The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-10-19


enough sand to give. itlwarmth and vi.,.
tallty in this cold q mate for reasonAts:S;'
bic amount Of sand, in this land Of shQriss;
summers and cool nights, is posifixM
advantage. The country although vettgH
new. much Of it just settled, has VERY
civilized and humanize1 appearancH +. -
All it needs is population and handsome
buildings to make it very garden off
beauty. 10
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GRAsSHOPPERS AND CROP .sT
The grasshoppers did a vast amounF., !,
of damage here. We passed several, ],
wheat fields that had been harvested blj
them they presented q dark and sad
sight. The corn fields, Of which there
are many, and Of superior quality, did
not appear to have been much injured.
But wheat does not average over four
bushels to the acre. Most OF the farm
ers, latter retaining enough for bread and
seed, have almost nothing left to sell.
And yet with short crops in Europe, with
England needing 1O5, ,O00,O0O bushels,
with the chinch bug and the grasshopper
devastating the great wheat fields Of
America, wheat refuses to rise. It is due
to that perniciouse financial legislation
which by demonetizingi silver,ln Eng
land and America, has increased the pur>
chasing power OF the gold dollar ct the
expense Of every product OF hnman in>
dustry. We are furnishing new ill,ls-
tratiOn OF Goldsmith's famous lines:
"lll fares the land to fastening illsa prey,
Where wealth accumulates and msn decay
THE EGGS. 8
The general opinion seems to be,with
those with whom have conversed. that
the greater part OF the grasshoppsr eggs
are destroyed. At Willmar, Hon. A. E.
Rice, and Senator Robbins, and other
leading men, told me that wherever the
eggs are dug up they are found partly
hatched the head and legs Of the little
pests could be distinctly traced In the
fluid OF the egg. Here and at Benson l
nave the same statements. In this county
all the eggs laid in July, !or. the first half
Of August. have already hatched out, and
the little miscreants have perished ;while
comparatively few eggs were laidin this
region after the middle Of August. So
that the people are quite hopeful. Their
only fear is as to the flying swarms
which will hatch east Of them, and Is the
grasshoppers seem to be guided BY an
instinct to 60 east and soulh, they argue
that those swarms are more to be feared
by the inhabitants Of eastern Minnesota.
than by those OF the western part Of the
State.
4 POLITICAL REVOLUTION.
found the people here ready for po.
litical revolution. They had all felt tor
q long time past that ..something was
wrong" but they did not know what it
was. The facts, AS to the SILVER question
and the resumption act, had been stu
dinusly kept from them by the ring-news-
papers, and when the whole truth was
spread before them, and they saw clear
" the dark and dismal future which lies
before the American people, il the in
iquit0us Legislation OF the past Is not re-
scinded, they were ready at once to enter
into the Independent Greenback party
en- nlnsse. We had splendid meeting
last night in the Appleton school house.
Every seat was occupied. +. =. Twichell
Esq :, presided. talked to them tor two
hours, and at tho close Of my remarks
more than twenty leading citizens Of this
and adjoining townships, gave me their
names to send them Peter Go per tickets
and documents. lnlhis part Of SsCif
county Peter Cooper sciy haze more a.otes
than Hayes and 1illen put together.
THE MEETING AT BENSON,
, Night before last spoke to q rousing
and enthusiastic audience at Benson. Il
was court week, and the people were il
, from all parts Of tho county apd the hal
was packed full many. being unable 70 OBJ
/ tain seats. spoke tor two hours. Judgl
j Reynolds, formerly OF Detroit, now O
Ainneapolis.a well-informed Republican
) lawyer, replied 70 me, presenting ths
/. administration side OF the question
> briefly but ably. l answered his point
. to the apparent satistaction Of the -
I dience. 81
: Iwas told BY several, The nsxt morn
: ing. that tw0-thirds Or that lsrgo -
0 disnce will vote for Peter .Coor
B the Independents ticket. ThDf
! lthat Il ths gold ressmpsion
a y carried Out this who1as1
. lswsps bare, md - -
y, Iwo9ld ~ tod
!, stats - A6Nd firm.
= ''ths Indepen1sals =
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