The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-09-14

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! We a. want 10 see the country settled
and improved nd however Dad the
hoppers may be. il VIII be nc worse tor
those who may come ia taan for those
who have been here fighting them for
Years.
But tbs time h,;s come to tel the truth
! the Whole truth and nothing but tie
#truth The pests are thriving and
spreading despite the parasites that are
reported Is destroying tn IN. and they
bid fair. as the ANTI-MoNoPoLlsT mas
already predicted, to spread al over the
country, We must measure tie giant,
get his tnli dimensions ana endeayor
fully to understand lhe5luagn itllle Of the
battle TO De fought with hia. The queS,
ion is not wleiler We shah not sQcren-
der tie western prairie Dut whether we
shall surrender the waole country. The
! enemy recognizes 10 boundary lines.
He will enter into no treaty He Will
give no quarter This is not 10 be 3
fight Tor conquest merely but for exist.
Unee.
The lOppers have made greater ana
Fider 1epreda1ions in 1876 fnan in any
/ previous year. and have deposited eggs
I -f u 3tli|n .CllcI tAttt8S u tcu4llF
lhan heretofore. Il is high time ior
the government to hold council together
II Is tins tor Congress to take hoid Of
mis- maltor The government is spend
/ lne millions TO axtermina.e Indians ano
protect the frontier against their de-
yredatiOns But the grasshoppers have
/ done more damage to inc frontier IN
one year than the Indians nave in ten.
/ Let there be enc grand cooperative IL
| Tor. made for the destruction Of toe pests.
The people VI press OF every state i.
the Union viii oulY be consulting their
own interest BY lending 4 helping hand
IN the hour OF need.
i So lar as | can learn the hoppers nave
deposited eggs IN nearly every county
along tno line oi Inc 81. p q = l.. L.
, though perhap. not n such numbers IS
ltobe formidable In Grant comfy we
are net 50 much afraid Cf the hopper5
We shall raise ~ Ne are OF those that
may come to MS. Their favorite spot Tor
planting aea seems 10 be on breaking
ana as au immen2t amount vi breaking :.
was done this sumner We are interested
iu the question q now - deal with the
hoppers on breaking. VIII those who
nave had wears u eEl ereucc let Us
know what they have iolld e pc the
best means ct destroying tlem! VIII
narrowing we'll this Ial la Ct any ser
wee? We want Light o. tae subject. ia
0laer Tai, O. am told they have laid
egg Il grcat Quantities. also IN Doug
H. O. fneY Visited those i lace9 II
gceater naa4Uers than ii Grant. Many
+ rtth residents II Otter Tar say the hop
p-gs posted there two years ago, bur
eYer hatenea cat in numbers sufficient
d e. any harm. People IN the hopper
districts do not lear them S. people do
/ y,ho hayo never lad thelA.
his great wesj mus not Se abandon
ed to grasshoppsrS. it j. tie only hope
our country d hes Zines u business
depression and financial quacAcry. Drlv-
el rom ,ae west where under heaven
Hill w 20 r. better our conditioa9
at To the city sped what vs'ts rs
there: 10 see protuaioa which we must
NOT share The vest 5 the only outlet
for ne starving population q The eastern
states. IS IL her factories al smut down
and hen workneu MI unemployed and
Aor ianes and streets crowded with
'tranps The country presents 3 spec
sacle % BAD management '-poaiang 10
feh913. and Tho AAahclat "lseacFes
grave. niorm Is, 'AAt this distress / az
me result ~ over -pfeGuelIan. Nood
heavens aud what v produce nat
iro@ men we SCI err ItE4og aad cur
"eats1. tAa u 20 taal 4 peoHic.cAn De
so "ea&.hY as % he dfNea Into oaak>
ruptcy' ihese people might - Well
teiisus toat taa heppers are ontF u o-ess-
sng II disguise iog taey are rs pin9 rs
dispose u eur oVer-piouacai0n' bus
aoMnan sense setIS ~ taat .aeIts Il tle
.2gii s. ioote-
hot nor ehe son .. prophet 10 see