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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-13
To Allow Itself to Become the
Tool Of Chicago Wheat
Gamblers.
1t Editorially Eenounces the
State Democratic
Managers.
Blames the Last Legislature for
Defeating Useful Meas
ureS.

The Minneapolis Times is a Democratic
newspaper, but it does not believe in SELL
Ing Its columns to the Chicago wheat gam
blers. 1t takes serious objection to the al
lance formed by the Democratic state GEN.
trail committee with the bucket shop spec-
ulators Of the Windy City, and commenting
editoriallJ on the matter yesterday the
Times says:
"The Times has declined to join in the at
tack Of the Chicago Herald upon the milling
and elevator interests of Minneapolis or to
give currency to the vicious assault upon
the business reputation Of Mr.. Pillsbury and
the other gentlemen who stand at the head
OF those interests. 1t has no sympathy with
the attempt to manufacture party capital
out Of charges that, SO far as has yet been
shown, have no other basis than the liiisup-
ported allegations OF seedy scamp who is
not fit to unlOOse the shOelatches of the gen.
tlemen whom he seeks to defame. If men
Of character-men who have long held in
fuential and honorable positions in the com
mercial world-are to hold their regulations
at the mercy OF disappointed blackmailers,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-13
TELLS OF ITS ORIGIN.
The Attack on Pillsbury Springs
<,nu, Spatc anI Politics..

The Attack on Pillsbury Springs
from Spite and Politics..
G. NJ. Loring than whom no man In the
Northwest commands more respect and con-
fdence for what he would have to say in
this connection, writes as follows about the
attack on C. A. Pillsbury by the Chicago
wheat gamblers and the political dema-
gogues:
II am a stakeholder and director In one OF
the largest milling firms in the country, and
because of this I am opposed to Senator
Washburn's anti-option bill, for If it were to
become a law we would be obliged to 60
into a speculative business, whereas now we
can by "hedging" against sales of flour for
future delivery, do legitimate milling busi-
ness without the least element Of specula-
tion Had we the past year been obliged
to purchase and carry the large stock of
wheat required for our business the loss
would have been great, while under our
present system we have made fair milling
profit.
The elevator system of the country is the
onlv thing that enables the farmers of Min
nesota and the Dakotas to compete with the
grain producers Of Russia and India. have
been a grain buyer since 1860 and have pur-
chased wheat in Minnesota for 45 cents a
bushel and lost money on it, owing to Excess
sive cost of handling. This wheat was
brought by farmers in wagons twenty to
seventy miles, and was shipped to Chicago
in bags and hauled from the depot to the
steamer in Chicago in bags, and when it
reached the steamer the charges and losses
were almost as much as the first cost of the
wheat To-day, through the admirable ele-
yatOr systems. the cost of handling wheat Is
rolucol to tho minimum and tho farmer
gets the benefit. But the Russians are learn
ing from us. They have had agents here
looking over our system Of handling grain,
who have taken full notes of our way Of do
Ing fSe sea Ser e
are extending cheaply built railroads over
their plains. and when their systems are
Of the Northwest wheat win be sold here at
much less than our present prices, and our
Every cent taken from the cost Of handling
and transporting wheat since 1850 has been
to the pGsa tn sells h,s
stantiy filling the minds Of the farmers with
best frends instead Of educating them 9ne to
duced on the millions Of acres Of land in the
aed farming is their only salvation. : =
1.-THE attack upon 9; q. Pnlsbury Is out
rageoqs. It had its origin in spite and poll
There is not man In the Northwest who
y: sos 3 g 5ssss
making large profits Il false. The business
20 20 that Il tSs
business management to. make them pay
anything and even a save S., them from loss:
| best lines. 800 s ~! -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-13
THE REASON WHY.

Senator Wnshburn Plainly Shows
the Animus of the Attack Upon
HIM.
Senator Washburn first heard Of the at
TACK made upon him aud the anti-option
bill in the Wolcott pamphlet. the Chicago
Herald and the st. Paul Globe. friend
came to him and said that most atrocious
article was to appear in one Of the Chicago
papers that morning. in which he was most
viciousIy attacked. the party saying to him
that the substance of the article had been
taken from pamphlet recently published.
Also that an attempt had been made to Sc
cure the publication Of the article in ques-
tion In the New York papers, and that all
papers had declined to do 80, but that the
interested parties had finally succeeded in
getting 1t published in one Of the Chicago
aailies, which one he did not know. Sun
day evening the reporter Of the Chicago
Herald came to hin, exhibiting telegram
which he had received from his paper in
Chicago, calling attention to the article in
question, and more especially as to what
was said with reference to himself, stating.
among other things that he was interest Cd
largely In the different elevator companies
had been connected with the great wheat
combine for the purpose Of depreciatins
prices; tn, that the INTRODUCTION Of the anti
option Dill was only Il blind to cover his
rascalities In the line of depreciating the
price Of wheat, etc, etc
e MhSn the he senator home Min
for one Of the daily papers and he stated
that he had only been able to glance hasti-
" through the publication in question, but
that he had never known during his life
60 many Misrepresentation, deliberate
falsehoofis and vicious scandals brought to-
he was concerned there was not Il single
statement that was not only false, but ab-
sOlutely malicious.
Senator Washburn,' asked the reporter
..have you any idea who is the author Of
t1 D, Ea%SHls5 A %G 2Sfs!!S" XSr1orrioN
thor was the reply, "but it is as clear TO to
me as the sun in heaven at midday that it
WAS ps S''1 by the opponents Of the anti
Why do yo@ shy this:'', ~.
that the purpose Of the whole publication is
bill, in which have taken SO much Inter
est, and those who have favored its being
mad, ate
the country by these same parties. THIS has
been done Rersistently during. the Inst four
or five months, and with the deliberate pur-
connection with this bin There is no false
hood base enough but what these people
have circulated aa t.a aSsinst me In that time
arguments or controvert the facts act forth
IN my speech made In the senate on the
Of they r have sought to DE-
my personal Character: This I pamp dhHIee'h is
%SS Z t Author e Tins s AJAX
Il the a!ieseS information seems Is eof haee
ss q et G. Ds4saa sS
whom I had scarcely any acquaintance, and nd
knew only By reputation; He had q. very
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-13

the the elevator conspiracy: :, Then he would
had raised the price Of wheat to crush him
out and appeal to the farmers not to al
low the combination to crush him, but to
MIN at q reduced price. Thousands Of un-
suspecttng victims were thus imposed upon,
Ne os oe tSs IN
erg In certain localities. :.
HIS trip to Europe was taken partly to
sei away from the men he had vfctimized,
representing his corporation as a bonanza,
AND and f se'in1g It out to: them through fraud
Before leaving for Europe he was driven
almost to desperation by the men he had
swhdied, and 1t was ut this time that he
h mao sent one Of bis agents to a reputable
lowing proposition: To furnish a few thou
sand to the Scandinavian Elevator COM
Rany, which was to be invested in ware.
tSat s1 fsv IN villages where the methods Of
v ~ sec4re as much wheat as could be con-
wen SemtentIy done after the harvest. ship it
the se IT r and decan with
~. THE SCENE 70 SELL So.
the the, STOCK OF the Scandinavian Elevator COM
after Mr.: ,Amsden dishonored Woicott's sec,
o onN ofa1t Tor his salary, money became
scarce eel IN the Wolcott treasury:
yea presented itself to his fertile mind. II
F. -: stewart was an employee of the Credit
Lyonnalse bank in Paris. Wolcott tamDered
WIN stewart and got him to write the eel
SSprateo letters to various grain men in the
NofInWest: Among these were letters to G.
a1m nt's syaE Horace Pratt and others. In
swered by the parties to whom they had
Deen addressed, and then Mr. Woicott was
HDout ready to return to America 80 that
ne might put into operation another Of his
Drll1ant financial schemes.
LEO GEoKGE POKTERS STATEMENT.
aere Is the way Mr.. George Porter, a
tnEllp t OF the firm Of Pratt and Porter,
ence: cApeiA
one day big, villainous looking indiyid-
Hal came to the Office and inquired for Mr..
iratt. He was shown into MIR. Pratt's
foom anu nj once opened up his business
ny asking: "Mr: Pratt, did you some time
ago receive letter from Paris asking about
the profits Of the elevator business ~
nj d1d and answered It," said Mr. Pratt
Inc olg villain put his hand into his peck
ct ana drew therefrOm a letter reDlyi,1r:
knew you did. and here Is your reDiy. 7
tn9nght you might desire to purchase it
ana thus prevent it's publication You can
ha .. taat letter by buying it,
monG H% m muc4 do. DO you call it worth?' de-
about $500, and If it is not sold It will
De published in the Great West newspa.
MY friend" replied Mr. Pratt, "you are
I'VE I'VE stories from the ground and might get
mI II pitched You out of the window.
Mr. Wolcott's blackmaiiine agent retired
T., mis- was the letter written at Woicott's
instance to Mr.. Pratt by II. r.. G.. Stewart
VI the credit LyOnnaise bank in Paris
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-13
Inviting Pestilence.

New York Sun: Just about 100, 600 Rus
sian and Polish immigrants have landed in
this country within the last fiscal year,
They have left Russia and Poland under
distressing circumstances. At least three
infectious or contagious diseases are prev
alent in the regions from which they have
come, and are yet coming. We have
learned by the experiences Of the past
year, during which they have brought
typhus fever and smallpox to our city, that
self-protection requires us to be on our
guard against the ships that carry here
passengers from plague-ridden regions, es.
pecially from those regions In which the
Asiatic cholera Is now prevalent. 1t may
gcrous immigrants from Europe. It ia
criminal to open our doors to pestilence.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-13
THE BUBBLE BLOWER.

and are to be condemned by the unsup-
ported
ASSERTIONS OF MALIGNANT BLACK.
GUARDS,
then no man, however high his position or
honorable his career, is safe from the as
sault of reckless and vindictive defamers
who may desire to injure him. The Times
does not believe that any political party can
gain any permanent advantage, even in a
heated canvass, by attempting to use such
material for campaign purposes. The popu-
lar sense Of justice and decency will assert
itself and stamp the seal Of emphatic dis
approval upon methods so unworthy and dis
graceful.
''That there are serious evils connected
with the present elevator system, and the
methods of grading and handling wheat,
nobody will pretend to deny. But it is alb
surd to suppose that the entire responsible
ity for the evils can be thrown upon one or
two men, and through them upon the polit-
ical party to which they may happen to be-
long. There are in Minnesota several hun
dred elevators. The men connected with
ARE NOT ALL OF ONE POLITICAL
FAITH.
They are Democrats as well as Republicans;
hence the absurdity of attempting to make
n party issue out of defects in the manage
ment. The truth Is, II the farmers nave
been robbed by the elevator companies, the
robbers belong as much to one party as the
other. The question. therefore, is not of
party politics, nor one to be settled by cam
paign tactics and appeals. but one which
must be settled by the state legislature.
'The remedy for this evil is to be found in
legislation which will require the wheat to
be correctly weighed and graded when it
goes into the elevator. Such legislation has
been repeatedly proposed as would give the
state warehouse commission jurisdiction
feated. Such a proposition was rejected by
the last legislature"
The Times might have added that the last
legislature was controlled in both houses by
the Observation-Disclosures combine.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-13
A Great Merchants Opinion.

NJ. X. Thurber in New York Commercials:
am a protectionist because thrift follows
the enactment of wise laws.
Because I love my own country better than
do foreign countries.
Because protection builds up our towns
into cities ard enhances the value of our
houses and lands.
Because every dollar sent abroad to pur-
chase goods that We can produce at home
makes us q dollar poorer.
Because protection in this country gives
labor better wages than free trade.
Because it Is better for this country to
feed, clothe and house our own labor in this
country than to support foreign labor IN
other countries with our money.
Because it Is true, Peter Cooper well
said: mo goods purchased abroad are Cheap
that takes the place Of our own labor and
our own raw MATERIAL
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-13
wOLCOTT,s DARK PAST.
A Genius in Organising Disreputa-
~,''.--- BILE Schemes.

A Genius In organizing D19fep0t0.
BILE, Schemes.
. 1t is necessary to 60 back little to learn
oil Wolcott's history. After he had remov-
ed to Minneapolis and entered the grain
business he commenced trying to organize
a "snide"@ elevator company, the purpose
of which was to levy blackmail upon the
established companies. Reputable grain
men, knowing his methods, refused to have
anything to do with him; and then VOL
colt gathered around him two or three con-
ciencless adventurers like himself, and pro-
ceeding to North Dakota Incorporated the
Scandinavian Elevator company, BY hook
and crook he got possession of few shan
ties on various lines Of road and started
into the field N full hedged elevator CON-
pany. He allied himself with some of the
.disreputable members Of the Farmers ALI
ance, and thus secured small quasi fol-
lowing with the farmers Of the Northwest.
The name Of this company was intended to
impose upon the Swedish and Norwe9fsn
farmers OF Minnesota and Dakota. It was
called the Decentralization Elevator Com
pany," although there was no man Of Scan
dinavian blood either nearly or remotely
THS NODE 15 rs 81 eG M4s 8rEnAr1oNs
Va: yictufssque and varied. Here 10 one
vetor q warehouse ut q station and then
hsuss was a 'andspsndent buyer" eutsids
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-13
A Great Country L. Dofnr Well.

New York Herald: When great
trunk line like the Pennsylvania rail-
road is obliged to stop selling tickets
because it has not cars enough to move
the crowds who wish to 20 picnirking
halfway across the continent, it indi-
Gates that, cholera or no cholera, this
eg9944n!!try is doing pretty we'll, thank you,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-13
THE USEFUL AND THE oRNAn1Es,

- A white rose in a garden grew,
As delicate and rare
As ever nature gave the world
To make its beauty fair.
And near the rose In humble way
A later vine began III
The white rose faded, died and fell,
5, : 81 -pstrolt Free Press.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-25
Tie Color OF Indians.

The color OF the Indian race varies
much individually, as does that of our
own Caucasian race, and it also varies
much with the different tribes. It is safe
to describe them in general terms as
brown. Some tribes are of decidedly
light shade of brown, while others are
so dark-the California coast tribes, for
instance-as to almost suggest the negro.
Numerous individuals have been noticed
by travellers in some Indian tribes, as
the Mandau, Zuni and others, who are
SO light that the idea OF their descent
from European peoples gained currency.
1t was chiefly this fact that lent weight
to the theory propounded less than 100
years ago that colonies of Welch had
been planted in the wilds of America.
As we know now, however, these light
colored Indians are simply of a natural
light brown, or are albinos. OF the llt-
ter class perhaps those at Zuni are the
best known.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-25
rEEp1Na VALUE or coRNsrALKs.

The feeding value of cornstalks is
subject which receives an endless amount
of discussion and upon which q great
variety of opinions have been expressed.
The subject is we'll worthy of considera-
tion both on account of the immense
quantity of cornstalks produced every
year and also by reason of the great val
ue which they may have to their owners.
The principal reason for the great differ
ence in opinion which farmers express in
regard to the usefulness of the stalks for
feeding is found in the fact that the real
value of different lots of stalks varies
fully as much as do the opinions of their
owners. Some lots are clean and bright,
and contain large amount of nourish.
ment in q palatable and easily digesti-
BILE form. Other lots are so bleached
and damaged by exposure to the san and
storms as to be unpalatable and innutri-
tious. There is as much difference in
the value of these two grades of stalks
as there is between hay that has been
properly cured and stored and that
which has been so long exposed to the
weather as to have lost Its natural color
and been deprived of nearly all of its
nutritious qualities. The trouble with
the cornstalks that cattle do not like,
and from eating which they receive little
or no benefit, is due to bad curing or
too long exposure in the field. The
smaller varieties usually have larger
proportion of valuable feeding material
than the giant sorts, but the latter, if
properly cared for, will furnish good
deal of food which cattle will like and
upon which they will thrive. The man
who husks his corn early and puts the
stalks under cover, or in stacks which
will turn the rain, will have some valua-
BILE material with which to supplement
his crops of hay and grain.-American
Dairymap.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-25
RECIPES.

Baked Fish-Clean, rinse aud wipe
dry fish weighing three or four pounds !;
rub the fish Inside aud out with salt and
pepper; fill with stuffing made like
that for poultry, only drier. Sew it up
and put in hot pan, with some drip
pings and Jumps of butter, and bake for
one hour aud half, basting OCCASION
ally.
Calls Liver Saute-Slice the liver.
Throw boiling water over it for a
minute. Have some butter very hot in
a frying pan, and lay the slices in,
turning until cooked firm; place on a
hot dish. Squeeze lemon-juice aud
sprinkle parsley over the top. Add the
butter in which the liver was cooked and
serve.
Curry of Cold Meat-Put three table.
spoonfuls of butter into a frying pan,
and when hot add one onion cut into
dice. AS it browns, adj three table,
spoonfuls of flour and one teaspoonful OF
curry powder. Stir two minutes; add a
pint of stock or water; let it simmer five
minutes and then strain it on the meat,
which has been prepared by cutting into
thin slices.
Flannel Cakes-Rub two ounces OF
butter into a quart of sifted -four with
the hands until we'll mixed add one tea
spoonful of salt. Mix together the
beaten yolks Of three eggs and one pint
and half of milk; add this to the flour
beat hard until smooth. Next add the
whites of the eggs beaten to stiff froth
and two tablespoonful of baking pow
der. Bake quickly on hot griddle,
creased with fat.
flashed Potatoes-Hashed potatoes
are never more delicious than when
potatoes are new. Take six cold boiled
potatoes, mince them and season them
with salt and pepper, adding a little
milk or stock. Melt a tablespoonful of
butter in an omelet pan, and when it is
very hot, pour in the potatoes. Spread
evenly and set back where they will
brown, then fold over like an omelet aud
serve. A little minced parsley or onion
improves the dish.
Hominy--Soak one quart of hominy
over night, put over the fire in tin
pail, set in boiling water with water to
cover. Boil quietly for five hours, as it
cannot be hurried. After the grains be-
gin to soften on no account stir it. The
water put in tat first ought to be enough
to finish it, but if it proves too little add
more carefully, as too much makes il
sloppy. Salt just before taking from
the stove, as too early sailing makes il
dark. If properly done the grains will
stand out snowy and well done, but
round and separate.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-25
ArterIal Blood Flow.

One of the most interesting OF the new
psycho-physiological instruments is the
plethysmograph, which indicates the
least flow of blood in the arteries of the
arm. BY means of it, observers have
found that when the sentence of the
Judge is read before criminal there is
a decrease in the flow of blood in the
arm, but that the sight of glass of wine
increases the fow. Again, when it is
required to perform an arithmetical cal
culation. to multiply, for example, nine
times seventy three, an increase in blood
flow is the result.
The flow is little affected in brutal
murderer or born criminal when pistol
is shown to him, whereas IN the normal
man the plethysmograph Indicates de.
cided effect. Thus involuntary testi-
mony is supplied as to the nervous aud
physical nature of the born instead of
the accidental criminal. London Chron.
icle.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-25

DAVID G. COOK. and sometimes two
mission schools of the West Side, meet
ing at different hours until the
great fire of 1871 changed his plans,
and marked the beginning of his work
on the North Side. Seeing the dis
tress aud pressing need for help, he left his
home and rented rooms in one of the poor
est and toughest neighborhoods of the burnt
district, where, with three other young
men whom he persuaded to join him, he
gave himself TO relief and mission work.
Here on North avenue, in German theatre
and beer hall, was started his Everybody
Mission" afterward removed to a building
of its own near by. This mission, with at
tendance of $50 to 49, he started built up
and sustained without aid from any church
or society for five years. until others were
able to occupy the field. He also organized
and superintendent on the North Side, North
Avenue Mission, Lake View Mission and
Lake View Union schools, and, in Elgin the
Grace Church School, besides several smaller
enterprises elsewhere.
His first publications were prepared only
for his own schools, then, to divide the cost
of type-setting, he asked orders from others.
No one could be more surprised than he at
the demand thus created. Afterwards his
schools afforded place for first testing new
helps and new ideas. 1t is TO this love for
the work. and close application to it, that
schools are indebted for what he has done
for the cause of Sunday-school literature.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-25
CLEANING A TOP BUGGY.

A leather top of a buggy requires care
full and regular attention to keep it in
good condition. 1t is much injured by
the ammonia vapors of a stable, and
therefore should be kept in separate
house or shed where it is not exposed to
the weather. 1t should always be cleaned
when brought ir from use, especially If
it has been splashed with mud. This
acts like blister and takes the color from
both cover and body. The cover is first
washed with rose nozzle and force
pump, but not with hard stream that
will fierce the dust or sand in the leather.
This will quickly spoil it. When the
dirt is washed off in this way it is once
more rinsed with clean water and then
left to dry, or is softly wiped with linen
cloth or a chamois skin. 1t is then wiped
softly with soft sponge aud castor oil.
This is done while the leather is damp.
1t will not crack, and will keep its color
and gloss under this treatment.-New
York Times.