St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-05
The Facts Revealed by the
Exposure Of This Great
q Combination.
Robberies Admitted by the
Leading Republican Paper
of the State.
Are the Farmers Of Mime
sofa Ready to Indorse the
y Combine ?
1t is time for a new deal.

FARMERS anu producers VI IiiC olaIO'
No reform i'll the grain laws, for ex-
ample. can be hoped for without
change in the state house.
Are the farmers and the business men
of the state prepared to indorse the do
ings of the railroad and elevator COM
bine?
Are the farmers ready to indorse the
secret shipping OF grain out of state ele-
vatorS?
Are they prepared to indorse a system
that enables the elevators to declare
dividends Of 20, so, 40 and even 30 per
cent?
Are the men who grow wheat ready
and willing to indorse a system under
which one man is able to dictate the
price that shall be paid for wheat
throughout the Northwest?
Are &they ready to indorse the ring
thai robs them of nearly 20 cents
bushel on their wheat crops?
If so they will vote for Nelson and
continuance of rule by the rings for the
benefit of the rings.
For this is exactly what the elecuon
of Nelson will mean.
The smoke will not have cleared from
the field of battle on the day following
the election before the wheat robbers
will be heard declaring that the people
of the state have vindicated them, pro-
vided Nelson is elected.
Are the people of Minnesota ready to
give Pillsbury and his allies such vim
dication?
1t certainly does not look that way
now, and, unless all signs fail and the
farmers of this state prefer ring rule
under the name Republican to a free
market and a square deal under some
other label, Dan w. LAWYER will, OH
next Tuesday. be chosen governor by a
handsome plurality.
More than ten weeks age the expos
ure of the wheat combine was given TO
the people of Minnesota. and In all
these weeks no defense that has met
single point of that great exposure
has been made. PillS6ury, WaShourn,
Nelson, Bob Jamison and all the organs
of the ring have tried to defend the
party, but what has been their defense?
Simply to ring in the Chicago board of
trade and give the people an impression
that this great exposure originated
there. This. of course, is false; but, for
the sake of argument. suppose that 1t
had, is that any answer to the abuses
that have been proven to exist?
Does this silly charge relieve the Re-
publican officials from responsibility for
the wheat they allowed to be stolen
from the public elevators and hurried
East under cover of darkness?
Certainly not, nor does 1t relieve the
Republican state government from more
serious betrayalS of the Interests OF the
people. The report Of the minority OF
the grain investigating committee was
never questioned. 1t showed that 63,-
900. 600 bushels of wheat are marketed
in Minneapolis and Duluth as against
21OO0, 900 in Chicago. 1t is also admit
ted that these 63.000.0 900 bushels are sent
from Duluth either in wheat or -four.
The freight from Duluth to Europe is
the same as from Chicago to Europe.
The markets at Minneapolis and Duluth
are. therefore, entirely independent of
Chicago; for, why should market with
three fOurths OF the wheat be depend
ent OH Chicago? 1t is not. and so at
lacking the Chicago board of trade does
not help the Republican defenders ana
protectors of the wheat ring.
Charles A. Pillsbury admits that the
price paid for wheat in the terminal
markets of Minneapolis and Duluth is
81 cents per bushel less than the Chi
cago price.
Minneapolis VI Duluth and Chicago.
But as no wheat is shipped from
either point to Chicago this amount is
not paid.
Here is where the farmers lose 6I
cents per buShel.
rimbt hnrp
The Pioneer Press, the great defender
of the wheat ring in the present cam
paign, on April 8, 1892, the day follow
ing the publication OF the majority re-
port of the wheat investigating commit
tee, published whole page expose OF
the way in which the farmers of the
Northwest are cheated OH their
wheat. This article showed every
item of expense incurred i'll shipping a
bushel OF - heat from Fargo and Crooks
ton to LIVERPOOL, by way of Duluth.
Buffalo and New York city. The differ
ence in the price at each OF these points
was shown, three years being taken,
1889, 1899 and 1891. The last four
months of each of these years were
taken, the daily quotations given and
the average price ascertalned for the
month. Without following out the en-
tire calculation on account of space, it
is sufficient to consider the month of
December in each of these three years,
and show the average Inference in
price between the terminal points, Du-
iuth and Minneapolis and the primary
Red river valley points. Crookston
and Fargo. The average difference
in price between these points
during the month OF December, 1889,
was 20 cents per bushel; for December,
1890, % cents, and for December, 1891,
20 cents per bushel.
The freight from Fargo or CrookSton
to Duluth or Minneapolis was 1917
cents per bushel during each of these
periods.
Thus, on the authority of the Pioneer
Press, the farmer was deliberately
robbed of 81 cents per buShel Oh his
wheat in December, 1889; 1412 In De-
cember, 1890, and 81 in December,
1891.
The Pioneer, i'll commenting on this,
said that it was not apparent where
this difference went to.
This was true at that time.
But the exposure of the combine
showed just where 1t went.
This cannot be denied. 1t was pub
lisAed i'm the Pioneer Press last April
and no defense or denial was ever
made.
Mr.. Pillsbury ADMITTED steal of 81
cents per bushel after the wheat reached
the terminal points of Duluth and Min
neapeIis in his testimony before the In
yestig ating committee. Add this 615
e.nts to the 915 in December, 1889, and
the farmers loss was Is cents per bushel;
the same month in 1890 the loss was q
cents; in December, 1897, it was 1f
cents per bushel.
The Pioneer Press could not show
where this difference went to: the
GLOBE has shown, and the only answer
made has been a $4,000 bet offered by
Charles A. Pillsbury as bluff. 1t is
apparent that the Republican defend
ers of the wheat ring are spending a
great deal of money to elect Nelson.
The people of the state know this, land
knowing it. if they want to indOrse the
wheat robbers all they need to do is tC
vote for Nelson.
Remember the wheat ring.
Remember that vote for Nelson will
be an Endorsement of this ring.
& Remember that this wheat ring robs
the farmers OF the state OF not less than