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WIND nILLs--oUR EXPERIENCE.

We have often thought that we might
make greater use OF the wind as q motive
power than we do There are Il, 200 wind
mills in Holland and Flemish Belgium each
doing Il ON six to ten horse power service,
according to the strength Of the wind, and
working twenty-iour hours yer pay, and
every ds.y in the month during the rainy
season, and when the SHOWS and ice are
melting and the streams are high The an
nual cost Of the wiIiduiills in Holland is
"a, go. Twenty times that sum would
not operate stearn power sufficient to do the
work, for ali the coal consumed in Holland
has to be imported from England or Belgium.
-EIch0nge.
All true. We approve Of wind mills
in theory, but in practice they have
rather gone back on us. We bought
one Of VIM. Dales' mills, Of Rockford,
ILL.,. nearly two years ago, and we have
concluded that William Dales is hum
bug and his mill another. We had it
put up over drilled well to pump wa.
ter for stock and household use.
Dalcs agent, Hiram Frank, Of Hast
ings, gave us pretty picture book,
wherein was represented the said mill
filling trough, in front Of sleek and
handsome cattle. watering garden,
supplying = summer house. saving q
house on FIRE, &c. We paid for mill,
pump, well, rubber-hose, and picture
book nearly $500; all but $94.OO being
paid in cash; and In the past year We
have not had barrel Of water from the
concern. It will only pump in hurri-
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dalton of all dynasties; the incentive
to all conquests and colonizations.
But to make even this valuable to
US and them, we must be prepared to
defend our rights with an intelligence
equal to that OF the other classes of
society. If we do not, we will simply
toll to enrich others; we, will nom:-
nally own the soil while others gather
its increase. And this is slavery.
Let US then, while we recognize and
are thankful for the advantages of our
condition in life, be restlessly deter
mined to improve that condition.
Our long winter has come. Enfor ccd
idleness fall upon the Minnesota far
mer. Let his mind grow while his
body rests. Subscribe for newspapers,
and lend your papers to one another.
w remember visiting, some years since,
Scotch settlement at Harrison. Kan
diyohi county, and we found that each
Of the settlers subscribed for different
newspaper; one took New York
paper another a Scotch paper an.
other a Chicago paper {; another Saint
Paul paper; another the local paper ,
and they loaned these around one to
another; and the result was that these
frontier pioneers, living in log houses,
on the verge of civilization,were better
informed upon the affairs of the world
than the average denizen of any of our
cities. This system can be adopted to
advantage all over the State; and by
this interchange each neighborhood
will be converted into Reading Society.
There is, however. one exception to
this rule: the ANr1-MoSoPor1sr should
be taken by each tamity!H
The most pitiful thing in the world
is the man who fears to hear both
sides Of question. He abro-
gates his manhood; and consigns his
principles to the care of his prejudices.
The lower down you 90 in the scale Of
nature the more powerful becomes the
force of habit. We have known our
chickens to persist in roosting in the
trees in the winter, at the risk of freez
ing to death, despite all our efforts to
make them roost in a warm hen-house.
They are type of the undeveloped
man, who persists in false opinions from
the force of habit and association; and
who is incapable of thinking for him
self Some one else thinks for him at
his e.rpense, for the man who thinks
for another always pockets the profits.
Hear all sides of all questions. And,
in this comprehensive view Of the mat
ter, we can conceive that even an Aber-
nethy may be Of some use in the econ
omy Of the universe.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-12-31
THURSDAY, DEC. 81, 1874.


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of 1875, Will please remit before the
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be prepaid. The subscriber will not
pay any more postage than he does
now, but he will pay to US, instead Of at
his local post Office.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-12-31
FARM INSURANCE.

Farm insurance is much more safe
than ordinary fire insurance.
For instance, the American Company
OF Chicago does principally farm bus
mess. Its available assets in 1873 were
over $l,0OO,000.OO. It's losses frac-
ton over per cent:
In their advertisement in the Spectator of
January, 1874. they report "Total Assets
January, 1873, 81, 292, $685."
business done on the Instaument Plan.
and confined to insurance of dwelling
houses, private barns, their contents,
churches and school houses. Adherine
pany can never meet with disaster from con-
fagrations which destroy hundreds of mill
ions OF property in single night, as has
been witnessed in the great calamity which
laid Chicago in ruins. Notwithstanding the
American had, on the 9th day of October.
over forty millions of property at risk, the
company lost not more than one thousand
dollars by the great fire which bankrupted
SO many old and tried insurance compa-
MES " They report ga paid up cash capital
OF 500, 900, accumulated assets of over one
million dollars, increasing monthly at the
rate Of about $50, $50: premiums paid an
nually upon the 'lnstallment Piano.
Now farm insurance should not cost
more than that in Minnesota. Yet we
find the average losses Of sixteen fire
insurance companies in Minnesota to /,
be 7l.ol per cent. as against 8 per cent.
in company nearly exclusively agri-
cultural.
What does this mean! That the safe
policies of the farmers are made to paw
for the risky policies of the cities
where every now and then bankrupt
tradeslnan sets fire to his shop and
burns upa block Of buildings. As
usual the farmer bears the burdens of
the denizens Of the city.
Now let the grangers see if they can
not devise sure and safe insurance for
themselves. What county council will
open the ball = Are we capable of self
defense.
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canes, and they don't occur often
enough to make the mill available. But
as weathercock the thing is grand
success. It's broad tail whirls around
every time the wind changes, with the
fidelity of . politician; and but for the
fact that $500 is a high price for a.
weathercock, we should be happy.
The price of the mill alone was $685.
exclusive of the freight. We under
stand that Dales sells such mills to the
agent for about $50 or $40; and the
purchaser pays the balance of $65 or
$75 to the agent for two days work
putting 1T up; and to illustrate the fact
that farmers are natural born fools, and
proper subjects Of prey for every fellow
who can live off them.
But it may be said, why didn't Dale's.
agent put your mill in order :? Simply
because he had got our money and
notes and was through Nth as. His
mills are like Hodges razors, which.
were made not to shave but to sell. We,
go every few days, and study that pref.
ty picture-book, and the fat cattle and.
the blooming garden, and Dale's mill.
saving house on fire, &C.. and it re-
lleves us of any extra selfconceit we
may have, and draws the blood down
frsm our head into our boots.
We have taken Dale's valuable mill
down, and laid it tenderly away, like
the corpse OF one loved and lost, and
We are now putting up Halliday mill,
and If it works we'll we shall tell our
readers all about it. In the meantime
we would be glad to hear the expsri-
ence OF our fellow farmers as to mills
and picture books; and we call on our
State agent, Milne, to cor respond with
the makers of windmills and ascertain
their bottom figures, and thus get clear
of those middle men who charge Won
$65 for two days work, and then leave
you in the lurch as soon as they have
got all they can out of you.
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THE DAWN or LIGHT AT LAST.


Even the Republicans begin to see
the ruinous effect of their rule in the
South. We quote an associated press
dispatch as to the recent CAUCUS of
United States Senator'S in Washington:
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 21.-The
Republican Senators held caucus this
afternoon at the solicitation of the
Southern Republican Senators and Rep
resentatives, at which the condition of
the South was considered. Senators
from the South advocated the sending
of troops to several of the States of that
section. They feared that the Repub-
lican party was hopelessly dead unless
decisive steps were taken during
the present session to put down
the turbulent whites. They confessed
their inability to poll ,chits rotes. The
Northern Senators did not indorse the
proposition, a nd some Of them openly
expressed themselves against further in
reference with affairs of the South,
saying they had lost many votes in the
North by it. Senator Lewis, Of Virsi.
MIA, declared that the Republican party
had lost power in the South because Of
the bad character Of many of its a0ould
BE- leaders, and advocacy of the civil
rights bill, which he considered most
iniquitous measure. The South could
only be carried by the Republican par
tyas at present organic ID by sending
soldiers enough there to prerent the
people from roting. The majority evil
IDENTIFY agreed with these remarks. as
before vote was taken many of the
Senators left the room, and Senator
Morton, who was relied upon by the
extreme Republicans, did not come to
their relief.
This is not partisan statement, but
a fair account of what occurred.
Speaking of the carpet baggers the
Chicago Tribune Republican, says:
The manner in which they have done
this is almost too familiar and shameful
to recapitulate. They have helped to
keep alive the feeling of hatred in the
South against the North, and have en-
Uttered the white people against the
Government and the poor blacks, who
have been made the tool Of their cor
rupt purposes. They have ruined the
finances Of four or five States, and have
entailed upon the South an enormous
bonded indebtedness, which has in great
part gene into their own pockets. They
have brought dishonesty, bribery, and
corruption into the administration of
public offices. They have contaminated
the bench, sold and bought justice.
and made mockery Of law. They
have manipulated elections to suit their
selfish purposes, have placed the white
and black races il. dangerous antagon.
ism with each other, and have constant.
" opposed and prevented the ressora-
tion of peace and order. With such
record as this, it does not become car.
pet baggers in Congress to dictate to
Northern Republicans how they shall
be treated and what degree of respect
shall be accorded to them. 1t does not
become them to ask that carpet baggers
shall be sustained and encouraged
whether right or wrong. The thief
might as well ask the officer to pro-
tect him in the stealing.
This is precisely what we preached
before election.
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At Evansville, Ind, there are 300
manufactures, representing fifteen
different branches, the products Of
which this year have sold for $4,000
wv. The population Of the city is es-
timated at $1,000.
The Postmaster General has dis
continued mail service on several routes
BY which Key West was supplied at
yearly cost Of $l43,973. and has con-
tracted for its supply from Cedar Keys
at an annual cost of $50, 600.
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Here, then, out OF a total expenditure q
500, in the articles we have named, the
family pays 1906 tax and s6I3 fer the goods,
and OF this tax not more than $40 TO $50 is
received by the United States, the rest fall
ing to the share of the protected "partners"
who are pensoned from this tax upon the
whole people. Taxes levied on the princi-
pie OF paying 81 to the Government and d.
viding four other dollars among special in
terests must necessarily be very high in
order to raise enough revenue for the Gov
eminent. To raise sl2 ,0Oo, 900 for the Gov
eminent under that mode of taxation re-
quires a total tax OF fifty or sixty millions of
dollars while a tax on tea and coffee, there
icing no partners to share it, is all revenue.
II this eminent republican is right,
then person spending $500 year,
pays 1851 of this amount, not to sup.
port the government, but TO increase
the profits of some ofhis feIiotc citizens.
who are already better off than he is /;
and who hare no more right to use the
potcer Of tn general government to
tar him, than he has to use 1t TO td.1.
them.
And what perpetuates this iniquity
The Republican party. Why then
denounce the robberies maintained by
the Republican party and still advise
the people to keep that party in power
The most dangerous man in the world
is he who breaches the doctrine of one
party, and uses the confidence so OBJ
tanned to build up another party hold.
ing directly antagonistic doctrines. He
literally serves Mammon in the name of
God.
Take this State. Our readers know
we have had several discussions about
the Protective Tariff. Who have in
every case defended it! The editors of
Republican newspapers,-like the St.
Paul Press, the Minneapolis Tribune,
the Faribault Republican. and the
Pennington Press. We do not know
of single Autobiography or Opposition
newspaper that defends Protection.
And yet Mr.. Medill proves to US that
this tariff. created and perpetuated by
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The Anti-Gonopolist.

the Republican part,,f, robs US of about
one. fourth Of our 4 ncome annually, to
enrich, not the ma zion, but private per-
sons and then sells us to vote for the
Republican par VI! We admit that the
civil war JUST led. fer time, high tar
if; but for its perpetuation during
these many years Of peace there is no
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-12-31

ROCHESTER is to have . new
Office, the government. having auu
lied the postmaster to accept the 4
osition of the Odd Fellows lodgt
erecting . building. The building
be "A bv so feet in size. Of stone
brick, and three stories high.
TIE Taylor's Falls Copper Mi
Co. have commenced sinking . s
on Ravine street that place.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-12-31
THE PROTECTIVE TARIFF.

The Chicago Tribune, REPUBLICAN,
Joseph Medill; ex-Mayor of Chicago,
editor, says:
family expanding during the year $500
for indispensable clothing and household
goods will thus approximately divide that
sum letweep the actual value OF the goods
and the tax thereon.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-12-31
DIRTY DOG SINCLAIR.
The Winona Republican not

The Winona Republican not long
since published the following:
The Faribault Democrat says Donnelly
left the Republican party on account of its
corruption, upon which the Winona Repub-
i,can says: "The idea Of Donnelly's being
driven away from anything by corruption is
peculiarly rich Twelve yoke OF oxen
couldn't draw the nose OF that .pestiferous
little delnagogue' away from hot brick, if
he thought he smelt corruption in it."
This meant that we were corrupt;
that in our official caracity we had sold
our votes; that we had made money
out Of our place. We, therefore, de.
manded that Sinclair should put his
obscene finger upon single act of cor
ruption in all our life." To this Sim
clair replies:
Al will be seen, the intention Of the
writer was merely to comment in a good-nd-
fsred though grotesqae Tay up n one of Ig-
Mathis Donneily's Characteristic eeneraliza-
ti0ns of Corruption in the Republican
party, and to illustrate, by the opposite use
Of his own name, the extent Of the absurd er-
eGekrution which he is himself constantly
h the habit OF using when attacking MEM
hers OF the Republican party who have in
time past done aught to thwart the selfish
designs OF that arrant little political dema-
yogae. Further than this, it had no special
object, and ,ras designed to hare no particu-
Lar gnifeaaes The gentleman who penned
i never saw Mr.. Donnelly more than once
or twice in his life--has never had cause for
grievance at that individuals hands-and
~ certainly inspired by no feeling Of per-
sorat eaimosity in throwing out the para
gsphic bantling which he's since awakened
such powerful emotions in the pugnacious
editor OF the -MoxoPoLIsT, who hap
pened to be its subject
Ihis means that to charge . man
With corruption, with being so corrupt
that twelve yoke Of oxen could not
Draw him away from hot brick which
even snalf nj cnrrunf;or &c s;-nlr .
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red cOmment' "abused
; that it has no special OBJ
particular significance =
y meant nothing in The
piece Of harmless fun, and
~ : man who knew moth
Through two columns of
ouse Sinclair wades; but
en attempt to prove his
Puations of corruption.
behind some subordi-
not know us; who
Ut once or twice in his
says:
months befor. that Igna-
The Grange advance., 1874-04-15
The Wool Trade.

The published statistics regarding
the wool trade Of the United States,
shows a gratifying increase in the guam
tity Of wool produced at home as COM
pared with that Of other years, notwith-
standing the depressing influence of
dull trade and the panic. The total
production last year is estimated at
174,700, 900 pounds against 16O, 600, 900
pounds for 1872, and 146,OOO, 900
pounds for 1871. The stock of do
mestic wool in the three principal mar
kets, New York, Boston and Philadel-
phia, on the first of the present month,
was l ,460,700 pounds greater than it
was last year, while that Of foreign was
13,468 bales less. The trade in foreign
wool fell off considerably, owing to the
decrease in consumption and the abund-
ance of domestic wool, the importations
being 47,776,885 pounds, against
98,306,58l pounds for 1872. In regard
to prices an improvement began ID No.
vember: and has continued. Domestic
fleece wool is now ten cents a pound
cheaper than in January, 1873, and
clothing woods have declined in the same
proportion
The Grange advance., 1874-04-15

A recent essayist says: "A farmer has
less excuse for being an ignoramus than
a merchant or mechanic" which is true !;
and so far as general intelligence goes,
in proportion to numbers, farmers will
compare favorably with either class.
The chief advantage the merchant and
mechanic have over the farmer lies in
their social relations. They are not so
isolated, and the friction which contact
with their fellows give them polishes off
the raw edges and give them superb
cial worldly wisdom which must not be
mistaken for substantial knowledge.
The new relations of farmers to each
other being assumed by them through
the agency and organization Of Oranges,
will develop uses for their acquired
knowledge !: which they have never rea-
lized and never could except by intimate
association and cooperation with each
other tor the promotion Of mutual inter
ests. HSts
The Grange advance., 1874-04-15
Acre No. l. Acre NO.'2.

In the case Of potatoes we get $63
per acre for our manure, and in the
case of wheat $22.
We believe in making the land rich
for all crops but as this is not an easy
matter, we should aim to manure or
otherwise enrich the land most for such
crops as require the greatest amount OF
labor. This is the reason why nursery
men, seed-growers, and market-garden-
ers can afford to pay so much more for
manure than ordinary farmers.
OF course there are many things to
be taken into consideration in the ap-
plication of manure. 1t may not be
best to apply manure directly, for in
stance, to potatoes; but at any rate we
should aim to make the land as rich for
these as the season and variety will
bear without injury to the quality of
the crop. With mangel-wurzel and
corn, both Of which require considera-
BILE labor, there can be no doubt that it
is desirable to make the soil as rich as
circumstances will allow. These crops
will admit of using the manure to make
the land rich enough for the following
crops barley, wheat and clover without
injury.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-15

carcass still quiverins with animal life.
A tackle hoists the body up to level
with the mouth of one Of the immense
cauldrons, and in les time than We have
taken to describe tie process, it is in
the seething and boiling mass. There
are four or five of these cauldrans, each
large enough to hold dozen beeves,
and they are kept constantly going dur
ing the killing season. The tallow is
drawn off into largeShogsheads, aud the
remains Of these great soup kettles are
carted out on what is called the I" hash
pile," consisting Of bones, horns, and
the animal matter from which all the
fatty substance has been extracted.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-15
Depth of Covering Seed.

As general rule, the smaller the
seed, the lighter should be the covering.
We are very apt to cover too deeply
Nature here is safe to follow. She COW
ers lightly. The seed falls from the
ripened stock upon the surface of the
ground. to be covered only with leaves,
or to be washed into the soil by the
rains. Onions, parsnips, squashes, and
Lima beans, such plants, especially, as
push up the shells of the seed itself,
find it difficult to force their way up
through much depth of earth, after it
is packed down by rains. A quarter,
or half an inch at most, is quite sut-
fcient for these seeds.
Care should be taken that no lumps
of earth be left over them. We like
long rows of beets, carrots, parsnips,
ETC., and don't believe in wasting half
the land in useless paths and walks,
with short rows running crosswise.-
Long rows are more easily worked and
kept clean than short ones We should
study economy both on the farm and in
the. garden. On the field, the too fire.
quent turnings consume much time in
plowing, and to some extent, this is so
in the garden.-Rochester Post
The Grange advance., 1874-04-15

As might be expected, these cattle
are not good mixers. but their beef is
said to be of very excellent quality
A curious fact in relation to them is
that although the race is so ancient and
las been kept perfectly pure, yet oc-
caslonaIly calf is born with red or
brown ears, Or mixed with brown or red
on the body, or even entirely red or
black. Such calves are DESTROYED, s,
that the herd may be kept uniform in
color.
How TO liAIsE MELONS AND
SoUAsREs.-Dig holes II inches
square, 8 or 10 inches deep; fill up
with well-rotted horse manure to the
surface. On this put two inches of soil.
Then take tour-'nch flower pot set
in the center; draw the remainder Of
the soil around the pot, until the soil is
about four inches deep, then giving the
pot twist round, withdraw it. This
leaves hole four inches deep by~feur
wide. In this drop five or six Tsetds
and cover to the depth Of three -qpar.
ters of an inch. Over this place u pane
of six by eight glass, pressing it lightly
to tit close. [ then give them no more
attention till the plants are touching
the glass. Then 90 through, taking a
small stone, raise up one end OF the
glass with it; this admits of a circula-
tlon of air over the plants and hardens
them. In about three days or more
remove the glass entirely. By this
time they will be in the rough leaf ;
thin out to three plants in hill, draw
little fine soil around them. up as
high as the seed leaf, and the work is
done