The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-09-25

| hundred hushrls 600 per thousand bushels:
5000 rer million bushels; or about n, ouO,-
uop 81 our total crop.
Justice IN the old time was painted blind.
fold; she did not see the contenaing parties,
but ainpl, felt when the scale was rightly
adjusted
THE MONKEY WEIGHING rnE CHEESE.
Our Justice IL like the monkey with his
eyes Wide open, who divided the cheese
found by the two dogs, aud who kept biting
Il piece alternately of eaeh fragment TO
mike them balance, untll there was nothing
left tpr the astonishrd dogs Laughter mud
applause Think ~ a sef Of men deciding
whether our wheat II No. | hard III No .
| regular, and ponkrtlng $1,000, 600 If they
tin,i that II IL NJ |. rrgularl Applause.
/ Ani remember too, that every variety Or
so.t wheat, except white lIanhnrg becomes
hafe wheat, on DIR western prarles In three
Ssars.
Dnt ngaln No. | hard old ere y Ii worth. we
afe told. nIncty.three cents. while tho same
graie, NJ. | hard, new crop IL worth only
sesenty-sevrn cents win not one make
| inst rs much flour as the otheri l. II not
therefore worth in,rlnsically the same Why
Then this difference OF sixteen cents per
/ bashel.
FARMING orr THE STATE.
In conformity with agreements these
figures become the basis for buying In the
country"
OF course; remember seeing that dls,n-
gnished prestidigItatnur, Prof. Heller, take
Y hall dozen separate iron rings, rattle them
through his hands, and instantly the rings
we're all linked together. The agreements
are made whereby the whole state i given up
| to these vampires and ther associates. Such
j II region ~ assigned Ia such at Of buyers,
ahd there Is tn he no compptttion: such M.
other region Il delivered over to such an.
other @t of buyers, aud there l. IT, he no
| competition. Everywhere 'Ihese figures"
established Ivy the Minneapolis millrr-. che
come the basis for buying In the country"
from the Iowa line 10 Dauth, from the Mis-
slssippi to the Rod river.
CARVING ~ rnE ANIMAL.
These fellows deliberately sit down upon
] IL, and carve Ill up: and
divide us among themselves. saying
10 one another, "you take this hind quarter.
anu son these ribs. yoa take this siron
steak, and You this piece Of the rutnr." And
the people are stripped until the state looks
like Grcely expedition. laughter and ap.
pause. There is nothing left but the bones
and the pleasing consciousness that w are
great, intelligent and sell governing peo-
pie!
HARD WHEAT.
We, here In central Minnesota, have al
ways been told that our wheat was fair. but 1t
Was not hard wheat; a. lind that We must -
NJ Oh the Northern Pacific. And yet here
We are told tina, between No. hard and No.
Northern" there Il II cents difference:
AMI again, t'.g are IL decide whether that
wheat, all northern all really "hara," II
| NJ. | hart or "No. Northern," and while
| they make u cents difference between No.
| hard and No, regular, On the old crop, they
make hat y cents difference between the
same grades of The new CROP,
rug END NOT YET.
And these prices are tho result of Il sfeond
| congress of miliecs aud rings. \ previous
one had been held and liked prices n few
| days before, bat the second one was called
| and pat these prices down five eeut- an each
| grade. What Il to prevent them from meet
| luz again Tomorrow aud putting them down
| i've cshts mare. Eapplau>c, And they esi.
| IDENTIFY contemplate such proceeding for
| this article tells us that "mans dealers
| tAiak the difference between grades
| Is likely to m,tta. but that of course will
/ depend upon the amount of each grade
! offered as compared To others"
! "m3nENlNo" orR wurAr,
/ Tia, is Ia say, when the u4r, sherS begin ta
| paar ont their golden Hood over all the land.
| the millers will keep No, | hard nj the same
! figures, Tor taere viii practically lie no M.
| hard, hu, Ne =. hard and No. > regular, will
| Ia "Widcned, F." that l. To say, dropped in
| price, thus widening" their own pockets
aud The tsraors eyes, tgreat laughtsrl. For
| the farmers viii see their profits for
| the year whI%tltl down the wind,
while the horde af their uafor-
,nnatc creditors viii howl IN vain for tina,
which the farmer has MOI and the merchants
viii - to the wall, and the laharing man 20
| into the winter with empty pockets, and
MORTGAGES will he fnrcelosea, and farms and
/ horses and wagons ana COWS and machinery
| will he seized on, and meu will he forced
| cut ri the state, and the growth ef Mime
sofa viii he st,ll further arrested, aud all this
| IL enable a few men 10 build more mills aud
| elevators aud indulge in $1,000 diamonds
| and Italian hronae$, tApplaase.l
narE,
! II may he that this campaign which yau
T nave inangurat,d MAY alarm til. robbers and
asake them stay their hands: II IL does II will
| saw you millions If dollars, and he worth
! acre ~ sau than all the legislatures that
! tase mt Ia st. Paul during tie las, twenty
years. tApplaus@,l
wuAT ARE rmE REMEDIES
/ |. Law 10 provide for a uniform sys-
/ Terra ol grading wheat.
/ Now II t.lc elevator owner buys wheat at
/ is true grade II is graded back on him from
Minneapolis. aui he has either 10 turn In
! aad become the unpaid ar,nt Of the ring To
RIB the farmers Tor the rings profit. ar lie j.
/ . ruined man, and his elevator il TOR sale,
j aua bought hy the ring, who then run 1t IN
] suit themselves, We want a law and u sys-
! tm Whereby M. wheat at Browns Valley.
! nr tnsoh Son. or Rochester. or Farilaalt, or
/ anywhere e!se, will be- M. wheat nj Min
aeap1t& -, Paul aai Duluth. Applause.
! / it'rustuced such hill, year after year,
~tit. member of thc state senate. lat il
/ wa n,.ehel al ami denounced. and riaiculea
ans allied. session alter session, to the iniin-
H. .aJut. ii thr wto,c state. lApplaase.I
HONEST WEIGHTS.
II. Then ~ want n sys;cp that will secure
.se farmer honest wyigtts. Now, If tie
elevator man gives tbc farmer the true
weight Of !> wheat Il Is weighed back Oh
l.m in Minneapolis, and The elevator scales
have Ia he Adjusted Ia the standard i'll Mn
ne9polts. 4 sysism ~ inspection In each
county, hy paid inspectors appointed by the
county commissioners, with power IN AIT In
any other cqanty. ana wita rewards 1T hun
dreas II dpilar.. anu for repeated offences