St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-21
ST. PAUL NEWS.
FARMERS CONCLUDE.
The Closing Session of the
State Farmers AssO-
citation.
State Committees Appointed to
Have Control Over Various
Matters.
Railroads and Transportation-Wheat
Grading and Railroads.
Water Routes to the Seaboard---The Question
Of MiIlers' Tolls.
A Large Variety of Subjects Touched Upon
and Appropriately Disposed of
Railroads and Transportation Wheat
Grading and Railroads.
Water Routes to the Seaboard---The Question
Of Millers' Tolls.
A Large Variety of Subjects Touched Upon
and Appropriately Disposed of.
Morning Session.

farmers. COL AuaIns, Inc presIuehI, Doiu6 cum
absent, the chair was occupied by DR.. Collins,
the first vice president 1t was
stated that letter had been received saying
that Col. Adams was detained in Monticello by
business engagements.
THE STATE COMMITTEE.
The members of the State committee for the
fourth district were nominated and appointed,
and the full committee, with post office ad-
dresses,) stands as follows:
Chairman-A W. Tiffany, Norwood, Carver
county.
Vice Chairman-Carrington Phelps, Morris,
Stevens county.
Secretary-J. j. Furlong, Austin, Mower
county.
Blue Earth county.
First Congressional Districts. P Sprague,
Prosper, Fillmore county, chairman; John Frank,
lie Roy, Mower county, secretary; G. G. Johns
rud, Albert Lea Freedom county; G, W. Har-
rington, Plainview, Wabashaw county, and VIM.
Carrier, Blackhammer, Houston equity.
Second District-H. G. Howard, Lake Crystal,
Blue Earth county, chairman; Chas. G. Brandt,
New Ulm, Brown county, secretary; Leonard
Aldrch, Currie, Murray county; Daniel Murphy,
Waseca, Waseca county; j. A. Lattimer, Winnie
bago City, Faribault county.
Third District-G. W. Day, Glencoe, Mcleod
county, chairman; K N. Guiteau, Pennington,
Dakota county, secretary; John Kohr, Monte
video, Chippewa county; T. Tanner, Cannon
Falls, Goodhue county; A. W. Tiffany, Norwood,
Carver county.
Fourth DISTRICT, A. Brill, Edna Mills, Hen
nepin county, chairman; n. Small, Anoka,
Anoka county, secretary M. Holmstrom, Cokato,
Wright county; Stephen Hawson, Isanti, Isanti
county.
Fifth District-A. NJ. Burdick, Glyndon, Clay
county, chairman; Darlington Phelps, Norris
Stevens county, secretary; E. n. Jellum, Lake
Park, Becker county; E. N. Davis Davis, Kit
son county; John II. Monroe, Deer Creek, Otter
Tail county.
1t will be seen that the members of the state
committee for each district are organized as
district committee.
RAILROADS AND TRANSPORTATION.
The report of the committee ON railroads and
transportation being taken up and read Gas
printed in the GLOBE yesterday for considera-
ton, Mr.. c. G. Randall, chairman of the commit
tee. said the subject had beeu so much discussed
and the report was short and clear, that he
did not think it necessary for him to use his
privilege of speaking to the question Of the adop-
ton of the report.
Mr.. E. j. Hodgson, of st. Paul, was admitted
to speak to the question and said he was in inter
ests allied to the members of the convention, and
was in full sympathy with them. He thought
the report did not go far enough in one respect
as to the giving and receiving of railroad passes.
Mr.. c. c. Brrndt called Mr.. H. attention to the
resolution on that subject embodied in the
port of the committee on resolutions, but Mr. H.
thought that was insufficient He offered by per.
mission a-resolution drawn by himself and spoke
in favor of it. He said the bribery of passes was
most effective because it did not seem like bri-
berry, and we shall never BIS able to compete
for our rights with the railroad power until there
is absolute prohibition of the giving and accept
ance of passes.
The chair ruled the resolution out of order at
the present time as appertaining to the report of
the committee of resolutions.
Mr.. Burdick, responding to the remarks made
by Mr.. Hodgson regarding the power and oppres
sion of railway monopolies, while agreeing with
the point as to the rapacity of rail
road magnates, said emphatcaily that
the worst of monopolies, the most despotic
and ungenerous and the greatest monopoly is the
the Millers' association of Minneapolis
At close of Mr.. Burdick's remarks the report
was unanimously adopted.
GRADING AND ELEVATORS.
The repor4 of the committee on grading and
elevators was then taken mp and read Gas printed
in the GLOBE yesterday for consideration. and
Mr.. Palmer and Mr.. c. c. Brandt, in answer to
question, explained what was understood by the
committee as to the proposed state inspection.
Mr.. Warner, assistant to the state railroad
commissioner, being asked to explain the Illinois
law, to which the report refers, said he wished
first to express his regret that the railroad com
missioner could not be present, and to say that
he would have attended the convention IL he had
been in the city. His position on the questions
discussed here were well known from his reports
as railroad commissioner. Mr. Warren briefly
explained the provisions of the Illinois law pro-
viding for state and assistant inspectors and
offered to each member of the convention copy
of Gen. Bakers last annual reports, which con-
tans the Illinois law.
The report of the committee on grading and
elevators was then adopted, without dissent
THE PLATFORM.
The report of The committee on resolutions
having been taken up for consideration and read,
Gas printed in the GLOBE yesterday Mr.. AID
rich called for the reading and comparison of
Mr.. Hodgson's resolution with the seventh reso-
luton of the committee regarding railroad passes,
and after some discussion, the Hodgson resolu-
ton was laid on the table, and the
whole report was adopted without further dis
cussion and unanimously.
MILLERs' TOLLS.
Mr.. Reynolds of Northfeld, Rice comfy. hay
ing resolution to offer spoke at first to the gen.
eral subject of the moment. He was opposed to
utilization with the plug-hat variety of sympa-
thizers with such movements. Down in his
country the millers said of the call for this con-
vention, "Let them meet; they can't unite;
they never did and never will unite
and stand together" He was glad
to say he had hopes of good from this conven-
ton. 1t was growing association. Then he
spoke of the tolls taken by custom millers, say
ing that they gave him from sixty pounds of
wheat only thirty pounds of flour, and not one of
bran or shorts. His statement was corroborated
by other members of the convention. In con-
clusion he offered the following resolution:
ReSot0ed, That it is the request of this con-
vention that the next Legislature pass law COM
polling all millers mill operatives who have
done a gristing exchange business, to do said
gristing or exchange at the rate of oneifth toll,
namely; Thirty-tive pounds straight flour,
eight pounds bran and five pounds shorts, This
is for No. wheat and all lower grades in pro-
portion.
Mr.. C. c. Brandt was opposed to taking up To-
cal and other subjects outside of the principal
objects for which the convention was called.
That had been the error of the Grange, that it
had gone off on side issues, or undertaken too
much. He would recommend Mr.. Reynolds to
have bill drawn up to regulate tolls and have it
submitted to the legislature by the representative
of his district.
Mr.. E. M. Davis, of Kittson spoke in favor of
the resolution, saying, that restraint was needed
and that this gave the millers more than other
states allowed them.
Mr.. Cooke, of Polk said the millers of his sec
ton during the past winter had been the only
friends the farmers had. They had paid the
highest price of No. hard for the very wheat
which the elevator monopolies condemned as
frosted. While they were seeking to right their
own wrongs, he said, they should be careful not
10 90 anything which would dis
courage or be damaging to
friends of the farmers. True, their millers be-
ing new beginners, and having small business,
had been little hard in tolls, but they had
saved the farmers from heavy losses on their
wheat
Messrs. Loring, Furlong and McEwen, favored
the resolution The latter said the miller at
Big Stone was prospecting one-sixth tolls.
Mr.. Benjamin, of Mcleod spoke of excessive
tolls taken in his section. Mr. Abraham, of
Polk, thought the resolution should be modified
TO apply to gristing, and not to exchange milling
He thought the law could not be effective against
the latter, and suggested that the