The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-10-18

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That's the way to do things.
Hutchinson is a live community, and
always was.
From the State Lecturer.
FARMERS ALLIANCE MEETINGS.
The Farmers Alliance of Minnesota
is growing rapidly. During the last
three months seventy-two new Al
liances have been formed and old
and extinct ones revived. 1t is pro-
posed that as this is 'the off year"
and there is no political agitation to
distract the people, to push the Or
ganization rapidly; and next year we
hope to have one thousand active
Alliances at work all over the state.
New men are coming to the front and
taking hold Of the organization of
Alliances in the several counties. We
need all the active, jealous helpers
we can get.
The Alliance Hail Insurance COM
pany has practically closed up it's
work for this year most successfully.
1t is in shape to pay up all it's losses,
and it has done a large business.
Next year it proposes to do ten times
as much. The Life and Cyclone In
surance business will now be pushed.
Good agents are wanted every where;
Address, Hon. John J. Furlong, Supt.
of Insurance, Austin, MINI. This
affords a good chance for bright
young men to make some money and
assist in a worthy work.
The State Alliance meeting next
winter promises to be the largest and
most important ever held in the
state. Every Alliance must be rep
resented. Steps will probably be in
augurated at that time to follow the
example of the Farmers Alliance of
Dakota, and establish a purchasing
agency that will furnish the farmers
with all kinds Of agricultural ma
chinery, at much less than the pres
ent prices. This year binding Irvine
was provided, in many of the coun-
ties, at much less than the Ring
prices.
Remember that the Alliance is not
political organization, in the sense
OF organizing a party, or setting
up a state ticket; but it believes that
it cannot stop corruption, and get
the legislation needed for the pro-
lection of the people, without send
ing the right kind of men to the
State Legislature. And it proposes
to throw it's votes, in a body, against
any man who is tool of Monopoly,
or who is laboring in the interest of
those who are plundering the produc-
ing classes of the state.
Let the farmers, one and all, come
in and help us. Let us all work to-
gether. Let us see if we cannot pre-
vent the State from being ever again
disgraced by such a Legislature as
assembled at the Capitol last winter.
The State Lecturer at Hastings,
Mimi, will be glad to get the ad-
dresses of all active farmers who feel
like helping the work. Documents
furnished free on application. The
friends of the cause are urged to
make all necessary preparations for
these meetings and to meet lectur-
ers on arrival. Remember that
the Farmers Alliance is the only or
ganization in Minnesota whose dis
tinctive object is the improvement of
the financial condition of the farm
ers. IGNATIUs DONNELLY,
State Lecturer.
In the Cronin murder case at Chi
cago, some astonishing develop
ments have been made. Six persons
languish in Jail for jury bribing/
The friends of the murderers made
desperate efforts to bride iurymen-
with thousands of dollars at hand.
1t is certain that some very "high"
persons in politics, are implicated.
A partner Of A. S. Trude, who has
before been in trouble, is inolved-
and that again comes close to Alex
ander Sullivan. Sullivan is the man
who shot Hanford, the public school
teacher, few years since.
When you look at your little shah
by house; when you see the sod and
straw stable; when you look upon
the toes Of that little girl peering
through lattice worked shoes; when
YOU sigh for a grade COW to start
better stock; when you contemplate
the increasing mortgage and accumu-
lating interest then ask the ques-
ton whether 15c. more on every
bushel of wheat you have raised for
five years past wouldn't have been a
good thing? See if you can point
your finger at the thief who stole the
''good thing"