Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-25

aBENNGG!E s SHOOK DOWN
IA Bonid Defeat Farmers an Efforts
= Kxpose Fraud u Grain Sell
Exchanges, Minneapolis.
rflerrss q, July Il, 1914. Editor
Free Press the F1andreau Enter
priseui1der date Of June ~, appeared
anarticle by Nj. James Bennett, pur-
porting toAbea reply to an article Of
mine which appeared IN many papers Of
theanorthwest. Ny article was prepar-
ga with great care and was u%ndoubted-
read bymore than 4 million people;
Hcopiietsai were simultaneously sent the
SionxyS Falls Argus-Leader, the st. Paul
News, and the Moody County Enter
prize. The editor Of the st. Paul News
wrote me = letter Of thanks for the ar
aticle, and asked permission to have it
published also in the Minneapolis News
and the Omaha News. It vas also pub
lished in several other papers in this
state and in North Dakota.
4 have received many letters ofthanks
from Moody county people, and some
from Flandreau. Many letters asked
TOR further facts pertaining to the ma
nipnlationsof the markets at the great
terminals.
Some have askedsme to reply to Mr..
Bennett article, hence the writing Of
this. Now, insthe first place Mr.. Ben
nett IS not capable, Judging from the
samples which ! have seen, of engaging
The attention Of any gentleman Of
standing or consideration. He may,
after he has q little more practice with
y pen, do well enough as q local mud
Singer, but no man ever engaged in,
such y y as I am engaged in
the rights Of the every day man-who
did notshave the understrappers Of the
big fellows swapping at his heels. /
consider Mr.. Bennett utterly ignorant.
alike ~ the merest elementary princi-
plesof economic subjects and the ability
to express matters of which he may
have knowledge in a gentlemanly man.
ner. I care nothing for individuals or
personalities; if did, gentle reader,
4 would look for bigger game than Jim
Bennett. The fellow whose head has ex-
panded Gn Benefits circumstances
until he inagines that he is in the deal
with the Washburn-C Crosby Co, the
sVan Delsen-Harrington Co, the Rus
sell Milling Co. those giant corpora
tfcns that practically control the entire
cityof Minneapolis. Such q fellow is
not worthyo Of 9 very extended answer.
SI have given him now much more eon-
Is51iiaerationF than he ii entitled to. Go,
mi. Bendett, and attend to your
pounds 81. You probably under-
,aslItand inst, and will have much better
success 81 it. Let the shoemaker
MEX 10 his last. "
Mr.Bennett also had an article in the
landreau Herald-four columns Of it
Sin which falsehood, insolence, ssfumi-
gating powder, /" bed bugs, / and such
stuff Weremixed in about equal proper
3 ttors. That article must have measur-
81 M tosthe exact size and taste Of the
new Herald editor, for when / sent q
repllyy-areply that this impudent in
sulter WIS wholly unworthy of-the
Herald editor refused TO publish it. It's
conternptible and shriveled soul that
Win attack and refuse space fol
areply. And the Herald is the paper
taat was lately edited by Frank Levins'
When before did that paper fall into
ssslsnch hai,dsi From the lion to the
cksl
sssince l!at was seen the morning star,
TIM God nor man has fallen 30 fart,
INIT s word ID Jim Bennett, the in,
SiS1soIent snd irnpudent upstart. who un,
dertalkesget 6engagethe attention Of men
oandiearnssomething III. the snbjec,
#you would discuss; yousmay know how
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in whetheraMhsat grades No. pr d,
ssynoum may be able To- bill d car 4
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