The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-28
1T is COMING!
The State Elevator Shows Symp.
toms OF Materiai.
ZatiOn.

toms OF Materiali.
ZatiOn.
THE WHEAT RING SCARED!
Already the coming shadow of the
State Elevator is carrying dismay
and disaster to the souls of the
Wheat-Ringsters. We find the fol-
lowing in the local gossip of the Min
neapolis Tribune, e,-Minneapolis be-
ing the head-center of the Ring:
&C. G. Evans, who is connected
with the state inspection of grain at
the Duluth elevators, was in the
city yesterday. Mr.. Evans said that
it was the understanding at Duluth
that the state commission had Sc
cured site for the state elevator
and were going on at once to con-
struct it. The movement, he says,
is very discouraging to the elevator
people, and they are further dis
turbed at what they expect to be the
result of the new State law raising
grain inspection. This is notwith-
attorney general that the new law
did not apply to the other elevators
The companies think that the at
tOrney general is mistaken, and they
do not see how the present rate of
Is cents per car can apply after the
new law goes into effect, and to their
view the result will be that all the
rates for inspection will become uni
form, and 60 up to so cents per car.
Thus, if this is true, the farmers
who have hitherto complained of the
rate, and been in the bottom of the
agitation which has caused the re-
ductiOn they now enjoy, will have
been the cause of raising the rate by
the new law. All this operates to
depreSs the elevator and grain busi-
ness, adding to the effect of the ex-
tremely low figures of the general
market.
Praise God for every thing that
"depresses' the Elevator Ring! May
they be depressed" into extinction;
and the poor plundered farmers have,
for the first time in quarter of a
century, the great boon of free
markets.
And how disturbed they are, good,
honest gentlemen, lest the increase
of inspection-fees, on carload lots,
of from Is cts. to so cts, will impov-
efish the grain-raisers Think of it,;
"a carload of 1000 bushels subject
ed to an increase of IS Cts. A thou
sand bushels at l ct. per bushel
would be $1,000 car; at J cent
1T would be $500 car; and so cents
car will be One-tenth of half-a-cent
or 10th of a cent a bushel; and 35
cts. car will be about two-thirds
of One-twentieth of one cent a BUSH
ELL! Fancy the farmer hunting
around in his pocket book for that
coin! And the poor Ring-the good,
honest, noble-hearted gentlemen,-
who have taken from ten to forty
cents bushel off the farmer for
years past, are afraid he can't afford
to pay that 3 of 1-20th of one cent
bushel! God help us! And they
weep; indeed they do. Yes; you can
hear them Sniffle. And they say
"Why, even the Attorney Generals S
opinion didn't save us! That infer
nal Donnelly exploded a ton of dyna-
mite under it, and blew it to the
moon; and he raised such an awful
hubbub that the republican admin
istratiOn saw it had to build the
state elevator or retire from buSi-
ness at the old stand" All credit to
Gov. Nelson for having had sense
enough to realize the situations; and
if he honestly labors to make the
state elevator effective, and does not
so administer it as to kill it, this
paper will give him due credit; for
the REPRESENTATIVES, is labOring to
help the people not for selfish pur-
poses. By rising above all personal
considerations it can do most good
to the world;--and as for the pe1iti-
cians-the devil will take care of
them anyhow!
But brethern,-help the REPRE-
SENTATIVE. See what it has done
for you already. Make every neigh
Dor subscribe. Get it into every
house. If you do we will have good
government in Minnesota. Help the
REPRESENTATIVE. 1t is y0Mr paper.
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