The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-21

Friends and farmers welcome here
Cheerful are our hearts to-day;
Tell us we would gladly hear
HOW-Our cause speeds on it's way.
Here we pledge ourselves a new.
To be ever firm and true
AS a band OF brothers joined
Peace and safety shall find
COTTONWOOD ALLIANCE POS, AT To-
GAN, REDWOOD co.
Ed. GREAT VEST:
Alliance called to order by Prest
Croft, on 9Th inst, in regard to elect
ing delegate to State Alliance.
L. w. Larsen presented the names
of A. NJ. Grunden, O. J. Olson and J.
E. Leonard for members of Alliance.
Committee thereon, L. W. Larsen
and Eric Wilson.
L. w. Larsen was elected delegate
to State Alliance, our alliance guar
anteeing that he should receive S.. 90
from the State Alliance, as per circu-
lar, to help cover expenses, T. L. Gil
bert elected alternate
T. L. Gilbert presented the follow
ing propositions, which after discus
sion, we're adopted and our delegate
was instructed to present them at
the State Alliance.
We, the Cottonwood Alliance be-
lieve that the Grain and Warehouse
Law ought to be amended so that
the R. RS should operate the Eleva-
tors at each station in the following
manner: Said elevators to receive
all kinds of Grain when presented
and to clean the same for 4 cent per
bushel, or the refuse, as the farmer
elects.
To issue for the same warehouse
receipt, said receipt to be commercial
paper.
The railroad to deliver the same
amount when called for and to have
as pay for storage, interest at the
rate OF six per cent per annum on the
value of said grain in the local
market, when the grain is called for
by the holder OF the receipt.
But in no case shall the R. r. Co.
or the person who operates the eleva-
tor have any interest IN the purchase
or sale of the grain.
The person operating said local ele-
vator shall keep samples of grain of
the estate Grade" furnished him by
the State Inspector, and be subject to
the State Inspectors decisions in all
disputes as to grade.
Resolved, That the State r. R..
Commissioners and State Inspector
should be elected by direct vote OF
the people.
We demand that our State shall
adopt the Australian mode of con-
Quoting elections-using all Official
Ballot only.
We demand that legal interest
shall be reduced to 8 per cent. by our
next Legislature.
I hear nothing but praise for the
"GREAT VEST here. A. M. Grunden,
our p NJ, is doing all he can to in
crease it's circulation here.
One good friend told me it was a
noble paper; he expected every time
it would be the last; thought they
would kill you for telling the truth.
Our Local Alliance, No. 2O5, has
been organized about 6 years, and I
am satisfied that our meetings have
averaged one per month for all that
time; and while there are representa-
tives OF all 3 parties among us on
National Politics, we are strong Al
lance men when it comes to local
politics, and ready to support a
good Alliance Farmer every time.
We find one of the best ways to
hold an interest is to bring our wives
and children-have the latter declaim,
have some music, have discussion in
which all are free to join on some live
topic. And then we go to our prairie
houses refreshed and ready to take
up our lives of toll. I am satisfied
that we can't all be politicians in the
sense ofholding down a Cat possish,"
but it is the duty of every citizen to
take lively and deep interest in pol
itics if we are ever going to throw off
their cutthroat mortgage of six bill
lions of watered stock of r. RS alone
which is eating the very vitals out of
the tillers of the soil to say nothing
of trusts and tariff-coin and cur
rency. But Dr., give them gowdy;
call spade spade, every time, and
/ trust the farmers of old Minnesota
will have the good sense to support
you. Thanking you again l am
yours in full for the Alliance cause,
T. L. GILBERT.
Redwood County, Feby 9Th, 1890.