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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-08-01
SHALL A CReENBACK STATE CONvEN
TON BE CAllEU7

TO the Editor Init Monopoiisf.
l noticed in late issue of your paper
Il call from brother Aver. chairman
of the Greenbac'l State Central Com
mlttee, for the views of the men,
bers of the committee on the follow
ing points: LIST. Shall State Conven-
ton be called to nominate candidates:
End. If so where, and ut what time
To the first question / answer yes.
for the Greenback interests too great
to let pass without giving the people
an opportunity to express their views
at the ballot box. l think the old
parties will be astonished at the
wonderful growth of the Gree nback
party in our State. The old parties
have held their Congressional Dis
trict Convention in this the End Dis
trict, and made nominations. They
may think it very sharp to call con-
venticns at a time of year when but
very few of our farmers could attend.
but who cares. l did not expect any,
thing from either in the interest of
labor. but after harvest the farmers
will put Il candidate in the field that
will clean them both out.
2nd. The time the 5th of Septem-
Der. 10 clock \. NJ. the place. the
Amphitheatre at the st. Paul Driving
Park.
Truly yours.
G.. G. CHAMBERLIN.
y. b. One third of our wheat crop
lost by blight and rust. Say to the
farmers cut and shock the wheat as
soon as possible, if the straw is green
put on caps. then stack in good shape
and let stand at least one month.
C. c. c.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-08-01
A Kind Letter from an Old Friend. The
Creenback Party Growing in hennepin
County

LONG LAKE. Hennepin Co..
July 9th. 1878.
Editor Aati-Moaopoiisi:
AS like the stand (true to the title
of your psaper.) You take on the side
of the toilers of our nation. the crea-
tors of its wealth. the stamina Of our
people, and the solid pedestal on
which the noble column Of our nation
al freedom rests, and on whose pros
perity, and moral and intellectual
elevation depends the stability Of our
institutions and the perpetuity Of our
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-08-01

1t is refreshing after so much indis-
criminate abuse of these poor men
known us 'tramps'' to find an item like
this IN the Lake City Sentinel:
At least 900 men from abroad have found
employment in the harvest fields in this vi
cinity since Saturday morning. Most OF them
are orderly and seem to be hard working
men. Everybody is paying good wages.
The fault is not with American
workmen; it is in the cruel financial
laws that have sent them tramping
over the land begging in vain for
work and resorting to crime to avoid
starvation.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-08-01

The st. Louis Republican OF Wednesday
morning gives a complete list of the fatal cases
OF sunstroke in that city during the previous
week-a CHASTITY total OF one hundred and
forty-five. The fatalities of Wednesday and
Thursday will add nearly forty to the list.
Nearly two hundred deaths from
sunstroke in nine days.
Give us Minnesota and all her s'bliz-
Yards in preference to such a eli
mate.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-08-01
THEY BIND TIP TOP.

STERLING, Kansas. June 9, 1878.
E. M. Deane, President: All of
the Harvest rs and Binders have
started working first rate, and
bind tip top. | have bound wheat
that stood waist high, and as thick
as hair on a dog, right along, with
out trouble. That Tension and
Compressor Arm are success.
Yours truly,
J. II. Williams
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-08-01

STERLING, Kansas, June 9, 1878.
st. Paul Harvester Works: Dear
Sir: l purchased one of your Har-
vesters and Binders ofC. w. Boyer
and am well pleased will, it's work.
| have tried several kinds of ma
chimes, but this runs as easylwith
Binder as any other without. am
doing my work right along. with
pair of ponies. weighing about $50
pounds. David Orr.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-08-01
DID NOT MISS A BUNDLE.

ST. LOUIS, No., May Goth, 1878.
St Paul Harvester Works: Have
just received the following from
Breeze, Ills: The Binder works all
right. Cut three (3) acres; did not
miss a bundle. Sold four az
machines on the ground. Signed,
j. G. Rue. d. S. Sheppard.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-08-01
PURCHASED IT AFTER SEEING
ALL THE REST WORK.

ZEANDALE, Riley Co., Kansas, I
June 5, 1878.
st. Paul Harvester Works: This
is to certify that, after seeing the
Marsh, Buckeye, Adams & French,
and St. Paul Harvester and Self
Binder at work, l prefer the St.
Paul, and have purchased one
from your agent, E. B. Purcell,an
consider it one of the Simplest,
most Durable and Lightest Draft
Machines, and am satisfied that the
six-foot st. Paul runs as light as
the fvc-foot Marsh
John w. Mccormick.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-08-01

Within the last two months 100 Greenback
papers have been started in the United States
The people of this country are attacking the
encroachments of the fund holding power of
the United States, England and Germany
with the same spirit they attacked slavery -
Exchange.
Yes; and through the same dark
sea Of abuse and INSTRUMENTATION.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-08-01
CUT DOWN GRAIN.

AVA, Illinois, May 2Sth, 1878.
St. Paul Harvester Works: Have
cut five (5) acres Of grain, short
and thin, on the ground nothing
broke. Will give it a better test
tomorrow in wheat.
R. G.. Moore.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-08-01

The Greenbackers of the Seventh
district of Wisconsin have nominated
{. d. Parker for Congress.
The Greenbackers of the Sixth
wisconsin district nominated r. A.
Grimtn for Congress ct OshkOsh
yesterday.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-08-01

HYDE PARK, Mass, July 24.-The Repub-
licans Of the Third district nominated Gen.
Grant for congress.
By all means let Grant be elected
from one district of Massachusetts,
and Butler from another and then let
Old Ben settle up accounts with him.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-08-01
AM SATISFIED.

Cowley Co., Kansas, June l.
n. B. Kenner, Esq, Kansas City:
Dear Sir: | started my st. Paul
Binder to-day. Am satisfied.
Marion Flanagan
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DOES WELL ENOUGH FOR ANY
BODY
Cowley Co., Kansas June 2.
+. B. Kenner, Esq, Kansas City:
Dear Sir: / think the Binder does
well enough for anybody.
NJ. Hamilton.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-08-01
DID EXCELLENT WORK.

SHERMAN, Texas. May Is, 1878.
=. n. Deane, Esq, President ST.
Paul Harvester Works Dear Sir:
| take pleasure in stating that your
Edward Harvester and st. Paul
Binder did excellent work on my
farm.
Yours very truly,
Jesse p. LoTing
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-08-01

THIS BREEZE WILL SWEEP OVER
THE ENTIRE NORTHWEST.
BREEsE, Illinois, June LIST, 1878.
st. Paul Harvester Works
Started two (2) machines to-day.
Eleven CD sold. Binders are com
plete. Indications are this Breeze
will sweep over the whole North
west. r. G.. Moore.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-08-01
TWO HORSES HANDLED II WITH
OUT DIFFICULTY.

OUT DIFFICULTY.
ZEANDALE, Riley Co., Kansas
June 5, 1878.
This is to certify that ! have
used my team Of two horses on the
St. Paul Harvester and Self-Binder
six-foot cut, and can handle it all
day without difficulty.
G. w. Uptegrove.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-08-01

CUT HEAVY GREEN WHEAT.
ST.. LOUIS, May 10th, 1878.
st. Paul Harvester Works: Cut
heavy green wheat to day. Binder
worked well.
d. S. Sheppard.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-08-01

a year or two ago when no word of
ridicule was too strong to describe
the despised "rag-baby'' and "the
paper-nOney lunatics.''
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-08-01
BINDERS WORKING PERFECTLY.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 3lst, 1878.
st. Paul Harvester Works: Ma
chimes at Highland all sold; will
need as many more. Binders
working perfectly in all sections,
The Ava Binder has run success
fully all the week.
r T. Moore
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HANG OUT YOUR BANNER.

DALLAS, Texas, May 9, 1878.
St. Paul Harvester Works: Both
Binders worked splendidly. No
difference. Hang out your ban
ner. Shake E. NJ Deane.
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1t is truly the King of the Harvest Field.
BINDER WORKED FINE-sOLD

BINDER WORKED FINE-SOLD
FIVE ON THE GROUND.
KANSAS CRY, June 9th, 1878.
st. Paul Harvester Works: Bind
er at Holden worked fine. Five
~ sold; will close out car load.
Competitors dare not come in.
r. G Moore.
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R$cAtctTRAT10NS.
[GNATIUS DONNELLY, Editor.

THURSDAY AUGUST 1873.
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BINDER IS WORKING WELL.
SPARTA, ILL.,, May 3lst, 1878.
St. Paul Harvester Works: Bind
er it working we'll
NJ. +. Foster.
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BINDER WORKS SPLENDID.
SPARTA, ILL.,, June LIST, 1878.
st. Paul Harvester Works: Bind
er works splendid.
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CUT WITH THE WIND BLOW
ING A HURRICANE.

DALLAS, Texas, May 6, 1878.
St. Paul Harvester Works: Cut
five (5) acres green heavy wheat
In the afternoon. Wind blowing
a hurricane. Binder works sure
every time. E. NJ. Deane.
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r. C.. Moore.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-08-01
HOW is THIS FOR LIGHT DRAFT.

j. III. Williams.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-10-19
Immigration Wanted.

That's just what we want, imlni-
grafton. Think of some of the older
States counting their population by
the million, and we counting ours by
a few thousand. We talk about de-
veloping our varied resources by
plungiug into the bowels Of the earth
and bringing out the yellow gold,
the coal and the iron; cutting down
the forests that now hamper thou
sands of acres of otherwise arabic
lands; building railroads from point
to point; laying out city plats and
rearing imposing metropolises; all
these things are laboriously talked
about and vigorously discussed, but
where are the sturdy axemen, the
practical farmers, the miners, the
craftsmen and the shrewd business
experts to do oil this? We want
five hundred families to-day settled
in every considerable valley. 1t is
nonsense to talk about the country
bling too poor to support dense
population. Give US the people OF
the right stamp, give us q hundred
thousand able-bodied men with
their families aud We will settle
every one Of them in q week, in sit
nations where, instead of starving.
they will take roo, and rejoice that
they ever left the Pent-up cities and
towns Of Tire over-stocked eastern
States. Washington Territory has
good land enough and is rieh enough
to give every one Of these families a
farm Of goodly proportions that may
lie made a comfortable aud thrift,
home. The question: is often asked.
what is there TO support q family
during the few years required TO
bring q homestead frun the estate
Of pFimeval forest mp 10 . self-sup-
porting condition. The best answer
- can give 10 this question u. to
point to . seoss Of smiling homes
sessisd xpOa but fev years ego.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-10-19

A new departure is reported in
the Boston schools. Strange rs it
may seem, whiting with jack knives
has been introduced as one Of the
essential branches of a true Yankee
education. The " BOSTON Whiting
Schools" are fitted up especially for
the use and practice of such wood
working tools as are likely to come
into play in many of the leading.
mechanical avocations that boys arc
called upon to enter.
The school rooms are provided
with work-benches about four feet in
length, one of which is assigned to
each boy. The pupils admitted to
this department are those whose
ages range between twelve and SIX
teen. A list which keeps record
OF the progress of each young
worker is posted upon the wall, a
device which acts like charm in
squirting the boys to renewed exer-
ton. These school sessions are held
in the evening and if any boy is alb
sent twice successfully, save on ac-
count OF illness or other unavoida-
bic causes, his place is taken by a
newcomer. Carving, scroll and
jig-sawing hewing and drawing
knife exercises constitute the princi-
pal part of the work laid out for the
boys by the Superintendent. Thirty
two pupils were admitted into the
whiting department the first year,
and since that time there have been
more applicants than the limited
suits of rooms we're able to accom-
modate. Old fashioned jack-knife
whiting in soft woods is one of the
first operations the young trio is put
into. From this pastime, he is pro-
NOTED, by easy gradations, to the
free use of more complicated appli-
ances. In northern and central
Europe, whiting has been actually
taught in the schools for a long
time, but the system is an innova-
ton in this country.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-10-19

when they we're invested BY slnous
impebetrable forests and Wastes a
deep tangled Wildwood" aetsIeA
upon, vs mean. by thoss Who had
only their brain and muscle 10 count
- their stock In trade. The ola
truism There are n god Ssh n
the SEA n have ever isen taken
out, finds ats coa~;n-germain in the
safe assertion that. there ARE a. good
embryo fHrIns il our Surrounding
forests as have ever besn ciearsd up.
We have an abundance Of what few
States can collectively boast Of, VIZ:
the land. the wood and the wafer.
There - NO stint Of these things.
priceless essentials though they are.
Let not our friends across the cous,-
nent deceive themselves Nv thinking
We, are oserdnwing our beautiful
picture We speak what we know
and mean what We say. We -
peat that there is room enough in
our Territory to-day for . hundred
thousand families
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-10-19
Our National Finances.

It is curious to note some of the
ups and downs Of our national cash
account. The public debt reached
its highest point in the month of
August, 1865, the amount being no
less than s2,756, 431 ,571.34, after de-
Quoting what small amount of cash
was then left in the Treasury. At
the present time, the debt, deducting
what is in the Treasury, is very near
ly 1899 1882, $50. During the thir-
teen years just past, $157 ,O49, 29O.9 90
have been paid. In the year 1865,
the per capita Indebtedness was no
less than about $7S.25; to-day it is
only $41.67. Thus, during thirteen
years per capita reduction of $3G.58
has been made. In 1865, the interest
alone of the public debt was s4.26
for every man, woman and child in
the United States. Now the per
capita interest is sl.97 per year. The
largest amount of currency which
was floating about in 1865 was
1888 1913, 685.76; and its value in
gold, at the time was only $685..
256. BAIT. The gold value of the
present amount Of /" floating" cur
rency is 1854 ,465, 691. q; making a
difference in these two gold valu-
atoms of 81 ,79O. 663.5O.
Besides the present amount of cur
rency in the hands of the people,
there are more than $2OO, 900 600 in
gold and silver nov held by the
Treasury Depar ment. During five
years preceding the panic of 1873,
We imported more than we exported.
and thus ran in debt to European
dealers about $3.50, OOO,OO Since
the same panic, that is during the
past Eve years, we have exported
over $500 .0eo 900, more than we have
imported. Financially considered,
We are 81 coo, 600 600. better off now
than at the time immediately pre-
ceding the panic Of ls73. Since tina:
time, We have paid and forever can
csled about ss00. 0W. 600 Of our
bonds held By foreign Shylocks.
Our whole indebtness at this time,
on account Of outstanding Nationsl
bonds 10, psshsPs. . little over 500.
Ooo. 600. From The above figures
- nay aafsly conclude that the
pasis u 1879 w0 not sAused b. go.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-10-19

FISHING is the rage just now. Not
from the banks Of the ripping stream.
or with the yellow hackle or reel,
but in the briny depths Of old ocean,
and with a sinker that holds the line
perpendicular, and with or without q
rod, as suits the fancy or circum-
stances. It is not what may be
called artistic angling, but while the
foliage is dripping and the hanks are
slippery, is a very good substitute for
the real sport. To-day probably tvo
score Of people could have bssn ssso
At one time fi.hing from Long Bridge.
The pleasant weather brought forth
some Of the more veniuresoass. and
the success attending their frse e.
forts. soon impslled others 10 bring
out their taskls. The Ash thas ars
runaine % plentifully nov ass sal-
D0a teost, ana - . lssgs. bsauti-
Cd. spsehsd species Of he fany
Hihs.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-10-19

Al State Conventioa laAsly Aeld
In 80. Louis, the Hon. b. 0ntz
Brown, one of the former Governor
Of Missouri, one d its United States
Senstors and . candidate FOG Vice
President Of the United Staass dur
Ing the campaign Of Horace 0sseley.
delivered q lengthy address before
that body upon The relstios Of the
State 10 Prohibition. The Gov
ernor opened by a clear definition o.
the night Of prohibstion, its unques-
tionable eons,itutionali,y, and care
fully pointed out the difference be-
tween sgmpsuary and prohibstory le;
i-lation- In making his telling
points, he cited the highest iudieiAl
authority 81 the land aud presented
has Arguments with . delibersfion
and candor that earned conviction to
every hberal-minded nearer. He
drew = VIVID uori-Pictrre, showing
the fearful loss and waste caused Nv
the hquor-trafic. aud then POINTED
out the significant relation existing
between the prevalence Of intemper-
ance and the continued business
stagnation. He showed eonclusively
that liquor drinking in the United
States directly causes nine-tenths .:
all the political corruption and in-
trisue, pauperism and crime in the
land To show the way in which
prohibition may be achieved and
permanently retained. he closed with
the following eloquent peroration:
To make prohibition permanent. it
should take on constitutional shape. and
tothat end no man should Ice permitted
IL 90 TO the Legislature. if Inc can be de-
ieated. who will not pledge himself To
have submitted such constitutional
amendment toa vote of the people. This
j. the right OF petition in its largest sense,
which the people have reason to demand,
and those candidates who refuse may bc
set down as tit only to he driven from pub
lie life. The agitation of such an issue in
the impending election will make clear to
the State that this is not Il mere vapid pa
rade of sentiment, but means business. 1t
will notify the politicians to set their
houses in order and prepare to enlist anew
-"unGer which king, Btzonian? Speak
or die"
TO ensure prohibition. however, neither
courts nor constitutions are sufficient.
Behind all these there must be rigid en-
torcement, civil proceedings for redress,
criminal arraignment for Furnishing, and
all the appliance which comes OF legisla-
ton intent to effect suppression OF the
traffic. This can only be sustained by po-
litical association pertinent to that end,
and as the cause of prohibition more and
more approaches supremacy il will for
mulate itself into partisan shape. For,
after all. it is with men we have to deal, and
men in power only respond to organized
sentiment. l counsel. therefore, that you
prepare tho way, even at this early day, for
the 4" Prohibition Alliance" which is to
rule the future of Missouri in despite and
over the head of all other associations OPP
posed to its behest In politics as in ma
ture the law of life is IS the survival of the
fittcst," and politicians should understand,
and ifthey do not, should be taught the
lesson anew, that such organizations as
will not respond to the vital issue of the
age must be content to disappear
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-10-19

The grain exhibit at the last fau
Of the Washington Industrial sAs-
sociafion sas made the occasion
OF quite . spirited discussion in
regard TO the wheat culture Of the
Puget Sound district. The main
points under consideration turned
principally upon the hest varieties 81
wheat for this part Of our Territory.
the relative chances Of Spring and
Winter wheat, and the SOILS best
adapted TO this cereal.
To redeem 4 premise made TO
several inquirers. We have under
taken to give . few useful hints rela-
tive to the culture Of this most e.
seniiAl element Of human susten-
anee- The whea, plant bosanically
belongs TO the order Of the grasses
The vbea. species are very numer-
Gus, many Of them amounting to but
little more than mere weeds, tena-
cious 81 life and extremely difficult
Of extirpaiion- Those species which
yield seeds fitted for the food Of
man or the domestic animals con-
stitute a group distinct and alone.
All Others are known rs the Gyropyra
and are only grasses properly. The
country from which wheat originally
came is not definitely known: its cul.
tivation. however, has been known
from the earliest ages, and its name is
largely celebrated both in sacred and
profane history.
But TO speak more practically, the
hes. soils for wheat are those OF an
argillaceous nature, not oyerstOcked,
however, with alkulies and salts, nor
should they he too stiff and rigid.
1t has been found from large
number of experiments that those
soils abonding in vide range of
constituents, as those we call the
alluvial, are, all other things being
equal, the most suitable. The re-
suits of agricultural chemistry are
doing wonders towards enlishtening
wheat-9rowers in all parts of the
world. After all, cultivation itself
has more to do with whear-growing
than many are aware of, even among
those who have had large experience,
When farmers learn in what true
husbandry properly consists, they
will be able to raise larger crops, of
II better quality, and with far less
labor than at present. Indifferent
seed, eown in a poor soil, may, by
unremitting care and attention, be
made to yield better than good seed
in richer soils, if the latter be neg
lected and left to "come up like
a truant and perverse child.
Our own Government is annually
making large expenditures in the
way of gathering the results of prac-
teal agriculturalists and sending to
every State and Territory all the
newest and most approved seed.
More of this subject by-and-by.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-10-19

The directors of the National Lib
eral League have called a conven-
ton or congress, to be held ct SYRIA
cuse, N. Y, on the Goth inst, for
the purpose Of nominating candidates
for President and Vice President in
1880. The organization embraces in
its number some Of the brightest in
tellects of America, among which
are Robert Ineersoll, George w.
Julian, Ben. F. Butler, James Par
ton and B. F. Underwood. The
League proposes to make a serious
canvas in the next national election,
and to run electoral tickets in every
State of the Union. It is consider
ing the expediency of placing q wo-
man in nomination for Vice Presi-
dent. and thus represent unmistaka-
bly, the extend and scope Of its creed,
"tbe greatest good to the greatest
number" It can scarcely be ex-
pected by even the more enthusiastic
supporters Of the movement. that it
will be successful in its FIRST effort,
but in the growth Of the anti-slavery
party and the ultimate results, it
finds much ground for hope in the
future.