Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-09-17
DENIED BY DoNNELLY.


sponsibIe for the Recent Hold Your
Wheat" Circular.
ST. PAUL, Mimi. Sept l6-"The
Farmers Alliance of Minnesota has
had nothing whatever TO do with the
various circulars that have been issued
from St Paul advising farmers to hold
their wheat for higher prices. said Ig-
natius Donnelly. president of the Min
nesota State Farmers Alliance, Mon
day evening. These circulars, /
understand, have the approval of
what is known as the Reform Press
association at Washington, although
that association is not paying the bills.
The Minnesota alliance has taken no
action in the matter and will take
none. as the members of the executive
committee of the alliance of this state
agree with me in believing that such
advice cannot safely be given"
Neither of the two hold your wheat
circulars" are genuine Farmers AL
lance moves, according to the Donnelly
crowd. They have been issued from
the Office of The State new farmers
paper, published by the wing Of the
Minnesota alliance opposed to Donnel-
ly. Both have been sent out as supple
ments to The State and in large num-
Der to the secretaries of local alliances
throughout the country Nearly half
million have already been mailed of
the circular which first appeared on
Saturday, and the work of preparing
half that many more for mailing is go-
ing on at the headquarters of The
State.
The heavy expense incurred in issu-
ing these circulars is responsible for
the charge that the Minneapolis millers,
or rather the English syndicate owning
the mills there, is paying the bills.
The author of the several circulars is
supposed to be none other than Charles
A. Pillsbury, the manager of the big
Minneapolis Touring mills.
George NJ. Muller, manager of The
State, denied that Mr.. Pillsbury was
behind these "hold-your-wheat" cir
culars. 1--WE propose to save a few
million dollars for the farmers of the
country" he said. ''if they will take
our advice. This idea was the
origin of our now famous wheat
circular of which we sent ont over
100000 about two months ago and
which has started discussion about
the breadstuffs supply that has helped
to the extent of many million dollars
even those who through ignorance or
necessity threw their grain premature
" into the hands Of spectators This
second circular we issue ia the same
enormous numb ers, and in sending it
out we request all secretaries of al
liances to distribute it promptly and
have special meetings called to dis
cuss ii. +"
Col c. II. Graves of Duluth, who is
one of the largest elevator men in the
state, does not hesitate to assert that
the circular is inspired by clique of
spectators ut bears evidence of that
origin on its face, he said, in discus
sing it. 1T is designed to bull the
market as the first one was, and il
may have a little effect for a day or
two, not because it will cause the
farmers to hold back their crops, how
ever, fer the first one did not have the
slightest effect in that-wqy"
While the Minnesota state alliance
has taken no action on this circular the
enemies Of President Donnelly claim it
is due to the fact that they originated
the idea. The North Dakota alliance.
through its secretary, Mclnnis, has
been aiding the work Of distributing
the circular as far as possible. In
South Dakota, too, the big guns Of the
alliance are now engaged in the move
ment