The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-02-28

was organised by the Alliance. and
now has lie main office in Minneapo.
lii, with branches in Milwaukee and
Duluth. This corporation owae.i by
Tho aransra was built up for the pur.
pose Of projecting the No. l hard
wheat raisers of Dakota from the
conscienceless npaci,y Of IL, pnwer.
ful elevator and railway c,mbina,io.
Of the Northwest" This ruthless pool
OF monopclists has long been in she
habit Of forcing Dakota farmers u
sell their No. l hard wheat, tI,u, il
~unrivalled in the markets Of the
world, tor u third grade crice; then
these scheulers would tax. this frat
class wheat, mix it with actual third
class wheat aud sell the new lot az
second class, thus robbing the farmers
Of = clear 80 cents a bushel. Mr..
Loucks will stop this steal in future.
and give eastern -four users and Da.
kota farmers a mutual benefit. NJ.
Crosse in his address. 10 us las, u,nmer
put the steal Oh our whea. ut % cents
a bushel. Twenty-Five cents a bushel
is go on every hundred bushels; 800
on every 1000 bushels Of our wheat.
Is not this astounding, something to
almost take our breath away? Can
we wonder at railway and elevator
magnates being millionaires, building
palatial residences, and having trips
to Europe. etc. With these startling
facts ire We surprised At the farmer
telling from sunrise to dawn. His
farm. perhaps his chatteis mortgaged,
living in a shack, etc. The 800
eteal from US on every 500 bushels Of
wheat, would soon pay off our debts,
make US comfortable homes, builL us
churches and schools, turn the wilder.
ness into a garden, and this only n
steal; there are plenty more Of them on
the long suffering farmer. How long
will we submit to such barefaced rob-
berry and oppression. We have able,
patriotic men az leaders in our na.
tional and territorial alliances. behind
them a stalwart host, stern and re.
solved on the very practical business
Of fighting the foe, How il it witt.
our county alliance, are we ready to
move as one man at the bugle call.
Are we not disorganized without dis.
cipline; a few taking up the time at
our meetings, till every one, tired
and Disguised, ut the weary word war;
the meeting breaks up in disorder
every one rushing from the room. as
if it. were. a pest house, with the old
story, no business transacted. II this
state Of affairs is to be any longer toll.
Grated, we had better disband than be
a bye word and reproach. But it can.
not be possible that the intelligent
clear. headed farmers Of this county
will allow any man or men to ruin
the organization which is our only
hope. Brothers, our : is a noble, pa.
triotic and sacred cause. It is protec-
ton to our families from wrong and
robbery. All we ask is justice, all
we want is live. and let live, that we
get the fair market value ut our pro.
duce. That no longer shall we toll.
that a few sharpers BY their stealing,
from US, shall buy seats and votes in
congress and our legislatures. So that
they make laws for their special bene.
fit, 80 that as to amass vast fortunes.
at the expense Of the millions who
toll. To succeed we must put down
petty jealousy and strife, and stand
shoulder to shoulder with those
who are so nobly fighting our
battles. Look with suspicion 81, those
who foment disturban 9, amongst us,
as possibly paid agents Ut our unscru-
pulous oppressors, who are trying
every means to battle US Eternal
vigilance is the price I liberty" Let
our county alliance be the means of
saving our hardly earned money, and
that no longer shall we be rhe prey of
the spoiler. To accomplish this we
must - ~ 90
Ring out the old, ring in the new;
Ring ont slsnder. ring out strife;
Ring out the false, ring in the true
.--- JAxEs FLgMISo.