St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-01
THE ISSUE IS PLAIN.

''Any man who doubts the facts set
forth in this pamphlet, or who desires
conclusive evidence of the guilt of the
parties to this damnab!e conspiracy, is
urged to secure this pamphlet ana read
it carefully. Then if the approves the
acts of the illuStriouS thieves, he should
by all means vote for Knute Nelson,
who, if elected governor, will be the
willing servant of the men who have
robbed the farmers of Minnesota of
millions of dollars, and who will con-
tinue to do SO as long as the people elect
to high offices the agents of the rob-
burS."
This is the convincing and incisive
way in which the independent Still
water Messenger sets forth its findings
in the great wheat ring exposure. The
systematic plundering of the farmers
for years past is referred to in a manner
that all can understand. Col. Seward
says further:
"a few weeks ago when the lumber
men of Saltwater learned that they had
been Systematically robbed by a dis
honest teller employed by the surveyor
general, who (the teller, not the surveyor
generaD. acting i'll colluSlon with one or
more knaveS, had fleeced the lumber
men out of tens of thousands of dollars,
they were naturally indignant. aud still
more SO when they realized that by rea-
son of a blunder the guilty parties
probably would escape punishment.
For many years the farmers Of Mime
sofa have been Systematically plum
dered by the Vaccinations of a gang or
high-toned respectable" thieves. whose
headquarters are in Minneapolis, who
have
Amassed Colossal Fortunes
while the farmers have remained poor.
These thieves are leaders of the Repub-
lican party, which has been used to
screen them from exposure and punish
ment; and even now, when their crimes
have been successfully exposed, all the
machinery of the party is being em-
ployed to shield them from the Odium
and hatred which should and does at
tach to thieves and robbers. All efforts
to defeat the conspiracy of these silk
hat thieves, to bring the criminals to
justice, or to secure relief from their
robberieS have failed because they were
leading members of the dominant party,
and had unbounded capital with which
to secure immunity. Recently, how
ever, a pamphlet has been publish ed,
which is being circulated,
Giving Complete Expose
of this "Gigantic Conspiracy" as the
work Is entitled, and presenting fac
Simie copies of letters and telegrams
from the conspiratorS, which, if genu-
inc, concluSively prove their guilt. That
they are genuine is not questioned, but
Republican papers, instead of denounc-
ing the men thus convicted before the
bar of public opinion, denounce most
bitterly the Democratic party because
the book is published under the aus
pices of the Democratic state central
committee, and say they are working in
the interest of the men Who are trying
to defeat Senator Washburn's anti
option bill. AS the Washburn bill re-
ferred to was put over in the senate by
Republican votes, the crocodile tears OF
the Republican press and speakers will
deceive no one. The following is
summary of the tactics employed by the
grain thieves to rob the farmers:
How They Work 1t.
The elevators are banded together.
and refuse to pay more than the list or
railroads are allied to an extent to re-
fuse the farmer cars to ship his own
wheat. All independent buyers are
| forced out or bought out of the market.
! The wheat market is equitably divided
among the elevators, and thereby ali
competition Stifled.
The methods employ ed are, first, the
country agent or buyer has brass ket-
tie Tor testing the grade, which can be
lessened or advanced by the dexterity
with which the grain is put into it, an
expert being able to make difference
of as much as two grades; and No. /
hard, by not COMPRISING, may be graded
No. northern or even No. 2. Here
steal of s t6 Il cents pei 6lshel is posi-
BILE,
The second is to use sieves so coarse
that kernels go through and fall upon
the ground-the sieve being used in
| determining the amount OF dQekage for
| the dirt or refuse in it. Here as much as
| five pounds may be taken out of a
bushel.