The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-06-24
an IMPORTANT CHANGE.

We have hltnertO nau tnc dNIi-MoNor
o1rsr printed by the Dispatch Printing
Company, and we have had no reason to
complain of the character of the work
done for us by them. But as our Journ'
al grew in circulation and influence we
felt more and more, the necessity for an
establishment of our own. We have &C
cordingly purchased complete printing
and lob office, and after this number we
will print our own paper.
We shall at the same time pay more at
tention than we have hitherto done to the
sinside'' of our paper and we will. If we
have the capacity, make of the ANT1-Mo-
sopoI1sr the best family journal in the
State. We will have a "Farm and Grange
Department, to which we shall give es.
pecial attention. We will also have
sLiterary and Scientific Department. of
the highest character; for we do not
think we can make selections too select
or too reconcile for even the average
Minnesota farmer.
We have also purchased, at large cost,
the subscription list Of the Western Times
which has suspended publication for the
present, and as this adds largely to our
already extensive list Irish readers, We
propose to establish an s'Irish Depart
ment,' which, while it will be in no sense
religious, will furnish interesting reading
as to Irish news, politics, and antiquities
We are pressing our circulation also
among the German population, and hope
before long to have German Depart
ment;;'' and if we meet with the success
for which we hope we will eventually es.
tablish Scandinavian Department
also.
In short, we propose, despite the hard
times and the grasshoppers, to make the
ANTI. MoNoPoLIsr the leading journal Of
the State, in politics. literature, science,
art, agriculture and general news. We
will make one feature Of our paper the
market reports; especially as to wheat.
We will furnish the farmer and merchant
the best and most reliable information
that can be obtained as to the condition
of crops and the probabilities of markets;
and of one thing all our readers can be
assured, we will never betray the inter-
ests of the agricultural class or deceive
{ them for our own profit.
All we ask is that its friends will, if
they think we are fighting their battles,
do what they can to give the ANrI.Mo.
NopoI.Isr a larger and wider circulation.
The more readers we have the more good
we can do.
We want our friends who have hereto
fore furnished us with correspondence to
continue in their good work. We hope
every one Of our readers who have any
thing to say, that he feels ought to be said.
either upon politics, farming. or the well
fare of the human race, will write US.
In doing so remember the more you con-
dense what you have to say the more
readers you will have. Fifty will read
letter quarter Of column long. or ten
one halfa column long. Send us the
cream of your thoughts and keep the
skim milk at home. Never mind the
grammar, spelling and punctuation we
will fix that all right. What we want is
solid thought and honest purpose, ex-
pressed just as the writer would talk. In
our "Farm Department we hope to have
every week the experience of one or more
farmers as to the practical part Of agri-
culture.
As rapidly as increased business will
justify it we will make additions to the
size of our journal.
Our friends must also remember that
we are now prepared to do all manner of
Job work as cheaply as it can be done in
other first.class establishments. And
that we furnish the best and cheapest ad
vertising medium in the State.