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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
VOL. I, NO. II.

The EARN Stock & Home
quotes American wheat in Liverpool
at Is, I'd to 7s, Sd, per 100 pounds,
and puts it in our currency at $1.O2
to $1.O7 per bushel, and quotes
English farm wheat at CSC. These
quotations are quite correct, and yet
not fully so. The grade equal to No.
2spring, Chicago speculativegrade),
has been quoted during the past two
weeks at from Is. I'd. to rs. Sd. The
value of a shilling with exchange in
the transaction is just about 25c. in
stead OF 24c. However, this is a
fine point, and We only speak of it
because we have recently quoted No.
I hard as $1.18 and $1.2O in the
Liverpool Misunderstanding our figures
from the London Daily Financial
Times. Weput Sc. on for No. l hard
Straight-or unmixed.
Kent or Essex wheat, the English
grace, Is quoted as nigh as %.
But Indian wheat does not come
in direct competition with our north
ern wheat. Bombay and Kurchee
wheat is worth from Is to zoe. less
than our prime grades, and the only
reason we do not get proper prices is
that the combines do not propose to
let America furnish the English peo-
pie their grain unless they, the COM
bine, make the difference" into their
own pockets. American wheat
(Northern) actually sells for dollar
q bushel to-day-but the farmer is
robbed from 32c. to 24c. per bushel
when it passes through the Mime
sofa Chambers of Commerce.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
The People Begin to Realize the Facts.

"* You surely making history in this and
this country statements and expoton read them
full the facts they that believe and
the above 8 educ8tion political
fuence-a Judgment.
say further given
railway budnggradng tes ron station surveys spikes
bridges and trest locomotives ghtsofway backed by
We have rail
equipped less than thousand dollars mwth
every miles, We have given every
81, 900 up $11 ,OOO
forth the champion the railways specify
prices $4,000
100 miles then that
the contracts the and STEEL and the cubic yards
tell the country the honest result What
WONDERFUL
railway reports What awful lying! What
monumental cheek
n Wisconsin built by corporations:
Green Bay Winona & st. st. Paul per nile $69' ' 1892 5
Prairie du Chen & McGregor.". 100000
Wisconsin Central .....,....... ...um. 61.57376
These were by corporations principle
supervision OF managers:
Chicago Fairchid 4 Eau Claire, per mie s., ,892 80
St. Cloud, Grantsburg &Ashland !" " 6,733O7
Wisconsin, Pttsvlle Superior .......... 9,593.74
To these astonishing figures Of cost per mile add the
Wisconsin Michigan, cost per mile 900
This built through country of extraordinary difficulties rocky
removed from human habtaon and
famous the Superior section.
mighty corporations represented costing
me built prairie rolling lands
winding grading OF which instance averaged
than 900 yards the mile or 81 200 expense.
this outrageous humbuggry only feetng picture
panorama The whole bonding system
monetary prostitutes the Worldwide and
bearing which nothing but
contemplate iniquity and despicable nfamy.,
monumental and archi
the thundepup order
la thief a thief
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07

While we are supervising letters in
reference to approaching charges OF
administration in the alliance be-
cause changes which are sure to come
would be thereby precipitated in a
quarrelsome spirit, still there is one
unfortunate phase to which we must
refer.
In Renville County the two papers,
Renville Union and Hector Mirror,
are both savage, abusive and un-
compromising foes to the alliance
movement. They have pitched in
to everything and everybody as
sociated with it. with a sour
rility and low lingo rarely
equalled. They are now cham
pioning the reelection of the present
alliance administration! We can
hardly understand the folly OF such
a course on the part of Mr.. Sprague,
if he is it's inspiration. Certainly no
papers in this state have ever been
SO vilely hostile to the Alliance-nor
have the farmers in any county more
completely thrown local papers over
board. They even have the hardi-
hood to publish figures to show that
farmers are more prosperous than
ever!
If this thing continues the GREAT
West will consider it's pledge of
courtesy to the present administra-
ton released,
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07

Oh yes, how that foreign market
does control the American market!
We have shown up the falsity OF this
blanket to cover up Board of Trade
iniquity time and again. We turned
to the Liverpool markets today in a
British commercial paper. We read;
"FoNowing the American advance
the market is still firm with an up.
ward tendency"
The Righteousness OF all importing
nation controlling the price OF an
exported article which cannot be
manufactured to order with draw
shave. or increased in acreage by ar
increased demand!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
Bond or Greenback !?

A communication from A. E. Ball,
OF Rushford, a close student OF
finance, asks us what we think of
Dorsey's scheme to put 800 millior.
2-per cent bonds on tbc market?
We think--well, we would like to
shoot our views out of a howitzer be-
hind a shell, with a time-fuse marked
Washington"
We have too many bonds-and too
much premium on them! Let us
have our money in a circulating
medium mot a bankers depository
drawing interest.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07

"The GREAT WEST, Mr.. Donnelly's
sensational sheet at St. Paul, which
assumes to be the organ of the
Farmers Alliance, might accomplish
some good if it would change it's
tactics. It's policy of flying into a
bowling rage at the very name of
railroad and being utterly blind to
the other side of the question will not
give it's utterances very much weight
among thinking men. The newspa-
per demagogue is quite as bad fac
tor in public life as the political dem
agogue. There is little doubt that
the railroad companies are RESPONSE
BILE for more or less evils and that
there still may be some room for re-
form. But it is equally true that the
great west would still be a bowling
wilderness and the paper of that
name still unborn-and thousands of
better papers also-if it had not been
for the advent OF railroads.
We have forgotten the name of the
''sluff'' from which this run, but with
all due regard for the fact that it
may have come from some honest,
but misguided gentleman, we shall
proceed in acute metaphors, to
teach him history.
Railroads are blessing ifthey add
to the welfare OF the human race.
Railroads do not carry freight with
more speed than the highest class of
canals-like the Scotch with 15-mile-
per-hour packets. Steam is revolu-
tionizing the canal-while the canal
does for one-tenth of cent what the
railroad skins us out of ten cents for.
Railroads have not hastened the
population if we take statistics for it.
We do not dare to say this ourselves
mo one would believe it. But we
fall back on the censuses with cour-
age and craft. Shall we turn up the
figures? Don't the above editor wish
to invest in a small wager on the state
ment that the "Western Wilderness"
of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
ETC., was peopled thicker in less time
without railroads than any wilder
ness with them! Come nOw-what
do you say?
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
The Hail Insurance Co.
EDITOR GREAT VEST:

EDITOR GREAT W EST:
l have just seen statement from
the "Alliance" Hail Insurance Com
pany, in the southern part of the
state. 1t reports business of $13,-
541, with losses Of only 81 ,316. We
were told the losses amounted to
$3, 900. Only $5,416 returned, and
the uncOllected notes ($1,74D and
the losses paid, and it leaves FIVE
thousand dollars expenses for four
months business! Who did nearly
$500 of advertising and stationery?
Who got 81 ,176 for salaries for the
four or five months, when $448 more
were paid for clerks? And when cor
ganizing agencies is paid for with
81 900 besides? Look at it, the
two men running it absOrbedl$2 ,625
last fall and summer for simply their
own individual or personal expenses,
not including printing or any OF the
other expenses! Was this money
used to pay Mr.. Sprague's expenses
up through the state for political
purposes? Will the books be ex-
amined by the state meeting? Let
us know about this.
Grant Co., MINI.
1t certainly would not do to let the
above go without reply. The writer
may have a legitimate cause Of in
quiry, because all such matter should
be under inspection. At the same
time we feel that expenses will mount
up on a company beyond what an
outsider can account for. At the ex-
ecutive committee meeting, after a
little opposition on the part of
the Company, it was agreed to
call the books before the state
meeting. We are disposed to give
the officers a wide latitude in this
matter, however much we may differ
from Mr.. Sprague and Mr.. Furlong
in reference to these matters. Let us
wait in a fair and liberal spirit and
see what the books show up-cer-
tainly the insurance was cheap
enough, though the PRESERVE fund"
does not pile very high.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
The Cry for a Naw

Is wholly for the purpose of spend
ing that surplus-which surplus is
the tax on farmers for undershirts
and overcoats. If such things had
been done in Sidney's time there
would have been a hanging bee to
make history with. But then this is
a republic, and "party" has to be
nursed whether or no.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
MARIETTA, Goth, Is

MARIETTA, Goth, 1890.
EDITOR GREAT West:
Is it true, as was stated in one of
your large City Dailies few months
ago that the railroad values in the
United States. had shrunk a thous-
and million dollars within the last
three years.
In an article clipped from one Of
those dailies not long ago is a state
ment credited to Poor's Railroad
Manual, giving the gross earnings of
the railroads of the United States,
For the year of 1888
as......................... $945, $50, ,7O2
Increase over previous
year.................. Sill, Ill ,21O
Net earnings s......... 1888, $3.50, ,119
Increase of mileage 9 per cent.
Increase of gross earnings over
previous year. IS per cent.
Increase net earnings previous year,
II per cent.
Again-Pioneer Press, Oct. 1889:
MduICOOd IOStO tt1lU lis UCduC1lcS.
Report of directors for fiscal year.
Gross earnings............ $19, ,917 900
Net earnings. gs......... 1877, 900
Sinking funds..... 376,116
Increase passenger through rates 80
per cent.
Increase passenger local rates II
per cent.
Increase through freight rate 3S
per cent.
Increase local freight rates IA per
cent.
Now what does this $7,OOO,4SO
not accounted for represent?
This extraordinary increase of
earnings and profits, represents such
an enormous shrinkage of values,
how much greater increase would be
required to wipe these all out of ex-
istence? Will these body guards of
monopoly please arise and explain.
NJ. L. Snow.
DR.. Fish will lecture at kassOn
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
Railroad Values

Have increased during the past
two wears. We have taken the price
of bonds and stocks from Rhodes
Banking Journal on over 500 Rail
way corporations, for two years ago
and January 1st, 1890, and the bal
ance shows an immense increase
The statement put forth that rail
wav values had s'shrunk" is an un
equivocal lie-put out to cover the
hardships of the toiler.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
The Institute Annual No. 2.

Supt. Gregg has issued his Annual
for 1S89-9O. 1t is a 200 page work
filed with splendid agricultural liter
ature. He distributes them free at
the Institutes. AS many will not at
tend in distant sections, the GREAT
WEST has solicited a number to send
out from this Office, and Supt. Gregg
has placed 500 at our disposal. We
will send a copy free to any one who
will send us five cents in stamps for
postage
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
Jan. 21st, 80.

JUL. 2IbC, OO.
DR.. FISH:
"* Can machine agent
be member of the Alliance, or an
official of it?"
We think nOt-at least we would
not advise the Alliance to put in a
machine agent as either member or
official. If our correspondent means
a State Alliance official we would be
more emphatic.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
THE RAILROAD BONUS.

Farmers, will aid getting at the amount paid
railroads the shape OF Bonuses? roads have
declined to publish them in their sworn reports!
Write County, Of Township, viii
lage cityor Of other County, Township City
State Will the Alliances please take this
callyat earliest possible moment
Let each personally
section will
GREAT WEST
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07

In 1878 you could pay interest on
a mortgage with Is to 80 bushels of
wheat and carry home pair of gait
ers for your wife Now you can pay
the same interest with 100 bushels,
and plaster up the holes in your
wooden shoes.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
MEMBERSHIP.

There will be close watch exercised
in the state meeting over member
ship in that body. The constitution
provides that the member should be
a practical and operative farmer
This does not compel the applicant
to live on his farm. As to whether it
should do so is question Very few
Alliance officials live on their farms.
Mr.. Wardall, Mr.. Loucks, Mr.. Don
nelly, Mr.. Boen, the Editor and Busi-
ness Manager of the Alliance paper,
and list of fifteen or twenty alliance
organizers are not living on their
farms. So1ue OF the organizers have
lost their farms by mortgages-and
went directly from farm work into
Alliance work. To arrange the men,
bership of those who do not live on
their farms and yet get support by
them, and also those who are wholly
occupied in Alliance work, like an
Editor, is a serious question for the
new constitution. Weare not writing
this for ourselves, both of whom own
cultivated farms, but solely because
we understand that Lecturer Eckford.
of the 10th Judicial District, raised
the question at the Mower County
Alliance. However it might affect
either of the parties connected with
the GREAT WEST would make but
little difference-but it would be a
serious blow to cut off fully 25 hard
workers whose ''crown of immortal
ity" will blaze with names of two or
three hundred alliances, organized
without pay and at great personal
sacrifice. Hence it would seem part
OF wisdom to make the expression of
the constitution mora precise than
simply practical and operative far
mers." If deemed requisite that they
reside on farms it should say so. If
not, it should be stated. But above
all, and still more important, if the
State Alliance regards a man fit for
employment and therefore fit for
membership it should say so. We
remember that the words were put in
the constitution last year adding to
the clauses We have quoted, "and the
editor of an agricultural newspaper"
We have not seen it in any published
constitution.
Why would it not be we'll simply to
say that any man who is in the en-
plOy OF the State Alliance or endorsed
by county alliance as in their en-
ploy, is eligible to membership?
We suggest this without any per-
sonal interest. Our own case is clear
enough, unless members are compelled
to live on their farms-and such
rule would make some very radical
changes! But this is written to give
delegates an opportunity to think
over the matter before coming.
Above all, let every one keep his
mind broad and unprejudiced-
friendly and hopeful.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07

A correspondent from Otter Tail
County suggests that the Alliance
adopt badge, having in view some
button, or ribbon badge, like those
worn bv the Grand Army. 1t is a
good idea. We would like to put an
Alliance button on one side, and
Grand Army on the other! Let us
consider the matter
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
Chicago Morning News:
Lesson Of the Monon Disaster.

LESSON OF tH0 WOHOH DISASTER.
If the railroads had been less gen
erous in extending ''courtesies" to
members of state legislatures, or il
the legislators have been less eager
to avail themselves of these ''cour-
tesies," such an accident as that on
the Monon route would have been
long ago so securely provided against
that it could not have happened.
For the lives that were lost, for the
injuries that were inflicted, almost
every representative in every state
Legislature is morally ii not criminal
ly responsible.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07

Four fat Jersey steers, high grade,
800 lbs. each-$36 for all four and
pay your own freight! How pros
porous you are, Mr.. Stone-aren't
you? This was about the time the
local editor was telling Mr.. Stone
that the farmers had never been
more prosperous!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07

We publish a letter giving an un-
qualified endorsement of the Alliance
Elevator Co. in this issue-with very
great pleasure. Mr.. Loucks, the
president, is now sick and confined to
his bed again-but is improving
every day.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07

Mr.. Omans, the merchant at Luce,
writes us that the N. p. r. r. are re-
ceiving ties there now, and have
employed him to occupy the position
of station agent, as stated last week
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07

1t is not just to scissors out the
sentiments Of other papers and give
credit therefor by simply saying
Exchange" That is what we have
done this week-but it was because
the name OF the author-paper was
unknown.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07

Railroad values have increased the
past year-dO not let the lies OF the
Pioneer-hill Jim-Press deceive you.
The increase has been very marKeo
and almost as much SO as the de-
crease in the value of your property.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07

In 20 years the granger will wear
plug hats and "plush" pocket books !!
How's that?
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07

DR.. Fish will lecture at kasson
Friday the 7th-and at La Crescent
on the Sth.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
Take Notice-County Alliances.

Take Notice-County Alliances.
Some of our County Alliances have
elected three delegates to the State
Meeting, and three alternates. The
Constitution only provides for one
and an alternate. twill be advisable
to have another meeting if possible
to remedy this. If not convenient
could not the six appointed meet and
select the two who are to go. In
case any County Alliance which has
elected three delegates should fail to
remedy the matter probably the
State meeting would give them all
seats with one vote. This is offered
merely in the light OF suggestion.
One Of our splendid agricultural
exchanges states that Mr.. Loucks
has resigned the presidency of the
Dakota Alliance on account OF his
numerous other duties, and speaks
of him as vice-president OF the Ma.
tional Farmers Alliance. Mr.. Loucks
is President of the National (the
Northern). His resignation was
not accepted-and therefore with
drawn. The Farm, Stock and Home
concludes with this testimonial to
Mr.. LOucks:
AS an organizer, and in directing
organization into practical, useful
channels, Mr. LOucks has been a con-
spicuous success. For more than
two years he has devoted his time
jointly to the Dakota Alliance and
the Elevator Company, of which he
has also been president. He has been
faithful to both trusts, and has come
as near giving complete satisfaction
in both capacities as could be ex-
pected OF fallible mortal. In his ca
pacity as president Of the Alliance
Elevator Co., Mr.. Louck's field OF
practical usefulness to the farmers OF
the Northwest is really broader than
ever. The Elevator Company could
not have been possible without an
organization of farmers, and farm
organization would be valueless
without those practical, cooperative
business adjuncts of which the Ele'
vator Company is a type.
The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1890-06-21
CHASTITY Find at MissOula.

A man was found hanging to tree
Monday afternoon near the river bank
in the western portion of Missoula. The
man had small rope, or rather a stout
cord, tied around his neck, the knot
away back of his ear, and the other end
of the cord, which was about two and a
half feet long, was tied to limb not
more than an inch and a half in diam
eter, which was bent down but not bro
ken. His feet rested about foot in
the water and his right hand clasped
smaller limb of the one to which the
cord was tied, while his left hand clasp
ed some twigs down below his chest.
When cut down and laid on his back
the body looked like that of a man of
about thirty years Of age, with brown
hair and thin mustache. He was
dressed in red underclothing, checked
shirt with light blue necktie, dark
coat and waistcoat and dark striped
pants. On the right brow was wound
from which the blood had flowed pretty
freely down the side Of his face, and
looked as though he had been struck
with blunt instrument. About half
an inch Of the tongue was between the
teeth, which were clinched tightly upon
it. The face was very slightly discol-
ored. While some were inclined 10 the
belief that the man had hanged himself,
the position of the body, the smallness
Of the limb and the wound on the head
seem to preclude this idea.
The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1890-06-21
New Incornorations.

John Westbrook, James T Westbrook,
G. E. Westbrook, j. M. Hensley, L. Pea
vey have incorporated the Windsor Min
ing company. The Windsor mine, in
the Castle Mountain district, will be op-
Grated. The capital is $4,000 in shares
Of 81.
The Casino Mining company has been
Incorporated by W. H. Metcalf, w. w.
Smith, B. B. Tierney, Frank Long and
L. Peavey. The Little Casino mine in
the Castle Mountain district will be op-
Grated. The capital is 100000 in shares
Of 81.
d. L. s. Barker, P. j. Donnelly, n. H.
Barnes, w. Roy Williams and Joseph
Reed have Incorporated the Gold, Silver
and Copper Gem Mining company. The
capital is s250,OOO in shares of 81 each.
The incorporators are also the trustees.
The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1890-06-21
Grand Jury Report.

To the Hon. Frank Henry, Judge Of the
district court, 9Th judicial district of
| Montana.
| We, the grand jurors have, in COM
pliance with your instructions, acted up
on all business brought to our notice.
We have visited the county Jail and
found everything in fine order and the
prisoners we'll cared for We also WIS.,
tied the county Offices and found that
they are kept in business like manner,
as far as our time would permit.
We also visited the county poor farm
and find the buildings in which the
paupers are lodged are of such char
acter that it is difficult for the warden
to keep them in proper condition; that
they are unclean and foul smelling; that
no chairs have been furnished, and the
hunks are hard and uncomfortable, not
fit for we'll, strong persons, much less
for the aged and infirm, as are all the
present inmates. We consider the loca-
tion of the poor farm too remote and in
accessible for it's proper supervision, and
would not recommend that any consid-
cradle expense be incurred in permanent
Improvements if any change is contem-
plated, but think that something should
be done to make the inmates more COM
Portable.
Thanking the honorable judge and
tended to us, and there being no further
business brought before us, we respect
fully ask to be discharged. All of which
is respectfully submitted.
j. G. Villas, Foreman.
Dated this 18th day of June, 1890.