The Penn's Grove record., 1900-11-02

liz IJCI III IL
Two Years ago the combined Demo
cratic. Populist and Silver Republican
voters elected him Governor Of Min-
nesota by %, 000 majority. Mi. Mich
OILS after iii independent observation Of
seven weeks says there is Du doubt or
Gov. Limbs reelection, and that Min
nesota is doubtful for Mckinley, be-
cause the NOrwegtans undUr Gov.
LiDd's leadership arr coming owe to
the Democratic party IN drOyes..
The following passages are taken
from Gov. Limbs speech and will clear.
~ show that the farmer pays more In
rease on what he buys than on the
stable world products be sells.
Eyes, my friends, we 90 believe tlat
the trusts are aDac0ndaS, and We De-
lieve they will consume the, substance
Of u people; that they will undermine
the independence OF our citizenship
and destroy the opportunities that
ought to exist for the individual IN q
free country. THE FARMER ROBBED.
Let us us see what this ssOrganized
industry, has accomplished, for instance
for the farmer, who is q great producer
and the foundation Of the wealth and
prosperity of this State. He produces
for the competitiye market at home
and abroad. There is no trust to cov-
ern the prices Of what lie sells, and, in
the na.nre of things. there cannot be
hnt every Article that he buys. from
the matches on the shelf to the coal in
his slows and the lumber in his harm.
fro from nth the sa a On ,ha table 10 i fe,c.
inc for his stock. is controlled by the
Trusts. and the prices Of these COM
mod;tiss and hundreds If others ara
arhitrari,v fxed without reference "a
msrket vslne or cost Of nrodnctiop.
Taking the farm value Of 4 bushel Of
wheat as worth At an average through
ont. Minnesota n cents less han The
Minneapolis cash price. ten bushels
would buy. 81 the wholesale prices
ouoted by the Commercial Bulletin.
the official trade journal Of Minneapolis
iobbers. the following goods on the
dates named:
Kerosene oil Minnesota state test
Jan. /. 1898. 1Ol gallons: Jan. i, 1929.
20 gallons: Jan. i. 1900. Sc gallons.
Granulated sugar. Jan. 1, 1895, 157
fbs.; Jan. ]. 1899. 11S Tbs. Jan. i, 1900,
1O4 lbs.
Common salt, Jan. /, 1893, 81 bbls.
Jan 1, 1899, 81 bbls. !; Jan. /, 1900, 5
bbls.
Lumber nc tt. 2x4). Jan. 1898. 1913
feet; Jan. l. 1899. 536 feet; Jan. |. 1900,
4l6 feet.
Wire nails. Jan. !, 1888, 81 kegs;
Jan. l, 1899, 81 Kegs; Jan. !, lSVU, ~
kegs.
Barbed wire common paAntedl, Jan.
L, 1898, 435 lbs. Jan. ], 1871 BIO lbs;
Jan. l, 1900, l33 1bs. 1880
The above figures are based on the
wholesale prices OF OIL, salt, sugar,
lumber, nails and barbed wire at Min
neap0lis. Freight, handling, and re.
tailer's profits would probably make
these articles cost. on the average, at
the farm about 20 per cent more, and
the amount of each OF these articles
which ten bushels of wheat would buy
would be colrespondingly less.
Ten bushels of wheat, like any other
product, are worth what they will buy.
The prosperity of the farm is not meas.
uIed by the volume of its product, nor
even by the market value of the pro-
duct, but by the net purchasing power
0ftm celrnr
It needs no argul ~
you that the continul con
diti0n Of adaire Will ~ lhe
mass of the AmoEio1np enple t0a con
dition OF abs0Iute &E4aolo. VIII You
have that condition or VIII yUu boz
1t is for the people to answer at the
polls.
"The dishonest paiterlug with the
trust evil by the Republican party 10
State aud National platforms IS con-
elusive PROOF OF b truth or the charge
that trusts are the Legitimate produc'
OF republican pollcies; that tney are
fostered py Republican Jaws q Ina
they are protected by the Republican
Administration IN return for campaign
subscriptions and political support.
The failures Of the present k6puD'
llcan Administration, WITH an absolute
control over all the branches OF thu
National Government, to enact any
legislation designed to prevent or even
curtail the absorbing power of Trusts
and illegal combinations, Or to enforce
the Anti-Trus laws already on the
statute books, proves the ~ihsincerity Of
the high-sounding phrases of the Re
publican platform.
But these interests, these privileged
classes. are not content with our owl