The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-05-30


On that woman's broken heart.
Worm or beetle, drought or tempest,
On farmers land may fall,
But for f1rst-class runati on,
Trust mortgage 'gainst' EN- all.
WILL M. CARLETON.
Colman's Rural World:
This gam bling in wheat, corn and
pork is the bane of the day. 1t is
like all gambling, not exactly a de-
vice of the devil but a propensity of
the ingenious and wicked heart of
man who is afraid to work and
ashamed to beg A simple bet is a
matter that is tolerated the world
over. A game OF chance between
acquaintance may be a mere matter
of pleasure or amusement, but the
professional gambler is counted a
sport the world over and as such
finds no entrance to the circle of in
telligent and refined society.
This dealing in wind is gambling
in grain. 1t is more, it is worse. It
is not alone betting or playing at
chance, but puts in peril the great
producing interest OF America, the
grain producing and meat pro-
ducing efforts Of millions of men
whose families include one half the
population OF the country At times
it may run prices up and then again
crowd them down, but whether one
or the other, is fictitious, transitory
and spasmodic; unwise and uncalled
for; unbalancing in it effects, I'M
profitable in It's results and a petty,
childish business all around.
If the intelligence of this great
country cannot find better scope for
it's employment than gambling, if
congress cannot be appealed to for
aid and protection by men engaged
in more laudable enterprise than
the destruction OF the best interests
OF this country than the Board of
Trade appeal against the Butter
worth bill, the farmers had better be
informed OF the fact. The gamblers
or the farmers will be sent to the
right-about. Which shall it be?
Let congressman answer.
Not since the interesting days Of
the temperance crusade in Kansas
has there been, until now, time
when one subject was the sole theme
OF conversation among public men
OF speeches by the orators and o.
newspaper talk by the editors, as is
this Farmers Alliance movement
Politicians are the fellows principally
worried, intact their antics are down
right comical as they endeavor to
J anticipate the steady going farmers
and try their own hands at ALI
ancing. These are the chaps the farm
ers must keep clear from, but it il
doubtful if they can do it. The poll
tician is a shrewd bird, and lis cham
eleonic accomplishment, OF turning
color makes him difficult of detec
ton. The men who are trying tt
ride the Alliance wave are to b.
|, watched. The leaders must be select
, ed from the tried and true, and ever
then a constant spying on them il
necessary, for many man, homes
in the lack of opportunity to do evil
gives away when the opportunity il
) presented .-Lawrence Journal.
Nationalism breaches the gospel
not of charity, not OF mercy, but q
f, Justice. 1t says, and says truly
. Labor is being wronged; give labo
) it's rights. 1t recognizes that tn
: evils OF society are due to the presen
unequal, unjust socical condition
. and it says: Change the conditions
: Capital has controlled legislation TO
it's advantage, and Nationalisn
J. says: Make laws that allow advan
! tage to no one. 1t appeals to n,
class, no race, no religion. It ap
peals to men and women. 1t is no
, a perfected scheme for the refo1
8 nation scheme for the reformation q
s society. 1t is the voice, not of one
e but of a good many, crying in tn
streets, in the homes, in public an
private. Prepare better condition
for man, make his paths straight
: Nationalism up to date has sc
: thousands of hearts beating for some
thing observation-disclosures, Boston
} Carver Co. News:
1 The assessor will soon be aroun
: doing just what himself or som
other person did before him in year
l past-assess the poor of earth all th
/, law will allow and tread lightly O
t the millionaire kings toes.-Granit
Falls Tribune.
ABOUT the size of it.
!. Mankato Register:
8 The GREAT WEST is sitting dow
4 hard on C. L. Smith, the gentlema
g who has been farming at the e.
9 pense of the state treasury, and VIII
;, very naturally thinks that there ar