The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-10-04
+t,, aIin,eano}is and St. Cloud pine rings.

the Minneapolis and St. Cloud pine rings.
| thank thee, Wheeloch, for that comol,
nsfion OF words; they will tit q good
many eases. The pine lands OF this state
;n-fnad Of being i blessing are the great
~ -. 'Sn1.s4 flat ever was known. There
i NOT one acre in one hundred got hon
estly. Some OF or lnea that stand hlsh
II church and state are stepped IN coz
rupton, owing to their greeta IN op 9'i
ing pine lands. ,,;. ~,
cities where they live, it would not be 50
nad. but their pilnps carry it into every
howell where there is vote. ana
even the women do not escape the cor
rnpt influence Of money got BY rooblns
the State OF its most valuable lands.
County auditors III these counties can
sDen,; five to eight hundred dollar to get
elected. when the office will pay only
eicbt hundred to one thousand dollars
LEGALLY. and then live like ,nabobs when
they Get the office. plenty OF money,
fast horses, $500 buggies, etc. Assess
ors and county commissioners too, seem
TO flourish wonderfully. But II a mar
stands out against their Interests he can
never be elected to any thing. | don't
believe YOU have any idea to what extent
this thing is carried on. Your railroad
AID wheat rims are nothing side them.
for they only rob a man OF his money
bat pine and Indian and scrip rings,
(t1ey are three links Of one cnaln,) rop
men and women both of their money,
their virtue and morals and their soul
salvation; and, while like Pilisbury as
a business man and neighbour, for hay G
been ACQUAINTED with him for eighteen
wears. know that he will do nothing to
cross those rings.
They can afford to spend thousands O
dollars to elect or defeat any one they
cane very near controlling both orailch
es Of the Legislature last winter. IN
most influential men in both house
were either pine ring men or thel
..ui,nps and parasites | suppose thu
end Of the State will drive Pillsbury
bio majority, for all the rings wIllworl
for him. Our only hope is that the sout
part will rescue us from political dam
pation. Whoever wrote that piece 20
copied from the -Ratl, a short time a3t
: understood the situation, have near
: the same story, confidentially, from me
that were in the ring, but got bied By I
! and others. You asked Gilman to den
! it! ha, ha, ha
s II YOU could get H. l.. Gordon's, an
= Capt. Taylor's, history COT St. Cloud
would be a sumner; that IS, SO TAI
:. connected with scrip and pine.
/, And the Rev. Commissioner smith
i I have it. from good authority, satisfa
d tory to me. that he certified to the Gel
n uineness OF hundreds of forged scrip, II
= so5 apiece, as his share, If we ever g
i change of administration won't son
a of them have to look out?
y That Cass county affair embrace
70 some OF the most ridiculous and outra
O. .ous stealing, fraudulent entries
+. scrip, &c. One set embracing " he
lock & Co., saw an opening, with III
y, Tee, to help organize the county; tn
"a rot it plastered all over with $500
=, bonds. cleared about $4,000. prohaol
- themselves; then the ring men, wol
he inc all winter before last, in both I
u Houses, got bill through to aboil
Cass county. then Wheelock 4 Co {
ey certain bankers, in ST. Paul, into it. a
i. they fix it up. and Davis ve'oes the D
ICE | doubt, sometimes, whether there
any genuine virtue left on earth.
i Yours. T..