The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-03-28
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S:.. ~ More Robbery.
The following faithful exposure Of
. nefarious scheme to plumber the
tilless OF The soi3. requires the serious
confederation Of farmers, 20 that we
may bans those thieving plotters:
p All trusts are pestiferous inventions
fthe devil Of greed, and there 10 q
wide variety Of them. Some are o.
hidden by darkness that i is hard to
catch 4 glimpse Of their evil faces,
but their long grasping hands reach
out Of the. shadows and steal just the
|same, 70 that We know they are
somewhere; in tho mist working
wickedness. The sugar and Standard
Oh Trusts are Of this character.
There are other trusts that partake
If the nature Of road agents and west.
.rn stage robbers, and transact their
peculiar business on the highways Of
trade, bra.enly obtruding their villain.
Jus presence 10 the very eyes Of those
whom they pillage. OF this revolt.
ing tyne the Irvine Trust ~unquestion.
ably takes the belt f1r shameless ef-
frontArY.
Twinc.bindinx harvesters are in
universal use among the farmers OF
America, and it requires annually
something like $4,000 tons Of twine
10 harvest our wheat and oat crop.
The tiarmer1 who must use this 1O0,.
900, 600 pounds Of twius every year,
are now absolutely at the mercy Of an
utterly rspacious pool Of spectators
who control the eutire output OF
twine.
These men are not noviess 10 the
art Of safe and sure brigaudage. aud
make no mistakes when planning a
gigantic steal. In order 70 get the
farmer completely at their mercy.
they commenced operations far back
Of the manufactured twine, and
gobbled all the raw material oat Of
which it was lnade.
When their warehouses held in
store all tho manila in the markets
Of the world, ATwiae Trust came ntD
being quite natural and without labor
pains Whatsoever.
The National Cordage association
and London Syndicate we're the
proaigste parents OF this strong
bastard which they will send forth to
forcibly 6lch the hard earned dollars
from the pockets Of farmers.
Ths chief copartners, bene6ciaEies,
and nanipuiators Of this viper brood
Of Manila corners, and tNins trusts
are the great Harvester Manufactur.
era Of the Mississippi Valley.
These agricultural implement
makers have piled up millions Ut
dollars of from the lsboTs Of Ameri.
can farmers. add are adding to the
bulky score every yesr-yet, thei,
greed grows larger with their rapidly
increasing gaius. They have ~
gratitude to give the toillng men who
have brought them fortune and
luxury, and now in this time Of toll
aud struggle for the American
farmer, they seek new aud cunninye,
means to wiring from him the hard
earned fruits Of his labor.
These Harvester makers primarily
make themselves ''desd safe" by CON.
trolling n the mills that manufacture
binding t~iae.
Among thsmselves they have ere.
ated q confederation Of sworn depre
dators and keep bandit faith with
oneanother.
These Harvester manufacturer get
all the twins they require 1t the same
price, and all sail At the same fixed
rate to the farnsrs. while each mauu'
E~aeturer buds himssif aud rursI
agents to confius sales to the farmer,
using his own machines. Thus every
man Of them can pluck bis OVID gees*
down 70 the pin feathers without fea'
Of competitioo.
IT, commercial house, thss 10 sssis.
6sd with : deosas profit o. in busi'
ness, should determine to give til>
farmer cheaper binding twius ano
make contracts With manufacturers Il
take ak their output. forthwith tn.
monster trust With u,illiius on million,
Ut its command would uss every ruth
less and infamous means to buy o,
bluff of the factory that dare suppl,
the entsrprisiug outsider.
Farmersl Look at the tsmptatior
thu. aAeftrs these absolute masters o!
the 0,O0O.000 pounds Of binding
swine that you are obliged 70 have,
They mset in conference I'VE.
sparkling champagne. Gus Of then
remarks:
Let us make the price % csnss 9
pound, that will give ~ = diss .:
several Millions"
NO." replies q poolr. "nake II Is
cents, and shat gives ~ aeooiuiliioa
dollars more"
"TrueI' says another. "hut what l.
the matter with 20 eents, and tws
millions extra tor wine aud cigarsY'
and thus in mellow hilarity they ruiz
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