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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-19
THE PRICE OF WHEAT,

We are more and more convinced that
we were right last fall when we declared
that the low price of wheat was the re-
suit of false reports and combinations of
spectators. Schroeder & Lindblom,
of Milwaukee, under date July 10, give
the receipts of wheat at Milwaukee,
from Aug, 20, 1874 to date, as Is, ,1s7 ,531
BUSH, against 30.626,142 BUSH, during
the same time in the proceeding 9
year. So that instead of this Northwest,
of which Milwaukee is the depot, having
raised. last year. as represe nted. an over
whelming crop OF wheat. IL falls orer
tCelre million bushels below the crop Of
the year before.
And while this is true of the receipts
look at the demand.
On the 10th July Of this year the
amount in store in Milwaukee was 4O7 :.
600 BUSH. while on the same day the
year before the amount in store was
/, 100000 bushels.
In Chicago during the week ending
July 10th the receipts of wheat were
374.966 BUSH. while the shipments were
941 .261; nearly three bushels were
shipped out of Chicago for every bush.
ell received
Schroeder and Lindblom saw. july 10
II must b. patent to an ordinary observer
that the bearish feeling which has prevailed all
through the season nas disappeared, and the
conviction is gaining ground that the growing
crop TiU Be marketed at coasiderabably higher
figures than the last. Be that As it NAV. the
bulls will at least control prices during the t1l-
ance Of this crop. The Continenta demand
has asssB,ed large proportions, and present low
prices abroad is likely to induce speculative
purchases also, now that confidence Is restored
Now look out for concerted move
ments to break down the prices of wheat
Just as the bulk of the grain comes into
market If so. don't SELL Borrow
money and hold your wheat. Teach the
knaves who are plundering you that the
game of smashing things is one that two
can play at.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-19
ST. PAUL. MINNESOTA. MONDAY, JULY 19, 1875

leg of mutton to appease the cravings
of an Unsuitable appetite, he would have
been tried long ago. But he is rich and
great; and hence year has elapsed and
still the indictments ''go over by general
consent" to September. And in Septem-
Der they will probably ego over'' again.
All! we iced change in the State adj
mlnlstration. We need farmer Buell. in
the gubernatorial chair to look into the
hooks and accounts and tell us whether
there have been any more McIllraths
about the capitol during the past fifteen
years.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-19
WHOLE NO. 54

You are in favor of the supervision of
corporations are not those corporations
the erymonopolies the people are now
centending against?
AS it is. 1t looks as if you were trying
to crawl into the garments of the old Re-
publican party. You are no longer
Democrats, but Republicans with
Democratic adjective to give tia flavor.
Be men or mice.
If your Democracy is whitfield down
to descriptive prefix drop it altogether
and call yourselves Anti Monopolists.
The Anti-Monopoly sentiment is as old
as constitutional government. The
struggles of the people of England
against the Monopolies of food, clothes,
&C.. created by the crown paved the
way to the Crcmwellian revolution, an d
laid the 70 undations of free government.
AS long as any man, men or corporations
grasp and concentrate in themselves
rights and privileges at the expense of
many, the Anti-Monopoly sentiment is
justifiable, and an Antl-Monopoly party
necessity. And it is most evident that
during the next century the struggle in
this country will be to prevent organized
capital absorbing the rights of the peo-
Pile. In such battle, ''Anti-Monopoly''
means everything ;-"Democracy" is a
barren generalization.
For this campaign, of course, the OPP
position will have to be called the Demo-
cratic-Republican party but talk these
things over, friends, with view to fu-
ture action.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-19
Number of

The failures of 1873 are about 25 per cent
in excess OF 1872; but the aggregate is nearly
double, showing that devastation is spreading
among the ioftier commercial and financial
circles.
This computation does not include any losses
not resulting in absolute failures, but it indi-
Gates beyond cavll that there were skiold more
OF losses and disasters during each year of
currency contraction than during each year Of
full currency
twill be observed by comparison of dates
of contraction with date of failures, that they
kept pace with equal step.
Nor does the disaster stop with the
mercantile community. Real estate is.
as rule excessively deprecated. The
other day the Glenham Woolen Mills,
near New York, estimated to be worth
81 ,000, 900 sold at Sheretf's sale for $780,
900; ard it was bought by A T. Stew
art Here at one fell swoop property
to the amount of oyer Sl,s0O. 900 was
swept out of the pockets of an enter
prising manufacturing association and
transferred to the pockets of bloated
millionaire. He Stewart. can we'll af-
iord to spend 100000 more to buy up
few newspapers to clamor for specie
payments and to denounce rag
money"
And still the work goes on. During
the last year there has been a contrac-
tion OF from Sl5, 200, 900 to Sl7 900 900,
two thirds of it during the past six
months. In our own State many of our
best business men have toppled into
bankruptcy our streets swarm with un-
employed workmer and our prisons are
filed with criminals driven to despera-
ton by want. And where is it to stop
The Republican party and Col Robert
son say not until gold and greenbacks
are of the same value. But gold is worth
more to-day than it was five years ago.
When will tho greenbacks. at that rate
OF progression. reach para
In the mean lime party lines are be-
ing sadly marred by this all engrossing
question. Ii the presidential campaign
is to turn on this issue there must be re-
construction of parties. Judge Kelley
is now making speeches in Ohio. the OBJ
vious and intended effect OF which will
be to elect Gov. Allen. the Democratic
! candidate; and even Ben Butler defends
the Ohio platform and declares contrac-
ton insanity. and hopes Allen will be
elected.
Now, friends and brethren. it is of the
utmost Importance that Minnesota should
be right on this great issue. Let US dis
cuss it, then. IN quiet and dispassionate
spirit. Ii YOU have any reasons to urge
why this process of crushing out should
be persisted in. present them. and we
will give you fair hearing. Let us
find out what is right and cling to it.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-19
CONE OVER BY GENERAL CONSENT

At the morning session Of Judge BriIl's court
to-day the indictments against Charles McIIl-
rath, late State Auditor, for embezzlement, were
called mp and by general consent went over TO
the September term of the cour.-Sf. Pcui
DispetcA-
And they ''went over by general con-
sentr And wherefore If Mr.. McIu-
rath had been 3 poor. ragged, shirtless
devil, who had stolen loaf of bread or
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-19
THE COMING CAMPAIGN.

The candidates on our State ticket
should start out about the middle of
August, and first visit the leading cities
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-19
ICNATlUS DONNELLY,
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.

The ANr1-MoNopoLIsr is published every
Thursday for circulation by newsmen and mail.
Single Subscription, one year., 81 Oo
Cin0la Subscri ntiou six months 100
Single Subscription, three months, 90
In clubs of five or more to one address 1t will
be furnished at 81. 80 per year; or sl.0ofor SIX
months Address,
THE EANTI-MONOPOLIST,
No. II Wabasha St, st. Paul.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-19
10

Total, S6S7 ,S72,67O 10
To which we add the sum of temporary loan
certificates and other notes serving the pur-
poses OF curre ncy, amounting to s92 ,b57 ,442 64
and the sum of circulating medium will be
found to have then reached $3.50, $50, 1889,
and shows a contraction by the Secretary of
1872, ,354 719 80 in its total amount.
Now mark how steadily this contrac-
ton was accompanied by an increase of
mercantile failures:
The mercantile failures in the Northern
States, from 1862 to 1870, inclusive, which we
copy from Hunts Magazine and Year Book
for 1870, were:
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-19

We supplement the foregoing table with the
following (for the whole nation) of commercial
failures for 1870, 1871, 1872 and 1873
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-19
by Controllers Report, Oc-
tober |, 1865,
$50, 9,47s, 90
$7O9, ,694,789 81
Total,

''To this amount must be added the sum Of
five per cent legal tender notes, and Of certit-
Gates Of Indebtedness, shown to have amounts
ed to s443, ,22O, lO3. l6; in all sum of sl,l52,-
9l4, ,s92 81. This, then, was the circulating
medium of the country at the time of its great
expansion. The treasury statement OF
July, 1868, shows to what extent the circulat-
ing medium had been then contracted 1t then
consisted Of
United States notes, greenbacks,
and fractional currency, 1883 768, ,674 Is
National Bank notes outstand-
ing lst November 1867. S299, 133, 1896 90
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-03-19

IN all departments who are unknown
to exhibitors, and who can have no
"enemics to punish or friends to re-
ward" and so our friends who think
they have seen partially in times past
may rest assured that there will be
nothing Of the kind to complain Of
this year.
The question is often asked, are
You going to have a trot this year?
with various modulations of voice,
implying interest, contempt, indiffer-
ence or otherwise. Well, Mr.. Editor,
for the information of al concerned,
and with due respect for the feelings,
prejudices, and opinions Of all who
may differ, freely acknowledging the
right to all men to have opinions of
their own, and that, too, without
being publicly Or privately kicked
for the same, | must inform your
readers and the public generally, the
society has concluded to have a trot
this year, and q iirst-class one, too;
not for the purpose Of pool-selling or
gambling in any shape, (all of which
the society will do It's utmost to pre-
VENT but for well, the Jockey
would say, the Improvement of the
horse; but ! think | may as well out
with what first came to my mind and
say, the real i'm ct tue Miny.
After hearing all the arguments tor
and against the practice. the society
has come to the conclusion that it
cannot ignore the horse in this fast
age Of the world, seeing that all
parties like the noble brute, like to
see him go, like to ride when he goes,
and like, best of all, to Took on and
cheer when he does his best.
And now, Mr.. Editor, we desire to
keep it before the people that we are
going to have fair the coming fall,
and we hope and believe one that
shall long be remembered for its fine
display and large attendance; one
that shall help the society out of debt
and place it upon a sure basis, and
the high road to prosperity, and we
ask you, and your brother editor of
the Conservative, to generously come
to our aid and help to make it the
best thing of the kind tor the year
1875.
LYMAN J. CURTIS.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-03-19
The Postage Bill.

The last Congress was remarkably
free from jobbery and Legislation for
special interests. Subsidies of all
kinds Jared badly at its hands, al
though no Congress was ever be-
sieged with more importunate appeals
for money for this or that project
The trade of the lobbyist has of late
ye.rs never been so unremunerative
or unsuccessful as during the past
session. The Republican majority in
Congress has been heedful of the de-
mand Of the people, and has firmly
set itself to reform the abuses, in the
form of raids upon the treasury, grow
ing out of the years of feverish pros
perity and speculation since the war.
This is the general and creditable rec
ord of the last Congress-, but it would
be strange if there were not excep-
tons to this rule OF wisdom and Wig
lance. The passage, during the ex-
piring hours of the session, of the
bill doubling the postage on third
class mail matter, including books,
transient newspapers, cuttings, seeds,
&C., was not wise or called for, and
the evidence that it was accomplish
ed through the efforts of a lobby in
the employ of the express companies,
to whose interests it contributes,
makes its passage all the more dis
tasteful. The rate under this law as
it stood, was one cent for every two
ounces, under which the mails were
successful competitors with the ex-
press companies for carrying such
matter. The new law, procured at
the instance of the express compa-
mics, doubles this rate, and will have
the effect of driving books, seeds,
cuttings, and all transient mail mat
ter from the mails to the express
companies, who can afford to under
bid the rate fixed by the government.
The effect will be to add to the bust
ness of already rich and grasping
monopolies, and without apparent
reason or excuse; tor the government
was not losing money by carrying
this matter at the old rate. The pas
sage Of the measure in the closing
hours of the session, when all was
confusion and hurry, is suggestive Of
carelessness or trickery.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-03-19
REFEREES SALE.

EL'zAnErH snERErs, ct al, CIRCUIT corRr.
ADAM SHERETs, ct al. NoTIcE.
'EHE undersigned, referees in the case OF parti-
| ton now pending in the Circuit Court Of Blu
chanan county. Iowa, wherein Elizabeth Sherets,
Defendants, by virtue Of an order made by said
Court at the November term. 1874 will offer for
sale. at the Office OF A. Crooks, Justice Of the
Peace. in the village Of Quasqneton, Buchanan
county. Iowa. on the 9th day Of March. 1875 COM
niencng at 10 o'clock A. NJ, the following describ-
ed property. to wit:
Southwest u Of southeast i of southwest y
Section II. township 81. range 8, 10 acres.
Northwest 4 of southeast 4 Of southwest i
Section II, township e. range 8. 10 acres.
East a southeast Il Of southeast L Of southwest
i Section II. township 81 range 8, 5 acres.
West 4 OF southeast II Of southeast u OF south
west Il Section II, township 81, range Z. acres.
East u of northeast Il Of southeast \ Of south
west y Section II. township 81, range 8. acres.
West u of northeast \ OF southeast 4 Of south
west y Section II. t. wnship 81. range =, acres.
Northeast 4 Of southeast u Of section 10 town.
ship 81. rangs 3. 40 acres
East \. OF southwest 4 Of southeast \ Of south
east 4 Section rs, township 3d. range 8, 8 acres.
Also two acres in southeast \ Of southeast X
Section "a, township 80, range 8, with house and
improvements on same.
Lots seven and eight. in block six, in the vii
lage Of Quasqueton, with house.
Terms Of sale: One fourth or more cash, balance
in one two and three years, with interest annually
at ten per cent And In case of the sale Of timber
land. security will be required for deferred pay
ments other than the land.
Other land and lots, security viii be taken ON the
property for the deferred payments.
N. TObD,
q Z; e a1ARara, Referees
Quasqueton, Feb. 10th, 1875.
lake \ Harmon, Att'ys for Pits. 4wsl
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-03-19
A Blast Against tho Choir.

One of our good old conservative
Scotch Presbyterian readers, who
cannot overcome his aversion of the
modern invention, choir singing in
the church, brings us the following
article on the subject taken from the
Oban (Argyllshire, Scotland) Times,
with request for its publication
We have read it with curious remin-
iscenses of the old Covcncnter church
within whose pale our earliest years
were passed, and it's sturdy opposi-
ton to all forms of innovation upon
the ancient ritual. The naivete with
which the writer expresses his fears
that choir singing may lead to the
introduction of that worst of all de-
vices of the evil one, the organ, is
inimitablca
The Church Of Scotland has got quit of
one great EVIL, viz, Patronage, but it is
like the man who got out OF the thorns
and fell into the briers by another beset-
ting evil, VIZ, singing by choirs in the
churches. l say this is greal evil in
deed-praising God by proxies, while the
worshiping people are gagged and have
no share in the worship. And who are
the proxies: Generally music mania
leader, with very young people who are
the most thoughtless, witless, and giddy
creatures that can be got, but they have a
musical ear and musical voice, and in
all likelihood have got music mania like
their leader. They often sing tunes which
the hearers never heard before; and in this
way they praise themselves and show
their musical powers; but this solt of
praise is not edifying, neither can it be
praising God. We hold that when people
assemble to worship. they should be al
lowed to do so in their own simple form,
each singing as best he can. 1t is mel
ancholy to see minister sitting in IA pull
pit like nonentity, having no share in
the praises going on, and nineteenth of the
hearers quite SILENT or thoughtlessly look
ing about them; whereas, if they had
their share in praising God, they would
be solemnly prepared to join in the pray
ers then to be offered up. We would
recommend that an end should be put to
"choir singing" in our churches, and
praise conducted by Il competent leader
having no nonsense about him; that he be
solemn and sedate, using such tunes as
the hearers cah follow, and each and all
assisting as they best can We much
fear that "chor singing is initiatory to
Ritualism, and certain to be followed by
the introduction of an organ
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-03-19
who have kept house sixty-four years.
Verify. there is marriage worth re-
cording. A. B. B.
Friend Abraham Warner II Moved
to make q few Remarks.

To the Editor Of the Buchanan County Bulletin:
FRIEND WILLIAM II would know
of thy welfare, and how thee dost
bear up in the strait to which the no.
table Ebenezer, in the Conservative
of the oath ult., hath driven thee.
Thee dldst not we'll to elbow the
frosts of mendacity," as he saith thee
dost, for it was dark and deep and
savoreth of the pit, yet would not
see thee wholly cast down, for there is
much latent good in thee, and thou
hast been valient friend of temper
ance and truth, but thee mast take
heed to thy blowing. Thee may
blow a penny whistle or toot-horn
in train band, but never again
" blow the frosts of mendacity," for
if thee repeat the offense, will not
hold thee guiltless.
And thee must consider the great
ness Of Ebenezer; how that he, like
Minerva, carrieth in his head all the
wisdom, and like Atlas, bears on his
huge shoulders the round world itself;
how, like a mountain of light, he
shineth on every mans pathway and
makes his duty plain before him; how
he called into being the great Anti
Monopoly party, and demanded the
the repeal Of the Salary law, and it
was done. And yet with all his
power he is kind, and with all his
greatness he is good. Amid it all he
is affable and approachable. He al
lows his neighbors to speak freely to
him, and converses with the very
poorest men in the county.
And he is magnanimous to a de-
gree, but nowhere doth his magnan-
unity stand out so bright as in his
kind disavowal of hostility to the
Masons and Odd Fellows. Consider,
friend William, how easily, with the
breath of one of his nostrils, he
could have blown-not the I" frosts of
mendacity," for he never does that
but the two great orders mentioned
to the Ito borrow term from the
vain worldD "demnition bow-wows,"
without the least appreciate cxhaus-
ton or fatigue, and you will have
some faint idea of his goodness and
torbearance.
l would not close this epistle to
thee, friend William, without giving
thee comforting word. 1t is pain
ful to the farmer to see his summers
labor devoured by the Unsuitable
grasshopper; it is painful to the
editor to see his patrons fall away;
and when the great K. C. i. writes,
near the close OF his article, ''lct us
take such 4 course as to cause thy
paper to drop from its present sub
scription," it must have sent pang
to thy susceptible heart; yet remem-
Der that if he stops thy paper ostensi-
bly,, and with the beating of gongs
and the dancing of the Can Can
and a great flourish, yet will he
purchase it upon the street or at
the news stand in order that he may
satisfy himself by ocular demonstra-
ton, whether the BULLETIN survives
the withdrawal of his support, and if
thee can, by extreme economy, keep
thy paper afloat a few M ,nths, so as
to satisfy him thee can live without
him, he will come back and say 1t
was all a joke, for it is the DISPOSE
ton Of all men to help those who
need it not. Thine, sincerely,
ABRAHAM WARNER.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-03-19

THE Republicans Of Ohio are talk
ing of running old Ben Wade for
Governor next fall. The Democrats
will undoubtedly re-nominate that
relic of a former age, "rise up VIM.
Allep. If the contest shall take this
shape, old Ben will lead his venerable
competitor in such a reel as will
shake him to pieces before the cleo
tion comes off
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-03-19

"A Prohibition daily newspaper is
talked of at Des Moines.
Center Point. as we are informed by
the Lotus, has been incorporated, and 10.
morrow will elect q mayor and council.
The ingenuity sometimes displayed in de-
vising amusements TO enliven . dull
winter is really wonderful.
Gen. Weaver, of Davis county, who
has been mentioned in connection with
Republican nomination for Governor,
authorizes the Bloomfield Republican to
say that he will not be candidate under
any circumstances.
The Iowa State Horticultural Society
offers three hundred dollars in cash premi
INNS for tree planting in this State The
premiums are to be paid on the third Tues.
day Of January next
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-03-19

SPEAKING of the action of Congress on
two resolutions: the first, reseating the
conservative members of the Louisiana
Legislature; and the second, recognizing
Kellogg rs Governor of the State, the L..
dependence BULLETIN says:
when the vote came on the passage of
the resolutions. the Democrats of the
House voted in solid column in the mega
tive, thus demonstrating that they do not
desire Il peaceful settlement of the troubles
in Louisiana"
The editor of the BULLETIN, if he is
aware of the facts, knows that the above
is not true The first resolution uas
ayr. ed to unanimously. and the Demo
Gratis only opposed the resolution recog
nizing Kellogg.--Fayette Union.
Is it possible that the Union is so
obtuse as not to realize, or SO dis
honest as to ignore the fact that the
recognition of Kellogg was one es-
sential condition of the compromise,
without which it would not have been
a compromise at all, but a victory for
the White League. OF course the
Democrats in Congress would vote
unanimously to accede to every de-
mand OF the Louisiana c Conservatives,
but they were expected to do more
than this if they would show that
they honestly desired peace in that
State. The design of the resolutions
Us 4 whole was to arrive at some
basis of settlement by mutual con-
cesslon; but the Democrats in the
House placed themselves squarely in
the way Of the peaceful solution of
the troubles by refusing to yield an
inch, thus showing, as we before
stated, that peace and harmony and
quiet and prosperity were the last
things that party desired in Louis
lana