The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-07-04


President County Alliance.
81 s9l
The secretary ofthe State Alliance,
Mr.. A. Fl. Hendrickson, writes us:
II am OF the opinion that the new
Irvine order, Hz:li cash for anything
less than 10000 pounds, and cent more
per pound, will be fearful crash to
many of the hubdreds of alliances
which have DECIDED to purchase prison
twine." W a, ~
We call upon the State Prison Board of
Managers to meet at once and reverse this
order. The following gentlemen con-
stitute the board: Edwin Dunn, Ego
ia; Hon. John F. Norrish, Hastings;
Hon. j. S. O'Brien, Saltwater; F. w.
Temple, Blue Earth City; M. o. Hall,
Duluth. They are appointed and hold
under Gov. Nelson, although most, if
not all of them were in Office when he
became governor. And ,oe call upon
Coz. Nelson to see that the order Is reversed;
although it is too late now to over
come the evil effects already produced.
We want to be perfectly fair with
the Board; but we would say to them,
that this action, so different from their
advertisement IN the REPRESENTATIVE.
and their talk at the State Alliance
convention, in January last, is stirring
up great deal of bad blood, and re-
viving old matters, which we supposed
were buried. We have received the
following private letter from that ear
nest worker. Hamlin V. POore, of Rem
vile county. His language may be
too strong, but his Indignation is ex-
cusable; and we want the State Prison
Board and the governor to see the way
our leading farmers feel on this sub
ject:
BIRD ISLAND. MIMI June 49, 1894.
Hon. Ignatius Donnelly:
Dear Friend-I was in the south part of
this county last week and did all could to
get the farmers to order prison Irvine. They
seemed ready to do what they could. Had
large meetings Friday and Saturday even
ings, but could get at no definite conclusion
owing to their not being able to find any
dealer whe would get car load and handle
it without excessive charges. None of the
banker in this county. to get them to in
dorse their notes. Bankers. they say. will
not loan any money now unless real estate
security is given, and those two rascals at
Fairfax. Beard and Gray, are samples of
honorable bankers" in these parts; all
the difference that can be seen is, these 9TH
er bankers have not been put to the test
While doing all Lean to secure the pur-
chase of prison twi inc, still | am fully con-
WINGED there is great injustice being done
the farmers by the state prison board The
time Hall and Lathrop returned from their
Irvine picnic they brought samples Of fax
Irvine made by JIG. Todd. brought ball
home with me. Hall told me Todd offered
to lay that grade of Irvine down in st. Paul
for six cents per pound; that year think
we paid from II tod6 cents for other twines.
After all our effort to force those scamps
to place in the Saltwater prison a system
of Irvine machinery, they offer the farmers
a hemp Irvine at prices above what fax
Irvine could have been produced by private
parties four years ago. And all this time
millions of pounds have rotted and been
burned in this state. My Indignation is
about equal against those scoundrels and
the fool farmers who, will submit to it
can hardly trust myself to write or talk
ABOUT III. KNOW lndl nau an honest cHOft
been made by this state prison board four
years ago to utilize flax fiber for Irvine. the
farmers of this state would have over one
million dollars more in their pockets than
they now have. Just on the saving on Irvine
alone; to say nothing of the additional
monied bene fits from furnishing the ma
terial at paying prices. Then to think that
one of these scOundrels had the audacity to
stand before our alliance members at our
state meeting and say they tried to buy
system of long fibre machinery. just what
the alliance has been protesting against.
and there was not man in the audience to
call him down. but plenty of ''gumps to
call a brother to order who had the back
bone to stand up and throw back their in
suit to our intelligence. We are long way
off from securing even few of our rights.
when the farmers will sit quietly az toler-
ate the presence of such scOundrels in their
midst and apparently admire them. In
making trips now l have to depend upon
others for conveyance. [ have neither
horse or vehicle can use for that purpose;
if there is any way to get money out of this
reform movement have not struck it yet;
1 walked 10 miles yesterday to get home and
carried a satchel that was mono too light;
possibly am not in mood to write cheer
fully this morning.
We hope the State Prison Board will
instantly meet in extra session, and
arrange to sell the state prison Irvine,
in any quantity, at the same price, on
time, the same as other manufacture
erS.
But we repeat-the remedy lies with
our people. Let the farmers rise up,
as one man, and take possession of the
whole state government in every de-
partment, and run it in their own in
terest They support it with their
taxes: and their toll is the only thing
that keeps towns, cities, merchan' S,
manufacturers and everybody from
sinking into universal bankruptcy.
Let us consider this question at our
Grain Growers Convention, and put
forth utterances that every man.
from governor down, will have to hear
and obey.
1t is shameful state of things that
the people can not attempt to right
any wrong of any kind: taxation of
mortgages, usurious practices, the coal
combine, the price of Irvine, the state
elevator, or anything else, but some Sc
cret, occult, subterranean influence
makes it's appearance.to thwart them.
Rise up, men Of Minnesota, rise up
and snap the shackles of pack-thread,
with which a loto of ndu>trious little
knaves have bound you hand and foot:
and then smash the knaves hundred
feet into the earth. - I'D.