRODUCERS ARE SKINNED

1870 Ft"f"fHfNr NAA 'htAAaAA -
and Tobacco Trusts suggests man
things Ia regard 10 present condition
which might result Ia great good &
the common people II they could b
aroused 70 SEQ just whore the
stand.
do not think the decisions amour
70 a tinker's darn 80 FAR a. an,
good 10 the people il concerned. foT
according 70 these decisions thes'
. companies can purge themselves o
their offences simply By some sor
OF judicial legerdemaln called re-or
eanixatiou. and then 20 ahead DO
ms business a. the old stand. bui
what strikes one a. very peculiar IN
this whole business IL the fact that
8, has taken 20 years or more Of
the Sherman Anti Trust law 20 get
action 90 the greatest trusts in the
worid. while for twice 20 years all
s0rts OF attempts have been made
70 set the farmers and other pro
facsru Into some sort Of a combl-
nation for their own protection
against exploitation and atm they
are all up In tho air 80 far as any
very effective organization 10 con.
cerned.
IN other words the law has 70 DO
iDgoked 70 prevent capital from or
ganizing to skin the farmers and
ether producers. while no sort OF
persuasion Or pleading viii induce
these easy marks 70 organize for
their own protection. What makes
tho situation all the more oxasper
a.ing and ridiculous il the fact
4 a the farmers and other produc.
era are 90 vastly IN tho majority
that all oppoaition 10 them could 90
swept away like chaff before tho
vlnd II they could only be- organized
into one solid mass. They have the
ggtsf, hence the power 10 accom-
p ah anything they desire. yet they |
ass led like sheep 70 the shamblea
and uhorn OF the products Of their
d Dor By tho cxpioitera who neither /
90 eat nor toll but simply skin /
their silly victims When a farmer
o. laborcr has anything 20 sell the
bsyer always dictates tho price. but
when they have TO buy tho seller
dictates the price,
This Is the two.edsed sword that
cuia the profits OF tho producers IN.
% two parts Ia about the proportion
Of one firth 70 four fiftha and the
producer Invariably has 70 take
the one firth az his share. This lack
of cooperation ON the part OF the
pr ,dueers 10 Just what the 0xplolters
vast. for 50 long as they can organ.
.zo trusts 70 DO the skinnlng act
hey must necessarily have their
fisiims scattered 80 they can take
'hem one AZ time. thus small
d stronger than vast
majority
just suppose for a moment that
he situation were royoFaeda nd the 4
" 5iueora we're organized into ono
.ast combination and owned AL tho
rrsts. public utilities aud means OF
reduction Whore would tho profits .
% 10 this eaaef Does anyone think q
Or a moment that such outrages "a {
he express company profits could 6
o pasalble. and would the farmers {
a . 20 pay sixteen prices 70 set o
crate Of melons or a buahel OF po- ;
atocs 10 distant market Suppose '
ar public schools. highways. and q
osiai system wcro conducted ON .
be- same plan that railroads. express a
oppanies. ana other privately own q
a pablle utilities are conducted.
Hos Ions would the people stand
,r the same amount OF extortion IN
lsxs a. thoy 90 Ia tho privately y
sned public utllitiCs7 Yot whore /,
the sense OF justice Ia the pub. !,
G ownership Of she ono and the
riyate exploitation Of the otheri
Every attempt SO far to got the
.rmsrS snd ether producers OF
ealih into enc compact practical OF.
salsaiio n has failed TrlfinE dlt
Fvnses are leeehli.ed into obstacles
great magnitude 80 that no obi.
,ilon seems strcns eaoaEh 70 bod
ie farlaerz together This Il just
hat the exploitcrs want Tor they
% unitsd In their purpose to skin
70 farmers who play Into their
'sds BY their lack Of unity and co.
lsration N
Hou long such condition of ar
lrs Is going 20 last - problem. A
4 one thing 10 certain. the last
rae uill BE- laid upon the eamels
ek some time aud then thiugs
n begin 20 happen What With
: steals, express steals. railroad
'ais. commission steals, aud mid, so
pmen hold ups. the farmer and pro- an
Ger has about reached the llmlt M
bis patience aud endurance. They ma
. begiuring 20 see that for tho y
q 70 or 80 years they have been =
ing to the ballot box aud swap. %
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