The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-03

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and quaifed to MI the position on the differ
en5 state BOARDS aud institutions.
Inc wisdom OF this action was soon demon
Strated by the treatment the farmers received
IN the matter of binding Irvine from one Of
tine state institutions, which had no represent
tative farmer on the board.
AS result .the' state prison sod nearly
tnar entire output of binding twine to Job
farmers at their mercy In the matter Of
prices charged.
In some instances the price reached as high
as u to IL centsi per pound while the prison
sold Its output OF nearly 5.000,000 pounds for
W ana z cents per pound, which hah been
estimated as about $270.0 on this one item
alone, which did not go to the credit of
come cut Of thsGfartners. pocket
Another matter which emphasized the
necessity Of havfngia representative farmer
class was the discrimination in the matter
| OF wheat grades (which resulted In the farm
ers being swindled out of thousands OF dol
| seasons crop.
| When 1T is Known that the railroad and
warehouse commission are composed Of three
, law. and no farmer 1t goes TO show the
demanding and securing their just represen-
tation on the different state boards and instl-
tutionls THAT have direct bearing on their
We have about 100 names on our lists
from which the governor can select farmers
OF all political parties from all sections OF
the state, who are we'll qualified to serve
| In their respective capacities, and 1t is the
duty OF this convention to wait on the gov
ernor and firmly request that the farmers
recommended by this organization be appoint
ed to the different boards to represent the
agricultural interests of Minnesota. which to-
DAY has no representative on many of the
boards OF this state.
GRAIN GROWERS AGAIN.
movement to organize the farmers and
p0-Qn no forv ala ,,H fI1r
enterprises has received a generous response
| and today we have a new society known as
| the National Grain Growers association in
operation and this will meet In convention
at the conclusion OF the alliance meeting.
l have the pleasure to announce that we
have in contemplation the establishment of
a business agency in the alliance. This will
give to members an agency that will secure
| er prices for the goods they buy, such as
| binding Irvine. and other articles.
one OF the plans now under way Is known
as the Kansas Dian, in which the business
agency of the alliance will seek to establish
agents at every station in the state where
grain and farm products are marketed and
points to commission men or buyers who will
pay into the alliance treasury a certain part
Of their commission or profits.
1t Is the intention, II the plan be be put
In operation, to secure the local farmers
elevator and creameries to become members
OF the organization and become our agents.
and maintain will be used to pay expenses of
the agencies, pay lecturers and organizers
and the expansion Of this feature Of the ALI
| ance will provide fund that will enable the
association to establish their own board Of
trade and compel buyers to come to their
counters and bid for their products. =
would, therefore, recommend that the
convention select an executive committee of
farmers and businessmen to formulate plans
to place such an enterprise on a practical
business footingy rv
ALLIANCE rs IN DEBT.
The financial report of the secretary
showed the total liabilities to be ST.
74146
The cash receipts during the year
1898 amounteddtos sl99.77 and the deficit
at the commencement Of 1898 was
| S2l298, which. had been increased by
the expenditure Of $408.25.
To this was added the salary of the
secretary for 1897 sand 1898, amounting
to $1,000. and office rent for the secre-
tary for two years, aggTegating $120.
The report Of the financial condition
OF the organization was adopted, but
no action taken as to the payment of
| the deficit. ncH- T,,g,,
President Rahilly, on taking the chair
as president of the alliance, thanked
the convention for the honor. He
pledged himself to work night and day
state. He urged organization IN the
counties, and said the only way to scare
the petty politicians was for, the farm
ers and the alliance to take an interest
in politics. The majority of the rail-
| road committee Of the house, twelve
out of fifteen, had been left at home
this time. and he aattered himself as
having been Instrumental in securing
this result. His experience in the house
and senate had been that whenever
| a bill was introduced, which would
benefit the farmers, there was trouble
in getting it considered or passed His
idea was to keep the alliance in poll
tics and watch the politicians.
ASKS FOR RHPRESENTATI TON.
- A committee of three, consisting Of
Ienatius Donnelly Eric Olson and J. C..
Hanley, was appointed to walt on Gov.
Lind and urge upon that official the ap-
pcintment of members from the organ
ization to state boards.
President Rahil1y was mentioned as
the proper person for appointment as a
| member Of the railroad and warehouse
commission. Mr.. Rahilly said, while
he did not desire office, he was willing
to have his name used as candidate
for the appointment in order to be
turned down ss
J. r. Lowe, of Faribault, thought it
advisable that instead of presenting 100
| names to the governor from which to
| select appointees 1T would be much
better to select the names OF one or
| two men and urge their appointments.
He had not been a Lind man, but he
was convinced that the governor in
tended to be the best governor the state
Of Minnesota ever had Mr.. Lind had
many political debts to pay, and If the
Alliance took practical view Of the
situation only. one or two names for
specific appointments would be pre-
scented.
c. H. Stratton of st. Paul, advised
that the name of but one person be Sc
lected for each position Organized la
Dor, Mr.. Stratton said, had nearly lost
| the labor commissioner because the
name of one man was not selected and
| Endorsed for the place. It had been a
close call, but Gov. Lind had promised
| that organized labor would be recog-
nized and the appointment had mar
rowed down between Martin McHale.
Of Minneapolis, and Louis Nash, Of st.
Paul.
j. c. Hanley suggested that the name
| Of President Ral1illy be presented for
| member of the railroad commission.
and that of one other member of the
| Alliance for the prison board
! A resolution passed by the Alliance
at its meeting in January, 1898, asking
Gov. Clough to appoint Mr.. Rahilly was
presented with the name of Clough
eliminated and Lind substituted.
A motion was made to adopt the res
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