Daily globe., 1878-10-29

cumulatlng fortune, and blurted out tn
mode by which he amassed his wealth. Hun
dreds of such instances are coming to M
attention every day.
Take the mode of weighing by the bras
kettle, in the elevators. In almost every cas-
there are only a few exceptions,) the farme
is never permitted to see the weight. Hi
wheat is dropped very carefully into tha
bucket of hell; it is then lifted very quietly
and doaon there IN tile dark, where no human
eye but the operator can see it, the weight i
declared, and on that declaration the farme
has to receive the price offered for his wheat
Now, it would be very easy for tn
man who manipulated the teste
to grade the wheat No. 3, when it was No. 2
on this basis: The tester might make th,
wheat actually weigh Sc pounds, which
would grade No. 2; when done TN the dart
the agent might declare it went 55115 pounds
which would make it No. 8, OF a loss to tn,
farmer of Is cents per bushel. How is ths
farmer to know what it weighs? lie dom
see it; he can't see it; the villains won't le
him see it; and daily and hourly they are
practicing this fraud upon the poor, unsus
pecting, hard-working farmer, upon whose
industry and thrift tho prosperity of the
State depends.
At Rcd Wing, mill was erected by sort
of joint stock company, where it was pro-
posed to protect the interests of the farmer.
The gentleman having it in charge was Civ.
ing good prices for wheat, and the farmers
were satisfied, when an agent of the elevator
company proposed to sell him all the wheat
he might want for five cents per bushel less
than he could purchase of the farmer on the
street. The manager held out until he
found it was running the interest of the mill,
over whose destinies he presided, when he
commenced buying Of the agent, thus de-
stroying competition, and leaving the
farmer at the mercy of one man.
How came it that tho agent could
sell tho manager of the mill
wheat for five cents per bushel cheaper than
he could purchase Of farmers on the street?
There is only one answer-by stealing from
the farmers; buying No. 3 wheat at 40 and
so cents, and turning it into the Millers' AS
sociation, Or sending it to Milwaukee and
ranking it as No. 1, with a handsome margin
of from 40 to so cents per bushel profit.
A Mr.. Holbraten, of Hermann, brought
some wheat to tho elevator, at that point,
which he ranked No. 2. TWAS graded below
No. 3, and after it was emptied into the bin,
from his sacks, the agent allowed him "a
cents per bushel. He let the agent have that
lot, but the balance Of the wheat he took
hone, and swore he would keep his wheat
and borrow money to pay his debts.
At Wadena, on the Northern Pacific road,
the farmers get good price for their wheat
and, consequently, the towns are all flourish
ing. Here 81 and 75 cents per bushel is
paid, and the farmers are as independent as
men can be. An illustration will settle this
point. The evening I arrived here I me5
three teams of wheat in the street, and upon
the sacks of one of them stood the ia, mer
talking with buyer.
"Well,' says the buyer, ~ will give you
81 cents per bushel for your load, if you
will drive over there and unload
"Well, replied the farmer, 81 don't know
about that, as I can get G5 per bushel and
unload right here. 1t is too far over there. ~
"Well, pay you two cents moro to go
over there"
Il guess won't take it, said the farmer.
"Keep your damned wheat said the
buyer.
"Well, I guess I WILL" dryly replied the
farmer, ''and you may go to hell.''
On the main line of the st. Paul & Pacific
road, infected by the Miller Grasshoppers,
the poor farmer goes to tie agent, and in
humiliating tone-hat -piteously asks
"What do you pay for wheat?"
"Well, drive up and let me see it, says
the august arbitrator of the farmers destiny,
and up drives the poor, cringing honest
man, and in breathless silence he awaits the
reply, while the little joker is prancing about
to the music of it's manipulator.
"Your wheat is No. 3-we allow you 48
cents.'
Cant you do any better?'' asks the dis
appointed man?
"No. If you don't want to sell, drive on !
and let others come up
The poor man bows his head. His chill
dren want shoes. His wife wants new
dress. He wants to subscribe for paper.
lie has come eighteen miles. He has little
note to pay on the machinery he has pur-
chased, and so, with heavy heart, he takes
the offer of the Gresshopper Mllers, and
home he goes, with a sad, weary tread, to
patch up the old shoes for the children, and
to tell his wife that tho old dress must be
darned little more, and the old, last years
paper must be saved to be thumbed over
again, until new crop, or new order of
things will give him little profit on his
hard, toilsome labor! Great God what a
picture and yet it is literally true!
At Wadena, on the Northern Pacific, com
petition is active. Men buy for the Duluth
market, others buy for the Grasshoppe1
Millers of Minneapolis. And it is sin
gular fact, and startling truth, that the
testers for the buyers of the Duluth market
make the wheat weigh TWO POUNDS
MORE TO THE BUSHEL than the test
ers of the agents who are buying for the
Grasshopper Millers of Minneapolis
Sawyer q Davis, of Duluth, furnish the
tester Which gives two more pounds to the
bushel, and the gentleman who buys fol
them at Wadena is G. II. Peake. The Min
neapohs grasshopper millers furnish the
tester which gives two pounds less to the
bushel than the Duluth buyer, and the gen.
tleman who acts as their agent here is G. P.
Hensewood, and he is my informant. He is
an uDrlgnt, nonest man, and although buy.
ing for the millers, he is not under bonds te
them, but buys under their instructions. He
made this statement publicly, at the dinner
table, before witnesses, not as operating te
the detrime,,t of the grasshopper mil!ers
but as a matter Of fact. And such yo1
have it.
The meeting at Wadena was good one
house full. Most of the audience were Re
publicans, and they were very kind in yield
ing the school house, which was preyiousl,
engaged for local lecturer, to Mr.. Donnelly
During the speech number of questions
were asked and answered, and altogether i
was the most spirited meeting of the cam
paign. Good feeling prevailed, and an
very confident Mr.. D. will get vote her
that will surprise everybody. DR.. Stew
arts friends don't propose to let Wash
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