Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 3, 1900, Page 6

Supplement to THE HERALD-REVIEW, GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. NOV. 3, 1900. GOV. LIND'S ADMINISTRATION SHOULD STAND APPROVED FINAL APPEAL T0 THE PEOPLE, Do You Want a Return to Bixby-Vandiver Machine Methods? If Not, Vote to Re-Elect John Lind and the Democratic Ticket. Do You Want A. C. Clauson for Grain Inspec- tor Again? If Not, Vote for Ringdal, Knox and Owen for Railroad Commissioners. Do You Want Kenyon Again for Public Bank Examiner? If Not, Vote for Governor Lind Nov. 6th to Succeed Himself. STATE CANDIDATES 7 Appeals to All Voters Who Want the Cause of Good Government in Minnesota to Go For- ward, and Not making a His clear, earnest, on of national and state made him hosts of new rever he has spoken and has The peo- red the old n him more their intere ones. + p J S. J. Meighen, Democratic- been growing constantly and him a strong candidate with ate, of friends which Koerner, Democratic-Peoples ior state treasurer, has in of Minnesota, gives him s few men possess. nty of the state Mr. Koer- onal friends, irrespective of 1 stand by him and work on and the election of those e ticket with him. eputation which Robert C. Democratic-Peoples candi- orney general, has won as in advancing the rights of and enforcing the laws of vecially in the enforcement inst standing pine on ex- its, is appreciated by vot- ctive of party, and makes wer of strength for the entire hings to which the pres- ation points with special which more than anything >roven it to be the friend of of the state, the champion rests lfare, there is 1 deserves greater praise than non the work of the present railroad and warehouse commission. P. M. Ringdal nox are members of this hey have reduced the ain from a large section of o the markets. This reduc- save the farmers of Minnesota 400,000 per year. x years previous to their ad- , Duluth weights on grain fell short at Buffalo an average of 25 pounds per 1,000 bushels. Since they took charge, this shortage has only averaged 8 pounds per 1,000 bushels. If you want this kind of service to go on, vote for them. They are candidates for re-election, and vote also for S. M. Owen to keep them company. He is editor of The Farm, Stock and Home, and so well and so favorably known, that anything we could say would be superfluous. GOT HIS REWARD. It is timely to warn the people against the roorbacks and campaign lies that are likely to be sprung by the Republican managers just before elec- tion day. Two years ago Mr. Vandiver, the present head of the Republican Press Bureau, published in the St. Paul Dis- patch a bogus speech of Governor Lind, for which The Dispatch was after- wards fined and obliged to pay to Gov- ernor Lind $600 indemnity. For this feat Tams Bixby appointed Vandiver head of the Republican Press Bureau and there is nothing so low and contemptible in the way of campaign lies and roorbacks but what the people may safely expect it from that source. FUL COST OF WAR Especially those of Conquest, are Ruinous to People Who Work for a Living. From Gov. Lind’s acceptance speech: The total cost of our m ry and aval establishment, for the past two s of war in the Philippines, was 000,000, not including cost of the es in China. SUM OF $ SE _ THAT NA HUMAN MIN HARDLY GRASP _IT. EXPRESS IT IN THE LEADING TS OF THE NORTH- WEST. ACCORDING TO THE LAST REPORT OF THE SECRE- TARY OF AGRICULTURE, THE STATES OF MINNESOTA, IOWA, WISCONSIN, NEBRASKA AND THE TWO DAKOTAS, IN THE YEAR 1899 PRODUCED: 225,000,000 IS SO te for lieutenant gov- Minnesota— Bushels. Farm value. as » been making hosts of} Wheat . 68,000,000 $37,000,000 His active and efficient work | Corn 31,000,000 7,000,000 ber of the state board of Towa n in forcing certain corpora- | Wheat ........ 18,000,000 10,000,000 di s to bear their honest | Corn + 242,000,000 55,000,000 burden of taxation, is be-| South Dakota— ter known and making! Wheat ........ 37,000,000 —_ 18,000,000 n every day. {North Dakota— ce which the laboring | Wheat 51,000,000 26,000,000 5 ry, Democratic-} _ Wisconsi e for secretary of state, | Wheat 11,000,000 7,000,000 have in former times| _Nebras electing him to positions | Wheat . 20,000,000 —_ 10,000,000 honor in their organiza-| Corn . « 224,000,000 51,000,000 THE TOTAL VALUE CROPS NAMED OF ALL THESE STATES FOR LAST YEAR WAS ONLY $221,000,000, LESS THAN WE ARE PAYING ANNUALLY FOR OUR ARMY AND NAVAL ESTAB- LISHMENTS UNDER THE IM- PERIAL REGIME. The entire amount expended for edu- cation in the United States for the year 1898, which is the last year for which I have authentic figures, was $189,000,000. |° Our average consumption of wheat is less than five bushels per capita. As- suming our population to be 75,000,000, our consumption of wheat would be 375,000,000 bushels. AT THE AVERAGE FARM PRICE, WHICH DOES NOT EX- CEED 60 CENTS, THE COST OF THE NATION’S BREAD IS $2235,- 000.000, THE SAME SUM_ THAT wee FOR OUR ARMY AND HAS NO OPPORTUNITY Under Trusts the Young Man of Today Has Little Chance for Progress. On this point ex-Senator Washburn used the following language in an in- terview in the Chicago Times-Herald, Sept. 11, 1899: “When I was a young man—I- am now sixty-eight—I had the world be- fore me, and there was absolutely a fair field for me. Take all of our most successful business men of today and their experiences were like mine. They entered the race without a handicap, and their grit and capacity won. Now, this building up of trusts puts a stop to fair and equal opportunities for the young men of today. “THE YOUNG MAN JUST OUT OF COLLEGE HAS NO OPENING, AS A RULE. HE CANNOT BE- GIN BUSINESS ON HIS OWN AC- COUNT AGAINST ORGANIZED CAPITAL. HE MUST JOIN THE PROCESSION; HE MUST CON- TENT HIMSELF WITH BEING A MERE. CLERK, AND THE CHANCES ARE THAT HE WILL NEVER GET ANY FURTHER BE- CAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY IN HIS CLASS. “This makes the situation a serious one, and I am sorry for the young man of today. I have studied the sit- uation, and I am sure of what I am saying.” Don’t Fail to Go to the Polls November 6th and |Cast Your Ballot, GRIP OF THE TRUSTS What the Farm Crop Will Buy of Trust Goods. (From Gov. Lind’s acceptance speech.) Taking the farm value of a bushel of wheat as worth at an average through- out Minnesota 10 cents less than the Minneapolis cash price, ten bushels would buy, at the wholesale prices quoted by the Commercial Bulletin, the official trade journal of Minneapolis- jobbers, the following goods on the dates named: Kerosene oil (Minnesota state test), Jan. 1, 1898, ror gallons; Jan. 1, 1899, 70 gallons; Jan. 1, 1900, 56 gallons. Granulated sugar, Jan. 1, 1808, 157 Ibs.; Jan. 1, 1899, 118 Ibs.; Jan. 1, 1900, 104 Ibs. Common salt, Jan. 1, 1898, 914 bbls.; USED THE SENATE To Defeat the Railway Gross Earnings Bill. While Senator E. T. Young fumes and raves at being charged with re- sponsibility for defeat of this bill, for which his reward came duly—let him answer whether the following is not absolutely true: “It has been the custom of the rail- road companies for years to let the lower house of the legislature go and make their fight in the senate. The lower house, therefore, has been the barometer of the popular pulse, and the senate has been the index of rail- road power. It was thus for three sessions on the bill to tax railroad lands, and-it was the same on the meas- ure here in question, H. F. 25, to in- T. J. KNOX. S. M. OWEN. GOV. LIND AND RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS Jan. 1, 1899, 6% bbls.; Jan. 1, 1900, 5 bbls. Lumber (16 ft. 2x4), Jan., 1808, 723 feet; Jan. 1, 1899, 536 feet; Jan. 1, 1900, 418 feet. Wire nails, Jan. 1, 1898, 41-3 kegs; Jan. 1, 1899, 3 1-3 kegs; Jan. 1, 1900, 114 kegs. Barbed wire (common painted), Jan. 1, 1898, 435 lbs.; Jan. 1, 1899, 310 lbs.; Jan. 1, 1900, 133 Ibs. The above figures are based on the wholesale prices of oil, salt, sugar, lum- ber, nails and barbed wire at Minne- apolis. Freight, handling, and retailer’s profits would probably make these ar- ticles 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 correspondingly less. EN BUSHELS OF WHEAT, LIKE ANY OTHER PRODUCT, ARE WORTH WHAT THEY WILL | BUY. THE PROSPERITY OF THE FARM IS NOT MEASURED BY THE VOLUME OF ITS PROD- UCT, NOR EVEN BY THE MAR- KET VALUE OF THE PRODUCT, BUT BY THE NET PURCHASING POWER OF THE COMMODITIES PRODUCED, crease the gross earnings tax rate. The sentiment of the state was shown in the vote in the house, where the bill passed by the overwhelming majority of 99 to 5. The railroad power was exerted in the senate, where a coterie of 31 and later 34 senators, of whom 29 were Republicans, formed an effec- tive bulwark in the interests of the railway lobby and in defiance of the people. “The Republican membership of 44 out of 63, had the power to carry this measure by a majority of 25 votes, even had every Democrat and Populist vote been cast against it. But the Democrats and Populists were three to one for the bill, while the 44 Republicans stood two to one against it and sealed its fate.” . REPUBLICAN RAILWAY AND TAX RECORD. The Republican state senate, over which the Republican lieutenant-gov- ernor presided, was notorious for two facts: (1) For the slaughter of all re- form measures to which the railroad lobby was opposed; (2) for the defeat of nearly all important reforms looking 'to the increase of the state’s revenue BiG GRAIN STEALS. Evidence that the Elevator Compa- nies are Cheating the Farmers. ATTEMPTING TO DISCREDIT INSPECTION. Rob the Farmers in Order to Attempt to Create a Sentiment that Would Place the Robbers in Control. The bureau has positive evidence that certain line elevator companies are un- dergrading the wheat received from farmers on the plea that the grades have been stiffened by the State Grain Inspection. Their object in so doing is to attempt to discredit the work of the inspection department in order, if possible, to de- feat the present railroad and warehouse commission in the election and thus again secure the control of the depart- ment as they enjoyed it under Clausen. Besides, it pays them to do this, be- cause the difference goes into their pockets. The charges that grades have been stiffened are unqualifiedly false, as any fair-minded man _can ascertain by in- vestigation. NOT ONE SINGLE COMPLAINT HAS BEEN LODGED WITH _ THE CHIEF IN- SPECTOR WHICH WAS NOT DE- TERMINED IN A MANNER SAT- ISFACTORY TO THE SHIPPER. It is therefore plain that these elevator companies are stealing from the farm- ers by means of ying the grades and after thus having perpetrated their nefarious frauds upon the farmers they unblushingly charge the state inspec- tion with the outrage. It becomes the duty of every farmer who takes an interest in maintaining the integrity of the inspection depart- ment to rise in arms and assist in run- ning down the thieves. It can be done in this way. Secure the initials and number of every car shipped from your station during the past few weeks. Send them to the inspector's office and it can be shown just wh; nies received at the general average is received by the far- n is proven. Under the law, the inspection department does not know from which point the cars arrive vho the consigners are, and there- mand a list of the car numbers with the initials and date of shipment of each car they have shipped, and send that to the chief inspector, who will promptly give you the grade each car received. This will enable you to judge whether you have been fairly treated or not at your station. If the elevator agent will not furnish it, he must have a reason for re- fusing. Then go to your station agent. Publish the facts as ascertained in your local newspapers, so your brother farmers may not be induced to vote to support the gang that is robbing them. During the month of September the records at Minneapolis show that at that point 2,333 cars were found to con- tain No. 1 wheat, 3019 cars No. 2 wheat, 1888 cars No. 3 wheat and 1,239 cars no grade. REPORTS FROM | FARMERS ALONG THE LINES} WOULD INDICATE THAT VERY LITTLE. WHEAT HAS _ BEEN GRADED NO. 1 BY THE BUYERS ALONG THE LINES. The following letter speaks for itself. Duluth, Oct. 25, 1900. Hon. H. Plowman, Fergus Falls, Minn. Dear Sir:—Several farmers in the vi- cinity of Underwood and some living near Battle Lake complained to me about the inspection this year, stating that buyers gave them nothing but No. 2 with a heavy dockage. The buyers claimed they did not get any better grades. I looked at some of the wheat and as it looked all right for No. 1, it struck me that something was wrong, and I obtained a list from the railroad agent at Underwood of all wheat cars shipped from that place since Oct. 1 to date and find in the inspection office that every car but one was graded No. 1. Here is the list of cars and how they were graded: R. R. No. of cars. Grade Dockage. No.1 t Ib: No.r yi the No.1 1¥%lb. No. 1 1b. No.1 1, Ib. No.1 r Ib. No.2 o Ib. No.1 Ylb. No.1 1 ‘Ib. No.1 rib. No. 1 rib. No.1 1 Ib. No.1 roulb. he above you will notice that the inspection department.is all right, but the wheat buyers are misrepresent- ing the same, and I think they are do- ing this all along the line. It works against the present administration and warehouse commission, and for self- protection the matter should be shown up in its true light. Yours respectfully, H. P. BJORGE. Effective means will be found to pro- tect the farmers against the continuance of these outrageous steals, BUT MEANWHILE THERE IS DAN- GER THAT THE FARMERS WILL BE DECEIVED INTO TURNING THE STATE INSPECTION OVER INTO THE HANDS OF THE VERY GANG THAT IS ROBBING THEM. V.BOL. BIXBY-VANDIVER The G. 0. P. Machine and Its Fa- yored Organ. The following is the portion of Tams Bixby’s “appeal” circular, calling on postmasters for money, which has so offended loyal G. O. P. papers, by giv: ing the Minneapolis Tribune the royal preference: “We need speakers and money to pay their expenses. We have little of either. AS A CAPABLE SUBSTI- grade and dockage | re cannot begin these investigations. | Go to your elevator agent and de-|} TUTE FOR BOTH, WE WANT EVERYBODY TO READ THE MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNE. They generously come to our rescue, and their offer is so liberal and patriotic that it calls for the grateful appreciation and active consideration of Republicans alike, and postmasters in particular. To get Republican results at the election the people must be reached now by honest, sensible arguments; AND THIS THE MINNEAPOLIS TRI- BUNE IS DOING, AND _ PRO- POSES TO DO, AT RATES WITH- IN THE REACH OF EVERYONE.” There are scores of as “liberal and patriotic” G. O. P. papers as the Tri- bune. They do not much admire Bix- bian methods. A SPECIMEN ANSWER The G. 0. P. Trust Defenders Think Much of Standard Oil. The Republican state central commit- tee has issued a big sheet with a very proper mourning line about it, to off- set the very clear statement given in the Democratic Trust Poster, contrast- itig conditions under trust prices and trust rule with former years before the trusts laid its grip upon everything the farmer buys. The Republican sheet pretends to compare the purchasing power of cer- tain products in October, 1900, 3 October, ’96, using some of the prin- cipal farm products THE FIGUR ) 1900 ONLY GOES BACK TO 1808. It then takes up coal oil, its most familiar trust article, and pretends to show how much more coal oil could be bought in ’98 with stated quantities of products more than today. NOW_ THE POI WHOLE MATTERIS T T COAL OIL, THE REPUBLIC FAVORED MONOPOLY cE sT Y, H! IN_ WHICH AVORABLEI ) MAD atic poster | was tha a long lis 3 which the farmer must pay for w his crop, the producing power of his | crop now is a very large per-cent less than it was in 1896, the year with which comparisons were mac This applies to articles of iron, steel, barb | wire, tinware, etc., running through the whole gamut. THUS IS THE G. O. P. REJOIN- DER A DISMAL FAILURE e DISMAL THAT THERE IS WONDER TE THE SHEET WHICH IS ISSU WAS DR ED IN A BIG BROAD BAND OF MOURNING. GOOD REASONS Why You Should Vote for Ring. dal, Knox and Owen for R. R. Commissioners. P. M. Rindal and T. J. Knox are members of the present Railroad and Warehouse Commission, They have reduced the freight rate on grain from A_ LARGE SECTION OF THE STATE TO THE MARKET THIS REDUCTION: WILL _ SAVE THE FARMERS OF MID PA ABOUT $400,000 PER YEAR. They are now equalizing the rates on merchandise so as to give the smaller cities of the state a chance to compete for business with the larger cities and thus to grow and build up local mar- kets for farm produce. UNDER THEIR MANAGEMENT FARMERS HAVE _ RECEIVED BETTER GRADES FOR THEIR GRAIN, WHILE THE SAME GRAIN HAS STOOD 2c HIGHER IN LIVERPOOL (AS COMPARED WITH FOUR _ LEADING COM- PETITIVE GRADES FROM OTHER STATES), THAN IT DID BEFORE THEY TOOK CHARGE. During six years before they took charge Duluth weights on grain fell short at Buffalo an average of 25 pounds per thousand bushels. Since they took charge this shortage has only averaged eight pounds per thousand bushels. IF YOU WANT THIS KIND OF SERVICE TO GO ON, VOTE FOR THEM, AND VOTE FOR S.-M. OWEN’ TO KEEP THEM COM- PANY. HE IS THE EDITOR OF “FARM, STOCK AND HOME,” AND NEEDS NO _INTRODUC- TION TO THE PEOPLE OF MIN-< NESOTA. COST OF IMPERIALISM. Per Capita Year. Tax. 1802 (Jefferson, president)... 1830 (Jackson, president). 1860 (Buchanan, president). Toor -(estimated) <5... 02. ese0n' 9.54 Total ordinary expenditures 1790-1844 .. $732,022,653 Value of toba 24,258,970 Value of tobacco crop 1898. 305,467,041 Value of wheat crop in 1899 319,545,259 Value of corn crop 1899.... 629,210,110 Total estimated expenditures fern" 9OG0. Ss 53 .n's8 sds peice 758,720,475, This table shows that the greed of empire will next year cost the people about $7.00 per capita more than the per capita prior to the Civil War, and $4.53 per capita more than prior to the Spanish War. It further shows that said annval rate of expenditure is near- ly $100,c00,coo more than the value of our corn crop, far more than the value of our wheat and cotton crops and nearly thirty times the’ value of our tobacco crop. It also shows. that it takes more money now to run the Gov- ernment one year than it took to run it from 1790 to 1844—a period of fifty-four years . z ‘ts | i i lef