The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-02-17
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An interesting Letter from Hon. /. N. West
fall.-0asc<iption Of Great Indiana
Fam.-Mud and Hard Times.-The
New Party Looming W.
THORNTOWN, IND,
February lst, 1876
Editor Anti- Mon 2pol,st:
wrote YOU some time ago. prom
ised you that would write again but
have been 50 engaged visiting that could
not fluid time, until now. Since writing
nv last have been lodging around
here considerably. Spent two weeks on
the Grand Prairie twenty miles west of
La AZ EFT. with COUSIN e.. d. Petti)
VIII is running farm OF 3 900 acres. all
I'm 9 cult alton and pasture. Found him
stall feeding ore hundred head of steers
and wint ring 100 stock steers and on
the first Of this month (Jan.) he had not
fed his stock cattle anything. They were
doing we'll on the blue gras, in the fields
found that wheat in that section OF the
state was almost an entire failure and
corn in that great corn growing country
was not more than half a crop 1t would
do some of onr Minnesota farmers good
to SEE the great cribs Of corn stored away
in White county, Ind. Pettil has now in
hi, yranaries ten thousand bushels old
corn OF, "A alter stall feeding last winter
about two hundred head OF steers and
as many or more stock cattle and a large
stock of hogs and horses. and selling last
summers at high figures all lie would
d, liver at the station Give miles Off in
consequence OF the muddy roads. Dur
ing my stay on this prairie saw teams
blowing in different fields all in the
month OF January, and snakes and frogs
were making that vast prairie lively with
their pr. sence and mnsic. Ofone honey
sueklc vine picked leaves an inch in
length. that the rays Of a warm January
sun had called forth from their winter
quarters, and that in a locality in which
the thermometer in the month OF Jan
uary generally indicates about twenty
degrees below zero. Indeed duria. this
VII. lie winter SO far it has been warm
and most OF the time raining so that the
roads have been so muddy that it was
impossible to get out at ali. had rather
sta to 90 forty miles with team in
Minnesota than ten miles here. Times
are very dull here, money scarce, bust
ness men look and feel very blue, and
many OF them are expecting to go uuder.
There is but very little wheat here fit for
market Il, MI, and what is sold brings
GO cts to 81. per bu-hel. The millers
In this county are buying Michigan and
Minl, sofa wheat to supply their mills.
Corn is only worth about forty cents per
I, Il nd nat hut E,v ~ trt
Beef c title fetch from three to tour cents
live weight. But few IF the citizens talk
in iavot Il resumption or contraction.
Greenback clubs are being organized all
over tho country. Indeed have found
but few in either party that favor re-
sumption, and the republicans OF this
state do not generally tavora third term.
and agree In saying that if Grant is nom
mated tor the third term he will be beat
en-. Many Of those who have voled here
tOiorc The Democratic ticket and most
of those who have been Republicans
agree in say ing that the only way to break
upand get rid OF the corruption and ras-
cality now being carried on in this gov
eminent IS by organizing new national
party. and are looking to the liberal con
Venlion for relief There is u great dis
satisfaction among the republicans If the
STATE and will be greater il Morton is not
the Il publican nominee. B these and
many Democrats are satisfied that We
Can never succeed with the old Demo
cratic name and its war record. was
called by the citizens in white county
whilst the .. to make y political speech.
and certainly did not spare Grant nor
republican corruption. and supported
the fiuanto policy o!the Liheral patty
and Favored strongly tire organization oi
new party to be called hy any appro-
pirate name against which there aic nc
cause ~ prejudice. a lively canpai-n
Is btl)re Us. We will mot likely have
thseu candidates in the field Tor Presi-
dent. and let us prepare t. IN ke = lone
pull aud strong pull and pull alto
gether" against Grant and corruption
and heaven will crown our efforts witt
success
Thine ever aud truly.
I. Nj. WRyrfALI.