St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-23
FARMERS COMBINE
To Manage Their Business and
Promote Their Special Interests,

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The following extracts from q report
in the Sleepy Eye Herald of the past
week are of interest, as showing what
some of the farmers out of the organiZa-
tons are trying to accomplish III their
localities:
Two o'clock Saturday afternoon was
the time, and the Commercial hotel
was the place. where some fifty repre-
sentative farmers gathered to discuss
matters in which the producers of
the community are interested. The
meeting was called to order by j. n.
Montgomery. who read the published
call. after which Samuel Sherman, of
the town of Leayenworth, WIS selected
as chairman, and Mr.. Sanders, of Prai-
rieyille, was elected secretary. The
meeting then listened TO some remarks
| from Mr.. Montgomery, who Grated on
| the subject of trusts and monopolies,
| and he deity whacked over the head
| everything in the shape of trusts, con-
/ bines or monOpolieS which have raised
their hydra head for the past few
months, in his own inimitable and
original way. His belief is that the
farmers should also combine and fight
this devil with 1t own fire. He wanted
something done to reduce taxes, and eX-
claimed against justice as melted out in
our courts where a man convicted OF
manSlaughter at a cost OF $1,000 should
be set free by payment of $500 fine.
He alluded to the fact that his cow, as
sessed at SIS, was only worth $40 in the
market. Mr.. Ingram thought that to
build cold storage warehouse was a
small thing; that what we wanted was
a grain warehouse. built and run on
regular plan, to take care of our own
produce. Van Dusen 81 Co. quoted
prices right along, which were 10 cents
lower than regular markets, less cost of
handling and freight, and what he
wanted to do was to save this 10 cents.
Mr.. Kobe stated while a butter and
egg depot was all right, that the great
interest here was in grain and ware
house, for the handling of that product,
was most desirable; he believed in COM
bining against combinations. liza man
was sick and could not help himself
with mild medicine he should take a
strong dose and help himself; the
farmers had been pinched on one side
and then on the other and had been
SoUEALING AND KICKING
about it, but now they wanted to quit
that fooliShness and help themselves.
Mr.. Ingram thought the greatest trouble
would be i'm getting farmers to hang to-
gether. There weree;; great many for
eigners who were farmers who seemed
to be afraid to go in with the rest. Mr..
Sanders took the view that the farmers
lacked cohesion; that while it was all
right for them to differ in
politics, religion and morals, they
would have to unite against nonopolieS
or their cause would fail. Should we
make this combination we could only
hope to save those profits made by deal
tt.,ro N
grain to keep six or seven buyers here.
there was certainly enough money in 1t
to pay the farmers to establish them
selves; he had some experience In
these things and thought they could
earn 40 per cent on their investment,and
more if everything worked satisfactory:
he argued that the business should be
run by farmers as if they put
the thing in the hands of the people in
town they were liable to got left any
way. Mr.. Montgomery here rose and
polished off few more combinations
to the queens taste, and said no had
lots more papers home on the same
subject. Mr.. Montgomery was
LOADED FOR LARGE GAME
and the way he emphasized extracts
which he read was very realistic; he in
cidentally expressed himself as of the
opinion that the value of the egg and
butter productions was greater than
that of any other one thing. Good and
bad butter was discussed after which
the motion was stated and carried
unanimously.
Mr.. Addy wanted mill built. so we
could mill our own wheat and ship the
product, and gentleman suggested a
railway and canal. Mr.. Addy also
suggested that the transactions OF the
meeting he kept a secret, as well as the
meetings to be held in the future. Mr..
Kobe objected to this, because, he said,
that our wives would want to know all
about this thing, and they were inter-
eSted as much as we were, and to have
it known that this was secret organiZa-
ton would prejudice them at once. A
farmer moved that the chair appoint
committee of five to draw up constitu-
ton and bylaws for the. association,
which was amended to make the COM
mittee elective rather than appointive,
whereupon the suggestion was APP
proved Of,and the meeting proceeded
to elect members of the committee.
To kill polecats take good egg, make
a small hole in it, turn out part of the
contents of the egg, then put in two
grains of stryehnine, and mix with the
contents of the egg. Then paste piece
bf white muslin over the hole in the
egg, and put it where the p0lecat ranges,
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