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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-12-06
An Outrageous Robbery.
MOORHEAD, Nov. Is, 189

MooRHEAD, Nov. Is, 1894.
EDITOR REPRESENTATIVE:
Please find enclosed petition signed
by the editors Of both the papers that
are printed in this town, also by the
heaviest dealers in wood and coal and
many of the principal merchants and
professional men;-in fact every one
[ presented it to, signed it. could
have gotten ten times as many, but I
didn't see any use as they all are of
the opinion that we are robbed by
high rates of freight.
Just think! Hard coal, dug in Penn
sylvania: shipped over 300 miles of
railroad and 500 miles of water, laid
down on the east line of the state
of Minnesota for six dollars and ten
cents ($6.1O), and we are robbed by
the high rate of three dollars $500
a ton from Duluth to Moorhead. The
rates from New York to St. Paul are
cheaper than from St. Paul to Moor
head. l can prove this by any mer-
chant in the city; not only in coal
but wood, lumber, oats, wheat, flax,
potatoes.
In fact, everything that we have to
ship in Minnesota. 1t is in our own
state that we are robbed, and it is
a shame that the people in Minneso-
ia cannot elect a legislature that can
bring these robbers to time.
There is not a country in the world
that railroads can be operated in as
cheaply as in Minnesota, as nature
puts a perfect ballast on said roads
from November Is to April IS. In
the Red river valley they average
four men to IS miles of road to keep
it in repair.
So you see the cost is less than in
any other country that l know Of, as
the ground does not heave as it does
further south.
1t Is not the farmers alone that are
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-12-06
A Suggestion to Mr.. Long.
COKATO, Nov. 2, 1893.

MR.. EDITOR:
If you have spare copies of the
REPRESENTATIVE of November 8th.
please send one each to Clemet Erick-
son and Julius Erickson, Hutchin-
son, Mimi, and I think you will have
two subscribers for your paper. am
doing all can for the cause, but not
SO much as l would like to do for the
REPRESENTATIVE owing to the fact
that the population is largely Scan
dinavian and many are unable to
read the English language. I think
a deputy county lecturer Of that ma
tionality would be a great help to the
cause in Wright county.
HANS L. SAND.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-12-06
JONAS HOWE.
He Discusses Cooperative In.
situations.

StitutiOns.
EDITOR REPRESENTATIVE:
The most advanced thought of the
age is turning toward the cO-Operat-
i've commonwealth as the only sure
remedy for our social evils. The
thinkers point to our railroad cor
poratiOns as a practical object les
son of the want Of economy in cor
pOratiOn management and compare
them with our post-office accommo.
datiOns-a purely governmental CO.
operative institution managed for
the interest of the people, with none
so poor as to be deprived of it's bene-
fits.
Whether this advanced thought is
progressing towards the true solution
of the present unfortunate condi-
tions or not, as a tentative cure it is
worthy of trial, for the ingenuity of
man, at the instigation of the devil,
never planned more disastrous con-
dition for the wealth-p"oducers than
we are now experiencing. 1t seems
that the social democrats, as they
style themselves, are advancing on
parallel lines with the peoples party,
and its advocates generally support
our platform and will vote for it's
measures and candidates in the main,
implying that we have started in
right and are going their direction
at the start at least; whether our
roads diverge farther on or not re-
mains to be proved. II after the
government under populist manage
ment br0adens out enough to work
for the general welfare Of the people
and leaves the plutes without the aid
Of class laws for their special benefit,
II that alone should prove way of
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-12-06
kicking, but every merchant and
dealer in this section.
w. r. BODKIN.
From Wisconsin.
RACINE, Wis, Dec. I, %:

x6AO1NG3 w AOOs - W.
EDITOR REPRESENTATIVE:
In. this city we have organized
club for the purpose of educating
people to understand their duties as
American citizens. Mr.. Louis FL
holm, the business manager OF the
Racine Advance, has arranged his
shoe store with tables and chairs to
accommodate 100 persons, SO that we
can meet there every Sunday after
noon from one to three o'clock. Mr..
Elholm has done this without charge.
II other men with sufficient means
will do as Mr.. Elholm has done, there
will be no trouble to gather people
with small means together and es-
tablish clubs for the purpose here in
di ated.
Our club is called the Liberal Re-
form Association, and the peoples
party platform is our constitution.
Iwould urge every man or woman
to do all in their power to start clubs
for the same purpose in every town
or district, and let us keep correct
account of the voters in our respect
i've precincts, and bring them to the
polls on election day.
II we, the working people, do not
stand together and post each other,
we will deservedly be slaves, and we
are taking long strides toward slav-
cry now, by voting without full
knowledge of what we are voting for
and who we are voting for.
JAS. G. ANDERSON.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-12-06

zation of gold by the servants of the
people, and instead of raising govern
ment revenue by taxing the poor on
what they consume they should adopt
a method Of taxing the surplus OF the
rich, and adopt the socialist plan Of
ownership of the rail
roads and telegraphs, it will be but a
step toward the operation by the
state of all natural monopolies.
Whether we call ourselves the so
cial democracy or the peoples party
it is only matter Of taste; "a rose
by any other name would smell as
SWEET. Now many Of us are preju-
diced against the name Socialist; it
has been so increasingly, so unjustly,
and so falsely ranked with "anarch-
ist" that when we hear one we are
apt to think of the other, though
they are as distinctly separate as the
bimetallic republicans and the mono
metallic democrats.
However this may be, the farmers
alliance has long favored cooperation
in buying and selling, and I wish to
announce to the many readers of the
REPRESENTATIVE that there is an
effort being made to start co-Opera-
tive exchange in Minneapolis, to be
owned and operated by the farmers
and the city working men. We have
progressed SO far as to start joint
stock company whose members shall
take one or more shares at five dol.
lars each and pay in the same on OF
about January l, 1894. We have
about forty shares now subscribed
and wish to increase the number to
one hundred before commencing op-
erations.
Now, brothers of the alliance OF
grange who believe in the motto SIN
at,,ion there is strength" when applied to
buying and selling, let us hear from
you as soon as convenient, and let us
know if your faith is equal to one or
more shares. Please address your let.
ters to the undersigned, or any ques-
tions in regard to the movement.
In my observation in regard to CO.
operative stores, which have always
been of great interest to me from my
youth up to three score and ten,
many have been successful when
carried on with strict regard to a few
essential rules; but when these rules
have been disregarded, failure and
dissatisfaction have been the invari.
able result.
I will state that before cOmmenc.
ing business there will be a meeting
of stockholders announced through
the papers friendly to the cause, and
a vote will be had on the acceptance
of the bylaws and officers to be elect.
ed. JONAS H. HOWE,
Solicitor by request.
Parkers Lake, Henmepin Co., Mimi.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-12-06
NOTICE.

Anyone can obtain Free Silver
literature by addressing The Pan
American Bi-Metallic Association,
Denver, Colo, and enclosing postage
for same.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-12-06
HON. S. M. OWEN
OF Minneapolis will Address the
Farmers Alliance Meeting
To be Held at the Court House in
CrOOkstOn on Dec. 9th.

The Polk County Alliance will meet
on the 9th of December and having
secured the Hon. S. M. Owen to deliv-
er an address at that time, we hope
every alliance in the county will be
represented. Call meeting of your
alliance at once and elect delegates to
the county meeting. Please send the
names of the delegates elected to
Hon. John D. Knuteson at Mcintosh,
MIMI, so list can be prepared,
thereby saving much valuable time.
The question of the Minnesota Alli-
ance joining the secret order of the
F. A. & I. e., will come up before the
state meeting, hence 1 hope each To-
cal alliance will at it's meeting discuss
the advisability of taking such a step
and send delegates who are prepared
to act as you desire.
Never has the necessity for a
farmers organization been greater
than now. The producing classes are
being ground between the upper and
lower millstones. Combinations fix
the price on our products, so the
farmer can barely exist, while upon
the fruits ofhis labor colossal for
tunes are being built up by the option
gamblers, railroad magnates and usu-
rers. New trusts are being formed
every day to destroy competition reg
ulate the output of manufactures
and thus secure to themselves the
full benefit of that monster of iniqui-
ty the Mckinley tariff. The eighth
Financial Conspiracy" has been con-
summated:-silver has been struck
down, the debts of the country are
vastly increased by the ruinous policy
of contraction of the volume of legal
tender debt paying money.
The "honest dollar" has now be-
come so valuable that it requires
more than two bushels of wheat to
buy it, and by the time the Demo
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. COM
bine get through with it, it will be
"out Of sight,"
The bi-metallic platform upon
which Cleveland was elected has now
become too small for him and his
antics in pretending to be in favor of
silver and yet posing as dictator in
giving congress notice beforehand
that he would under no circumstances
allow silver to be recognized, is a
spectacle to make angels weep and
the imps of darkness gloat over the
train of miseries that must follow.
We are fast becoming homeless
people. Already one-fourth of the
farmers are tenants. Speculations
in grain, determinations in trankpor-
tation, usuries of Shylock andclass
legislation in favor of the rich is
doing it's deadly work and doing it
we'll. Shall we then disband in des-
pair and join in the worship of the
golden calf?
Is it not wiser to continue the
fight even though the obstacles to be
overcome seem insurmOuntable? Let
every alliance man and friend of re-
form in the county come and hear
Hon. S. NJ. Owen speak and you will
not only have literary treat, but
the nuggets of wisdom which fall
from the lips of a man who has grown
gray in the battle for human rights
are pearls to be treasured by every
lover Of freedom. Yours fraternally,
E. E. LOMMEN,
Pres. Polk County Alliance.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-12-06
The Wanderer.
or the REPRESENTATIVE.

)r the REPRESENTATIVE.
Tramp! tramp! trampl
Not to the bugle's sound,
Not meath banners bright
Never with glory crowned.
Tramp! tramp! tramp!
From breaking dawn till night,
Over the frozen earth,
Treading it's carpet white.
Tramp! tramp! tramp!
A broken and weary soul
A thrObbiDg, fevered brain
That longs to reach the goal.
Tramp! tramp! tramp!
Driven from town to town,
Denied the boon of toll
Or place to lay me down.
Tramp! tramp! tramp!
Does honor still hold sway?
Is pity to be found?
Or have they passed away?
Tramp! tramp! tramp!
And nothing, nothing wrong?
All equity and right
For weak as we'll as strongP
Tramp! tramp! tramp!
That greed may count its gold
Again and still again
A brothers soul is sold.
Tramp! tramp! tramp!
Not to the bugle's sound,
Not meath banners bright,
Never with glory crowned.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-12-06
ty-five bushels Of wheat in Kansas
brought 500 in gold. Now it takes
$50 bushels to do it.

brought 800 in gold. Now it takes
$50 bushels to do it.
Under the congressional enact
ments of the last quarter of centu-
ry, discriminating in favor of gold
and against silver, monopolies have
flourished and fattened, while the
"Gold Kino" has dictated the finan-
cial policy of the nation. As part
Of the fruits of this, and other un-
just legislation against the interests
of the common people," we find the
private mortgage Indebtedness OF
eight average states, according to the
census of 1890, to be as follows:
Iowa Observation-Disclosures
Nebraska. ............ 1872, 9O2 1922
Missouri. ............ 2l4,6O9,772
Wisconsin. .......... 12l, 1888, 1853
Kansas. 235, 485, 1O8
Indiana 40, 73O,643
Illinois. 1884, 300, $50
PENNSYLVANIA. ......... 613, 1O5,602
Bear in mind that this indebted
ness does not include municipal or
state liabilities, nor does it include
any personal note, bond, or account,
not secured by mortgage. The aggre-
gate mortgage debt OF the people
of these eight states, is, In round
numbers, s., zoo, 0OO, 900, which nearly
equals one-half Of all the gold coin
in the world. Cotton, corn, wheat,
oats, pork, beef, and wool have sold
at lower price during the past ten
years than for any similar period In
the last half century, while farms
have decreased in selling price at
least twenty-five per cent. To-day
we find general bankruptcy staring
the people in the face on every hand;
mines shut down, factories closed,
wages reduced, farm products selling
at buyers prices, and millions of men
and women willing to work but with
nothing to do, penniless and hungry.
The first thing congress ought to
do and do it quickly, too, Is to
restore silver to the position it occu-
pied under law prior to it's demone-
tization in 1873. Next, it should re-
peal all laws discriminating in favor
of one kind of government money,
and against another, to the end that
the currency with which we pay the
farmer for his wheat, the planter for
cotton, and the laborer for his days
work. shall be full legal tender for
all debts, public and private.
Our country is rapidly drifting tow
ard the footprints of Europe. TWEEN
ty-four states in this union have more
tenants than England, Ireland, Scot
land and Wales combined.
In 1880, in ten average counties in
Ohio, only twenty-five per cent. OF
the farmers were tenants. In 1890
the number had increased to 81 per
cent, while in an equal number OF
average counties in Kansas the In
crease was from thirteen to thirty
three per cent. It requires no great
warrior, orator, or statesman to see
whittier we are drifting; and unless
the people become thoroughly
aroused to the seriousness of the sit
uation, we will, at time not very
far in the future, have a nation of
serfs, ruled by few money kings.
May God help our people to realize
the danger before it is too late.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-02-25

less than one year and not exceeding FIVE
years.
SEC. 80. No person except a member of
the Board of Election shall receive from any
voter a ballot prepared by such voter. No
person shall examine such ballot or solicit a
voter 10 show the same. No person shall
remove any ballot from any polling place
before the closing Of the polls. No person
shall apply for or receive a ballot at any
election precinct other than the one on
which he is entitled to vote. No person
shall show his ballot to any person, after
marking it, so as to reveal any Of the names
voted for. No person shall ask another
within one hundred feet Of the polling place
for whom he intends to vote. No voter
shall receive ballot from any other person
than one of the Clerks of Election, nor
shall any other person than Clerk of Elec-
ton deliver such ballot TO such voter. No
voter shall deliver to the Board Of Election
or to any member thereof any ballot other
than the one received from Clerk Of Elec-
ton. No voter shall place any mark upon
his ballot by which it may afterwards be
identified as the one voted by him Any
person violating any provision Of this sec
ton shall be deemed guilty. Of mlsdemean-
or, and upon convictIod thereof shall be
fined in a sum not less han fifty dollars and
not exceeding i've hundred dollars, or by
imprisonment in the county Jail for a term
not less than one month and not exceeding
six months.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-02-25
SEALED PROPOSALS.

N Office IS HERERY GIVEN THAT IN PUR-
lNsuenee of an act entitled IAN Act to provide
for County Hospital in Lyon County. and
matters pertaining thereto" Approved March
End, 1887, that sealed proposals will be received
at the Office of the Board OF County Commits
sioners of Lyon county, until 10 O'Clock a. NJ. of
Monday, February 9Th 1873, submitting proper
ly described tracts or parcels OF land situate in
the county of Lyon, of not less than forty t40l
acres, nor i'll excess OF one hundred and sixty
(160) acres in area together with description
of water privileges belonging thereto, build.
ings thereon, if any, and prices asked for said
lands,
No proposal will be entertained wherein the
owner of land described does not possess an
absolute title to water right or water rights,
applicable to the irrigation of said land nor
where the value of land, with or without i'm
provements. is estimated in excess of three
thousand dollars ($3,009).
Should any proposal be accepted the eonsid-
Grafton to be paid for the property described
therein will be determined by appraisers, ap-
pointed in the manner as provided BY law in
such cases
All proposals must be addressed, Board of
County Commissioners, Dayton, Lyon county,
Nevada"
The Board reserves the right to reject any
and all proposals,
By order OF the Board of County Commits
sioners, - -
J. A. HUNT0ON, Clerk.
By HENRY Woop, Deputy Clerk
Dated Dayton, New, January 4, 1888
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-02-25

Among the Pom try.
Chicks do not require food until
they are "a hours old
Ducks are hardy, free from YER
min, and are liable to few diseases.
It will be found good plan to
empty the water vessels regularly
at night.
Arrange the drinking vessels SO
that the young fowls will not get
their feet wet
Occasionly giving milk with pow
dered charcoal in it will help to
whiten the flesh.
If fed and kept comfortable,
ducklings will be ready for market
when s weeks old.
Scaly leg is contagious, a single
fowl affected with it will soon affect
every fowl in the yard.
Oatmeal is one Of the very best
feeds that can be supplied to very
young poultry; pin-head oatmeal is
the best.
1t pays to feed young fowls lib
orally, as once Stunted they will
never regain their vigor, no matter
how well fed.
Cornmeal and wheat bran made
into mush with milk is a good
feed for ducklings, much better than
cornmeal alone.
On the farm good management,
good facilities and good markets
are of more importance than the
breed of fowls kept.
If eggs are sent some distance it
will be best to unpack carefully and
lay in bread basket "a hours be-
fore putting them under hen.
Even when the eggs are set under
a hen it will be best to examine
them after the sixth or seventh day
and take out all that are infertile.
In the economical management
of poultry it is as much Of an item
to know how to feed them as it is
with any other kind of stock kept
on a farm.
A good way to give the young
poultry good start is to keep them
free from vermin and feed them
literally; much depends upon the
start they get.
Giving too much stimulating food
often causes over egg production and
the consequence is that they will
be inferior hatchers, weak chickens
and inferior stock.
Some poultrymen adopt the plan
of cleaning the henhouse out every
morning and then sitting coal ashes
over the floor and roosts. This is a
good plan, as the dust settles all
around, and fine dust is excellent
to assist in keeping down poultry
vermin, as well as unpleasant odors.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-02-25

Joseph Y. Dory, of Warsaw, H.,
was troubled with rheumatism and
tried number of different remedies
but says none of them seemed to do
him any good, but finally he got
hold Of one that speedily cured him.
He was much pleased with it. and
felt sure that others similarly afilict-
ed would like to know what the
remedy was that cured him. He
states for the benefit Of the public
that it is called Chamberlain's Pain
Balm. For sale by Flaws.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-02-25

A number of horses and mares
have been sent from Elmshorn, Ger
many, to the United States, nine
teen of which are for breeding pur-
poses, and ten of them for exhibition
at the Worlds Fair in Chicago.
OF American apples nearly l.
100000 barrels are imported to Eng
land every season, about fourth
of these finding their way to Covent
Garden, The barrels weigh from
$40 to $50 pounds and are excell-
emily packed.
To keep bright steel or iron tools
from rusting, do this: Shake lump
lime in a closed vessel with Just
enough water to make powder.
While yet hot mix with just enough
tallow to make soft, doughty paste,
and rub it on the metal.
Much can be learned by observing
nature. A horse will never stand
facing wind in pasture, but will
always turn his back. A horse
heated by driving can be foundered
in few minutes by standing fac
ing the wind or in a draught.
The consumption of -four in
China, Japan and Central America
is on the increase. If the Chinese
ever should become sufficiently ed
ucated and civilized to use flour as
a daily article of food, its consump-
ton would be enormously increased
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-12-11

pard made a trip into the domain of a
hostile king, and was tor three days
under sentence of death for entering a
country forbidden to foreigners. His
life was saved by the kings wise men,
who decided that the missionary was a
son of the kings who had died and was
now returned. And, although Mr.. Shep-
pard tried to disabuse the kings mind
on this question, he could not do so. He
talked and preached to the king and his
people there for several months. This
kings family consisted of 700 people.
These people believe in witchcraft, Mr..
Sheppard says, and gave one instance
coming under his observation. A child
had died and a search was made for the
witch that was supposed to have caused
it's death. A woman was found and
given a trial. She was forced to take a
poison. the theory being that if the ac-
cused can vomit the poison he or she is
not guilty, but if the poison is effective
he or she is guilty. OF course the woman
died.
In closing Mr. Sheppard said that A frica
was a great field for missionary work and
that God would bless the Ashevile church
for what it had done in establishing the
mission. He would return to his work ac-
companied by two missionaries from the
Tuscaloosa institute. His tribute to the
memory OF MIR. LapSlev, VINO was IN
Asheville during the session of the Pres
byterian General Assembly, was eloquent
and beautiful.
Mr.. Sheppard S address was surprising,
although the people were expecting an in
structive talk. From the first word the ad-
dress was deeply interesting. The spe aker
has rapid delivery and uses we'll chosen
words, giving them added force with a
dramatic power that is winning in its
naturalness. His talk took tip an hour
and a half, yet the time seemed not
nearly 80 long. One thing conspicuous
was his failure to bring himself forward
in his account of the work. He gave all
praise to Mr.. Lapsley, and his every
reference was as that of humble de-
voted servant speaking of a beloved
master.
1t was a notable event, and nothing
but words of admiration of the address
could be heard among the congregation.
One member remarked to THE CITIZEN
Il never once thought of him as negro;
l listened to him as man."
Mr.. Sheppard showed a number of
curiosities, such as knives used for be-
heading, battle axes, beads, rugs, etc.
Mr.. Sheppard left this afternoon for
StateSville