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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-09-03
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

Very many Of our subscribers have
taken the ANTI MoSopoLIsr with an I'M
Outstanding that they wore to pay up
on the LIST of September. We would
respectfully remind them Of the fact
and ask that they send in their money
before the issue of our next number.
We would also ask such Of our
agents as have raised clubs, payable on
the lst of September, to be good enough
to remit as soon as possible.
We would suggest that all moneys sent
us, be forwarded by postal order. draft,
check or by registered letters.
Our subscription list is increasing so
rapidly that we, have been compelled to
resort to the patent process of printing
the names Of our subscribers. The
figures after each subscribers name on
the margin of his paper, indicate the
time to which he has paid:-thus, John
Jones, Oct. Is, 1874" signifies that
John has paid up to that date. If no
date is given, it indicates that John is
in arrears, and he should hurry to pay
Up; for we have high authority for the
declaration, that
"Delinquents on the printers books,
Will never enter heaven"
1t is very probable that mistakes
have been made. If so, we want ou1
friends to write us and we will correct
them. Our agents who have raised
clubs, are requested to indicate to whom
they will have their presentation cor,
sent.
We again beg leave to express GU
thanks for the unprecedented success
which the generosity of the people ha
given us. We will labor to deserve it.
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A VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT.

In another column we print an able
letter from enc of the leading minds of
the Grange movement. upon the selee..
ton of judicial candidates. His words
are timely and to the point. Attention
IS being concentrated on Congressional
and Legislative nominations, and the
candidates f3p.the Supreme Bench are
overlooked.
Let our friends speak out through the
columns of the ANT1-MoNoPoL1sr Let
the merits Of possible candidates and
their relations to the roads, be discussed
freely, and alE the light possible brought
to bear before the State Convention as
sembles.
We must mt 60 into the camp Of the
Monopolists to. select our leaders.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-09-03
THE PRICE OF WHEAT.

The low price of wheat at present
is the result, to considerable extent,
Of a panicky feeling; which Minnesota
has helped, in part, to produce.
We have set of farmers who always
see magnificent crop in their fields
before harvest, and who think they are
helping the State and themselves to
spread their belief forth in letters to
newspapers. And then we have lot
of Interested spectators, who desire to
see the market broken, and who seize
upon these manifestations Of folly, and
telegraph Them all over the world; I'M
til even John Bull, in his counting
house In Liverpool, says, "What, Min
nesota-thirty millions of bushels
seeking export to Liverpool the
Northwestern Uaited; States overflow
ing with superintendent food Thomas.
give orders to my brokers to sell at
once"
And down. goes the price Cd. Der
quarter; ard then II tutnbles twice that
amount in Milwaukee,; and our wiseacre
fsrmer haulssin lcxd' of his crop,
which has turned out about half what
he prophecied, land he finds he oan get
about 20 cents per buszel for it!
Remember, hereafter, that ssthe truth
is a pretty thing and shat it is better
to wear long face before harvest CHAN
after harvest.
we talked the ssher day. to- an. cid
friend and experienced farmer" of Da-
kotaScounty, F. c. Carpenter, now'tena-
porarliy residing in Minneapolis. He
told us he had been over a large nart
OF Dakota county, one of thesbest agri~
catdraf counties in the Stats, and. he.
thought he was safe in saying that the.
average wheat crop, of the. county.
would'not exceed thirteen bushels Der.
acre he had visited many fields thats
yieldsdj. at the threshing machine orly,
eight and ten bushels pr acre.
Now when it is remembered that an,
average export to England is about six
ty million bushels, it can readily be-,
seen tkat Minnesota twenty-five or,
thirty million bushels ia large item;'
to be taken into account in fixing the.
worlds price,
The Oranges ought to appoint conn
mlttees Atsd expose the wind-bags who.
represent US as overfowing with wheat.
In the meantime let us have facts not.
guesses, from our friends--fgures from
the note books Of the threshers.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-09-03

We saw frem our home in Nininger,
on Sunday last, great clouds of,.grass-
hoppers. By. shielding the cIss from
the direct rays of the sun and then
looking at the illuminated space around
the sun, the. mir, for the depth4of. half
mile, and commencing apparently sew
eral hundred feet above the the earth,
was filled with shining white spots, like
snow fakes moving southv2sd, before
a north wind. These were the terrible
insects by the million. Men STAGES grew
grave as they looked at the ominous
sight. We have not yet heard Of their.
having alighted in Dakota county.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-09-03
THE BALL OPENED,

The Anti-Monopolists of the First
District have led off in gallant style.
Judge Waite, who was nominated on
the first ballot, is one of the purest and
clearest-headed men in the State, and
withal one of the most popular. He IS
in full accord with the people; plain,
practical man of the people; and we
prophecy that he will make one Of the
most thorough and energetic canvasses
ever seen in the Northwest.
Dunnell's fate is sealed. A united
party "a righteous cause an hon
est and able nominee there is no such
word as fail.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-09-03
THE ANTI-MONOPOLY NEWS.
PAPERS,.

We are glad to learn thss our old
friend, A. G. Ball, who fed from Martin
county before the inundation Of grass
hoppers~ has transferred his ability
and energy to st. Peter. We hope
the people of that locality will give him
a generous support. He will give them
in return An original and able paper.
Our friends must not ignore the
power of the public press. There is no
substitute forit. If you would have
just principles triumph, support the
'papers THAI advocate those principles /;
and let these which do do not, look to
the Monopsiists alone for support.
We havs~ in this State, many
very abla' papers representing
the various. shades Of sentiment
embraced III the Autobiography
movement. But that it would '7be
inyidious to discriminate, where all are
working tognther for good we would
be glad to reser especially to few Of
sur best papers.
We trust that, from this time for
ward, every journalist identified: with
the Autobiography party will feel the
full force of the responsibility resting
apon him; and will do his utmost to
make his paper worthy of the eanss.
And we sincerely hope that those
journals which are now struggling be-
tween a sense of fidelity to an: eAete
political organization, and a sense Of
duty to the public, will cast their pre-
JUDGES aside, and come in and help. us
make the Anti-Monopoly party, allAthat
its best friends could hope to see it..
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-09-03
TO TIE PUBLIC.

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proposing to subscribe for the ANTI
hioSoroL1sr would send directly to the
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street. St. Paul; or would pay to one
Of our recognized agents in the list of
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we'll known and responsible citizens as
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aence. We have no travelling agents
event those named on the first page.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-09-03
TAXATION AND CONFIsCAT1oN.

The editorial in our issue of the Goth
August has been productive of good re-
suits. 1t has set taxpayers to figuring
up what they have paid for taxes. One
gentleman sends us the following letter j:
Editor -Monopolist
In looking over late number of your
truly valuable paper. noticed table
showing the total amount of an annual tax
OF thirty-fve dollars for twenty years, COM
pound interest at 10 per cent per annum, and
the thought occurred to me to look over my
tax receipts for the last ten years, ascertain
the amount of taxes paid, and also the
amount at compound interest at - per cent.
up to the time when the tax of 1873 was
paid. Betow is the result
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natural allies. In the Greeley cam.
palgn, IN Dakota county, they gave the
L liberals larger share of the county
tick ct than they were entitled to upon
any reasonable basis. Let the same
liberal spirit and wise counsels prevail
now. Lei the whole people move to-
gether. It will be poor rccompense
for the saving of 4afew dollars on wood
boxes, should Da k6ta county send five
men to the Legislature, over whose
election Todd, Stebbins & Co.
will celebrate a. war dance; and
who, when the Legislature assemblies,
will get into bed with Ramsey, Bill
King, Joe Wheelock and all the rest of
that dirty company.
20 slowly, gentlemen. Don't be
fooled. The cloven hoof sticks out too
plainly.
In some sense these remarks apply to-
Slbley, LIE Sueur and other counties.
The enemy are at work to divide our
forces. Remember the national aspects
of the great campaign in which we are
now engaged. Our Metheren in Iowa,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Kansas, and Indi-
ana, all look anxiously to us. Shall
we strengthed their hands next winter
by the election of man who will labor
with the men they send to the Se1Ste,
to reform abuses and improve the for
tunes of the agricultural classes, or
shall we put block in their way?
Remember we can never achieve
thorough national reform until the new
movement places a Reformer in the
chair now occupied by Grant. Then
and not till tn IN can we obtain those
great works Of internal Improvement SO
necessary to the prosperity Of this
great. interior, food-producing region.
Shall we sacrifice all this for a wood
box! Shall we sell our birthright for a
mess Of>pottare2
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-09-03

"For once, Commodore
Vanderbilt. Col. Scott and
the Erie people were in
harmony: all agreeing that
the crisis was upon them,
and must be met; and, that
it was better to meet the
enemy at the West, than to
wait until he had advanced
into New York, Pennsylva-
MA and the Eastern States.
What the plan Of the cam
paign is no one but them
selves knows but if what
we hear whispered is only
half true, it cannot be long
before the order will be
given to move on the enc
my's works"
Report Of the Saratoga
Railroad Conference; Phil
odelphia Public Ledger.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-09-03

Minnesota received an immense dona-
tito, Of public lands for the establish
ment of an Agricultural College. A
site was selected at Glencoe, in Mcleod
countv. With the fund that will re-
suit from the sale of the lands, noble
institutions could have been established
there and ha udsomeiy endowed; and it
might have b. en- made to advance the
interests Of griculture and benefit
every farmer IN the State.
But during sthe administration Of
Gov. Marshall, by some mysterious
hocus pocus, the e, ant was turned over
to the University a t Minneapolis, an
Institution meant for entirely different
purposes; and the whole thing
has dropped out OF sight until
this fall, when the faculty
emerged from their Gret X and Latin
books, and from the COM ideration Of
the Dikeloeephalaxs Mime 'ote''s's, to
issue circular to ask ''WhAt shall we
do with it!'
Agriculture! That mean snow
packs, buffalo overcoats, everA lis and
chip hats; what did Xenophon or Cicero
knew of these thinss9 They we, e not
classical. And so they wanted sua ges'
tons! We would make ONE that the
Agricultural College and the Unive r
sity are good deal like the fellow VII
offered for sale "a dog-collar with
Newfoundland dog attached the Unn-
versi.y being the dog-collar.
It is all part Of the world-old con-
tempt for agriculture undergraduates.
What rights have theye And If their
sons go to Minneapolis to
work in the pursuit Of their
fathers, the fellows with the classics
under their arms, would elevate their
aristocratic noses at an angle Of forty
five degrees, and regard them as va
hoos.
We wish the University we'll. Prop
erly used it is noble institution, capa-
bic of doing much good. 1t must be
made the States High School. But
we should have an Agricultural Col
lege also separate and distinct one
that would serve as a. model for the
bilious States south and east Of us.
The fund is great enough. to sustain
farm Of thousand acres with great
lighthouses, gardens for the acclimatim-
ton of plants, experimental orchards;
and so conducted that the students
could do the work and support then-
selves in the meanwhile. Then get
some man to conduct it who ism mere
ly memozYTof what other, men haxe
said and done in the past, but who
is able to do something himself
in the present; and splendid. results
could be achieved for the State. Take
for instance the Angona goat, about
which the people of California and Cox
orado are now SO interested; a highly
valuable animal, and one that is said to
thrive best in cold climate. Upon
such farm these animals could be in
troduced and 'experimented, with and .if
approved, thence disseminated amozg
the people. The College could import
fruit trees from all the cold latitudes of
the world; and test them in their en-
perimental orchards. Our native pluns
could be cultivated and selected, uuAi5
we supplied the world with that great
desideratum, a new, fine and healthy
plum. There is no end ito the good
such an institution could ACCOMPLISH
Farmers! Think this over. TaAkAit
up in your g.anges and be prepared. to
act. Insist upon your rights.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-09-03
A Touching Proof II Lsve.

In breach OF promise case in Eng
land lately TO show the intimate rcla-
tons Of the parties letter from the
defendant to the plaintiff was produced
IN which he tenderly told her that 'she
left his toothbrush, which she could use
until his return = The jury very prop
erly gave her q, $50 damage.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-09-03

We are in receipt of No. l, volume /,
of the West St. Paul Times had
some paper published by Geo H.
Walsh. 1t is Anti Monopoly N poll
tbs. We welcome it heartily to our
exchange list.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-09-03

Marshall Jewell took the oath Of
Office to-day and entered upon his du.
ties as Postmaster General.
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Anti-9Aouupulist.
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR,
IGNATIUS DONNELLY.

The ANrI-MoSoPoL1sT is published every
Thursday for circulation by newsmen and
mail.
Single subscription, One Year $500
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In Clubs of five or more to one address it
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for six months Address,
THE ANTI-MONOPOLIST
No. II WABAsHAw ST., ST.. PAUL.
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THURSDAY, SEPT. 3, 1874.

"That Legislatures can
not rightly, or ought not as
a matter of Justice and
political expediency, to
regulate the tariffs Of rail-
roads, not owned by the
State, the PRESS Has Al
WAYS MAINTAINED. - [St.
Paul Press, July %, 1874.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-09-03

This kind of thing is the parent Of
bank de2alcations, commercial bank
ruptcies, political corruption andsseneral
Generalization.
In some form or way, that woman's
$57, 900 dress was robbery Of the peo-
pie. It could be traced back to the
high Tariff, or official steAings, or GUS
tom house frauds, or emhezzlements, or
something Of the kind. Honest indus
try, however successful, does not waste
itself in such proAigate and unproduct-
i've outlaws.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-09-03
rH0EE1GATE ExTRAVACANoE.
We clip from an exchange the, fol.

IO"IuS.
A writer upon the follies of Saratoga.gves
an estimate Of the price of . wonan's 6xins,
from which we take one item--the ball dress.
II NAV Tins he snmmed IN.
, 1874-08-31

H1ttNerY
deana continues to improve. prcas ato Unchanged
x5 Rtrro d. ss5ss 3es1 % g. 3s,,s 2; @ 1.s
Eta E, T.s-Iarq9, &c; sna1l, ?ee; bar, soe
r., LE1p-ps' E1c 71o; bar, ss@oci losd ppo 8c: cut
GorrEH.,Dottoms, $50; sl,eathina copper, &c.
slabs, 8&c. ,NS'
surEF 1nos-No: p. 40 rates: 1suaa,a i.on to "a
.s ,neussH x9s 10 a. TO- ssainea 1sc American hus-
wae%Nes ts !, %; TO ., 100; 10 to Il. 11o H.
g; 3 saaus sa t. j IT. IL y s1s' 1ss' IL
NA1Ls-were arm in sympathy with iron. rraao
ss SsS T : 4 g
p T. 1sa2sc nsrli,te. . H. 1ss3oc; tarre1 ropo j
ss 'sas ;a1 g. ~ es;,S S'sn soss5 9i
changes a the ~ market
a,ld standard gooda wore hcll hrnaly. No quots:
f''a Gir19n stanasa "4te 10 deg tost 12@le: d.
&c., ise earu wss ar de &c ns Na
noilsa pS9oss ;' T;a sern
a5s ruhseo 3D. 'ss tarpsntse, l4s SS tSe: napa: pb.
II o1ernsS Taro aeareo a anil .,1.-
bio to tl,c rttail tr4e at uuohaugol PRICES. Tie 70
eopts ssro largur Sweet varieties were plentiful and
easy. We quote: Potatocs far to choice, $i50G39a0
pes brl. ALSO u 7oGa76e Per bt In saeks gwoot
gotatoes, ,ae rcd, Soe per boz, Sweet yellow Illinois
ro co. peg % ef; Fe d 5sfssy do Built
pouLIhY1chiekens wero tn moderate demand
and assy TS5asya Ely sod a los 9nosl9ns T
a,s9 SSS,s Z az: r4,a; a,sts 9. 40 .so@2.oo:
roceipts tending to tho market. sstes
made At u primo to choice c!oalng at s97o0
@ ns5 :S ss S9 Is a5 osSss sSss VI ps* as !
sa75 6co bass prime at s37o; 2a 1asa Do ats .G7
u uaRs fair at s24a; u haga common al s9&0 15o
ags ta1 at slso BY rod top ut $l4o; 10 bags primo
sALT-Tho demand continues actyo anil tho tnnr-
Yet ssoaly: onunta9a md Saginaw, nc, SLIGO; Cara-
VIII osg ssGo; Ashton aairy sss per sasE. az iS0sss"
TEAs--we 90 continue to quote: Young Tyson,
to to e1s @ as get ns'f q a
ola hyson. t59e5o; common imperial, 4s@ooo; good
sss ss;e ,s:o S 9s Ssas E s:aa s1ss syss
soan;oa te ssod d. e;57se; fsls . i eeSi ola
35i5e ;good, 55@oac; choice to extra. B5ct5 j. .0o
ToBAcCo-Is fairly autfyo nnd yery' hrln. VIC
FlNE 7:-Extrn, 75@s5o; choice, coGe5o medium,
o6eSa5c; poor 10 common. 40ta 45c.
rLuu-kasnral isaf, 7st9seo; haN bright, eo@7oo;
aaoxlsa-dos1 f. choice. aeGa5o medium. 500
s: aeiSy fsg sas 2''s s: sfss %ap
WOoL--Tno ottesinga wore very light, aud tho mar
ket firm nudor fair Western dcnland. Following arc
Good TO prime tun-wanhot1. .sa@63o
Poor to good ttl,-Tashed: .:.....+...... .&5e9a2n
Gine IND .a1, medium Washed fleece
Medium and COARSE unwnsed.
, 1874-08-31

III May, 1873. tho Calumet Is Chicago Canal
aud Dqut Company nlortgaged thoir property to
the Now York stato loan & Trust Company to
iacnro oondh Of tile aggregate amount Of
por cont. These ho1lds nro hoing rapidly can
colod, An!l during tho past week third TO-
leahD hns hopn granted tu tho Canal mud Dock
Company, trceing Boyeral acroA Of thelr lallds
from ncunlbtanco OF tho mortgage given in
Mey, 1878,
TIE LAKE-fRoNT.
Tho city has ndrcrtisod tho '.lakc-front" proper
ty, between Randolph aud Monroe streotA, east Of
Michigan Rvenuo, for Aale to bidders. Tic city
roseryos tue right to reject any and all bids Tic
terms Of aa!o aro canal time. Tho right OF tho
city to Sell this property las been oxllausttyoly
discussed In our columns. THO only, legal OBJ
ssaelo tM The way Of tho sale is MI injunction Is
suod by tho Ualtetl statoa Court, at tho suit Of
tho Attornoy-denoml, WHO acted upon
tho roquost Of tho city. It's diroct
VAS to Prevent tho salo OF tho property to tho
railroads. In accoranco with tho not Of tho Loeis-
lat1lre in 1863. 6hould the city rccoiyo a saith
facsory bid, It viii only bo nccoasasy to llayo tho
Injunction romoyol.
tax BA1.rs,
Tho sale Of city property TOR delinquent taxoa
beYa.s Oh tito eth iuat., aul will Ia continued
until all tue unpall taxcs arc tolleatod. II own.
era wlIo have not paid want ta Baye theIs prop
erty th0y must Gull upon Collector YonIIu1lou
without tloIay.
rRoroHEb REV stARRE1tnousE,
Plans nrB nllaor tlircua.lut forpullinK 4 iIrat-
class .s,arkat-houao OIL lilo uornohof North Olnr1a
atroot nnl Chicago ayen1o. lt{wlll DO q two
story aud basement building, l00alh0 foot. Tho
~ = 'sTivou" garden. A nutabss Of applioa.
, 1874-08-31
THE CHICAGO DAILY TR1Bl(NE MONDAY, AUGUST 3d. 1874

for corn and 111o for whont by aal1 to Dnffalo.
There waH h1argo quantity of freight 1room on
tho market At curront ratios, and little demand
for u but catiors.would not gocopt loss. 4 total
out III, oo0 BIT wheat, and LEO, QUO bu coru... =
proviaions were very quiot. Moss pork was
dull. William eaAor feolingr hoing quoted 5@l0c
per brl lower. 1nrd was totln 1nnoh domaild,
ing quoted, stronger IL NowYork, though thoro
wns 10 improvement III Liyerpool.' 'hioatB woro
active, but casler, and thoro woro probably hono
traiisnotonBwhich woro not roportoa THO intorost
~ tho speculative nrtiolos is ovorfor this month,
tho aeptembar options bolng mostly settled, audit
ia Thought that 1ittlomoro will'be doiio except
In tho prodacta Of noxt soason's ''acltings a
Eroat doal mas alranly boon sold for various ae-
liveriea next winter, and operators aro Renarally
At atandstill, thoinnrkot having worked up TO
10 face, whtlo ,sal!esa arc not anxiottA in view
Of tho r,rophosied Bcnroity of hogs. Tho mar
lsot cloaod sat tito following rangoi Of ,.prcea:
Mess pork. caali. or aolsrAnEuat. ~. % aakSa
October. :a33. @25.i211; aollor ,peeen,hor,
do solior 5anuasy mid Fahruary, :ar7.So
@i7a9 ao'd, .,,e caah or nolor Aas,',st, as,I1
uoliar tho yoar,, 's1i .a5@l{.a7}9; Do, ss!!-
summer lard, .1A1o. Bweot-pioklod hams,
12114011o ror lii 'tor, l8@10 H., averages dry
ealtad meats. ..lcoso, ns 800 for, ehoIl-
short ribs cash md seller septon1bsr; 131lD
1890 for Hhort olo4r, cash mud aollor scptonl-
bor; thy samo. 'boxod at. }4@9ko por ID
aboyo thcBo prices summon long cloars,
for nhort ribs, 18111c for. short oloar, all
packed in lhda; tic aa,no loose, }(c towor.
Bacon hauaB, 15M1go. Meas beof. e11.25@
11.50;, oxtra ,neBs d. s1225@12.6o; bcof hatr1s,
S24.01@D25.0 90. City tallow, 8@B1{o; grcasu nomi-
NIL. at; 8GQ0o. Sales, worp .,renortol Of ,250 tcs
lard, selor September, at 15@l214o; 800 tcs do
seltar tlo year lin st. aLouia) at 1911. .121l;
800, 900 tba short clear private tcrH, DO boxos
long coar at 11Ac.
Tho Daily Commercial Ncport gives Tic follow-
ing IA tim shipments OF PROVISIONS from this
city for tho wock ending, Aug ~. 1B74, mud since
Nov, l; 1873, togetlot within eQmpAyisonat