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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19

ficient in no feature SO much as in its facility
for the sucrng the economy Of cooperation.
In short the cooperative colony abandonS
the high degree of cooperation reached in
present society where the fine division of
labor specializes and Classics work with
extreme rninuteness, and in its place these
colonies attempt to confne themselves to
both a narrowing of their wants to primi-
five standard and to an inferior division Of
labor whereby each of the workers must
produce one OF more finished articles. thus
necessarily crude in workmanship and time
wasting in cost of production Instead OF
thousands cooperating in the production of
ono class of articles here each worker has
alone to apply himself to produce like
variety and economy is necessarily out of
the question.
If is true the colony concentrate
its efforts as do cooperative factories, in
the production of some special article and
n,Irchase all other articles by trading with
the world at large. Such a method, how
ever. would subject them to the wastes of
competition and the burden Of interest on
perfaps 80 per cent of all they need. ana
result i'm a net advantage practically i'm
perceptible. By consolidating their pur-
chases they could effect some economy, tut
this would only yield the advantage of a
co-operative store or such they could
get by ownership of stock in an ordinary
corpora ton. The hazards of business IN
managing the purchases of stock for the
store and in disposing of the product OF the
factory also tend to level their chances
to those of ordinary business IL on
the other hand they undertake farming
they have little to gain in cooperation over
what could be done by individual enter
prise in this occupation
The lesson to be derived from such ex-
periments is that the isolated cooperation
of few hundred people under the most
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19
NELSON SCORED,
His Action in PnrdOning Il Grim
iNaI.

His Action in PnrdOning Il Grim
Judge Burbank, Of Fergus Falls writes as
follows to the Fergus Falls Journal:
A few days ago | read in the Journal with
much satisfaction a short but pungent COM
ment upon the action of Gov. Nelson in par
doning Frank Crows, of Elizabeth. l pre-
served the article, intending, if some one
else did not call for an expression of public
sentiment with regard to the governor
course, that l would. Such outrageous
abuse of the governors pardoning power
ought to be rebuked. But to arouse the peo-
pie TO resent the subserviency Of public Off
GERS to fragrant violations of law by LIQUOR
Dealers seemed task so hopeless that |
have hesitated in doubt whether it best to
make the effort. Like one of old, however
My heart was hot within me; while | was
muslng the fire burned | recalled the act
of Gov. Merriam in the same line and how
the newspapers raised such racket over
his head that he obliged to desst ]
could not forget the bitter compla ints that
have been made against our county attorney
Tor not bringing these notorious offenders to
justice; ana that a petition numerouSly
signed by citizens of Fergus Falls. myself
among them, was sent to Gov, Nelson re-
questlng the attorney generals aid in the
prosecution OF these cases, with beneti-
cial results that could learn. And now
Wnen a case comes up SO VIGOROUSLY bad
that acquittal mistrial was impossible
the governor steps in and pardons him
This was the most unkindest cut of all
With the very best of reason then the
Journal said: eff it is possible to convict
only one man in four years when the law is
50 openly and f1aSranty violated as it has
been in Otter Tail county, and the governor
lmmmediately pardons him, the people
mlght as Well give up their efforts to have the
liquor laws enforced. And the governor
might as we'll issue a proclama ton promis-
ing pardon to very man who should be con-
victed of violating the laws. And will the
people of Otter Tail county never awaken to
the danger of letting the law be thus tram
pied under foot? Will they never realize
that this, more than anything else that can
be named. breeds contempt for law-soWs
the seeds of anarchy, and threatens to de-
stroy their liberty? If the people ever in
tend to stand for the law and order that
secure to them their liberties they ought
to do it now
| propose that a public meeting be called
at the court house in the Christmas holt
days and resolutions be adopted expressing
Indignation for this abuse of the governors
prero9ative, and directing our representa-
tlves in the next legislature to consider
some measure to curtail the power of the
governor in this respect
d. BURBANK
CIhe liquor sellers all voted for Knuta
Nelson That is probably the reason WHY
TINS man was pardoned.-Ed. Representa-
tive.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19
SILVER COINAGE.
A NEW YORK BANKER WITH
SOUND VIEWS.
He Is Not At All Afraid of a Silver
Basis.

Washington, Dec. 15.-Great inter
est was manifested today in the clos
ing hearing on the question of curren-
cy revision before the committee on
banking and currency of the house.
Secretary Carlisle was present at the
opening of the session. The bankers
to be heard represented two widely di-
vergent views, President G.. G. Will
Jams. of the Chemical Natio nal Bank.
of New York, representa- the pre-
vailing view among bankers, while
President W. ?. St. John of the Mer-
camille Bank Of New York, represent
ed the Eastern view favorable to sill
yer. The presence of Mr. st. John had
drawn Senator Teller to the hearing,
anxious to hear the views Of an East
ern silver man on currency revision.
President St. John lent much spirit
to the hearing by the vigor of his
statement and its novelty as coming
from an Eastern banker. "Under Of
fetal dictation," began he. "tutored
by one of the most aggressive Of all
our handful of 'goldites' in the United
States, congress tiddles with bank
notes while the burning isSile is Our
primary money-coin. technically
tutored, our chief executive has re-
quired his secretary to abandon the
option conferred by the law upon the
United States. and grant to the hold
ers Of the United States notes the
right to exact gold always, silver never
as their redeeming coin. Had the op-
n cs1 S111
exercised boldly at at the time when
5000, 900 silver dollars were owned bv
the United States, with an ownership
of $l16,00O,000 gold, a possible alarm
could have been laughed to scorn. To
attempt to seize upon and exercise
the option now, or under Immediately
prospective conditions Of the treasury
would be to court all the
PERILS OF DISASTER
Mr.. st. John stated that this same
policy led to the present proposition of
substituting the bank promises of
money in place of the primary and
secondary money gold and silver
which they promise. Mr. St. John
took up the case of mOnO-metallism,
He characterized the repeal of the
Sherman act last year and closing the
minis to silver as ''the worlds blind
experiment" in money. 1t severed the
last link that coupled silver to it's Grip
pied right of money in the Western
world.
Mr.. St. John declared that it was
the duty of congress to stop expert
menting and go back to the Hamilton
Jefferson coinage system to restore
bime tallism independent of other ma
tions. He took up the objections of
what he termed the ''goldites.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19
COOPERATIVE EXPERIMENTS.
Their Failures and the Causes There
Of-Governmental Cooperation the
Remedy.

remedy.
The various phases of modern government.
including the police, military and naval sys-
TENS. legislative and judicial systems and
the postoffice and publis schools are all
forms of socialism, paternalism or any other
ism by which men choose to designate or
ganized activity.
The difference between the socialism of to-
DAY and that of tomorrow is only in form
and degree, and the opposition now obstruct-
ing the path of progress sees the same ter
rible spector of danger ahead that their an
cestral Kin saw before them at each forward
step in the march of civilizations
The same gentle wear' as Of old resist
the attacks upon privilege with the same
vicious pugnacity and cunning as in olden
times, abhoring as much as ever the applica-
ton of a higher moral standard to society
Undoubtedly :" ere human statute purged
the gentle veal the latter regarded the
power of the government dangerously out
OF place in attempting to punish men for
the crime of murder which, according to
iedas of the gentle veal of the day was
prefectly proper, so
so that when the brains were out the men
dead.
And there end
Verify history repeats itself. and the gen
tie veal are always with US, that eminent
ly respectable class opposing with all their
might the upward march of law toward
ideal justice, trampling upon those who
seek to bend the law for the needs of to-
morrow, and landing the men who made the
law of yesterday, albeit the latter in their
time were spurred by the gentle veal of
their day.
The great height of our present socialism
has not been reached in a day. thought
some great transformations have occurred
within short periods, considering the mace
of the age in which they took place Its
greatest changes, however have wrought
through successive political and social nm
heavals. The reforms have not been nre
coded by preliminary experiments. like the
cooperative experiments of today. and in
most likelihood they would never have ma
tured had such steps been regarded as ne.
cessary, for the smaller scale would beyond
doubt, have distorted and caricatu
facts as to have led to false conclusions
such as those deprived from the modern CO.
operative experiments
Among the large number of co-operatiye
experiments alread tried it may be doubted
whether average results are any better
than from a like number of corporal ton and
business undertakings of equal magnitude
Theoretically they should have developed
phenomenal success; they should have null
tiplied in number and enlarged in scope
until the whole country was honeycombed
with colonies and associations united as
one vast cooperative concern. Such would
have been the results to be expected in
verificaton of the vast economies claimed
for industrial socialism, and it may there
fore be reasonably asked, why do these
schemes fall 50 lamentably short of their
IDEAL? The answer is that the cooper ative
scheme, strange as it may sound, is de-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19

favorable conditions cannot take the place
of the co-opera ton embodied in the com
mercial world representing a corporation in
which millions partake. IT only emphasizes
the power of cooperation and indicates
enormous gain to be derived Of a higher
cured. 1t sho as that true co-opera ton can
only be effected on a large scale and tn 1T
the first step in the direction must be
through better political cooperation and
not by wasting energies in experiments
that not only misleading as a criterion
Of cooperation, but that aiming to try
what has long ago undergone the most
crucial tests, examples of which are here
in the best and most vital institutions IF
society-the whole living monument Of the
power of union and the most eloquent and
unceasing appeal for its constant extension
and growth toward the highest order Of
union we can achieve.
FRANK ROSEWATER.
Omaha, Dec. 10.
Alliance Meeting.
In compliance with the call for an
Alliance State Convention. The menu
bers of the Empire Alliance No. 252,
are requested t. meet at the Fitz-
gerald school house, o. the evening Of
the 10Th inst, at !. o'clock. for the
purpose Of electing officers for the en-
suing year, and sending delegate to
the State Convention. All those Of
different political opinions, who are
dissatisfied with the present condition
of the country; and in favor of reform
are requested to attend.
MICHAEL JOHNSTON, Pres.
Rosemount, Dec. Is, '94.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


The railroad pooling bill passes the house.
Secretary Carlisle lays his financial bill
before the committee on banking.
The suspect arrested in Chicago proves to
be Seeley, the New York embezzler
b. r. Tillman is elected senator from
South Carolina to succeed Senator Butler.
England decides to send an independent
delegation to Investigate the Turkish atroc-
tiles in Armenia
DIR. Pickin and son, charged with assault
ing Miss Briggs, are arraigned at Eau
Claire and plead not guilty.
The United States is asked by both Tur-
key and England to join in investiga ton
of the Armenian affair
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19

The German governments anti revolu-
uonafy bill is introduced in the German
reichstae, whereat the Socialist members
create a scene.
our government to threaten the use of the
retaliation act of 1890. Germany and 9TH
er countries also come under the ban of
Uncle Sam. Hence tremendous diplo-
matte breeze.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19
PETITION.

The undersigned citizens of the County
in the State of.., hereby protest against any ex-
tension continuation Of the debt due by the Central and
Pacific Railroad Companies and petition Congress forese upon
the overdue mortgages given by the said companies and take
sion OF the roads and operate them for the benefit Of the whole
pie of the United States And we will ever pray etc.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19
December i3.

The Federation Of Labor commits itself
in favor Of free coinage
Judson c. Clements, of Georgia, is ap-
pointed a member Of the interstate com
merce commission.
Judge Shiras of Dubuque, refuses to dis
miss the case against Van Leuven, charged
with pension frauds.
By a vote of 40 to 1s9 the house refuses
to strike the income tax appropriation out
of the urgent deficiency bill.
Earthquakes and volcanic disturbances
are destroying some of the New Hebrides
islands Many people are drowned.
The regulations for the collection of the
income tax are approved by the Secretary
of the treasury and given to the public.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19
SOMETHING TO DO.
SIGN TAE PETITIONS.
Bring a Pressure to Bear on Congress-
The Pacific Railroads.

Mr.. letter which annears
in "Our Forum The petitions
October have been mid following form of pet
tion and that
of signed
will send them present This
very important matter not be neglected.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19

Sir John Thompson, premier of Canada,
dies suddenly
Gall, the Sioux chief. second in rank to
Sitting Bull, dies at Standing Rock, n. D.
The senate refuses TO take up the sugar
bill or the cloture question, and the house
stands by the income tax.
In his address to the president of the Ma
uonal Civil Service Reform League Carl
Schurz roasts Secretary Carlisle and damns
Mr.. Cleveland with faint praise.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19
December II.

The Hennepin county delegation gives its
Il votes to Van SAINT for speaker of the
house. IHstr
Two Pacific coast steamers are thought
to have been lost With 80 men.
Charges of bride taking are made against
New York policemen by Supt. Byrnes.
The Democrats conclude not to put the
Carlisle currency bill through the house
till after the holidays
The Bluefields trouble ends, the Mosquito
Indians formally Incorporating their reser-
walton with Nicaragua
The bill to protect forest reservations, y
which Western members have fought so
stubbOrnly, passes the house.
Huntington the Council Bluffs bank clerk
who was reported to shave committed sui
eide after shooting two men. it is believed,
was killed by another.
John Mcbride, president or the United
Mine Workers Association, is elected pres
ident of the American Federation of Labor,
the radical and socialist elements being
too strong for Mr.. Gompers.
SPANS course in levying excessive duties
upon American imports into Cuba causes
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19

Chief Justice Glfillan dies at his resi-
dence in ST. Paul.
Renewed trouble with the Sioux at Pine
Ridge is feared.
Another shocking story of Turkish atroci-
ties comes from Armenia.
A special ambassador to negotiate peace
with Japan is appointed by China.
Robert Louis Stevenson. author of Or.
Jekyl and Mr. HIDE dies at his home in
Samoa.
The Minnesota State Federation of Labor
holds it's semi-annual convention at ST
Cloud, and adopts platform
ExPremer Giolitti and other Italians i'm
picated in the bank scandals, are to be ar
rested, and serious trouble is brewing in
Rome
The United States government may seek
to get even with Germany for excluding
our cattle by utilizing the retaliation act
of 1890 rfa
A bank clerk at Council Bluffs, Iowa, ac-
cused of embezzlement shoots and wounds
two inspectors, one a Minneapolitan, and
commits suicide. ~
The attempt to railroad the Carlisle cur
rency bill through the house Will probab bly,
fail, leading DEMOCRATS as well as Repub-
licans being opposed to such course.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19

The trouble with the Ute Indians in
Utah is settled.
BY vote of to the house committee
decides to report the Carlisle currency bill.
Bowen. the New Orleans pugilist dies of
the injuries received in his fight with La
vigne of Michigan.
Aaron Hirshfield, of Montana who vainly
sought separation from his wife, settles
with her for $31, 600
Another New York policeman confesses,
adding a chapter to the long tale of bribery
and municipal corruption.
Van Leuven, on trial at Dubuque for
pension frauds, pleads guilty and is fined
$4,000 and sentenced to two years in the
penitentary.
Socialist propositions are overwhelmingly
voted down by the American Federation Of
Labor. The headquarters will be removed
from New York.
The German reichstag, by a big ma
jOrity, declares that its Socialist members
shall not be punished for refusing to rise
in their seats in honor of the emperor.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19

The house passes the pension appropria-
ton bill.
Mackenzie Bowel succeeds the late Sir
John Thompson premier of Canada.
The Democrats of the house banking and
currency Committee decide to report the
Carlisle bill without amendment.
big row is started in the convention Of
the Federation of Labor by a delegate
charging officers of labor organizations with
using their positions in politics
A New York police captain confesses to
the Lexow committee that he paid SIS 900
for his position. His testimony blackens
several regulations hitherto fairly good
The United States will have no hand in
the Armenian investigation. Turkey with
draws her invitation on finding that the
sphere of the American representative is
restricted.
Judge Woods, in the United States court
at Chicago, decides against President Debs
and eight other officers and directors of
the A. r. L. For their part in the great
railroad strike Debs goes to Jail for six
months and the others for three months.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-07-19

The legislature of Massach has
passed stringent law against the prac-
tice of docking horses.
Several tons of green prunes will be
harvested this season from q three-year-
old orchard ut East Sound, Or.
A. b. Weed estimates the Y ,klma
hop crop at $500 pounds to the acre,
the modera'e yield being due TO the
late spring.
A lead of cabbage, raised in John
Curry's garden in Cnur d Alene CITY,
measured five feet Two inches in cir
cun.erence.
1t is now said in behalf of the En-.
glish sparrow that in the regions of the
seventeen-year locusis he puts I'm all
his time killing them for amusement.
The Wenatchee fruit growers will
make great mistake at the outset ie
they fail or neglect to operate together
in the sale of their fruits, SAYS the
Advance.
j.. NJ. Huson of Juniper, Or, will
harvest, he says, | 200 acres of wheat
this yenr and 100 acres of barley. His
wheat will go more than 80 bushels TO
the acre, and barley so bushels per
acre.
During the latter part of June there
was greater rainfall in Kansas than
had been experienced in that state in
corresponding period for the last ten
year.. This unusual precipitation OF
moisture extended over two-thirds OF
the state. 1t did not injure the wheat.
ana there Is promise of the biggest
corn crop In the history of Kansas.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-07-19
FARM AND ORCHARD
How COOPERATIVE Creameries
Are Built.
TREATMENT OF YOUNG HORSES
Gentle Treatment VIII BE Repaid In
Increased Usefulness Other
Farm Topics.


In the dairy portion OF Iowa The CO.
operative creamery, built, owned and
operaied bv the farmers themselves. is
orao, s,o,ass T., ao,a loo.ii,tas Tho
- ~....,,I 49,,
p'e'.'e'oe 10 .oi e,e'''s ~
private purity OF n'h'' ou' l"e eo-"p
eraiiVe method has more votes III its
favor than against II, says the Orange
Judd Farmer.
The reason for this ia that the nrolits
al on T., ~ ou,,r nd ,ha na,,o,s
m 81 ~ ne "" 80 gu ~, ,, p 80
'"o ""e's' 81 se' "'' '"o p'on'''
Inc opJec'ioh Is ihat priVate owner
Will naturally look more closely alter
the machinery, etc., than the farmers
do. But the management is vested in a
hoard of directors and This hoard oen.
ernllv Takes nride in masterlnp enongh
of he business IN know when thew are
we'll served bv their buttermaker and
The bulIern,,i,or feols b.ngiug over hia
head Inc nrosnect of summary disnis.
suI without n Recommendation If any.
thing serious ia traced bacl, 10 his short
con,inys
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-07-19
THE RUSH TO ALASKA.


The Cola Fields of the Yukon Attract
the Crowds.
Never In the history of the Yukon
river mines, says the Alaska News,
have so many people started from Jun
eau Cor that section In one season. Over
400 people. in all degrees of experience,
financially flush and broke, and of all
trades from the clerk, doctor and pro-
fesslonal man to the nottingham, lave
made rush to the gold fields OF the
mighty Yukon river aud its numerous
tributaries. The upshot to many of the
xperienced will be bitter In It's fail
ure. because they had nothing In com
mon with the requirements of the
country. They had neither money,
trends nor mining experience
10 rely upon In their eX-
tremiiy but In many cases the men
had become desperate, and were willing
TO .ake grent chances with the rest,
since the strikes. financial depression
and hard times had cast them loose
from all employment, and they had
consequently little to lose In striking
out for the greatest gold bearing plncers
In North America. That the Yukon
country oilers great opportunities for
the financial advancement of the skill
full placer miner Is beyond dispute, as
the many living examples OF successful
miners furnish ample testimony. Many
of the juneau miners have made IN
one season II handsome stake. But
they went prepared an equipped Tor
several seasons work and were pio-
ncers IN frontier lie.