Morris tribune., 1884-02-27
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Ihis Northwest is not to be ruled in \
the future by monopo!ies. 1t Is too
large and its products are too valuable
When the country was being opened
Tor settlement, and as long as there
existed but single lines of railway |
here and there, and the grain market
was controlled by 4 single corporation
the grievances of the farmer We're |
numerous and oppressive. But the
country is developing rapidly and the
condition of things is materially
changing. Now instead of few
railroads leading to ST. Paul and Min |
neapolis there are roads leading to-
Duluth as we'll and others in contem- |
plation terminating at the same point |
which will be built during the next
two years. There are also projected
lines of railway, like the Fargo & st.
Louis Air Line, with st. Louis for a
terminal point whose completion is a
matter of but a short time. These
roads when completed will give a J
choice or roads and consequent COM
petition for Milwaukee and Chicago
as We'll as direct line to st. Louis.
Besides these various Independent
lines of railway the Hudson's Bay
Route is being vigorously agitated by
which the distance from the grain
fields of the NORTHWEST to Liverpool
will be shortened by at least 3 thous-
and miles. That the natural water
. route from the Gulf of Mexico via
the Mississippi, Minnesota. and Red
rivers and intervening lakes, will be
made navigable in the near future,
there can be but little doubt. Portions
of this great natural highway are now
traversed by railroads and the remain
ing portions soon will be.
The fact that so many lines of trans
portation have been and are to be
built into this region, shows that bus
mess centerS know the commercial
Importance of this land of the future
and wish to be connected with it.
1t means that the products of these
pralries are attracting the attention
of the consuming world and that buy
ers wish to establish lines of trans
portation which will make it possible
for them to obtain q part OF the sur
plus at least. 1t means also that it is
generally recognized fact that the
many new hamlets and towns spring
ing up throughout this country are to
be prosperous cities of various sizes in
a few years and that their trade is
worth competing for by wholesale
centers. In few short years our
merchants will be besieged by drum
mers from ST. Louis, Milwaukee, Chi
cage, st. Paul, Duluth and perhaps
from some place yet to be built up on
Hudson's Bay, each of whom will be
eager for their trade; eager enough to
put prices down to the lowest point
possible Then too, there will be rep
resentatives of the millers and specu-
lators of all of these various places
each trying to out bid the other and
thus secure the mo hard" and other
equally valuable products of these
northwestern farms. When the trade
of a country is desired and sought
after by so many different competing
places as is the case here it will be
useless for any single corporation Oh
monopoly to attempt to contro
things. 1t will not be very long before
the Minneapolis Millers' Association
will be but one of many who are anx
iously bidding for the farmers grain
Soon farmers will yet their dues. Th
days of oppression are nearly ended.
Montevideo Leader: The Millers
Association of Minneapolis is glgan
tic monopoly that dictates the price o
wheat throughout the Northwest, am
it dictates the price without regard t
the quantity produced, without regar
to the quality and without regard t
the demand. By the practice OF tn
most bare-fdced deception and frau
il has insinuated itself into positio
where it can take advantage OF tn
peoples necessities, and it maintain
that nositiep by practices equally dis
honest, fraudulent and deceptive. L
secure it in this nefarious work tn
railroad corporations are lending thei
gigantic influence and support and Tia
two are dividing the spoils. BY edl(
of the railroad corporations indepenc
ent competition in the purchasln
and shipment of wheat has bee
sruled out" and not a bushel of tn
magnificent crop of 1883 will reac
the eastern market without contribr
ting an unjust share to the support
these monopolies.
But have we remedy? Certainl
we have if the Constitution of tt
United States, the laws of the Ian
and the decisions of the courts haI
any effect whatever over such gigant
monopolies. Where law can be SUI
cessfully invoked we should invof
its aid. Where legislation will ser'
us it should be demanded. Whel
wholesome competition can be secure
it should be encouraged, and where
is possible to forestall them by the il
PRODUCTION of more diversified int
ests it should be heartily engaged il
If every wheat farmer would turn h
attention to the production of LEI
bulky products, these monopoli'
would soon be on the anxious sea
where they belong, and we could sns
our fingers at them and enjoy the
discontinue for awhile. The Miller
Association could hardly regulate tt
price of beef and if the railroads WEI
too grasping it could be driven
market.
Do tal, Dam