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The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-12-05

A new organization called the Pho Mono
T. a. b. Society has been formed at St.
Pat1ick's pro -cathedra', Harrisburg. p" {,
with the approval of Right Rev. Bishop
ShauahaD, who addressed the first meeting
setting forth the advantages of the Catho-
lie total abstinence organization, the good
results flowing from it, and urging those
present to join the now society about to be
organized. The movement had the apPre
val of the Church, and was highly beneti =
cial to the Catholic people. They were
about to organize society in this congre
CATION, which, though small and the only
English speaking one in Harrisburg, would
yet feel it's beneficial results. This society
would be attached to the Union of America
Among those who enrolled their names was
the Right Rev. Bishop himself, who thus
placed himself alongside the venerable
Archbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati, and
Bishop Elder, of Natchez, both of whom
have enrolled themselves in the organize
ton. Tho reverend pastor, Rev. Father
Mcbride, also joined the society.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-12-05

As the more person gszes on the sun, the
less can he see, Inc more one reasons upon
the thy steries of religion the less faith will he
have. IL order to believe, it snfices that the
Church speak.-Sf. Vincent Of Paul.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-25
NOTICE..

We send specimen copies of this issue
to one of the officers of each Grange Of
Patrons Of Husbaudry in this State. We
would ask their attention to the adver-
tisement in another column, wherein We
offer premiums in books. We would ask
the officer receiving the paper to lay the
same before his Grange At its next meet
ING and call the attention Of the members
to the offer therein contained.
We hope, in addition to such action by
the Grange, that those individuals who
desire to form library of choice ltera-
ture will go to work at once and canvass
for the paper. Try your skill at canvas
sing, young ladies and yeung gentlemen,
and form the nucleus Of y library.
We would ask each Of our regular sub
scribers, after he has read his paper, to
lend it around among his neighbors. and
especially cali their attention to this o.fel
Of premiums.
We want our paper to be read in every
house in Minnesota.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-25
TAXATION.

Doubtless there are deects in the English
system, but when compared with our own
crude methods of assumed gross valuations,
and even more gross exemptions, the English
schem- seems perfect. Under our laws, fall
scuen-eighths IF all tares for State, county and
municipal purposes .faH upon land, almost re-
gard.ess OF the productiveness OF such land,
| 1chile money capital is almost al,Oays erenpt
from tarati0n. This is one of the methods BY
which we have cOntrived to make the rich
richer and the poor poorer by legislation; this,
too, while the theory Of our government has
Tor the people In the name of freedom, we
have submitted quietly to system of taxation
which would haze produced civiI 1car in
England acithin three months after the passage
of the law The question of taxation is one Of
! the most subtle and complicated problems with
| which we have to deal, and yet no important
measures have been passed with 80 little con-
sideration as our tax laws. Ourrepresentatives
seem to have acted upon the theory that taxa
| ton was q necessary evil that must be borne
any way. and have therefor been only too
anxious to thrust it ont of sight as quickly as
possible. All this should be changed.-lndus-
trial Age.
England collects her taxes upon the
basis of rental that is. of the in
come which is, or might be derived from
the property. All incomes are taxed
and the burdens Of the government res,
where they should rest, on the actual
wealth Of the people.
Shame it is, that in the interest Of the
common people We can yet 60 to school to
the statesmen Of aristocratic England.
The sense Of justice Of ruling class
seems to have afforded there better pro
lection for popular rights. than the intel
ligence of the people has given the people
here.
The brains Of this people needs cultiva
| ting more than their lands.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-25
ROLL THE HOPPERs.

We are glad to see the following from a
falmer at Pelican Rapids, in letter to
the Farmers Union, confirmatory of
what we said last week about destroying
the young grassboppers BY rolling them !:
Nov, il every mar would build roller, he
might use it to advantage here they hatch Mt
trick When they are about . half inch long
they can be rolled TO death III immense num-
bers. The thicker they are, the less they will
try to get out OF the way. and every one crush
ed makes one less to eat and propagate its kind
next season. Everybody ought to consider 1t
his duty to destroy - nany ~ he can, Tor that
is the only way to check them II they 60 .
tar east this season as they did last, they will
lay their eggs in Michigan next season, and
every hopper Cruz he'd with roller is one
dead. Wh-n they hatch thick, they MI move
one way, and when they come to . field they
large enough to hop far.
Airee from sixteen TO twenty inches through
and eight or nine feet long will make roller
sufficient Tor The purpose. Bore > hole in each
end about ten inches with > two inch augur,
and drive in journal Of hard seasoned wood
Let il stick out about six inches, aud run in Z
frame made Of poles, or some cheap lumber
Every farmer needs one for his farm, and one
with wooden journals viii last six years if KEEP,
well CREASED
Let each man roll his own land; andlet
there be Hopper ''Bees'' to roll the lands
of non-residents-
Civilized man ought not to be beaten
out by lot Of lousy insects.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-25
EDUCATION.

''Suffer little children to come unto me, for
of such is the kingdom Of heaven"
1t appears by late information received
through the Bureau o! Labor Statistics OF the
State Of Massachusetts that there are SO 900 chill
dren, between the age OF five and fifteen years,
who are not permitted to read the life Of Christ
by Icing deprived Of public school educa-
ton. Some of the New England editors Of
newspapers state, as plea Tor SO shameful q
neglect that, 'sthe parents Of such children
are mercenary or sickly, and thus compel them
to work in factories when they should be at
school," A few Of the editors, however. are
generous enough to advocate compulsory edu-
cation, but not one has stated the true cause
monopoly crushing the industrial classes. am
by manufacturing company to any man or
woman whom they employ and is at the head
OF family and a tenant in one Of the Coz :
pany's houses.-Isdustrial Age.
Parents, see to it that your children
are educated. The uneducated become,
in time, the serfs Of the educated. Your
posteritv will have no weapon, save edu-
cation, wherewith to fight the domineer-
ing power Of capital. Give them that
weapon. Every uncultivatcd brain is a
threat to free institutions, and q
source of danger against the common.
wealth. As soon think Of sending your
children into the world without arms and
hands as without the capacity to read
and write. But reading and writing are
not enough fill your house with good
newspapers and good books. Organize
circulating libraries in your neighbor
hood. .sAn idle brain is the DEVILS work
shop nay more, it is his ambuscad'
whercfrom he fires deadly weapons a
everyone around him.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-25
mOBE RASCALLKTY.

The ssBears' are hard at work to pre-
vent the price of wheat from rising, and
the newspapers are full of all manner of
lies concocted to deceive the people. One
day we are told that a reliable gentle
man. first cousin, doubtless, Of the ''reli-
able contraband'' who was responsible
for so many first-class falsehoods during
the war, has been out on the line of such
and such road, and he finds four:ffths
of last years crop yet in the hands Of the
farmers! And then Charge shipper Of
wheat in Minnesota writes to the Chica-
90 Tribune that there are 100000
bushels of wheat yet to come forward
from Minnesota.
Now these are about the facts
Total crop of 1854, not to exceed, 2i,O0O, 900
Necessary tor bread and seed, 9,5UO, OO'
Already shipped, 1900, 900
FIGURED in the State, 5000, 600
Total, 1880, 900
Balance in store and in hands of the
farmers 5,5O0,00O bushels, instead of H.
100000.
Of course the object in representing
that there are 100000 bushels in
Minnesota instead of 100000, is to keep
down the price to 60 and 80 cents per
bushel, so that the 'sbears'' can make
their profits at the cost of infinite suffcr-
ing to the people.
We do not suppose our higher civiliza-
ton will permit it, but to our heather
mind it would appear that men who thus
conspire to rob millions of the just
fruits Of their honest industry, should
be strung up by the necks until they are
dead. II poor wretch. who filchcs a
loaf of bread, is very properly sent to
prison, what shou d be done with the
conspirators who steal from whole pop
ulation the entire profit Of year OF Ia.
Dor?
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-25
THE DEFECTS OF THE MORSE LAW

The Owatonna Journal (Rep.) thus re-
fers to the new railroad law:
sit is law which obliges the people to paw
what railroad companies may in their. infinite
wisdom charge, and gives the poor man who is
oppressed no right OF appeal"
Whereupon the St. Paul Press says:
The railroad companies are explicitly pro-
hibited from unjust discrimination or extOrtion
in their charges. 1t is made unlawful for them
to demand or receive an unreasonable price for
the transportation OF persons or property, for
handling or storing freight, or for the use of
their cars
And does not the constitution Of the
State already declare that common car
riers shall charge only reasonable and
equal rates" The Morse law simply re-
affirms the constitution. 1t might just
as we'll reaffirm the Ten Commandments.
But who is to determine what is reason
able price! Why, the railroad compan-
les! And if you don't like their rates
you can sue them, at your own expense,
and they will carry the suit through all
the courts up to the Supreme Court of
the United States at Washington, and
utterly ruin you with lawyers fees and
costs. But it did not need the Morse law
to give the people that right. Such as 1t
is, they already possessed it at common
law.
And the Press continues:
Or to charge any person or persons q greater
sum for like service from the same place and
upon like conditions tl.stn is char sed any other
person or persons.
That is to say if the conditions are
the same the charge is to be the same
but Il the conditions are not the same
then the con- pany can charge what they
please and the companyscan create the
conditions! Thus they can contract with
A. B. to carry 100000 bushels of whea,
and give him better terms than c. D.
who has no such contract, and this opens
the door to the whole system Of draw.
backs and rebates, SO obnoxious to tie
people.
The Press is frank enough to add:
| The law could no doubt be improved ir
some respects; but in the infancy Of our raj.
road Development what our struggling compa'
MES most need is support and enoouras cement
not hurdensOme restrictions.
/ IF the law is admitted to be = law fol
the relief Of the railroads and not for thu
people, then the case is clear enough
but to represent this hollow mockery ant
delusion as - law to regulate railroad
and protect the people, is adding insult t
Injury.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-25

The Fergus Falls Journal quotes Frank Dag
gets suggestion that A. 3. nall, Speaker Of the
House last year, would be good man for
Lieut.. Governor, and adds.
eve heartily second your motion, Bro. Dag
gett. For Attorney Grneral, the Ledger throws
up its hat for Jimmy Egan, Of Duluth, and
strongly favors an entirely new deal and clean
ing out Of the State Capitol"
The two suggestions shove made are unques-
tionably in the line f an Improvement ~ the
civil seTvice.-[St. Paul Press.
All Of which means that the scalps Of
Davis, Barto, Jennson, Flower, hcGill,
Randall, Tom. Armstrong, Gen. Hubbard,
It IA omne genus, will be suspended,
about August next, at the end Of : pole
from the second story Of the Pyess Office ;
or, as Sam. Weller would say, Oisy.
seersv.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-25
or LAST l.E0I8LATURE.
The Chicago 1ribn1s says:


Here and there, through each department q
public service, little w0 yielded, On one q
another plausible pEetext, Of to sheer pen1t-
euce. sn1 u ht ma1t II III u11nAeE1J 11to0-
ished Il the aggregate Of The expenditures they
have anthorised, sre ready to ornfeD that leg
isaative economy sho0ld b. measused, not By
maximum fgnres, bat by the minimum Of ap-
parent Requirement.
What that last phrase signifies, It would
be difficult to determine. We suppose It
means to shut your eyes and 80 it blind
Why should the salaries Of the Supreme
Court Judges Be- raised to $4,000 eache
Why should Supreme Court Judge have
81. 900 > year more than the Governor !
How many lawyers n Minnesota Yake
a, 900 year BY their profession! And
while the people are csntri5niing out q
their poverty $4,000 to keep their
|passhsppered hrethren from starving,
could the Judges ~ AGbed = wait ; ysaz
|lsaCeri
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-25

The res Encyclopedia Britannica makes the
fsliswisg 4pe&ine a.seEti0ns: "n the naknzl
|reocuDeDs e America were FULLY developed It
would afford sustemnce to I, 6o0, O00, 600 inhab-
itants-a number nearly 1--WE times = great -
the entire mAss a haman beings NOW existing
on the globe! And, what IS even more sur
prising, { is not improbable that this prodig
ious population viii Be in existence within
three or It most four centuries"
How vitality important then is it that
we guard well our institutions, and be
jealously alert to resist every approach Of
oppression. II We can preserve our na'
ton and its liberties, what grand arena
Of Development viii this continent Be foz
the human racei We are only On The
threshold Of time No people has evea
before had such vast interests conslgne1
to their charge.
Prepare your children for ther part =
| tha great drsna q cis7nntieo.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-25
wO4AN,s Ru0RTY.

We give place to N interesting comma
nication from one Of our most esteemed
correspondents. in which he goes for the
scalps Of Nessrs. Listoe and Keegan IN ;
way that those gentlemen will despise.
We will Be glad to have . reply from
either Of them. Let the question Of the
extension Of the right Of suffrage 70
females be discussed in ; temperate spirit,
giving the reasons for and against Is; and
al onr readers will be benefited BY the
debate. In IS m important question End
ono that will mot dow.. Mr.. Keegan y
able to defend himself Make yesr let
tsEs brief geatls0en, and = The point
and fall ef afEnsntssnanse = asasaeiar
items Of saeA etbsr. t
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-25

From the Platform adopt
ed February 10th, 1875, by
the members of the Legis-
lature belonging to the Lib
seral Republican and Demo-
cratic parties, in caucus as
Bembled -
1 Resolved, sirth, That the
adoption Of the 18th, 10Th
and 10Th amendments to
the Federal Constitution
closed a great era in poll
Tics. 1t marked the end for
ever of human slavery, and
Of the struggles that grew
out of that system. These
amendments have been ac-
cepted in good faith by all
political organizations and
the people of all sections.
Hereafter all parties must
stand upon them, and our
politics must turn upon the
questions of the present
and future, and not upon
those of the settled and
final past.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-25
LAWYERs AS LEGlsLATORs.

Ii has been the custom from time immemo-
rial, to send lawyers TO our legislatures TO make
our statutes.
Nothing could he more detrimental to the
prosperity and well-b-ing OF the industrial
classes than to elect . large majority Of the le-
aal fraternity to either our National or State
law-making bodies.-Iadsstgial Age.
There are many excellent lawyers, true
friends to the people, broad-minded and
honorable men. Give them chance and
treat them we'll. II the lawyers consti.
tute one-fourth Of the population give
them one-fourth Of the Offices, bat do moi
give them nine-tenths. And above Ill,
farmers. do not admit your own inefR.
cheney By stepping aside in favor Of I'll
other purSuits
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-25

WE would ask subscribers to consult
the label on the wrapper Of their paper
The dates after the name show when the
subscription expires; and where there is
no date but the letters st. f. the mean
ing is that the paper is not paid for, and
is apt to be discontinued at any time. We
would urge all such parties to settle at
once as our terms are payment in ad-
vance.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-25

Employees in the factories IN England have
to pay for carclessness. A man employed in
some iron works at Wakefield was recently
sent 10 prison for three months for criminal
negligence which resulted in injury TO some
machinery .-Erehange.
How carefully capital and the rights Of
capitalists are guarded! Is there any
law to send the mill.owncr to Jail il ado
feet in his machinery kills one Of the
workmen
It is legal to send poor man to prison
for damaging machinery; but if con-
spiracy Of capitalists is formed to rob tho
multitude Of their earnings by "corners, .
the law, in all its ample armory, has no
remedy.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-25
THAT ACCOUNTS roR IT.

The Governor Of Minnesota has appointed
J. J. Randall to be Railroad Commissioner
under the new law providing for enc commits
and Marshall, the latter once Governor Of
the State, who were formerly the Railroad
Commissioners, step down and out. Kendall
,0as strong psvtisan Qf Davis during the late
Senatorial contest. Indianapolis Ssn.
And that accounts for the milk in the
cocoanut. Edgerton was on al sides Of
the fence at once; and Marshall hoped
that the Senatorial laurel would decorate
his own bald head.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-25
JUSTICE.

The Rochester Post refers to the loca.
tioh Of the Inebriate Asylum at that city
as . triumph of Hon. Mr.. Daniels. Mr..
Daniels deserves credit for getting the
bill through the House; but its passage
by tho Senate is altogether due to the
popularity Of Senator Westfall. Mon Of
all parties FASTENED to help the bill on his
account. and to evidence the high es-
TEEN in which they held him. Honor to
whom honor is due.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-25
rRE. NEXT PRESIDENT.

Mr.. Weed says the election of the Republi-
an candidate for President he considers doubt
IN. and especially ii that candidate is Gen.
Grsnt. He says Grants itching for third
anrm has been one Of the mali, means ct ruin
;cr The Republican party. Mr.. Weed thinks
fser Hancock or Gov. Booth would be availa-
- candidates tor the Presidency.
We like the suggestion of Booth. He
i. : new man and represents new ideas.
He il fresh from the people. and repre-
sents the laboring, farming classes -
,e,inst the non-producing classes
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-25

A female revivalist recently said, in one OF
her Chicago sermons, that she expected to
sit in Jesus lap and shower his mouth with
kisses.''
The woman that talked that way ought
to be cooled off under pump. These are
the sort that installing lechery for Chris.
tianity seduce clergymen and make q
mockery Of religion.A
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-25
&efalfitratin4s.

An English judge has recently defined
gentleman" as term which includes
anybody who has nothing to do and is
outside Of the workhouse."
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-25

A SOUTH CARoL1N1AN Sheriff recently levied
on monkey to satisfy debt.-Erchangc.
Who doubts Darwinism after that? The
next thing will be they will make that
monkey pay taxes, support Normal
Schools and serve on iurieS.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-25
The Miscellaneous item this yer is thus

The Miscellaneous item this yer is thus
made up:
Interest on State loans. s $4,000 90
Frontier relief, ll2,5OO W.
Arrest of criminals. 4,222 10
Sales of land training schools, etc, 1900 %
Agricultural, historical and statis-
fical. $500 90
miscellaneous. 1859 81
Personal. 5,Ol4 Is
Internal improvements, 1890 90
Now. if we deduct the whole amount
given this year to the grasshopper suffer-
ers, sl12,3 300, there will ssill remain over
100000 more expended i'm
1878 than in 1870. And get the
State .oas much more prosperous and
,0ealthy in 1870 than it is IN 1875.
Half a million increase of expenditures
in five years.! Where is this thing to
stop? How long will the resources OF the
people hold oute " hen will their pa
tience cease?
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-25
RADICAL ExTRAvAGANCE.

See how, in spite Of grasshoppers and
wheat at sixty cents, the expenses of the
State government continue to increase.
Compare the figures in the following ia
BILE:
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house rent, and s., 600 contingent fund, MAX
irg total Of s6,8 0.-Fronk Daggett's Nevs
Ledger. (Republic n.y.
Well. what Of it, Frank Amt we
rich and prosperous, and able to afford
such luxuries -
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-25
TOO TRUE..TOO TRUE.

Monopoly daiies are jubilant over the tele-
graphic report that the Minnesota Legislature
has ",Oeakencd before the poscer Of naonoply.'
Chicago Industrial Age.
!" IT'S true-'tis pity;
And pity 'tis,- It's true"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-25

By the way. we would add we are not
committed to any particular route. All
we want is the best and cheapest.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-25

A. H. TA1sEy is our general and travel
ing agent. Any favors extended to him
will be appreciated by us.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-25
GETTING THINGS MIXED.

What is this country coming to!
negro woman in Pitt county, N. c., re-
Gently gave birth to tripIets; the first was
white, the second mulatto, and the third
black This all comes from civil rights.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-25
MORE CommuNIsm.

The Alton & st. Louis railroad has been
ruined by Granger legislation. Here are the
official evidences Of its downfall:
Income for 1874 ...... :. .... ......e5. l26. 2o3
Expenses for 1874 $3.50. ,2N ,876
Poor thing! Is there no balm in Gill
cad
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