The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-06-26
TWINE! TWINE!
4 DEFIANCE OF THE GANG
STAND BY YOUR PAPER.

~ d4VD LII L W IL L al 1I1ks
The orders for Irvine are rushing in
upon us at lively rate. We have just
received the following telegram:
CHICAGO, June 25.
HON. 1GNATIUS DONNELLY:
Do you think that you could sell
through your paper five carloads more
of Irvine il we cut the price quarter
Of cent. Wire answer.
H, r. EAGLE & Co.
We replied Eyes. 'and and to hurry
it up, and send small samples of the
twine, so that we could forward them
to those who should apply for them.
| One good sign is that when we send
| supply of Irvine to place large num-
| Der of orders follow as soon as the
| neighbors see the quality Of what is
sent. We have no doubt Eagle & Co.
will make the quarter of cent "cut"
referred to by them, and this will be
| big saving to the farmers of Minneso-
ia. II they make it it will be allowed
on all future orders and any overpay-
ment will be refunded.
We have heard eff some farmers who
think they ought to stand by the
State Prison Irvine. no matter how it
treats the Peoples Party or its organ.
This is all wrong They are advertis-
ing in country papers all over the
state, and in the Dakotas. and claim
that their Irvine is going off faster
than they can make it. That is all
right. We are making no war on
them; but this paper and the princi-
pies it advocates, are good deal big
ger thing than two Irvine machines,
manipulated by convicts,a 1t Saltwater.
1t would be more serious blow to the
prosperity of this state for the Popu-
lists to be without state defender,
than it would be if the penitentiary
at Saltwater and the Irvine factory
were levered with the ground. The
escape of the prisoners would simply
add to the old party vote, and possibly
the nabob trips to Paris would cease
for time.
There is not a shadow of doubt that
the refusal to advertise in the The
REPRESENTATIVE by the State Prison
Board, was simply political move
ment, inspired by partisan cunning.
A column or even two column adj
vertisement in this paper, for two or
three months, would not have bank
rupted the state or the state prison.
But it is we'll understood that the cir
culation of this paper is increasing
rapidly, in the midst of the worst pos
sible times: and that wherever it goes
it changes the votes of the commun-
ity. It yields more power to-day than
any two of the old party dailies of the
state put together. The PluJocrats
lie awake at night scheming how they
can head it off. They cannot buy it.;
and there is no mortgage to foreclose
upon it; Safeguarding us does no
good; they tried that for a quarter of
a century; now their only resource is
to try to prevent us getting any ad-
vertising patronage. We have no
doubt that the order has passed along
the line to boycott US. Under these
circumstances the Populist farmer,
who buys his Irvine of the political
gang, who have control of the Irvine
plant at Saltwater, says to them that
they did right to try to stamp THE
| REPRESENTATIVE into the mud. He
has no more manhood than bed bug;
and he has no more use for a reform
paper than has that interesting and
fragrant insect.
We are not seeking revenge on the
Saltwater crowd:-we are simply seek
ing to live; SO that there may be in
this state at least one mouth-piece
that dares to tell the truth and defy
all the scamps and thieves between
Minneapolis and Sheol. Corruption
is taking possession of the whole
world, and silencing all expression of
public OpiniOn;-the American people
are fast becoming an emasculated
race of mental and moral eunuchs.
Here we hoist our banner and rally
the courageous and patriotic around
US, and defy the devil and all his
works. There is enough leaven of
truth and righteousness in this one
paper to revolutionize continent;
and when the internal scamps say we
must be circumvented and destroyed,
we meet them in the breech and tell
them, to their teeth, that we shall
live in spite of all the wealth of the
combined world. And hence we are
selling Irvine and books and encyclo-
p@dias; and, if necessary, we will
open supply house and sell every
thing that men want, and do our own
advertising of our own goods. We
have come to stay.
Brethren,-we are, ourself. working
without compensation. in our old age,
for God aud humanity, and we will
fight until we drop in our tracks. And
the people are sustaining us. Our old
subscribers are paying up rapidly and
new ones are coming in in continu-
Gus stream. Stand by us, brethren,
and see if we cannot kill the dragon
of greed that is devouring our free in
stitutions and reducing the common
people to poverty.
Give us your Irvine order, friend, and
you will thereby, so far, help us.
IMPORTANT.