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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-18
Plenty of Wealth. in the Country.

But where is it? Not in the hands of
the mot in the pockets of the great
body Of the people;no evenly distributed
where it might do themost good, but it is
gobbled up by a few great millionaires,
who, by some sort of financial NEGRO
nancy OF chance, have got their hands on
the principal values and main sources of
wealth, where their accumulations have
rolled in by millions into their plethoric
Golfers. What good does it do? Of what
use are great riches thus gathered and
thus concentrated?
The country is rich, is it? Great
wealth and Large accunulations are
counted in a few hands, and with it
trade and commerce and money are con-
trolled and monopolized to the great dis
advantage Of the working masses, whose
interests are overslaughed by the fnan-
cial manipulations Of these great operat-
ors, by the men who own stocks and
bonds and control banks and railroads
and other money corporations. In the
midst Of all this plethora the people suf-
fer. With big money and gold walls in
sight there is scarcity and want. And
why? Simply because of unequal dis
tribution and disparity in condition
which follows thereby. Surely there
must be something wrong in the.social
and financial system which allows and
makes these things possible in a free re-
publican nation. Great wealth. for the
few, great want for the many.-National
View.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-18
The Farmers Only Hope.

There is only one basis of hope for the
farmer. He must crawl out from under
the whitening shadow of the politician
and take this government, in company
with other workers and friends of hui
manity in general, into his own hands
and run it on the basis of equity instead
of piracy, as it is now run. He must
control the volume and disposition of the
money that now shackles him to the
shylock juggernaut, the railway that
takes his product to market and the mar
ket that effects it's exchange. Nothing
short of this will do. All else will be
effort in vain.-Hartford Examiner.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-18
WHY the Farmer STAYS Poor.

The chief cause of the farmers lack
Of prosperity lies in another direc-
ton. Low prices for his crops would
not be so bad provided he were able to
buy the goods he consumes correspond
ingly cheap. But when he must pay
out of his small income war taxes on all
or nearly all the goods be buys he can
never hope to be prosperous. With the
price of his sugar increased so per cent.
and that of the clothing for himself and
family and the tools. and machinery he
uses in his daily occupation increased in
still greater ratio by a tariff main
tanned to foster trusts and moropolies
and pile up money to be squandered by
politicians and jobbers, he will be COM
PEELED to scratch poor mans head In
Observation-Disclosures Times.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-18
THE. EDuE4TED FARMER.

Sermon to. tho Gt1duating Glass of the
Massachusetts, Agricultural College.
The baccalaureate sermon before the
graduating class at the Massachusetts,
Agricultural college at Amherst was de-
ivered by Professor G. S. Walker. His
text was Luke xiii, 80: ''Strengthen thy
brethren" The topic was, ssTho Duty
of the Educated Farmer" Professor
Walker said:
Heretofore, in all parts of the world,
the farmer has been no match for his
adversary. He has never held his own
against the soldier or the priest, against
the politician or the statesman. In an
Gent times he'was the slave, in the mid
die ages the serf. In the Nineteenth
century he is the slave, the serf, the
peasant or the proprietor, according to
location. American farmers as a class
are face to face with crisis. They have
subdued a continent, and furnished the
raw material for our factories and man
hood for our civilization. They have
sustained the nations credit with their
hard earned dollars, rescued ENDANGERED
liberty with. their conscientious ballots,
and defended time and again the Stars
and Stripes with their loyal blood.
Vigorous in body, strong in character,
striking in individuality, lovers of home,
massive IN common sense, fertile in re-
sources, devout believers in providence,
the farmers of America will never allow
themselves to be overwhelmed by the
fate that sunk the tillers of the soil in
India, in Egypt, in Europe.
'From all parts Of this land farmers
are coming together. Organization and
cooperation are the wonderful ideas that
have awakened them as never before
They are. grasping hands with a grip
that means something, completing ways
and means uniting upon ends to be
gained. They demand for themselves
and their children an education equal to
the best. They insist upon fair share
Of the profits of American industry,
claiming that no state can long exist in
which the tillers Of the soil bear most of
the burdens and share little of the bless
ings Of advancing civilization.
"But they are in danger of making mis-
takes in the struggle that shall turn
back the progress of the movement.
They demand leaders. To supply this
demand is the imperative duty of the
educated farmer. Whatsoever Of bodily
vigor, mental power and moral heroism
the educated farmer may have acquired
from ancestors, college or university, he
will need, that he may consecrate it to
the great work Of Strengthening his
brethren, the farmers of America, SO that
they shall ever remain an i1nmovable
foundation of this the only Republic
where empire has not been rapidly un7
derlnined."
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-18
SELE'-PROT6CClUNc.-
Suggestions. of Desirable Thingxs Whi6A
the Farmers Can Achieve.

Suggestions. of Desirable Things. wsi1A
the Farmers Can Achieve.
What the farmer of the soutks most
needs is to control his own market
The merchant buys his goods, atrcer-
tain prices, and he fixes thessprice- at
which he will SELL The farmer raises
grain which costs him certain. price
TO produce, but he has nothing, to- do
with naming the price at which he will
sell. This is done by the grain or prod
uce buyer. This is, to some extent, the
fault Of the farmer, who usually does
not know what his grain costs him. A
manufacturer of plows knows, to- the
fraction Of cent what a single pillow
costs him, including its proportion aof in
terest on his investment and taxes upon
his property.
If y farmer should be asked what his
wheat cost him, what his corn cost him,
what his hogs cost him and what his
cattle cost him, including labor. Incl
dentals, interest and taxes, he would find
it impossible to tell. Hence he is at the
mercy of those who control the markets,
because of his ignorance of the most i'm
portant item in any business-hrst cost.
It is necessary that the farmers should
combine for their mutual protection.
The only question is as to form of COM
bination. The cost of corn, wheat or oats
could be determined by averaging the
entire crop Of a district, and the farmers
who produce all of these articles are GER.
talnly strong enough to control the mar
ket in them, if properly organized. What
is needed is a combination of farmers
that will keep produce off the market
unless Il price is paid that will afford a
living profit. and if necessary a like pro-
vision to that which obtains in labor
unions and associations as to support of
members in case Of strike could obtain
here in case Of those who were not in a
condition to hold their produce although,
of course, the identical rules could not
be made to apply. Where he now saves
dollars by buying his supplies at re-
duced price he would then. make hun
dreds Of dollars by controlling his own
market and affixing his own. prices.
While the grain manipulators would
be strong, yet the market quotations do
not necessarily control the markets. IF
the farmer goes to a merchant for flour
does he consult the market reports to see
what he will pay the merchant for the
flour? He certainly does not. And the
same would soon be true as to the farmer
with his wheat.
Cheap freight rates is another desira-
BILE thing, but that would be the ship
per's fight if the farmer simply had
nerve enough to control his own prices.
If the Alliance will have it's members
combine to control their own produce
they need pay no attention to merchan-
dising or railroading. They can devote
their entire attention to farming, and
be the most Independent set of men on
earth.-Frank L. Wells in American
Agriculturist.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-18
Farmers in. the government.

1t is scarcely necessary to. say that the
farming class far outnumbers any other
in this province. The census of 1881
showed that in the whole Dominion
those engaged in agricultural pursuits
were nearly three times in number the
next largest class, namely, those speci-
fed as the "industriaw portion of the
population, and it is safe to say that in
this province the farmers are proportion
ately stronger than in any other. Now,
in the Ontario legislature and govern
ment, as in all the other provincial legis-
latures and governments, and also at
Ottawa, the bona fde representation Of
the farming community has always been
in inverse ratio to its strength.
1t we are not mistaken only two Of
the twenty-one gentlemen who have
held portfolios in the government of this
province since confederation have been
farmers, while on the other hand the
lawyers among them number thirteen.
Of'the present government all the MEM
bers who have seats in the house at this
moment belong to the legal profession.
For obvious reasons it is always desir-
able that the legal element should be
strong in all governments and legisla-
lures, but there is quite as good reason
why the agricultural class should be
well represented in the bodies which
make and in those which administer the
laws of these Canadian provinces.
It is not surprising that the desire
should have begun to manifest itself
among the farmers for larger share in
the conduct Of the affairs Of the province
in which they have so great an interest,
and they are now beginning to show
that they feel their strength and are
ready and willing to take the place to
which, especially in country like Can
ada. they are entitled.-Toronto Mail.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-18
A One Sided Boom.

One Of the singular features Of the
Texas boom so far is that it is principally
confined to city property. What would
do more permanent good would be the
settlement of the millions Of idle fertile
lands with thrifty tillers. The towns
already, in most cases, are ahead
of the surrounding country, and will
have to take rest, sooner or later, till
the wealth producing elements are fur
ther advanced. A permanent Texas boom
can only be maintained by bringing in
wealth producers.-Texas Live Stock
Journal
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-18
ANEW DEVELOPMENT
In Regard to the Amount Of
Money in Circulation.

Which Throws the Treasur-
er's Report off it's Feet.
In all the discussions on the SUBJ
ject OF the amount OF money in circul-
alton, the party press has always
fallen back on the governments re-
port Of the amount. 1t was given in
the Secretary's annual report-and
was repeated in the Presidents mes
sage. The falsity of thesefigures has
often been exposed, until even the
financial journals of the country re-
cOgnizes the fact-as a fact-that
there are not $40 to the head of
money in the United States-perhaps
not seven!
But the dirty, whipper-snapper
party press has never admitted any
thing-or recognized anything. 1t
never does. It's masters won't let it.
1t still leads it's spaniels by the nose,
and the spaniels are still licking it's
greasy hand.
But the demands of commerce
sometimes get outside the party har-
ness. The monied men in this coun-
try wanted to know if there were
689,O00,O0O of gold in the country,
as the mint records recorded!
And so the treasury department
sent out circulars to all the state
and private banks to ascertain how
much gold there was on a given date.
Nearly 1000 banks responded-al]
but TAI in the country-and they Of
course, had the reports from the ma.
tional banks. By these returns it
was found that there was in the or
binary banks only 1874, 100000 in
gold. The national banks held $72,
100000 and the government vaults
1913 900, OOO-so there is a. total O
gold in the country of say $3.50, 900.
600 counting $50, 900, OOOin peoples
pockets.
OF this sum. however, $313, 900,
900 is absolutely out of circulation
leaving about 1877, 100000 actually
in use by both the people and thu
National Banks. But the bank re
serves, etc., cannot be called circula
ton. This shows the fact that the
foreign drain OF our gold has beer
enOrmOus-and that the demOnetiza
ton OF silver was a stupendous
crime.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-18
a Canadian Opinion.

The ascendancy of the farmer in
American politics would not place in
jeopardy the interests of any section of
the people. The we'll being of the
whole community is bound up with the
well being of the men who till the soil.
There can be no true and lasting pros
perity which is not shared by the farm
ers. Legislation to improve their con-
dition by removing from their shoulders
the burden of oppressive taxation is leg
islation to improve the condition Of the
whole people. Especially true is it that
there is no antagonism between the in
terests Of the farmers and the interests
of their fellow workingmen in the towns
and cities. The wisest men among both
classes fully realize this. There already
exists sort of agreement between the
Farmers Alliance of the United States
and the Knights Of Labor.
When, on both sides of the boundary,
the farmers and workingmen come to
understand that their interests are iden-
teal, that the whole political power Of
the continent lies in their hands, and
that it is alike their duty and their inter-
est to use that power for emancipation
from false theories of government and
progress in true ones, the ringsters and
the demagogues may suffer. but all dam
ger Of plutocratic rule will be forever
averted, and the triumph Of democracy
finally assured.-Toronto Globe.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-18
Gambling and Legitimate Business.

Legislation to- stop gambling in the
necessities Of life and stop trading in
mythical commodities is 70 be desired,
but the law should not be so carelessly
wosded as to cramp legitimate business.
Some of the operating n.actual merchan-
CASE to be delivered IN the future is
proper and help to tue business of the
country. It enables manufacturers to
contract for supplies, it helps banks
make advances on crops and benefits
in other ways.-Farmers' Friend and
Grange Advocate.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-18
Foundation Principles.

The Farmers Alliance Of Benedict,
Neb., asks the State Board of Transport
alton to cut down freight rates on rail-
roads to point where they twill be able
to obtain living price" for their prod
ucts. eve will have you know" they
tell the board, ''that you are our serv-
ants, not our masters. You have one
chance, and only one, obedience to the
will of the people. That's what this gov
eminent meant when founded, and we
are going to start things from the foun-
dation again"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-18

What would like to see. would be a
law passed in Colorado compelling the
railroads to deal fairly with the people.
I would like to- see them made to carry
Colorado freight at the same price per
mile that they bring freight in FROM
Kansas and Nebraska. Fair play is a
Jewel but we have not had much of it
from the railroad companies.-William
Stoddard, Boulder, Colo.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-18

If the farmers will take glance in
the direction of congress it is not unlike
ly that they will find the culprit they
are after. To curse the supreme court
is foolish and can do no possible good.
But a few stout explosives leveled at
congress might do no harm. At all
events, they would show that the farm
ers were at Last beginning to understand
the Source Of their troubles. Chicago
Herald.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-18

the time of that campaign, that
Grants reelection, for a third term,
was vigorously opposed by Blaine
and others, because it was recognized
as departure from the two-term
principle established by George
Washington, and dangerous to the
liberties OF the country. The press
rang with the charge that it meant
change i'll our form of government.
Frank Blair, Jr., declared publicly
that eff Grant went into the White
House again, he would never leave
it until he was carried out feet fore
most" A prophetic work was writ
ten at the time called ''The Coming
Crown. l find the following pass
age quoted as having appeared, at
that time, in New York Tribune:
''It is astounding, yes, startling, the
extent to which the faith prevails in
money circles in New York that we
ought to have king" All Wall
Street backed up Grants candidacy:
and Roscoe Conkling was his great
advocate on the floor of the National
Convention, as the recognized repre-
sentative of the wealth of New York.
l do not desire to disparage Gener-
al Grant; he was great man, and
the country owes him a vast debt of
gratitude. l do not mean to assert
that Grant himself was a party to a
conspiracy; to overthrow the iber-
ties OF this country; but the men be-
hind him were; and it is hard to tell
how far, if elected, he would have
been controlled by his friends.
Your correspondent asks how
could Grant have established an en-
pire. There are a great many WAYS
OF killing dog. How did Caesar
overthrow Romanliberty? How did
Napoleon, the Great, terminate the
French Republic? How did Napo-
leon, the Little, do the job for the
second Republic? Ask the ghosts of
the French statesmen who were
arrested in their beds at midnight
and transported to death in the
malarial regions OF South America.
The wealthy classes OF this country
could readily hire men to foment la
Dor riots in the United States, just
as William Pitt, the English minister,
hired Anacharsis Klootz and his fol-
lowers, to bring discredit on the
French revolution by their ridiculous
excuses. Fifty thousand dollars,
judlciously expended, would create
such turmoil and apprehension in all
our large cities that the whole prop
erty-holding and conservative class
of the United States would demand
a stronger government and that
means a king. With "the man on
horseback as president, and the
capitalists ready to foment discon-
tent among impoverished workmen,
and a purchasable press ready to
rise a concert howl against republi-
can institutions, the empire would
not be far off.
But these propositions are so
plain to every man who has sense
enough not to boast that he was
the first advocate of the nomination
OF Ben Harrison for president,
that l decline to discuss them fur
Their. There are some vacua which
only God can fill. -.
IGNATIUS DONNEILY.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-18
Cremation of Greenbacks.

"About a quarter of a mile from
the treasury department in what is
called "white lots'' stands the fur
mace which is to consume our dollar.
The furnace. and the building in
which it stands, was built expressly
for this purpose at a cost of ten
thousand dollars. The furnace is
circular, ten feet high and seven in
diameter, and open at the top. With
it is connected an air blower, which
is attached to an engine some twenty
rods distant. To this furnace, sup
piled with shavings in advance, every
other day, comes the "burning COM
mittee," bearing boxes of doomed
dollars, sealed finally in the registers,
and secretary's offices. The commit
tee is formed of a person from each
O 1.-THE bureaus with one more not con-
nected with the department. In their
presence the final seals are broken,
and the complicated locks of the fur
mace opened. Then the packages are
thrown into the furnace, each lot be-
ing called and checked by committee,
averaging about $1,5OO,OOO every
other day. A match is set to the
shavings, the committee and a few
spectators witness the ascending
smoke of the sacrifice" then retire.
This is copied from Clemmer Ames
10 years in Washington P. 337.
Then the people s money, the money
that saved the Republic, was turned
into ashes because it didn't bring u.s.
ury into the pockets OF the money
mOngers. More anOn.-REv. D. o.
LEsBY, in Kansas Commoner.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-18

of the
spring damaged
For the GREAT VEST:
SERMON GRANGER
said Thy brother with subtey hath taken
thy bessing"-Genesis xxvn-35
pride exutng cries. "Behod the the rae"
replies rogues keeping equal pace
subtle plans offerings
Though the rough Eaus with honest hands, the left
cutched his brothers
But they conceal by
Without the aid spd farms and herds and
tits protects against financial ills
his hardeaned the BILL
nought nvents
But late they the enrich themselves and the
Cypress
thought the earth flies for mlonares
through mountains
plains,
lightning speed smoohsknd brethren
hold the
grand while they evade the law and blind
They the drawing dividends from spous
Cunning machines by made do the work Of human hands,
forcing accede all their harsh demands
guardians peoples rights
While science shedding ghMonopo forging chains!
And the the chains fight the monster the
Could he monopoze levy upon breath
arbitrary laws decreed by tyrant potenates
stringent
through a
others
the both swift
the till fraud
Till being doing right shall be longer deemed disgrace
shall priced EARTH
And all oppression is dpd below, tbs above abhord
Till when tbs asked what WORTH rule shall be
Not counting gold measuring eaut the golden rule
ofheaven.- c. DURAND.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-18

When the upper crust of this country
goes across the ocean every year to spend
$50, 100000 in seeing and feeling Of vari-
GUS things in the old country we really
cannot see why money should be scarce
and the rate Of interest high in this
country.-Exchauge.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-18

The time is coming-nay, has already
come-when every 1, mer must declare
either for nr against his calling, and ally
himself AMI family with some organiza-
ton.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-07-18
Open Letter to DR.. Fish,"

The following poem appears in the
Pipestone Farmers Advocate" a
grand good journal in the western
part OF the state. At whatever sac
rifice of modesty, we will republish in
the GREAT WEST, lest the writer feel
that such evidences of friendship and
trust do not stir us to CRATER efforts.
Still, we urge that the credit given
below is deserved in only a very
small degree. Opportunities have
come through an open door, and we
have only grasped them as ten
thousand others would have done:
cannot frame thoughts into speech with nv
tongue,
won;
Oh, it was generous, brave, manly and fair,
The way that you vanquished the proud million
aire!
You met the Great Giant in his armour of Gold,
And forced him to kneel to the truth which you
told;
We accept 1T as good omen in the oncoming
fight,
That the Gold gambling thieves must YIELD to
the right
We ask for no quarter, are hearts are as steele,
We will conquer the foe or die on this field,
We are sworn to defeat this proud obligarchy,
The demo-republican bride taking party!
Then let US all rally round the brave Doctor
Fish,
Who knows the right medicine to put in their
dish;
We know his diagnOsis-among all ia the best.
You can get his prescriptions by-taking. the
GREAT WEST.
T WUJTCurAn