OCTOBER 6, 1904
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
PAGE 15
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TriwtM-AM An Able Presentation
orajn ILlevators ta&BSs
Next to the question of taxation,
which touches all citizens, perhaps
the one that should, most closely con
cern Nebraskans, is the subject of mar
ket discriminations concerning, the
grain crops, or, as It is popularly
styled the elevator question. The
discriminations are indirect, but none
the less real, and comprise the oper
ations of the elevator combine, other
wise known as. the Nebraska Grain
Dealers association, which brings to
bear all its vast influence on the rail
road companies to prevent farmers' as
sociations "or Independent concerns
from securing site privileges or con
cessions on the' railway right-of-way.
'There are about one thousand eleva
tors (in round numbers) in Nebraska
and over 80 per cent of them are in the
combine that is seeking to control the
market and shut out the farmers' com
panies. It is easily susceptible of proof
that the combine aims to conduct the
grain business so as to net the dealers
five cents a bushel, or $50 per car of
one thousand bushels. One man near
Lincoln is known to have savtd 200
on two cars of grain by shipping inde
pendent of the combine. Instance are
numerous where ten and tweive cents
a bushel have been exacted on a good
grade of marketable gram, and there
are many cases where fifteen cents a
bushel has been extorted by dsaiers
in absolute control of the market
through the possession of the only
shipping facilities at those stations.
If these excessive margins are some
what reduced during the past year it
is solely because of the linv.ted suc
cess of farmers' companies,, hamy'red
as they have been by the combine. .
During recent years a renewed effort
of farmers to secure shipping facilities
"has" been made, commencing about two
:'ahd a- half.;Sars .as;6; through the ef
forts of the Central Farmef i3iu.
The discussion thus begun, founa. its
way into the last legislature and was
; voiced by the effort of Senatir Brady
of Boone county to secure th- passage
of Senate File No. 102, but wuici, was
displaced, by House Roll No. 0, ether-
wise known as the Ramsey, bul, .and
'which was bassed near the:ciOa- of
the session. - It was freely charged at
. the time that the "combine"jnhuence
' was thrown ?to secure the passage of
the . Ramsey bill. Numerous eilcrts
ave been made to enforce the' Ramsey
law, but so far none of them har.4 ever
been carried to a-final determination in
the courts. -A large numDer oi aDie
" attorneys contend that the f Ramsey
law is invalid, and if pressed to a test
in the court of last resort, wouid be
declared-unconstitutional. Coior to
" this view is given by the fact that the
entire elevator "combine" influence
was' thrown, against the Brad bill
(No. 302) and in favor of the Ramsey
law. . ;;:r-' '
A determined effort should be made
in every legislative and senatorial dis
trict to elect only such men as are
openly pledged in favor of sound ele
vator legislation, i Such candidates are
those -of the fusion forces, or candi
dates nominated by populists and dem
, ocrats, for the state cohvehuons .of
both parties took a bold and flrnf stand
m favor of justice to the farmers of
Nebraska, touching elevator leisla
A short statement iSTlti'm rrrmiltj-Qf,
the'elevator combine " will better en
able the voters to understand the mer
its of the issue. It is well to uuder
stand that Mr. Schneider, who is one
of the controlling officers in the re
publican state committee and member
of the national republican committee
for Nebraska, is also one of the con
trolling forces in the "Nebrasna Grain
Dealers' association, and president of
the "National Crain Dealers' associa
tion." He is a member of one oi the
largest elevator companies operating
in Nebraska and Iowa, and the wraith
of the firm has been "very larRl;' ac
cumulated during recent yeaia smce
the above named association pcrfocted
its organization.
It ia morally certain thai Mr.
Schneider and the portj whoso ma
chinery he dominates, will assist In (ho
eleetlou of only such legislators as
WrUson's Pevtes
Hon. Thomas K. Watson, people's
Tarty candidate for president, will
speak at Vioeennrs, Ind., on October
and at Indianapolis on tho :otu
day of October.
Hon. Thta. I. Watson will be the
orator of the day at Vlrden. HJ. Cfclo
br 11 Everything possible U being
done to make this one of the gratet
eventi of the year. Vlrdm is a txaull
tut city situated on th Hurlirfcten,
can be depended oh to further h's in
terests and. those of his class It
would be more than could be expected
of him to exert himself to secure the
election of a representative known to
be favorable to farmers' eWatora,
which, when successful, will displace
the elevators of the ''combine.-'
The methods employed to v accom
plish their aims are chiefly of two
classes. They operate indirectly, and
through, first, the railway com
panies, and second, through the com
mission men on board of trade.
The elevator combine uses ail its
power and influence to prevent railway
officiate from granting any new build
ing sites for elevators, thus confining
the business to present dealers. 80 per
cent of whom are in the combine. The
extortionate margin of profit demand
ed in many cases by the combine deal
ers has caused many farmers to at
tempt "track-shipping," and m order
to, prevent this, the "combine" has in
troduced the "boycott" agam3t the
commission man who would handle
the farmers' grain in the central mar
ket It will readily be seen that when Mr.
Schneider, with 75 to 100 elevators, no
tifies a commission firm that has sold
a thousand car loads for him in tbe
course of a year, that he must not han
dle the farmer's car load on pain of
losing the S'chneider busineod it is
readily seen that the commission man
is compelled frequently against his
own wishes to refuse the business of
the farmer.
The mapkets In all the groat &iain
centers were practically closed against
the independent shippers when we be
gan our crusade early in 190 in the
Central "Farmer, which culminated in
the monster demonstration in Lincoln
Jan. 22. 1903 and Which resulted in
the h, agitation of, elevator legislation
.luiiT.r: tost session of tht legisla
ture, anasTn'ce thft'utwj jtxrrstA,
By persistent effort, against thl IKTgfed
resistance of the "combine" the farm
ers' associations and independent con
cerns have made some headway but
the progress has been small in com
parison with what It would have been
if proper shipping: facilities had Deen
enjoyed by the general public
v Nearly two years ago it wa pointed
put in the Central Farmer tb.3 reasons
why no "grain market" existed in Ne
braska, The cause Jay in, the freight
discriminations . in favor of ; Cticago
and Kansas City. A railway rate war
has wiped-out that discrimiaa'.on, and
simultaneously with a more fair ad
justment of freight schedules, there
has been formed a central gram mar
ket in Nebraska. The establishment
of the Omaha Grain Exchange means
much for Nebraska farmers if It can
be made an "open market." But if 1t
is' to .bfi dominated by the .S'cnneiders
and ,bthet'; members of , '.the combine,
it will pimply -fatten those in the com
bine, and be of no real value to Ne
braska farmers, nor to any Nebiaska
interest except the elevator combine.
The contest .begun, r in v behalf of Ne
braska farmers has Bot been permit
ted to si ack en., I was among the first
to subscribe for a membership In the
Omaha Grain Exchange, .in pruer to
furnish farmers' companies aa outlet
in the central market When I was
finally successful In securing niemDer-
shin Jn that. Knriv I ireanizfld the f!
Vincent (?raTu'r: nmbft
now engaged in marketing grainbrp11
farmers' associations and in orgaii'zrng
new ones wherever farmers are suf
ficiently interested to warrant tut ef
fort.
Among other Nebraskans who have
given time and money withui stint
in the effort to better the maiKeling
laeilities of Nebraska farmers Is Hon
S. Canaday, the fusion nominee for
auditor of public accounts . M Cona
day, in Feb., 1903, was elected presi
dent of the Nebraska State Co-opera
tive Grain and Live Stock association.
o which position he was unanimously
re-elected in Jan., 1904. His county
is the best organized in the stat with
facilities for grain shipping by far
mers' associations, and this excellent
showing is almost entirely due to his
efficient and untiring efforts.
Chicago & Alton, and Intcr-Urtan rail
ways, twenty-two miles souta of
Springfield. Fpeclal rates will ho
granted on all the railroads touching
the city and possibly others. Hitur
Klon trains will be run from a cumbrr
of Important points. The crowd win
be one of the tartest ever assembled
ta central Illinois. Every orutlt Jn
tn state is Invited and urged to be
present. C. A. ItUitrAN,
Jacksonville, HI
The Beatitudes
Cincinnati, O., October 2, 1S04.
Herbert S. Bigelow, pastor of the Vine
St. Congregational church, in speaking
on the "Beatitudes," said in part:
"Has the world became Christian, or
has Christianity" become worldly?
What did Christ teach? We could
hardly ask for better summary oi his
teachings than we find in tbac intro
duction to the sermon on the Mount,
known as the Beatitudes. T acre we
find his creed. Now what was Rome's
creed?
Her legions had dipped their javelins
in the heart of the vanquished and had
written her creed in letters of blood
over all the earth.
Jesus said: "Blessed are the poor in
spirit." Rome said: "Blessed are the
proud. Jesus said: "Blessed arc they
that mourn." Rome said: "BiS3ed
are the hard of heart Jesus bajd:
"Blessed are the gentle." Rome said:
Blessed are the arrogant. Jesua said:
"Blessed are they that hunger and
thirst after righteousness." Rome said:
Blessed' are they that slay the right
eous. Jesus said: "Blessed are the
merciful." Rome said: Blesei be
cruelty. Jesus said: "Blessed are the
pure in heart." Rome said: Blessed
are the fat in purse. .Jesus taid:
"Blessed are the peacemakers." Rome
said: Blessed are makers of wai.
Jesus said, blessed are the men who
live and die for truth but Rome said,
blessed are the men who live and die
in the favor of the Emperor, who
march at the head of legions, wear the
purple and hear the multitudes ap
plaud. The world is centuries older now,
and what of these two creeds? II a3
not the prophet of Jerusabm tri
umphed over the Emperor of Rome?
Yonder beneath the dust of ages sleep
those legions now. But the truths of
this lonely man, are they not living
today in all that is noble in our civ
ilization, and do they not urge us on
to nobler trumph still? ,
This is the truth. We are better
than Rome was, and it is because this
freed of Jesus has In a measure prr
" vailed jev-.Mi'?'-iifRome. This
also is truth. We arruot aa -fcoUfcV
we might be, and it ia because the
creed of the Nazarene has hot yet had
full sway.
Let Rome bury her dead. Let us
look to the Present and the Future.
Let us imagine this man of Nazareth
on the streets of our own city
Before him comes a troop of pale
faced children. He knows them that
hungry, stunted brood, the spawn of
the slums; the slums, those lazar .spots,
made by the insatiable greed and the
iniquitous laws of man. From these
noisome places comes the cry of the
children; children living where flowers
will not bloom; children living where
the sun seldom shines; children play
ing on slimy pavements, breathing the
malignant gases of the sewers and dy
ing, God knows how cheaply! The
peal of church organs can not drown
for him that cry from the slums. In
dignant with men for not heeding
that cry, he would exclaim, as of old,
"Blessed are the merciful, for they
shall obtain mercy." : ;
These beatitudes are upon every
tongue. When - We recite them, we
seem to forget that they challenge' the
institutions of-our time even as they
challenged the Institutions of Rome.
We- do not understand them; neither
have we entered inio the spirit of this
man, if we are not impressed with the.
frightful contrasts that still exist be
tween hia truth and the society which
Tbose New York Fighters
Editor Indcpciidcr.tr I bave just re
turned from a two weeks' trip through
the state.
The petitions are complete and will
be filed the middle of next week on the
first day of filing. County and city or
ganizations are springing up all over
the state. The men who were out for
Bryan in 18CC and 1900 are now shout
ing for Watson and Tibbies. Wc are
swamped with demands for literature,
it pours In on us from every nook and
corner of the state. The priulius press
Is running as fast as steam can drive
It We will try and furnish ult with
literature as fast as possible.
We are going to get the vole and
not only make this the banner elate
this fall, but we want the Influence of
that vote to make way for the election
of our candidate for president m l'JOS.
From now on till the end of Uio cam
paign our speakers wilt be all over
the state preaching the same doctrine
they talked In IS3ti and 19 '3 when they
supported Ilryan, only this time they
are talking for Watson, and Tibbies,
the onty Ilryan ticket on the ballot to
this state.
Yours la the cause of Jeflerr.onlao
Icrnocrary,
JAY W POriUKHT.
Albany, K. Y., Sept. 21.
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