The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-08-02

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's+zf' i- ELK RIVER.
An Interesting Letter from Rice county
Politics, Taxation, Crops, and good ad-
vice to the Farmers. ts 80,
FOREST, RICE Co., July Goth 1875
Editor Anti Monopolist:
Your request to all your friends to write
your letters and not to mind about the spell
ing, grammar &C., has led me to venture
again to impose upon the good nature of
your many thousand readers There are
certainly many farmers all over this State.
who read the ANTI MoNoPoL1sT who are
well qualified for the task of writing for
your paper, and might give us some origi-
nal thoughts, upon many topics Of general
interest to our class, who perhaps feel
little like the members of our Oranges,
each hanging back and waiting for the 9TH
er to suggest something of interest. This
kind Of monotonous selfish way of helping
on the cause would eventually kill any or
ganization or class of people; in fact there
is not an iota of cooperation in it. The
mind of every man who is interested in our
success as an Order, or who takes any in
terest in our success as a great freedom low
ing people, must be up and doing while it
is yet day. Read, think and try to Danish
from your minds this feeling of selfishness;
have tie more c rfidenee in your abilities
and less in the abilities Of others. If we
did this we certainly would make better
citizens, better neighbors. nd,-shan say
it,-better Grangers. AS to politics, there
is not much excitement as yet but generally
a quiet admiration for the ticket nominated
at St. Paul 1t certainly is a good one.
The OLD Anti Monopoly organization of cur
town, as it stood two years ago, is begin
ming to show signs of life again; and the
question of separate action in the present
canvass is being discussed. -a .
There certainly should be unity in the
ranks Of the Opposition in this State in this
campaign, if we would hope to win. lis
high time there was change made and we
certainly could not have ,corse state of
things than we have at present. For one
would be willing to sink party for success
for Buell. and the rest of the ticket, seeing
it is impossible to effect any permanent
good in separate organization But like
many other Liberals must say have not
much faith in the Bourbon Democracy with
their past record. An unconditional sur
render of the old principles of that party,
a burial Of old issues, acceptance Of the
amendments for all time. acceptance of the
situation" by the southern wing of that
party as we'll as by the Northern one:-
these and these alone will secure thousands
of voters who have acted with the Republic
can party in the past and who are now
ready to leaveit, being heartily sick Of their
first love.
The people all over the rural districts are
signing for a change. We hear murmuring>
from those who have been in the habit Of
taking their ballot from the hands of their
leaders and voting it without looking at it
their only assurance being this is what
you want to vote An honest old German
near here in conversation THIS morning sale
ooh Mr.. whit are the people to do,
It's debt this way and debts that way, tax
es getting higher every year; our real estat
as essed for more than we can get for 1t
What are we to do" And he said this feel
+ ing OF disahec,ion was pretty general witt
his class of people so far as he had con
versed with them Our little township i.
assessed at only SOL, 900 on personal prop
, erty atone this year; while real and person
al last year were about 100000, But rea
estate doubled by the State board and man,
pieces Of land now valued at more thar
could be realized for them in cash and per
haps not score Of men in the town who ca
say they are out Of debt and comfortable
Only about 5000 in debts secured by chat
tie mortgages, 10 say nothing about til
thousands on real estate. and Il fair pro
portion of the town delinquent for take
!, paying per cent per month for the priv
iege,.., And we are said TO be prosperou
and overlooking with wealth and the com
:, forts of life. | wish the fellow who sal
4 tina, had to live on faith and rata bagaS, a
i | heard one family say they had done H
!, would finl il slim diet aud would sigh TO
!. a change.
This is sad picture for country SO ric
h and beautiful as ours Pu, it is nevertheless
. true In regard to crops they look vel
= If the 'hoppers will stay away and there ar
! no heavy rains small grain will be abov
!, the average. Wheat on new ground. Q
ground that was cultivated last year.
e good. while on OH land wheated for fe
:, years past, it is light anu far below the a,
erage. Corn is coming on splendidly no
under the Influence of the showers and b,
!. sun of the past two weeks; bugs are gone u
- and potatoes excellent.
= can not close this without congratula
:, ing you on the general make up aud appea
II ance of the ASrr- MoSopoLIsT and the n,
!; BILE sentiments and fearless manner in whie
~ they are expressed. We feel as thous
:, peoples rights had one champion in Mimi
~ sofa, the Farihault Republicans and 9th
t. such papers to the contrary notwithstan
Of ing. May the people appreciate the Sc
to vices you are rendering them. and give Il
n ANrI-MoNoPeLIsT that hearty cordial su
-. port it SO richly deserves. Continue
Of "Recalcitrate' and retaliate and send re
n hot shot rs usual into the camp ofthe enem
n The manner in which they vince is eviden
III enough 'na' your ammunition Is not vast
: or thrown away.
: Yours
no a. " Rang -as
q. Our Iowa Correspondence-The Great !
cessrty for independendent. Reform Ne,