The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-05-16

increased, and the farmer is the only
man who now pays taxes on his per-
practically.
The President of the Wisconsin
State Alliance, Col. Butt, OF Viroqua'
sends us notice of the State Meeting,
at Baraboo, June 3,'189O, at 10 a.
m. He cordially invites us to be
present, and if possible, we will do so.
There will be a Farmers Picnic the
day following, at DEVILS Lake.
Announcement of Ben Terril at
Parker, S. D., next week.
The Farm, Stock & Home, the best
agricultural Journal in the North
west kindly publishes the following
from the pen Of Friend Bottomley:
81 will only notice another resolu-
ton at present, which think was
very bad policy for the Alliance 20
pass, that is the one "deeming it un-
wise and in judicious to establish an
organ" Of course, it is well known
that the resolution was a personal
stab at the GREAT WEST by it's op-
ponents, made in the heat of battle.
That it did not voice the sentiment of
the convention l fully believe, but
like the others it was rushed through
simply because there was not time to
consider it. No one who has done any
Alliance work will deny that the
greatest hindrance to it is the lack
OF an organ to advocate the interests
of the farmers, and no one who has
solicited for subscribers to farm pa
pers but knows how hard it is t6
get the average farmer, and those
are the ones we have got to convert
if we ever accomplish anything-it is
not the well but the sick we have got
to reach-to subscribe for q paper
devoted to some special interest. 1t
is only the best and most intelligent
farmers who will subscribe for q high
class agricultural paper, like Farm
Stock and Home. What the aver
age farmer wants and will have is a.
general newspaper, which will dish up
to him every week murders, ship
wrecks, railroad accidents and rob-
berries something to make his eyes
bulge out. The monopolist under
stands this, and furnishes it to the
farmer at cheap rate, sandwiched
with high tariff, hard money, English
capital, and other false political
economy rot, which hay seed" swal-
lows whole. To counterfeit this the
Alliance wants a general newspaper
which will give him his murders, ETC.,
and at the same time educate him SO
that he will understand his own in
terest. | believe DR.. Fish is an hon
est, capable man, like his paper; at
the same time | believe that if the AL
lance will give the GREAT WEST it's
support it will go long way to-
wards filling our long felt want (,
SETH BoTTOMLEY.
MARTIN Co.. MINI.
MANKAro, Mimi, April Sd, 1890.
: Mr. EDITOR.
On the 18th, l held meeting at
Nicollet, and formed an alliance of
fifteen members. Temporary officers
being James Hudson, Pres; Fred
Handley, Secretary.
On the 18th held another meeting
at Indiana Lake school house. Blue
Earth County, organized an alliance
OF twenty members of which Joseph
Keen is Secretary.
Held meeting on the 28th at
2 SchnnI ho,1co -, n.o4,;n% NJ q
kato township, organizing an al
lance of twenty members; Thomas
!, McGarry, Pres; E. H. Wheeler, Secy.
Yours truly. d. A. THAYER.
Blue Earth Co.
Who Gets the "a Cent??
I Granite Falls Tribune.
If the discussion of G. A. Pillsbury
3 and Dr. Fish solves the wheat prob
) lem the producer will be grateful
The difference Of opinion between the
great miller and the great editor is.
what becomes of the difference be-
tween Crookston and Liverpool
prices on wheat? Some African Is
undoubtedly, peeking over the fence,
and the sooner the farmer goes gun
4 ming for the pocketer of their sur
$ plus the sooner will THY prosper.
At the time of the meeting of the
!, state alliance the editor of the GREAT
- WEST asserted that there was a differ.
o ence OF twenty cents bushel in the
+ price of wheat between Liverpool and
: Crookston. Mimi, besides the neces.
e sary cost of getting the wheat to
t Liverpool. This was denounced as
l. horrible. and Charles A. Pillsbury, OF