The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-13
MEANS BUSINESS.
c. A. Pillsbury Offers Editor
Baker of the Globe,
$4,000
If the Statements Made in the
Wolcott Letter Are
True.
He Asks Mr.. Baker to- Be Fair
and Investigate for
Himself.
Baker Shows His Fairness b1
Burning the Letter in a
Gas Jet.

m68&0uX0x
as to the contents of the letter, and when
he received the reply that the messenger
way TOTALLY unacquainted Herewith, Mr..
Baker stepped toward a gas Jet, remark
| ing as he did so: ''This is the way in which
L treat letters coming to me in this way"
MIR. Baker then held the letter In the
name of the gas jet until it was consumed,
tnd' having witnessed this vindication of
the Globe editors manhood, the messenger
was delighted to escape with his life.
MIR. PILLSBURY TO MIR. BAKER.
10 the Editor of the St. Paul Daily Globe
Inc issue OF your paper of the 18th inst
contains an article entitled ''Robbed by 8
King and emblazoned with a number Of
other lurid and glaring headlines, in a way
known to sensational journalism. In this
artlcle are statements that the elevator and
milling companies of Minneapolis are Joined
IN one vast conspiracy to rob the farmers Of
this state, the Dakotas, Washington and
oregon and to pay them several cents less
per bushel for their wheat than its fair val.
ue to them.
You make upon me a personal attack, out.
rageous and teeming with falsehoods and
misrepresentation. You publish alleged let
terS or mine, misrepresent their contents
ana suppress the facts and circumstances
connected with their subject matter. You
garble my testimony before the state legis-
lative committee and then by unfair COM
PARSONS you seek to make such letters and
honorable and manly enough to publish my
entire testimony, which, If published, would
explain any apparent inconsistencies. You
seek to give force to your attack by the affi-
0aVlt OF selfcOnfessed criminal, who ex-
plated his offense by serving q term In our
state penitentiary. Your entire article of de-
1amation, according to your own statement,
Is not based on your personal KNOWLEDGE
0fQfonnonfo 0fo
other. which you claim to have taken from
book just published.
~ Without VI waiting to investigate the facts
widest currency through the columns Of
your p H%sb AM 4Sb in c t5iS wAv
the characters Of your neighbors and the
citizens Of your own state. You will fail in
this. Your Infamous attack will be directed
back upon your own head.
Not In the courts of law, nor by public
opinion are men convicted Of grave Offenses
by hearsay evidence Especially is this true
In cases like the present, where the author
ton and with a pretended personal griev-
ance against the objects Of his attack. 1
have not seen the book you refer to, but
understand its author IS one G. c: Wolcott;
in North Dakota, and who has a pretended
personal grievance against me and the ele-
yator companies I represent, and | know
here in the grain and -four business.
A suit, referred to in your article, is now
pending In the United States circuit court,
SSrEern z Ee9ator IN %ScR
largely interested. A large sum of money
is demanded in this suit, which is wholly
without merit and which vas was brought BY
this state for a Few demagogue politicians
whose base tool he has become.
haS infimOfQd m
that many of the statements which I now
see published in, your article would be
out on this trial Had 1X we
to blackmail by paying sum of money to
Wolcott, his book so far as it concerns me
would probably never have been heard Of.
1t was evidently the intention that this
suit should be tried before the beginning Of
the present political campaign. Failing in
this, Wolcott has evidently embodied bis
out to the Democratic committee for cam
You cali it powerful campaign docu-
reader st; in the Northwest that such is tie
object of It's present publication.
There is also. another apparent object,
"n'' 10 C u tT. AIN GRAIN GAMBLERS
on the Chicago board Of trade and else
where, material to oppose the present anti
The material Of our article, published BY
you for such objects, and coming from such
man MS WOlcOtt, who is inspired with a
and the
The scandalous character of your article,
so far rs it affects me, shall hereafter
"t time and place The
from answering its facts in detail Mt the
present writing But, coming to the core
Of the whole matter, what the farmers OF
before election is whether they have been
robbed In the past, or are being robbed by
a ring or combination of elevator or grain
ting fair prices for their grain.
lsy your article you aim either to instruct
the fal mers Of the Northwest or to hum
yoi proposition which will test the ques-
ton very quickly so far as our own ele-
vators and mills are concerned. I have
the et ae e. under Ss
for a series of years had not been more
than ga per cent on the amount Of bust
ness done This would Il+ not be ,.s net profit
I have also made the statement, under
i pat in the sTe % nds f
several years made any profits, taking. them
the mills under my management have not
output Of flour ond ,ofra!, during the past
our brands Of nour are best known Of any.
ANu ScA ~ IAC AA6AocS AAnAACo .PAACSoS GsAU
that our mills are equal to any In construc-
ton and economical manufacture.
Now, If the above statements are true,
your article Is very misleading and there II
NOT MUCH MARGIN FOR ROBBERY
by us If your intention Is to be fair, to
give the facts, and not to deceive the peo-
Die, you should investigate and know
whether these statements are true. and
then tell the people the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth To assist you In
this Investigation, will allow any and an
of my managers and bookkeepers, includ-
ing myself, at any time to be examined by
you under oath, as to whether the profits
Of our elevator and milling business for the
past three years. or since the organization
Of the Pillsbury- Washburn FIGURING Mills
company, limited, have substantially ex-
ceeded the statements have here made
will undertake to prove to you that the
letter referred to in your article to II. r.
Arnold Of I4arimore stated the exact truth.
and that our elevator company did lose 1
large amount Of money on the wheat crop
Of that season; also that my TESTIMONY
Riven before the legislative committee, uDon
tho profits Of our past businoss, was sub
stantially correct. -, ~.
To prove my good faith In the matter. I
hereby undertake to pay all reasonable az
penses connected With your investigation
and the taking Of testimony on the simple
condition that you publish the true fect0
found out BY you, either By giving tie ~
timony In full Or tar reslm1e q \. 1iae