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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-09-30
THE BONDS AND THE ROBBERIES.


L
The American Protective Farmers
League: Gents: This is only u farmer
community, and miles away from any city,
village or factories, but If you will know If
the farmers can bear any higher tariff
and lower prices for their products, let me
tell you that it would be starvation and
death for every small farmer. The farm
ers wife of so years ago could dress up
like a lady Of rank, and it would be beneath
her station to work in the field, or even to
milk COW; but here in this vicinity 1t is
different, and they have to work, little
and big, in the fields, to make one end
meet the other.
But how can we wonder that hard times
exist so long as we send the same members
to congress, like Sherman, for instance.
If the story is true told In the papers about
him that he was so poor when he first en-
tered congress about 50 years ago that he
had to borrow money to bring him there,
on $1,000 a year, or even $4,000. he has
earned $s00O,C0O Ought not the people to
call him in for justice and let him tell how
he got his So, 100000.
When we examine the corrupt legislation
we can easily see how he earned his money.
How were the greenbacks issued with the
exemption clause upon them? No doubt
a heavy bride from the gold spectators
paid for it. There also were thieves and
robbers a little previous, and the green
backs were inteded to become the entering
wedge and an excuse for the issue of the
$500, COO 900 bond issues and the national
bank law, with the permission of the
national banks to purchase the bonds
with the deprecated greenbacks, which
were reduced down to the value of 80 1-3
cents in gold on the dollar; for this price
the bank was paid dollar for dollar in
greenbacks and the greenbacks stood for
about two weeks at that price. and the
first purchasers got them for that price.
But suppose we reckon the bonds bought
at As cents on the dollar at an average,
and there were about $3.50, OO0, 900 sold; nay,
given away, with extra gift too of
$343 1-3 for that the banker was so very
kind and loyal as to take the bond as a
present from the government with the
nice little stipend yearly of $500, and the
bond augmented in value 80 cents above
par with gold, and many bonds were
bought at that rate by the government be-
fore they were due. Now let us look at
the operation. A 500. 900 Of bonds cost $780, 600
in greenbacks; the bank receives first Sc. 600
in gold forehand as interest On the PONDS.
that can be exchanged in greenbacks for
$13,3 1873 1-3. ...-
Carried. 1898 1-3 Now by depositing
the bonds with the treasurer the bank
drew 80 per cent by paying per cent but
the interest it receives on every 00CO of
bonds is $3.50. TO-. and here the $139.10 sub.
tracted from $780, leaves the first cost
$1oO. 900. and mere is 1850 for being so loyal
and kind as to take the bonds as free
girt. -
This is the entering wedge. for an. inn
mense debt and hard times; caused by
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-09-30
rnpsrfsSS RaS6

the Democratic nominee. It is their duty
to scratch the name of every Populist
from the electoral ticket and to vote only
for those men who will vote for the Dem
ocratic candidate. In SO doing it cannot
be said that they are scratching the DEM
ocratic ticket, for it cannot be claimed
that this hybrid affair Is one.''
Now, what could please Mark Hanna
and the gold bugs better than this? DEM
ocrats. to scratch Popultst electors, and
Populists to scratch Democratic electors.
If enough of this is done, Of course, the
Mckinley electors will be elected. This
is what the Observers advice would lead
to. Is this what the Observer desires? II
any so-called Democrat wants to scratch
Populist elector, let him do it. He will
simply prove that he is the agent of Nc
Kinley In disguise. But Populists are not
made Of that kind of stuff. Every one will
vote the joint electoral ticket. because ev-
cry one wants to defeat the Mckinley
electoral ticket The Charlotte Observer
has now found chance to elect Mckinley
but no Populist will become partner Of
the Observer in it's gold bug scheme
Mayor Strong, Of New York city. refus-
ed to allow stand to be built IN the city
for Mr.. Bryan to speak from. This is the
first time that the mayor Of New York
has ever refused to allow a stand to be put
up for any public speaker representing a
great party. This Is a species of littleness
and persecution that will help more than
it hurts. The American people believe in
fair play. and the gold men will make no
converts by trying to stifle free speech.
Mayor Strong said few weeks ago that
Mr.. Bryan made votes for the gold men
whenever he spoke. but now he bellies his
own words. He is afraid to have Mr.. Bry
an tell the truth to the people of New York
who have SO long been kept in the dark by
the gold bug press.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-09-30
PROSPERITY OF THE ILLINOIS FARMER.
How Long Can the Farmers Stand Such Ire
mendouS Losses.

Editor Representative:
The statistical report of the Illinois State
board Of agriculture. issued Aug. /, 1885,
circular No. ia. contains some rema rka bic
statistics in regard to the wheat, oats, rye
and barley crops produced by the farmers of
Illinois.
The farmers of Illinois, in 1885, raised 21-
1851 bushels of wheat. 1t has cost them
SIS, 993, i23 to produce the wheat, and they
received SIG. 447, 439 for it: leaving a net loss
to the wheat growers of the state of 49,
545,9s4. The farmers received Sc. 20 per acre,
or As cents per bushel for their wheat and
it has cost them $11 80 per acre, or So cents
per bushel to raise 1t; leaving a net loss of
$50 per acre, or 40 cents per bushel for
every bushel produced in the state of Him
DIS in 1896.
The farmers Of Illinois also produced 1O4-
423.9 $3.50 bushels Of oats; they received $14,-
1891 for their oats, and it cost them $3l-
119,2o7 to raise them; leaving a net loss Of
81, 002, 800 to the oat growers Of this state.
1t has cost them 50 per acre, or 80 cents
per bushel to raise the oats and they re-
ceived 81 per acre. or IL cents per bushel for
them, leaving a net loss of S. per acre, or Il
cents per bushel for every bushel produced
in 1885,
III REGARDS 10 rye the report says: Inc
farmers of Illinois, in 1885, produced 2217,-
0s3 bushels of rye. 1t has cost them 81 312, :
101 to raise the rye, and they received $685.
Ala for it; leaving a net loss to the rye
growers of Illinois of $647 $3.50. 1t has cost
the farmers SO per acre. or 50 cents per
bushel to raise the rye, and they received 81
per acre, or 20 cents per bushel for it, leav
ing net loss Of s. per acre. or 80 cents per
bushel for every bushel of rye produced in
tho state in 1896.
The farmers of Illinois, in 1886, also pro-
duced 1923 600 bushels of barley. 1t has cost
them $130,540 to raise the barley, and they
received $4,000 for it, leaving a net loss to
the barley growers of the state Of SOL, 4SO
cents per bushel to raise the barley, ann
they received $3.50 per acre, or "a cents
per bushel for It, leaving a net loss to the
barley growers of the state of Illinois of
s.. As per acre, or 16 cents per bushel for
every bushel produced in 1895.
Thus it has cost the farmers Of the state
Of Illinois $51, Cl5, 301 to raise the four
products-wheat, oats, rye and barley-and
they only received So, 1881 for them
leaving net loss tO-the farmers of this
state of $26,274.470. Is it any wonder that
our agriculturists are restless and d'scont-
ed when they receive less than half as
much for their products than it cost to pro-
Gucc them?
H. E. Taubeneck.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-09-30

A Private Letter From Minnesota Lady Aged
Is Years, to a Friend in the East-Some Good
Points Well Put.
Editor Representative
Enclosed IS the substance of letter ad-
dressed to friend in the East; use it or
not. as you think best. l send it with re-
luctance, knowing how you are crowded
with correspondence, and I assure you not
the slightest offense will be given II You
conslgn 1T to the waste basket Very truly,
Mrs. Abbie j. Spald!ng.
Champlin, Sept %. 1896.
To --: You think it strange that
you and l differ widely on the question
of the day-the silver question. Standing
as l do, at the threshold Of another life,
am out of politics, though not unmindful
OF the struggle that is going on, or indiffer-
ent as to what the outcome may be. But
l am full of sympathy with the Peoples
Party. 1t is the party Of progress and re-
form. and holds about the same relation to
the government that the Abolition party
held "a years ago. and If the country is
saved from utter ruin without bloodshed
it must be saved through the principles en-
bodied in the platform of the Peoples Par
". The party has no presidential candi-
herein Is wisdom. The best that can be
done under the circumstances is always the
right thing to do.
1t Is a sad sight-a country rich in it's
various resources as this country is, at
peace with all the world, and yet on the
verge of bankruptcy. Led on to this Slip
perry ground by whom and for what? You
hope for the election of Mckinley. can
conceive of no greater calamity that can
befall our whole people than to be dragged
through another four years Of gold basis
government. Look about over the land, at
your own city, at your private interests,
and ask yourself, DO I want any more of
it,?
l believe the 16 to 1 is the road to take to
reach better state Of things, and that
the poor man will share in the general pros
perlty that will eventually come from going
right, just as he now shares in the general
adversely that has come from going wrong
Does this answer your first question?
Wendell Phillips once said, and he prob
ably said it more than once: Let Justice
be done, though the heavens fall-but the
heavens won't fall" l have great faith in
the power of right doing, and see no rea-
sonable ground for the fears expressed in
your next three or four questions. If the
first right step is taken and other right
steps as they come along are also taken all
things will regulate themselves.
You fear 1t will be too easy for mine own
ers to become mllionaires. 1 have no
liking for milionaires and should be sorry
to see the tribe increase but if the nation
can stand all that has been made in the
past few years it will bear up under any
that may be developed from the mines in
the West. One thing is certain-thousands
and thousands of loyal citizens will be glad
of the chance to go down into the earth
and delve for living whenever the mines
are opened.
What do think of the Republican par
typ That except it's name it bears no
resemblance to the Republican party of
Abraham Lincoln's time.
-Abbie J. Spaulding.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-09-30
THE BUSINESS MEN.
They are Fighting the Farmers in North Dako
ta-A Very hort-Sighted Policy.

They are Fighting the Farmers In North Dako-
ta-A Very Short-Sighted Policy.
Editor Representatives:
Any person has only to glance over the
Representative" or Silver knight, and
then over any of the subsidized gold bug
papers of Minneapolis or st. Paul. to see
how completely the business men are boy
cotting the reform press. and what is true
of the cities Is equally true of the small
towns. Nearly every business man in our
town Is against us in our struggle for bet
ter prices and better times. They hold up
their own margin of profits, and prescribe
for us farmers less than cost of production.
They pirate about sound money and repeat
the Wall street catechism as IL the Wall
street bond robbers cared for our inter-
ests. -:-. ---ts--
A dollar that 1t takes three bushels cot
wheat and eight bushels of oats, and 13
bushels of potatoes to huy, is very sound
money, admit, for the money lender the
millionaires and all non-producers, because
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-09-30
ourForun.
A FEW SIMPLE RULEs-READ AND BE
GOVERNED ACCORDINGLY,

We are SO crowded with letters, many OF
them excellent and most Interesting, that.
TO give them all q hearing. we are con,
Money.-Ed. Rep.
Write on one side of paper. beginning
ire first page about the middle OF the sheet.
Be brief ~-.
Always sign your name to your article
tnough you may write over non de plume.
Be brief
Do not try to cover the whole range OF
reform In one letter.
Be brief and to the point.
Letters Of 800 words on one point, properly
condensed. will cover almost any subject.
Be brief
Shoot at the mark-not In the air. Aim
At something and hit 1t.
Be brief Boil down and quit when you
are done.
Again we say, be brief.
In other words we say-be brief!
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-09-30
Union City, Ind.

Ripans Tabules cure nausea.
Ripans Tabules cure headache.
Ripans Tabules assist digestion.
Ripans Tabules cure biliolsness.
Ripans,Tabules cure bad breath.
Ripans Nabules: for sour stomach
Ripans TabuIes cure constipation.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-09-30
BAD.

"Ragsey, ME boy, is yer debtor or
crcditor?'
"Creditor, Wagsey. De world owes
me Il livin' an its repudiatin' dc obll-
CATION
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-09-30
COME IN HANDY,

'Why do ycu have so many law
yerS:" asked one corporation presi-
dent OF another.
",To till vacancies in the federal jul 4
dietary" was the reply. ut pays to-
own Il court"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-09-30
EAST AND WEST.

A Private Letter From Minnesota Lady Aged
Is Years, to Friend In the East-Some Good
Points Well Put
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-07-04
NORTH DAKOTA CROPS.

The weather conditions still con-
tinue most favorable for the growt
of all crops, and warm sunshine and
ample rainfall, with few exceptions
have prevailed, inconsequence Of
which very few reports Of poor out
look have been received. The previ-
Gus cool weather, while delaying the
growth Of corn, has rendered the con
dition of wheat, oats and other small
grains such that with strong. and deep
roofing the warn weather at present
is causing rapid growth, with a good
stand, and they are now in q position
to withstand dry weather, should q de-
ficiency of rain occur later In some To-
calities the weeds are gaining consid-
cradle Roadway but no fears. are ell
tertained In this respect, as the crops
are too far advanced to be materially
injured by them. A few reports of
injury to stubble wheat by the Hessian
fly are received, and In Dickey county
gophers have destroyed some grain.
Cut worms are also reported dalnag-
ing wheat and fax, and about one-half
| the fax in this county is reported de-
| stroyed by worms. Some reports of
| wheat looking yellow still come in. and
+ wild buckwheat and mustard have
about AIKEN possession Of some fields in
! Morton and Cass counties. Corn is
now advancing rapidly, and potatoes
and gardens are making rapid growth.
Il HI-. Trnu-I, Atst.s-E BOLIVIAN 4es fcHLH r4-t4e
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-07-04
xusp1xs OF NEWS.
Items Of General Interest Placed in
q Few Lines.

Items Of General Interest Placed in
n e Lines.
Jennie Hill, the variety actress, died
ut her home at Brixton, England, yes
terday.
The diseases of cattle bill pissed it's
second reading in the British house Of
lords to-day.
The president has arranged his af-
fairs so as to be with his family at
Gray Gables on the Fourth of July.
The result of the presidential cleo
tions in Chile is 14S votes for Freder-
lex Errazuriz, and 1874 for Vicente Riaz.
The rebels have burned the village Of
Antonio, province of Pinar del Rio,
Cuba.
Baron Fitz Harding is dead. He was
born in 1896, and was a member of
parliament for Cheltenham from 1856
to 1865.
LaZard Freres has withdrawn $780,
600 in gold from the New York sub
treasury for export to Germany to-
morrow.
The keystone Rolling Mill company
of Pittsburg signed the Amalgamated
scale to-day. 1t was the first firm in
n country to sign.
John McGinner and John O'Rrien.
both men Of many aliases and both no.
torious bank robbers, were captured in
Vancouver yesterday.
More than 1,4OO,0OO spindles at Fall
River, Mass, II now pledged to shut
down for four weeks, either consecu-
lively or alternately during July and
August.
A notice will be posted in the Penn
berton mills at Lawrence, Mass, to-
morrow, informing 900 operatives that
the plant viii shut down on Friday,
July 3, and remain closed until Sept.
9Th.
The Cretan assembly did not meet
to-day in accordance with their threat
to refuse to assemble in response to
the call of the Turkish authorities un-
less the powers should guarantee them
freedom from arrest and insure them
liberty of speech.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-07-04

Latest Quotations from Grain and
Live Stock CenterA.

Chicago. July FLAX Cash. N.
W, a lie; July, II 1-2c; September,
7Sa79c; December, Sic. Timothy-Cash.
$2.S5; August. $3.50; September. 1915.
Wheat-June. 533-4c; July, 53 Bic;
September. 81 lac; December, 5 1-4c.
Corn-June. 2G 3-Sc; July. 26 3-Sc; Sep
TENDER, q Lee; May, % 3-4c. Oats
June 15c; July. Is 1-Sc; September.
Is lie; May, IS 1-Sc. Pork-June and
July. ST; September. $7.15; October,
$7.O7 IL; January, $3.50 IL. Lard
June and July, $3.S7 IL; September,
81; October, $4.O7 10; December,
$4.17 10; January. $4.32 ~. Ribs =
;une and July, $3.65; September. $3.50:
October. $685.; January, 1897 10.
Chicago. July 1. Hogs active;
heavy packers &c lower; others steady;
light. 81 .2:,a3.50; heavy, s.. 755a3 70;
rough, $2.75a3.25; mixed, $3.O5a3.4O.
Cattle = Best grades stronger; others
steady: fancy load at $4.6O; beeves,
$3.50a4.6 CO.. cows and heifers, $1.3Oa
4.O5; Texas steers. S.. 655a3 .95; stockers
and feeders. 81. 7Oa3.25.
Minneapolis, July 1.-Wheat- June
closed at 81 1-Sc; July opened at
81 3-Sc and closed at so 7-Sc; Septem-
Der opened at 50 1-4c and closed at
81 5-8c. On trackENo. 1 hard. SO 1-Sc;
No. 1 Northern, 80 1-Sc; No. 2 Northern,
81 3-S.
Milwaukee. July 1. = Flour steady
and quiet; wheat weak and lower; No.
2 spring, sic; No. 1 Northern, 81 Lee;
September, So 1-Sc. Corn dull and cas-
Ter; No. 3, 26 1-2c. Oats lower; No. 2
white. 1Sc; No. white, 17a1Sc. Barley
quiet; No. 2, 29c; sample, % laps Lee.
Rye dull and lower; No. 1, Soc. Pro-
visions weak; pork, $685.; lard, $3.50.
South st. Paul, July 1. Hogs are
strong; market active; sales at $2.65a
80. Cattle-Fat strong and active;
thin grassy, weak; sales at $2a4.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-07-04
workmcn Riot.

Gus rioting near the. works of the
Chase was set, upon by strikers and
badly injured before the police arrived.
Another workman named A. L. Strong
WA, was iaser rescued ~ tue = ol pti1ep IRON ~ q
morrow, as an ugly spirit is manifest
ed by the men.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-07-04
Tried Hnrd to E.canc

F%aulkton, S. D.. July Carl Egg
glebrecht, the leader of the gang of
thieves operating in North and South
Dakota, was shot and captured by
Sheriff Hays i'll Edmunds county last
night. He was shot in the foot but
ran sixty rods after being shot. He is
wanted here on two charges of grand
larceny. and. also wanted in half a
dozen other counties Franz and Otto
~Egglebrecht, two other members of the
gang, have just been convicted here of
larceny.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-07-04
Rip. Grnndduushter Married.

Buzzard's Bay, Mass, July 1. -
Amidst a wealth Of flowers and I'M
der the canopy Of q large maruue erect
ed on the most prominent and beauti-
full elevation of land on tue shore Of
Buttermilk bay. Miss Josephine. grand
daughter of Joe Jefferson. the actor,
and Charles j. Iolfe, son of William
Rolfe. the ,Shakespearean scholar Of
Cambridge. were married to-day. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. DR..
Page of Fall RIVER.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-07-04

Along the shores of Donegal is a re-
zion of vast cliff -ramparts and sea-
ehouldering crags. From here the At
hntic foam seeths into innumerabls
hays and creeks, less labarynthino,
perhaps than those Of Connemara, fur.
ther south, but dominated by loftss
mountains.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-07-04
Bermuda'. Captain. ON Trial

Capt. John b. Hart, alleged owner ne Of o
the Bermuda. charged with violating
the neutrality laws in. providing the
means for a military expedition
against the Spanish government in
Cuba, began to-day. Steward Smith
testified TO the manner IN which the the
arms; took on Gen. Calixto Garcia and
men, and landed them in Cuba.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-07-04
Five ~

Sharon. Mass. July To-day four
choir boys and the choir master of st.
town were drowned in Lake Mattapan.
The dead are Choirmaster Fred Il.
Bracket. - years; Thomas Parker. IL;
Harry Laker. -: William Watkins,
II: Benjamin Gibbs, IL. They were
members of a party from st. Johns
church. who arrived here this morning
to camp until Saturday.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-07-04

The emblems of royalty of the queen
of Madagascar consist of three scarlet
umbrellas, which are held over her
majesty when she sits in her palaquln
of state-this latter is a present, oddly
enough, from the late Emperor OF the
French.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-07-04

Dear, dear, the creditors Of a Ger
man prince who married an American
girl have sued that scion Of royalty for
their fee in arranging the match. How
unreasonable some people are. By
and-by they will begin to insist that
royalty shall also pay its other debts.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-07-04

By the slaughter of elephants in A.
RIGA an annual profit of some $5,OOO,-
600 is realized. If the. elephants, in
stead of being left a prey to the hunt
er, were tanned, they would bring an
annual profit of some 1915, 100000, &C.
cording to authorities.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-07-04

It is stated that the first cost Of
building q feet of Atlantic liners is Q
trife compared to the cost Of running
them. In less than three years it will
exceed the cost of construction, 80
enormous is the constant expenditure
in wages, port dues and repairs.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-07-04

Spain's borrowing capacity has been
nearly exhausted, and her soldiers in
Cuba are dying from yellow fever
faster than their places can be filled.
1t is a pity Spain has no statesman
who can sec the inevitable ahead and
o to make the best Of it.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-07-04

The first exports Of cotton from this
country was in 1855, in which year
n bag was sent from Charleston to
LIVERPOOL, while twelve were sent
from Philadelphia and one from New
York.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-07-04

The largest bell in France has been
hung in the belfry of the Church OF
the Sacred Heart in Paris. 1t weighs
twenty-eight tons, can be heard at a
distance of twenty-five miles, and its
vibration lasts six minutes.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-07-04

The leading operate managers in
this country have met the financial
fate of all their predecessors. Paying
prima donnas and tenors $500 a night
each is fortune and glory for them and
certain bankruptcy for managers.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-07-04
.InM.ned tIle I,rnck

Cornwall, Ont, July 1.-The east
bound Grand Trunk mail train Jumped
the track about four miles east Of here,
every car being derafled. There were
sixty passengers on board, but none 1T
them nor any of the train hands re-
ceived injuries. They were frightened
and shaken up, but that was all.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-07-04

DR.. Parker, the London divine, does
not like the bicycle. He referred to it
in his sermon recently as that shout
der-contracting, mischievous, horrible
machine that will take the manliness
out Of any nation"