St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-13
WAS A REOPLUM THIS TIME
Hagerty as immigration Commissioner
Gives Great Satisfaction,
BUT THE BIG MONOpOLIEs
Have a Piece of the Mind of One
of the Daughters of Da-
k0ta.


Special TO the Globe.
ROSCOE, April l2.-The prospects Tor
prosperous year in Dakota were never
better, and were it not for the trusts
that seem to have firm grip upon the
Threats OF the agricultural population
of our country, the outlook would be all
that can be desired. Immigration is
continually coming our way, with fine
horses, blooded cattle. machinery, the
highest grades OF poultry, and all the
appliances for successful farming.
If the present efficient commissioner
OF immigration was to be removed, no
appointment could have given more
general satisfaction than that of +, III.
uagerty, OF Aberdeen. particularly to
the people OF this section. Central Da-
k0ta'S political plums have
BEEN MOSTLY STONES,
and we rejoice that this portion of Da-
kota mas been at last recognized in the
appointment OF a man with such a SPOT
less character and eminent business
abilities as Mr.. Hagerty. Could the
farmers of this country hope to receive
the legitimate fruits OF their toll they
would be an enviable class of people.
But look at the situation this spring.
The monster Irvine trust is reaching
over the wheat growing states, to the
fartheSt limits of the Northwest, to
sweep $50 000,00 into the pockets of its
protected manufacturers. The cotton
pagglng trust reaches over the South,
IRON Mason Il DiX0n'S line to the Gulf
OF Mexico, to claim enormous tribute
from ali its victims who raise cotton.
WI nat these special monsters fail to de-
YOUR, the lumber and coal and iron and
other Ubiquitous mOnop0lieS will dis
pose OF III short order. 1t should be
lesson 10 the farmers son the power of
Il trust when they see the price of
wheat go down and flour which they
purchase held to the notch when wheat
was the highest price. These giant
trusts that are warning against the az
rlcuitural Interests of our common
country. and can. Briareus like, reach
out their hundred hands into the
POCKETS OF THE FARMERS
must be met and conquered, as tradition
assures us giants of old were. by the
courage. and address of the victims
themselves. After years of tribute
paying and subseryience to these mon
STEERS, these who make business of
agriculture will rise in righteous indig-
nation. and each one will seek to be-
come ".Tack the Giant Killer" of thest.
mOnopoileS that have fattened upon the
toll and substance Of himself and fam
lily. Then the man who holds the pillow
VIII move the world. Agriculture is
the Keystone of the arch that upholds
ali other business enterprises, and yet |
Iall TO see the present government eX-
tending any protection to the men who
make the prosperity of the country. On
the contrary, those engaged in that
business are made the special victims
OF these pampered monOpolists. Why
these enormously wealthy corporations
should be coddled and protected at the
expense OF the farmer and laborer is a
mystery until we carefully examine
the makeup Of the United States
senate-lamber. coal, railroads, machin-
cry OF every description-all monopo-
Les. III TACT. have their representatives
III the senate. who officer the weli-paid
LOBBYISTS Ill their several interests.
purihg the gallant fight made last year
Dy the minority to reduce taxation on
the necessities of the common Deople."
IL Was interesting to watch those old
trust warriors, entrenched behind their
money bags. strike back at the interests
OF me working class, and resist to tile
death every effort to divert the golden
stream from their bursting pockets.
!4ittie can be expected of mercy and
justice from a government controlled
by men many of whom were those who
paid our dead and dying, and manned
and starved, and footsore soldiers in de-
preciated
RAG MONEY,
while bondhOlders were paid in hard
gold. BY such legislation they have set
the seal Of their estimate upon the reia-
tive values of blood and treasure. I'm
commenting upon the twine trust. the
protective organs say ''the farmers are
now supplied with expensive Irvine
binding machines, and they are not 70
ing to allow them to rot in the sheds.
even If they are forced to pay eight or
ten cents more pound for twin,." We
VIII see. One healthy outlook for the
farmers is the fact that their own Jour
nails are rapidly increasing. and many
established newspapers are cspousing
their cause and placing the facts in
their interests before the peopIe, so
public opinion is being moulded in the
right direction. Mrs. S. V. ARNOLD,
NEW WORKS WILL co TIP