Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-04

all the temperance and religious Jour
mails it is possible for them to get. SEQ
ond, that there is one newspaper in North
Dakota, at least, making professions Of
great goodness and morality, that has
sold itself body and soul to the Brit
ish-American gold trust, which fur
nishes the money to push this iniquit-
Gus work. How many more papers
have been purchased in similar way
cannot be told. That there are others
cannot be reasonably questioned. That
all OF them are bound up by such con-
tracts as was signed by the Basunen
is very doubtful. The future alone can
reveal the extent to which the press Of
the northwest has been corrupted by
this baleful influence. Meanwhile the
people whose labor produces the wealth
OF the northwest will do well to read
carefully and believe sparingly of every
article appearing in the press which
smacks of the arguments of the gold
trust One editor, at least, has learned
the lesson that you cannot fool all the
people all the time" Perhaps others
viii learn the lesson later 1t is to be
hoped, for their own interest as well
oS eAlhO VI bAlCII IUdI IIltY ndV0
already learned it:
FARGO, N. D., Feb. g. 1892
A Lindele, Esq, Secretary and Editor Basu-
men, Hillsboro, N. D.:
Dear Sir: Your favor OF the S0th ult re-
cefyed and Its contents carefully noted-but
had not time TO answer II before my departure
for Aberdeen. Our South Dakota friends were
very much pleased 70 learn OF your valuable
paper. and viii do all in their power to circulate
IL among the Scandinavian people in our state,
as the Ekko has very little influence among the
prohibitionists. I fully agree with you as to
the plan and time Of circulating Basunen al
the work done before and in the oaucuses is the
main foundation for the whole campaign and
am confident that you on your accord can lay
our cause before the people in very able
manner-but nevertheless the South
Dakota people ordered me to secure your ser.
vice In printing as editorials, IL possible, thirty
antialliance articles referred to in my last let
ter. There win be only one Scandinavian
paper besides yours in the whole northwest
that VIII get these articles to print and as the
other one is published In St. Paul. the papers
Will not be likely to interfere with each other
in many places. What I would like to know
then, is
1. Your price per inch for publishing our anti
alliance articles as editorials about 1,05o
inches
2 Your price for 5000 copies of Basunen
from March to July lin all seventeen weeks
don't think we could afford 10 send out your
paper In the busy harvest months Of July and
August-more perhaps than one issue following
the convention.
must ask you to make your figures as low
as possible, taking into consideration your
| chance OF keeping most of them as permanent
subscribers, besides the fact that you viii be
| able to secure higher prices for advertising
The reason why ask this Is to.close the con.
tract without too extensive correspondence an
we would like to know very soon on what pa-
pers We can depend, and also for the fact that
the amount allowed for your journal is u 900
| for adver tising and circulating papers
VIII say, though, that if we carry the day In
the state convention we will be able to raise an
| other sum for your paper TO cover the contract
between convention and the election
| thank you very much for the information
regarding Dakota have no use for that paper
| then Since wrote you last have visited
jamestown, Brunswick, Aberdeen, Valley City,
| Cooperstswn Casselton, Lisbon, LaMoure
Wahpeton and other smaller places, and find
that leading Scandinavian republicans praise
| your paper very highly. But they say Nor
| manden OF Grand Forks, is hurting cur PARTY
| In many localities, and you say, IL has 600
subscribers, IL might prove to be a dangerous
| opponent How do you think the chances would
| stand II your circulation was brought up TO tha
| same amount 5000, which it will be by our
| sending out 5000 extra? Do you think IL would
be policy to try to win fhe
| Normanden over to our side, and in such case
| do you think it could be donei Some say 1t is
|
| that is true! How do you think we should pro-
| ceed IN trying to secure the Normandenf Do
you know Of any good, influential republican in
the state who is o friend of the editor and ona
that we could get 70 negotiate with him In the
matter?
Tonight shall have to 60 to Fergus Falls.
where viii stay q couple Of days II you could
answer within day or two, please address let
ters TO Fergus Falls, or later address Head
quarters hotel, Fargo.
Hoping that you will avail yourself of tlfa
Opportunity Of making something In an honest
way, besides booming your worthy paper and
promoting the temperance cause, 1 remain.
very truly, JOHN W WEST
There are two Norwegian papers anxious =.
get the contract for North Dskota-one IN Sc
Paul and the other In Chicago. They are both
supposed TO be strong papers, but we would
rather patronize home trade and use your pa
per, II we can agree. II must be understood
tnat we cannot use as many as 5000 papers for
four months unless We can have our articles In
serted Hoping TO meet you tomorrow night
remain, yours for true republioanism,
JOHN W. WEST.
CONTRACT
We hereby agree to furnish the republican
campaign committees, Of North Dakota soutf,
Dakota ana Minnesota, 5000 copies each veal
OF Afholds Basunen for period of four montha
from March ], 1892 TO July I, 1892 for q consid-
erauon Oh "a cents per copy. And we also
agree 70 publish as editorials or eommunioa-
tions, as we may Judge it wisest, in said AfhoIds
Basunen, 1000 inches, more or less OF anti-alIi-
ance articles. copy OF which is to be furnished
py the republican committee, without anv extra
cnarge The payments for the above 20 be
made every month in advance.
lSlgneol AFHoLDs BAsUNEN
By A. LINDELIE
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