| Show correspondence ON THE GRAIN SAVING QUESTION IT V N V waken taken to task for his ills ad r vice to tho the Fa formers 4 eill FiLL FILLMORE millard county october 23 1885 editor deseret netos news in your semiweekly semi remi weekly issue of the dinst ap appears agars a letter from one siu U N V 2 who 0 proposes ses to be judging from the tone of his communication the self elected adviser of the farmers of utah in relation to their ninan finan ciering and labors very assiduously to demonstrate to them that he Is the source from which all li light liht ht and knowl knowledge edze respecting these matters emanate but air editor the great majority of the utah farmers are men who are just about as thoroughly posted on their duties and situation in relation to themselves and the future as U N V i P there are always two sides to every question and one seems very plausible to the casual observer until the other side is heard from hence I 1 desire to take issue with U UN N V and show the other side of this very important matter that the public generally may have FACTS AND FIGURES upon which to base their conclusions in the first place U N V endeavors endeavors to show the public and the farmers in particular that they the farmers are a very weak foolish and unwise class of people 0 ae and that they could realize dou double ab IT the price for their by holding holdim 11 on to it and ref refusing using to pay their just dues and little liabilities which they have incurred during the growing season live in com comparative aratine ease case and maintain their families in respectability wheat says be he is going to be worth double what it it is now which at shipping points along the line of the lucand da RG railways rall rali Ways would make mako it worth per bushel if the farmers will not be so foolish and unwise as to barter it off for a mere nothing to their importunate impecunious and ungentlemanly creditors this mr editor is a direct insult to the merchants board of directors and superintendents of the operative cooperative co stores throughout the territory for they have extended credit to the farmer and at a time when the 0 CREDIT WAS absolutely NECESSARY and was accepted with thanks but the merchant who looks upon the farmers as an honest industrious class of men expected them to pay their bills as promised in wheat or cash just as soon a as s their grain was thrashed allowing them current valuation there are very few farmers in utah and this rule is not only applicable to I 1 farmers r in ers but to other classes who can operate their farms or attend to their other business without running in debt and there ii L not a simple store from salt lake city to st george and I 1 presume it is s so 0 in the north thad that has not extended extend ed more or less credit in the hope ho e and ahsu assurance ance that it would be i paid off after alter harvest either in cash or grain at ruling prices and as a rule it is promptly done but if such advice as Is eiven civen to the farmers of utah by UN VIs V la accepted as sound it will reverse the wheel of trade and place both merchant and farmer in a very tight corner the farmer however is too wise and places too high a value on his plighted word to be led astray in any such way let the farmer refuse to sell his grain and his supplies from the stores are at once cut off and the merchant who has extended credit for three six or n nine lue months without hope of ol interest t is unable to lay in a full fall stock for winter now it would be a source of news to me and no doubt to the farmer and merchant to know really who those 9 reat THRIVING speculators on the hard earnings of the farmer are and who are so willing to advance per bus on wheat Z U C 31 1 I lit ia salt lake city has ever sought to find a good market for the grain of the country and its dealings with the grower in every instance hav have e been fair and honest giving every cent it would brinz brins in the market other large and smaller firms have done the same thing and if their profits did not come from other sources than from handling handlin grain there were would be but a light showing to the credit side of loss and gain account and an angry look inglot ing lug lod lot of stockholders would be the result neither the merchants nor the farmers control the grain market of america or of the world and utah may hold her grain until un doomsday doom day may ral rale raise c twice what she has done this season peason or not raise a kernel for ten years ears and it would not affect the market iet let one hairs breadth neither will they realize for their wheat such sa til u res as feen seen I 1 n the I 1 imagination magi magl nation of U N V of the wheat crop in kansas la Is noti not notching coing to justify us in exi pec pecking ting any great advance with us for it i we cannot supply the deficiency at a reasonable price they can find other places from which to purchase we would all like ilke to see wheat demanding 0 mandi mandl rg 1 per bushel in hard cash caan it costs that to raise it and the country would be all the better for it but it is the height of folly for the farmers to make the stand suggested by U N V notwithstanding I 1 the slight failures in crops in some parts of the country and even beyond the waters I 1 THE LATEST FIGURES show at least nine bushels to every man woman and child in the united states instead of six and so far as I 1 can see there is nothing whatever on the surface yet to justify this unwarrantable ran table excitement amon among the farmers for it will only result in disaster to them the merchant and trade in general these mr editor are only a few of my reflections in relation to this matter and I 1 have havu gathered thein them from close observation much reading and traveling among the farmers and doing business with nith meni them and the business firms of salt lake to the extreme part of southern utah and I 1 voice in this the sentiments of not only 09 99 out of every of the merchants but a great majority of the farmers my advice to the farmers would be if I 1 was asked for advice pay your debts as per agreement selling your grain only to the highest cash purchaser and if you yon ha have a surplus and can hold it do so its a good article to have on hand but do not get the idea that your wheat is going to be 1 or 20 20 per bushel this fall or next very respectfully kv 0 A SMOOT SHOOT JR |
