The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-10-18
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
! claim for Meeker Co., the credit OF
Deing this year, the banner wheat grow
imp county OF the state.
Twill give you few statistics in sup
port OF this claim, promising that they
were not procured Tor any such purpose,
that they are from reliable persons, and
that had [ taken notes OF conversations
held with different persons, living In
Meeker Co., could fill column OF your
paper with similar figures.
Hon. William Greenleaf informed me
that from information derived from tar
mers located in different portions of the
county, he estimated the average yield
OF wheat for this year, in the county,
without deducting losses by storm, at
twenty-five bushels to the acre and that
there were many who deemed this cal
culation too low
However flom what | have heard from
others, think the fl ures too high, but,
taking the large number OF acres har-
vested, and putting down the average
yield at twenty bushels to the acre, WITH
out making any allowance for losses
Meeker Co., l think. can still claim the
banner.
In The township Of Harvey. Patrick
Connole had thrty-tive bushels to the
acre, in :; fiela of sixty acres; In the
same township Dennis Doherty 1orty-one
and a half in field OF l@rty acres.
In Forest City township, John hurry
had on an acre and h III. iiaN-swo and
| a half bushels to the acre, ;ind his whole
crop averaged twentyeisat bushels 10
the acre. ;,
/ am informed that further west, all
along the Main line OF the st. i';sal and
Pacific railroad, the crops have been
! splendid
The crop on the farm OF Hon. Geo. l..
Becker at Morris, has come within Two
thousand five hundred dollars OF paying
all expenses, breaking. machinery, etc.
and incurred during the last three years
he lost most OF his crop last year
and paid for the land besides.
know myself he was out OF poke
last fall fifteen thousand dollars, with hi
land unpaid tor, so that the sum realized
this wear, from one crop, should oe
: great incentive tor men CT capital L
, embark in large farming. Mr.. Becke
opened this ia m and went to all tn
!. expense, as | very well know. to encour
: aoe others and benefit the state. and
am but too glad that a good man has ha
g Il just reward. i.
| have other statistics to give you.
= one sense more valu .ble than agricultu
n raj ones, and certainly OF more lntere:
: to me.
/ Waverly township in Wright Co.,
largely settled by Irish. Up to q yea
AGO. it had IL bad name in conneciio
with whisky selling and whisky drinl
ING. 1t was said that the principal trad
Il OF the town o. Waver.y, on the st. Pa'
q and Pacific railroad, was whisky. | al
u no way anxious to dispute these Store
now. for the blacker you paint the w
Al very Of the past the brighter shines I'll
: Waverly of the present.
10 at the voice OF their pastor Kew. Jon
ID McDermott. the Irish Catholic congr
!. CATION OF Waverly, rose as one man. ar
= putting the old life behind them, ar
Is trusting in God. entered upon the gioI
ic Gus road of temperance Here you 81
j. to-day; not temperance society IN
a. congregation. but whole congregatit
n in temperance society. And the pc
n pie, morally. socially. physically. mat
,e rally and intellectually improved in L
j. short space ola year, beyond anything
he could conceive.
on Dropping down from my high MOI
lookout, and landing in the mire of p
RS tiles. Judge from surroundings that
10 large vote will be polled in the wes'e
IN. portion of the state this fall.
IN Putting an Irishman on the Democr
ch Liberal Repub Jean state ticket will ma
he the effect OF bringing out the fall Iri
ey vote. which is certainly one third of
est whole liberal vote.
be- | believe that the republicans are n
ION king an extra fight against 2. ii. Rah
he IL, ..the Wild Irishman" and ''clod he
,ck ping farmer" and they are wise to do
cir 1t would be very damaging to the
lly opine, should democrat or libe
'ok republican get into the Auditors of
the and raise the blinds Elk Auditor }
ar Elrath's record is 1.-THE history of the
clip publican party in Minnesota and .
ish eral chapters could be added to that |
ate tory by letting daylight into the An
vas tors office.
avs Another very excellent reason the
the publicans have for making the fight
sc 1.-The Wild Irishman- and .sclod-hopp
ua- farmer p. H. Rahilly, is, that they tn
ays they see an opportunity to split
s. Irish vote in the future, for should
hen billy fall behind the rest Of the ticl
the the fact might have ! very disastr
9 # effect on the future Of the Dem0cr;