The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-18

But another whitening effect OF
this bogus butter, is, that owing to
the bad reputation it gives the U. S.,
the exports OF dairy products have
declined from twenty-five million
dollars ($22,775,752) in the year
1882, to ten million dollars $50
916,O1S) in 1S88-Report of Com
MERGE and Nav, 1888. Well, some
will say that the southern planter
profits from the cotton seed used,
but even this is not SO. The follow
ing is from Agricultural Report,
1889:
"The price of seed is low. Com
plant is made of combinations of
oil-millers to reduce prices. Renters
will sell at any price, sometimes as
low as s to 8 cents per bushel. The
average in Mississippi and Louisiana
is 10 cents, II in Arkansas, Il in
Texas and Tennessee, Ii in South
Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, Is
in Florida. Feeders of cattle and
sheep pay the highest rates"
Truly, the greed of these thieves
has no bounds, and when l stop, and
think how in many a farmers home
the inmates are pinched, and denied
those little Injuries and comforts
that make life enjoyable. and when
l see on the other side, Rockefeller, of
the oil trust, with his hundred and
thirty million dollars, l must say
there is cause for discomfort and dis
satisfaction.
But defrauding toilers OF their Just
wages is q sin that
CRIES TO HEAVEN FOR VENGEANCE.
aye! Vengeance is mine, saith
the Lord"
There are village merchants who
have lost considerable trade on &C.
count Of the low price of butter. vet
will fight the Alliance and sheer at
it's workers by saying: "There goes
a town-killer.
But the calling thing to top all
this iniquity is to have a canting,
fawning sycophant like Rorebeck,
land c. l.. SMITH, mock us, and add
insult to the injury already done to
the farmers wives, by saying: "Their
husbands ought to join the alliance
that would teach how to make twen-
ty-five cent butter"
AS a reward for publishing Rore-
beck's defense of trusts and rail
roads the Adrian Guardian, (whose
motto is: ''While the Guardian will
the peoples rights maintain we pub
fish u for bread and butter, not for
fancy should receive a whole a
load of butter from the oil trust, and
the railroads ought to dead head the
freight.
But don't mind, boys. AS the pat-
riots in the revolution had the Hes
slams, tories and Benedict Arnolds,
SO, in this revolution for reform will
the farmers have to contend with a
hireling press, Rorebeck's, [Smiths1
and Gardeners. Yours with the spirit
OF '76, JAMES V. HYNEs.
ADRIAN, Mobiles Co., March 20.
The First District Speaks Again.
After hearing from the Dodge
County Alliance officially, followed
by those letters last week, the follow
ing comes to us like another thunder
bolt against the corrupt affair at
Austin:
Apr. 7th, 1890.
DEAR SIR:
At the regular meeting of the Dex-
ter Farmers Alliance, the following
resolutions were passsd:
RESOLVED, That we protest
against the creation of the LIST Dist.
Congressional Alliance by only a
part OF the delegates from three coun-
ties when there should have been at
least a majority OF the counties of
said District represented.
RESOLVED, That we favor no man
for County Lecturer who is working
for any corporation not a part Of
the Alliance. Yours truly.
r. ECKFORD,
Secy Dexter Alliance.
We understand that A. L. Gardner
is organizing alliances without a
commission. Let all the organizing
be done that is possible-only let it
be understood that Gardner does
not act under official commission.
Jerry Mobiles says there was no
truth in the statement that he was
the man who went to Minneapolis
with a r.. R. Commissioner to get
wheat men to come over and "down
Fish" We stated that we did not
credit the story. Whoever the men
were they were badly left.
C. S. Bond, of Worthington, writes
to the State Lecturer:
IL never saw farmers so downcast
so discouraged, and ready to act
with that party that will help them
out OF their present depression. That
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