davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-20
General lie Dues Speech Con-
tinued.
His Minnesota Orange Groves and
his Experiments in Stock
Breeding.
His Patent Turkey
Emery Submits Some Doggerel
[CoNTINIEDFRoM LAST WEEK. |

"Gentlemeu of the conventions.
continued the general, Il have come
here for another purpose: | have
some magnificent plans on hand. |
am going to open several thousand
acres of orange groves along the line
of the Northern Pacific railroad, and
plant forest OF date trees and ba-
nanas at Duluth. At the same time
| am making arrangements to employ
the United States navy in towing ice
bergs from Labrador to Florida.
This will furnish the Florida people
with cheap ice for home consumption.
while at the same time the passage of
the ice-bergs will SO cool the gulf
stream as to moderate the summer
climatt at Washington. which is now
distressing to Mrs. Hayes and the
children.
Il and Ruthy are agreed that the
true policy for the nation is the pro-
tective tariff policy; that is to say, to
cut off all foreign commerce and raise
everything in the country: taxing the
pursuits that will naturally thrive of
themselves to support those that can
not stand alone but need government
help: thus government becomes a
magnificent machine to transfer the
money of one man into the pockets Of
another, for the benefit of the man
from whose pocket it is taken. and
the encouragement of the man to
whom it is given. 1t has been time
and again demonstrated, by the great
leaders of the Republican and Wing
nc 4 VI mr.
'.from A and give it to b you de-
crease BIS profit and you enrich A
from whom it is taken. A don't al
ways see it, but then the human in
telligence is limited. Now my
position is, that this doctrine being
true of the nation it ought to be true
of every state in the nation: and /
propose therefore to have every state
raise everything its people need with
out regard to the natural character
istics of soil or climate. and / shall
commence with Minnesota. | have
statistics here showing how many
hundreds of thousands of dollars go
out Of Minnesota annually for the
purchase of tropical fruits. 1t is true
| that Minnesota's flour is sent south
and more than pays for these fruits.
but then / propose to make the gulf
states, by force of law. raise just as
good wheat as Minnesota. shall in
| trOduce tea plantations in Montana,
| where wages are three dollars day.
and thus we will not have to send to
China for tea. where wages fare three
cents day. By keeping out the for
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-20

There is hole in the basket. Some
500 200, OO0have mysteriously dropped
out of the public treasury, but nobody
believes they have dropped into any
body's pocket, oh no
An exchange says:
$50 it seems that since 1885 the sum
of 800 1925, 1888, over and above the
amount of public money properly
accounted for. has mysterlously dlsap-
peared from the Treasury OF the
United States. Gone to meet the
fugitive officers of few defunct
Savings Banks, perhaps. That is a
small sum compared with the count
less millions that have been squeezed
out Of the people by iniquitous legls-
lation engineered i'll the interests of
the Shylocks. But it is rather larger
than the people can afford to loose,
especially as the prevailing financial
policy is making honest men poorer,
day by day. Precisely where that
twenty-nine million has gone, will
probably never be known to the people;
but there is no room for the ghost OF
a shadow of doubt that it has gone
into the pockets Of respectable
thieves, legalized robbers and soulless
Shylocks, who, while reveling in
luxury, are deserving life imprisQke
ment in some well regulated peDteen-
tiary."
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-20

The st. Peter Tribune, in copying
the ''tree-claim' bill recently intro
duced in congress by DR.. stewart,
says:
If it is desired to provide our tree
less prairies with abundance OF timber
ten acres to section is not enough.
Either more quarter sections ought to
be granted under the law, or large
number of smaller tracts-say 81
acres. We hope before this amend
ment becomes part of the law the
subject will be furthur considered, ana
some plan devised by which more
small tracts may be planted to trees.
Wouldn't it be better to come back
to our original proposition and re-
quire every prairie homestead settler
to plant five or ten acres OF trees be-
fore he gets his title! Then groves
would spring up everywhere.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-20

One year ago the GreenbackerS
polled 5000 votes in the State of Ne
braska. This year they polled little
over $4,000. The Rag Baby is lively
young one, and within three years
will be able to lick" the over-grown
boobies called Republicans and Demo
Gratis. The next President of the
United States will be iGreenback
man. elected on Greenback platform.
Ashland (Neb.) Times.
Won't our Minnesota Greenbackers
pluck up little energy and try and
keep Minnesota abreast with the
march Of reform!
We call upon Ebenezer Ayres. O.
H. Page, DIR. Westfall, Y. NJ. Pond.
William Elliot, DR.. Kennedy, Joseph
Goar, n. c. Martin. c. II. Roberts.
etc. etc. to make speeches this WIN
ter in the school houses of the state
and thus spread the facts before the
people.
We call upon every subscriber fol-
the ANTI-MoNoPoLI>T TO send us an
other subscriber, and thus double oul
influence in the state.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-20

The Indianapolis Sun seems to
think that the act repeating the re-
sumption act will have very slim
chance of even passing the senate.
We are inclined to the same belief.
The Sun says;
"The bill will be referred, of course,
to the senate committee on finance,
upon which there are three Democrats
every one of whom will undoubtedly
vote against it. They are Bayard of
Delaware, Herman of New York, and
Wallace of Pennsylvania. 1t is too
much to hope that the bill will find an
advocate in any of these. It will
therefore be without Democratic
friend on the finance committee. The
Republican members of the committee
are Henry, Howe, Allison. Jones,
Morrill, and Dawes. Of these Messrs.
Ferry and Jones are the only members
who are understood to be in favor Of
repeal, with Allison and Howe to re-
cruit from. Thus it will be seen that
if the Repeal Bill finds champion at
all in the committee it will be Re-
puDlcdIl. fStUdlO1 CITY uoo UCOA
classed as a Greenback man; but it he
plants himself upon repeal he will an
tagonize the whole delegation of his
state in the lower house, which did not
furnish a single vote for the People
cause. There is not a Democrat in
the senate who is openly committed
to the repeal of the Resumption Act,
eycept Mr.. Voorhees,. of Indiana. and
Mr.. Beck. of Kentucky. Events have
conspired to bring Mr.. Worries thus
early face to face with great occa
sion. His opportunity has come early.
and the eyes of the suffering people Of
the whole country will be riveted up
on him in the senate contest upon
this all important measure.
The senate was the last stronghold of
slavery, long after the popular reyolu-
Ition had made the House republican.
History is simply repeating itself.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-20

Mr.. Lincoln foresaw the Importance
Of the financial issues. William Pitt
kellogg, U. S., senator for LOUISIANA
was interviewed the other day, and
said:
.Iincoln sent for me the Monday
night before he was shot. SAID ne:
ssPitt | N going to reappoint you cher
Justice of Nebraska. But II were
YOU / would take one of the Loulslan-
a offices. You can have the assistant
treasurer's place, or be naval officer,
or surveyor. Nebraska will not come
into the union for some long time yet.
The leuding question IN american pot
iics for the ne.rt fifty gears acln De
finance. If | were you | would take
commercial instead of judicial
office.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-20

We print the following interesting
article from a recent issue of the
Pioneer Press.
While the Pioneer Press did not
oppose the Merrill book bill, when it
was before the legislature, because it
was certain to have at least one very
desirable effect, in breaking the back
relieve the people of the enormous
extortions practised by the publishers,
yet we did not advocate it, partly
because we doubted whether it was
wise for the State to go into the
business of furnishing school books.
but mainly because we feared that
under the centralized machinery of
the bill inferior books would be palmed
off on the public schools; that really
good books would not be furnished at
tile exceedingly low prices named in
the bill, and that the experiment would
result in failure. In this respect we
have been agreeably disappointed.
The State series of textbooks which
have been furnished by Mr.. Merrill,
and approved by the State commits
sioners, are admitted on all hands to
be equal to and experienced teachers
do not hesitate to declare that they
are greatly superior to those general
ly in use. They are an entirely new
series, and the best ability in the
country has been employed in their
preparation, by the two great publish
ing houses of Appleton & Co.. and
sheldon and & Co., primarily to fill
Mr.. Merrlll's contract to supply the
public schools of Minnesota, but of
| course, looking to the general demand
for an improved series of textbooks.
We notice in our state exchanges a
good deal of complaint about the de-
lay in furnishing the books, and the
difficulties in getting them now that
they are ready. For these delays
and difficulties. however, Mr.. Mer-
rill explains in letter to the Faribault
Republican. that he is not responsible.
They arise from obstacles interposed
to the execution of the law, he does
not say by whom, but it is evident
that he refers to the action of the
state superintendent of public instruc-
ton. who was bitterly opposed to the
passage of the bill. and who. since
| it became a law. has felt it his duty to
do all he could to Illustrate it's opera.
| ton, with Il view to secure it's repeal
| this winter. The law made it his duty
| to send out blanks for the requisitious
of the district clerks last March.
This he declined or neglected to do.
Ii it had been done Mr.. Merrill claims
| that with orders, commensurate with
| the existing popular demand for the
| State series. he could have made i'm.
mediate arrangements with Eastern
| publishers for an immediate supply OF
| the best books in vogue. Moreover a
systematic and organized attack was
made on the law throughoutth the State
County superintendent and school
officials were told that the law was a
dead failure, and would be repealed
this winter. and every effort was made
| to discourage the school authorities
of the counties from sendiug their
| orders for books. The school-book
publishers of course very naturally
did all they could to swell the crA
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-20


The lordly proprietors OF the SILVER
mountains are running their shafts
and the dark, secret, subterraneous
vaults of their mines into the cham
bers Of the American congress. 1t is
time to investigate. The country IS
entitled to know the quality and
quantity of the influences which have
enabled the hidalgos of the lodes to so
run this congress that the people are
in imminent danger of an immediate
reduction of the purchasing power OF
the greenback and of the wages of all
workingmen. in order to swell the
fabulous riches of the Nevada pluto
crats. Pioneer Press.
Is it not sad state of affairs when
the corruption of the bondholders can
only be overcome by counter corrup-
ton on the part of 1.-the lordly propri-
etors Of the silver mountains
Jones and Sharon are able to Eight
the devil with fire" and hence silver
will be remonetized; but the repeal of
the resumption law has no such adv O.
Gates and hence it will be defeated.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-20

against the law and to instigate active
opposition in all influential quarters.
Under these discOuraging circumstan-
ces Mr.. Merrill, finding he could make
no terms with publishers for any
text books of the highest standard
already published. made arrangements
with the great house already men
toned for an entirely new series, in
the preparation of which they engaged
distinguished textbook authors of
national fame, and the result is a
series which is pronounced by dis
tinguished teachers of high repute,
who have not only inspected but
tried them, the best ever introduced
in the State. And in spite Of all the
obstacles which have been thrown in
his way by those whose duty it was
to execute the provisions of the law,
we learn that he has received orders
for the State series of books from sixty
out of the seventy counties in the
State-the only ones not sending
orders being Aitkin. Big Stone, Carl
ton, Lake, which can scarcely be said
to have any school population and
Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Polk and Rock,
new counties away off in the frontier,
and Wadena and Renville. The pop
ular demand has largely triumphed
over all official opposition, and as the
State text books average less than
half the prices of the text books now
in general use, while they are said to
be at the same time in all respects
equal, and by many are claimed to be
cuDarjor fo tho boCt in 1lCn there can
be no longer any reasonable doubt
that the demand will be UNIVERSAL;
and the law will be sustained by the
people. and that all efforts to thwart
or obstruct it's execution will fail.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-20

During the great famine IN Ireland.
people were surprised TO find that
shipload on shipload of grain was be-
ing sent from that country. The con-
dition of the United States is similar
to that of Ireland. While many
thousands of our people are actually
suffering for the necessaries of life
many of them on the brink of starva-
tion-one shipload after the other. of
meat and grain are sent to Europe and
other countries. while all the old
women in the land, refrigerated and
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-20

We want our friends to do all they
can to spread the circulation of the
ANTI-MoNoPoLIsT among the people;
not for our sake, but for the sake of
the principles it represents. Here is
a correspondent of the indianapolis
Sun, an intelligent man. who writes:
NY own experience furnishes an ar
gument in the case: for years | was
accustomed to rely upon the Republl-
can and Democratic papers for all my
information relative TO the current
events appertaining to the money
question. But when l commenced.
last March year ago. at the urgent
solicitation of a friend. to read the In
dianapolis Sun. soon learned to my
establishment. that l missed being put
in possession of the most important
facts in the case. and that l never
could become we'll posted on the sub
lect by continuing my reading to such
papers. and would not now exchange
the information / have derived from
that source for all the knowledge ]
could gain upon the subject from
reading all the Republican and Dem
ocratic papers in the country.
Now we Undertake TO say that no pa
per published in this state gives as
much information. lin every issue
upon the great questions of the day
as the ANTI-MoNoPoLIST. The rest
of the Minnesota newspapers. with q
few exceptions. are simply diluted
echoes of the New York Journals
which simply tell the people what
Belmont and Jay Gould want them te
know, and no more.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-20

pantalooned, are exulting that the
balance of trade is in our favor.-La-
Dor Adrdnce
1t is curious anomaly that the
United States produces more food and
more material for cotton ald wooden
goods, to the inhabitant, than any
other land on earth, and yet nowhere
to-day are there SO many unemployed
workmen, without sufficient food or
clothing.
God has done his part. The selfish
ness of man has brought his mighty
generosity to nought.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-20

It looks now as if England would
have to interfere in the Russo-Turk
ish war to protect her own integrity
in the East against the combination
of the three emperors Of Russia, Prus-
STA, and Austria.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-20

John Sherman. Secretary of the
Treasury, in his official report the
other day, said;
In establishing a system of paper
money designed to be permanent it
must be remembered that heretofore
no expedient has been devised, either
in this or other countries. that III
times of panic or adverse trade, has
prevented the drain and exhaustion of
coin reserves. however large or care
fully guarded. Every such system
must provide for suspension OF Spe-
Gle payment. Laws may forbid or lg-
more such u contingency, but 1t will
come; and when it comes it cannot be
resisted. but should he acknowledged
and declared, to prevent unnecessary
sacrifice and ruin. In our free gov
eminent the power to make this dec
laration will not be willingly intrusted
to individuals, but should be determine
ed by events and conditions known to
all.
If this be true. why not provide for
the contingency now upon us. Ito pre-
vent unnecessary sacrifice and rum!
If it will be right to suspend specie
payments in the future, to save the
banks. why would it not be right to
suspend them now to save the people!
Or is John throwing out an anchor to
windward. knowing that if they even
force specie payments now they will
have to suspend them again!
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-07
BRITISH INTERFERENCE.
Growing Conviction that England viii Soon
Join In the Conflict.

FpISDrRGH Juno G.-1hc London cor
respondent Of the scotsman tclcgrlphs MS fol-
lows; In Ministerial circles there is re-
newal OF the uncusness which prevailed whom
Russia dc Jared war. IA 10 tho part this country
will shortly be- called upon to take. This feel
Ing has boon etrrnlthrn"d hy the general con.
Nmion OF high military nuihorttios tAiI Russia
Turk y Is con 'erncd. ur nhle 20 dniitc her own
terms. ~ ono or two rrgim, niil dinners Inst
woes. officers ~ the high, II rank expressed
'nrs that Er ;lanl would soon boz at war, and
that 80 lar liltn hns been done tu prepare for
th""L h!lrf y also growing tnAt our Coz
own policy. that Austria. which is the only
probable ally cannot bn depended upon. ana
therefore 1t would b" wis rnd iairer II tho
iremirr and Cabinet would frankly decnre
what they VIII do If the Russ lnn troops dire, tly
ulr"aten Cons lantinople either IA Europe or
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-07
the TiPPiN HOR>EWIIIPrING
The Marriage Yesterday that Followed Mr.
smiths Application Of the knw hide.

Beautiful, ancient Tappan, on the line Of
the Northern Railroad Of New Jersey, and two
miles west Of the Palisades Of the Hul7)n river.
has obtained notoriety twice in rs history first.
when Mayor Andre VIA tried and ronyi ted IN
the old stone house. which Is yet IN the main
street, and WIS hanged n the hill beyond; AMI
second. when Os ar Deyoc was recently horse
whipped by Mrs. Mary Smith. the pretty dangh-
ter Of Capt. Josiah Pollock. The hitter event is.
Of course, the freshest piece Of nows in that
sociion. and everybody talks Of it, Mrs Smith
had been lily spoken of by Devoo. H. asserted
among h,rtnnEs that he hnd been rcqu ,sted
a. stand nv. with Mrs. Smith at th" wedding
Of her sister. VI s- Fanny Polio H. AMI TINT he
hnd "mphhil'llly d"elin 'd the honor. rcii'ting
nt the same tm' upon the reputation of Mrs
smith. W non she chnstisrd llm M the garden
gate NJ Mrs Peter Ii"nyon'- COTTAGE cvrry-
body WIS ready to applaud her, but the Deyoe
family is very extensive in Tappan. ana tao
chrrrln- WAS not heard.
Yesterday WIS the day nyad for Miss Fanny
Pollock = marrmgoto Grors" 7 Hobart. Ii wns
intlmht"t that D"Voe intended to Interfere with
tho marriage ceremony. But DcNOr h fIt nWuy
Capt. josiah lallork, the idnur of III" lridn
WAS AT home. He is a sturdy. matter of int
business man. who hns had mu N To DO " tn
railroads and srhmhpats. ana who has the
steamer Ninm COOK chnrirred for this sra-
% tn" parlors OF the Polio * rosld 'nr' yostrr-
uay AFTERNOON, wore thm Intimate friends OF
neat fitting travelling costume. Tho mar
rage ceremony WAS performed hy the Row
Mr. SHAW If C"-lor and, then thr
did NOT "slnnd nj" At tho wedding with any
one, tn4 i,'lo b f'ud VA h"d he known iih
ny have rrovont.d tho scene. Mrs. Smth
throatrned 70 ,uMhidr D"yoc short time he-
fore sho dd ia" work. She told him
had hcome .anrry at her for some
'rNal thing and Aa h" was ionl Of the sol. .ty
he ra,i t'm Nth siorie ,' con o;ninr ,,I'
Nwlu, hh' onl her parents and those h'si a.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-07
TIIE QrEEN Tr BicIs.
4 Heavy Trnck aud slow Time The Favoi
nc. Hcntrr In Every Race.

CTNCtNNATI, June C.--Ths was tho third
day Of the spring running meeting Of tho
Queen City Jockey club. Although the day WIS
flno with a warm sun and fresh brrc2n tho
ira X was still heavy from ycstcrdny's rain and
the time slow. Tho fayOrites were beaten in
every race.
I'hc first racc mile dash. had nine entries,
all " which started. In the pools before the
RAJ, Inpland wns strong favortc selling at
100. Tlie Brent. so L inburg. 50: Bll San
dors 25. and the field &c. The start WIS good
one. Cumberland at the pole and Victrcss in tho
lead which position she held throughout the
frs, half mile. In the first quarter Lapand.
Bill Sanders. and Belle Lee ran neck and mock.
a close bunch Of seconds. but E.linburg camo
forward and held the second position at the half
milo. gradually working TO tho front. and oal-
ing nj the throc-quarter pole followed clos ,ly
hy Tllic Brent and Nictress. Down the home
squurcly abreast. with Nlgtress tapping, and
pissed under the string. Elnhnrg the winner
by "A span Tillc Brent Second. Ni,trcss third
The others not placed. Time | SO
Nine out OF the twrnty-one nominations
started in the second racc-the Burnet stake for
thre"-yrnr- ods. mile heats. In 'ep pools before
the race Charley Gorhnm WIS the favorite. sell
ing at 100; Miller Phac,on colt, 90; Mamie
the field. 40 The horses got OF well. Mamie
Gray at the pole but Bill Buss struck out sharply
for the lead and gained II leaving Allan Pinker-
ton and Charley Gorhan 10 contend for second
rgoe. The heat WIS taken by Bill Bass in
u dozen lengths in front Of Charley Gorham.
Allan Plnkerton third. Commodore Parisot
fourth. Millers phaoton colt fifth. the others not
placed.
Pools now sold lively on Bill Bnss as the
faVOrite AZ 1870. with Micr's colt at 49, Charley
Gorham AZ %, Allln plnkerton H. and Commo-
dure Parsot Is. In this heat the Phaeton colt
shot rauidiy, To the front at the start. and led
throughout tn first half mile. pr s-rd closely
hy Iiil llss and Allan pnkerton, but down tho
hark stretch BIZ Bass crowded. PASSED the
IhaetOn colt. AMI came in the winner of the
heat and ra 'c ia jj. Mher's Pharton colt
So 'ond, Allan Pukcrton third. Charley GorhHm
fourth Cummoiorr Pdr|sot not placed.
The third rncc WAS "a scillnl. r.p". ~ miles,
and had ny" starters. In III" pools. previous TO
the start. Port l"onarl lO2 poun T.. sold at
slb0; WurJis. 100 pounds. az $50, Nictrrss. 10
pounds at $685. Blil sanders. 70 pounds. at $50;
and Dungeon. y3 pounds. at ~. The horses
got IN promptly. Port L"onarl at the pole Bnl
SHnd"rs lmned ate, took the first position. and
heiOrc the quarter wis rDH. he'd his rider WIS
holding him harh. an he allowed War Jig and
' .tre-s 90 como witnin lsn 9Th II him. At the
hnlf mile sanders stil led with Leonard. We
trees. und War Jig punched two lengths be-
hind. Nletr s- worked forward 10 the second
place In the last ha'f uile. and IA" horses passed
under tho str ng sanders no" winner Nictr -
second. War B.. IA rd / n Leonard fourth, and
Dungeon Llatau 'od. Time. 2.JJ