Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-18
THE sw1NDL1Ne BRASS KErrLEs.

a CRY ihdt Hitt Not Be Appedsed Until
Relief IS Obtained.
The following letters show that the far
mers are not content with the swindling
brass kettles, and will give no rest to the
fraud until it is exterminated:
ROCHESTER, Nov. II, 1878.
L. B. Hodges, Esq,
DEAR SIR-Seeing that you are chairman of
the investigating committee on the wheat ques-
ton, thought that a few brief remarks to you
concerning the Olmsted county crops would not
be entirely inappropriate. We have no No. l
wheat, but very little, if any d. the general
crops ranging from No. 3 to rejected the latter
embracing the greater portion. But even at
to % cents per bushel, is to many farmers very
obscure, sincet to convert it into -four it would
bring far more.
I, for one, have noted the yield of flour from
this wheat, and the following is the result of
my observations:
Twelve and one-half bushels of No wheat
was ground, yielding, after toll was deducted,
457 lbs. of flour. 154 lbs of bran, and IS lbs. of
shorts. Now, the 1919 bushels of wheat were
worth. at street price, As cents, $5.62, while
the yield in -four is worth $1O.42, bran, SO
cents. shorts, cents, making the wheat worth
in -four, S5.27 more than before How, then.
can it be accounted for that the price of wheat
is SO much less than that of flour? What shall
we do to remedyit? Yours &c., d. NooNEN.
ANSWER.
Let the farmers all over the State continue
these experiments and publish the results
expose the inherent rascality of the wheat
buyers-show up the gross injustice they
seek to impose upon us-go for the Internal
thieves, no matter whether they be Repub-
licans or Democrats. Hold them up to the
everlasting excavations of all honest men.
Organize for the victory of right over
wrong.
Sink politics out of sight. Demand in
thunder tones of your legislature, such legis-
lation as will forever prevent such robberies
of the farmers as are now perpetrated with
impunity. With $4,000 farmers organized
and determined to maintain their rights, the
wheat rings will be sunk with their swindling
brass kettles so far out of sight that the hand
of resurrection never will reach them. am
daily obtaining material for my report to the
chamber of commerce in which you will find
facts, sworn testimony of the victims, etc,
etc. 1t will be no whitewashing affair.
Down with the swindling brass kettles and
with all their sneaking apologists. Yours
for the right, LEONARD B. HODGES.
ANOTHER GAUGE OF THE MILLERs' RING.
To the Editor Of the Globe.
WAvEhLY, Nov. 15.-In looking over the
Minneapolis columns of the Pioneer Press
notice an article headed chad for wire
binders,'' with command to the farmers
Minnesota, by the Minneapolis Millers'
ISOLATION, that they shall not use wire binders
in the future without paying penalty of 10
cents per bushel. suppose they think thai
their brass kettles went all right in the last
election, and they think when they were so
successful with that they can add 10 cents
more to their profits or compel the1farmers tc
keep the old and expensive way of saving
his wheat. suppose they think he is get
ting too well off selling his wheat at 35 cents
bushel. | wonder they did not find this
out month ago. suppose it is a plan to
recover the vast amount spent in the fraud
ulent election of one of them. No, w. D.
Washburn, I think the farmers of this dis
trict who supported the Millers' association
are now beginning to see where their folly
was, as have heard men who were loud in
their defense Of the millers of Minneapolis,
cursing them and themselves for supporting
such heartless gang.
Very truly yours, VIM. QUINN.