Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-12

prices was checked during the last
ten days OF September, in Minneapo-
lis, by greedy spectators, some Of
whom are millers and charge high
prices for -four, bran and shorts.
There is Il colored gentleman in that
combine wheat pit who should be
smoked out by Minnesota farmers,
because he robs rs OF % to 40 cents
per bushel Of the legitimate value Of
our wheat. Therefore we hereby call
Il meeting OF grain growers to be
held in the city OF Crookston, Oct.
rs, 1898, at 9 o'clock a. m. to devise
ways and means for reducing trans.
portation charges on grain and COM
pei railroads, millers and dealers to
do business on basis of legitimate
profit, based on the same average
net profit o.. actual capital invested
in railroads, elevators and mills, as
the average net profit made on cap
ital invested in farm property in the
state OF Minnesota. We hereby de-
clare war upon and independence Of
the wheat buyers combine, and pro-
pose that corporations who are law
fully combined for the purpose OF
large gains to our detriment, shall
be called before a bar of Justice to be
tried by their creator, the state OF
Minnesota, under the statutes OF said
state, for conspiracy or cxtortion,
as the case may be.
We declare that the people OF the
State OF Minnesota are masters
over corporations, and over the
members OF corporations within it's
jurisdiction; that corporations,
firms and associations are permitted
to do business to serve he people at
reasonable compensation; that the
people OF tie state OF Minnesota is
entitled to free competition in Grade;
that the usnrpation Of power by
combinations, taking away from us,
by might and stealth our inaliena-
bic rights, making us their serfs in
facr, ii not in name shall cease! And
for that purpose we propose to have
laws enforced! Justice to all, special
privileges to none!! We are entitled
to equality before the law. We are
entitled to equal privileges with al!
Other. classes in trade to fix values
OF our property. We deny that rail
roads, elevators and mill owners
have the right to fix taxes upon Us
without our consent. We deny the
! right OF them VI any other class Of
people to fix the value OF our proper.
ty. We declare that sales on Boards
OF Trade are no public
| bona fide market sales because such
sales are limited to the members
who gamble, or who are associated
with those who do gamble, to beat
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