Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-15
HE RING MAKE OVERTUREs.
But they Meet With the Cool Comfort
of Defiance.
DETAILS OF WRONGS RECITED,
Which Even a Chamber of Commerce
Committee Cannot Defend.
ORGANIZATION VS.. THE RING,
The Farmers Will Declare their Indie.
pendence and Combine for
Protection.

Inc farmers OF dennep1n county met &C
cording to call for the purpose of investigat-
ing the wheat ring said to exist in the city
of Minneapolis.
The farmers assembled at Mendenhall's
hall about 1890 A. M, there being fully fifty
persons present, representing seven of the
twenty towns in the county. w. s. Chowen,
of Minnetonka, was chosen chairman and T..
II. Schofeld, of Bloomington, appointed
secretary. The secretary read the call under
which the meeting assembled, and those
present Immediately commenced business.
GENTLE CHARLEY CLARK
(who is sly dog-is Charley made a few
brief remarks and moved that the meeting
resolve itself into mass convention, as
there were many farmers present who would
be pleased to participate.
Mr.. Hamilton, of Richfeld, objected. He
said that calls had been sent into
all the towns of the county, and he did not
enjoy having the meeting packed by out
siders. When the convention came to vot-
ing he wanted the sufferers to have the
say-so.
On motion the following committee on
credentials was then appointed: Joseph Ham
ilton, of Richfeld; D. E. Dow, of Mime
tonka; and William Kill, of Bloomington
DELEGATES.
After mature deliberation the committee
reported the following named gentlemen as
armed and equipped with duly authenticated
credentials:
VIM. s. Chowen, D. E. Dow, Charles Bassett,
J.T. Blaisdell, J. A. Bull, s. G. Yancy, Min
neapolis.
g. h. Clark, G. ]. Woodward, Abel Wilson,
Richfeld.
@. E. Hastings, A. P. Lane, q. D. Miers,
IChamplin.
J.. Mahoney, VIM. Kell, Walter Mcleod,
Bloomington.
D. D. Moore, st. Anthony.
j.. M. Durham, A. 81. Benson, A. J. Coulter,
Brooklyn.
DISCUSSION.
While the committee on credentials was
out quite running fire of statements was
kept up. The ball was opened by Charley
Clark, stating that he had
WEIGHED his WHEAT
before starting from home, and that it had
gone fifty-nine pounds to the bushel
while on being graded at the mills it had
only gone fifty-six pounds.
Mr.. Clark moved the appointment of a
committee of three to
TEST THE TESTER
that is, to get the little brass timble from
the grader at the mills, and have it com
pared with the sealed state measures at the
county treasurer's Office. Adopted; and
Joseph Hamilton, j. D. Schofeld and E
Benson appointed as such committee, with
instructions to report at o'clock P. M.
Then the discussion was continued, and
became general, the whole tenor of it being
against making the matter political, and
only demanding that justice should be done
the farmers. ALI were favorable to an or.
ganization of the farmers, not to
FIGHT THE Mn4LEBs' ASSOCIATION,
but to defend and protect the rights of the
producers.
Mr.. Hamilton said that there was certain
| district of country which was naturall!
tributary to the Minneapolis mills. Fo
twenty years past this district was considered
| the property of the mills in this city, anG
the Minneapolis millers had paid no atten
ton whatever to it, while out on the lines Of
road beyond the limits of the district the,
sent buyers who bought and paid from ten t.
FIFTEEN CENTS PER BUsHE1 HIGHER
than was paid the farmers here It was al
q plan to build up the rich and grind dow
| the poor. The millers knew that no othe
buyers would dare to come into Hennepil
county to buy wheat, and if the buyers di
come they were bought off, and the farmer
/ compelled to sell to the Millers' association
| It was we'll known the
LABoRERs OF THIS CITY
paid as much for -four to feed their familie
as was paid by people of Boston, while tn
millers of Minneapolis could afford to shi
the flour to Boston, pay the freight on it an
sell at the Minneapolis price.
4 At this point a recess was taken until 1:3
Il P. NJ.
4 AFTERNOON SESSION.
1 On reassembling the following committe
on resolutions was appointed: VS.. Mcleod
James A.. Bull, Jeremi ah Mahoney, S.
Yancey and Q. 3. Evans.
4 On motion committee consisting Z
John Blaisdell and D. d. Moore VIZ
appointed to investigate as to the legality
, using the brass thimble as tester
At this point c. A. Pillsbury and G. T
$ Petit appeared as a committee from IL
Millers association, and submitted the 70
lowing
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