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Waseca, whose interests he was COM
batting.
ii. P. Bjorge, of Underwood. testi fed
that he had been |
Warned Not to Buy Grain
at his place, and was told by travelling
| agent that if he did he might meet the
same fate that had overtaken buyer
| at the next station who had failed in
| business, or even follow in the tracks
of Brandborg. who was on his way to
| the penltentiary. This conversation,
! of course, took place before Brandborg
was acquitted, the entire conversation
was missing from the testimony, and
when the grain growers sought TO have
Bjorge recalled the attorney general
declined to do so.
The testimony of S. M. Owens, editor
of Farm, Stock and Home. is interest
ing, especially that referring to the
money paid j. NJ. Stowe to induce him
to desist from buying at Wadena. This
money was paid by the Northern
Pacific and the North Dakota elevator
ager of the Northern Pacific Elevator
company, spoke of the purchase very
indifferently, as if it were quite com
mon thing: "Of course" said he to
Mr.. Owens. "we don't pay the $3.50; it
comes out of the farmers who sell their
wheat at Wadena."
The testimony of &. ii. Jensen, of
Nelson. proved that the Great Northern
railroad attempted to dictate the price
OF wheat, and insisted that he come
down to list price and quit causing
trouble with other roads Ito the imperil-
ment of freight rates.. A letter from
- frof nf
the Great Northern road, to Mr.. Jensen
proves cOnclusiYely the connection OF
Frank Irons with the combine. 1t is as
follows:
Irons Makes Prices.
Dear Sir. Our travelling freight agent who
was recently in your vicinity. advises us that
you desire to have the Duluth market price
telegraphed you daily. These prices are sent
out by Frank II. Irons, of Minneapolis, to all
the various elevator interests i'll the North
west. don't exactly know what arrange
ments he makes, but would suggest that you
write him on the subject. Yours truly,
P. p. SHELBY, G. II. NJ.
George TiIeston. prominent miller
at st. Cloud. clinches the testimony fur
nished by Shelby's letter by producing
lot Of correspondence from Frank II.
Irons. in which the peremptOry list
prices for the next days business are
quoted. lie swore that he bought on an
average 1.00O,000 bushels of wheat
yearly, and that he couldn't do bust
ness unless he conformed to the list.
He does not say why, but it appears
from his evidence that he secures
transit rates from the railroads, without
which he could not mill at profit. 1t
is rather queer that Pillsbury in his evil
dence swears that the railroads have
abolished milling in trarsit rates.
Either TilestOn or PIllsbury is in error.
Frank Irons testified that he repre-
Sented fifteen elevator companies, CON-
prising the Minneapolis & Northern,
Northern Pacific, North Dakota. North
western, Minnesota u Dakota, EN-
pire, Star. Christensen & Co., Atlantic,
Bagley, Soule, Van Dusen. Central,
milford, Pacific and Osmun & McMil-
Ian, an aggregation of companies con-
trolling upward of 1,5OO country ele-
vators; and yet Messrs. Pillsbury and
Amsden both testified that they had
never heard of a combination to control
prices and handle the wheat crop of the
Northwest except in newspaper talk.
The Republican organs published at
Minneapolis and st. Paul should take
the trouble to read all the evidence
brought before tine investigating COM
m!ttee, and then publish their honest
deductions.