The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-13

1OFM UudU ~ sweeping OVVA oAAO AeOAAN'
1 am thoroughly in sympathy with
the confederation effected at st.
Louis last winter, and will do all l
can to further the reforms set forth
in the articles of agreement adopted
at that meeting. Yours truly,
D: A. THAYER.
GAYLORD, June 4th, 1890.
EDITOR GREAT West:
On the third inst. the Nicollet
County Farmers Alliance held it's
regular meeting. The meeting was
largely attended, and representa-
tives from almost every part OF the
county were there. A very interest
ing meeting was held.
The Irvine business was taken up
for consideration and it was decided
that the county alliance shall nego-
tiate for the purchase of Irvine for
the whole county.
The political question was also
taken up for consideration, and the
county alliance favored nomina-
ton, and election of alliance men for
representative and senator, from
this county, and they feel confident
that they shall be able to capture
our next legislature.
If each county in the state will
take the same stand we shall surely
have legislature where the toiling
and ignored farmers shall have rep
resentatives out of their own ranks
We may then look for some legisla-
ton in the interest of the farmers.
The next county alliance meeting
will be held June 3Oth, 1890.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
It is absolutely necessary that
you continue to oppose, those OPP
pressive national laws and usages
that are day by day being riveted
more closely around the masses of
the people. We have many plans
proposed by which to draw money
from the treasury.
Let the money come over which
road it may, it should pay a
great. part of the government ex-
penses. Two or three per cent inter-
est on the money that the people use
would lift off the tax payers the
great burdens of the tax upon their
Industries. 1t would remove the
fine now imposed upon a PERSONS en-
ergy and thrift. Our government
should be self-supporting, with an
unobstructed market with the whole
world. Let the people receive their
money direct from it's head source,
pay three per cent interest on it.
Add to this tax ON land values SO
high that the farmers would pay on
ly one-half as much tax as now.
There would then be in the treasury
money enough to build a network of
railroads and telegraphs from the
Atlantic to the Pacific and from the
Gulf OF Mexico to the British pos
sessions of the north.
S. H. BARTLETT.
WAs1oJA, June 7th, 1890.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
I noticed among the communica-
tons one from Halstad intimating
that the various reform movements
arrange to pull on the same end of
the rope. Now I think that is a
word in the right direction. Work.
ing as the various reforms are now
working may all be well enough out
on the skirmish line, but when the
main battle is on we should mass
our forces and throw them solid
against the foe. If, on the other
hand we fight in detached forces we
will be crushed in detail and accom-
plish nothing. Our county alliance
voted for the calling a state alliance
this summer to nominate state
ticket.
l notice the plutocracy is getting
alarmed, and begin to think some
thing must be done to quiet the larm-
ers. So Pillsbury prophecies better
prices for wheat, and to quiet us on
the sugar tariff they are blowing the
bubble of beet sugar. But amid it
all the tariff steal goes on and all
others! Thank heaven that we
have at least one paper, the GREAT
WEST, that dare speak out.
J. L. LANG.
Northwood, Iowa,
Is a beautiful place on the Burlino-
ton, Cedar Rapids & Northern Rail
way, south OF Albert Lea. 1t was
the scene of a two daJ Farmers
Alliance and Knights of Labor Pic
mic, last week. It has a lovely grove
close to town, where such meetings
were held, and we should say that
over thousand people congregated
there to listen to the speeches.
Mr.. NJ. L. Wheat, G. w. T. of the
of IN NG-