Willmar tribune., 1899-12-20

dition Of the grain will warrant, and
give the dealer a grade no lower thar
the grain demands" tE ...&@ n.
Thus is another department Of the
administration keeping full faith with
the people. - 49, .~-' 20" 81. T..
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And how it must delight the farmers
to learn that it is matter of official
record that proof was offered the inter-
state industrial investigation at Chi
cago that five men in that city con-
nected with the transportation COM
bines, daily fix the price of wheat! Such
testimony was given by Mr.. Country.
man, one Of the five.
Combines to keep grain down. Trusts
to force manufactures up. This is the
system brought upon the country by
Republican legislation.
Secretary Gouge points to the large
treasury balance, but fails to remark
that it is what we. have left after bor-
rowing 500. .O00. 900 q year ago. and
paying in over $273, 900, 900 in war taxes
in one year. Imperialism and British
fnanciering come high but we must
have them.
Speaking Of farm and trust prices, a
Milwaukee paper examines year of
McKinley's "best'' prosperity, taking
wheat, barley, oats and corn, and iron
piping, sucker rods, rope, twine, nails
and lumber for comparison. For the
same days of November, '98 and '99,
wheat is cents lower, barley 81 cents
lower, oats ~ cents lower, and corn
~ cents lower. But the iron piping
has risen from 518 to s25 cents, sucker
rods from ~ to 1l1s, rope and twine
from 8 to II cents, nails from $185 to
$3.4O, and lumber from $12 to $1S.
That is, year ago it took three
bushels of wheat to buy 100 pounds of
nails, and now five and one.half BUSH
els; last year, four bushels of barley to
pay for the keg of nails. and now seven
bushels; last year seven bushels of oats
for the keg of nails, now IA. For a
thousand feet of lumber it takes 10
bushels more of wheat, Is more of bar
ley, 28 more of oats and IL more of corn
to pay for it than year ago.
"How do you like it, Mr.. Farmer?"
asks the Milwaukee Advance. "And
don't you know that it was your vote
that did it? Don't you, know that you
voted for prosperity-for the trusts2'
And the small dealer, the ordinary
merchant, gets it the same way-in the
neck. We have just seen the notice of
the plug tobacco trust to its customers,
notifying them arbitrarily of the dis
continuance of their chief margin of
profit, 10 per cent on sales. From Dec.
l on, all that each dealer can possibly
make is 2 per cent, ON cash purchases.
All untitled orders are cancelled and
everything subject to change without
notice.
A student notes in Burke's speech at
the trial of Warren Hastings the fol-
lowing complete definition of the Nc
Kinley benevolent assimilation:"
Conquest may cover it's badness with
it's own laurels, and the ambitions of the
conquer0r may be hid in the secrets of his
own heart, under veil of benevolence,
and make him imagine he is bringing
temporary desolation upon a country only
to promote its ultimate advantage and
his own glory" "There never was a
man." said Burke, 'twho thought he had
no law but his own will, who did not soon
find he had no end but his own profit"
And still more directly applicable,
Burke said, against coercing America;
America, gentlemen say, is noble
object. 1t is an object we'll worth fight
ing for Certainly it is, If fighting peo.
pie is the best way of gaining them"
And that was the English ''traitor, !"
Edmund Burke.
Mckinley subscribed himself to the
trusts, in his message, as the blushing,
yielding maiden closed her letter,
"Your friend and more"
It should be a matter of pride to Sec.
retary Randall and officials of the agri-
cultural society that in the number and
variety of exhibits, in attendance and
in receipts the Minnesota State Fair
ranked first IN the United States this
year. Not only is this a matter of pride
to our citizens, but the knowledge of
go great a success is valuable to the
state in many ways. 1t has made the
securing of the National Hereford e1.
hibitlon and sale for 1900 an accom-
pllshed fact; and has caused the spread
of the conviction among live stock men,
farmers and others of the country tn at
Minnesota is good state, and that her
people are imbued with spirit of en-
terprise, energy and progress.
Congress is at it, and the recognition
of Minnesota's distinguished delegation
to date; Is to make Tawney British
whip" Morris judge Of polygamy in
the Roberts case, to permit McCleary
to read the financial bill, and a "men-
tion" of Fletcher.
A question before tho congressional
house is, will Congressman. Heatwole
open his mouth, this session, enough to
disclose his nationality to wondering
nation.
There seems azgood deal of 16 to l, in
the South African ca,npaign-16 Brit
ish killed to Boer, and the Beers ap-
prove the standard!
Hon. Charles A. Towne is in Wash,
ington, where he may remain until
after the opening of the new year. 1t
is already certain that there will be the
closest cooperation of the party OF
which he is the official head, with the
Democratic and Peoples party organ
izations. When the same is extended,
as it will surely be-, to the powerful
allies of the American anti-ilnperialists
and anti'trusters, the whole will make
an invincible army. and their vote il