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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-20
TODD COUNTY ALLIANCE.

On a Rising Vote Every Dele
gate Votes for Separate Po-
litical Action.
Last Saturday President Bohall,
of the Todd County Alliance, took
the editor to his home near West
Union, and in the morning, in a
comfortable Buggy and a span CT
flyers took us through rain storm
twenty-five miles long, to Long
Prairie. Notwithstanding the pour
ing rain there were fully fifty in at
tendance at the County Alliance.
Wetalked to them for an hour or so,
and then business was taken up.
When it came to vote on the organ
ization OF an independent political
party, before Pres't Bohall could get
the proposition fairly placed before
them for a rising vote every man in
the Todd County Alliance STOOD on
his feet Some of the members after
wards wanted to know if the GREAT
WEST would stand by an independent
party, and were encouraged with the
response, "Until death do us part p
1u the evening Mr.. Bohall drove us
twenty-five miles to Sank Centre to
catch the homeward train.
We found in this county that the
word had gone forth that the GREAT
WEST was a merriam Organ" They
know better now!
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Advocate:
Six per cent q Month.

A Washington correspondent of
the Cincinnati Enquirer writes, under
date of April %, that he had been
permitted to take look at some of
the farm mortgage returns just made
to the census bureau, and he declares
that the facts there are more than
astohishing-they are astounding!
Green and Dark counties in Ala
bama had been returned, and in
these counties there were farm mort
cages at 36 per cent-or 3 per cent a.
month-the money generally loaned
in small amounts, such as $3.50 to-
5000, and the agent of the census
said: '"They have a loan system
down in Alabama by which the crop
as we'll as the land is answerable for
these loans"
But Arizona casts these figures in
to the shade. The highest mortgage
interest paid in the whole country is
in Arizona, where it sometimes
amounts to ~ per cent year. or 6
per cent per month! A very COM
mon thing in that country is to find
interest 36 per cent year, or 3 per
cent a month. It seldom runs down
in Arizona, according to these re-
turns, to less than 20 per cent.
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eco FOR EN- DOCTOR!" -
CARLOS. June 9Th, 1896

CARLOS, June 8th, 1890.
EDITOR GREAT West:
Go for 'em Doctor! Give 'em fits
we will second you up here in Carlos.
At meeting of our alliance last Mon
day evening we had full house. We
are unanimously in favor of calling
the alliance together, and putting in
a state ticket. We have a good live
alliance of over 70 members, out of a
voting population OF about IS. The
last meeting of our county alliance
was on the 31st ult.
At our last meeting I requested a
rising vote of all who would vote the
alliance ticket if we put one in. Every
man stood up! I made the PROPOSE
ton at the county alliance with the
same result, with two exceptions. So
you see quite a number have COM
mitted themselves. Every man l
talk to is of the same opinion, and l
believe we must ''strike while the iron
is hot" and put all our candidates in
the field at the earliest date possible.
Then boom them for election.
GEO. A. BLANCHARD,
President Alliance $40.
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NICOLLET COUNTY.


Minutes of meeting of the Nicollet
county Farmers Alliance, held at
Traverse Hall, June 3rd, 1890:
Called to order by President H. 81.
Ostrom. Minutes OF last meeting
read, accepted and adopted. On
motion a committee on credentials
was appointed who reported regular
delegates in their places.
Upon motion the President ap-
pointed a committee on revision and
addition to the constitution, consist
ing of J. P. Turner, Ole Peterson and
D. T. Rounseville 2nd. Said commit
tee to report at the next regular
meeting.
Upon motion the president ap-
pointed committee on resolutions,
consisting of Ole Peterson represent
ing the Brighton Alliance; J. P.
Turner, the Oshawa; F. E. Whit
comb, the Belgrade; Philip Failing,
the Courtland; M. P. Quist the New
Sweden; August Samuelson, the
Bernadotte; Peter Nielsen, the Ira
verse, and E. H. Searles and Thomas
Hughes the Lake Prairie Alliances.
The following officers were elected
For president, N. N. Ostrom: vice
| president, III. G. Randall; secretary,
D. T. Rounseville End, treasurer, Ole
Peterson: lecturer, Gotleib Arndt.
A motion for Irvine committee OF
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selves) think they are not slaves
but chains are just as much q badge
Of slavery when made Of gold as when
made of iron. No man can be an in
dependent man who allows another
to do his thinking for him, whether
it be in business, religion or politics,
and the sooner these independent"
voters become aware of this fact the
sooner the stencil Of corrupt politics
ceases and corrupt politicians either
repent or, what is almost as well, be
strung up by the outraged people
whose blind infatuation for party
supremacy made them the tools of
gang of robbers.
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THE ''BUGLE BLAST OF KANsAs!' i

THE "BUGLE BLAST OF KANsAsp' is
HEARD IN POLK COUNTY.
At the meeting of the Agawam Al
lance of Rocksburg, Polk County,
Mimi, on the 9th day OF June, the
following resolutions were passed:
WHEREAS. Neither OF the old par
ties will represent us, therefore be it
RESOLVED, That we believe indie
pendent political action ought to be
taken at once. Also, that candi-
dates be pledged to our cause.
RESOLVED, That business meetings
be held with closed doors.
WHEREAS, 1t is becoming more and
more apparent that our Congress
will pay no heed to the demands oil
the farmers for aid in the form of a
loan, that they may save their
homes from going into the hands Of
the usurer, Therefore be it
RESOLVED, That we endorse the
Bugle Blast of Kansas, and urge
all Alliances, and other farmer or.
CARNATIONS, throughout the whole
country to do the same.
We sincerely regret that the State
Alliance should be so unfortunate az
to elect so unworthy a man as R. j
Hall, for it's highest Office but we re
solve, That, no man shall swerve Ut
from our purpose in this cause
Our cry is, mo representation, nc
taxation" We ask equitable laws
and the execution of them, and pro-
pose to fight it out on this plan if il
takes a decade. With us, Hodgso1
and Atwood are synonymous with
villainy.
G.. A. JOHNSON. Secretary.
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of making loans by the United
States government to farmers on
their land at the rate of two per
cent per annum interest, and ap-
proving the same.
RESOLVED, That we tender thanks
to Senator Stanford for this evil
dence of his sympathy for the labor
ing classes, Believing as we do,
that nothing which has been pro-
jected in their interests would pro-
duce more beneficial results. May
the Senator succeed, and reap the
reward which has SO grand project
merits. He should receive the sym
pathy and support of every Farm
ers' Alliance in the county.
RESOLVED, That the above be pub
lished and also a copy sent to Sen.
ator Stanford. II. B. FULLER,
Secretary
Bartlett Hall, Mound City, Henne
pin County.
The following letter was addressed
to the editor of the Farm, Stock &
Home, by the Secretary of the State
Alliance. 1t will explain itself:
As my attention has been called to
a letter in your journal endorsing
the Alliance Hail and Cyclone MI.
tual Insurance Company, l beg
leave to add that the Minnesota Al
lance Storm Association is also an
alliance company duly authorized
and endorsed by majority of the
executive committee. myself am a
director in the company and am per-
sonally acquainted with the balance
of the board and officers, and have
full faith both in their reliability and
honesty. JOHN LATHRoP.
State Secretary.
June 10th, 1890.
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FILLMORE COUNTY.

The Fillmore County Alliance Re-
solved to put a county ticket, as well
as legislative ticket, in the field. Met
Monday, June I'd, and adjourned to
meet June 18th. 1t is impossible to
hold them!
The house silver bill is the grandest
Joke of the century. 1t beats the
decentralization office"-an absolute
demonstration of silver.
"The gods may make mad those
whom they destroy" Rush.
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The Currie Farmers Alliance 1ne
at Currie last week Saturday.

Standard:
The Austin Transcript, which un-
der it's present brainless manage
ment, is but little more than moth
ing, speaks of the Standard as a.
Democratic paper. The Standard
never was, is not, and never expects
to be a Democratic paper, neither
does it intend to furnish fools an in
terpreter of it's sentiments.
The following, from the Steele Co.
Democrat, is one OF the best editor
ials which has appeared in the coun-
try press for many day:
The thing above all others that
surprises thinking men of this age is
the political servility of the masses.
1t is taught as an axiom by the
school of modern politics that indie
pendence in action by the voting
population is a most reprehensible
crime, and be it said to the shame of
many of our men of intellect. this
teaching is taken with more conf
dence and faith than the divinity of
Christ or the teachings of his gospels.
Thousands of our young men ally
themselves with this party or that
party, and once a Democrat or Re
publican, they are Democrat or
Republican for ever, and their great
est boast OF good citizenship is that
they have never scratched the
straight ticket OF course they
have never studied the principles OF
government embodied in platform of
their respective party, and no matter
who the men or what the principles
which the bosses foist upon the party
ticket, they are supported with q
blind faith and an ignorant zeal
worthy the followers of Moore's
Yelled Prophet, so glowingly des-
cribed in Lalah Rookh. Before the
"bosses" have formulated their plat
form of principles, before they have
nominated their tools to execute
their so called ''principles,' those in
dependent" voters have already
made up their minds to support
every man and measure without
question Or apology. They frequent
ly know that the principles are false
and the men scoundrels, but they
choke down the uprisings Of an hon
est conscience and meekly submit to
the crack of the party whip just as
our Republican Congressman who OPP
posed the Mckinley Tariff bill finally
voted for that Infamous measure
the other day when SO commanded
by the party bosses. Those kind Of
independent voters are counted by
their bosses in a political deal just as
a farmer counts his hogs in finan-
cial deal-so many head. Such men
should be ashamed to allow honest
and truly thinking men hear them
speak Of political independence.
These men do not have to be slaves,
and they sometimes when they ac-
tually do a little thinking for them
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ARGYLE, Mimi, June 7th, 49,

ARGYLE, Mlnn., June 7th, I09U.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
l admire the tone of your paper,
and wish you abundant success. The
alliance cause is increasing steadily,
and will shape the political complex
ion, in this locality at the coming
election this fall. The universal senti-
ment among the farmers is in favor
of complete alliance state ticket.
J. @. CRONKHITE.
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Mankato Journal:

MankatO Journal:
The New Ulum Review says that.
there are 1SOOreal estate mortgages
in Brown county, averaging $500
each. After allowing 25 per cent for
paid, but not released, the mort
gage Indebtedness of Brown county
is $75O,OOO! And vet we hear from
all sides that the farmers are the
most prosperous OF all ourpeople. Ii
this be the case, heaven help the
other classes.
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Hear the Slogan Again.


This time from South Dakota. A
Clark County Alliance givese the To-
cal paper the following dose Of med
icine:
Editor Ruralist:
The following resolution was I'M
animously adopted by the Berlin
Alliance ut their meeting held on
June Z, 1890. Whereas in our opin-
ion the Willow Lakes News Rustler
is Intentionally conducted in direct
opposition to the Farmers Alliance
and in the interest of the usurer and
political plunderer, and believing
that to support such a paper is but
furnishing our enemies the means
with which to defeat us. and havi.g
no reason to expect a different course
from it's present management; there
fore be it
Resolved, That We withdraw our
support from said paper and refuse
to patronize any merchant, dealer or
agent who advertises through it's
columns and we hereby extend an in
vitation to some capable man to
come to Willow Lakes and furnish
us paper independent in politics
conducted in the interest OF the far
mers' movement.
E. S. ASHLEY.
Committee A. II. CoRNwELL.
j. E. Downs.
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Alliances.

You better send from 25c, to SOC,
and have us express to you from SO
to 100 constitutions, platforms, etc.,
etc. We yet have five or six thous-
and of the English edition on hand,
and quantity OF German and
wedish-Norwegian are nearly all
taken.
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WILLARD, June 8, 1S9

VIIIAnO3 q uAO % 1OO0'
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
Your most excellent paper is the
only paper 1 have seen in thirty years
that hits my ideas. Down with
monopolies and rings. Give them
what they deserve. Your friend,
HUGH MYERS.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-20

Questions of Andrew Stevenson
are good ones and will be answered
as soon as we can Investigate more
thoroughly. The "Great Northern
and the St. Paul, NJ. & M. R.. Rs. are
the same. The Duluth and Winnie.
peg is d different and competing
company-now building it's line.
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CLoNTARF, Swift Co., Mimi,
June 9th, 1890.

CLONTARF, swift Co., Mlnn.,
June 9th, 1890.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
A few words regarding the work in
this county. Came into the county
the I'd, organized three alliances last
week; reorganized one last night. l
organized this town and will work
back in the north tier of towns this
week. Eric Olson has been at work
in the county the past week The
farmers here are thoroughly aroused,
and will make sad havoc with the old
political parties if an alliance ticket
is put in the field next fall.
M. L. Snow.
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Cosmos, June 18th, 1885,

Cosmos, June 14th, 1890.
At a meeting of Cosmos Alliance
held June 10th, 1890, the following
resolution was passed unanimously.
RESOLVED, That it is the opinion
OF this Alliance that a special meeting
of the State Alliance should be called
this summer and nominate q state
alliance ticket with Ignatius Don
nelly at the head. And we are in ia
vor of congressional and legislative
Alliance ticket, and we will stand by
the alliance and do all we can by
work and vote to elect said ticket if
such is put in the field.
DANIEL JACKMAN,
President.
JOHN NJ. NELSON,
Secretary.
Call Issued for Congressional ALI
anCe.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
Upon request make a call for a
meeting of delegates of Third con-
gressional district sub-alliances at
Glencoe, July 10th, to organize a dis
trict alliance. Although it is a short
time for call of this kind yet we
hope for delegate representation OF
as many sub-alliances as possible,
and also expressions by letter OF
views on the subject of organizing a
district alliance, delegate representa-
ton being one delegate from each
subordinate alliance.
Preparations are being made to en-.
terrain all who may attend.
HAMLIN v POORE,
Vice-Pres. Sd Cong. Dist.
EDITOR GREAT West:
WHEREAS, This meeting endorses
the bill introduced in the senate OF
the United States by Senator Stan
ford of California to establish a
Gland loan bureau with the object
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"The GREAT WEST is scorcher, no
base coin about it. Nothing but a
rain Of fire and birthstone will wake
the slumberers from their dreams.
Give it to them with ''hallelujah
vengeance!' M. L. Snow.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-20

''The GREAT WEST is the best pa
per I have read, and I hope to get
subscribers for it," R. MONsoN.
Drayton, N. Oak.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-20

Those greasers in Mexico can buv
all American pillow 10 per cent less
than the Minnesota farmer can the
same article. But the Minnesota
plow user is to be compensated by a
tariff OF - a ton on foreign straw
Globe.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-20

Jens P. Anderson, of Sherburn Co.,
has written us a good solid letter
which we hope to reach soon. His
address, also, OH alliance organiza-
tion in Sherburn, is valuable.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-20
Albert Lea Standard:

Albert Lea Standard:
Free whisky and tobacco, instead
OF free woolens, coal, lumber, binding
Irvine, tin, crockery and paper. com,
pares favorably with the doctrine of
infant and heather damnation.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-20
National Democrat:
Some Facts in Regard to Prices Of
Wheat.

Wheat.
In the National Democrat OF the
31st the following is given:
The public is in possession of addi-
tional evidence that American manu-
features are selling goods abroad
cheaper than they are at home. The
Engineering and Mining Journal of
May "a has interviews with a num-
Der OF exporters whose names it does
not give, but for whose standing
in business it vouches. One of those
says: 1.-The twenty horse power en-
CINE on the first page of our cata-
logue is listed at 500. Our lowest
price for same to dealers or wholesale
houses OF any kind in this country is
$525 net; our export price for the
engine is $4O5 net. Our export dis
count ranges from 2K to " per cent.
better than the home trade A
large firm that makes silver plated
ware says: eve allow an export
discount of 60, 10 and 5 from our
list. The best home discount we ever
give is 20, 10 and 10 per cent A
prominent cutlery company SAYS:
1--WE OF course, make considerable
difference in the discounts or export
trade" The difference appears to be
per cent. A hardware house tells
the Journal that upon all goods ex-
cept class A it allows 33H per cent.
for export and 25 per cent. to large
home dealers.
An agent for the sale of agriculture
al implements says that the differ
ence between the home and export
discount is from X to Is per cent,
and hammer manufacturer saws he
allows 40 per cent. discount for ex-
port and 20 per cent. discount for
sales at home. An exporter of paints
and varnishes says:
1--WE used to make a discount for
export higher than for the home
trade, but the trusts, have complete
ly destroyed the export trade in
paints and varnishes. You Will
readily see the injury trusts have
done us. Linseed oil to-day is selling
in England at 81 cents per gallon;
we are paying 81 cents per gallon to
the trust. This is difference OF so
per cent in favor of the English man
pfacturer. While lead is selling in
England at 4 cents a pound we are
paying 81 net, making a difference of
80 per cent against us. We cannot
buy our oil in England, AS there is
tariff OF 25 cents per gallon on oil;
thus, with freight, insurance and
other charges it brings the price of
oil the slightest fraction over the
prices charged by the trust. They
are now talking OF raising the tariff
on llnseed oil. This will enable the
trust to again raise their price on
it,"
The K. c. Times publishes from one
hundred and fifty to two hundred
mortgage foreclosures daily. 1t re-
OuiroS aS much nopo,. ~ oil ;+H o4l>
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COUNTY ALLIANCE.

A delegate meeting of the alliances
OF Chippewa county will be held at
Montevideo, on June Oath, at one
O'Clock P. NJ, for the purpose of be-
ginning a county alliance. Each sub
ordinate will be entitled to three dele
gates. Every alliance man in the
county is invited to be present.
w. s. Grow,
Deputy State Lecturer.
1OuN CUP
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-20

The K. G. Times publishes from one
hundred and fifty to two hundred
mortgage foreclosures daily. 1t re-
quires as much paper as all it's other
matter requires, and re-enforces the
arguments of the contractionists
that there is too much money! in
the country.-Nebraska Alliance.
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in the 5th District, will send delegates
to the meeting and 'sset down" on
these men with effect. Put them out
and elect good men in their place.
Respectfully, Z. III. NESSETH.
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MARIETTA, June Ii, 1890.

MARIETTA, June IL, 1891.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
Reached home to-day from a trip
through Swift county. Seven days
work resulted in five new alliances
and the reorganization of the sixth.
The shot struck home, as you will
see by the writhing of the squirt-gun
Appleton Press. A wounded bird al
ways flutters. The temper of the
people there bodies no good for
Doodle legislators. If this section is
a sample of the state, well may the
old parties cry, "Woe, to our Jeru-
SALEM" NJ. L. Snow.
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President Montevideo Alliance.

MAGNOLIA, Rock Co., June 9th.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
organized an alliance in the city
of Ellsworth to-day. We had it
pretty warm. 1 was hardly able to
speak on account of hoarseness. 1t
seems they had put up a job on me.
A railroad stakeholder for chairman,
a wheat-buyer for secretary, and a
lawyer and a banker to answer me-
As l organized an alliance with eight
members, 1 don't feel that l was
beaten. The banker is one of the
subscribers to the G. w., which /
hope will convert him. L. C. LONG.
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There will be a meeting at the
Locke schoolhouse, Minneola twp,
near Zumbrota, on the Dist inst, at
10 o'clock, to organize an alliance.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-20

County Alliance of Carver Co. was
organized on the 9th inst. at Wa
coma.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-20

We have Just received report of
the state meeting of the Wisconsin
Alliance, from President Butt-next
week.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-20

Up to Saturday night the Dakota
Alliance Hail and Cyclone Associa-
ton had received 1850 applications
(about 100, 1000, acres) and are TAX
ing in from six to- seven thousand
dollars day. They are running
from 200 to 500 applications a day.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-09-16
TROUBLE IN CUBA.
Sensational Report of Disorders, Open BrigandaGe, PillaginG and Murders.

Sensational Report of Disorders, Open
 BrigandaGe. PillaginG and Murders.
 MADRID, Sept. 16.-The newspaper Imparcial of this city publishes an ar ticle Tn which a very sensational aspect Is given to the affairs of Cuba, with the result of creating g good deal of a scare in some quarters, although many attribute the highly colored news of disorders in the Spanish dependency to political exaggeration.
 The ImparciAl describes the island as in a state which almost amounts to anarchy, and gives particulars of the disturbed condition of the country on what is apparently reliable authority.
 It quotes the most fragrant cases of open brigandage, prints accounts of the pillaging of railway trains and the numbering of passengers bya the high waymen, tells of the burning of farms by desperadoes and overwhelms its readers with records of all sorts of crime, which it represents as rampant throughou5 Cuba. It states that com merce is ruined and that the public is hopeless of redress, and expresses the fear that unless Spain takes immediate and energetic measures she will find herself involved in anothsT gEest in- surrection.
 It is generally believed here that there is ground for this alarming re- port, but how much is doubtful, while in diplomatic circles the account is received with considerable doubt, and later news is awaited with some oon- cern