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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-10

When wheat is worth 81 .2S in Liv-
erpool we would naturally conclude
that a just price in Minnesota would
be that price less the proper cost OF
transportation, and the necessary
profit to the shipper The latter item
should not be more than two cents
bushel, and all Board of Trade trans
actions are for \ of:one cent. No mat
ter who owns the railroads the ship
ping should cost nothing but freight.
The intervention of the elevator sys-
TEN is robbery-it is for that pur-
pose, and the System" pays a
bonus to the companies to carry on
the robberies.
Freight on wheat across the ocean
is from two to 21kc. per bushel. From
Duluth or Chicago to New York,
via Lakes Michigan, Huron and Erie
and connecting rivers, the Erie canal
and Hudson River towing, is six
cents a bushel, q 900 miles). Freight
from the Red River or Southern Min
nesota, ETC., to Duluth or Chicago
should be at the rate of one-tenth OF
a cent per ton-mile by means OF
canals, or say an averge Of two
cents bushel.
But says the farmer, eve have no
canals.
Well, that's your lookout. You
could have canals if you wanted them.
The Ohio canals cost $4,000 to the
mile-and God made Minnesota pur.
posely for canals. If the farmers
have put their trust in the Wash.
burns and defied their God, it is
their own doing. It's been their
money that has been squandered
The above natural course of trade
figuring on proper R. R. charges
from the farm to Duluth or Chicago
would make wheat worth in Minneso-
ta-at $1.28 in Liverpool, about
$1.16 a bushel- allowing two cents
for shippers profits. Adding four
cents more for terminals, which
ought not exist except canal reload
ing, and you would have $1.12.
You do get 60 to Csc.
But, practically, Liverpool does
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-10
company

Plutocracy has rendered legitimate
farming profitless, while it has weight
ed the land down with mortgages.
This condition has resulted in the
closing OF factories, while our Pluto
cratic industrial system is filling our
cities with immigrant labor. 1t is no
wonder there are today 100000 men
in the United States who are willing
to work but can find nothing to do,
besides those who won't work. And
yet do you still ask the question, els
reform needed?" Will you still cling
to the old parties that promise but a
continuance of the present system
which fills our legislative halls with
millionaires and our streets with
paupers, without requiring OF them
a distinct change of policy?
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-10

tered any complaint Of the state OF
general trade. But we do know that
a farmer at Bird Island sold four
steers for $36 AT THE YARDs-and we
are paying 10, II, Is and 1Sc. for
steak in ST. Paul. Our own family is
buying at II and 15c.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-10

always been an important factor in
the worlds advancement. The ma
tions that have had the greatest car
rying trade have been the most pros
porous ones. On the ocean, trans
portation has developed under the law
of competition. 1t is every mans
highway. On land, corporations
havesecurcd certain privileges. Rail-
roads have been constructed, with a
lawful right to tax the public traffic
for carriage over their roads and ad-
here to the rule, if possible, to charge
all the traffic will bear.
To give to the carrier and public
alike a fair compensation for their
labor and investment, is one OF the
great questions OF the day. Never
before in the worlds history have we
seen such enormous accumulatiOns OF
wealth as we have seen in this country,
concentrated by the corporate manip-
ulators. There is no social question
that interests us more deeply than
the financial question, as it may be
said to embrace the other leading
reform questions.
All civilized nations have conferred
a legal power upon some material,
by which it's people can measure the
value of it's products.
All political economists agree to
this one fact, that when money is
plentiful and cheap, busy wheels of
the factory are kept in motion, the
laborer is steady employed at good
wages, the products OF the farm are
sold at renumerative prices and the
people are happy and prosperous.
According to the dictates OF the
money power, our government has
steadily pursued the course of con-
tracing the volumes OF money, while
our population and products have
annually increased. Twenty-Five
years ago very few farms OF the North
west were under mortgage. To-day
a farm clear of incumbrance is an ex-
ceptional one. Pass through the
country; notice the dilapidated and
impaired condition OF the farm build
ings, fences, etc. Go through our
mining districts; look at the novels
and deplorable surroundings of the
laborer. Enter our large cities;
notice the massive palaces, the great
and imposing business houses; ask
how many millionaires are there; you
will learn that the millionaire and
tramp alike have increased in num-
bers. Go to your county recorder
and see the records of indebtedness
against the farmer. Then keep
book account of your farm; at the
end OF the year you will find that the
footings will show you that some one
besides yourself is getting large
share OF your earnings. These ques-
tiOns we cannot evade.
We often hear it said that rail-
roads are not profitable, that they
are frequently forced to make consign-
ment. This is not surprising, when
we consider that fictitious capitaliza-
ton has placed a mortgage OF many
millions of dollars upon the industry
ofthis country, and to earn dividends
upon this watered stock and at the
same time satisfy the public has been
an impossible task. 1t has also
stimulated the building of parallel
lines, which in these times OF COM
mercial depression are not needed.
They are forced to yield and break
down. Let the railroad receive a
reasonable dividend upon the capital
actually invested, is the true principle
to adhere to.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-10

The foreign market does not seem
to run the Pacific coast-wheat is
worth $1.2O to $1.3O on the west
shore.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-10

Gould's contracts on the patents
of the long distance telephone expire
within two years. Then comes a
deadly competition for the telegraph
systems No wonder the Western
Union Telegraph system wants to
sell out!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-10

The split in the ranks of the w.
G. Il. U. has reached such formid-
able proportions that a reconcile
alton seems impossible.-Ex.
Yes, eleven delegates split off
from a body of 500.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-10

A communication on the Hail In
surance of the Alliance is. received
from the Commissioner, and will ap-
pear next week. Mr. Furlong is now
appointing agents for 1890.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-10

Only $4,000 railroad men killed or
manned by railways, per year! II
any other agency but monopolies did
this cruel work other nations would
interfere to stay the slaughter.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-10

The railroads of Iowa, which gran
ger laws have ruined" have an in
come of over one hundred million dol
lars! What a tremendous power if
put in the hands of corporation!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-10

Twenty-Five years from now this
country will either be a government
under the control of labOr-Or des-
pOtism over serfs.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-10
CONSUMPTION SURELY CURED.

To THE EDIToR-Please inform your readers
that have positive remedy for above named
disease By it's timely use thousands of homeless
cases have been perm ancntly cured / shall he
glad to send two bottles of my remedy FREE to
any OF your readers who have constitution. II
they will send me their Express and p. O. address
Respectfully, T. A. SLOCITM M Z,
ISL Pearl ST.. New York,
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-10

AS the editor has been in Otter
Tail Co. nearly all this week, the
most OF the correspondence is put off
until the week following, and light
paper issued this week.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-10

The Renville Union says the Mil
waukee railroad has been topping on
the verge of bankruptcy the past
year. That is holder statement
than we have made and the author
should be sent to the penitentiary at
once!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-10
Annual Meeting Of the State
Alliance


The time is rapidly approaching
when the Alliance OF Minnesota is to
assemble in Convention. Itbehooves
every local Alliance and county AL
lance to see to it that men of integ-
rity and character are sent to st.
Paul. And if it were possible to re-
move the Alliance from st. Paul it
should be done. But it cannot-at
least this year. Never in the history
OF our work in this state has SO i'm
portant a meeting been held as this
will be. Every one can see why.
We could give other and weighty
reasons why it will have a telling in
fuence on the future-but the time
has not yet arrived. No man will
question the loyalty of the GREAT
WEsT-but even in the midst of it's
sacrificial devotion to the cause, it is
not ready to plunge into the motives
which have thus far underlaid the
surface and is still working out pri-
vate intrigues rather than communal
interests. All we can say is-that a
mighty wave OF loyalty to Alliance
purposes should come up to the AL
lance meeting-like a tide-and car
ry everything before it. The AL
lance itself, through all the ramifi-
cations of it's local eXistence, is loyal.
But for some reason the Minnesota
Alliance utterly fails to come up to
the plane of it's purposes.
In it's Business Matters, it's inf1u-
ence on elections, it fails. But above
all, it has failed to give ready palm
to the great Union, Federating, feel
ing which is now blending the toiler
from every section of the republic in
to one great body. During these
mighty moving scenes, in which the
nation is the stage, and human des-
TIMES the chessmen, where is Mime
sofa?
Dakota, with it's tremendous
strides, it's companies, it's capital, it's
trade, it's power to break up COM
bines Nebraska, with it's right hand
in the grasp of the Industrial Union;
Iowa, with victory perched upon her
banners, and a great party sent to
grass on her orders Illinois bringing
out straw-binders with $40, 900 premi
ums, and evolving the mortgage in
debtedness of the state; Missouri.
driving out of the state 900 firms be-
cause interested in trusts -where,
in all this breaking dawn OF new
morn, is Minnesota?
And, if Minnesota is found f1oun-
dering in the background, with every
other state complaining OF it's atti-
tude, why is it?
1t is not difficult to tell, and the
time must soon come when the truth
and the whole truth must be told.
Probably the publication OF the entire
correspondence OF this paper would
formulate a cause.
But whatever is the trouble, let
the next State Alliance be such a
gathering of honest farmers SO full of
enthusiasm that the ''machinery" OF
the past can not dwarf it's mighty
imnulses into selfish channels.
Come up to the State Alliance in
force, gentlemen and when the great
work which it is yours to do comes
before you, let no set schemes of sell
| fish men sheath the sword, but cut,
and bind, and thrash-and throw
the chaff into the fire. Better have
five thousand straight men under
honest grangers than our fifteen
thousand under political schemers
and interest workers.
| SocvN r. Moody Of the Wisconsin
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-10

The editorial comments on the
''Northwest Granaries Company"
may not appear this week. ed
work in Otter Tail County.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-10

Our correspondent who asks what
we ought to get for wheat, reason
able price, will find an answer in the
article on "a Wheat Trust"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-10
Hutchinson Leader.

Hutchinson Leader.
Minneapolis and St. Paul are both
big enough. They have reached that
size which makes them metropolitan
in the fullest sense. In their midst
all the arts, sciences and reiinements
are established and fourishing in
us high a state as in any other wealth.
glutted city on the face OF the earth
They have become the centres of a
highly organized society, from which
much of both good and evil radiates,
and which can not be improved but
which can be made more vitiating
by a larger and denser population
Hundreds, thousands, of men in cities
have become immensely rich by in
famous tributes exacted from the
producers of the Northwest, by the
theft of timber lands Of the state and
by benefits secured by legislation adj
vantageous to themselves but mimi
cal to the general veal. Why should
the country be continually drained
to make these cities more enormous
and oyergrown in wealth, population
and power? Business is stagnated
in interior towns OF the state and far
mers are not prosperous. Yet the
denizen of the city is rapidly getting
richer as the city is getting bigger.
Manufactures cannot flourish in
smaller towns because of railroad
discrimination in favor of the cities,
and for the same reason country
merchants often find themselves at
a great disadvantage in meeting the
competition of city dealers. Would
it not be better for the people at large
were the wealth of the state more
evenly distributed? Would not
thriving towns, scattered through
out the state, with better churches,
better schools, better libraries, bet
ter amusements and more prosper
Gus business men tend to a higher
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-10
N ebpaSka.

Says the Fairfield Herald: "The
alliance sold a lot of corn at Edgar
last week, delivered on track, at is
cents per bushel, but after ten cars
had been loaded they We're notified
that the road was blocked, and
hence the delivery direct by the alli-
ance people was refused. The alliance
people will promptly appeal to the
commissioners and claim heavy
damages, as at the prices they were
realizing the loss to the average
farmer will be from $500 to 5000, or
many thousands in the county,
which, if added to the scant profits
OF the farm, where it belongs, would
enable many farmers to lift mort
cages and live like white men and
American citizens. The wrong will
be righted if there is any JUS
tice Or defense for the oppressed left
in the law books of the nation
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-10

We are promised an article next
week by an official OF the State Al
lance of Virginia.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-10

Lorraine, the now somewhat cele-
brated cigar sign OF the Renville Co.
Union, pitched into the Alliance Coun-
ty Lecturer a week or SO since in
which some choice literature appears.
He says wheat buyer there handled
$4,000 bushels of wheat and only
made $40 in the work-every &C
quaintance in Bird Island will testify
to the falsity of this-and every
farmer. If it is true the man is a fool.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-10

There is some anxiety throughout
meeting is being delayed beyond the
usual time, and whether it is asso-
ciated with any political matters =?
In reply we would say that the Presi-
dent informs us that so many new
alliances We're being organized by
our Dep. Lecturers that it was
thought better to delay the Annual.
II there is any other motive it will
doubtless appear in time. There is
a wonderful development of Alliance
loyalty going on out in the state.
The date of the annual meeting is
fixed by the executive committee.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-10

Inc progress OF today was the dream OF yes-
1erday-tomorrow we will meet the prophecies of
today as facts.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-10
ST. PAUL, MINI, JAN. 10, 1890.

Entered as second class matter at the St. Paul
POstOffce
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-10

A. X. FRAN, BUSINESS MANAGER.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-10
THE GREAT w EST

EVERETT w. FISH, EDITOR.
Deputy State Lecturer Minnesota Alliance.
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-13
A SWELL WEDDING.
A CoR6ruasa old aeheior Very senslbly
Deserts the Br0therhood

a Coa6ruaed old Eae heior Very senslely
Deserts rhe Brotherhood.
..--.s.ss 81. fss t-.tlkss-sts--.
HoLLAND, M.eh., June l7.-At a.
early hour tais moFnlng flags we're dis
played f-om the po2t-othee aud various
other buildings. that % seemed Ike 4
Fourth of July. The cause of all this
j. that th.s IS the day Ou which oar
postmaster, Jacob q. Van Putlen, one
~ H0IauG's confirmed ola bachelors,
deserts tle brotherhood and taaes unto
lm,elt a beautiful young tcde, Miss
Cur-stlne J. Van Elalte. The cere-
mOuy took place at tle nome ot the
oude's parents, ~ u. n., .n tlls city,
A 81 >lett ems ID. d., officiating, none
clt Iae relatives being present
The marriage OF Al1s Agnes Evan
~tedeus % Dr. T. ~ Holemau, OF
ko>e-aut. ILL.,. took place this morning
20 u 1t. ne, al the home Of tie brides
parents. in t.1@s city. The knOl WAS tied
by tine brides father. y. II. Stetfens, ID.
T., assisted BY Dr. Beard-lee, OF Hope
College. The happy couple took the
. - p. ~. TRAM Tor RO2eland, H., thclr
I-LuIe u0me
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-13
PROM qHE WILD WEST.
1An Who knows Mere ~ Wester
Lllo IaAa Ban=lo BIn.

ILlu I1Aa banz4o BI0.
Grand Eap-as has been favored with
a Vs. fr9m q Western aaa who
Western Is eYegy conceivable sense ~
TIE sord
James Clark. of Cook cry Montana.
las got more west iu hm. probably,
tazn auy man nAo ever struck Grand
Rapids This statement pll be %
many Who reAl i an answer T. lie
question they have leeu repeating tls
week "WLo s mar fellow ltwas
lmposs llc uot o. ask tle question ben
once the man .4IA uo4e ln Il Elt. Ile
attractive feature " the mau Is taat
teerc ], notlug artificial about llm.
lis bIJh occurred anywhere you please
ln ghe Rocky mountains, ~ Ninte aud
Indian pareutaee, and Ae uuitcs ~ lIs
pnyscai and intellectual nature, Tie
strongest characteristics 0I both races
with tie Caucasian predOmnatug
Ia dress, he Was exceedingly loud,
without any ostentaUOn, which state
ment j. nO more contradictory than t4e
man own makeup. Hls ntemluab.Y
broad -hrmmCd nat was unlke other
bEo8d-brlms 0f tAe affected Western
man, IN the fact that i III rs subject
with perfect c0ngruty. The n4sly
suit and the heavy gold cham We're
SAke c0ngruous with the person, and,
IN looking at the man, the observer
wondered at nothing pa particular, bat
Al everything I'D general.
il Is safe 10 say that no man ever
visited Grand Rapids who possessed 50
practical a knowledge Of western life as
James Clark, not excepting Buffalo
Bill Clark never had a blood relative
born east Of the Missouri river, and the
first that be himself ever saw of the
Mississippi river WAS when be crossed Do
sixyears AGO on ms way 90 Washington
TO negotiate contract for a lease ol
land 10 the Yellowstone Park lie has
had personal experience OF every phase
OF Western "rOugnlng %, 10 the "sirk-
lng u rich IN ali phases Oi Western
speculative enterprise. as an Indian,
hls flesh bears the marks 81 early lacera-
ton IN religion, pOW-WoWs and as
white man be bears the marks oi busl-
ness man Of varied success. lie seems
atthe present 70 be iiusn ln means, and
Is said % have "blOWn' -lOO. 900 during
the past year. lie is interested ln min-
lng, smelling, staging, mad routes and
other enterprises of those regions.
They who have made James CLARK
their friend during hls briet VISIT in this
city viii nave occasion ~ feel glad
thereof if they should ever chance %
meet HIM in the Rocky Mountains. III,
genial, generous nature would prompt
him 10 put himself ut the service OF ans
friend IN need OF substantial assistance
OF advice.
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-13
THESE ARE THE JUDGES.

For the Championship Games of the
Amateur Athletic Association
The following judges have been
appointed by the Amateur Athletic
Association of the United States to act
as the western championship games at
Detroit next Saturday: A. ;. Hartwell,
Past.me Athletic Club of 1t. Louis, Mo,
+. IL. Newoerry, Detroit Athletic Club,
Detroit, Mich, and c. ". Chauncey,
OwashtanOng Boat Club. Grand Rap
Ids M.cl.
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-13
A BRILLIANT CANE
Grand Rapids Gives rhs Interna-
tomas 4 Hard Tlssle,
Eh- Altaldaacs eas LlzhE Osias % =
"a illl.g. B1r rhsg silsala
E41A ghs as1.s4a .Eaad
Gs14y

Tbsrs was ratBera slim attendance
....s..il .,.... .....,...s.,, e.,.-.., r., on
40
UNDERSTANDING tlas LAefe "o1-d De
none.
r.ra,tl,r FT.,. - .ha Grand Parl8s
cruz '---''i liifA --'1 4+-I - q
40 a late hour wednesday n-glt LAa-
the s.siuasx Raw CIV club was on lrs
....,, - 49, ,,l that thew ,yo,iLi
LOT be AD-o ~ ~ A-ie a. CO i'~''I'
subsequent events proved tlat NJ
Il.ae ,.rl.t have. b..efi mistaken. fox the
.r.t -. ....,.... t.rr t-.y t..irsd Ia
'-~D io, o'''f
give the best ex--D---ol ~ D@4i pay --'a
seen here this season.
E,.-.-,.t. d, .srr...fe8 t1 see a repeti-
,... r,,f
to- '- W e'-i-9
fal1 relies hai BOT @-l alitF-d' D''
t.rv were agreeally disappointed. Lell
"a .r,.r .rrrt..I were t1e battery for
-, f-l. s,t Ivory for
-''
ortli Rapids. lAe 'at-7i! "o-~ "'S
excellent ou both sides.
.....-.+ ..r.nf Newman went out
.t.. t,-. r,+
fuI stole second. i1IF-' '-iu,A Out
Moore LoL first base ou Batuu's error,
.,t r-,.. ,..~t ta t1.rd base and then
t..t ,...f.f ,,.a.I.
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-13
BOLD BAD BURGLARS
Nal SIX Hundred Elegant Dollars
ar Marquette.
N0IHER CASHIER CONE BROSG
short Ia His Accounts betseen ssosoOo
and $4,000 hale sho shot Eaitor
Cosles stiu Held at siontESal
-Coalss inpIok

NARQrErrE, Mich June l2-The
hardware stores Of White. Packard a
Co. and b. Nedhardt were entered by
burglars last night, who stole>509 worth
Of cutlery and reyolvers. They are be-
leyed 70 be the same gang which re-
Gently operated in Ishpeming and Ne
gaunee. where over 1000 worth OF
merchandise has been missed during
the last ght.
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-13
SHOCKING ACCIDENT.
one OF ChErlevoix's Most Eminent Ctti-
zens Tranlpled 10 Deauh.

one ot thErIeF OlA's Most Eminent tltl-
zens Tranpled 10 Deauh.
s-.-s,st go r.s 1,.-ssN~-ssSN-c-
CHAELEyoix, Mich, June II. - 4
shocking accident occurred near our
town on Saturday afternoon, eth, re-
su.trg n the instant death of one of
our most respected and aDle farmers,
Edwin Cook, -. lie was driving to
town as usual when he discovered a
teau running away. Driving 20 one
side and jumping out he endeayored 10
stop them n their mad race, but was
knocked down and trampled 10 death
instantly. Mr.. Cook was a prominent
member Of Masous, Knights of Labor
and Grange. The funeral occurs to-
day under the auspices OF the Masonic
fruterulty
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-13
A BIG MORTGAGE.
Foreclosure Suit in the United states
Court Involving SeIC-OO0.

The Farmers Loan and Trust Com
pany, of Ncw York, yesterday filed a
b.ll in the United States Court for the
foreclosure Of mortgage OF $4,000
against the Toledo & South Haven
Railroad Company. An order was
obtained appointing John Ihlng re-
Colver. ON giving bonds ln the sum of
$4,000. The bond was given.
The ToledO & South Haven road is "a
narrow gauge road about thirty mi. i.es
i'm length. and lies wholly within Van
Eureu county. Iawtou and Sou,h
Haven are the termul OF the road, and
Ih.ng, now made receiver, is tle old
superintendent
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-13

The Christian Reformed synod yes
tcrday took UP the matter of secret
societies IN general, and of the patrons
of industry IN particular. Many
Holland societies nate secret orders
with a hatred beyond that of the pope.
The basis of representation in the next
synod was discussed, and the conclu-
son Will hot be reached until this
morning. An early adjournment IS
expected.