Willmar tribune., 1900-10-24
to fight it. First. 81 trying; to dsRorn
It BY getting comp psfItIon from forsirn

Countries Free trade in their lines
will bring them to time. IL we can't
}get free trade we viii hays to kill tho
bull. We will make laws that will
stop the trusts. That, Il am afraid,
will be hard to do, because it may
come in conflict with the United States
laws. But something must 30 done,
and Bryan b.. promised to help. and
that is the main reason why we this
year will1vote for Bryan. If he can
mot, or will. not, stand to his promises,
time will show it. Tho doctor has not
judgment enough to y SScide that today.
When the doctor says that John
Lind is an able and earnest man, he
only states what almost every repub-
lican believes, and what we all know.
But when the doctor criticises John
Lind g actions, it seems to me the doc
tor is out of the way. His repetition
OF. last years politics was unneces-
sary, because everybody knows it,,
and we all can Judge for ourselves.
The doctor 8 illustration Of the mince-
meat-fed donkey IS very funny. Il did
not know anything about that at all
but as the doctor says SOL suppose
it must be true. z suppose he has.
been chopped up, fed to the donkey
and digested, as I decstand he talks
from experience. Bat if he had said
that the cross of animals he mentions
had brought forth i strong and stout
demo.pops mule to kick and kill TIL
trust monster, we would have cried,.
'Hurrah for the doctor! he's all
right!'' * sgs s.s.g ss..SS5. :,4 !
Now, the last and. in the DOCTORS
eyes, not the least charge against the
Lind administration, namely, The
blunder, if we can call it that, of the
manager of the saltwater twine
factory, is simply a.result Of trust
manipulation. They could not get the.
state factory to combine with them, so.
they started the runor that twine
would go up to 20 and 25 celts !
pound before harvest. The manager,
anxious to secure sisal enough So he.
could meet the demand for twins,
bought a lot of sisal and paid so much
for it that he could not sell the twine:
for the price that the private com.
panies sold their twine at near hsr-
vest. That was where the trouble.
came in. Well, all the farmers were.
exposed to the same scheme: Nine out
of ten farmers believed the story that
twine would be very high, and secured
their twine nearly six months before
they could use i, cpnseq quently they
paid from one-fourth to one, third
more than they could have purchased
it for at harvest time. =. .. ~ :''s.
For my part I did not for moment
believe in their generosity, because I
thought they would not be so anxious
to get the twine sold in the winter if
they thought they could make a
fortune by keeping it a few months.
Instead of paying. IA or Is cents, as
most farmers did, paid only IL cents.
Thus we see plain enough the result of
the trust operations. They are rob-
bing the farmers and trying to bring
the state twine factory into disrepute.
And, it looks, as though they are try
ing to rob. our earnest governor Of
the honor that is his due. Anybody
who likes to bs robbed, and thinks he
cannot keep up his dignity unless he
kisses the hands Of trust protectors,
may do SOIL will not. q s1>@S 'S.
Well, think I must stop. People
will ge5 tired. I am, yours truly,
81. ANnR. LOBN1Tz. =