St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-08

hold up, and he is reminded that his
bondSmen are liable for the deficiency.
He may be an honest man, intending
10 deal sauarely with his custom
ers, but there is his bond and
his small salary and his family, per-
haps. He cannot dispute the decision
of the home office; he cannO. dispr0ve
their statements; the grain will have
gone out before the complaint comes in.
He cannot stand any such deductions or
liability, and he virtuouSly decides that
if any one must suffer it shall not be
himself. The farmer is the only one he
can hedge on, and he proceeds to do it.
He lowers the grade; he docks heavier
for dirt and he cheats in the
weight. One way to do the last
is to run the balance weight out so as to
make the scale show less wheat than
there is. This is bungling way, liable
10 detection. A commoner way is to
have lever under the scale whose
short arm rests on the lower beam, and
to whose longer arm is affixed nail
which projects a little above the
floor near the box. BY stepping on
this nail, he presses on the under
beam, thus diminishing the weight of
the gram in the hopper. making a load
appear to weigh several bushels less
than it really does. Sometimes an agent
concludes that he might just as we'll
steal for himself as for his employers,
and issues to fictitious persons tickets
for the average thus stolen and pockets
the proceeds. Usually his cleanup
shows the elevator handsomely
ahead, and he receives a present
from his employers propOrtlOnate
to the amount of stealage. 1t is re-
lated of one agent that he was told to
select the best gold watch in a store,
and picked out one that cost $3.50. Put
ting it in his pocket, he asked his en-
ployer if that was all he was to get. To
the query if that wasn't enough he re-
piled that he couldn't steal 10000 bush
els of wheat for $3.50 watch. Usually
these buyers are expected to make their
wages by these methods. Space pre-
cludes mention of other means of pluck
ing the farmer.
A VERY PROFITABLE BUS3-
NESS.
When we reflect on the enormous
Quantities Of wheat which is subjected
to these various sweating processes it
| may be reasonably expected that some
one is accommodating great wealth with
astonishing rapidity. We do not have
to go far to find ample proofs of it.
Mathematician residences, princely sal
aries. elegant surroundings, accu-
mutations Invested in other profitable
enterprises are some of the indi-
cations. Dividends declared to the
| stockholders are another. When En-
| gliSh investors were seeking places IN
this country to put their capital they
were met with an offer to sell the stock
IN system of Northwestern ele-
vatorS. They were assured that they
| paid dividends on different roads from
80 to 80 per cent. They invested heay-
lily in the elevator systems and their
allied Interests, the Touring mills, and
are reaping the benefit of this most sra
| paciOuS and constituencies cOmbina-
ton" by which our grain markets have
been mouopoliZed and our farmers
robbed of the fruit of their hard labors. -
TERE REMEDY.
1t rests with the farmers of the state
to apply the remedy. They have been
fooled by the Republican managers of
| the state. They have been led to adopt
! measures which were only intended to
bind faster the thongs Of the combina-
| ton, under the pretenSe that they would
| prevent thewroDgS complained OF.
| They have asked for bread and been
| given stones. The Democratic party
! offers them simpler solution of
the evil. They believe it will be effica-
cious to restore the old time free and
open market. 1t is in operation in
other states and no such evils exist un-
del it. 1t strikes at the very root of the
evil and removes it. But the farmers
must distinctly understand that this is
no child's play. These cormorants will
not yield without struggle the
sources of their ill-gotten wealth.
They are even now OH the alert
The attitude of the Democrats alarms
them. The whole railroad, elevator
and milling interests of the state are
bound TO defeat our party. They want
no man i'll the governors chair who lis
no mans man and wears no mans col
lar" They want man who will
be ready to veto, as in 1879, any bill
for real relief. They will endeavor to
control legislative nominations. They
will enter the Legislative halls to bribe
the members. Past experience has
made them adopts in this.
How will you do it? Don't waste your
votes. The contest is only between the
Democrats and Republicans. No other
party is i'll it. The so-called Peoples
party can only hurt you; it cannot help
you. Put ID. w. Lawler in the gov
ernOr's Office. Y on can trust him. His
sympatnies are with you. He has no
business entanglements with these
adverse interests. Elect Judge Netha-
way for your attorney general. He
don't know how to use a whitewash
brush to cover up from Legislative in
vestigations this gigantic robbery, and
he will not learn. Then look after
your legislative candidates. knowyo
men. Select good, honest men who
cannot be cajoled, bribed OF browbeaten.
Defeat the man whom you have any
cause to suspect. Keep the boodIer oui
OF the legislature. Do this and the
GLOBE pledges you its influence in the
fight until it is finished by the utter
rout OF and destruction of this gang Of
robbers.