The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-10-25
AS to Truelsen.

he be voted for, and on the diverse
are a half score of reckless statements
which prove conclusively that he
should not be voted for.
sit starts out this way:
"sHere are few of the reasons why
the plain people are not inclined to
meekly accept the inspired statements
of the trust organs and speakers show
ing what natural necessary and ben
Efficient institution the trust is
"And yet if Truelsen had been In
congress he would have voted with
the other Democrats against every bill
which would regulate or suppress the
trusts.
"Here are his reasons: .
ssLie No. lit requires so per cent
more wheat to buy stove than it did
in 1896.
ga stove which cost $40 in 1896 can
be bought today for Sl2.
"On October 4, 1896 wheat in st.
Cloud was worth So cents a bushel.
"Oct. 4, 1900, it was worth IA cents.
sin 1896 it would have taken lit
bushels of wheat to have bought a
stove and this year the same stove can
be bought for 14S bushels. Instead OF
taking so per cent more wheat this
wear than four years ago 1t actually
takes three bushels less.
"Lie No. ut requires twenty BUSH
els more corn to buy wagon than 3,
did in 1896.
GAS a matter of fact it takes less
corn to buy the same kind OF a wagon
this year than it did in 1896. Ask
your dealer and see what he says
about Truelsen's reputation for truth
and veracity.
"Lie No. Sit equires 100 per cent
more corn or wheat to buy copper
kettle that it did in 1885,
cooper kettles aold for $3.50 per
dozen in 1896, and the price is now $40
a dozen. Corn was worth l6 cents In
1896 and this year it is worth 80 cents,
while wheat is worth Is cents more a
bushel. And yet Trnelsen says it will
take 100 per cent more corn to buy a
copper kettle now than it would in
1896. This is about 400 per cent lie
which indicates that Truelsen has
gotten himself into d pretty kettle OF
fish, and while he doesn know any
thing about copper, that he has plenty
of brass-that he can best be described
as an animal that rhymes with that
metal.
sLie No. A. 1T requires twice as
much corn to buy coil OF rope as in
1885,
''Give foolrope enough and he will
hang himself. Rope costs no more
than in 1896 and corn is over twice as
high. 1t will take only half as much
corn to buy rope this year as in 1896,
and this is another 400 per cent lie.
'Lie No. Sit requires 40 per
cent more grain to buy pillow than in
1896
ga pillow that would cost s14 in 1896
can now be bought for SIS.
SIN 1896 it would have taken S7l
bushels of corn to have bought such a
pillow, and now it only tukes 4lS bush.
els, saying to the farmer of 45 bush
els on one pillow, to say nothing of al
the rest of the corn being worth q
cents more bushel.
Lie No. 6-sIt requires Is per CEN
more grain to buy hoe, a rake, or 9
shovel than in 1885,
SIT takes less grain to buy either O
these articles than it did in 1896, al
any dealer in Stearns county will tel
you-the advance in the price of grain
being much larger than the small ad
vance in farm implements.
sIie No. la set of common
wheels that cost 81 in 1896now cost $12
s"This was shown to ST. Clou,
dealer who said:
1.-the man who makes statemen
like that must have wheels in his head
Owing to the fact that certain patent
on wheels expired several new cor
Germs are making wheels, and the re
suit is that they are cheaper than the
were four years ago.
sT.ie No. 8-sGaIvanized barbe
wire costs from 81 to $3.50 per hundre
MORE than in 1896
"This is the prize lie of ALL Mar
the ssmore." Any farmer can buy thi
wire of any ST. Cloud hardware deale
today for just 1886 per hundred.
Truelsen is telling thetruth the dealer
must have given the farmers S1.05 70
hauling away 100 pounds OF barbe
wire in '96. The barbs on this wir
will puncture Mr.. Truelson's congres
sional boom SO badly the Democrat
will never be bothered with him more
.sThere are few more lies on MI
Truelsen's card. but mere repetition
Of the above. He says that sfreigh,
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