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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-04
Absolutely FREQ Gift.

We wish to repeat, again and
again, that the GREAT WEST was
purposely pushed out OF the cam
paign in 1890. We saw the inten-
tion-in fact, was informed that the
G. w. would not be allowed to work
for that disreputable campaign
committee! We offered then, in
writing, as an absolutely free gift,
81, 900 in money and 100000 copies
of the G. W. AS the G. W. had Gre
ated the alliance in the state, and as
the committee was without funds,
and as the G.. w. went into every
corner of the state, of course the
committee would gladly accept the
donation. 1t was ten times the
amount given by Owen. The money
was in the bank. The matter was
considered at the first meeting of the
committee and then dropped! Now
those men tell us the GREAT West
whose editor campaigned all over the
state against Merriam-stood in
with the banker-g. o. p. Beautiful
story-and Muller got $50 week all
the time this fnanciering was going
on!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-04

If the GREAT WEST undertook to
reply to all the ignorant nonsense
perpetrated in papers throughout
the country, in relation to the land
loan bill and the subtreasury plan, it
would have to issue ten papers a
day. A friend sends us a marked
copy of one-published in Minnesota,
too-in which this sentence occurs:
"The theory that the government
should tax ali the people for the pur-
pose of Ioaning the money thus TAX
en-" ETC., to loan on land, ''is a mon
strous doctrine" (Italics theirs.)
OF course it is! Who said it wasn't
sonny? Be jabers, eff ye'd borry a
spellin' book and study the multiple
cation table ye'd soon teache skule
blindfolded. The above eminently
elevated information was contained
in a reform" journal! The editor
evidently was not aw are OF the "the-
Dry" that land secured currency is
safer than a bond secured currency!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-04
WYANETT, Mimi, Aug. Is, 1891
DJrnp GpCAr WEcr.

WYANETT, Mimi, Aug. Is, 1891.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
I am glad the Alliance Sentinel is
dead, it made the same attempt to
down the GREAT WEST. It's editor
could not see that the GREAT WEST
was and is the only radical journal
published, and that it's contents
noted will lead to destruction of the
evil selfish system, in a manner that
has an uncomfortable speed.
Friend Fish, go ahead, delight
yourself in your work, for with you
is the fountain of life that will not
die, and in your light we shall see
light. Your journal is the book OF
life; go On, open the seals, and the
trouble shall stop! Bring forth the
righteousness as the light, and your
judgment as a clear day. Let not
the foot OF pride come against you,
and let not the wicked remove you,
but let the workers of iniquity fall.
They shall be cast down, and shall
not be able to rise. Their foundation
it leads to damnation, and when it
falls it will never be appraised again.
Fear not thou faithful servant; if we
do not find what is wrong we can
not improve.
The day OF Judgment is that the
light is coming in the world.
A. E. WEsTLING,
Pres't Wyanett Alliance.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-04

"The State, published at st. Paul,
has sent out a circular claiming that
the whole credit for the late advance
in wheat is due that paper, and ask
ing alliances to meet and pass re-
solutions thanking The State for
what it has done. Well, we'll; isn't
it pretty tough to have to ask for
thanks. 1t beats passing the hat.
In the last issue of that paper ap-
pears a cartoon representing a bear
being chased out of the wheat pit,
in which The State very properly
figures as small infant with 8
small sharp stick, and as the bear
appears to be running right by the
infant we should infer that his bear
ship wasn't afraid of the aforesaid
infant little bit. It appears to be
the old farmers, with scythe, hatchet
and pitchfork, whom bruin is anx-
ious to get away from. "-Farming-
ton Tribune. (Alliance.)
Well, if the estate" has any in
fluence in Minnesota or Dakota, no
living person has yet heard of it.
It's man Muller made the most
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-04

Don't be fooled by the old bugbear-
fraud about taking SOC. worth of sill
yer to the government and getting
one dollar for tin case of free coin
age. The statement is sent out by
the gold-bugs as known lie. Under
free coinage the silver would again
resume it's normal price 9th cent
premium on gold), and every man
who bought silver would pay 81. 90
for 81 grains-not SOC. 1t would
be worth more because of greater use
Just the same as gold, butter,
toothpicks, onions or cowhides.
Demonetize gold and down it would
go. Remonetize it, and up it goes.
Same with everything else. In the
case OF silver, the prices of all pro-
duee would rise in value to a slight
extent, owing to a relief in the mon
ey market. s9 Under 'sfree coinage"
the government does not buy any
silver whatever.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-04
Sl7S,OOO, 900.

The GREAT WEST correspondent,
John II. Burke, has been examining
the mortgage records of Ramsey
county, by process which he will
hereafter explain, and ascertains the
facts that the mortgages of this coun-
ty amount to more than ITS mil
lions of dollars, or nearly 81 500 for
everySman, woman and child in the
county!
And, remember that for vast Sec
tions of this, poor people are paying
taxes on property which, thus, they
do not own. 1t is a terrific showing
exhibiting the fact that 17S mil
lions of dollars yield income to peo-
pie who neither invest in property or
improvements themselves!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-04
KEYSTONE, MINI, Aug. 20,

KEYSTONE, Mimi, Aug. 20, 81.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
Will you allow me through your
valuable paper to ask question of
the farmers of this state.
The blackbirds have in many
places been very bad. I think they
have at the least destroyed 60 bush
els if not more OF wheat, from field
not exceeding II acres. My neighbor
has also suffered considerable, but to
wheat extent / do not know. My
land lays close to Butternut Lake, in
which grows wild rice, and high
grass. On the DOGGY part around
the lake the birds hatch their young
and as soon as they can fly they go
to the nearest wheat fields, and when
bigger fly farther off; but the great
est damage is done nearest the lake.
Later on in the season they go for
the corn. There is also a species Of
sparrow that l have not seen here
before just as bad as the blackbirds.
They are longer in the body than
other sparrows and have greenish
yellow feathers.
Some years ago the government is
sued poison to the farmers to de-
stroy the old ones in the spring, and
l think the same remedy must be ad-
ministered again. The high grass
around the lake should be cut in
June and thus destroy their eggs,
and I think it might be well to put
posts at reasonable distances apart
with a board nailed on the top where
poisoned wheat may be laid for them
to eat, and thus kill them of. Other
wise l will have to quit raising
wheat, and corn. 1t takes too much
labor to half pay the expenses of it's
raising, and I think it is proper we
should have state help to kill off the
birds in the spring.
AXEL JORGENsEN.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-04

Some of the friends of Mr.. Donnelly
are complaining because in that Con-
ference, now long-past, he invited his
foes but neglected some OF his warm
friends. We will say again, that
those invitations to his foes were
forgeries cold blooded forgeries. He
wrote a very few letters to few
friends, and possibly two or three
others purely for counsel. In the
meantime printed circulars were got
ten out by unknown parties and sent
out as if from him. Mr.. D. thought
that he would sacrifice his personal
feelings for the good OF the cause,
and said not a word OF it. We are
not OF that metal, and we say that
men who will do such criminal acts
are not trustworthy men, and they
should have been in the penitentiary
instead OF that conference.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-04
A NEW PARTY.
THE ANT AND THE TOAD.

THE ANT AND THE TOAD
Two toads sat under currant bush,
Watching ant as he struggled in vain,
With many tug and many push,
To house kernel of golden grain.
And one of the toads remarked to the ant,
AS he winked on the sly to the other toad,
1t pains me to you struggle and pant
Beneath the weight of SO heavy load.
If you'll keep in Office, I'll stand by you
And your brothers, the rest OF the working ants
To your interests I'll be ever true
And see that with others you've equal chance.
If you'll vote for me, said the other toad,
With his elin claw drawing down his eye,
You shall be relieved of your heavy load;
And he winked at his brother and heaved sigh.
And the ant believed what they said was plain,
And trusted the toads with his hard-earned pelf;
And one toad swallowed the golden grain,
And the other toad swallowed the ant himself.
Then the other ants counseed among themselves,
And they said to each other, great and small,
The toads shall be laid upon shelves,
For why should we vote for toads at all.
Statesman.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-04

Geo. Muller says the GREAT WEST
sided with Merriam during the late
campaign. We didn't get any state
house office, as Muller did, anyway!
Nor did we get any $4,000 for issu-
ing wheat circulars. Any man who
knows the facts knows that we offer
ed 81 900 cash and 100000 GREAT
VESTS to the campaign committee,
and the offer was declined without
thanks. Meantime they paid Muller
$50 a week and expenses!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-04
How thew Lie!

The Topeka Capital noted for it's falsehoods
the bottom politics today
would it's unsupported recently
had the Shawnee County,
had been forecosed the preceding
published
that months The attention
Journal IS called to this
the the press
ubtreasuy 1t said the meeting called to-
delegates present delegates
calling there 37and
bogus alliance men
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-04

the idea of getting the vast machin-
cry of the alliance to cry for a
"Hold." They saw the G. w. already
fighting on that line. They saw the
truth of every statement we made.
They went to a man with a paper at
hand, and made a proposition to
flood the country with a circular on
the subject. The proposition was
snatched at. This man knew moth
ing of wheat commerce. They pre-
pared him a circular full of blunders,
but on the right track. Five thous-
and dollars would boom his paper,
and lift him practically out of the
poor house. To raise wheat 1Oc.
meant millions saved!. The scheme
worked. The G. W. was already
working along that line. A lie was
manufactured, representing an Off
cial Endorsement OF the alliance!
Wheat was held back. Up it went.
1t even touched $1.18 bushel. Ten
million bushels were unloaded! The
actual purchasers of wheat were Sc
cure 1--WE are not very sorry for that),
and then wheat began to drop.
Is this well? It shows the mighty
power of the farmer to control his
market, but is it we'll that mort
bund and shameless political party
should make capital out OF the acct
dental or providential poverty in
Europe, the successful scheming of
the grain dealers, and the enormous
crop of the northwest?
We might ask another question::
Is it well that alliance men, or edi-
tors, should put themselves under the
pay of the great combines of the ma
ton to work their interests?
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-04
Kick on the Mortgages.

PILLAGER, Mimi, Aug. 25, 81.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
We see great deal in the papers
about farmers holding their wheat.
agree with that advice that is the
thing to do under present circum-
stances. But we should go to the
root of the trouble, which is option
gambling.
Now, Mr.. editor, you know general
ly speaking that its impossible for
farmers to hold their wheat; Why?
Because the majority OF the farmers
are mortgaged over their heads, and
if they are allowed to hold their
wheat until it is threshed they will be
lucky. The majority of the farmers
are doomed to take just what the
hungry bears please to give them,
for old General Bald-head Mortgage
will be standing at the machine,
scoop in hand, to satisfy his hungry
stomach. Consequently that wheat
will be showed on the market to sat-
isfy that mortgage which will have a
tendency to lower the price realized
by those who are able to hold their
wheat for a short time.
What we need is legislation. We
do not want to elect any more ring
nosed mugwumps to mis-represent
us, steal the legislatures and run
home with important bills in their
pockets. That son-of-argun Doyle,
from Goodhue Co., ought to have a
leather medal for running home with
that anti-option-gambling bill in his
pocket, thereby defeating the bill.
Next session of the Legislature there
must be bill presented and, by the
Eternal, made a law, to stop all
kinds of option gambling in farm
produce. That is the only way l can
see whereby the farmer will be put in
position to hold his own. Then nat
tural market demands will insure
him better prices, and thereby he will
be able to kick some of the mort
cages off his farm.
F. L. MCCLELLAN.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-04

r. J. Hall and Eric Olson were
closeted with each other at the Clar-
endon last week, and R. j. is canous-
ing around for steady job. What
supports these two charming divas
in tie city is wonder past every
body's can't find out. If it is the
demo alliance fusion, as stated by
the daily press we may as we'll let the
bug out OF the bag-the alliance
don't fusch. Tra-la-la-in the spring,
gentle fuschia!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-04

The Minnesota Poster, the strong
Swedish weekly Journal, published at
St. Paul, is now stalwart alliance
paper. Aug. Anderson is the edi-
tor and A. p. Onsdorff business
manager. We wish to speak a good
word for the Poster. Most OF the
readers of the G.. W. already know of
it, and those who read Swedish
readily should subscribe. 1t is 5000
a year,
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-04

Minneapolis has been extremely
boastful as a wheat market during
the past few monthsvthe price being
above Chicago. But now Chicago is
way ahead of the mill city. what's
the matter?-is it not as far from
Chicago to Liverpool as from Duluth
to Liverpool? A difference OF 6 cents
for Chicago will about pay the
freight from the Red River!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-04

1t is true that wheat is not so high
as it reached when wheat was held
back in August. But we want to say
that but for the holding back OF
wheat, that cereal today, with this
abundant northwestern crop, would
not be worth 9Oc. in the Minneapolis
market. Farmers now realize the
mighty truth we have pounded at
them for three years! Ii they do not
heed the truth woe is them!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-04

malignant attack on the Cincinnati
Convention and the peoples party
platform-and editorially denounced
land loans, free-coinage and the sub
treasury. Ills" wheat circular
was prepared by the wheat combine,
issued by another party (Minneap-
oils man) from the Estates" new
Wabasha st. Office, and two millions
made on the result. II Muller got
only $5, 900 they paid enough.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-04

The first page Of the Polk Co.
Journal contains an elaborate article
from farmer Hixson, which advocates
donating to a railroad company
100000 of Polk county bonds. The
last page of the same paper is filed
up chiefly with notices of mortgage
foreclosure that appeal eloquently to
the farmers OF Polk county to keep
their money.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-04

From several sections of the north
west comes complaint that the
GREAT WEST was not received the
last few weeks. To some postoH-
ces in Lac qui Parle not a copy came.
At one postoffice no copy has
been received for four weeks! The
list is addressed here from printed
lists, by machine; and we have been
informed at the st. Paul postofice
that our paper is the ''best put up
mailing of any paper in this city"
What does this mean?
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-04
Is it Well?

The extraordinary delight OF the
politicians at the graciousness OF God
in giving the northwest a remarkable
crop will bear close examination. 1t
may be true that this large crop will
benefit the old party politician. But
what would have been the disastrous
effect upon the farmers of the north
west if God had alike been gracious
to the poor Of Europe? Do you sup
pose the poor OF Europe are praising
God for the preservation of a corrupt
party, while their barren fields are
covered with the dark shadows OF
hunger and the spectre of famine?
A singular coincidence has occur
red. 1t is trilateral, or three sided.
First, an abundant cropin the north
west. Second, restitution in Europe.
But these two conditions would have
left the farmer in the ditch but ior q
third condition. And the third con-
ditiOn is this:
For some time the GREAT WEST
had been urging farmers to hold
their wheat. For three years the ed
itor had fought for this commercial
defense. 1t SO happened that this
year the great purchasing element in
the wheat market was overloaded
with IL 900, 900 bushels. The usual
drop would cost them two million
dollar loss! They Caught on" to
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-04
Fusion and the Conservatives !.

Notwithstanding the peremptory
words of the National Committee,
and the feeling throughout this state,
the conservative democrati wing OF
the alliance in Minnesota, are still
nibbling with the democratic party
to secure fusion. It scarcely seems
credible, but it is true. And these
conferences between the Muller Owen
men and the democrats have not
been kept wholly from the light.
The Dispatch, of st. Paul, in an edi-
torial on the meeting of the demo-
cratic league, said: 1t is learned that
the fusion racket will again be sprung
for the consideration of the meeting
Friday. This week several promi-
nent members of the alliance and
democratic parties who favor fus-
ion ticket in 1892 as the sole chance
for the salvation of either party have
been in consultation in st. Paul, and
it is said that a provisional under
standing has been agreed upon. The
scheme contemplates the indorse-
ment of S. NJ. Owen for governor by
the democrats, and if the legislature
is carried the election OF democrat
as United States senator"
We have this to add: The Peoples
Party of Minnesota will not ''fuse"
with any party. 1t will go it alone,
with enough spirit to bide results.
Mr.. Owen was a Cleveland democrat
and is Missouri Hall Nc Allister at
tachment to the Alliance. Personal
ly we have not one word to say
against Mr.. O., but politically we OBJ
ject to these secret manipulations.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-04

A correspondent asks us of what
court Mr.. J. J. Furlong of Austin,
was Judge, as the daily papers are
now referring to him in such magnil-
oquent terms as Judge Furlong?
We are not aware that Mr.. Furlong
was ever a Judge of any court-he
was a Judge OF live pork once at the
county fair.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-04

Eric Olson says the wheat investi-
CATION was only a reconnoitre into
the enemy's camp. II fruitless re-
connoitre costs $4,000, what will
full campaign cost?
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-04

The address of DR.. Fish, at Howard
Lake, which was to have been Sept.
5th, has been postponed until Sept.
16th-at the time of the County Fair.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-04

We understand that a meeting Of
the ex. com. of the peoples party will
be held about Sept. 18th or 18th.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-04

TWENTY-F0UR And F|vE!!
Sample Prices for the Farmers to Figure onI
Saturday No hard sold at Minneapolis at from 81 to
92 That sold up Here is difference Of
TwENTY-FouR CENTS.
The eigh from Duluth the enormous sum Of
Now, hen farmers you about the Minneapolis Com
bine? At the Chicago spring was 81 o-st cents
above Minneapolis!
Even Buffalo Now then how do these facts
tickle the now are Dr. Fsbs l Of March 4t
1890, at the State House?
WE'LL about time for the men who voted against
the reduction interest bill legislature show up few dol
lars of capital rolling of the state
Will Muller the Mnnea DOLLS Phaanx ease
show us where the loan agents have left
theodote Capital
on the retreat Now forfeiture the law-t Muller
the where and the agent to out on
dromedary hump And can't show vansg sphynx
the gold collar and the silver
which might your been inclined
to take course didn't take
$50 week and campaign during
year would be wellheeed without aid of the Octarehy
And perhaps Mr. Owen point gtterin
ancan OF wrath the Wisconsin side of the Msprat
they driven the known
and wide that editorial Farm Stock Home
printed from the type slips through
coming from the alliance candidate
gigantic
Yes Mr. o. placid conservative content
that flows down rroang wh-oh
the first dollar which has left
The following from exchange will
partially Kansas has shipped
more wheat thus far than is a falsehood
French secretary the Kansas Alliance
which will handle the
fifty million bushels
eli shs and big ess s
SELL
East advance
value wheat This by the alliance practically
the Kansas wheat Whether this
will TELL it out we'll alliances other
take the matter another It
alone the adab it, But there thing quite certain
farmers and it not But for
rather have charge OF wheat.
The first question
stovemaker would 81"
have charge of soves! then you'd
stovemaker-ditto farmers.
But the holding
it's SALE The 'holding purely of the
they choose to keep anybody makes
The following from the "Lberator (Neb
party that state 1t shows how the
THE convention Of the independent peoples party
first convention held
body
individually collectively has been characterized
ability intelligence This deal because
politics.
The convention Of 1890 boerous noisy
the state much with other
right the
which suffered long One has relaxed
which political
vastly strengthened
their leadership The stirring political
the ha from the good wheat the independent
ADLER naturally qua
fcation"
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-16

The Telephone Has Made Them Stout.
The telephone is more used in Homo
lulu than any other place. There are
two rival companies in the island, and
the rates are so cut that every soda
water stand has fits telephone, and the
marketing Is all done over the wire.
Even railway trains are started by tele-
phone, and men use their legs as little
as possible, now that the facilities for
verbal intercourse enable them to avoid
to considerable extent the inconven-
fences of hot climate
An English electrical engineer who
has been engaged in making a series of
surveys in the Island says that the in
PRODUCTION of the telephone has had
somewhat ludicrous sequel. The ladies'
who were wont to do their marketing
with more energy than could be looked
for in such a warm climate, now stay
at home and send their orders by tele-
phone, and the business men to great
extent follow suit The consequence
is that there is marked accession of
avoirdupois among the better classes Of
the community, male and female
This phenomenon, which Is vouched
for as fact, can be easily understood
when the cessation of accustomed ex-
ercise Is taken into consideration. -
Pittsburg Dispatch.