New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-19
4 GOOD WORD FOR MINNESOTA.
POLITICS AND CROPS.

A TALK WITH GENERAL AvERIIL-soUND VIEWS ON
CURRENCY IN THE NORTHwEsT-DIsIRUsT OF
THE DEMOCRACY WHEAT IN MINNESOTA
MINNEAPOLIS REBUHT.
An influential Western Republican remarked to
a friend in Philadelphia, week ago, that the four
Northwestern States of Michigan, Minnesota, Wis
oonsin and Iowa would in the end, be found acting
with the East in favor of honest money and In the
defence of the public faith. The Republican party
in three of those States land it is likely to control
them all for many years to GOMEZ has already taken
its position the right side of the public questions
which now bid fair to overshadow in importance
all others in pending political discussions, and in
the third-Iowa-it has not gone as far astray as
has the Democracy
Minnesota has never allowed itself to be misled by
the sophistrIes of the Inationsts It's representa-
tives in Congress have sometimes wavered little,
but the influences to which they have thus yielded
have not been those of their constituents. never
was so much mistaken in my life in regard to public
sentiment in Minnesota" said a Republican member
of Congress from that State TO correspondent OF
The TRIBUNE a month after the adjournment OF
Congress in 1874. That session will long be
remembered for the exhaustive debate on the cur
rency question which took place in the Senate. II
sunoosed.D he continued, that our people were in
accord with those Of other States and DESTROYS that
the volume of outstanding greenbacks should be in
creased l have not seen an Infationist since my
return home. We have abundant crops, and there
is no scarcity of currency"
There is every reason TO believe that the opinions
of the people Of Minnesota on this question have
not changed in thelast four years. General John T.
Averill who formerly represented the St. Paul Dis
4r,ct in Congress- and who is one Of the leading busi
ness men in the capital city of his State was found
AZ the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday, and spoke
without reserve of the drift OF political opinion at
home He said that the National party has gained
no foothold in Minnesota, although lgnatius Don
nelly and few followers have been diligently ut
work for years planting the seeds OF Imitation and
watering the young plant as it sprung up. They
don't make any headway," said General Averill,
becanse they have not yet been sble to harness mp
anvthing.D He meant by that figure Of speech that
+bev were unable to show any good rea-
son for the acceptance of their doctrines 1t
"a an insult 10 the people Of State no
mora populous than Minnesota, and which raised
Last year 40 900 bushels of wheat, for which
,Ifev found good markets at remuneTatiye prices,
70 tell them that they are suffering on account oil
the contraction of the currency and the efforts OF
the Administration to bring about forced resump-
ton. They are not suffering at ALL and thoy know
very well that when the currency OF the United
states becomes cOnformed to the currency OF the
world less toll will be taken from their wheat to
nav exchanges, premiums on gold, ETC., not only
for the crop they SELL but for everything they buy
General Averill says there Is discoverabie III the
West a growing slistTust of the Democracy and
feeling that 1t will not be safe to place in It's
hands the power to NEEDLE with the financial in
terests of the country. This sentiment. no thinks.
ia 90 general that the Republican party, remaining
trne TO ITS principles, has great reason to hope Tor
continued success -. an,
General Ayerill estimates the wheat crop OF MIN
oSoto Cor ths wear at about thirty million bushels
Tine average Weld to the is about tw0-thirds
as Great as usual, bat the increased average VIII
hiring tbe total up TO about the amount named.
yield e1ual to that of last year would have maze
b e' crcb fftv million bushels The proportion Of
No wheat will be much smaller than usual, ana
will come chiefly from the northern part OF tne
state where the weather was, on the whOie IaVor-
able for ripenlng the grain. ms was very Iortu
circuinstauce because the greater part OF the
irnynense imni grafton into the State this year and
last has gone into the northern counties along the
lines of the Northern Pacific and 81. Paul ana Fa~
cifc Railroads, The loss Of his first crop IL very
serious matter to the new settler. Inc INJURY
to the crops has extended over WISCONSIN
and Northern Iowa, but nowhere viii 1t produce
such suffering was caused by tno grassnoppgiII
raids of q few years ago. The locusts destroyeo ali
crops in some Instances leaving not green thihg.
This year ~ those regions where the wheat was
most Injured by the lOng-continued damp weather.
and severe storms the potatoes oats rye anu grass
The manufacturing district OF Minneapolis, deyas-
tafed by fine great explosion few months ago, has
heen RAPIDLY rebuilt and many Of the mills are
about ready to resume work. Inc capacity OK the