Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-02-09


vertising mediums az the great da,liee
of s. Paul and Minneapolis?
g. Is it not fact that under tha,
combination and similar ones. (said pa.
pers and yours among the number)
have extorted from the county treasury
and therefore from the pockets of the
common people Of the county, Is cents
per folio Tor the proceedings ofthe board
"a cents per description for. thu publica.
t'on OF the delinquent tax list and 81. 40
for three insertions Of the financial
statement, or in other words over $1,000
per'year; as for instance, $l612 in 1898
16515sin 1899, instead OF $26l:16 az
Ii wae when there was no "!unhoiy com.
f;bination?''
F 10. Is it not a fact tnat because oi
this trust: that the people of Morrison
County were defrapded BY you and your
Fcoadjutors during the year 1897: 1898
and 1890 out of between $4,000 and
'$Ssoo, aud that the papers doing the
publishing paid to the editors of the
papers not bidding a large sum for the
privilege of so robbing the country?"
Is,it not a fact that the amount of
public prin ting to be done this year will
greatly exceed that Of the years 1896
., iaclusive On account of the forfeited
tax list to be- published?
-. ls it not u fact that under such a
trust aa you have formed, the good peo-
pie OF Morrison county will be robbed of
more than $4,000 during the current
year?
|: 13. Is 1T not fact that you and the
editor OF the Transcript, and the editor
OF the Morrison County Democrat enter
ed into another ''unhols combination
whereby it was agreed that there should
be no competition in bidding for the
Legal printing Of the city OF Little Falls
and that the bid should not be for less
than the maximum legal rate?
IA. Is it not fact that pursuant to
such ''unhoiy combination" the Little
Falls Transcript has done legal printing
for the city, furnishing all the labor and
material; charging the maximum legal
rate and paying 80 per cent thereof to
you and 80 per cent to the Morrison
County Democrat. leaving but 40 per
cent for the Transcript?
Is. Is it not q fact that either you
and the Democrat receive more than
Jour share Of he-prot}ts fnom:that' 'tccm-
biaation'' or e!se that the value of the
publication was only 10 per cent OF the
amount which the;city was obliged to
pay because OF your little trust? Il
27: Is it not a fact that the poor
farmer, who has been uniucky enough
mort Ills farm and then ind i; M
self unable to meet his payments. has
been Obliged to pay under your 'scom-
blnation' twice as much as he would
have been obliged to pay had it not .ex-
isted?,
II. Is it not fact that the widows
and orphans Of any man, who is so ur-
fortunate as to die in Morrison county
and leaves an estate which has to be
probated are Obliged to pay out OF the
little remnant OF the estate, the sum of
rs cents per fUllo for each and every
advertisement that is required TO be pub
llShed In closing up said estate, even
though according to the division Of 40
per cent and 80 per cent as above re-
ferred to, we are led to suppose that
it would ue worth only LILO of the full
legal rates Or 75 cents folio?
II you will kindly publish this letter
and your answers Of these questions and
will explain how the great trusts and
combinations against which you so loud
Iy inveigh are so unholy and how you
and your coadjutors (notwithsJand
ing that you have entered into similar
trusts and combinations realizing much
larger percentages of profits than thoy)
are nevertheless so wonderfully honest,
40 full of integrity. SO immacula tely
white, the undersigned will be much
obliged. Respectfully,
GEO. LAFOND.