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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-26
His Earthly Habit Strong.

Well is this hot enough for you asked newly
arrived spirit turning to gentleman with harbed tall
Ten more barrels OF birthstone IN this pr" cried
luciter for was he 10 passing imp without reply
ing directly to the question.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-26

Drug cork-Th- hair dressings made OF pure bear
grease
Brown-Iiow can it be pure when It's scented
Drug C!erk is-er-mAle from the cinnamon lear.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-26
The Old. Old Story.

WIN on marry me 81 asked the sEyTockeL
you"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-26

Sr.iRhS FROM mn rEAIGRArn

las Gu2y'er drunk IN all his property ="
IAN but tile lean on llie lamp post,
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-13
Oh Granger, Granger

"Listen to their tale of woev'-
they are asked to let the government
loan money on land to one-half it's
value-at two per cent! It'll ruin
the country won't it? The govern
ment, through it's Shylocks, loans
$270,OO0,O0O to-day without red
cotton handkerchief for security,
and only one name attached to the
paper. 1t loans $G36,484, ,540.33 to
men who are in the scalping business
with only endorsers on paper for Sc
curity-but it won't take land at
one-half it's value Wise government
fool government Excuse US
though, Mr.. Granger-you are the
government. No insult intended.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-13
Post Up on This, Farmers.

"Out of all the stock of all che rail-
roads of the United States nearly 60
per cent. (5O.12) or considerably
more than one-half is absolutely un-
productive. In the year 1883 $2,-
500, 100000 of stock of American
railroads paid no dividends whatso.
ever. The average payment on all
stock was 2.1S per cent. and on capt.
talizatiOn (stock and funded debt
together) the average payment was
$40 per cent. But if in the whole
country nearly so per cent. OF the
stock is unproductive, what are the
facts in the Northwest? On the
Northwestern lines, in the same year,
nearly 80 per cent (77S6) Of all
stock was unproductive, and only
IA per cent. paid any dividends!
"Of course, the popular answers to
this is that the stock is watered and
i, therefore does not deserve to receive
dividends. But how much is it wa-
tered? Is it watered to the extent Of
more than n per cent?
''The Minnesota state commission
states that the excess of capitaliza-
tion over the cost of railroad prop
critics in this state is about 1924, $780,
600. Supposing that to be SO
(which is not) l could point out that
there is also $50.O0O,OOO OF capital
stock on lines in Minnesota which
pays no dividends"
This comes from Harry Robinson's
''Railroader." In answer to this,
let us state that if So per cent. of
stock draws dividends it is steal Of
just So per cent. Why? Simply be-
cause not a dollar is invested in the
stocks. The term watered-stock is a
misnOmer. 1t is the bond that is
watered usually. In building rail-
ways the stock is a basis on which a
company is organized, and usually
calls for money enough only to pay
for incorporation. The roads are
built on money furnished by
bonds (mortgage), and the bonds
always are issued for from two to
ten times the cost of the road. We
can give Mr.. Robinson a road in this
state which cost less than $500, 900
which swings out over So, 200, 900 in
stocks and bonds, and $4,000, 900 in
land, and the interest on the bonus
bonds runs the road, paying every
dollar of expense.
Every dollar, on almost all the
roads, paid for stock dividends, are
q steal.
Robinson asks how much the pa
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-13
81 90 YEAR IN ADVANCE.
Do you know that that dollar bill
in your hand is paying interest to a
national bank night and day?
The st. Croix wheat "challenge"
has been heard from at the last mo-
ment. We will attend to it next
week.

There is bugle note this week,
coming to this office, from every
part of the state, calling for political
action. The stream came too late
to publish many this week. One
man cries almost in despair: doc
tor, if our men play us false we shall
appeal to you-do not desert U.S."
Oh, the rottenness of this horrible
quagmire of politics today. What
are men going to do, when political
leaders, for self-interest, change the
whole tenor of their Opinions" and
are willing to rivet the chains OF
your serfdom!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-13

per is watered? Well, as not road
in the state cost over $4,000 to the
mile to build and equip, and most of
them cost but $4,000 to the mile to
build and equip, and 400 miles cost
but Sc, 800 to the mile to build and
equip-and some which have no
equipment cost but 81 500 to the
mile, we presume that an average of
$42, 900 to the mile is watering"
to the extent Of n per cent. But
Harry is a sharper. He knows that
the interest OF 3.4 per cent. on nine
billions of paper is good for 1876 per
cent. on paper which stands for
actual investment. He also knows
that when a man draws Z cents
every year on an Investment of
13A cents he draws over so
per cent. on the investment-and
that Minnesota is the possessor of
this bonanza. He also knows that
the dividends paid are profits left af-
ter extension-building and equipping
of millions, or even billions. The ma
tional banks yield under oath a divi-
dend of only 2K per cent. in the
same way-they first put into their
capital fund about 33H per cent of
''surplus'' to be reinvested! Oh,
Harry, you're roaster. but some
David will yet sling you over the
fence.
In portion of the article not pub
lished, Robinson writes of the vast
expense of the terminal stations, etc.
He don't state that they are owned,
largely, by separate companies, and
the rentals are taken out as Operat-
ing expenses! Nor does he mention
the same relation to many of the
bridges.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-13

The surplus OF the city banks rep.
resent the profits of the exchangers
Nearly all bank failures (other than
by robbery are of small banks. The
increase of surplus in New York City
banks for six years only, has been
$85, ,OOO,O 900. This means that
plutocracy draws from producers
$8, 100000 more than in 1884,
while producers yield to just one
city their profits to that amount.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-13

We have received a copy of the ad-
dress of President L. L. Polk on
agricultural Depression" in PAM
phlet form. It is a magnificent trea-
tise, and we wish every farmer in the
country could read it.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-13

The Blue Earth County Alliance
has declared for independent politi-
cal action with a hurrah-and ad-
vised staying away .om other party
caucusses. That's tn way to do it,
if you're going to ''get therep'
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-13

BY the way, do not think that the
''rate cuts" of the railroads mean
anything for the people at large.
"Nevah, no sahp' = the granger
makes up for the cuts-they plaster
every wound.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-13

Ocean freights on grain, New York
to Liverpool, 4 and Axe. per bushel.
Lake and canal-Duluth or Chicago
to New York, 7Kc. Total freights,
Duluth to LiverpOOl. Ike.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-13
VOL. I, NO. 35



During the past two weeks tile
GREAT WEST has not been idle. in
reference to the twlne question.
Feeling anxious in regard to the ma
ture of the report to be made by the:
committee, the parties owning this:
paper proposed to enter into the
manufacture of twine themselves.
The information obtained by the
committee was well-knOwn to the
state, to every one conversant with
the discussions for two years, and
was published in the Central Mime
sotian' over year ago. 1t is simply
this: that there are firms advertising
twine machinery-responsible firms,
and that those systems of machinery
are operating at different mills
and that the cost of set is about
Sis, 900 each. Jute costs about
AZ cents pound, it costs say two
cents to manufacture one cent
a pound profit yields $25 day from
each ''system"-so that sales direct
to the farmers could be made at
seven cents. Of course, if the state
entered upon the manufacture, that
was what all honest citizens desire.
Mr.. John Cheyne, one OF the best
mechanical engineers in the country,
and in the twine manufacture for a
quarter of a century, had been in
town for two weeks. When the COM
mittee returned, Mr.. Cheyne was not
taken to the prison, nor had he
been taken there since by the COM
mittee. So the GREAT WEST re-
quested him to take us through and
give us his best Judgment regarding
the opportunities for work there.
Without entering into details, in
which, however, Mr.. Cheyne soon
convinced the engineer and others
who were with us, that he under
stood his business" we found the
two following facts:
First, that there were 500 horse
power in the engines of which but
$50 were in use.
Second, that in the building occu-
pied by the pail factory there was
room and to spare.
And there was no reason why the
state should not put in five or six
systems at once and break the great
twine trust-for Dakota and. Iowa
would follow in this matter.
If however, the report had been an
tagonistic to the prison work, we
had made arrangements with an
Iowa gentleman, to undertake at
once the organization OF company
with capital OF $4,000, to put in
two or three systems. Places like
Little Falls, and possibly Hokah,
and half dozen other places would
have been interviewed" in regard to
waterpower, and the plant started.
The fear of the "twine trust"
breaking down a mill of this char
acter is all "boshp The Standard
Oil Works can do that because it
could drop to dealers. But the Ma
tional Cordage Company could no
more deal directly with farmers than
it could with heaven-and any pri-
vate mill, in state, can sell to farm
ers two cents pound cheaper than
the National Cordage Company and
still make Il cent a pound.
There are other matters to be
given later possibly before this is-
sue gets to press.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-13

1t is quite possible that it is not
best to organize an independent
party. 1t is certainly best to move
cautiously. But never let what the
old parties will do or say enter into
the discussion. If you are not fight
ing for what the old parties refuse to
give you, then give up the alliance
movement. OF course the old part
les will work against you. If you
have a pri lciple, stand to it. If not,
then don't, but go in and work for
the party which suits you best. Be
absolutely free from "party" in
trigue. Would you desert your
principles because you couldn't win
the first battle? That looks like
Office seeking. We are not urging
an independent party, but we are
urging absolute independence.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-13

Our Our mortgages uo9s s footed ted $4s3 goo goo
whole it Of ourselves. this borrowed which
ourselves, $23 100000
said profits $43 992 43s
Now take which
And stn have hide the profits $2o7.4oee
build addition creamery The addition
Now we have profits ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. s,O32 $50
Eight million dollars is still good sized and the
creameries, which have built o. profits,
and bonded just the same, such equipments churns,
tubs, ladies' 1886, $50
Well, still creamery n Those
have been told that did not pay expenses
visible $746575
So dear Mr. G. VEST that
caoused hands and patched Clothes appear
the world with magnificent profit a. million dollars
bare paout $746575 This readily among
that butter making
the investment earned 1t also that million
dollars worth of creamers profits and
lars worth butter
don't know and have
themwhy
to keep on losing money the all the time.
parent only the and the other amer jab the
we discover divide nearly million dollars
will likewise
make the profits those
toobg mortgages WE'LL they will
big why not five times? We We
mortgage bonds and divide them dividends
them Ito expense
charge the SO millions
millions short Of and fact of pretend
million doas-a
cousins We couldn't this povertyact
the most OF whom stand by long supply
candy When have friend Harry obnsone
tie his double
make swll into guava jely-at command.
When you get creamery running we'll give
pointers PLUTO.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-13
G. WEST, ESQ.,,
St. Paul, MINI

DEAR SRYours at hand shall glad enghten you
little heavy but they easily Of sight
the table included
$4,000 $4,000 The big seldom
creamery live nNew speculate
included 478 who the
butter average gnhon
when Jumped in Then have
being expense they profpof paid
have built them.
really made than $5 600
600 But how hide the profits.
First you know built mortgages
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-13

How many farmers know that the
bill by which their party demonetized
silver was put through congress
without being read, and was signed
by the president without being read,
and has been kept in force seventeen
years? That silver was worth 3 per
cent more than gold at the time,
standard for standard? That gold
has been demonetized, in the last
century, by four nations? That the
men who robbed the nation of it's cur
rency were "good party men" and
purchased rascals at the same time :?
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-13

How to Run Creamery Make Forty i-y
omrd
it Made FortyThree Million

good weeks Mr. Harry Robinson
Rairoade jumped the GREAT WEST the
railroads paying We
would be attended due the
time and columns for months and has from
gancng at the Kansas Rporand almost time
1890!
But chance for should be and especially
"famboyant editor"
away Office Mr. Robinson statement is not
at hand but we remember the points made namely:
ing deficit of nearly five million.
receipts than the year
AS the second OF these propositions nothing
freight has the state people
able travel matter probably intimately
shd condition for which the railroads
But to the statement that the Kansas railroads did pay
have great deal say-n they
ENORMOUS
that the government step
and robbery And to lead Mr. Robinson direct
the proof-and by easy stages
business OF the Then we the total
fxd charges But lest readers fully understand
what "fxd charges and the frequently used will
railroads. by borrowing
mortgages the plant These into ST. 900
chunks Each chunk bond OF these bonds bear interest
among
omitted there are no divide up but these
bonds fxed charges the sheriff
the So the only railway bonds
and "ddend profits OF ownership Ownershp railroad
certain number certificates stomuc the
This Illustrated by Ten
organize construct Each
ousand dollars None them pay anything build
but the borrows thousand dollars little
mortgages 500 EACH Each takes 40 these
each bids that 81 900 81 in
the mortgages these they
the bids The thereby thousand dollars They build the
and the interest the
at the of per If there
divide dvdnd themselves The interest
those 400 little has to be interest ured
"fxed charge'-a mortgage interest usualyis
Now prepared leave it to the that
whether the unxed charges profits
after had already drawn 100000
$4,000 % proftbeside salaries,
The didn't
drew $50 600 salary charged operang
oafd the There about 100 of these
oafs and the did WELL In fact there
mighty few dvdend dividend after the %
paid in, and the salaries settled.
Now let back Kansas and about the fxed
mortgage unfxed
dividends!
The of (1SS9) in freight pas
the $96O52 GA
They expended:
For the roads ,9S1 931
For general clerical 6,443676
For rentals of various 5,03O611
For 3,79O762
For 4,626312
Repairs. 3,6S6944
$4,000 2s6
Total profit $43992 43s
EDITOR NORTHWESTERN RALRoADER
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-13

How many men, in this state and
Dakota, will undertake to aid in in
cooperating a continental Transit
Company" to ship wheat from Du-
luth or Chicago direct to Liverpool
at the rate of S. a head, with the
provision that no one person shall
own over two hundred such shares,
and that the company shall issue,
weekly a market report to each men,
ber, containing a record of all sales,
grades, prices, shipments, rates and
percentages, together with weekly
financial statements. Such acorpor-
tion, working with the Alliance Ele-
vator Company, and with capital
!, of 5000, 900, could make from Is to
soc. ON every bushel Of wheat sold
by it's members, and a wide margin
on other grains. We ask this ques-
tion largely out OF desire to find
out how farmers feel about the mat
ter. The idea in view is not the
building of grainhouses and eleva-
tors, but to work through farmers
warehouses and the Alliance Eleva-
tor Company, purely as a contrac-
tor and shipper.
We wish the alliances in the five or
six northwestern states would con-
slider this matter and write U.S.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-13

"a numb u Or coEs sSsfy eE1
hasten to take the oppoFtanity to
publish Car1isle's ''slush" about the
Sub-treasury bill. 1t is enough to
make a man sick to think that any
one of national character, like Car
lisle, could perpetrate such abomin-
able ignorance upon his fellowmen-
or upon himself. When first we read
it we never dreamed that intelligent
men, newspaper editors, would re-
peat the stuff. But they do-with
great delight, because it is not in line
with the alliance movement. There
is no other reason under heaven for
II
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-13

Next to the gigantic robberies of
the railways, in the matter Of public
interest, comes the squabbles, cat
fights, steals and frauds OF the roads
on one another. A rate, pool,
a combine, an "association," an
agreement, etc., ETC., ETC., is fixed up
every month or so. Within a week
after you can go around in the dark
ness with a lantern and note the
shadowy forms OF every rascal OF
them fitting around to burgle on the
contract. A more dishonest set oi
scoopers never was known this side
of the fiery furnace.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-13

EDITOR NORTHWESTERN RAILROADER,
st. Paul, Mnn.
DEAR SR-Do receipts
doing business ought to be 50
don't think that $44 $50 used little excessive
As going would like to know how
granges your section Do they kick? Yours respectfully,
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-13

This Republic was founded
upon principles which involved
the Dignity of Labor. To dcs-
crOy the power u Labor is tn
construct Caste. A Caste can20u
t0-exist with a Republic.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-02-06
EXCITEMENT IN MUNICH.
Tho Serious Mistake Accidentally Made
by Isavarian Drug Clerk.

The Serious Mistake Accidentally Made
by q Isavarian Drug Clerk.
A lady entered one of the promineD.
drug stores, the other day, desiring
cure for cold. The clerk, man OF
long experience, reached into one of
the chests for a popular remedy for
colds, and handed it to the woman. who
vent on her way rejoicing. A few
minutes later he opened the chest
again, and, to his horror. found it filled
with poison which had been placed
there temporarily owing to the lack OF
labels. The police were Immediately
notified, but failed to find the lady in
question. Criers were sent out, who
ran about the city proclaiming the
incident, and telling all who had pur-
chased the popular remedy to proceed
to the station to have it examined.
BED placards were placed upon the bill
boards. Extras" were thrown about
the city. with sensational headings
"a Life Endangered" "a Case of
Poison" and the like-until the whole
town was excited, and the majority of
the inhabitants seemed hunting the
woman with the popular remedy"
The station was overcrowded with
people and invalids of all kinds, who
had come to have their medicines ex-
amined. There was moaning and
crashing of teeth, and hysterical wom-
en- declaring. despite rudy cheeks,
that they were at the point of death;
others ready to take farewell of their
dear ones; in all, scene like mild
pandemOnium, frightening the poor
policemen out of their senses. But
though the firm paid over one thou.
sand marks in advertising, the investi-
cation proved unavailing. The I'M
fortunate woman did not appear
Munich Letter.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-02-06
A TEMPERANCE LESSON.
How q Student OF Human Nature Made q
Profitable 'kaise."

How Student OF Human Nature Made
Profitable "Kaise."
The other afternoon a well-dressed
msn dropped into the Office OF prom
inent Milwaukee business man and
asked him if he wouldn't come
around and try on his suit The mer-
chant could not remember of ordering
any suit of clothes recently. so he nat
urally inquired what suit?''
why, the suit you ordered from US
the other day. and paid deposit OF
ten dollars on" replied the visitor,
placing a card of well-known tailor
on the desk before the merchant
For a few moments that gentleman
was lost in deep study. He recalled
that few days back he had not been
himself, so to speak, and that he had
no very definite notion of what had
taken place during that time. After
studying the matter over in all its
bearings, he said to his visitor: You
say l ordered suit of clothes at your
hOuse?"
Yes"
'.And paid ten dollars deposit on
them?"
yes"
'And you took my measure for the
suit?"
Yes"
We'll, then. why don't you go
ahead and make it up?"
ar CT h o6 hnffar coma
around and try it on"
go to thunder" growled the mer-
chant. IF you can't make up suit
after taking a mans measure, what
are you in the tailoring business for?
Make up the suit and bring it around.
and I'll pay you the balance of the
bill. How much, by the way, was it
to be?"
"Fifty-fve dollars balance, SIR"
The merchant WINGED at the idea of
his ordering a sixty-five dollar suit,
but he congratulated himself on hav-
ing saved the ten dollars that he
would otherwise have never thought
of again. He also congratulated him.
self on not having to go around to the
tailor's to again face the scene of his
little ''blowout;" for he did not doubt
but what he had acted little queer"
and had showed the condition he was
i'm.
In three or four days the suit OF
clothes was brought in by boy,
C. o. D., tifty-fve dollars. The mer-
chant thought that was little
queer way for the tailor to do bust
ness, but hepaid the bill and was glad
to get the matter off his mind.
When he took the suit home to try
on he discovered that it was nothing
more than ready-made twenty-dollar
suit of clothing, and afterward, when
he scraped up courage enough to &c
around to see the tailor about it, he
found out that the suit had never been
near the tailor shop, and that he had
never ordered suit there, drunk OF
sober. He found out, alas, too late
how beautifully he had been taken in
by some one who had got On to his
little shortcoming, and worked on his
knowledge of human nature to profit
by it.-Peck's Sun.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-02-06
A Hard Death to Die,

Yesterday Batterwhack and McLuggs
were discussing what they didn't like
in literature.
81 like Howells' tragedies" said Nc
Luggs.
what are you talking about? How
ellis don't write tragedies" corrected
Butterwhack.
''Yes, he does insisted McLuggs.
You're away off. He merely gets a
couple OF people together and then
they talk and talk and talk. Where is
the tragedy in that?"
why, they talk the reader to
death. st Paul PiOneer-Press.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-02-06

The Canadians are beginning to
protest against imported labor. A
train load of Italians was recently
brought to work on the government
railway, which is building in Cape
Breton. The county council protested
against these men being brought in
to the country to compete with our
citizens" while the latter were going
to the United States for employment
The government however, has de-
:ided that the Italians. being employed
not by it. but by the contractors. it can
not interfere.