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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-05-16

The Changers Of Missouri are mo.
ing in the right direction. They find
that stock-raisers are the victims of
a ring of middle-men who are robbing
them of the hard-earned fruits of
their industry, and they propose to
put a stop to it. They say:
WHEREAS, Stockraisers and the
farming community of Missouri gen.
orally have been bearing a grieyous
burden imposed by an army Of CON-
mission men at st. Louis. who are
in league with the butchers and other
buyers, who conspire together to get
our stock below the cost Of produc-
ton, thereby. swindling the farmers
out Of their honest labor.
And whereas, 1t is a notorious fact
that commission men have managed
to have it 50 arranged that . man
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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-05-16

q district clerk of High Forest re
ports that the people of his district
are anxious to have the benefit OF the
law, and says if the books are to be
changed at all, the sooner it will be
accomplished the better. They dc
not wish to see the law repealed until
it has fair trial.
There are some clerks who regard
the duties imposed as ashardship. A
German from Pennington, for in.
stance. who brought in the order
from his district, wanted to know
where the faw was which obliged him
to order the books, and spoke of the
act as an ''outrage.' and said they
would not ''stand it," The superin.
tendent explained the matter salts.
factorily land the clerk good naturedly
handed in his order and departed.
The penalty imposed for non-com-
pllance with the law is fine of $25,
but it is as binding as any other
statute.
Supt. Spring further reports that
the teachers throughout the county
have shown disposition to assist in
the introduction of the new books,
or at least to throw no obstacle in
the way where the books are desired.
In some instances, where the funds
OF district treasures were needed to
pay teachers wages, Supt. Spring has
found it advisable to recommend off.
GERS to order only such books as are
required for the summer schools, the
reduced number to be made up by
orders. The books can
be obtained at the county depository
by paying ten per cent. above the
state price.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-05-16

Minnesota is to-day the most pros
porous state in the Union, thanks to a
big crop and fair prices; and Dodge
eounty is one of it's oldest and most
PROSPEROUS counties, purely agrlcul'
tural county, with rich soil and an
industrious population, and no grass
hopper visitations in the past. and
vet even here the record of debt is
startling:
According to tho Mantorville Ex.
press. there are 955 mortgages held
by residents of Dodge county, the
amount due thereon being something
over half million dollars.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-05-16

In discussion in the Scientific
American of the reasons why the
United States is falling behind Eng
land in it's commercial relations with
South America and other foreign
countries, We find this point:
The other complaint lies against our
high tariff, which disables us from
buying and importing foreign prod
ucts, and thus forces merchants
abroad to trade with England. because
the outward freight on their purchas-
es is lessened by the fact that the
ship is sure of return freight to Eu-
rope"
Does not this especially concern the
wheat producing region Of the CONT
nent. England only takes our wheat
when she cannot get % supply.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-05-16
Evidently the Nationals will poll

Evidently the Nationals will poll
avery large vote at the fall elections
this year. Everywhere We see the
evidences of growth, and, better than
all, of organization. The indications
are that complete revolution in the
politics of many of the states will be
effected this fall. We quote a few
items of news illustrative of these
views:
NEW YORK, May lOth.-The execu-
tive council of the National party met
to-day, d. B. Steargeon, of Ohio, pre-
siding. and discussed plan for sys-
tematic organization throughout the
coantry. Gratifying reports Of the
condition of the party were announced
as received from all Sections.
PHILADELPHIA Times Ind): It is
reported that l, 100 names are on the
rolls of the national party in Hunting.
ton Pa.
The ''Nationalists" in Schuylkill
county, Pa. are said to number about
eight thousand five hundred.
SAN FRANCISCO Alta Cal. Nnd:-
s'1f the Republicans and Democrats
do not unite on a joint ticket for del.
gates to the constitutional convention
the Kearney party will come in with
votes enough to carry the election
over more than half the state, and it
will only be proper recognition of
the geuius Of the leader of the new
party to make him president of the
convention"
TO the Editor Of the Sun:
SIR-The National, or Greenback
party, carried the town Of Rensselaer,.
vile, Albany county, N. Y, April Q,
1878, unanimously. Mr.. Moore was
elect I'd supervisor and is greenback
man to the backbone. l commenced
to organize clubs in February last
and the work is going bravely on in
Albany, and Green counties.
Yours truly,
Hudson, n. Y. ISAAC SMITH.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-05-16

The orders for the Merrill books
are flowing in rapidly from all parts
of the State. Minnesota will save
this year nearly 500, 900 through the
operation Of the law. We quote the
following from the Record and Union
of Rochester
Supt. Spring informs us that he has
received orders for the state series of
school books from about 80 districts.
He expects to forward them to st.
Paul in a day or 50, and the new
books will arrive in the course of a
week or ten days. He reports that
district clerks in nearly every instance
are cheerfully complying with the
Law, both in letter and in spirit, and
believes that all that is necessary to
secure compliance with its provis-
isions on the part of all. is a better
knowledge of its design and practical
working. While at first he regarded
the law Of questionable propriety, he
considered it no part of the duty of
public officers to place Instructions
in the way of its enforcement, and he
feels confident that the law will come
into general operation. He says the
new books are of full average quality,
and furnished for one-half or Zone
third of former prices. The operation
of the law viii practically put an end
to the extortion practiced by school
book rings for a number sof years to
come, at least as far as this state is
concerned.
Some persons imagine that the law
is a swindle upon the people, which
Will bankrupt the school district
treasures. But Supt. Spring esti-
mates that the sum of $1,000 would
be sufficient to supply the county with
all the books that are needed; a sum
of money 10, small t. bankrupt any
district in the county.
The orders received for books
amount to about $50 on the average,
but the village Of High Forest has
ordered 4146 worth. Byron and
-.a1..x AS furnished g.s.. o-.-r--.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-05-16
II the following statement is true

II the following statement is true
it contains fact worth showing:
one of the most intelligent farmers
of WabaSha county informs the Lake
City Leader that by soaking seed
corn for seven hours in a very strong
decoction of chloride of lime, corn can
be forced ahead to maturity two or
three weeks sooner than it will ma
ture otherwise; besides, he thinks it
renders the seed almost proof against
the depredations Of gophers. The
lime warns up the germ Of the seed
and sends it up quickly. giving it two
or three weeks the start of corn plant
ed in the ordinary way, thereby in
suring it against the frost at the close
of the season. For this latitude, this
is very important matter. OF
course. if the seed is to be planted
with u seeder, the surface of the seed
will have to be dried off after taking
it out of the lime water.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-05-16
eAnti- -;Monopollst,
81 > ~
IGNATIUS DONNELLY. EDITOR

So far we have had nothing but the
most flattering accounts OF the staSe
of the growing wheat crop OF the
world, circulated doubtless to break
down the price OF the stock on hand.
We may now begin to look out for the
other side of the story. Here is an
item:
Reports of the wheat crop in Ten.
nessee show that the rust is lnJurlng II
to a considerable extent. Otherwlse'
the prospect is very favorable. 1t is
headinp out in some counties.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-05-16
Our frontier readers will be glad to

Our frontier readers will be glad to
have the following news:
Special Telegram to the Pioneer Press.
WASHINGTON, May l2.-Congress
has passed what is known as the tim.
ber-culture act, which is intended to
encourage the growth of timber upon
the prairies. 1t provides that any
head of family. or any one who has
arrived at the age of twenty-one
years, who shall plant, protect and
keep in healthy, growing condition
for eight yearssten acres of timber
trees, not being more than four or five
feet apart each way, on any quarter
section of any of the public lands of
the United States, or five acres on any
legal subdivision of eighty acres, or
two and one.half acres on any legal
subdivision of eighty acres, or two
and one-half acres on any legal subdi-
vision of forty acres, or One-eigthth
part of any fractional subdivision Of
land less than forty acres, shall be
ENTITLED TO A PATENT
for the whole of such quarter section
or such legal subdivision of eighty or
forty acres or fractional subdivision
Of less than forty acres. as the case
may be, at the expiration Of said
eight years, on making proof of such
fact by not less than two credible wit.
nesses; provided that not more than
one-quarter of any section shall be
thus granted, and that no person shall
make more than one entry under the
provisions of this act, unless fraction
al subdivisions of less than forty
acres are entered which in the ag-
gregate shall not exceed one quarter
section.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-05-16
The Chicago Times published a sen.

The Chicago Times published a asen-
satiOnal letter from st. Louis, to the
effect that all classes are in painful
anticipation of a bloody conflict on
the labor question; that the Socialists
declare they must have a general di-
vision OF property; that the military
fever is prevalent and premises the
gravest results, and that both classes
are earning for the fray" and night.
ly drilling. the workingmen almost as
openl.- as the militia. a.-Pioneer Press.
This is terrible state of affairs.
"A writer to the Cincinnati Enquirer
refers to "the vast bodies of armed
men who are nightly drilling in sc.
cret halls and by-ways," in all the
great cities. He adds:
Processing profound ignorance, my
knight of the jack-plane went on to
state that it was generally understood
and talked among the tramps he had
met that another winter could not
come and find things as they are now;
that revolution must ensue or times
change; that the battle would be be.
tween capital on one side and labor on
the other, and that it was likely to be
preclpltated at any moment. The
above sentiment pervades the minds
OF nine out of every ten idle men
have met. So far as the floating pop
ulation is concerned. they do not seem
to have any very clear idea how the
trouble is to be started, but they will
prove powerful auxiliaries to the
more intelligent commune leaders in
the cities. who are fomenting the
present agitation.
There is but one remedy. 1t is to
produce good times by putting an end
to the contraction Of the currency;
and by giving some reasonable expan-
sion of 'sA currency, that will change
the market from falling to rising
one, revive hope, restore confidence
and set the wheels of industry and
enterprise in motion once more.
The question is shall the lives and
happiness Of hundreds of thousands
Of human beings be sacrificed for a
financial theory! Suppose we raise
troops enough in the country to kill
of the entire idle and turbulent popu-
lation of the cities, cui bono! What
has been gained! Will that bring
prosperity. Will that give work and
and bread
WHAT is there in the land more val
liable than the lives Of the people /!
Why should they be sacrificed to
make dollars more valuablei
1t is q sad state of affairs when Ia.
Dor, which in other countries is the
basis and foundation Of all growth
and prosperity, becomes a source of
danger to the body polite.
There is fearful load Of RESPONSE
bility on the men who consciously in.
ausurated a financial policy which
was 10 increase the powers of capital
by bringing desolation and ruin into a
thousand homes; and which now
threatens untold shames and miseries
to our country.
Such results would not have been
possible if the bulk Of the people had
not been the blind slaves Of an.inua-
tel ~~s1ssc11 ryr.:.s.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-05-16

contraction policy has reduced the
great bulk of the people of Indiana:
4. It is within the truth to say
that ''five-sixths of our population
are utterly penniless, and four-ffths
have mortgaged all their future Ia
bOr." Of course this expression
means that if all the property of
debtors was to-day transferred to the
creditors at the cash value it would
bring under the sheriff's hammer, it
would leave five-sixths of the people
without penny's worth of property,
and a balance of debt would be left
hanging over four-fifths of them. SO
large that all the labor they could per-
form during the remainder of their
lives would not produce enough to
pay that debt with its increasing
IiSIIrV
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-05-16
Money is a measure of value; yard

Money is a measure Of value; yard
sticks are measure Of quantity;
scales are measure of weights.
Suppose the government decreed
that there should be only a limited
number Of yard-sticks, and scales, for
the whole country; and then few
shrewd men bought them all up, and
changed ten per cent. interest for
their use; and every man who bought
or sold had to pay tribute to the own
ers of the yard-sticks and scales be-
fore he could carry on his business.
what effect would it have on trade,
commerce and the prosperity of the
people.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-05-16

The Winona Republican seems to
doubt that the great explosions. three
in number, which cccGrred at Mime.
apolis. with such terrible results,
were caused by the -four dust in the
mills. 1t says:
The extraordinary violence of the
explosion in the Washburn mill. how
ever, can not be clearly accounted for
on this theory. In all previous in
stances recorded the explosions have
been comparatively trifing. the chief
damage resulting from the subse-
ouent FIRE. But the Minneapolis ex-
piuolun wAs tsrxlnc, pEviucilax = ssavSA
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-05-16
We have claimed from time

We have claimed from time to
time that our laws gave money,
which, at best may be considered as
one form of property, an advantage
over all other forms of property.
Here is an illustration of the fact,
from the indianapolis San:
A petition in bankruptcy was filed
in the U. S. court on Monday, which
was compelled by the following cir
cumstances: f. sold to NJ. certain
property for $1,000. n. paid alto
gether on the property about $500
together with large amount in in
terest. NJ. fails to pay the balance of
about 81 500. f. secures decree of
foreclosure and the property is put
up at sheriff's sale. f bids about 500
and the property is knocked down to
him. leaving about 500 or $500 of the
judgement unsatisfed. which becomes
= personal judgement against NJ. A
writ is obtained to make the $500 and
the drug store of NJ. is levied upon,
closed up. and NJ. is forced into bank
ruptcy. f. gets back the property
he sold originally. he gets 500 Of
Ms money. and wants all the balance
of Ms property. +. is a Shylock and
usurer. NJ. a man of enterprise and
business.
What reason is there. in the nature
Of things, why the $500 of debt
should overbalance utterly the S5 500
of money paid, and then eat up all the
rest of the debtors propertyi 1t is a
relic of tne old age when the creditor
sold his debtor into slavery. There is
no equity in any such condition Of the
laws
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-05-16

The Indianapolis Sun makes the
following startling statement, show
49, la.s Aepsilsvl uAisSiy " wllcn Ine
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-06-15

THE microphone, invented by
Professor Hughes, will do for the ear
what the microscope has done for
the eye. In paper read before the
Royal Society of London he describes
at length the modus operandi of his
apparatus by means of which sound
is so magnified that as it is described,
ga touch of the finger on the vibrat-
ing plate was conducted to the speak
ing end in a volume of vibration
like the rustic of a forest; the strok-
ing of cancels hair brush on a card
was magnified into the sound of a
loud whisper; the beating OF pulse
or the tick of a watch was found to
pass with perfect clearness through
a resistance representing a hundred
miles of space; and when a fly hap
pened to walk over the plate, the
tramp of its feet was most distinctly
caught like some six legged horse
trotting, and it was, moreover, heard
to trumpet from its raised proboscis
like an elephant in an Indian jun
gle." r.y.r pts
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-06-15
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
coNSTARLE's SALE.

10y VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION Issued
u out of the Justices Court of Silver City
Township, in and for tie County of Lyon,
State of Nevada. on the 9Th day Of June, A.
d. 1878, md to me directed and delivered for
the satisfaction of a judgment rendered in
said Court on the 4th day of June, A. d. 1878,
in favor of Frank Kenyon, plaintiff, and against
The p. r. and Montgomery Mining Company,
a corporation, defendant, for the sum of One
Hundred and Seventy-one Dollars, l have on
this, the 7th day Of June, A. ID. 1878. at
O'Clock P. NJ, levied upon the following prop
erty, to wit:
All that certain mining claim or location
known as The P. Il. and Montgomery Gold
and Silver Mining Company's claim, situated
in Devils Gate and Chinatown Mining Dis
trict, Lyon county, Nevada, and particularly
described as follows, to-wit: Commencing ut
this notice, (Which is posted 200 feet SOUTH
west of shaft and half mile southwest Of Mi
ner's snaft,) running thence three hundred
feet in northerly direction and twelve hun
bred feet In q southerly direction. This claim
is in Lyon county, State of Nevada, DEVILS
Gate District, about one mile southwest from
the Five-mile House, Carson road, and three
miles northwest from Mound House together
with all and singular the tenements, heredita-
ments and appurtenances thereunto belong
ing or in snywise appertaining.
Notice is hereby given that on the 2sth day
of June, A. ID. 1878, between the hours of
O'Clock A. NJ. and O'Clock p M, viz: at IL
O'Clock noon. l will sell all the right, title,
claim and interest of the said defendant The
P. X. and Montgomery Mining Company, Of,
in and to the above property, or SO much
thereof as may be necessary to satisfy said ex.
ecution and costs, at The P. Il. and Montgom-
cry Mining Company's claim, about three
miles from Mound House, Lyon county, Ne
vada, at public auction, for cash In hand, TO
the highest and best bidder, to satisfy said
execution and all costs.
HENRY HILL, Constable.
Silver City, New, June 7th, 1878.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-06-15
The Ohio Republican State Con-


vention adopted the following resolu-
ton: That the revolutionary move
ment inaugurated under cover of an
investigation, but really as an attack
upon the Presidents title calculated
as it is to Mcxicanize the affairs of
this country, to cause general distrust,
to PROSTATE our industries and aggra-
vate and prolong the distress of the
laboring and industrial classes-we
unqualidedly condemn. President
Hayes having been duly elected and
his title subsequently settled under
the Constitution by the highest tri-
bunal and by the act of both politi-
cal parties it cannot be questioned,
and we recognize in his administra-
ton the highest integrity and patriot
ism, and the most sincere effort to
promote political purity and harmony
and secure general business prosper
ity throughout the whole country.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-06-15

As ANDERSON il, 80 far, the chief
witness to the alleged frauds in the
Louisiana election, SO McLin is the
chief one with reference to Floridas
part in the disgraceful business. In
point of personal character one does
not appear to have much advantage
of the other. Both are acknowledged
ofice-seekers; and from all they have
sworn to there is hardly doubt that
both would have remained silent had
they secured the appointments which
they claimed as the price of their
silence. McLin wished to be Chief
Justice of Mexico, and Anderson
asked for anything and everything,
from Collector of the Port of New
Orleans, or a first-class Consulate,
down through the list of Federal
offices.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-06-15

EX-SENATOR MATT CARPENTER
has suddenly dropped his fifty thou
sand law practice in Washington and
gone to Wisconsin to see If there isn't
= Senatorship that can be picked up
by an able bodied man with an eye
to business. 1t is going to be a free
for all fight, and there is no reason
why Carpenter, who is as able as
any man Wisconsin ever had in the
Senate, should not run the course
with the rest of them.-[ Philadel-
phia Times.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-06-15
BOdie News Items.
From the Standard of Wednesday. |

From the Standard Of Wednesday,
The prospects of Bodie are bright
ening in very marked degree. Mines
which have been lying idle for months
are again resuming active operations.
The South Standard, one of the best
mines in this section, will start up on
the first of next month with full
force; the Miners mill is running
day and night on ore from the Black
hawk; the Syndicate mill is crushing
Bechtel ore, and the Sherman mill
is being erected as rapidly as posi-
BILE. The Standard is milling from
1900 to 1900 tons per month, and is
turning out more bullion that ever
before. One month since only the
20 stamps of the Standard were all
that could be heard, but the "a stamps
of the Syndicate and Miners mills
and the Is stamps of the Sherman
which will soon be running, will
swell our bullion shipments to as
much again as they have been in the
past. Recent developments in the
Standard, Red Cloud and Bodie has
given new impetus to prospectors
who are sinking on smaller mines,
and all seem confident that little
more work will prove beyond the
shadow of a doubt that the Comstock
is not the only section where they
have rich paying mines.
The Standard Company on the
18th paid their 10th monthly dividend
of 81 per share. This makes total
of 100000 paid in dividends in ten
months.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-06-15

WHEN a Senator or Representa-
tive is personally affected by any
evidence to be given before an inves-
tigating committee he is notified to
be present. In the case Of Senator
Matthews it is charged that no such
action was taken, but that for six
hours at the first session Anderson
was allowed to proceed in the work
of assailing him. This is the Sena-
tors plea for the course taken in
asking an inquiry by the Senate and
in refusing to appear before the Pot.
ter committee. The discourtesy
which is charged has been conspic
pous feature of all Democratic inves.
LEGATIONS in the present and the pre-.
oeding Congress.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-06-15

GENERAL Common, whose name
was mentioned in these columns
few days ago in connection with
the Governorship, informs the Eu-
reka Republican that he docs not
seek that or any other Office. He
undoubtedly believes that the office
should seek the man, not the man
the Office, and as party managers
never act on that principle, the GEN.
eral will not be nominated.-[Silver
State.