The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-23
AN ADDRESS
From Hon. qnatius Donney President Of the State Farmers
Alliance of Minnesota to the Members of the
Local Farmers Alliances.


the great organization throughout the state
request of each local alliance as he re-
eeves through the Of the reform to
call special meeting OF his local aance 'nn .ne neA 'e uy ~
after postal card verbally who
the member OF the alliance to attend at the time
place designated by him.
respectfully the different reform newspapers and all other
journals friendly this communication their
columns
dress shall be read present. president such
person they would also suggest that arrangements be
advance speeches delivered the meeting by men
friendly
We are approaching the An i'm
prant farming population 1t must met the
opportunity is lostfor
caused the OF the With
between this state and several million
bers throughout the nation?
the minds OF all intelligent that the farm
ers and wokmen pundd OF the fruits their
stood and bhed these robbe for quarter
century, without making the slightest effort prevent them or pun
robbers the prominent thieves were the
their
highest Offices the gift OF the state We saw the leaders Whea
Rings Senators and We behed
republican pcuto OF railroad
pany million dollars of bogus stock and divide the
among officers the cents the doa although
the laws the state declared this to be ac by
peenay and this voator OF the law
by republican legislature nearly unanimous VOTE the u
the leading Democrat OF the
millions OF dollars OF watered stock
penny which capital actually invested but is
fraudulent securities made good by taxing the industry OF all the
people, especially And have this
trolling both old par furnishing campaign funds to bo and
selecting both attorney general judges
OF the deprive
machinery and paid themselves that all the rob-
berries people may
resorting contemplate appeals
the might be plundred in the of
natural national sentiment utilizing feelings
robbery No doubt the object
the people from defending them
selves against thieves bring
the the land of avail
people,
leading republican paper
the every
hne Of wheat sold in this state and North and South Dakota y ring
reaching Liverpool the Red River Valley This
taken annually out of the peck
Minnesota the first place. and the second place
the merchants mechanics professional
all for the stolen from the farmers to
residents the business circles the
this
per bnh statistics showed that had undeated the
price wheat Liverpool overstated the of getting it
there and that the robbery really it's figures from thirty to
thirty three cents bue bushe Of wheat sold in these
gets per
his wheat really worth ST. co. the difference him
who ought to be the state prison.
Why they
the constitution 1sS7and adopted by the people
in November OF declares that all combinations to
with the freedom markets criminal conpace and nearly
enforce this amendment and send all
punished
people officers who
work robs bank of ten dollars he promptly apped
prison. but he can rob the whole population the state OF millions
lars and walk off, sco with his plumber The laws for the
corporations strictly enorc while those for the protection
people, against dae the statute books
Another gigantic has taken the attmarkes
the In broke the cattle while
kept the the cities and villages
Another trust controls the price OF barley despite all the e
forts of the people to protect themselves
Another trust corporations all the anthracite lands
OF the United States and they have the their A
million annual dollar
rour million dollars of the pockets of the without
particle Apology while they beat down the the
who the coal day. the year
Another has taken all the
the supplies the United States
In surrounded by these gigantic combinations and
from them by dying trust fixes the price
coMns!
All huge pooL
competition and the rates transportation the inter-
watered stock The bogus capitalization railroads. this
ton billions dollars;
millions annually nearly much the whole of
government s..f
railroad companies satisfied plumber
ole into combination with the
keep 33 cents bushel by refusing