St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-13
IT is A DEATH BLOW.
The Minority Wheat Report
viii Wind UP Republican
Rule.
Committeeman Hoore's Thun-
derous Onslaught on the
Great Combine.
The Elevators and Railroads
Leagued to Rob Farm
erS Of Wheat.
4 Warehouse System That
Makes the Robbery Posi-
bic to Operate.

"lhis document is the first bolt Of
lightning in the farmers sky Of Mime
Gotta for quarter Of Il century, and 1t
ends Republican rule in this state"
AS W. w Erwin tcrscly and cmphat
ically Numbered forth these important
and ominous words, he laid down q
pOndef0us document OF some 1900
words which will probably echo from
one end Of the state TO the other in The
approaching state campaign. 1t was
hc minority report in the famous wheat
investigating case, submitted to the gov
rrnoi yesterday by l.. j. Moore. Printed
in fun, it would make at least two
full PAGES Of the GLOBE, and yet 50
tcrae ana comprehensive Is it that the
most careful synopsis would do 1t rank
injustice. Though that is not definitely
stated, it is equally certain that il
emanatcd from Tie brain Of Attorney
Erwin, and 1T is put together in his IN
mtablc style.
Mr. Moore agrees with the committee
as far as it went, but he emphaticall1
holds that it did not 90 nearly fan
enough In order, he claims, 70 reach
the conclusions reached by the commit
,l.,. ,o.,.i,, ro,,, r,,,.to,i.t. those f,ct.
we're ignored to a certain extent by the
committee and the minority report goes
ON 10 SET lhcSe lacJa out very eIaDoldlcI9
IL holds that not only is there a power
ful and successful combine to keen
down lhc price of wheat, but the rall
roads are IN league WIN IL ana Iehd IL Il
powerful and. 1t also maintains llat inc
prices are manipulated ny me boards OF
trade OF minneapolis ana Chlc"eo ana
not Oy me laws OF supply ana ueih"hu'
Oh lplS subject IL says
Arguing from the r0lnt that the Wheal
price IS that OF Chicago, less rates 10y
rail from Minneapolis. MI Moore hOlGs
that The price at Duluth should be pre-
Clscly that Of Chicago, without this dill
ference, and asks:
Now, what power, or what influence,
could possibly make the difference OF
o. cents between Chicago and Duluth
unless some power, lorelgn TO inc law
of supply and demand, arbitrarily llXes
tins difference? why does not the Od,-
OOO,OOO bushels Of wheat at Duluth and
Minneapolis control the 2l,OoO,OOO at
Chicago and Milwaukee, 1T may be
that my brethren on the committee
do not understand the word combine to
mean what | understand that word
means. If my brcthrenO on the commit
tee understand that no combine has
been discovered IN the SENSE OF the dlS-
coYerN at Tie Two or thrce or more per
sons, sit down ana arbttfarlly nix
Tie price lol wheat al Dululh ana MIN
that the evidence has not reached so
ii ,,,o 81, % t',i1 t a.
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a',d thn MOO 30 uIn3t ~ " Nin'
nneotoa,,I ,Gn N,,rth,yne, 10 rothar that
t,n r i',," 80 ,niatnroii, G>sd a,d ~,
f.rcod hN thoon iIitnrntt,,d in tho rather
tu,, of tba wheat crn, IF NIinnesa1a and
~ Nh ,"',,t INK, otrar IL, Ma
natrroI coH"ntitive and honoroije
a. ,;or, ,a, lo ~, i''st rno ''"'0
i,',,.. Nil o1,,,ol fa,iIitine a,,d ,,,jtt
wiz WIN T4""i d"e'''t t " eo oon NV" ao5
tiuHl ieisTt me- , 1ilG oP'ooU'Uo ~,
puSneI9 DIT -, nnd 600 'iio"Iu iDt i"t'cl
IoiltlUi tniC I,J"o,o0J triiS l"r
10 Tnic"E1 ,,,'h ~ I"'l'i oi tInt ~, 10y
H. nav ~ ~ i - ,',"I o,it
g. NI'oo,, o'd tGo %orth,nst ;e
hoead ,,,,o, tIo fntiou tl,ot tha ",.in. ~,
''Soot ~ Cl,ic,iro nnceseariIy ,ro,erne
tha ,'rioo ~ DuInth and MinneannIis
~ tLo o,,tiro ,,,bnot Lnsinnes of Min.
.," o,f tho Nn,thv'"st 10 carri,d ON -,
p"," NV G s,,I ,rjaII,' a,'jtta w.
ucl 'iiIS ltVt'oi' 10 ~
wv '.,'O'2 ~, oor',-Ii.I'
Ooiil l''o0' nv" 10 ''''' "OOo''' i''''0U =
The Combine.
The testimony shows that there IS To-
Gated at Minneapolis board called the
chamber OF commerce, and at Duluth a
The testimony shows that these boards
are composed, 50 far as the wheat-deal-
ing interests are concerned, of dealers
in wheat, both elevator men and com
mission merchants, with few bonanza
farmers. It is conceded that these
boards meet daily and transact between
themselves the purchase and sale
of wheat. 1t is also con
coded that these sales are largely
fictitious sales. 1t must be borne II
mind that the wheat OF Minnesota ano
the Northwest cannot escape THESE
dealers, who control the board OF trade
at Duluth ana the chamber OF commerce
at Minneapolis. They own all OF The
elevators along the different lines Of
railroad throughout this wheat region
They have all the facilities at the lake
ports. 1t is impossible Tor any conSid
cradle amount OF wheat to escape THEN
handling They necessarily have the
sympathy, II not the cooperation OF al
me mes OF transportation. IL seems
from inc testimony that me dealers
ADOPT as me price 10 be pald tor Whea
each day inc closing price winch they
make on the preceding DAY. And now