The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-12-30


weeks, whatever we can do for ourself
in regard to buying the bonds at their
market value, we are willing to do for
any poor man without charge. In re-
gard to selection OF course there is no
such thing as being able to select land,
by personal inspection during the win
ter. but, each section of railroad land
has been examined by officers of the
company, who have given minute dis
criptions of such. These reports have
been made up into books, for the guild
ance of those entrusted with the sale OF
the lands, and man is pretty safe in
making his selection from them.
In no case have we known the land
commissioner of the St. Paul and Pacific
railroad company, Hon. Hermann Trott,
to refuse showing these descriptions, or
to give every explanation necessary, and
in doing this, we have never known him
to make distinction between rich and
poor, or to forget, for a moment, the
gentleman he is, by birth and nature.
There is not money enough in Am
sterdam to induce him to do mean act,
smart trick, in his dealings with the
people, there is not money nor influence
enough in Minnesota to induce him to
swerve from his duty to his employers.
1t is pleasant, in these days of great
and little thefts, to speak Of such a gen.
tleman. and to see him in the responsi-
BILE position he occupies.
Now in regard to persons already set
tied on land, in other parts of the state,
selling out for the purpose of moving
into Stevens county, we cannot Ibe ex-
pected to give advice, because there
must be in each case, special circum-
stances to make such move advisable
or not; but, on general principles we
would be very sorry to see man, toler-
ably comfortable in his present home,
break it up and go to Stevens county.
Neither would we advise him to mort.
gage his home to buy those cheap bonds
not if they were, selling for five cents on
the dollar.
But let US suppose the case of a man
with one or two grown up sons and able
to command few hundred dollars.
Such a man could buy halt or quarter of
section from the railroad company, send
the boys to break it up during the sum-
mer-just the dull time at home between
seeding and reaping. let them return
the next spring and put in the crop,
take it off and again, return home. All
this can be done without breaking up the
old home, for thcle is herd law in Ste-
vens county which, renders fencing or
minding crops, unnecessary, and the big
farmers are all interested in seeing that
this law is faithfully complied with, for
none OF them have their farms fenced.
Now We will show how a man can get
a large farm, that would make him rank
with the barons in the old country, for
almost nothing.
A quarter section (160 acres) OF rail-
road land at Sc per acre, paid in bonds
1892. Eighty acres homestead free.
Quarter section land (l60 acres) taken
under the tree-plauting law, free by SET
ting out 40 acres under trees. In all a
farm of 400 acres for Sl92 to this must
be added the expenses OF entering the
homestead and tree claims 42S. making
in all 1920. A farm of 400 acres for
1920.
Many persons in other states, in east
ern states will read this article. several
OF their friends here have subscribed for
The ANTI MoNoPoLIsr for the purpose
OF sending it east. We do not wish that
anything We have said should tend to mis-
lead. People are not to suppose that they
have only to come here, buy this cheap
land, open large farm and get rich.
By no means. Minnesota is good state
for poor man it gives him as good OBJ
portunities to make an honest indepen-
dent home. as any state in the union
but he must come to it. prepared to bear
harriships, trials. and prlvations, with this
consolation that he will. under God.
have good health to carry on his braIe
battle for an Independent home.
We have stated in this article the az
act truth, of course without being able
to deal with our subject in all it, parts
but we neither advise nor invite any
man to leave his present home.
For years we put our whole heart and
energy into the cause of Irish immier..
ton from the the over crowded cities Of
the east and with few exceptions We
met with nsthing on the part OF those
who should have sustained rs, but cold
ness, neglect, and Islander.