Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 3, 1900, Page 5

” S mpeentne somone GOOD GOVERNMENT MUST G0 FORWARD, NOT BACKWARD THE PEOPLE MUST SETTLE IT They Can Only Have Continued Clean Administration BY THE RE-ELECTION OF GOV. LIND If They Want Honest Taxation and Other Re- forms They Must Re-Elect Lind and Officers to Sustain Him. To Fail to Do So Would Set-Back State Reforms for Many Years---Let the People Answer Well---It Is Now Up to Them, OFFICIAL FIGURES AS TO TWINE PLANT Report of Board of Prison Man- agers Nails and Refutes Every Lie Sent Out By the Re- publican Henchmen. Instead of the Alleged Deficit of $300,000, the Balance Sheet Shows Net Profit of $16,- 000 for the Year. The Report of the Board of Prison is a complete and splendid n of all the charges made the state twine plant by the on. .Glaring falsehoods fabri- ed out of whole cloth cannot deceive AILS OF THE REPORT. pace will not permit of giv- ing port in full, but we quote the following “The twine statement shows that Aug. 1, 1899, the p n had on hand in manufactured twine 1,820 pounds of pure manila, 91,605 pounds of mixed, 1,020 pounds ‘of standard and 1,320 pounds of sisal, in all 95,765 pounds, worth $6,623.66. There was manufac- tured during the year a total of 6,119,- 465 pounds, and the sales were 6,027,- 555 pounds, leaving on hand at the in- y Aug. 1 last 40 pounds of pure , 64,320 pounds of standard and 5 pounds of sisal, a total of 187,- 5 pounds, worth, at 6 cents a pound (a low valuation), $11,260.50. DR. hemp, at .06954 14,295.89 Oil, 11,606 _ gal- lons, at .0469 .. 544.69 17,758 bags, at SOG2 | seine? a seeloie 1,101.00 384.469 tags, at 147 per Myi76.% 56.51 Coloring matter, 365 gals. at .o41 15.00 Twines in ware- house, as per statement, 95,- 675 _ Ibs, = at .05916 6,623.66 Materi pur- chased and gen- eral expenses— Sisal hemp, 6,461,- 807 Ibs., at -O86657 _g:0's:2 «20-0 $559,961.10 Oils, 149,929 gals., at .00425 *...s.. 14,131.13 Bags, 211,600, at 14,827.50 I 312.50 Coloring materi- al, 1.421 gallons ee 72.56 3,787.23 1,451.70 grams... Gees 386.71 Books and sta- tionery, 254.4. 277.42 Machinery and 4,682.68 48.67 206.11 1 4,708.07 Convict labor 20,782.75 Building repair: 48.84 Profit Snob oboe ANORSE $678,050.58 CR. $202,482.60 ount 1,768.60 Bills receivable.. 401,646.95 $605,897.55 Inventory, Aug. I, 1900— 187.675 lbs. twine, market value Aug. 1, .... $11,206.50 1,175,539 Ibs. sisal hemp, market value, .0425 49,960.41 18.532 gal. oils, at UBB th hastens 2,464.40 124,767 bags, at Bi Ee aaeked 8,184.71 1,644.988 tags, at 125 per M 205.63 1,405 gal. coloring material, at .055 77-38 $72,153.00 $678,050.58 “In connection with the inventory for Aug. 1, 1900, it is explained that the valuation of the twine raw material on hand at that date is lower than the cur- rent market value at that time, but it was taken as a basis of estimating ‘the profits of the institution, as it was what in the best judgment of the beard was a fair price, fibre prices for some time having been raised by temporary causes, chiefly the war in the Philip- pines.” The inventory on hand Aug. 1, 1899, plus the expenses of the entire year up to Aug. 1, 1900, amounted to $662,- 039.07. The inventory of stock on hand Aug. I, 1900, plus the amount of sales made during the year equals $678,- 050.58, leaving a net profit of $i6,- o11.51 for the year. THE TWINE TRUST AND. THE COST OF FIBER. Last spring the Fibre Trust and the Twine Trust between them had corner- ed the market of fibre and raised the price several cents per pound, In this connection the report says: “The raw material for the year 1900 cost $559,000, as against $314,000 for the year_ 1899, an excess of $245,000.” And now the opposition would blame the adminis- tration for being obliged to pay $245,- ooo more for the raw material this year than last and the previous, when the notorious fact of it is that a Republi- can trust had cornered the market of fibre and had raised the price to suit itself, and in this way robbed the farm- ers of the.state of several hundred thou- sand dollars, and now the trusts have sent their Republican lackies abroad in- to the land to tell the people that ther, are no trusts, and that they should given a chance to run the country so as not to interfere with the interests of the trusts. THE PRICE OF TWINE. The law requires that the price of twine for the entire season shall be fixed by the 1st of March and shall not be changed at any time during the sea- son. In this connection the report says: “The price of twine had been fixed on Feb. 8th, 1900, at 10 cents per pound for sisal, at which time the price of raw material in New York was 9 cents a pound, to which was to be add- ed freight, cost of twine, oil (increased in price 200 per cent from the previous year), the allowance of 50 cents a day for convict labor, and all expenses of the manufacturer.” Almost the entire output of the plant for the season was sold to farmers during March on or- ders for future delivery at 10 cents per pound, while at the same time the price of the twine made by the trust was from 1% to 2% cents per pound higher. During harvest time the trust did indeed cut prices and throw some inferior grades on the market at a great reduction, yet no twine of the same grade as that made by the prison twine plant was sold at a lower price than that fixed by the Prison Board. THE TWINE TRUST, ITS PUR- POSE AND ITS HENCHMEN. The prison twine plant saves to the farmers of Minnesota thousands of dol- lars every year. As long as the prison plant sells twine to farmers at a rea- sonable price the trust will have to sell its product at the same price. If the trust could discredit the prison plant in the eyes of the people and get a pre- text for having it shut down, the farm- ers would have to buy all their twine of the trust and pay whatever the trust saw fit to ask. In pursuing this object the trust can well afford to hire orators and buy up newspapers. If the trust could only get the prison twine plant back again into the hands of its Re- publican friends, it would soon manage to have it run in such a way as, not to interfere with the interests of the trust or even have it shut down completely, as the Republicans did with the prison twine plant in Kansas. The farmer will find that nearly every Republican politician and dealer in twine, is howling about the way the twine ’ plant at the prison has been mis- managed. By selling directly to the farmers the prison twine plant. has in- curred the ill will of the dealers, and it is their object to destroy this competi- tion so that they can help the twine trust to rob the farmers as it was done in former years, There is, however, one thing that the farmers of this state would like to know —they would be very much interested to hear Tams Bixby tell how much money the twine trust has contributed to assist Republican orators and news- papers to destroy the prison twine plant, 3 GOOG O0 90090909 09999 9FS 9900900000009000000008 MINNESOTA Democratic National, State and Congressional Ticket, For President— WILLIAM J. BRYAN, of Nebraska. For Vice President— ADLAI E. STEVENSON, of Illinois. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. At {HR Pas SCHIFFMAN, Ramsey Co. Large | M. R. PRENDERGAST, Ist District—O. W. ANDERSON, Rochester. 2a —GEORGE LESTER, Fairmont. seed OD DHS OOOO S 99990999 00990990000 0000O 00000099 00000000 4050000000000 094606050090000004000009 50000008 3d & —O. T. RAMSLAND, Sacred Heart. 4th “ —DANIEL ABERLE, St. Paul. 5th “ —F. D. NOERENBERG, Markville. 6th “ —JOHN JENSWOLD, Duluth. 7th “ —T.C. HODGSON, Elbow Lake. STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. Governor— JOHN LIND, New Ulm. Lieut. Governor THOS. J. MEIGHEN, Forestville. Secretary of State— MICHAEL E. NEARY, Minneapolis. Attorney General— R. C. SAUNDERS, Pine City. Treasurer— : VGDA roookston. Conailrond gy Te J. KNOX, Jackson. S. M. OW EN, Minneapolis. CONGRESSIONAL TICKET. 1st District---L. L. BROWN, Winona. 2d ---M. E. MATHEWS, Marshall. 9999$ 09990000000 0000000099600090000000590000900909900000099000000500090400990000 00900099 9090900000 3a * ALBERT SCHALLER, Hastings 4th “ ---A. J. STONE, M. D., St. Paul. 5th ---S. A. STOCK WELL, Minneapolis 6th * HENRY TRUELSON, Duluth. ith, <* ---M. J. DALY, Perham. 9OOO00O 500900909 009909 09009500 09009000 00000000000 WEIGHMASTER'S REPORT Unequalled Records by Weigh- master Ed. O’Brien for the Year Closed. “The year just closed, it is gratifying to state, sees the department self-sus- taining. The deficiency of almost $23,000 in 1899 has been turned to a surplus, small though it be, of $929.27 in 1900. “Going back to the birth of the de- partment in 1885, but one year has ex- celled this in the number of cars weighed. That was the big crop ygar of 1897. I desire to say, too, that wnile the number of cars weighed auring the past year was 12,197 more fnan during the previous year, still the expense account of the department was less by $4,269.45. To be more explicit, the year ending Aug. 41, 1899, showed an expense to the department of $57,338.68, while the year which closed Aug. 31, 1900, showed an expense of $53,069.23.” The following, from the weighmast- er’s report, refutes Republican charges of gross mismanagement: “The total number of cars weighed during the year was 214,490, and the revenues accruing from all sources was $53,993.50. Covering the same, period the expense account was $53,060.23, showing a surplus of $929.27. The total number of bushels of grain weighed during the same period was 173,311,380. “A comparison of last year’s figures with the above will not be out of place here. Shortly after I came into this office in 1899, the duty devolved upon me of furnishing you with the four- teenth annual report. In that state- ment it was shown that 202,293 cars had been weighed and that the revenues from all sources was $34,485.41. The expense account for that year was $57,- 448.68, indicating a deficiency of $22,- 958.27. Total number of bushels of grain weighed, 160,940,006. In some respects the showing thus made was an excelleat one, but the large defi- ciency was an unpleasant feature to An example of the increased strict- ness and general efficiency achieved un- der the present administration is shown by the statistics of the weighing de- partment. weighed out at Duluth and weighed in on arrival at Buffalo, the other end of the lake route. Comparison of the Duluth and Buffalo weights, therefore, shows the accuracy of Minnesota grain department officials in weighing. The following table tells a significant story. The loss in pounds per 1,000 bushels for the past seven crop years follows: record, Crop Loss per “Shortly after the beginning of the | year. 1,000 bu. present grain year, in October, 1899, | 1804 . 35 Ibs your honorable board raised the price | 1805 30 Ibs. for weighing cars from 15 cents to 25 |1890 . 30 Ibs. cents, thus adding largely to the re-|1807 « 17 Ibs, ceipts of the department. It was one} 1808 - 20 Ibs, of the necessities and though some | 1899 (Last Repub! 17 lbs. 1900 (Lind Administration) .... 8 Ibs. In other words, the loss in “weight during the Republican administration of the Duluth department ranged from 17 to 36 Ibs. per 1,000 bushels, as against the bagatelle of 8 Ibs. under Governor Lind’s new regime. The average loss in six years of ‘Republican administra- tion was 25 lbs., which is three times that of the first year of the new control. This shows that the new broom sweeps clean in weighing as in inspection, while being a less heavy burden upon the taxpayer, and a source of far great- er justice to the producer and general business public. Issued by the Minnesota Democratic State Central Committee, St. Paul, Minn., L. A. Rosing, Chairman; Geo. S. Canfield, Secretary. fault was found with this, the justice of it soon became apparent to all. The board of appeals, created by act of the last legislature, added from $18,000 to $20,000 to the expense of the grain department and this, if no other reason existed, weuld have justified the ad- vance. Then, too, there is a vast dif- ference between the car of ten years ago, or even five years and that of today. The capacity of the former would not average but little over 600 bushels, while the latter, built in these times, will average from 200 to 300 bushels more. The thousand bushel car of the present time is becoming quite common. With these changed conditions the weighing of a car of wheat now, in reality, is almost as rea- sonable as it ever has been. ELECTORAL TICKET. Voters should be careful as to how they vote for Presidential electors. Put your cross marks opposite the nine’ electors where it is marked on the ballot, “VOTE FOR NINE.’’. Also Bryan voters should be careful to vote ONLY for those NINE ELECTORS, and be sure not to make the mistake of also putting a mark opposite the ‘Social Democrat.” To do so might lose your whole vote. 00 Coes ecococccccos cocccosoooooeooeooooooooooocee: Minnesota export wheat is | TAWNEY’S CONVICTION THE WEST HOTEL. JORN T. WEST, Propristor. {eney Jewry nt ote Vlenle Pachagm mas De ast w the Sais the Ot eherwa he Prabtre wl ot be peso yee ‘QUESTS WiIMOUT BAGGAGE ARE REQUIRED TO AY om ADVANCE fF 9 Badal r Ot PAK vor Saturday, December 28, 1809. | Spier Wo Caml Cat ioe Y aw |ooyl “PLC HelrD Perle Pom “| * [axe ARO 1‘ Ale maa « Wha tka \hoeeaes » lo~feliMlinn Proof Positive of the First District Congressman’s Connection With the Minneapolis Lumber Combine. ost positive proof. ney down to havi Minneapolis at a me bermen when Mr. Tawney was present. Tawney vigorously denied it, and de- clared that he was not in that part of the state on the occasion mentioned, and now the boys don’t do a thing but reproduce in fac simile the page of the West Hotel register, showing the names of the lumber barons and Mr. Tawney registered in their own hand writing. Examine the above and be convinced. One of the salient points. of attent again Congressmen J. A. Tawney, of the First District is his connection with and subservency of the Northwest Lumber Combine. When he denied serving the combine to get the $2 tax on lumber, the boys who are after him overwhelmed him with the record of his vote and official action at Washing- ton. W hen they charged him with be- ing the main stay and chief advisor of the Mississippi Lumberman, he denied, and the friends of L. L. Brown, Taw- ney’s popular opponent, produced the CLAUSEN vs. REISHUS Clausen’s Fatal Admissions Un- der Republican In- vestigation. “Q. You don’t give the farmer early in the season the benefit of the doubt? “A. We take the benefit of the doubt until we get started because we don’t know what we are getting into; if we should start out in any other way with the pressure that is brought to bear on us we should get the grades down so low they would be beiow the standard, and if we once get below we cannot tighten up, we can never get Investigations report, by the Jacob- son committee, Jan., 1899. This was to investigate specific charges that under pk Clausen “the department of grain in-| back. There was never known such a spection has become corrupt; that the | thing as tightening up a grade. inspection has been conducted in the Q. In other words, the rule never anterests of the buyer as against the mporned bath swayed shipper and producer; that grain would EN yet 2 ans be Taepected ta as No. 2 a 3, and in- Mr. G. H. Tunnell, then chief deputy spected out as No. 1; that the dockage inspector at Minneapolis, was. placed has been unreasonable, unjust and ex- | ©”, the stand. cessive; that the department has em- You have testified that early ia ployed incompetent and corrupt men the season you have to inspect closer? as inspectors.” ‘A. Yes, at the very start.” he “teperie: We had feomthe evic The committee in closing its findings ‘dence eroded thatthe” pradingtol from the evidence produced before it, ‘ 4 made this statement: wheat has not been uniform; that prior “From this it appears that NEARLY to the month of October, the new crop THIRD OF THE CROP HAS of wheat had not been graded solely | py MARKETED EACH YEAR on its merits, it being the policy of the] BEFORE THE FARMER IS EN- inspection department to give lower} aABLED TO GET THE GRADE grades, than Jater. THAT HIS CROP MERITS.” That. the system of appeal from the inspector's decision is. impracticable and of little benefit. That it appears that some of the in- spectors have been incompetent or care- less. That the weighing of the grain at the terminals is carried on in a loose manner. From the investigation had before this committee, it clearly appears to this committee that wheat inspections have not been uniform throughout the year; that the grading of wheat has been rigid during the first three or four weeks of each season, and less rigid during the balance of the year, and we cannoct in too strong language con- demn this practice, as it must_neces- sarily result in GREAT LOSS TO THE PRODUCER, FROM THE FACT THAT A LARGE PROPOR- TION OF THE CROP HAS BEEN MARKETED BEFORE THE CHANGE TAKES PLACE, AND ON ALL WHEAT SOLD PRIOR TO THAT TIME, THE LOSS MUST NECESSARILY FALL ON THE PRODUCER. Clausen’s admissions, .when on the | Selling milk without stand to meet the charge that “early cense .. in the season the inspection made by your inspectors was very severe against | the producer, and that subsequently, later in the season, somewhere about the middle of October, and from that “~~ FOOD AND DAIRY RECORD. Showing the Convictions Secured by Pres- ent Administration Compared With Former Years. In 20 months the present administra- tion secured 216 convictions, with fines amounting to $5,079, while the Repub- lican administration during the two pre- ceding years (24 months) secured only 53 convictions, with fines amounting to only $7 Which shows the most vigorous work? Which will the people endorse? Read the list and be convinced: Convictions. Fines. Adulterated milk. Baking powder Vinegar . Oleomarg: Renovated butter Honey Cream below 3 Preservatives in .cream.. Adulterated lard ‘ Adulterated spi Yeast powder .. Preservatives in hutteey Aduiterated white lead. Adulterated jellies ...... Manufacturing butter on, much more liberal grades were from unclean milk. given.” Clausen’s explanations were | Unclean milk : not satisfactory to the committee of in- eee hea vestigation, and contained such admis- t 216 $5,079:00 sions as these (pp. 5-7, Appendix, REPORT OF CONVICTIONS, House Journal, 1899): “A. I will concede that statement is true to a certain extent, but it is true DAIRY AND FOOD DEPART- MENT, YEARS 1897 AND 1808. of every crop of wheat we have ever Convictions. Fines. handled since the department started | Illegal butter ... ak $25.00 in 1885. Illegal milk .. . 13 190.00 “A. I thought I made myself clear | Baking powders Se 150.00 on that; I want to say here that the | Cream ........ Pare 35-00 tendency from the beginning of the | Mega! vinegar 2 65.00 year to the close is to press the grades Illegal cheese ... 2 50.00 down, press them down, and in order | Seung miuk without lie to have a little margin, one on which | cense .. 60.00 we can carry our crop through on, | Illegal sale without exercising apprehension on the Ger 4c eerie ee. a 215.00 part of eastern buyers, we start ow not knowing what we have to conten with; in other words, we take the bene- Oleomargarine fit of the doubt on the line wheat, r pounds. confiscated, Moers