The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-06
)TA, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1876.

passed away and, like the unfaithful servant,
Fseven what thou mightest had is lost"
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IN EXAMPLE FOR FARMERS.
A farmers meeting was held at Car
yer, county june 18th. We quote some
Mr.. Casper Kronshnable, in an address to
the meeting. said SIT was time the farmers |
were looking to their best interests; that those
interested in buying wheat often established |
grades SO as to help themselves, to the injury
of the seller, and grade No. ! at No. and ..
and thereby made large profits; that the wheat
rings, by combination, had controlled the rail-
roads and that the Minneapolis and st. Louis
railroad would not permit Shipments Of wheat
to Duluth, aud thereby shut out buyers from
that market; that without competition with
the Minneapolis millers the price OF wheat
would remain unchanged" MIR. Chas. Ludoit
next spoke and said that those persons selected
by the wheat buyers to make grades IN wheat
did not in many cases understand their busl-
ness, or did not intend to do right by the farm
ers; that he had lost much on unfair grades
being made; that he did not like to be COM
PEELED to work hard year after year and not
receive fair remuneration for his products;
that by prompt and decisive action we could
COMPEL the wheat buyers to do the farmers
Justice; that we must stick together and insist
Def ore selling that our rights shall b. respected.
Would not the true remedy be that
which we proposed last winter, and
which passed the Senate and was lost
in he House, viz "a state inspector Of
grain to fix grades for the whole state,
and local inspectors in each town to de-
clare the true grades Of wheat inspected
by them; these latter to be paid u small
tee, one halt by the warehouseman, and
one half by the owner Of the wheat?
| 1t the farmers Of Carver county desire
to put stop to this system OF rating No.
/ wheat US No 2 wheat and 8, let them
elect mento the next legislature who
will sustain that bill. Another speaker
at the Carver meeting touched this point,
as follows
Mr.. Nauwisen said he had suffered by inn
proper grades in wheat, and cited an instance
where the wheat buyer promised No grade,
and after the wheat was delivered and put into
the elevator, the buyer put it down to No. 3,
and paid him sixty five cents per bushel, and
asked il that was fair way to treat the farmer
He wanted something done to protect the farm
ers from wheat rings.
!, Mr.. Frank Warner offered series o1
resolutions as follows
!, Resolved, that while We are willing to accord
to capitalists their legitimate rights we disap.
prove Of the action upon their part to compel
those who depend upon them to yield the pro
fits Of honest toll without just compensation.
[ Resolved, That the Minneapolis millers, II
{ forming combination to control the price o
, grain to suit their own convenience, and will
: q view to maintain the price at point below
[ | its actual value in the markets Of the world
have inflicted great injury upon the productive
, labor OF the farmers Of this county.
}, Resolved, That in view of the injuries W
) have received by improper grades OF whsa
. and the ruinous prices We have been compellet
Q to receive for that production, we form our
A selves into an ASSOCIATION for the purpose Q
properly resisting the aforesaid entertainment
5 upon our rights, and that constitution an
9 by-laws be adopted which will more readil
carry out our views.
p Resolved, That We use our utmost endeavor
. to construct suitable grain house or elevate
!. at Carver for the purpose Of storing grain,
} the end that it may be held by US until we caT
3 receive such prices as are just and reasonable
: and in accordance with its valua.
The meeting closed with the followin
q proceedings:
The meeting then agreed to form an associa
\ ton for self protection.
:. Pfleger, Vice-President; A. J. Carlson, Secret
. ary; Anthony Clasgens, Treasurer.
DIRECTORS.
:. VIM. Patterson, Camden.
= Il. Gerdsen, Laketown.
p. Colbert, Hancock.
!, R. Patterson, Benton.
II. Paulsor, Dahlgreen.
= On motion L. L. baxter, Prank Warner an
!. Casper Krenschmble were appointed a. q con
. mitfse to draft constitution and report Il