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The great West., 1890-05-09

Appleton Press:
The GREAT WEST comes to us this
week filled as usual with fierce denun-
citation of all those who do not see
things through it's own peculiar
glasses. The cause it advocates is a
good one, and all good men are in
sympathy, but its manner of advoc-
acy is calculated to create strife and
dissension, and to embitter it's
friends, when to succeed all should be
harmony. The farmers and laborers
of this state will never reduce the
wrongs they are suffering, as long as
they have as an organ a paper with
SO little tolerance, so little prudence
SO little sense, as the GREAT WEST.
Well, before the GREAT WEST had
opened it's mouth the Press had
fought every Alliance agitator with
desperation. The Press stamp of q
farmers friend had the run o.
things for SIX years-and dead al
lance. The GREAT WEST entered the
field, and in six months the so deac
alliances have bloomed into S95 live
ones. That's owing to our prudence
Mr.. man.
The great West., 1890-05-09

"Will republicans and democrats
bid Tor the support of these havseed
socialists? That is question which
can not be answered until the
strength OF the new movement can
be gauged. IN. York Sun Demo
cratic
The Farmers Alliance has q lo+
OF lecturers and organizers goiro
around the country declaring that
every stone and brick in the hnildS
ing OF minneapolis is stained with
the blood and sweat and toll of the
farmers OF Minnesota" Dennis Kear-
ney, the red-mouthed sandlotter and
original anarchist OF this country
has gone out of business and reform
edsince he came to own two draws in
stead OF one, and Johann Most is in
jail, or they might be employed to do
such work as this. s.''-Minncano1;s
Journal (Republican.)
The great West., 1890-05-09

Our friend A. F. Schulz, of Monte
video Alliance, sent us resolutions
about three weeks ago taking the
ground that the Insurance Agents
for the Alliance companies should be
the secretaries of alliances-and not
"clty chaps"
On the Getty chaps we agree with
him-and we agree that every Al
lance Secretary who can take the
field, every day, and make Insurance
work a business: should be the agent.
But insurance is something which
the fellow gets who gets up early and
makes personal search for the appli-
can't! People don't generally go
after the agent. So it is quite neces-
sary to select the man. At the same
time many Secretary would be the
best possible agent.
The great West., 1890-05-09
Hail Insurance.

The Austin Hail Insurance Co.
should not permit the Mankato
Journal to publish defensive articles
without first scanning the copy. The
reason for this is that there are GER
tain facts underlying the practical
reputation of that company by the
alliance, and the formation of the
New Company, which will not be pub
lished unless under the compulsion
for defense of ourselves.
The whole history of our assault
upon the "Sprague-gang'' has been
a defensive one. With knowledge OF
evil motives, and treacherous acts,
and hostility to us, we only published
facts of great import until forced to
do so in defense.
If the public knowledge of the
course pursued by them was not dan
gerous then why did Mr.. Sprague
twice send to us asking that what
they had done should not be blown
The great West., 1890-05-09

The st. Peter Tribune says the
value of the agricultural imports in
to this country amount to nearly
$25O,OOO,OOO! Yes, they do, if you
count hides, wool, silk, gum, horse
medicine, the grip, and-Manitoba
wheat!
But, Ah-Manitoba wheat-Oh
Manitoba wheat, fair maid with pret-
.ty feet and gown so neat-and-kiss
so sweet-Oh, Manitoba wheat
Pillsbury takes it, to his mill he
snakes it. Now you mind it how he
grinds it, after paying duty on the
beauty of this Manitoba wheat-Oh
Manitoba sweet! Then he skips it
to the seaboard-ships it with the
brand of the North Star land-and
gets the duty on his beauty, back
again, again-Oh Manitoba wheat.
The great West., 1890-05-09

The pessimist is one who is always
foreseeing disaster. 1t is an unfor-
tunate condition of the human mind
But sometimes the atmosphere is
highland the smoke settles, and
obscures the silver lining.
Our evil prophecy is this:
That that new twine committee
sent out will never make any report
That Messrs. Hall, and Lathrop
will be at Patterson, N. j., to inves.
tigate.
That the other fellows wont.
You see this thing of climbing
down off from a 81 900, 900 pile oi
twine machinery to a little wad OF
25 to $4,000 is a breakneck expert
ment.
Mr.. Wardall will be there, however,
and Dakota will get a report any
way-and Messrs. Hall and Lathrap
can tell us what they find out!
The great West., 1890-05-09

Voice OF Labor:
The GREAT WEST, published at St.
Paul, Mimi, begins a discussion OF
who broke up the Farm and Labor
party in Minnesota, in 1888. 1t is
to be hoped the full inside history of
that remarkable campaign will be
published soon. The history OF a
campaign that was the direct result
OF sending wheat to one dollar a
bushel, and yet was completely col
lapsea by. treason Of a few, would
make interesting reading, besides
giving farmers and workingmen of
the northwest information on who
are safe and reliable leaders, and the
truth about some that allowed
ambition and cupidity to lead them
from loyalty to principles and a
cause. 1t is to be hoped that the
GREAT WEST will continue it's articles
and that some others will consent
The great West., 1890-05-09

We have received a long letter, or
document, from Grant County cltl-
zen giving Mr.. 7. c. Hodgson a caus-
tic overhauling as an alliance man,
corroborating all that we have said,
and adding thereto. This letter will
be filed away, and we thank the
writer for his interest. MIR. Hodg-
son has published some terribly Of
fensive and bitter attacks on the
GREAT WEST, in the 5th District pa
pers-and it would be no more than
fair to publish this farmers letter en-
tire. But justice will yet find her
own.
The great West., 1890-05-09
to the publishing of some facts about
how Minnesota was betrayed from
going independent in 1888.

gong lnOepenQenG III 1000.
The National Alliance Fire Insur-
ance Department is now on it's feet,
with headquarters at st. Paul, 75S
Wabasha Street This Department
has hitherto been located at Huron,
Dakota, where the stalwart farmers
OF the extreme west first built up
their organization on a business
basis. At Huron it was the Farm
Department of the Fidelity Fire Ins.
Co., but was practically the entire
company, owning all the stock. In
Minnesota it has united with the
German-American, until the final
consolidation of the Alliance interests
with the Home Office here, which will
require several months yet. The
work will be vigorously pushed over
this state, that farm insurance may
be exclusively held for only farm
risks profits to be returned to pol.
icy holders. Agents are wanted in
every section of the state. Address
National Alliance Fire Insurance
Dept, 1853 Wabasha ST., St. Paul. y
or-Fish & Frain, Gen'l Agents,
1853 Wabasha St., st. Paul.
The great West., 1890-05-09

Some OF our plated advertisements
have tailed on the end of them an en-
dorsement signed Editor" Or ed -
We wish to say that when this paper
endorses anything it will say-so in
editorial columns. If such sentences
are seen when the plates come they
will be promptly cut Off One such
escaped our eye-but it will be
'tdOctOred" at once.
The great West., 1890-05-09

Mr.. Alonzo Wardall, President OF
the Alliance ms Companies, has been
appointed by the Gov. of Dakota to
go to Patterson, N. j., and join the
Minnesota Committee now there, in
investigating the twine manufacture
ing interests. Mr.. Wardall left St..
Paul on this mission this week Tues
day.
The great West., 1890-05-09
We hear that there are a half-doze1

We hear that there are q ahaH-dozen
persons swallowing vast Jumps OF
credit for putting an agent in at
Luce, Otter Tail County. Now it
don't trouble us cents worth. Not
a man lifted finger to get that
agent there, after the Company's re-
fusal, until our raid on Luce, and
development of a $4,000 business
there.
The great West., 1890-05-09

This office has been so crowded
with work the past two weeks that
the Life Insurance printing Mutual
Aid has not been sent out vet. 1t
will be issued very soon. The Hail
Company is on deck now, fully equip
ped. Write to R. Eckford, 75S Wa
basha St., st. Paul, for agencies.
The great West., 1890-05-09
ST. PAUL, MIMI, MAY. 9, 1890

A large number of the country
merchants are continually harping
about carrying" the farmer! Car
rying his credit, is probably under
stood by this. Now this howl is
oyerdone. There are but few farmers
receiving credit ssfor over three
months at the country stores, and a
90 day time is no unreasonable perl
cd at all. OF course there are few
old scores on every book.
The great West., 1890-05-09
The Twine Plant.

For some genuinely valuable mat
ter on twine construction see the Re-
port of Washington County Alliance
lat Stillwater) ON the first page
OF this paper. 1t is sent us by An
drew Richmond, and is the result of
actual investigation which has been
Il labor of this alliance for months.
The great West., 1890-05-09

Pres't Hall, now on his twine in
specting tour, has done one good
thing anyway. The movement has
completely dumbfounded the com
mittee of last year-which made such
a remarkable and such false report.
Mr.. Hall, as president OF the Alliance,
is in situation to act and to speak
with force. An article in the 'Minne-
sotian," OF Glenwood, published by
us, last spring on that same matter
could get no voice before the people
1t seems the country papers did not
believe our ''famboyance," or if they
did, would not publish the facts,
The great West., 1890-05-09

We have a letter OF inquiry signed
by two persons, speaking apparently
for an alliance, asking if Messrs. Hall
and Lathrop were sent east to ex-
anime twine matters by the Execu-
tive Committee, or of their own mo-
ton, and who foots the bill? They
state that the Alliance should have
charge of matters of such great re-
sponsibility, ''inasmuch as the COM
mlttee was then in session"
Our correspondents are mistaken
in regard to the Ex Com. then being
in session. A majority were present
at the Clarendon Hotel, where the
MINI. Alliance Storm Association
was organizing, but session OF the
Exec. Com. of the State Alliance was
not called. Mr.. Hall stated that
Gov. Merriam offered to pay the ex-
penses of the Committee, either per-
sonally or through the state. 1t is
not supposed that these parties go
as the "Alliance," but are personal
appointments.
They are now visiting in New York
State MAY 1st) and city, previous
to going to Paterson, n. j.
In regard to our "convictions' in
this matter we can state that when
the report OF the Committee was
made last year the matter was pub
lished in the Pioneer-Press-the very
matter brought out by Gen. Baker
The central MINNEsOTIAN," the
state organ of the Farmers Alliance,
published by US at Glenwood, took
up the matter and not only declared
the fraud, but stated that the New
Jersey manufact urer was ready to put
in plant for less than $4,000.
The idea that it would cost a mil
lion dollars to put in a ''rope walk
is supremely ridiculous anyway
There are rope walks IN this country,
even in the west, costing not more
than 8 or $40, 1000, and the multipli-
cation of machines at the peniten-
tiary would be but a trif1ing expense.
But our alliance friends must not
be jubilant yet. The plant is not yet
in Stillwater-not yet. We never
foreshadowed difficulty but that men
cried "croaker"-just as Johnny Dia.
mond did at the state meeting. Let
us wait and hope!
The great West., 1890-05-09
Good Advice Anyway.
MankatO Journal:

we nave Doen an interested reluor
OF the GREAT VEST ever since it was
founded. We have enjoyed reading
many things said therein, but as one
who feels a keen interest in the
problems now being solved by the
industrial classes OF this country we
are much panied at the course taken
by the recognized organ of the Alli-
ance in it's violent attacks on men
who have given some of their best
years to alliance work; men who, in
their respective localities, where they
have lived for wears, have characters
unblemished by even a faint suspi-
cion OF wrong doing.
This abuse can not injure these
men among those best knowing
them; it has only the effect of injur-
ing the alliance prospects. It has a
tendency to factionize the Alliance,
whereas to successfully cope with the
enemy requires persistent and
united effort from the unbroken
ranks of the Alliance.
1t is folly to think that one man
or a dozen men can run the Alliance
OF Minnesota in a manner that will
subserve the private ends of these in
individuals only.
We repeat, that to build up the
Alliance and strongly fortify it needs
the assistance and heartily cooper.
alton of all who sympathize with the
industrial elements in the warfare
now being waged.
Let the GREAT WEST drop the
abusing OF persons and pour red
hot shot into the ranks of the enemy,
and use it's power to build up the or
der, and not seek to tear down the
character OF those whose ideas may
be at variance with it on matters OF
minor Importance.
So far as this part of Minnesota is
concerned there are no factions to be
noticed. But the members are pull
ing together unitedly and with a
view solely to advancing the good OF
the Alliance.
We do not place any confidence
whatever in the G. W. Interpretation
OF the Heckla Insurance Co. We be-
lieve the farmers of Minnesota will
patronize that insurance company
that guarantees them the greatest
amount of security for the least
money, regardless of whoever may
be it's officers.
There is a grand work to be done.
This work calls for the brain and
sinew of our state. 1t is to save Min
nesota from passing through the
successive stages of history that
has fallen to the lot of other and
older states, and to enable, by CO.
operation and combination, to stay
the strides that monopolies and
corporations are making in our
great commonwealth. There is no
time for internal dissensiOn; no time
for tagging; no time for chickering's.
Let the GREAT WEST lead out on
these things and steer clear of every
tendency to factionize. And we
smaller fry" will follow and do all
the good we can in the grand work
now before us.
The great West., 1890-05-09

Mr.. Donnelly is now in the granger
acton his Nininger farm. Letters
to him should be addressed to Hast
ings, Minn.~ Now some of these fly
blistered newspapers want to aver
that he is in St. Paul electioneering
for some city banker-for election
"is on
The great West., 1890-05-09
MankatO Register:

Mankato Register:
'We wish our friends would kindly
mention our paper when answering
advertisements.-GREAT WEST.
We have mentioned your greatness
several times already, but perhaps
not so kindly as you would desire. :"
Yes, but don't forget to mention
us again.
The great West., 1890-05-09
"what place Il thi. Father,,,

What place II this Father?"
FATHER. -sThis is the Minnesota
pasture. That chunkey little horse
you see over there is Donnelly. He
has been on this place for long
time; he used to walk this field be-
fore it was fenced into the Union.
He was at one time in the team that
headed the pasture?''
SoN.-"What are those two droves
OF horses over yonder?'
FATHER.-"O they are horses that
work with the two machines on the
place; in working on the power and
going around the circle they become
dizzy, and their brains did not have
a chance to grow; consequently they
don't know much"
SoN.-"What does Donnelly work
at Father?"
FATHER.-"O, you can put him at
anything; he's bound to earn his
Bacon and he will work right ahead
in spite of all the drawbacks you
could Shak-a-spear at. When he gets
in the political harness he works
sometimes on the off side and at 9TH
er times on the nigh side, but he al
ways does good honest work.
SoN.-"What are those horses
walking behind the machine horses ?"
FATHER.-"Them are g]andered
boodle-horses that smell OF corrup-
tion."
| SoN.-"Why do these other horses
keep away from Donnelly?'
FATHER.-'Because they are afraid
OF him; they just stand and mutter,
demagogue and mugwump; among
themselves"
SoN.-"What are those insects fly
ing around Donnelly?'
FATHER.-'They are of different
kinds, from the little flea, and flying
ant (pismire) to the Globe-shaped
beetle, and the locust with thirteen
stripes they are called, in a general
way, the Party Press They have
just been over feeding among the
glandered boodle-horses, and are
now coming over to bite and tease
Donnelly."
SoN.-''He don't seem to mind it 2"
FATHER.-"No! he is clad in a hide
of Righteousness, and it don't bother
him he just keeps on working and is
growing fat" J.V. H.
1t is just absolutely impossible for
the GREAT WEST to publish all the
long articles and addresses it re-
ceives. Nor can it undertake to Sc
lect the best-in fact we know that
we do not. When copy is wanted we
first take the short ones. We cannot
read over 100 articles to make COM
parison. 1t takes from $50 a. m.
till late every evening to run this
work. If any man can do it better
than we can, and there are three at
the pencil end of it, they can try the
job. the Office has ten adults on
the fly all the time. 1t has just now
secured a foreman to relieve us from
some Of the drudgery-so we can get
entirely out of the Office, into the
state, to lecture and Test. And yet,
with over 100 heavy manuscripts ly-
ing in the pigeon-hole waiting to be
read, we get unpleasant letters be-
cause we do not publish certain MSS.
Your daily papers rarely publish
over two columns OF an address
never of the ordinary speech. No
paper in the United States is carry
ing on the editorial work OF this
shetland yet we. have to bear
seedlings for not editing up articles
three to five columns long If you
want to send us to st. Peter, scold
us, and We'll go.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-26
In Kris Kringle's Land.

The German Christmas has supplied
US with two of our best-known Christ
mas misunderstanding up stockings and
attaching gifts to sprigs of pine, called
Christmas trees.
From the German Christmas also
come Santa Claus and Kris Kringle.
The latter is corruption of Christ
Kindlin, or Christ Child, of whom they
have the beautiful fable that with His
own hands He places Christmas toys
and sweetmeats in the stockings of good
children, while those of bad ones re-
ceive nothing but small birch rod,
placed in them by one Pelsnichol-lit-
orally nicholas with the fur" that is
St Nicholas dressed in fur.
1t is rare sight in German house.
hold on Christmas morning to see the
expression of abject misery on the face
of some poor little wight, who. having
been disobedient or otherwise naughty
on Christmas eve, finds only birch rod
in his stocking, instead of bon-bons and
playthings. The dread of getting the
rod from old Pelsnichol on Christmas
keeps many a German child in order all
the year.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-26
NOT ERuIILEss.

A man who has spent a busy year sits
down for little retrospect He falls
into a moody frame, and in a tone of
regret says: 81 worked all the year
through, but there is hardly any thing to
show for it; my work has had no perma-
nence." But good spirit was beside
him and she said: My dear, do you re-
member those flowers that grew right
out there? Those roses, petunias, hello
tropes, geraniums, and most of all,
that beautiful lilium auratum? Well,
they are all gone. Not one of them had
any permanence. You can not find even
stem to tell that they existed. And
yet, they were beautiful while they
lasted, filling the air with fragrance,
pleasing the eye of all who saw them,
and they are remembered still by many
persons to whom they were messengers
of gentleness." And the moody shadow
seemed to break away from his brow,
giving place to smile and air of salts
faction. But later in the day, after all
the wo TX was done, and she was weary
heaving sigh, she said, sadly: ''My
life is just a round of the same duties,
and seems to be wholly Ruthless" 1t
was his time now, and looking up cheer
lily, he said: "Not so, my dear. Do
you see that tree over there, that
noble oak? Well, it has stood there
these many years, more than you
and / can tell, and it's life
has been almost wholly without variety.
Each summer It is crowned with foliage,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-26
During the HOLIDAYS,

The best part of the holiday season,
perhaps, is the opportunity it gives for
home gatherings and the family re-
unions that In these busy days are all
too few. Many young man finds time
to get back to the old hearthstone and
sit down in the dear home circle who, If
the holidays were omitted, would be
kept strictly at his tasks. All the
schools are dismissed, boys and girls are
at home, teachers likewise are of duty,
and, with no care pressing, in thousands
Of places parents and children have
happy times together for which they
may thank the festive season. There
are other unions and reunions, all OF
them pleasant and helpful, but there is
hardly any such joy to youth in this
world as that of getting back to the fire.
side where he was reared. There is a
rest there for him, perfection Of peace
such as that, no matter how prosperous
he may be in his pursuits, never come
to him any place else. And greatly to
be pitied is he for whom ne door of the
early home is open, or against whom IL
is blown shut by the pitiless storms that
have beset him.-United Presbyterian.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-26

and then each autumn the winds sweep
1t all away. But the birds sit there and
sing, the cattle gather under It on sultry
days, and children collect about it to
picnic on their holidays. There is
nothing of all that there now, but what
help has the old tree been, and how
many pleasant things could be told
about it-how noble an object it is, also,
in the wintry landscape" The parable
was not without its meaning. The good
mother returned the smile of the be-
nignant father, and together they sang
at their family worship of the loving
kindness of the Lord.-United Presby-
terrain.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-26

In the gray dawn of the early morn
ing, Marjory, cuddled close within the
protecting circle of her new friends
arm, reached up timid, little hand and
touched her cheek.
"Sayr' she whispered, shyly, do you
think he's come YETI"
'sWho?" asked her bewildered bed
fellow.
.sWhy, Santa Claus. don't think l
can wait much longer to see-I don't
think / can"
"Try and wait till mamma comes with
Tot. Lie down and I'll tell you story"
coaxed Miss Priscilla.
Luckily for the success Of the story,
Mrs. Clark tapped at the door just then,
and with bound Marjory was standing
upright in bed, her eyes fixed on the
fireplace.
"OhT' the child cried softly, "Ohr'
The next moment the little voice burst
out into the happiest ripple of song,
without words or tune, but it seemed as
if any one would know it was a Christ
mas carol.
"Ideclare!" said Miss Priscilla, wip-
ing her eyes on the pillow-case, Il de-
clare, it makes me think of that hymn,
Break Forth into Joyr"
The chubby fingers were already
diving into their stockings, and unity.
ing puzzling knots, and each new dis.