Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 5, 1898, Page 6

‘Grain and Warehouse commission hear the outcry and blandly invite farmers on the distant farms to incur the ex- pense of a trip to the rooms of the commission in St. Paul to lay before that body their complaints. Before it come not the farmers but representa- tives of elevator lines, to assure the commission that everything is all right, that the only trouble is a little too much cockle in the wheat this year. Mr. J. L. Robbins came down from Willmar with a sample of wheat which he thought was No. 1 Northern, but which was graded No, 2 by the state inspector. The report of the commis- sion informs us that there was a dif- ference of opinion among those pres- ent, including millers, elevator men, buyers and farmers, as to the grade to which it was entitled, “but the ma- jority were of the opinion that the in- spector was right.” Could the absurd- ity of state inspection be more clearly illustrated than by this incident? State Senator Young ere and said that that looked like good No. 1 Northern, was graded No. y the elevator buyers who “claimed could not give it a higher grade ) was all they could Mr. Schain came nen of B nt similar to that made by Senator The report of the commission t it sent for the inspection | d found that seven of eight | wheat from Brown's Valley was 1 in between the grades, some b the state. scifications of date, number of car, | carrying, and the grade given the grain first at Minneapolis and next | at Duluth. At the former place the | wheat was graded No. 3 with one aud | one-half pounds dockage, and at Du- | luth No. 2 with one pound dockage. | The difference in grade made a differ- ence in value of about fifty dollars a car. From the Red River valley come similar reports, fully substantiated by proofs of like robbery, for robbery it is, when, under whatever guise, one | man takes without compensation the property of another. And it is none the less robbery because the state en- forces a policy that makes it inevita- ble. In fact the state becomes the real criminal. It is useless for the commis- sion to aver its belief in the honesty and capacity of its inspectors. The ease of Robbins’ sample illustrates the fallibility of judgment. Mr. Pillsbury, | in 1891, told the investigating commit- at his own experts frequently agreed as to the grading of wheat. It is true, as the commission states, that No. 2 Northern cannot be made No. 1 by simply calling it so. And it lso true that No. 1 cantot be made by an inspector's certificate. The System is Vicious. at a prima market knows that the grain he has bought on his own judgment of its quality is to in judged by a state inspector i point, whose certificate | le binds no one but the shipper | the buyers at the terminals buy umple—and that the judgment of ; the inspector is no better than his own | and may be poorer; especially after he y much experience that a lower | in by | nspectors than he gave when he | ht, the lecal buyer is driven, by instinct of self-preservation, to ainties of the | market caused by this state | . by giving the grain of- | the farm he lowest possible t possible dock- | Howev>r much inclined he may | be to deal squarely he dare not. If the agent of a line elevator he | his house will call him down > the loss to him; if he is an! independent buyer he fears the loss that is liable to follow. In either event the farmer stands to lose, and the than even to win. This condition is in- | le from the r Nelson ee no state umpire ei- ade, zht or dockage. t eigher or inspector is at! hand or can be invoked to right his wrong, if any, but he is remitted to the vague and dilatory remedy of the com- mon law.” But no legislator has yet been so bold as to propose that the state should put a weigher and in- Spector at each primary market in the sine. ane wpele System would break wn under its own dows 3 enormous weight The Farmers Pay Big for Nothing, The farmer gets no benefit from the system but he pays for it. He sup- ports the 172 men that form the staff of the chief inspector, for their gal- aries are paid out of the fees charged for inspecting the grain. If he protests against not only being robbed but of being made to pay for the robbery, he is coolly told that it is the consignee of grain at the terminals, not he, who pays the charges. Is it possible that there is in this state a farmer so dolt- | ish that he cannot see that he pa s ays these charges in diminished price of his a The consignee also pays the railway charges for carriage, but does the farmer any the less bear the | cost of getting his grain Sear grain to the con- would be incomplete without a sho e w- ing of what he pays, who gets it and how much they get, for all of which he gets nothing. The state auditors latest report gives the following con- | densed statement of the magnitud le and cost of this elaborate machi: ee aR ine for the MINNEAPOLIS DEPARTMENT, 1 Chief deputy inspec- tor . + $2,499.96 ee 1 First spector 1 Chief clerk, inspec- tion department.... 1 Clerk, inspection de- partment 18 Inspectors . 8 Sealers .. 1 Weighmaster 2,40n 0 1 Ass’t weighmaster... 1,500.00 2 Clerks, weighing de- partment ... 1,500.00 + 1,200.00 17,189.16 6,422.84 2,370.00 , was their gain and | trips and charging the state with their | the prison board and some officers of From Cokato come | correctional | we are charged with the administra- This statement of his case | . PAUL DEPARTMENT. 1 Chief dep. inspector. 1,500.00 1 Supt. country eleva- ee + 1,500.00 . 1,271.68 1 « 1,716.60 3 + 1,561.51 1 Helper ... 423.08 1 Registra: + 600.00 2 Stenographers . + _ 720.00 1 Inspector, St. Cloud. 1,140.00 1 Weighmaster, St. Cloud ....e.eeeeeee 1,140.00 Total 14 employes $14,572.92 DULUTH DEPARTMENT, 2 Chief deputy inspec- tors + $1,458.31 1 First a spector . . 869.60 8 Clerks, inspection de- partment ... + 2,728.41 18 Inspectors . 14,987.19 13 Helpers 4,423.20 1 Sealer .... . 658.95. 1 Weighmaster ....... 1,999.92 3 Clerks, weighing d partment . +++ 3,570.00 30 Weighers .. » 24,524.31 1 First assistant regis- 2) eee 1,500.00 1 Clerk, registry de- partment .......... 870.00 Total 69 employes $57,583.89 Grand total salaries $156,206.60 But these are not all the cost. We find another schedule devoted to the expenses of these officers, also charged into the bill which the graimgrowers pay. The report says the vouchers for the expense are filed, but gives nothing to show for what the expenses were in- curred or what they are. State officers have a way of going off on vacational expenses. We know this is done by institutions. Do the in- spectors do it, also? But this is the account: Expense Account, A. C. Clausen, chef inspect- or, expenses............. T. D. Strait, deputy chief $4,517.71 INSPECtOR ss sacs! scene aves 3,040.06 | J. N. Barechard, deputy chief imspector.... 2. .eseseees 2,891.33 J. G. McGrew, weighm: 2,180.41 C. M. Reese, weighmaster.. 1,181.29 + $13,810.80 156,206.80 Total expense Add salaries. . Grand total.......... $170,017.40 Fees received same year.. 226,100 Net profits to the sys- tem...... see ceeeee eee $56,082.60 We can imagine the interest with which the “ordinary farmer, he who is unable to ship in carload lots, and is | obliged to sell his grain to the local} dealers—and most farmers belong to this class,” will peruse the foregoing | statement of what it costs him and his } fellows to support a system that de-| prives them of an open market and chains them to the elevator and mill- ing interests. At Their Wits’ End. The Republican party and its can- didates this year stand mute before the storm of complaint that is sweep- ing over the grain fields of the state. From every quarter come. protests against the system that inflicts such grevious loss upon the _ producers. Those responsible for it put a far-; away look in their eyes when the topic is broached. Like Bret Harte’s heathen Chinee, “the subsequent proceedings interest them no more.” Mr. Nelson, the confident diagnostic in 1892, the doctor in 1893-5, now a senator, is stumping the state, and talks grandilo- quently of the tariff, of currency and the war, but makes no explanation why his medicine for the grain sick- ness fails to restore the patient. Mr. Eustis pours out his eloquence upon every national topic, but avoids state issues, and none more sedulously than this of the inspection of grain. All that the organs can find with which to meet the complaints is that they are political tricks of the Unionists to make party capital. The report of the farmers’ committee is dubbed “a’ cam- paign document.” Even the Grain and Warehouse commission wash_ their hands of the whole matter. “We did not make the laws,” they say, “but tion of them. It is for the people of the state, in their sovereign capacity, to determine whether this service shall be continued, or whether it shall be changed, modified or abolished alto- gether.” The system is deserted by every one responsible for its paternity. The charges against it are met with silence. Deny them they dare not, ex- cuse them they cannot. No opportunity for the sharp practice used by the Re- publicans in 1892 is now available, No school fund is in even imaginative danger from parochial schools this time. Very shame prevents a repeti- tion of Mr. Nelson’s appeal to trust a/ Republican legislature and governor to try some other remedial device. Thirteen years of complete and dismal | failure would make grotesque a plea for continued employment of those gimcracks. There are no grounds what- | ever on which they can move for a/ new trial. Perforce they are driven to their favorite tactics of creating diver- sion. The war is not yet over and the administration must be upheld. Mr. Lind has heterodox notions on the cur- | rency question, and, if he is elected, | capital will refuse te come into the state and that which is here will take | alarm and fly away. The same scare- crow was flaunted before the voters of | Kansas, Colorado and Nebraska, and those states were never more prosper- ous, never had more capital than after | they had broken into Republican con- trol. No Hope From Eustis, If, in 1892, there was some grotnd | for believing that Mr. Nelson, himself | a farmer as well as a lawyer, with his | sympathies on the side of the farmer, | could devise legislation that would | cure the evils and prevent the wrongs | done the grain growers, no such ground | exists to aid Mr. Eustis. What can the | farmer expect of a man whose inter- | ests are identified with the influences | that have tied him up body and breeches to the milling and shipping | interests of the terminals? Men are; influenced by their environment and their personal relations and interests. Mr. Eustis is a resident of Minneapo- lis, the chief terminal market of the state. No grain legislation has been enacted that run against the powerful concentration of grain interests there. The country elevator act was not per- mitted to come out of committee until 1 Stenographer 720.00 1 Scale expert. 1,450.00 44 Weighers 87,124.73 18 Helpers .. 6,673.10 1 Assistant registrar.. 1,500.00 Total 89 employes $84,049.79 in Mi ) idee nie with the farm n have defend- ed the, yroposed, and that even tie papers have been dumb. But Mr. Eustis’ connec- tion with these antagonistic — in- fluences is much closer than mere resi- dence in that city involves, Look upon ‘the picture that shows Mr. Bustis’ en- vironment; the Chamber of Commerce in the center is the focus of the grain buying interests. The buildings on the right and left are the Flour Exchange and the Corn Exchange. They are of- fice buildings and the offices are oc- cupied by members of the Chamber of Commerce, by grain dealers, brokers and others interested in grain. Read the list of them. Mr. Eustis is the owner of these two exchanges. These grain men ‘are his tenants; he is their landlord. Their in- terests are his; their welfare his; their prosperity his. Is ft not absured.to ex- pect sympathy or relief from a man so situated? Can it be doubted that he shares the belief of his tenants that all this outery against grain inspection is pure poppycock and demagogism? Would not a lamb be as secure in a wolf's den as grain growers with a chief executive taken from such a cen- ter? Relief from that quarter is hope- less. It would be from any governor whom Republicans might select. They have exhausted their ability to deal with this great evil. Is it not time for a change of treatment? Is it not worth while to make the experiment of letting Mr. Lind and a Unionist leg- islature try their statesmanship in the treatment of this unbearable condition? Can conditions possibly be made worse? They promise you a free and open market; is it not worth your while to let them make the effort? —P. J. Smalley. LAST SHOTS OF THE CAMPAIGN. The Old Soldiers bottled up William Henry, for they put an estoppel on his journey to the state capitol. “What happened to Bustis” will be fully understood November 9. It will be better than a play; it will be Hy tragedy. The Minneapolis Tribune is “rat- tled,” and actually declares John Lind the candidate of the Wheat Ring! Take brain food. Guaranty Loan financiering is not wanted in state affairs. There's been too much of it in the various depart- ments. Seven times elected Director in the Guaranty Loan, and yet Eustis did net know he was Director. Tell it to the marines. Capt. Van Sant, the old soldiers’ true friend, has done his party duty, quit campaigning for the anti-soldier candi- date, and placed himself in line for the candidacy two years hence! The St. Paul G. O. P. (gawp) Dis- patch learns that some one can take photographs through the eye of « fly. The same camera has been employed on the Eustis boom. It was plenty big enough. Boss Miller and Grain Mogul to the Eustis administration, C. A. Pillsbury, writes that the past eighteen months have been of great prosperity (to the elevator and grain men). No farmer doubts it. They also know why, and so does Charles A. In 1896 the head of the Py elevator system run his cainpaign by circulars and a bureau. This year he marched at the head of the Hustis column, and set up the caucus and convention pins. The former method was quieter, but the last more effective, all except the effect at the polls! The work done in the campaign by the Old Soldiers’ Anti-Eustis club of Minneapolis commends itself to the patriotic people of the state. Unselfish and self-sacrificing, theirs is the purest patriotism, since the members of the club put party ties behind them in de- termined fight to defeat an unworthy man for high office. Such devotion brings its own reward. Let not the old soldiers, in their auti- Eustis campaign, forget that the can- didate on the Republican ticket for Lieutenant Governor, Lyndon A. Smith of Montevideo, is the agent and at- torney of Russell Sage in ousting set- tlers from Government lands of the old Hastings & Dakota grant, whereas his | opponent, Major J. M. Bowler, Lind’s companion on the Union ticket, was a gallant soldier of the Civil war, and a tried and true friend of the people. Towne is elected in the Sixth, Ring- dal in the Seventh, Fletcher, oh, yes, may be Fletcher beaten in the Fifth, Heatwole domed in the Third, per- haps, and as to McCleary, if he is not beaten in the Second district, he onght to be, leaving only poor Tawney, scared out of his wits by honest Milo White. But of fifteen Republican pa- pers in that district, not one is doing any work for Tawney. The Fusion legislature of 1891 ap- propriated $105,000 for a_ soldiers’ home, and the Republican press con- demn it for it. Also money for the required Fergus Asylum, and money to start the Binding Twine plant at Still- water. It also appropriated $169,000 to meet the Republican deficiency of the previous session, besides $80,000 for the Agricultural Department of the Uni- it had been so shaped as to leave im-| Versity. These are what the Repub- mune those interests. It is of no slight | licans condemn. Precious set of seamps significance that, in all these years of | those. F provided for by law. BINDER TWINE RAC ROBBERY OF THE FARMERS IN THE BINDING TWINE MANAGEMENT, WARDEN WOLFER—“So sorry, uncle, but the twine is all sold out.” FARMER—“Look-a-here, mister, we're onto the racket.” And now comes the crowning infamy of the robberies which have been per- petrated on the producers of Minneso- ta, the administration of the binding twine plant at the penitentiary. It crowns the following: Bestowal of public domain on the railways. Plunder of the remainder of their timber and minerals. Despoilation of the school fund of the state. Extravagant administration of pub- lic institutions. Rottenness of the public examiner's | department. Escape of corporations from equita- ble taxation. Prostitution of labor department to partisanship. Maladministration of the railway commission. Other robberies of farmers by false grain inspection. Robbery of farmers by the terminal elevators. ‘The state binding twine concern was intended exclusively for the benefit of the farmers, and was as strictly an in- stitution for their benefit as the grain and warehouse department itself. Had its founders supposed that it would be administered so that certain favored dealers would get the twine and then sell it out to the farmers at their own price, how much money does. any one suppose would ever have been devoted to the plant, on which probably a quar- ter of a million dollars has now been expended? Such smooth politicians as J. F. Ja- cobson of Lac qui Parle have endeay- ored to show that the fusion legisla- ture of 1890 was not entitled to the credit of the binding twine plant. Well, the Republicans have at least managed it. But the fact is that the legislature referred to made the first considerable appropriation for it, which appro- priation of the sum of $150,000 is promptly charged up to that legisla- ture as one of its “extravagances.” In fact that and a Republican deficiency of $169,000 constituted one-half of the increased appropriation of that session, and the remainder was divided for the most part between the agricultural de- partment of the university and the new asylum at Fergus Falls. In fact, as to credit for the twine plant, the first move for it was made in the legis- lature of 1888, as a result of nothing else but the work and agitation of the Farmers’ alliance. It was demanded by all parties as the only protection of the farmers from the cordage trust. Now the farmers want to elect Lind to secure protection from the political pull trust, which puts the twine they should have at cost into the hands of the favored dealers to sell at their own prices. The Plant Established. By 1894 the twine plant may be said to have been in successful operation. The managers’ report of that year de- tailing the operations for the two years preceding contained the statement that the twine put on the market at re- duced price had been the means of sav- ing a large sum of money to the farm- ers. The plant had been made just about self-sustaining, the twine being sold as nearly at cost as possible. The cash sales were about $50,000 a year. Sales for which the cash was yet to be obtained were more than as much more. The factory to that point had reduced the price of twine in the state 33 1-3 per cent. In the two years following the pris- on labor employed in the factory was charged in to the cost, which had not been done before, and at 50 cents per day for each convict employed, from Aug. 1, 1894, to the same date, 1896— date of last report—the factory was charged with $29,000 for such labor, and the net profit for the period was $11,000. The financial statement of the factory Aug. 1, 1896, showed the fol- lowing assets: Unexpended balance in state treasury. . +++ $38,770.84 Cash, institution treasury. . 964.31 Inventor} stock and twine Pep iv 11 SRR eS aaa 20,451.06 Notes and accounts uncol- lected of all previous years ...... pee wecceee 5,886.84 Notes and accounts for sales of 1896 + 160,937.50 ‘ $221,460.05, This was by selling the twine at cost, the intention from the beginning and The managers’ last report said: “The beneficial results have been fully ap- preciated and emphasized by the con- stantly increased demand for the prod- uct. We deem it just to say that much credit is due to Mr. Thomas Hanlon, the superintendent of the twine fac- tory, for the uniform high quality of this twine, and to Warden Wolfer for his superior business management in placing the manufacture of twine in this institution on a safe and sure foundation, that henceforth the twine factory may be deemed a fixed indus- try by the state. As is learned direct from Warden Wolfer, there had been made and sold from Aug. 1, 1894, to Aug. 1, 1898, 4,657,898 pounds of twine, with 72,531 pounds remaining on hand at the lat- ter period. Enough is here given to show that, thanks to the same abused Populist and Democratic legislature which ap- propriated the $150,000, the twine in- stitution was a success. From this point on the case passes into the hands of the farmers, as to the man- ner in which the business was con- ducted, as to securing to them the ben- efits of such success, the prime object of the enterprise. The Object Largely Defeated. What say the farmers? That they have been discriminated against in favor of dealers and others, so that in fact the object has defeated itself. In- stead of being able to get twine at cost, they have not been able in many cases to get it at all, for the reason that it has been sold at cost to dealers, and from these same dealers the farmers have been obliged to purchase. At cost? Not much, but at the market price. Many detailed instances of this sort have been given during the har- vest season and before, especially through the press. Farm, Stock and Home, of Minneap- olis, thus stated the case editorially some time in July last “A large number of inquiries and complaints are coming to. hand from Minnesota farmers regarding prison binding twine. It is asked why it is impossible for farmers to get prison twine; why it was impossible very early in the season; and it is com- plained that the twine has been sold to dealers, who are making a big profit on it, and that thus the object in estab- lishing the twine plant at the prison is defeated, and Farm, Stock and Home is asked to reply to queries and complaints, “An investigation reveals facts that indicate that the prison twine plant management needs shaking up and re- organizing. It is a fact that the twine has been so largely sold to dealers that there is not enough to anywhere near supply the demand from farmers; and not only that, but the price obtained from dealers was much below the mar- ket price at the time sales were made. One large wholesale implement house in- Minneapolis reports that it bought a large quantity of prison twine at 6 1-2 cents a pound, when at the same | time the market price in New York was 8 cents for the same quality. Proofs of several large sales are at hand, but it is unnecessary to detail more than to show the methods em- | ployed and the manner in which the farmers’ interests are not looked after. Mr. W. N. King of Waverly, Minn., bought two carloads, for which he paid 6 1-2 cents a pound. It was delivered June 15 and bought after it was known that the price was not only much higher than the one named, but must inevitably be still higher. One large dealer estimates that the differ- ence between what the prison twine sold for and the market price will ag- gregate fully $75,000 on the amount manufactured. Of course, the theory is that the prison was to sell twine at cost, but the sales were to be made to consumers. It was upon this theory that the twine plant was established, the object being to prevent a twine corner, or to defeat the twine trust that existed at the time under the title of the National Cordage company. This year there was an opportunity to do the farmers an almost incalculable amount of good; the state could afford to sell twine at 6 1-2 cents, probably a little more for small lots, and it should have been so turned over to them; but instead of that it was turned over to dealers who are now getting or will get Sapa a clean 100 per cent profit on “Another chaxpea is made, and ne rea- son is found for believing it false, that Wisconsin farmers are driving to Still- water and buying twine, the only con- dition being that hey claim to be from Minnesota, and no effort is made to learn if the claim is a valid one. The farmers of Minnesota are very indig- nant about this matter, and on the face of the returns they have abund- ant reason to be. An institution that they demanded, and that they insisted - upon with such emphasis that the law- makers thought it unsafe to ignore it, and that would be of great advantage to them if faithfully administered, has been perverted from its original and true purpose, and is made to harm farmers at the very moment when it could do them the most good. Regarding these charges, it is proper to say that press bureau of the state Democratic committee directed a letter to Warden Wolfer respectfully asking what he had to say in reply, and no answer has been received. Previously the warden had replied to a request for information, regarding the opera- tion of the plant, and stated that he would cheerfully give any other in- formation wanted. The people will judge that he has not replied, because he had nothing to say. Only Lind’s Election Will Remedy. The reform of this abuse will be en- ergetically and promptly attended to when John Lind is governor. The matter having been called to his atten- tion since his return from the army, Mr. Lind frankly said that the trouble appeared to be due to a fault in the law under which the plant was estab- lished, in that it did not provide for distributing the twine, when manu- factured, so as to secure the farmers in the desired benefit. He was in- clined to think that there should be a county system of distribution of the twine, which would be conducted at small cost, the county agency to sell to farmers, and thus protect against the dealers and destroy their “pull.” At any rate, Mr. Lind may be relied on to meet the case. It is a sad com- mentary on Republican administration that the twine plant has been in opera- tion now through three admin tions of Republican governor: nd legislatures, without attention to the reform. It is on a par with the other departments. Only a complete clean- ing out of them all will do the busi- ness. Says Warden Wolfer. P. S.—Since the above was in type & letter has been received from Warden Wolfer very courteously replying to the questions asked of him. The ca- pacity of the plant is now 5,000,000 pounds of twine. This was supplied, he says, on the same plan as formerly, and he has heard of few cases in which the consumers (farmers) were not protected. The difficulty, in the past, he states, has been to dispose of the product. This was accomplished by getting “the country dealers and farmers’ clubs” to handle the portions which could not be sold to farmers direct. This was in car load lots, at one-half a cent a pound under the regular price, as an inducement to such persons to handle the twine. Ar- rangement for the local dealers was secured through co-operation of the farmers living in the vicinity. ‘The plan,” the warden declares, “workea well up to the present year.” This year, while the product was 5,000,000, the requirements were for 15,000,000 pounds. The warden says that 800,000 pounds were reserved for direct orders, much more than usual. Local dealers and farmers’ clubs sent in their orders from January to March, subject to the prices to be fixed by the board in May, when the price was made 61-2 cents, in car lots, and 7 cents in less. On account of the’ war, prices began to jump, in the twine market, and to protect the price, the board required the local dealers to sign contracts agreeing not to make more than 11-2 cents profit on what they sold to the farmers. The latter have been at the mercy of the general dealers for the other two-thirds of the total amount required, to wit, for 10,- 000,000 pounds. Farmers rushed after the 800,000 pounds reserve and it. was soon exhausted. The warden con- fesses that could the management have foreseen the demand for twine, it would have reserved more than 800,000, and sold less to the dealers and clubs. He declares that these car- load lots were sold before the prices began to jump. It would have beer unjust, he thinks, to have canceled these orders of the local dealers and those farmers who had clubbed to- gether for the carload lots, because “they could have bought elsewhere at the time the orders were placed at prices a little above those fixed by the board.” . To have done so “would have been a great hardship to the farmers who had already placed their orders with the local dealers.” The warden declares that no twine was sold to jobbers. As to who the “local dealers” were, which seems to be the nub of the whole matter, the warden says: “The ‘local dealers’ handling the twine in car- load lots, as a rule, were suggested by the farmers of the community.” So long as the twine lasted they filled or- ders out of what was left, first come | first served, without feyoritnsm. Any other statement was false. Situation Not Changed. There is not opportunity for review of the warden’s courteous letter, but the substance is given above. On his own showing the trouble was in sell- ing to the “LOCAL DEALERS” and clubs. As to the “LOCAL DEAL- ERS,” they were “suggested by the farmers AS A RULE.” The trouble seems, therefore, to lie with these who were NOT AS A “RULB” so selected, to wit, such as FOR REASONS BEST KNOWN TO THEMSELVES, IF NOT THE MANAGEMENT, WERD, ABLE TO GOBBLE THE TWINE? WITHOUT THE “SUGGESTION OF THE FARMERS.” It is with these that the people in the several localities have to deal, and with the management that permitted it. In any event, or any view of the ~ excuses given, it emphasizes the im- portance of the election of Lind as governor, in order that he make thor- ough and complete reform in adminis- tration, or apply some practical and wu means to the end sought. The twine plant is for the full benefit of farmers, and for “dealers,” whether “local” or those with a polit- ical pull.