St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-13
NO SLAVERY IN THEIRS.
iGyGTIUS D0RHELLY REPUOHTES
THE ELEVATOR c0M8lgE.
MEETING OF GRAIN GROWERS,

The state convention of Populists was
not without an aftermath, which ma
terialiZed yesterday morning in Il meet
ing of the grain growers Of the state at
| Harmonic hall. lgnalius DonIelly, the
| Wellington of the party, is at the head
| OF the movement, as was To be pre-
sumed, and be induced sufficient num-
Der of the sturdy yeomen to remain
| over SO that very respectable showing
was made.
The meeting was called to order by
Mr.. Donnelly, the call being read by
| Secretary. uendrickson. In substance,
Ii was as follows:
The Peoples party will probably
close its work i'll two days, and the
! grain growers convention will then be
held i'll the same hall. 1t will have no
| connection with the Peoples party. but
| Will be purely non-partiSan meeting.
LAS our enemies may try TO pack the
convention. all parties who propose to
attend are requested to procure writ
ten statement from the president or sec
rotary of the local Alliance in their
neighborhoOd, or from some other we'll
| known citizen, to the effect that they
are actual farmers and in sympathy
with the purposes of the convention.
All those who believe that the farmers
should quietly submit to injustice, with
out making any effort 10 defend them
| selves, are respectfully requested to
| Stay away.
I'VE do not expect to put up the price
! or wheat to 81 bushei. or even to 81 a
oushei, but 10 get as much out of it as
the worlds market will justify; and to
| get clear of as many middlemen as pos
| Sible.
'lf we could put up the price 10 cents
bushel it would represent saving Of
| Sl0,000.O00 to the Northwest; while
rise OF cents a buShel would put
! half that vast sum into the farmers
| pockets Of this section.
lit will certainly do no harm for the
grain growers TO get together, for one
day, to talk over the situation, and see
| il they eau improve their condition.
I'VE are told: Who would be free.
themselves must strike the blow And
1t will not do for American fIeemen,
| representing our country's greatest ana
most honorable, though most impover-
| lShed Industry, to fold their hands and
give up the great battle of life without
struggle. Every other interest Is
combined against the farmers. Are the
farmers the only Americans who are i'll
capable OF organizing for self defense?
Our enemies say SO. Shall we undeceiye
them?"
MR.. DoNNELLY'S SCHEME.
MIR. Donneliy then outlined the pro-
posed state elevator scheme, and he
stated that the chief justice who had
given the decision against il had been
been turned down by his own party,
and they expected to turn down an
other in the coming election. The ele-
Vator business was great robbery, SO
much so that he was informed that one
man in that business had made more
than $1,000, 000. which had virtually been
tilched from the farmers. The speaker
advised the election of secretary, and
also the appointment of committee to
go to Duluth and investigate the mat
ter. They had letters from great rail-
ROAD corporations offering to lend as
SlStance. for ii the scheme carried, the
committee could send a large amount of
freight over certain lines.
He advised the renting of an elevator
Duluth, which should be run by the
new association, and the farmers To ship
to that elevator. Then have a man in
Chicago who would receive the wheat,
make small charge, find the best mar
ketS for the wheat and sell it. He
didn't want it understood that he IN
tended any discrimination against Min
neapolis and st. Paul, if the millers
here would give as much as the best
market they could get, for he would
rather have the wheat milled here. If
this were done it could not be reported
that one man of a combine had put
Sl25, ZOO in his pocket III one year, while
some of the farmers could not get
enough money to buy postage stamp.
In conclusion Mr.. Donnelly charged
that the farmer had been cheated out
OF his money by the wheat combine.
VIEWED BY THE FARMERS.
After the election Of w. }. Bodkin as
chairman and Mr.. Hendrickson as per-
manent secretary, the views of those
present were called for.
Eric Olson. of Martiu county, spoke
in favor of farmers elevator company,
with all agent at Duluth. He thought
the English syndicate needed $4,000
bushels day to use, and If the farmers
| could establish their own Office, the
millers would be forced to come to
them to make their purchases. They
had organized grain growers associa-
ton once before, but nothing had been
| done since 1891. The trouble was that
i'll some way the big companies forced
! the farmers companies TO burst, but
there were enough live ones left to
| form nucleus for successful assOcia-
ton.
Remarks favoring the project were
made by L. G. Long. MIR. Perrine, L. A.
Paddock, Andrew Henderson. of Polk,
Mr.. Arnson, of Chippewa. and others,
all of whom wanted elevators built and
controlled by the farmers. n
Eric Olson thought the purchasers
should go the farmers to buy. The
boards of trade as now constituted should
be put down.
THE biggest fools ever saw on Gods
green eartE," he cried, ''are the farmers
who store their wheat. Just as soon as
they make 1t go up few cents they sell
it out, when they might raise it enough
to get price for it. We don't want the
millers to pay more than the wheat is
worth, but we want all there is in it,
and by the eternal we will get it'
A recess was here taken for dinner.
At the afternoon session additional
speeches were made favoring line and
terminal elevators.
| AN ORGANIZATION EFFECTED.
On motion of MIR. Donnelly it was de-
cided to organize grain growers asso-
citation, and In this connection he said !:
Are we to be helots and slaves? We
are told that the profits of the elevator
system last year were IS per cent of the
investment. Will we let them run an
other one In on US next year?''
The motion was carried with the
understanding that the association
should incorporate under the laws of
the state of Minnesota, but take in the
Dakotas. 1t was also understood that
when the articles of incorporation were
drawn they should include all branches
of farming, as well as grain growing.
MIR. Donnelly was nominated for
president, but he declined the honor.
W. j. Bodkin was elected without Cd.
position, and Mr.. Hendrickson was
elected secretary.
After discussion 1t was decided that
there should be vice president from
each district, except the Fourth and
Fifth, where one should serve, and one
at large.
A. &. Long was elected vice president
at large. Eric Olsen was chosen for the
Second district; ii. V. Poor, for the
Third district; Thomas j. Meehan, First