The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-11-23

stakes ut the Mi: neapolls fair OH
grain. 1.-THE Star OF Empire" Go.
hardy has flown westward! since then
in hurry.
Take mp any ordinary newspaper
and the eye will See tie Northern
'pac:tic country advertised in glowing
color*: especial Rates Given to Em=
i5rants. Gears Furnished Chrarly
for Stock. &C., &c. Glands Cheap
and Good: etc. don c.lyi] 1t that.
But when the emigrant has got here.
has run in debt for machinery. chat
tel mortgaGcd. etc.. and has with all
the hard scratching Of pioneers
life got few hundred bushels Of
wheat. good and clean. (ife wheat
weighs from So to G3 pounds to The
'nsheD, the great powerful corpora
tion let's 4. J. Sawyer or that double
cursed MillerS' Association dictate
arbitrary. grades and arbitrary prices.
and say that they can't furnish cars
to move the crop unless it comes
through the elevators.
If they would only prescribe that
| omigrants coming West should go
through some company's warehouse
and be inspected (h]ed I don think
want of cars wonld troable the m
tither way!
an aware that neither railroads
Or elevators are run for ac:ommoda-
tion. but when Il railroad accepts z
'pNbIic charter it takes trust to he
accounted for: aHd when ;,n elevator
company builds on railroad ground it
ceases to be q private company. and
becomes An attachment and auxiliary
of the railroad and subject to the
same laws and obligations.
If Whistler can prove what he
states in regard to his three loads
that were unuergraGed, he can recover
the diiference in price from the buyer.
Of course the proof would have to he
clear and beyond a doubt.
Nov. 90. GRowLEE.
BERTHA, "coDD COUNTY.
Mr.. EDITOR: AS I have had the
same experience AS that related by
The Whistler At the Plow" with re-
gard to the grading of wheat, l am
pleased to see such underhanded deal
ing as he relates ventilated. 1t is
true that the dignity of farm life is
ennobling, but when farmer COM
mences to prepare his ground he az
snmes all the chanccs for the realiza-
tion Of Il crop, among which may be
! enumerated drouth. blight. rain
storms. frost. and destruction by fire,
. vermin and many other devious ways.
Then after having run all this gacnt-
! let he has another to combat, that Of
railroads and middle-men. who seem
to be governed by no law except con-
science and averice. the first of which
is like unto the Minnesota text
/ books a lack Of supply on hand. As
n to their :verice, conn are the earnings
d Of railroads and their net incomes;
,lso the palatial residences reared hy
shippers and mid;!le-men with for
tunes accumulated in q brief space
!, Of time.
. After having examined thoroughly
u nto all the drawbacks with which a
farmer is menaced. is it any wonder
that our country is being flooded with
tramps and vagabonds. With the
combined capital of the world and all
= :he drones in the whclc hive sucking
the honey Of industry, would it he
. any wonder if n mishtier combira-
tion would grow up and hnrl such
combinations to the dust? the farmer,
The bread producer for the million
- cormorants Testing upon the sweat OF
their face.
Yes. theirs is an eno!ling pursuit,
= Brave to- die fox ones country.
The time is coming when brass
testers nor hrazen-faced impudcnce
will put their seals upon our bushels.
regard the growth of the North
EN- Pacific with pleasure. but at the
same time TO not think it should fos-
te,. in its agents greed t" sap the
very Foundation of its prosperity, the
farmer.
The labor strikes Z few years ago
in the Eastern States only needed the
backing of the asriculturist to have
brought capital down to its proper
appreciation Of labor. and if capital
goes on in its higi!-handed dictstion
of what We shall pay for it's use. and
also what we shall take for our sur
plus produce, it will be only ques-
ton of time what the ressit Will be.
regard the prosperity OF onr Stat.
with pride. and especially this part
of it, but the true prosperity OF the
Y State does not consist in putting all
the net profits of the producer into
- the povkets Of those who control such
> cornorations as railroads. mills. ele-
VatOrs, ana SO on. " hiie VIC CIV
'. priding ourselves OH our broad acres
of golden grain they are plotting no"
', they can cheat us out of 1t.
u Under the pressure Of the regimen
just portrayed. thousands OF far'nt ri
are becoming dissatisfied and dis
onsted with farm life,and as 4 result
arc engaging III all munner OF wild
a speculation, hoping to escape tho NAV
= Of the cormorants that constantly
q hover over that class OF individuals.
): Yes. Mr.. Whistler 1T the Plow. you
Il have struck tke key notes. and IL
! every intelligent farmer would only
e take it up and sound it, instead ct
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