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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-03-11
A SUGGESTION.
How to Fight the Rings

Editor Representative:
Did you know you could boycott the
trusts to quite an extent and not incon-,
venience yourself particle?
My idea is something like this, there is
a wholesale house in this county which
supplies nearly all the goods in stock by
our country stores. Go where you will
among the stores belonging to this ring,
prices are the same and higher than in
other stores that buy as far as possible
from competitors of the trusts Look in
to the factst in your locality and patron
ize the merchant who buys goods made
outside the rings and fruits. If there is
mill that doesn't belong to the North
west Millers' Association. patronize him
and get better flour, nearly every time at
less price. Look for your friends among
our party, when you must part with part
of the pittance allowed you by 1.-The pow
erS that be and pay to one of them in
stead Of a Republican or Democrat. Even
hire your farm hands from among Popu-
lists If possible. Be a crank to the extent
of keeping your money and products in
the hands of men of your own party as
long as possible and we shall be some
what stronger to fight the twin-parents of
monopoly trusts. rings. oppression. brib-
cry, corruption, and all that is now an
tagonistic to the welfare of a suffering
people.
e. F. Atwood.
Simpson, MINI.
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Simpson, MINI.
WHAT HE THINKS.
The Initiative and Referendum.

Editor Representative:
/ was somewhat anxious, some time ago,
that the Representative would side in
with the silver party too much but now
/ am very glad to learn that 1t stands
firmly by the essentials of the Omaha plat
form.
l believe that the union with the silver
party on candidates for 80 is a great thing
for both parties, and absolutely necessary
to present success. / am even willing to
drop all planks but the money plank. for
the present, if a union could not be made
OTHERWISE. provided the initiative and ref
erendum be taken up, as / believe that is
the only POSITIVE safeguard for a re-
public. But really I do not see how the
silver people can ask us to give up nearly
all our own principles, if they are honest,
and if they-the majority-be not why
then better be defeated dozen times than
to deal with our enemies. Hoping you
will, at army rate, make a strong fight for
the initiative and referendum, am Yours
for the Cause, Andrew Trovaton.
Mcintosh, MINI.
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HE IS IN TROUBLE.
Ole O'Marjerin's Perplexity.
yery Good Republikin:-

To Every Good Republican,
/ am in bushel basket full of trouble.
1 he'd a speekin at the town hall last mite
and when the G. o. P. orator he'd splurged
a spell he sot down and invited any wun
to make few remark or asst any kwes-
tons. I was surprised at the damphool,
and there wuZ no naim for mi feelns
when the follerin with more like it wuz
got off at Republican meetin. The an
arkist asst, why did silver rise frum 80 to
117E under Harrison's administrator,
when the free coinage bill had only past
the sennit? Nobody he'd emmy thing to
say and he sed that if the bill he'd bekum
a law silver wud immejitly hev bin worth
81 80 per ounce.
What holds the price of gold at SIS 92
per ounce? One man sed the price ov
gold wuz stable. allus the saim, fer it wuz
the mcclure wv valyoo. The anarkist sed,
No, the Bank NV England is kompeled by
the Peel act. past by parlyment Jooly 49,,
1874, to pay f3, lis, Cd for every ounce NV
standard gold presented at their kounter,
and all we Populists ask is that Uncle
Sam, sartinly is ez crate a nashun ez John
Bull. coz he licked him twice, give us a
silver dollar for every SIN grains NV pure
silver minus a fair charge fer the work NV
maxim the dollar and addin alloy He
sed look Chambers Syklopedy, Lipincotts
edishun NV 1869, Vollum 1, paig 667, or
Ency. Rrittanica, 9th Amerikin edishun
Nv 1883. Vol, XVI, paig 854, fer proof.
lookt, and, horrible to relate, 1t wuz
thare! Men, brethren and 80 forth, what
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-03-11
A SENSIBLE GIRL.
Has Some Clear Headed Views Of Things.-Let
US Hear From Her Again.
Editor Representative.

Editor Representative
Brother Farmers: We can live more in
dependently of the merchants if we will
l have reference to the people Northern
Minnesota especially the people of Beck
er county. We depend too much on buy
ing our living out of the store. The farm
ers raise wheat and sell it to buy other
necessities. and in this way of doing their
needs are not supplied. We can't raise
wheat for 80 cents per bushel and not
come out in debt. The only way we can
live is to seed what we can take care Of
without hiring, and put in crops that will
pay better than wheat and raise our
own meats and not depend on buying as
the people here do; that is the majority
CO. Let US raise sheep, and spin our
stocklng-yarn. as our grandmothers did.
II we lived at home more largely our
fathers would not have such store debts
hanging over them. 1 think it would be
we'll to make experiments raising sor-
ghum cane. If this could and was sue
cessfully grown it would be a great help
in this Northern country, where fruit is
SO scarce. What a treat it would be if
we had barrel of sorghum to draw from
as we used to do when we lived in Illinois.
How different it tasted from this pale
syrup we buy,-this adulterated stuff
we hardly know what it is made Of
Fruit is out of our reach. We must
adopt different plan or come to vagran-
cy. We cannot live at this poor dying
rate
If we could live at home more and did
not have debts pushing us, to market our
wheat; if we did not get but 10 cents we
might fare better and force them to feel
their need of us.
This generation is living too fast for
their own good. Every law is made to
favor the rich and Cypress the poor; the
rich in every vocation have the advantage
because they have capital to start on and
the poor are more oppressed each year
Our poor,-if things go as they have
been going,-will be as bad off as the poor
Of England and other foreign countries.
Things are drifting that way, and great
many are asleep and can't see one inch
ahead.
Let us rally around the ballot box and
take things in our own hands, and make
a few laws to favor the poor and OPP
pressed Of this land. I will send my sub
scription at the earliest convenience. A
kind friend has been sending this paper
to us. 1t accords with our views.
"A Country Girl
Shell Lake. MINI.
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THINKS IT IS PLAIN.
Lives in q Hot-Bed Of Goldbu9ism.
Editor Representative:

Editor Representative:
have been a reader Of your most VAL
liable paper for nearly year and this is
my first communication, but as others
are presenting their views feel like say
ing a word. l live in a hot bed of the
G. 0. Ps, and have a great many argu-
ments with them, but it does seem queer
that some men can only see one side Of an
issue they will admit that there is some
thing radically wrong but attribute it to
any other than the real cause. But
will keep trying to point out to them their
errors and try to get them to let go of
Jefferson's coat tail and also Lincoln's
and get down to the real cause which
seems so plain that it does seem that a
blind man could see it. Yours for success,
w. f. Hutchinson.
Fergus Falls, Mimi, March 1.
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publican campaigns committee, to help lu-
bricate the Republican machinery; then
cutting down the wages of the section
men SO he can continue to pay dividends
to his foreign bond holders, and we far
mers furnish the freight. If this is to
continue mush longer let us all secure one
of those kicking machines and use it
vigorously. We need have no fears of our
brains being kicked out, for we certainly
have none, if we are contented under such
conditions. -Hamln w. POOre.
% Bird Island, Mimi.
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1a,951,ooo 1882. 900 100000


The above figures represent quarters,
quarter Of wheat is 4S0 pounds or bushels.
The absence of Australia as contributor
in the spring and summer is remarkable,
and in sense important, not so much
for the cumulative loss as for the moral
influence which the knowledge of those
supplies exercised upon the trade in past
seasons The estimate as to the United
States and Canada may be regarded as
moderate. The dry season in the Punajah
has made Indian shippers careful about
offerings; the new crop in that province
will undoubtedly be short. What can Ar
gentlne do for us or rather what may
reasonably be expected from that country
in the coming months? The sanguine ex
pectations of local authorities are rudely
upset by bad weather at harvest and SUBJ
sequently. The wheat is being gathered
more than month later than in 1895,
the shipping houses generally refrain from
offering cargoes; SO that with regard to
this contributor we think 100000 our. or
Is, 900 bushels is a full estimate. From
Chill and other countries it is not to mouch
to expect 900 qrs. or 100000 bushels"
Valley City, N. D., Feb. q, 1896.
-Wylie Nelson.
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WHO WILL BE PRESIDENT?
Editor Representative.

Editor REPRESENTATIVE.
Who will be inaugurated president Of
the United States one year from today,
God only knows: but if the people were as
nearly united for an American system of
finance, in which every man, woman and
child is vitality interested, as they pretend
to be on the tariff, and the Monroe doc
trine, no dictator like Grover Cleveland
would again fill the presidential chair. It
is said that Senator Tillman has three
clerks who cannot keep up with his cor
respondence caused by the great speech
he made in the senate.
Verify, the people are waking out Of
their long sleep. C. G.. Clark.
Brownsville, MINI.
Additional letters on page five
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shell do to saiv mi town from the kussid
Populst? I kant dodge a cold fakt like
those and 1 hefto dodge anshent and I'M
savory eggs, coz I kant. I am a lost
Charley Ross unless help arrives towunst
and I'm afeared there liz no help fer me
and the party. Yours in sorrer,
Ole O'Marjerin,
State Toe-Nale Inspector.
Skunk, Mizzery, Feb. 23d, 1896.
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that they wanted to be Independent of Eng
land. One man said at this time. "Indepen-
dence sounded obnoxious to me- but after
people had read Thomas Paine's Common
Sense an electric thrill sent new life pull
sating through their veins. and then came
the cry, Give me liberty, or give me DEATH
The people had become ripe for action.
and it was not long in coming.
B. A. Burgeson.
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would like to mention here. 1t COM
mences: 1.-The great debt that capitalists
will see to it is made out of this war,
etc." I here give table of the issues
and redemptions of greenbacks from 1862
to 1880. merely remarking that more than
two-thrds were issued after the war
closed, thus further confirming the au-
thenticity of that circular:
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ourForurn.

w. Correspondents are requested to be
brief. There is no week that 1.-The Rep
resentative" is not obliged to hold over
a large number of letters, though pub
fishing several columns in each issue.
: Hereafter we shall give the preference to
letters of 300 words or less, and writer's
of letters exceeding 500 words must not
be surprised if they do not see them pub
slished in this paper. We are forced to
adopt this rule in order that all may have
chance of being heard, and with as lit
tie delay as possible after the letters have
been DECENTRALIZATION Representatives.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-03-11
LETTER.
A Strong Mind and Good Memory
Applied to a Terrible Record. .

Someone. Evidently Republican Heretofore.
Who Prefers Not to Sign His Name, Sends Us
a Most Extraordinary Letter, Review of
Political Affairs During the Past 20 Years,
Which Shows How Wise and Consistent the
Populists Have Been, and How Inconsistent
and Corrupt the Two Old Parties Are.
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$1,293,7S7,e31
$1,293.87S,931
$346,681,O16

This is the number of greenbacks now
supposed to be in circulation.
James Arnold.
VeSta, MINI.
Go Be Continued)
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prices. The imports into the united king
dom from February LIST. to August 31st,
in the years 1894 and 1895, and the sup
plies that may safely be expected in the
same period in 1896 are set forth in the en-
suing statement.
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Additional letters on page five
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It'll
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-28
The Swedish Republicans.

The Swedish American Republican
Club OF Providence will hold a street
parade with mass meeting IN music Hall,
Friday evening this week;
All Scsndinavians In the State are cor
daily invited. Swedish and American
speakers, song by Verdani and music
by the swedish Band; the line forms on
Exchange place at 1880 and leave at s
O'Clock p. m. sharp. Route OF march
from Exchange place through Dorrsnce.
Westminster, and jackson streets to
Broadway; Broadway TO America street
countermarch to Bstty street and through
tnat street to Westminster, W inter, Broad,
Weybosset, Snow and Westminster streets
to Music Hall, where the parade will ar.
rive Is minutes to 8 O'Clock. Doors OF
the hall will open o'clock p. M. Free
seats for all an d ladies invited.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-28
TWO DIVORCES GRANTED.
Mrs. wallach and Mrs. Burgess Given
D:creeS at Newport.

D:creeS at Newport.
In the supreme court at Newport yes
tserdsy the divorce petition OF Maud B.
Wallacb vs. Richard Wsllach was tried,
and decree was granted the petitioner,
who Is the daughter of Samuel f. Barger
OF New York. the confidential friend of
Cornelius Vanderbilt and q director OF
the Vanderbilt railroads. The couple
were married in Newport where Mr.. Bar
ger has been a summer resident for many
years, and they went on an eight months
honeymoon trip to Europe. They after
wards settled in Washington.
The charge was non-support, and the
husband put In q mild answer alleging
incompatibility. There was no other al
legation than that the husband neglect
ed his family and business, and was en-
tirely carried away by the attractions oi
horse racing and sporting men. Harrie,
b. Burgess, q sister OF William Brook
field, one of the Republican leaders oi
New York, was granted q divorce mis-
from Stephen c. Burgess Of Brooklyr
for gross intoxication and non-support
There was no defence.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-28

LADY, with blush, "to thank you for the
sympathy which you have manifested for
stranger"
al beg your pardon, grdcious lady,"
stammered the dandy; "but am the
agent for Messrs. A. b., the undertakersl"
II is said that dentists are now able to
extract teeth without pain ana without
gas. Electricity does the job neatly
and quickly ana this Is Row 1t is done:
The person in the dentist's chair grssps
two handles which are connected with a
battery by wires. At the slme time the
operator seizes his forceps, which like
wise are on the end of the wire. lie
touches the tooth, completing the cir
cult, and instantly a local ansesihesia
is produced. The tooth and ueghhoring
gum are rendered for a moment insensl-
ble TO pain. and ont comes the offending
mulsr with dexterous twist. It's sll
over so quickly that the patient does not
realize what has happened until the dem
tist smilngly holds out his palm for the
fee
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-28
Sudden Death al a Hotel.

Richard J. Clarke, a tailor, died very
suddenly at the City Hotel OF iO:s0
o'clock last evening. Clarke was ore Of
the best known taiIors in the city and a,
one time was employed by Msculler,
Parker 4 Co. II IL thought that elcohol-
ism was the cause OF bis death.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-28
Woman's Suffrage.

The Lyceum OF the Young Mems Chris
tian Association will discuss tonight the
question, Resolved, that the right of
suffrage should be conferred on women
sqaslly with mon. The speakers will be
y. II. Quinn and W. e. Corey for the
affirmative, aud ID. A. Cook and L. :.
Hoffman for the negative. Officers for
the next quarter will be elected tonight.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-28
SUTHERLAND SISTERS.
Coming to Providence, and Will Begin an
Engagement Here Monday.

Mr.. j. II. Bailey, manager OF the
famous Seven Sutherland Sisters, arrived
in this city from New York this morn
ing and is busily engaged making ar
engagements for their grand opening 30a
Westminster street. Monday Novem Der
2, where the Sutherland Sisters win be
on exhibition and give continuous lee
lures upon the troatment Of hair. The
admission is free haad all are cordially in
YiIad.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-28
Flremen,s Concert and Ball.

The annual concert and ball for the
Providence Firemen's Association will
be held some evening during the first
week in February. The following named
members OF the department have the
matter in charge: Thomas Il Gorton, IL.
b. Kelly, 3. {. Miller, William Benford,
j. X. Davis and Robert EuckIin.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-28
BY AN EXPLOSION.
Little Girl Killed and Brother and
Sister Injured.
The Fatality Caused by a Leak In
Natural Gas Pipes.

PITTsBURo, Dot. 2S.-An explosion
OF natural gas at Avalon, q suburb of
Allegheny about 80 shis morning, killed
Bessie Osoorne, sged 13 years and seri-
ously injured her brother Bob aged and
her sister Bertha years. The house was
BADLY wrecked. The explosion was
caused by a leak in the kitchen pipes.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-28
THE NEW ENGLAND R. R. co

Passenger Train Service, Week Days.
Corrected to Oct. II, 1896.
Trains leave PRovIDENcE as follows:
For Boston -o:5o. 80 .. na.i ak IVhS i2;oIp M.
5;27 p. m.
wALPoLE-5.Ss, Iiis5 e. m.
FRANKLIN-5;56, 1t;sb a. m. $3.50 .. n
BuLFoRD-5i55. IL ibs a. mt ti.op. m
ARLINGTON Fla .65, ,b;4t $50 pm
WEST ARLINGToN-Fl2s05, $50 FS,3o .. m
KNIGHTsvILLE- Fla o., 5;4S. SiS), ''ll;iO p. m
MEsHANTIouT-F s;4o. $500 a. nj i7:o1
4:2s 5s5 $50. t7;i5. ''iiiio p. m
NATIcK, RIVER POINT. cENTREvILLR
wAsHINGToN-ssso, 800 - M; i:s0a 4:2d S;4a
6:3o. '7si5, -ii;i0 y. m. ffyr
CRANsToN, oAKLAwN--s,4o. 300 q m; i::OS
4.2s 5;i5, $50 7;l6. "1la0 D. m.
PONTIAC, ARCrIC-ts:p O. M; 1906, 4;25. $50
$780, F7:iS. "iinop. m.
oUIDNIcK-S'ao. nj iios 80. $3.50. F7i.
'sll:io D. m
ANTHoNY-s:.o. 900 = m; ia.ts, 4iaa 6;4s. '6sa
COVENTRY. sFERLlNo--s.a $500 a. m; 4,aI
7:i5 m
SUMMIT, GREENE oNECo, MoosUP. PLAIN.
FIELD-essO. 800. a. M; 4;2S. 7:l5 p m.
JEwETr CITY, CANTERBURY. SCOTLAND.
VERSAILLES. BALTIC. SOUTH WlNDHAa
$50 800 a M; 4i23, 7:i5 p. m
wILLIMANTlC-6s40, 800 A. M; s;ab. 7;i5 q.
HARTFoRD-Siao. 900 a. M; iiaS ';is N
FIsHkILL & NEwBURG-sso0 a. IN.
NoRwICH-s;4o. 300 a. nj 4s'S, 7;isp m
WATERBURY. DANBURY--sIoo a. IN.
CHICAGO AID THE WEST VIA NkWBURo
AND ERIE R'Y-s;Oo A. m
PAscoAG AND INTERMEDIATE sTiTfoNs-
6.i5, 9;3o a. m; 4,io, 6ssS and -'ii;i5 p. M.
Returning leave Pascoag at 5;26. 7:25 a. M,
I2:ao, 80 and $500 p. m.
All trains ieaye IRON west end OF Union Depot
Providence.
-saturdays only Tstops on notice.
WR BABCoCK, aP.A
in. KING. supt
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OHIO'S VOTE
VIII BE Overwhelmingly for Mckinley
Says Chairman kurtx.

COLUMBUS, o., Oct. 2s.-Hon. c. l..
Kurtz, chairman of the Ohio executive
Republican committee last mig bit sent the
following telegram.to Hon. MA. Hanna
"Ohio will give Mckinley q larger
majority than she ever gave to a leading
candidate on State or national ticket,
with the possible execution Of that given
to Brough for Governor In 1868.
q. l.. KURTz, Chairman.
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Ambulance Designed for
Contagious Diseases.
Il was a Case of Business and
Not One of Sympathy.
Latest Method of Extracting Teeth
Without Use Of Gas.

The establishment OF an ambulance
service at the Rhode Island Hospital
has been Of incalculable value to the city
and great boon to the unfortunate vic
Tins OF accident or sickness The ambu-
Iances In service are the best OF their
KIND and are equipped with every needed
appliance, but they are not like the am
balance recently put in service at Chi
cago, for that Is understood TO be the
first of its kind ever constructed in this
country, and is designed for special
purpose. II 10 designated as a contagious
fever van and Is very elaborate vehicle
indeed. 1t is built of mahogany, trim
med with q second growth of ash, the
contrast between the warm red and the
vivid yellow being very effective.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-28

Inside the vehicle every modern sppli-
ance for moving contagious cases has
beon provided. There is not scrap OF
upholstery nor an article that cannot be
thoroughly fumigated. rubber mat
covers the floor, and basket stretcher.
with q mattress filled with hair assures
com fort and perfect sanitary conditions.
For extreme cases there Is a swinging
stretcher suspended from the roof. The
ventilation is perfect, with screen for the
summer and solid shutters for the win
ter. At night 1t is lit by bull's-eye Ian
terms securely swung from the drivers
seat. the light being admitted through
small ground windows near the roof;
drop seats for the attendants and per-
fectIy oontrivec medicine chest complete
the simple yet effective arrangements for
conveying contagious cases TO the hos
pital. japanese warmers will be used In
tine cold weather. The running gear ex-
cites the admiration of experts; strong,
light and perfectly adjusted, IT carries
the am bulance like q cradle and runs as
smooth On cobble stones ss asphalt. The
slaoorate and useful vehicle IL the gift OF
the Colum bian Ambulance Association,
organized during tho Worlds Fair for
The purpose OF instructing policemen and
hremen In first aid to the injured.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-28

The late Z. r. Osgood had a fund OF
amusing anecdotes relating to the bus
iness OF the undertaken with which he
was won't to excite the risibilities OF his
frienos ana acquaintaDoes. Those who
knew him can appreciate how the follow
ing story would appeal to his fancy and
gain in effectiveness by his retelling of IL.
Inc story relates 10 a lazy OF title, who
had just recovered from q very danger
ous illness. Seated In her boudoir, she
was looking over the cards of coincidence
that had been left for her while Ill.
Among the names OF counts, barons and
other aristocrstic sympathizers emblaz-
oned with coronets and costo of arms,
she came across a simple card with the
plain inscription, "Hsrmann Berger"
In vain the lady asked who Hermann
Berger was. None OF her servants could
give her any other information tnan that
the individual was remarkably hand
some young man. The lady's curiosity
became excited, and she gave orders TO
admit the stranger IL he should call
again.
The order was punctually obeyed, and
on the following day she received a really
charming young man, dressed in The
most exquisite style, who evidently
appeared greatly EN- mbaIrassed at the
honor OF a tete-a-tete with the still bril-
liant, though somewhat faded, beauty.
''I can hardly find words" said the
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The People

will hnd genuine surprises awaiting
them In these bargains We advertise.