The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-06

"iS oiio"Su ioi improvements biiu
reduced rates of fare are provided for
prospectors intending to purchase
lands and settle. 1t would seem,
when all the other advantages, social,
political. and commercial, are taken
into consideration, that there was
little else to be desired.
CAUSTIC LETTER.
a Changers Views of Things Seen and
Unseen.
EiitOrs Free Press:
noticed in your last weeks paper
an article signed Granger" whose
views on grangerism etc, was all o.
X, but not loud enough. Dear
Granger, do not be bashful but stand
up for your rights, the time is draw
ing nigh when your prayer will he
answered. Work Oh in your noble
work and the result will be about rs
follows: First. everything We eat
and " ear that we do not raise we will
continue to buy in Chicago. Those
merchants in Amboy and adjoining
towns may be compelled to close their
places of business and 60 to farming
or starve, but little work will do
them good. Our motto is to Hre and
let live they can farm as we'll as we,
if not. why not! We will teach them
how and then we advise them to go
west, as we do not need them, for
they are 4 useless and expensive in
cumberance to the wheels of business.
Second, our machinery, plows, etc.,
we will also buy in Chicago. We
have manufacturer of plows in
Mankato; they have also manufac-
tories of tanning mills, wagons ETC..
and i'll st. Paul they manufacture
harvesters, mowers, and great many
other things we need, but do not
think it would be advisable to buy of
them as We can save from 25 to so
per cent. by buying in Chicago. You
see labor is cheaper east, man there
is willing to work cheap even if his
family at times does suffer for the
necessities of life. What does it mat
ter, competition is the life of trade.
Perhaps the material of which this
machinery is built is not quite as
good as home manufacture. A beam
will break very often and perhaps
they will not work always, but then
they were so much cheaper and we
got them in Chicago. Third. we
can educate our sons as blackSmiths,
wagon.makers, watchmakers, carpen-
tiers, masons, ETC., and have, say, one
in each school district whereby we
can keep the money we pay for re-
pairs in our own farming community,
and 1 sincerity hope that the result of
this will he that next summer hay
may be cut and stacked in the streets
of Mankato and st. Paul, and all ad-
joining villages and cities. What
matters it if these men do pay two.
thirds of the taxes of the State, they
can put their capital in farms and
then they will have chance to pay
taxes rs well as now. We only want
about six manufactures and dealers
to buy from, just enough to make
competition lively. and these must
be in Chicago. What matters it if
the men these firms employ are so
poorly paid that they suffer for the
necessaries of life. II they do not
like it let them work on the farm
when they will not starve at least.
The wheat combination is the next
trouble but that is easily fixed. We
will every fall, load train of 60 or
100 cars, or as much say, as there is
raised in one school district and have
the r. r. Co., run special train to
New York City and charter sufficient
vessels to take it to Europe and send
about two men in charge for mutual
protection, one man could do the
business required, but then you know
it would be safer to send two, as
temptation might overcome one,
when the other could come nObly to
the rescue. This you see, would
easily overcome the Minneapolis and
other great wheat combinations. The
railroads next require our immediate
attention, they can be readily dis.
posed of, in this manner. Let our
legislature appoint committee to
regulate wages first of all, employees,
from President down to section men
and give them equal wages, say one
dollar per day each and find them
selves, that would save millions of
dollars to this State alone. Next
thing is to make employees personal.
ly responsible for all accidents to
train, track, building, etc, as resolv-
ed that all accidents are caused by
carelessness and that employees shall
be assessed for total loss of each acct
dent, and if said property be insured,
said insurance go as earnings of said
company, this will have tendency
to make employees careful and dis
pense altogether with accidents, so
that an estimate can be made and
rates on transportation be given so
that capitalists shall realize five per
cent. per annum On stock, and out of
this, they will be expected to keep
road and rolling stock in repair etc.
BY this system we can have cheap
transportation, and everything will
sail lovely, we can stand it If they