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Show THE WHEAT CORNER DENIED. Mtn.rrr Cram Nan That tha Alliance Is Nut r.tti.r to th. Tru. t Scheme. Niw York, July 25. A reporter interviewed in-terviewed W. C. Cram, general manager mana-ger of the New York bureau of the national na-tional farmers' alliance and press association, asso-ciation, touching the so-called wheat trust combine among the farmers. He denied that any such combination had been formed. The suggestion was made, be said, some time ago that the farmer would do well to hold their wheat for remunerative prices, in preference pref-erence to allowing it to fall into tho bandsof unscrupulous speculators. l)u this advice word was sent out through the bureau of the reform press two weeks ago. advising farmers to hold their wheat. w Several cub-alliancei in Illinois met and passed resolutions to this effect, which were published in the Alliance papers, there being no effort to conceal the fact whatever. Crurn said an attempt at-tempt to make it appear now if some "traitor'' had revealed the matter prematurely pre-maturely was in keeping with many similar attempts to invest certain ambitious am-bitious lenders with an air of importance impor-tance far beyond their ability or worth. Kditor Crnni, who is practically a farmer far-mer himself and thoroughly posted in the schemes narrated, Hays he does not believe intelligent farmers will he caught with such chalT. He is convinced convinc-ed that certain schemes are trying to work the farmer's alliance for all it is worth for sellisb and political purposes. As to a combination among the farmers, farm-ers, Cruni said: "J would be very glad if the farmers could, by combigation, secure good price especially for wheat. A report, coining from Si. Paul states tbat Ignatius Igna-tius Donnelly was oppose to the wheat trust among tho farmers, betrays the denugogery of the whole plot, for for while championing the cause of the farmors, he is well known as a Knighls of Labor leader in the West. He is looking for the presidential nomination in lH'.ej: He hesitates to urge the wheat combine wnich would affect tho price of bread of those whoso sullragos we must have. "While I favor any plan which will contribuie honestly to the farmers' welfare, I have doubts of the efficiency Of a policy of the farmers holding too long upon their wheat. It takes money to movs as well as to buy wheat, and if held too long and the world's crop turns out larger than anticipated, a crash would bo immineut, more disastrous disas-trous in its consequences than dreamed of in the philosophy of the most pronounced pro-nounced alliance doctrine." |