The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-09-23
A ,SNIDE CONCERN.
A NEST OF Liza RS.

BY an unfortunate blunder else
where in this paper is published a
clubbing arrangement with The REP
RESENTATIyE. We have no such ar
rangement. and the announcement
| should not have been made-Farm,
| Stock and Home.
| We have been receiving club sub
subscriptions for the Farm. Stock
| and iIome,' This was sad mistake.
| We are sorry for it we apologize TO
mankind.
The publishers Of that paper stated,
| 1--WE think they score, they had forty
| one Thousand circulation when they
| did not have half that amount; and
the Geo. P.Rowcll Publis hing Com pany
Of New York, which published the
statement in their book, had to pay
$lUO penalty to man who proved
that it was lie; and that they had
thereby helped to deceive the adYer-
Tiers. The paper is snide concern
and we are profoundly sorry that we
ever helped any body to subscribe for
| it. We have received the following
letter from the manager of the
| Northwestern Agriculturist and the
Skcrde manncn:
Hon. Ignatius Donnelly:
| Dear Sr:-Enclosed find some print
| ed matter which may interest you in
| connection with S. NJ. Owens candi-
| dacy to represent the business men Of
| this district in Congress.
The first exposure is ''Out Of print"
! vNt HOY In lnr
can see the fac-similes by calling at
| our Office. We estimate the fraud at
$4,000 to $4,000 a year. "Uho's got
that money!" P. V. COLLINS.
| Minneapolis, Aug. II.
| We knew all this two years ago, but
out of exceeding charity for man
who claimed to be Populist, we re-
manned silent. although he was at
| that time combined with the in
famous Doctor Fish to try to defeat
US for the office of president of the
State Farmers Alliance. AN office that
| had 40 salary or emoluments Of any
| kind attached to it.
Our readers will note that this let
ter from Mr.. Collins is more than a
month old; We did not publish it; and
we should not use it even now but for
the insolence Of the extract from
Farm, Stock and Home, which heads
this article.
The following is a copy Of the check
for 800 referred to.
Ct. Z. Rowell & Co. Publishers, No.
10 Spruce Street, Printing House
Square, New York, July s. 1894.
$1VO
The National Broadway Bank, 237
Broadway, pay to order Of w. Il.
Cole, Minneapolis, Mimi, one hun
dred. dollars
No. l42, 778, Geo. p Powell & Co.
Our readers will understand that
Rowell & Co., are the greatest firm of
| advertising agents in the United
States. They require sworn state
ment from every person publishing a
card in their book: and then they offer
500 reward to any person who will
prove that any one of these newspa-
per firms made false statement.
The "Agriculturist' and "Skorde-
manner" Companies have published a
little pamphlet called 1.-The Story of a
Fraud" in which they say:
1t is a matter of recent history that
on February l, 1894, we published a
| complete exposure Of the circulation
imitation and fraud Of the Farm. Stock
and Home of Minneapolis. This ex-
posture was made in supplement to
the Northwestern Agriculturist. 1t
occupied eight pages Of the size of the
Agriculturist and included fac-simile
| reproductions of the press mans rec
Ords Of all but three issues of an entire
year, and also reproduction of state
| ment Of account rendered by the
bookkeeper; of Farm, Stock and Home,
verifying every item of the. press
mans records.
! This exposure showed that Farm,
Stock and Homo, according to its own
records during that eleven months
had not printed one-half (only AZ per