St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-06
Mr.. Donnelly Tells the Farmers all About
Their Grievances.


rather in the way of suggestion. No man
could deny that great calamity had seemed
to haye fallen upon the state and the territory
west of it. A cry for relief
from distress had gone up.
There was constant exodus OF white COW
cred wagons. not going to the west but flying
from it. During a recent canvass on the
frontier he had seen sights which were enough
to make the heart of any human being bleed
from pity. Misery, misfortune and calamity
everywhere. The cry went up two years ago
for relief. The legislature then in session
did nothing. An appeal was made to Gov.
who said that the legislature
was so completely the slave of corporations
that 10 relief could be expected of it,
TOO SHORT SESSION.
The limiling of the session TO paltry sixty
days was wrong. 1t left the rings to work
and the robbers 10 plumber. 1t was saving
at the spigot and wasting at the buug. If
tie argument of economy held, the Gar of
Russia was right who got along without any
legislature. Any paltry excuse of saving
seven and half cents a year on every man,
woman and child would simply tie up their
hands and leave them helpless.
THE MILLERs' ASSOCIATION.
The center of grinding monopoly in this
section of country was the Minneapolis Mil
lers' association and its combinations.
Every case of abject frontier misery
could be traced back to score
of men at Minneapolis who sat there regu-
lating the markets Of the country. They had
even last fall reached out and made a combi-
nation with Buffalo, cutting off all hope of
in that direction. Such things
were utterly horrible and damnable. They
took possession of the chan nels of trade to
the utter ruin and arrestment of every in
dustry except their own. The speaker pre-
seuted figures and read detailed statements
to prove the extent of loss eutsied upon the
producer. Was it any wonder that the far
mers and merchants we're EN- EMBARRASSED, that
The cities ceased to grow and this wall of
sorrow went up from the peoplei There
could be no other cause for this
distress than the efforts OF this combination
Of millers to prevent competition. They
were only restrained by the necessity of leav-
ing enough in the hands of the farmer to in
duce him to raise another crop. The
any people in the world, but they were being
to old world degradationsf to the
level Of down trodden peasautry.
Chas. A. Pillsbury said that these men
were an impoverished set of fellows.
Who made them so! 1t did not seem to
the speaker that the test of merit in this
world should be means Of financial con-
dition. If the twelve apostles
had made joint note it
would not be taken by any second hand
dealer IN Jerusalem for an old suit Of clothes.
The only man OF any standing among them
In that case would have been Judas, who
carried the bank. But Judas went aud
hanged himself, a conclusion that the speaker
would cordially recommend to the Minneap-
oils Miiiers' association.
THE PRAYER
famed by the Savior OF mankind was not,
give US our daily champagne and scolloped
oysters. In his opinion his friend Charley
Pillsbury probably altered his prayer to read
GIVE US our daily elevat0r.'' 1t was
no reproach 10 a man that he was poor. II
was only a greater title to justice. The
Millers' association said that No. 1 hard
should contain SIS per cent of Scotch Fife.
If 1t contained 81 per cent. IL was not No. l
bard. Could anything be more unjust In
the speakers humble opinion the remedy,
the cure for these evils, lay in a free market.
IL was in the power Of the state to make IL a
law by an amendment so that any combina-
ton or conspiracy to Interfere with the free
dom of trade could be treated as u felony.
That was the nut Of the whole business
The state could say to these scounGrels that
their place was in the peDitentiary. Cole
Youngers and his brother took their lives In
their hands by an open attack upon a city, but
the men who intrenehed themselves behind
thelsws and reached out and mpoverished the
multitude did not deserve 10 be named In the
same breath with Cole Younger and his asso-
ciates, who would refuse TO assume the task
undertaken by the Millers' association. He
trusted the house would pass an appropria-
ton to enforce the late bill passed bearing
upon this matter, seize these
elevator men and put them
The time was ripe for
LEGISLATIVE ACTION.
There should be first commission which
should have charge of the grading and in
spectInn of the wheat Of the state; and also
local inspections at the primary markets
where the wheat WAS bought. There should
be n head inspector at the capitol 20 see that
n uniform grading was done. Objection
was made that this method would evolve q
horde of office holders. but the very fact init a
a competent official stood ready to decide he
tween the purchaser and seller would lessen
the demand for the exercise OF their func-
tons.
In conclusion the speaker urged the sdop-
ton Of some measure which would not keep
the promise 10 the ear and break II to the
hope" Referring briefly to the railroad
question, he said be did not desire to urge
any harsh Or cruel measures against railways.
He believed With Abraham Lincoln In char
ity toward all aud malice towards none.
Figures showed that the gross earnings OF
the railroads In this state were a little greater
than the annual value Of wheat raised IL the
state. That was a pregnant showing. The
tumor in this case seemed greater
than the man. But be believed
that II there was 20 Minneapolis Millers' as
scciasiou there would have been 60 clamor
against the railroads. He had great respect
for Mr.. Hlli, Of the Manitoba road, and he
believed that II he had been let alone be
would have continued the reduction OF
charges iuauguratcd by him. But Mr.. Hin
did not own the road. The speaker believed
that Il the railroad men could be convinced
Of the fact that the prosperity OF their road
was identical with that Of the country trav-
ersed by Il, they would no longer keep on
killing the goose which lAie the golden egg.
The present course would result in crushing
the country. aud themselves with Il. In
clOsing, an eloquent appeal was made to the
Legislature to administer justly the affairs Of
the people entrusted to their charge, aud say
to the Minneapolis Mlllsrs' association
Hands orr
After the conclusion Of Mr.. Dounelly's adj
dress, remarks were made by other members
OF the alliance bearing upon the same sub
Jet.
Two Interesting Decisions.
Chief Justice GilSllan Of the supreme