The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-22

this country and that they may fall
to the ground; and that the interests
of the producer and consumer may
be brought closer together, doing
| away with the wheat gamblers and
middle men, by the establishment Of
a line of transportation direct from
the producer to Europe tending to
properly grade and afford the pro-
Queer whatever his products were
really worth in the worlds market,
all tending toward an opportunity
to trade where he could do the best
for his money, paying a reasonable
revenue tariff for the privilege.
CrookstOn Journal:
"Give That Calf More Rope"
When you hear men like the
Pillsburys, who have made i'm
mense fortunes in handling and
grinding wheat, and have Just
sold their mills at a figure way
up in the millions, advising the
farmer who for years and years
furnished the basis Of that wealth,
to "diversify his husbandry," it
looks to us like the height Of sar-
casm, and suggests the head to
this article in reply. They tell
the farmers that the reason why
wheat-raising don't pay is be-
cause we raise too much wheat and
don't raise hogs enough, while
the fact is that immense fortunes
are made in wheat every year
and valuable milling properties
are built up looks like the farm
ers don't "raise hogs enough"
he fattens a great many, for all
who touch wheat after it leaves
the farmers hands make money
out of it. If the Pillsburys and
all such, after having ground
wheat for years and years were
unable to pay their hired help, and
found their mills were not worth
one-half what they cost, their adj
vice to farmers to diversity would
not seem such a hollow mockery
as it does now, when the farmers,
toiling though they do from
morning till night, find them
selves unable to pay their help and
running expenses, and find their
farms not worth half what they
cost them, all the time knowing
that there is big money in wheat
for somebody. When such a
state OF things exists the times
are fearfully out of joint, and this
is the exact condition of things
to-day. The Pillsburys and such
will tell you that for a few years
there "has been no money in
wheat!' If that is true how
comes 1T they have made over
grown fortunes and that their
mills are so valuable? Where
does the money come from to
divide among the mill hands on
the profit plant" Why do they
tell you farmers to "diversify
your husbandry'' inY order to
make a bare living, while there is
millions in your wheat? Because
they know thatraisinglive stock,
which they do not want, will en-
able you to keep on raising wheat,
which they do want, and they are
becoming alarmed lest the farm
ers get weary, or entirely busted
raising wheat, in which event
their profits would be cut off,
What has brought about this
state of things, where the wheat
grower gets the bare cost of pro-
ducing the wheat, while those
that toll not reap the rich re-
ward? Well, if it is not comb
nation against the grower we do
not know what it is, and we be-
lieve that this state of things will
continue until the farmer isforced
to unite in the grange or the ALI
ance or whatever you choose to
call it, to protect his own inter
ests, against the encroachments
of other interests. When he does
that he will by being able to pro-
tect his own bushes interests,
stand upon a level with other
business men-a state of things
which does not exist to-day.
Then he can diversity" or not as
he likes without regard to those
who are now fattening upon his
toll.
Getting mad sometimes does an
awful sight of good.