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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-11
MORAL STANDARDS IN AND
OUT OF THE CHURCH.

1t seems to me that the great mis-
take the church makes is in supposing
that the spiritual life of a communit y
may be Christian without shown g
its effect in the social life 1t is fact
which no one can deny that the moral
standard of certain bodies outside the
church is higher than within the
church. We know, by the law of sup
ply and demand, that the churches 90
where they are wanted land the neces-
sary inference, from the geographical
position occupied in our cities by
Protestant churches, is that they are
preaching glad tidings to the rich and
not to the poor. And this is the case:
they permit men to collect excessive
rents for unhealthy lodgings, to pay
wages too low to support properly the
workingmeD they employ, and in
many ways, directly and indirecly, to
grind the faces of the poor" and yet
If chey are regular attendants at
church, if they keep Sunday,
If they give a certain amount
Of money to the ordinary charities,
they are looked upon as Chris tians in
good standing. Nv after tion is called
to the fact that the church cares for
the poor in it's mission work, in the
erection of parish houses, etc. l
would say that SO long as church work
Of. this kind takes the form OF aims
giving by the rich to the poor, it will
never produce the effect that is in
tended. The early church was mis-
sion from the poor to the rich, and so
long as the church Of to-day continues
to be mission from the rich to the
poor, it can never accomplish the
same reSults-Ernest H. Crosby, in
the HOmiletjc Review
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-11
A ROW IN MORTON.
POPULIST ELEVATOR ORGANIZATION
MAKES LINE GRAIN PEOPLE DIS
TJTRRED

POPULIsT ELEVATOR ORGANIZATION
MAKES LINE GRAIN PEOPLE DIS
TURBED.
Special to the Journal
Redwood Falls, Mimi, Sept. "a
largely-attended meeting of Populists
was held lately, and it was decided TO
organize a Populist Elevator Com
pany, with capital stock of $4,000.
Merton was selected as the headuuar-
tiers of the concern. Michael Holden,
a strong Populist, was chosen presi-
dent; H. NJ Noack, merchant, secre-
tary; F. w. Penhall, physician for the
St. Louis road, treasurer. The direc-
tors include prominent business men
such as +. w. Orth, banker; Louis
Kill, saloonkeeper; Geo. Chisholm,
Thos. Leary and Matt Egan. The
company proposes to at once proceed
with the erection of an elevator of
$4,000 bushels capacity.
The appearance of this new con-
Germ has created bitter feeling, the
line elevators claiming that inasmuch
as they have protected the market
during the past two or three years,
which have been hard ones, at a loss,
local merchants should not encourage
the new ms titution. Two of the line
elevator leaders have already secured
capital for department store, pro-
viding the merchant stockholders con-
tinue in the POpulist cOmpony.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-11
POPUL1ST NEWS ITEMS.

Rockford, ILL.,, Sept. 2,-Over 5000
people attended the Labor Day picnic
at Harlem Park to-day. Business was
generally suspended. There was a
long parade of the unions. The pri a.
cipal address of the afternoon was
given by Thomas 1 Kidd, of Chicago,
secretary of the International Ma
chine Wood workers Union. His re-
marks were very bitter and of an in
flammatOry character, being loudly
applauded by the crowd. He said he
regarded the wOrkingmen as the big
gest "chumps" the Lord ever created,
because they were better Republicans
or Democrats than they were work
ingmen, and always voted with their
party, no matter how much their in
tereSts were at stake.
Tiffin, Ohio, Sept. 2.-Labor Day
festivities drew a crowd of 5000 peo-
pie to this city, but not more than
5000 were present to hear the ad-
dresses delivered by Senator PETER, of
Kansas, and Ex-Governor Waite, of
Colorado. Both men were fiery in
their remarks, and Waite reiterated
his ''bloody brides" assertion. Both
were certain that this country is on
the eve of a revolution.
Denver, Col, Sept. 3.-Gen. James
B. Weaver, who spent most of August
in Texas, sends the following report
of political conditions in that state to
the Rocky Mountain News:
"Old party ties are completely dis
solved in Texas, and there is not a
lingering doubt about the attitude of
the Lone Star state in 1896. She will
cast her vote by an immense majority
for the Populist ticket. Men of
prominence openly renounce their al
legiance to the Democratic party and
boldly align themselves with the Pop
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-11
FARMERS VICTIMIZED
Agents of Creamery Concerns Do
Up Changers.
is AN OFT-WoRKED scHEM7
Iowa Farmers Alone Have Been
BLEED of Hundreds of
Thousands.

Special to The Journal.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Sept. 3.-The
popularity OF the cooperative cream.
cries has resulted in bringing 10 the
state a large number of adven-
turers, who have been working
the farmers while Establishing
creameries under the so-called
cooperative plan. It is well-knowa
that creamery that will take care Of
all the milk that can be produced
within reasonable distance in the
more thickly settled communities can
be built and equipped, with the latest
and most approved machinery, for
$4,000, yet these creamery boomers, as
they are called, have been putting in
creameries in many Of the counties in
Iowa, for which they receive from
$4,000 to $4,000.
These agents induce farmers to sign
stock subscription papers for the or
ganlzation of cooperative cOmpan les.
The subscription paper is adroitly
worded and from it the farmer natur-
ally assumes that he can be held only
for the one share which he expects to
receive, but, as matter of fact, any
signer can be held personally for the
entire amount of the stock of the
creamery. The agent secures the
names of all sorts of irres ponsible per-
sons, and when the total amount re-
quired is subscribed he goes to work.
Then it is found that many of the
subscribers are worthless, and usually,
rather than stand law suit, the re-
sponsible farmers 60 down into their
pockets and make up the deficiency.
However, community in Polk
county has been found which will not
be imposed upon. They were visited
by an agent, paid their subscriptions,
and when it came to the issuance of
stock they found that among the sub
ScriberS were the names of a number
of people who were only temporarily in
the town when their names were
placed upon the paper. They applied
to Judge Stevens for an injunction re-
straining the agents from collecting
the money. and in granting the same
the court held that, while. on its face,
the subscription paper undoubtedly
held each subscriber liable for the en-
tire amount of the contract price. yet,
in view OF the fraud, he held that the
paper should be construed as repre-
sented by the agent, and that each
subscriber can be made to pay only
500 dollars. During the trial it was
developed that the creamery could
have been built for S., 100, while the
contract price with the agents was
IS, 250.
1t is stated that the men engaged
in building creameries after this man
ner entered the business about eight
years ago with practically no capital
at all. and that they have cleared on
Iowa business alone more than $780,
OO0. The agents most prominently
identified with these schemes are To-
Gated in St. Paul and Chicago.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-11
EDUCATED IGNORANCE.

We are asked almost every day what
ails this country? What ails bust.
ness? Educated ignorance is the
greatest of our troubles. Educated
men who worm down into their bust.
ness daily to the exclusion OF every.
thing else are the greatest obstacles
in the way Of political reform. They
glance over the catch-paid ideas in
their daily papers. produced for Shy
locks gold. They occasionally turn
out to listen to ideas advanced by
some highly cultured orator who de-
livers his lesson taken from Shylock's
gold. They accept these ideas as the
best along the line Of political econo-
my, and because of their own general
education they fix upon false economy,
from which you cannot turn them.
You cannot turn them because they
seldom read along those lines, and
more seldom turn out to hear q
speech, and when they do read or turn
out to meeting it is always to those
Of their own political faith. They
cling to one side, believing they know
as much as anyone, not knowing that
they know almost the least Of all men
about their own country.-Industry,
(Oakland).
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-11

came like thunderclap to,the bust
ness men of this city. who have be-
lieved that the firm of ]. J. O'Leary &
Sons was one Of the stauncheSt in the
Northwest. Many refused to believe
the report, and maintained that this
firm, which had weathered the finan-
cial storm SO bravely without the
slightest danger to either their buSi-
ness or their credit, could not now,
just as the brightest sun on the COM
mercial heavens was emerging from
behind the dark clouds of the finan-
cial depression, be in a condition
which made an assignment necessary.
The gentlemen Of the firm are hon.
orable, able men. The fault is not
theirs. 1t is the fault of the existing
conditions. The crime of 1873 is be.
hind it all.
And the end is not yet.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-11
THE ARENA FOR SEPTEMBER.

The September Arena opens with a
vivid description of the wordy battle
now being waged in the Legislatures
over the agitation for raising the age
Of consent. The facts are marshalled
in order by Helen H. Gardner, the
well-known and popular novelist, and
deal this month with the arguments,
pro and con on the recent legislation
in Nebraska, Colorado and Missouri,
where the age has been materially
raised. Prof. Joseph Rodes Buchanan,
whose portrait forms the frontiSpiece
Of the lumber, contributes striking
and valuable article on The Marvels
Of Electricity" In his paper called
after Sixty Years." Mr.. B. O. Flow
er, editor OF the Arena, touches upon
the diSillusions of the career of one
who in lifetime of sixty years ser.
vice has not lost faith in humanity,
James j. Clark, of California. Stin-
son Jarvis tells GLOW Evolution
Evolves" Henry Wood, the author
Of Natural Law in the Business
World" and other popular metaphysi-
cal works, writes on "Omnipresent
Divinity" Prof. Frank Parsons, Law
Lecturer dU Une Boston u nlVcrSlLy,
contributes his second study of the
Economy of Municipal Electric
Lighting." He shows the enormous
saving to the taxpayers and diffusion
Of public benefit which would res ult
from public ownership of electric
lighting. His comparative statistics
cannot be refuted. A symposium Of
clergymen and other writer's deals
with Prof. George D. Heron and his
work. DR.. Heron has created great
stir by his teaching in the West, and
he has been bitterly asSaiied for some
of his views of social Christianity.
These gentlemen defend his position.
They are Rev. J. r. Mclean, Rev. w.
W. Scudder, Jr Rev. J. Cummings
Smith, Rev. J. e, Scott. Elder M. j.
Ferguson, Rev. r. NJ Webster and
James G. Clark, the poet. The Hon.
John Davis writes on the career of
Napoleon Bonaparte from the psyche
logical point of view, and condemns
him as simply criminal genius, ut
terly worthless to humanity. +. w.
Cotton discusses '"The Labor Ex-
change" and Rev. DR.. Marion D.
Shutter deals with Progressive
Changes in Universalist Thought. :"
The Books of the Day, World of Books
and Practical Progress Notes COM
plete an excellent and well-balanced
budget of good reading.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-11
THOMAS LOWRY.
THE STREET CAR MAGNATE WANTS
DAVIS FOR PRESIDENT.


DAVIS FOR PRESIDENT.
New York, Sept. "A new presiden-
tial boom has struck town. The boom
was brought to town by Thomas Low
ny, the street railway magnate of Min
neapolis. Mr.. Lowry is also identified
with many other business enterprises
besides street railways. The man he
wants to see nominated for the preSi-
dency is Cushman X. Davis. who now
repr sents Minnesota in the United
States Senate Mr.. Lowry. who has
frequently been mentioned as a
Prominent candidate for governor,
thinks that Mr.. Davis is the strongest
man the Republicans could nominate,
He said, in speaking Of Mr.. Davis:
Senator Davis is the choice Of Min
neSota for the presidency, and we all
want to see him nominated. His can
didacy has already been announced,
and his friends will make a strong
fight to secure his nomination. He
will have Minnesota, North and South
Dakota, and perhaps Wisconsin with
him. Many said thatA his speech
against the Chicago rioters would in
1ure him, but he is all the stronger for
1T today, as the people now see that
his speech was not an attack on or
ganized labor. but was plea for the
suppression Of anarchy. The situa-
tOn in the East is such as to greatly
enhance Mr.. Davis chances. The ri
valry between the Eastern candidates
Will offset any nlraliZation of sentl-
ments and give Western man good
chance. | think that Senator Quay'S
fight in Pennsylvania has practically
put ex- President Harrison out of the
race. That leaves the fight to Reed.
Mckinley, Allison and Davis"
That illustrates the difference be-
tween the Peoples Party and the two
old porties. If it was known, for in
stance, that Gen. James B. Weaver or
Gov. Waite was being supported by
'Tom Lowry" the street car magnate
Of Minneapolis, for the presidency, it
would finish him forever. But with
the two old parties it is rather bene-
fit.
Can any one doubt which party rep
resents the Plutocracy and which does
not?
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-11
SUCCESS"

The state is not ordained to protect
than accidentally, but for association
Of individuals with each other. Prop
erty must be considered as incident tai
to and subordinate to human life
But rights now, instead Of standing on
righteousness, stand on property. Lin
coin, in his message to the Thirty
seventh Congress, said that whenever
the time came that capital was equal
with labor in affairs Of goyernme n t.,
liberty would be lost. 1t is now alto
gether superior. One-tenth Of the
population owns nine tenths Of the
wealth, and the majority are taxed to
support fictitious capital, which
draws billions Of dollars in annual
dividends where not entitled to a
cent The man who controls the peo-
ple's property has their lives in his
grasp infinitely more than by political
control. Ten years more or such con-
pendents, and we shall have the most
terrible absolutiSm ever known in hui
man history.
Compe tition is not law, but lawless-
ness. Carried to its logical outcome,
it is anarchy, or the absence Of law
Man is a moral, spiritual and social
being, not dominated by animal law.
There can be no such thing as har-
monized society with any competitive
element in it, and Christianity is i'm
possible. Every man owes the world
| his life, and must live to have q life
| to give. In competitive condition, not
| character, but cunning. survives. The
gospel Of success is the great insanity
of modern materialism, absorbing the
best brain, thought and life of the
race; we have been feeding our chill
dren to this great Moloch Of success.
but resulting in varying the intellect
and making moral idiots. We are
coming to higher evolution,in which
the law of mutual service shall be the
law Of our life. Any attempt to build
society on a competitive foundation
| is fundamentally anarchical.
| The idea Of brotherhood has come to
stay, and will not back down at the
bidding of politicians, monopolists or
| the ologians.N The years behind us are
but getting together of human ma.
tcrl.s in d divine effort Of perfected
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-11
TO GET WITHOUT GIVING.
SUCH IS THE MOTTO OF EVERY WALL
STREET GAMBLER
North Dakota Independents

SOCfl Is The MOIIO VI EV ERI WALL
STREET GAMBLER.
North Dakota independently
How strange it is that such paper
as the New York World should write
such a scathing arraignment of the
methods of Wall street as follows, and
yet champion conditions and legisla-
tion proposed by these Wall street
sharks for their own benefit: 1.-The
man who is honest and usful in his
generation gives something in return
for everything he gets. II the COM
munity serves him, he serves the COM
munity. II he takes profit from the
community, he gives it profit in re-
turn, 1t is the essence of fair bust
ness to do this. All free traders do it.
And it is the essence Of Wall street
business not to do it. The rule of
Wall street economy is to get without
giving, to keep the quid and take the
quo, to take something wherever any
thing is to be had, and to give moth
ing. Wall street does not labor or
produce: it does not distribute the
products of labor; it does not trade.
1t merely preys on labor and takes
Toll from UIduC. uC uldu WIN ludhCO
a million in Wall street out of water
ed stocks or in wheat deal does not
make it out of Wall street, but out of
the business men and producer of the
country, to whom he gives nothing in
return To get without giving is the
essence of fraud, and it is also the es-
sence of Wall street operations. To
get as much and to earn as little as
POSSIBLE is the aim of every jobber of
stocks, of every gambler in the pro-
ducts of labor, of every manipulation
of the markets in which the people
must buy the neceSsaries of life. Ii
you must get unearned money, take to
the highway. That is on the whole
surer than the Wall street way, and it
is much less harmful to the commun-
itv." Now if. their business and
methods are half as reprehensible as
the Worlds pictures them-and they
are more so-how can it be possible
for legislation specially in their inter
est to be anything else than detri-
mental to those whose products they
appropriate? 1t is time that the
world, that is striking strong blows
against monopoly, should see it's in
consistency in being the willing tool
of those Wall street sharks when it
comes to financial legislation-the on
ly kind they are particularly clamor-
ing for or interested in. The World
should come out against Wall street
gold bugism.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-11

the Republican party dares not
change its platform ."and go before
the people on clear monometallic
platform" This means that Mr..
Parker's element will bolt the party,
II the party boldly proclaims what it
thinks; but If it simply "palters with
1T In double sense" "whips the devil
around the stump" and concocts
some kind of Janus-faced platform
that will mean one thing in the East
and another In the West, then BROTH
er Parker will swallow the whole
thing, and 60 on and help the party
to win and deceive and defraud the
people.
is not Mr.. Parker's native honesty
yielding to his party. fanaticism?
What is the difference between de-
1eating the wishes of the people open
ly, or defeating them cuvcrtly? Is
not an open assailant better than the
chap who holds you down, as friend.
while the other fellow drives the knife
into you? And if not why not?
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-11
IN GREAT STYLE.
EMPEROR WILLIAM ATTENDS DIVINE
WORSHIP.

WORSHIP.
Berlin, Sept. 1.-Emperor William
and the Empress Augusta and other
mem hers of the imperial family, the
Grand Duchess of Baden and numer-
Gus representatives of German prince
ly houses. ministers Of state. officers
and populations, were present today
at the conservation of the Emperor
William Memorial Church. The En-
peror and Empress arrived at the site
of the church with a military escort at
about 10 O'Clock. The doors OF the
church were opened to the accompaDi-
ment of pealing bells and their ma jes-
ties were handed the golden key of
the church by a deputaton when they
arrived inside. The services Of dedi-
cation were commenced with the sing
ing of a choral. Court Chaplain Fa-
Der pronounced the conservation ad-
dress, in which he alluded to the
strong faith, the cheerful hopefulnesS
and the love of his people and his
country, which characterized the old
Emperor He expressed the wish that
faith, hope and charity might cOnsti-
tute the main pillars of the new
church.
At the conclusion of this service the
troops and veterans. including the
German american veterans now visit
ing the city, marched past their maj
estes. The veterans sang patriotic
airs as they marched, in which the
spectators joined.
What a sensation it must have
caused in heaven when it was known
that the emperor of Germany conde-
scended to worship Almighty God
The Angel Gabriel mounted a
cooked hat, with a feather on it, and
marched up and down the battlements
In knee breeches; and Saint Peter put
On clean collar and changed his pipe.
Oh Lord! To think that such con-
,eited little manikin should hold the
destiny Of fifty millions of people in his
hands. That is worse than the two
old parties in Minnesota.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-11
A Populist editor, who died of star

A Populist editor. who died of star
Walton, was being escorted to heaven
by an angel who had been sent for
that purpose. MAY l look at the
other place before we ascend to eter-
nal happiness?" asked the editor.
Yes" said the angel.
So they went below and skirmished
around, taking in the sights.
The angel lost track OF the editor
and went around Hades to hunt him
up. He found him by d big furnace
tanning himself and gazing with rap
ture upon lot Of people in the fire.
There was a sign on the furnace
which read, Delinquent Subscrib-
ers."
sect move On you, said the angel,
I'VE must 60"
"You go on said the editor, II am
not coming. This is heaven enough
for Eek.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-11
POPS AND PROHIBITIONISTS.

indianapolis, Ind, Sept. 2.-Mem-
bers of the state executive Populist
committee are meeting here today to
consider fusion with the state Prohi-
bitionists. Nothing tangible has been
proposed further than if it is brought
about free silver will be the principal
issue. They do not take kindly to
this, for their fundamental object will
receive little attention in the coming
camnaiUn
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-11
MORE GOOD TIMES.

The great packing house firm Of J.
T. O'Leary & Sons, of St. Paul has
Jailed. One of the papers says:
J. j. O'Leary & Sons, the we'll known
packers of this city, made an assign
ment yesterday afternoon to John F.
BrC derrick. The liabilities of this
company, which held a reputation of
being the largest concern of it's kind
In the Northwest, are said to be about
5000, 600, and it claimed that the assets
will about liquidate the obligations.
The announcement of this failure