The anti-monopolist., 1875-10-18
ST. PAUL. MINNESOTA MONDAY OCT. Is, 1875

Will they not be equally alive, so far
as it effects John S. Pillsbury, their can
didate for governor. to public opinion un
til the election is over? Are men who
would rob farmers of Is cents per bush
ell too pure and too righteous to resort to
such political tricks?
Then the Register says:
Only think of it. With the fact staring
him pump in the face, that Minneapolis is to-
day paying so much more for wheat thar it is
worth for foreign markets, that scarcely
bushel is going out OF the State, yet his love
tor Buell. is so much stronger than his regard
for the interests OF the people, that he would
laugh to see the torch led to everv Touring
mill in Minneapolis, II by the light Of the
| flames he could see the way clear to boost him
/. to the gubernatOrial chair.
Bosh. Liberty. We have no desire
to injure the m,llers. All we ask is fair
play for the farmers, The" right
wrongs no man.
But is the Ring paving more tor wheat
in tie II, oe market IN il would other
wise be worth9 Let the Minneapoli,
Tribune, the only clear-cut Republican
paper in the State aand the organ OF
the Ring, answer the question. Here is
its answer:
The Millers Association had an agent in
Glencoe for a short time previous to the pres
ent arrangement, but during the most OF that
time the sharp competition between the trans
| portation companies, who entered the market
as wheat buyers, UN THE PRICE OF
UHEAT so HIGH THAT 1IILLERS
| COULD NOT PURCHASE WTIIIOCT 4
Loss. rs flour was dull and low, consequently
most OF them Were forced to shut iown for
| want Of g heat.
If there was no Mi,ler's Ring IN Glen
coe would not the transportation COM
panies again compete for the farmers
wheat? And if they did. and if they
ran the price up SO high that millers
could not purchase without loss
should lhe farmers therefore be deprived
OF the opportunity TO sell at high price,
50 tina. the millers could buy at a low
price? Is that firo Wouldn't the Ring
have Just as good right to seize the far
| mers by the throat and take their money
out OF their pockets?
Then Liberty continues:
| Now, Mr.. Donnelly knows that there is Meth
er sense nor reason in his twaddle Mr. Dom
nelly knows that the Minneato oils market con-
trols the price Of wheat in this State, jusi so
| long as it pays more for the lrheat than it is
hour longer.
Then Liberty himself, shows h0tc the
Ring pays more for wheat in that mar
ket; form the same issue of his paper he
says:
These gentlemen had evidently agreed
among themselves 10 control the Glencoe wheat
market IN their own interest We infer this
from the fact that are perfectly satisfied that
! . -, Al
Grafton to give any exclusive privileges to
Messrs. Van Auken x Lange in this market,
yet Mr., Lange announced himself as being the
sole agent OF the Association, and Mr.. Dun
woody refused to receire shipments Of inject
from any other Parttas il this place
II this isn't a monopoly what is
monopoly AID then the Register adds:
W. DO not care how much business they do.
the more wheat they buy here the better. so
long as they 10 their business in fair and
open field. We do no: complain OF the prices
/ they have been paving for No. wheat: neither
do the tarInarS all tue dissatisfaction comes
| rom the grading. and we know that the dis
satisfaction expressed - emphaticallv during
the last tour weeks, has, in some instances nj
ieast, been well grounded. These arhitrsrv
decisions by one man on grades of wheat. can
not be satisfactory. W. need not tell Myssrs
Van AUken < Lange why ;og they know them
3 'f+Nf'- - - tstt!Ai ttsE <ltt people 10 KNOW
that II buyer in a market Il X this was 80 dis.
posed. he could rob the fermer al teas 81 tho,-
SaaGS q col!drS Ia ose gear. by grading scteat
lolcsr than i sholid l. graded. Il Is asking
too much The people to tglist 10 important
matter to the hands o: one wheat sp-cula,or.
And so Liberty balances himself on
the ridge-pole ct paniic opiaion.-tirst
on one leg, then on The other. He de-
nouGces Us to please the millers. and he
denouuces the miilers = please the neo-
pie; the nillers. he thinks, are not to
blame for establishing monopoly: but
their agents, Van AuAen Il Lance. are
/ 70 blame tor carrying on the monopoly.
f.. The mlllers pay. he thinks, the ful
price for wheat. but they cheat in the
grade. and consequently they don. pay
the full price The AIiIler's Ring IS not
much of q monopoly after all. and vet il
e5mits one man to rob the farmers OF
'-teus f thousands oi!iollsrs il one YEAR
The Glencoe marh-t IS open TO all the
world. and Vet no man who Is rot an
agent of the Ring can ship a bushel Of
wheat TO Minneapolis without paving
six cents per hushel more freight then
the Ring does: and Mr.. Dunwoodv. the
agent OF the Ring refused TO receive
shipments OF wheat from parties outside
of the Ring,.-
Does Liberty think the people are
fools. that he can crawl down his own
throat in than way expose and not
his coat-tails to the public gaze.
Shame on YOU. Liberty.