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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-07-23
Sensible.

J. B. BorTNEAu, the great real estate
dealer of Minneapolis, has shown great
good taste in ensrafting his business
advertisement on the prospectus of the
ASrI-MoNoPcLIsr. That's right. When
ever you sell piece of real estate pre-
sent the purchaser with one years sub.
scriptioa to the Asr1-MoSoPoL1sr, and
in this way you will increase his fortune
and improve his mind at the same time.
If you sell him piece Of land for one
thousand dollars and present him with
copy of the ASr1-MoSoPoL1sr for one
year, he will make money even if the
land isn't worth cent.
Or he can subscribe for the paper
without buying the land; even as the
Chinaman discovered that he could roast
his pig without burning his house.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-07-23
At it Again.

Abernethy, of the Farmers Union,
says that the last House of Representa-
tives contained sixty-6ve farmers out of
lO7 members, and that there was a.
''sprinkling of farmers in the Senate,
and therefore when VIC denounced the
last Legislature as ''having disappointed
almost every hope and betrayed nearly
every interest Of the State, we thereby
abused the farmers and therefore the
Changers.
It is difficult to answer such weak
stuff. The House, containing ma
jority of farmers, tried to do it's duty.
and stood out on the railroad question
for long time, until coerced by the
Senate, under the lead Of the President
of the Sioux City Railroad, to abandon
the rights of the people. If the Senate
had containeda "sprinkling' Of old fossil
Republican politicians, and majority
Of farmers and Changers, The result
would have been different. But 'sthc
sprinkling Of farmers were powerless:
against the ring.
But the argument, to denounce the
rascalities Of the Republican party is
to insult the Changers, is too thin for
discussion. It shows the kind Of water
cruel with which the Bill-King-agricul-
turist feeds its readers.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-07-23
Facing Both Ways.

The attitude Of the St. Paul Press to-
ward Dunnell and Averill is aptly illus
trated in . story that is going thss
rounds of the press, of aneditorial dead
beat who applied to q member Of Con-
gress for pecuniary help. The conclu-
sion Of the anec&ote is thus given:
ssSir, am here. You have not sent for
me, but have come! Your name, sir, j.
known and honored from one end of thu
great republic to the other. It
CLOVIS in the stars,
Retreshes in the breeze,
Warns in the sun,
And blossoms on the trees.
When the national treasury was Threatened
by horde Of greedy congressman, YOU
stood like wall Of adamant between tho
people and those infamous salary -grabbers.
Lend me dollar"
s'My dear sir, the Colonel hastened to ex-
plain, ''you mistake the case entirely. T
was one of the grabbers"
s'You were!" (Grasping the Colonel'a
hand warmly $50 much the better! Let
me congratulate you that a parsimonious
public could not brighten you out of what
was q fair remuneration for your invaluable
services | am glad that your pecuniary cir
cumstances are SO much better than I sup
posed Make it two dollars ~
And the Colonel did It was the only
clean thing left for him to do"
The Press denounced Dunnell in the
most violent manner because Of his REG
ord on the salary grab, and at the same
time insisted that Averill should be re-
turned to Congress with hurrah; and
when attention was called to the incon-
sistency of denouncing man for half
hearted support of a measure and ad-
vocating another man who had openly
and squarely supported the same meas
ure, the Press wheeled on its heel, like its
prototype in the anecdote, and grasping
Averill with both hands cried out:
''Let me congratulate you, that par
simonious public could not brighten you
out of what was fair remuneration for
your invaluable services. | am glad
that your pecuniary circumstances are
so much better than supposed. Make
| it two dollars.
And we have no doubt the General
| did.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-07-23

Monopolist-What! would you ha

MOnOpOllSC-Wn nat! WOulOs yOU- nave
the people control the railroads?
Anti-Monopolist- would you
have the railroads control the people?
Monopolist-But the people can
trust to the generosity Of the railroads.
Anti-Monopolist-We prefer that the
railroads should trust to the generosity
of the people.
Monopolist-But the people may ruin
the railroads.
Anti-Monopolist-True. but the rail-
roads may ruin the people.
Monopolist-But a wise foresight will
prevent the railroads from impoverish-
ing the people-that would destroy
their customers.
Anti-Monopolist-And wise fore
sight will prevent the people from i'm
poverishing the railroads-that would
destroy their means of transportation.
Monopolist-Think of a legislature =
led by demagogues prescribing how
much the railroads shall make.
Anti-Monopolist-Think of half a
dozen millionaires meeting in Wall
street to decide whether the people Of
Minnesota shall make something or
nothing by their industry.
Monopolist-We will put our money
into something else.
Observation-Disclosures will You put
it that the people can not control its Il
the exigencies Of the nation require, it
can take every dollar you own and send
you to the forefront of battle, like Uriah
to be shot like dog.
Monopolist-But capital is sacred
Look at the Dartmouth College case.
Anti-Monopolist-Not as sacred as
liberty and human happiness. The
Declaration Of Independence is Older
than the Dartmouth College case. Yor
have no more right to make us serf:
with your railroads than King George
had to enslave us with his bayonets.
Monopolist-It is nonsense to talk
about making you serfs.
Anti-Monopolist-A serf is one whose
degree of compensation and consequent
prosperity in life, depend not upon hi
own will, or the law Of supply and de
mand, but upon the will Of another. l
you can, by monopolizing transporta
ton, say whether the farmer of Mime
sofa shall make fifty cents bushel OF
his wheat, or five cents a bushel, d.
you not thereby determine his rate o
compensation! Do you not decid
whether he shall be prosperous or i'm
poverished; whether he shall develop
into an intelligent, educated, independ
ent citizen; or degenerate into an ill-fed
ill-clothed wretch, whose whole strue
gle is for the means of bare existence!
Who would you rather have rule owe
lyou, with such an unlimited despotisn
Queen Victoria or Russell Sagea
! Monopolist-But in all these matter
absolute and final power must res
somewhere.
Anti-Monopolist-Yes, and it sha
rest with the people;-the foundation {
! all order, society, law and government
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Rat Holes.

The Lake City Leader condolcs with
us for starting this paper, and says that
it will be simply pouring money int
a rat hole
We did not suppose the experience
of the Leader was as bad as that. We
are sorry for you, McMasters. But
your remedy is before you. Come out
fron, under the coat tails Of the cor
rupt ring, where you have been so long
crawling and whining, and publish an
open, manly paper, devoted to the true
interests of the people, like your col
league. the Sentinel, and you need NO
longer fear the rat holes.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-07-23

a friend, who resided in St. Lawrence
county, New York, in 1856, and now
lives in Ninniger township, Dakota
county, Minnesota, furnishes us the fol-
lowing table of prices of goods in 1856
and 1874. Are they correct! If not,
will our readers please suggest the neces-
sary corrections? Our friend is car
penter and farmer. He says that in
1856 in St. Lawrence county his wages
were Sl.00 to $3.50 per day; now they
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-07-23


"The clarion voice of I. Donnelly is not
heard in the land arousipg his brother
Changers and urging them to fly to the re-
lief of the farmers who are suffering from
the grasshopper invasion Probably Ignatius
thinks that material aid in this direction Is
incompatible with liberal contributions to
his political begging circular - Wi.cno Re
publican.
''Ignatius' scarcely appreciates the
good taste of the Governor in calling on
the twenty-thousand voters represented
in the Order Of Patrons Of Husbandry,
to rush to the rescue of the grasshopper
country, while he says nothing to the
eighty thousand voters who are not in
the Grange. Had not the Governor
better issue a pronunciamento to the
federal office-holdcrs to disgorge some Of
their ill-gotten gains9 What a cheer
full sight it would be to see Ramsey,
Window, Dunnell, Averill, Strait,
Wheelock, Driscoll, McLaren, George
Moore, &C., walking UP and laying down
ten per cent of their stealings for the aid
of the sufferers; it would support that
whole population in princeiy style for
the next ten years.
The Changers will do their part.
brother Sinclair, and they understand
the covert sneer perfectly well
The Governor means well, but be
founders dreadfully.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-07-23
TaE Wright County Times saws:

The Wright County Times says:
'sMr. Donnelly's newspaper will make ID
appearance on the 18th inst, in the con-
steliaion of the Lynn"
Yes; and it hopes to knock ''the
constellation of the Lynn endways-
Fragments Of unfinished things like the
Times may escape through their in
significance.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-07-23

Total, xol67 LIZ S6S.O9
If these figures are correct, it is evil
dent that, for all practical purposes, the
sum of $500 per day does not yield our
friend as much in purchasing power as
$3.50 did in 1855. That is, he cannot
to-day swap his day s work for as many
of the comforts of life as he could in
1855, and therefore his pay is practi.
cally less than it was in 1853.
We want our friends who depend on
their days wages for their days living
to examine these figures Will some of
them give US their figures, including
prices Of food, house rent, &C., in the
two periods
This is a peoples paper, and we in
vite the freest discussion of all ques-
tions. We want to get at the facts.
Will some of our friends tell us how
much of the 500 for plow is made up
of the cost of the iron, and how much
of that cost is due to the tariff! Then
let US see how much of the balance goes
to the workman; and how much the
wages so paid will purchase, as COM
pared with the wages prior to the estab-
lishment of the Morrill, tariff.
Come, workmen! Think and study
up these matters. An ounce of brains
is worth pound of muscle. Give us
your thoughts. Never mind the gram
mar and rhetoric-we will attend to
that. Honest thought is more precious
than photography and grammar.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-07-23
Hard Times in Tarih-Land.
IF Hnrano Graolou had been elected

Hard Times in Tari1f-Land.
If Horace Greeley. had been elected
President in 1872 by the Low-Tarif1
Liberal Republican and Democratic OPP
position, and financial crisis had fol-
lowed, the Protectionists would have
claimed that it had all been caused by
an actual or threatened change Of the
tariff. But Grant was reelected, no
change was made or proposed in the
tariff, and nevertheless we have had one
of the most sweeping and terrible finan-
cial commissions ever known in any
country on earth. We quote:
Interviews with New York merchants
represent that the trade of the city is retro
grading. In the dry goods line one house
that formerly sold hffy millions per aunum
now sells twenty millions. Ten of the
largest houses in the city lost at least fifty
millions in the aggregate by the falling off in
trade. The boot and shoe business is retro
grading, and ship building is almost entirely
gone"
It is said that thousands Of stores
at.,d ;d,o :, Cb;c.co Thaoun+ .,
pleasure travel-and that is a pretty
fair indication of tho nrosner;tv of .
people-has fallen off at an astonishing
rate. On the Goth of June we were on
the morning train Of the Milwaukee and
St p.,, RAILROAD Tho Ct Pan, ticket
Office Of the Milwaukee and St. Paul
railroad that dav sold TWENTY-FIVE
+;clats for tho ,norn;np train over the
River Road The destination of the
travellers was as follows:
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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-07-23

Ben. Butler makes boast of belong.
ing to the Cock eye sian rase.-Graph.
ic.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-07-23

CHARLEY JOHNSON, Of the Minneapo-
lis Mail. has come within ssthe mag
netic influence Of Bill King and is now
supporting him for Congress. It would
be amusing if We had photographic
report Of Charleys utterances about
King during the last three months, =
publish side by side with his pres
ent Communications.
All, this is : sad world!
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-07-23
Our Place in the Ranks.

Joseph is puzzled as to where he
should locate the editor of this paper in
the new movement. One day he charges
that we have swallowed the Democratic
party, the Reform party, the Anti
Monopoly party, and everything else in
the State except the Republicans. The
next day he discovers that we are hang
Ing in ignominious plight at the tail
end Of all parties. waiting to be kicked
to finders whenever occasion requires.
One day he says we are tyrannical,
arrogant bully and despot, flashing the
world; the next day we are a .:yaller
dorg" with tin kettle tied to our tail,
flying down hill to destruction and
oblivion.
Now we will relieve the mind of our
worthy friend, Joseph. We are neither
bestrlde the new party. armed with
whip and spur, nor hanging to it's tail !;
neither high-cockolorum dcspot, nor
a ''yaller dorg;" but in the great army,
drawn from all parties, which is now
marching forward to overthrow the
plunderers of the people, we too march
in the ranks, one of the million. carry.
ing our musket, and all we ask is fair
chance to shoot at the enemy. And il
we don't hit 'em, the fault will be in the
gun or the ammunition.
THE Hon. Geo. w. Julian. in his
speech before the Old Aboitionists
convention, in Chicago, said:
in full partnership with these evils
Is the great railway power of the coun.
try, the successor of the old slave pow.
er, welding combined capital of four
thousand millions Of dollars, threaten.
ing the independence Of Congress. State
legislatures and courts, inviting popu.
lar resistance commensurate with its
despotic demands. The intelligent or.
ganization of the working classes fo1
the overthrow of this fearful system OF
commercial and industrial serfdom
should be the wish and endeavor OF
every man who would save the republic
The tariff question should also be met
and settled on the ground of principle
All compromises will fail in the future
as they have done in the past. They
are as unmanly as they are unprofita
BILE. The early abolitionists were gen.
orally the advocates of tree trade. They
considered it part of the gospel of hui.
man brotherhood. While slavery last
ed it was a side issue, but there is nc
longer any excuse for evading it. The
question is vital one to every interes,
IN the country. Our tariff system fol
the past ten or twelve years has been a
system of organized spoliation. 1t is 8
form OF slavery. masquerading under
the disguise of pretended benefit to the
masses whom it robs. 1t heaps griey
Gus burdens upon the poor. in orde,
that pampered monopolies may flourish
1t taxes the articles of prime necessit,
to the iaboring classes. and places tn,
luxuries of the rich on the free list"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-07-23

The Farmers Union has letter.
from some one who signs himself s'Old
Mortality" "a very appropriate name
for . correspondent Of that flnereak
Sheet, in which he says, speaking Of
the editor Of this paper:
tsThe name Of this man was never heard
Of here until twas made celebrated by you. !"
God help rs! And has it come t.
this--that Abernethy can make US
famous2
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Useful Household ,s-rs,pts,

Pop Corn PUDDING. - Soak two
quartz If freshly popped corn IN three
pints of sweet milk, over night. When
ready to bake, add three Tcil-beaten
eggs, little salt, and sugar to taste.
Bake like a custard pudding.
LEMON JErdS.-Two cups of sugar,
yolks of three eggs, juice of two
lemons. Cook till thickened BY set-
ting in boiling water, then add the
we'll Beaten whites of three eggs; spread
between the Layers Of the cake, and
trim off the rough edges.
WAFFLEs. One quart of flour, one
pint of sour milk, one teaspoonful Of
soda, four eggs, a piece of butter the
size of a large egg, and a little salt.
Bake III watfie-ir irons. Sour cream and
less butter improve them.
French CAKE.-1iliree eggs, one and
half cups of flour, one cup of sugar,
one teaspoonful Of baking powder, two
tablespoonfllls of cold water; bake in
two pie-pans, split while hot, and
spread between the following custard {:
Qne-t third pint sweet milk, one table
spoonful Of corn starch dissolved i'll a
bit of the milk, one esq well beaten ;
when it comes to a boil add half cup
of sugar, oue-fourth cup Of butter.
Lemon to suit the taste.
SALT PORK PUDDING. Chop very fine
one large cupful of salt pork which has
soaked in milk over night. Add to 1t
one cup of molasses, with teaspoon
full of saleratus stirred into it. Three
fourths of cup of sweet milk; one
cup of stoned raisins or currants; one
teaspoonful each of ground cinnamon,
cloves, and nutmeg. Add flour enough
To make as stiff as berry pudding.
Steam in a cloth or boil for four hours.
For sauce. take one cup of white
sugar and pour over 1T the same guam
tity of boiling water: when melted,
stir in two well-beaten eggs. Flavor
with vanilla or lemon.
To Cook RICE.-The following Is the
method recommended 10y the French
Academy for cooking rice during the
siege of Paris: Take one cup OF rice
and one fourth of a cup of water III q
saucepan. cover. and place over good
| fire after an hour the water Will be
evaporated. and the rice cooked tender,
but dry, with grains distinct, not III
paste. Sufficient salt should be added,
| in the first place. and care should be
/ taken not to disturb the rice while
cooking. By adding a little butter,
and allowing the rice to dry little
more over gentle fire, more delicate
dish is prepared. The Boston Medlca
Journal SAYS that rice cooked IN this
manner. which is the same as that EN-
ploved in the East Indies, bears the
same relation to the indigestlble past
of the New England kitchen as doe
bread to boiled flour.
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The New National Currency.

In future issues of greenbacks, by
order of the Secretary of the Treasury
the words Omitted States legal-tender
note" and g Treasury note" are to be
omitted and the title changed to Uni
ted States notes, that being, in the
opinion of Mr.. Richardson, the require
ment Of the law The new $500 bill,
ready for issue this month, will have a
vignette of General Mansfield on the
right, and on the left an elaborate
vignette of Peace. The new $50 note
will have a vignette of Franklin and
the Goddess of Liberty, the latter being
considered Il remarkable specimen of
engraving The Bew twenty-five cent
note Will conform in size to the new
seriee, of which the ten and fifty cent
notes are already in circulation, and
will be issued as soon as the Treasurer
makes requisition for fractional cur
rency of this denomination. Instruc-
tons have been issued for the immedi-
ate preparation of Il yignette of Charles
Sumner.
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Iuduriu. Fruit Trees 10 RpHr.

4 correspondent of an agricultural
paper writes
MY friend L. had an apple tree
which bore abundantly, butt every al
ternate year. He CHANGED i'll early
spring to lay some heavy poles on some
of the lower limbs This was not its
wear to bear. The limbs on which the
poles rested bloomed and bore abund-
antly, while the other parts of the tree
had neither bloom nor apple. Did the
weight on the limbs, by checking the
circulation of sap, and consequently
the growth of wood, develop fruit
bearing buds? If so, may we not learn
n practical lesson from this incident p
In this country we see but few of
what may be called the retinements of
horticulture. Trees are the most part
planted and allowed to take their
chances. If they survive they strug
gle for existence. and after many years
come into indifferent bearing, the fruit
is welcome. If the trees are choked
by grass and weeds, and starved by
other crops. either the nurserymen is
blamed. or it is concluded that " trees
don't do as well as they used to- Our
correspondent has rightly accounted
for the phenomenon, but the ''practi-
cal lesson" has been learned long ago,
and In one form and another has been
practiced The pruning and training
of trees To induce fruitfulness is well
understood, but the great trouble is
that in our rude horticulture it does
not pay. Our people have in part
learned that in order to grow grapes
they must treat their vines properly,
and after while they will find that
trees will repay tasteful care and at
tention.
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4 Retrgspect.

swathed III deep bloom upon the lea,
One radiant summer came and went;
One summers radiant hours we spent
Together on the bank of Dee.
Our perfect love for banished strife,
And JOY and beauty Tiled tile land
little thought of golden sand
Fast dropping from her glass of life
We walked among the sheItering frs,
And saw the hills OF purple heath
| did not see the hue of death
Slow stealing DER the smile of hers.
l only dreamt of wealth of life,
Ia one bright round of happy love;
Ane age that should at last emove
Ia calm an old man and bis @ise.
Alas it is not as | dreamed
My waking soul laments the change:
And all the happy past is strange,
And seems as if it only seemed.
One sweet, short summer come aud gone
A few bright hours Of s1lns light
\ joyous heart-bloom the night
And in the night am alone
GIiirpJE