St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-26
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Comments of the Minnesota Press
on the Wheat Ring Expose.
Duluth Herald.
Mr.. Pillsbury is evidently a betting
man, II a plunger at that, for he ex-
presses a desire to put up s10.0 600 that he
can ~substantiate two specifications out
OF the number made. which in itself
shows that he great miller has been hit
in some tender spot by the charges.
THE ROO is PROFFERED.
Little Falls Herald.
The attack on the wheat combine now
is not a new thing with the Democratic
party Of this state. The platforms of
that party in 1883. and again in 1890, and
again in 1892, denounced the combina-
ton in vigorous language. 1t now
profferS proof of its allegations.
WOULD PICK HIS OWN REFEREE.
Duluth News.
Hon. G. A. PillSbury is after the st.
Paul GLOBE with q sharp stick. He
offers to give $1,000 to the Democratic
state. campaign fund if he canhot prove
every word he has said or written with
regard to his wheat and elevator deal
lngs, so far as they relate to the public.
1t is exceedingly doubtful. however. if
lie would allow Charles Cam ing, of
Duluth. to act as referee in the inveSti-
CATION he proposes.
THE ONE METHOD OF RELIEF.
st. Cloud Times.
The farmers of the Sixth district may
learn, i'll perusing the record of the
wheat ring exposure, why it is that the
price OF wheat has been kept down.
This ring is a Republican one. and is
made up OF a horde of McKinleyites.
There is but one way to down them and
overthrow the rascaIs-turn the Repub-
lican state officers out; eject Dan Law
Ter, who wears no mans collar" and
choose a legislature which will stand
by him in bringing the rascals to justice.
a Ill BLUFF.
Mankato Review.
In April, 1888, Charles A. Pillsbury
wrote a letter to a Paris banker that
certain elevator companies in the state
III which he is a stakeholder paid divi-
dends ranging from 80 to 40 per cent.
In June of the same year he wrote to
MIR. Arnold at Larimore, OAK, that
Our elevators have not paid at all
lafely:" that 1.-The elevator business is
overdone." and that 1.-The loss during
the last year has been fearful" There
is an apparent conflict in these state
ments, yet he offers to submit his books
and papers to Il commission, and if ne
canno prove each statement to be true,
to give his checks for s., 900 for each
failure to so prove to the Democratic
state committee. Mr.. Pillsbury is bluff
ing.
ONE PATH OF ESCAPE.
Brownsville News.
No partaker of the "~BelShaZZar
Feast will do. No man who goes back
on his tariff opinion for the sake vf of
flee; no man who was a free trader
when free and is a protectionist for
place will do; lie man who has been in
and out OF every party i'll which he
thought he could get place; noman who
ever offered to stand between the rail-
roads and the farmers and be a ''buffer''
for the latter against the assaults Of the
former; no man who offered a railroad
president to do this if he would endorse
his application for a federal office. will
do. You cannot trust them. This bars
out Nelson and Donnelly, and leaves
only the man vino has told you that if
elected he would ''be no mans man and
wear no mans collar" Elect Dan w.
LAWYER governor and an honest legisla-
ture, and our farmers will again have
the old-fashioned, open. competitive
markets for their grain. The path of
escape from the combination which now
masters them is only in this direction.
SHALL TIE TEA BE PERPETUATED?
Perham Bulletin.
The st. Paul GLOBE of Sunday last
was a hummer. 1t published two pages
on the wheat combine. showing that
the elevators and wheat ring of the
state entered into q combination with
the Republican party whereby they
paid an enormous amount of mOneV into
the corruption fund, with the proviSo
that they should have the naming of
the warehouse and railroad commits
sioners. The article shows up the COM
bine as II of the most gigantic steals
ever perpetrated on the American peo-
pie. knute Nelson is the Republican
candidate for governor, credited after
ney tor the Great Northern raiiway,and
if he Is elected will be compelled to ap-
point such commissioners as the ele-
vators name. Citizens of the state of
minnesota. do you want TO perpetuate
this steal? If so vote for Knute Nelson,
by all means. Ii you don't, then vote for
the mo mans man." Dan W. LAWYER.
BETTING PROVES NOTHING.
st. Cloud Times.
G. A. Pillsbury offers to bet $40, 900
that the Chicago Herald's publication as
to the profits of his elevators and mills
does not present the truth. He proposes
an investigation to decide it. Betting
proves nothing. 1t may all be a bluff
such things are usually.
WHERE KNUTE STANDS.
PipestoEe Farmers Leader.
The St. Paul GLOBE on Sunday and
Monday published columns of the ex-
pose of the wheat combine. but Knute
Nelson in his speech at st. Paul Monday
evening never alluded to the fraud that
is being practiced upon the people
whose votes he is asking for. As usual,
Knute stands by the trusts and COM
bines.
IT IS TIME o 81 FARMER TO ACT.
Winona Herald.
He ~(Piilsbury) has endeavored by
making a big "bluif'' to clear himself
with a bet: He proposes to forfeit s1O,-
900 to the Minnesota Democratic state
committee should he fail to substantiate
two out of several specifications made.
He, OF course, has charge of his own
business. and no one can force him to
disclose that which he does not wish to
disclose. and his bluff is therefore a one
sided affair. He will not explain, how
ever, how it is that the wheat BUYERS
have become enormously rich, and the
farmer has remained at a standStill. If
there is such a vast amount of money
to be made out of wheat. why is it that
the farmer does not become wealthy?
1t is but right that the man who per
forms the labor should receive a share
OF the profits. The time has arrived
when the farmer should put his Shout
der to h wheel. and assist in removing
from IJnWPr the DOWprfui and monSfrouS