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CORRESPONDENCE.
BEATS THE CHURCH RECORD
Brownton, Minn. 11-18-89
Dear Editor:—U *R * A Brick—
and you please me very much with
The Great West. Your paper re
minds me very much of a story that
Geo. W. Day tells of a stranger in a
city. He strolled into a church one
Sunday, and ivas so surprised and
mystified at the ceremonies new to
him, that when he came out he re
marked, “that beats the devil!”
“Faith and it does—that's just
what it does!” Was the reply.
Now if you can keep right on
whacking at the monopolies in the
way you have commenced —and not
get your head broke —you will beat
all the combinations in “the great
west*’—and that will beat the church
record above! Yours,
.John E Kuni, of Stewart, says he
likes the <Jreat West so well that
he will tty to get others to take it.
Thanks!
.1. C. ?lorey, Esq., Sec. of the Ex
ecutive Board of the Wisconsin
Knights of Labor, gave the Great
West' i chance to interview him last
week. Mr. H. is one of the Fathers in
Israel in the Labor movement.
HOT CAKES
enterprising agent at Belgrade,
in B-nding the third club oF sub
scriters, says:
“A our paper taikes like hotf cakes
and wild-fire! * Let er go Galkger!’ ”
Mr. Burroughs, the Nebraska stal
wart, editor of the “A3lia*v:e,” at
Lincoln, writes:
"I am much pleased veth it ! »e paper
aid may lie abb- to write /you at a
suture time.”
Revc , PorkCk).. -11-23-89
Dear Sir.— l attemted'the Alliance
Villard on -the 1 Nth. v*VVe need a
kittle stirring ®p, and a msn like Mr.
J 'onnelly to *do it. -Bom > of onr
jot gettingsdnek Encloses!
• (find, etc. * * Von -s Truly.
What pa need, ®on.,f is to root
■ *ut a gang ctf scourudrek from your
• county politics—tustaned by a
speechless biwad-faced vi'lain who is
the paid agent of the Northwest
'< Granaries oooibintftionfcnd both the
railroads —.vfiio hats 'bean the hidden 1
hand in every sell out the county
and village .has ever died. Then you,
want to lift his hi»nd. Of from the Jo-'
- cal press there. The -'worst enemy
Pope Cosutty and Glenwood ewer
had, hofvwer, is a score of farmers
who “'stand in” with the village
gang, and sell tiheir neighbors for ai
mess of pcd.tiige—torjsj pot of mes
sage. By the way, "'lid you ever
hear tl*e SMstoiy <oftthat “Farmers 1
Elevator” sit Glemvoed ?
Prof. Alison. Pepirfy State Lee
fj i ’ urer, writes u*r.
“The ireeeting liefe* at Howsircl
: Lake, Nov. Iftth, was the best I hawe
> t.yet held. The>.G..A..R. hall was filled
.-chiefly ■with f«rmei« An alliance
•was formed =of .igoodismen and true.
.'A rrangeineiats were made to consoli
.fclate with two other organizations
<©f farmers, and, if i this is done,
.Howard Lake will have oneofthebeet
.alliances in (tike state Mr. Stacey.
•Kditor of the Herald, and a graduate
iof the State -Cnivereity, (where he
•distinguished himself *,?,s an oratori).,
iueniered us valuable service and
ifiesres to l>e placed on the Alliance
null of honorary members. On the
IKtv we held a good meeting in the
city, hall, Delano, and.,steps will be
at i nee teikeu to establish an alli
ance, there.”
r
G \rden City, Manx.,; 1-22-1889.
Eibxi -R Great West :
Itc&n Sin:—Endowed send you
resolut ions adopted, ancl.a short ac
count , 'f the proceedings of Blue
Earth Co. Alliance: After the meet
ing at illapleton we drojw*ed down
to Rapo£an station, and were met at
depot b ; v a kind friend, .and-spent the
evening * rganizing an Alliance near
f Bapidan . Mills, in the school house.
We had a fine attendance anti after
lull explanation of Alliance,work and
objects of organization, ,by Mr.
* aa 1 Alliance wan organized,
which I predict will become, one of
the leading subordinate Alliances in
\ the,state. (*m. J. H. Baker, Deputy
Lecturer for ,the Congressional dis
trict was unable to attend. Hie in
jury resulting from a fall, I regret
to say, is growling more serious .than
at ffr*t we were led to expect.
This afternoon we hold a meeting,at
this phre—will send further report.
Geo. W. Hajgh.
100,000!
Adrian, Minn., 11-18-89,
En. Great West
Enclosed please find, etc. * *
You ought to have 100,000 sub
scribers. Yours, J. T. Me Knight.
The way they come in this week
we believe we'll get ’em!
Sauk Center Avalanche:
A meeting of the farmers’ Alliance
«vill be held In this city next Tuesday,
Dexter, Minn., Nov. 20th, 1889.
Dear Sir:
I am glad the farmers have at last
a medium through which they can
communicate without sending a cir
cular to every alliance in the state as
I have done. Our alliance has done
a grand good work for the farmers
in this vicinity by organizing a Farm
ers’ Association incor
porated under the laws of the State.
I wish all the farmers in the state
(where they have a poor market)
would organize the same as we have
have done. I will gladly furnish the
necessary information in regard to
organizing etc. Our alliance meets
Dec. 7th, will you please send some
sample copies in time for that meet
ing and I will try and send you some
subscribers. If you hear of any Alli
ance members that want to buy oats
refer them to us w r e have a number
of cars for sale, Yours truly
F. L. Nichols
SPLENDID NEWS FROM MCLEOD COUNTY
—TWO ALLIANCES LAST SPRING, THIR-
Lester. Minn., Nov. 24 89.
Mr. Editor W<e had a grand meet
ing here last The best farmers
in the vicinity awl a large number of
town people filled the hall. The peo
ple manifested much ardor, and a
strong'alliance was formed. Vompli
mentairy resolutions were also pass
ed. This makes six meetings for the
week :and foltr new alliances lormed.
I rode fourteen miles yesterday on a
farm wagon.vand am glad to rest to
day. Tomorrow I will roach Sump
ter. said hope to have good meetings
all the week. Mr. Geo. W. Day is do
ing vigorous work in McLeod Comi
ty. There are now thirteen alliances
in the comity and expect that the
number will reach twenty by J any ;1.
John Allison.
'CHEERING.-NEWS FROM LAC QUI TAULE
That indefatigable worker .and
'■vfreaker Ml. L. Snow, Esq., tcoußty
-writes us, under date of Nov. .24.
We have nine Alliances iin this
•county mw, and I pavopose C©;put in
at least seven more., and perhaps
►eight, i I organized two last weak
and addressed the Riverside and
Provides K-e alliances besides. 2took
I Hon. W. S. Grow with me, and he
(.proved-an excellent -speaker, 'and- one
[who caw do yeomans service sin the
‘work, if He has agreed to help me
(out in the balance of the oauntw. .An
illustration of how the .alliance *. is
.! would refer to theffactifche
itlie Providence alliance -started with
j-sixteemmembers.
“Now &>r a long prall,;» strong pall,
f-nnd a pad altogether. T ’ Thus writes
jYV. S. Grow, of Da-wean. He coa
t tinues: * : The work goes bvavelyten.
I Our corraty Lecturer, M. IL. Snow,
two new Alßeanewi, one in
rthe town tof Baxter, and one at Ten
mile Lake. The present week ?he
into?the north psert df feheeoim
rty to wort among the farmers There.
•C ! ur Snow is loaded with .eannisier,
grape anf slugs—which ihe throws
vm ith effect Before wisher, dk)ses-.you
-will hear good things from
iEarlecoumfcy. It is a.L«o,ut tune •Go v.
Merriam begins makaag .things ‘blue
;fer the railroads, it has .been made
-blue for the farmers long enough to
at-iass millions! More subscribe-s
to follow'.”
That Gao. f-V. Day is! Why ;he>is
holding meetings all the time, seal
ing, in subscriptions, stirri®’ up .ell
the;:onimals, ass id ‘ ‘getting tliere cor -
tinaally.” This week he sends w
(twelve more arbscribers. It waiiit
taken million wiore to make fads list
a hundred strong!
Hoaays they had a rousing time-ait
Grafton last i«*ek —nineteen more
joiuiiUjf. the Alliance there! The
Grafton is one of ibis alliances by -or
ganization, and means business. He
says .they like The re at West— "it
knocks j.the persimmons every time!”
Every firmer in Minnesota owes to
his wife, and children, that his life is
insured for at least #I,OOO. J. J.
Furlong.-of Austin, Mian., is the man
to write to on this matter—he is
state manager for the Alliance Aid
Association; a national organiza
tion. .
About the riddle of December the
Great West yyll begin to be edited.
At present it ie only stuck together
with gum. But.-as our time is crowd
ed into the night and bulges -out in
the morning, there is no help for it.
The Dawson Sentinel this week is
one of the strongest interior papers
-in “the state. Mr. Coghlan is right in
the-swim on the great questions of
the day. We presume every farmer
in Lae Qui Parle Co. takes it.
Mr, M, Snow is doingeffeetive work
out in Lacqui Pare county. Report
wy» Mr, S, is a “rousing speaker.”
R. Eckford
TEEN Now
COUNTY.
Loaded Witls Camnistor,
What an Active Man
ALLIANCE NOTES.
Appointm’ts of Pres. Sprague.
Geo. W. Sprague Esq., President of the State
Farmers’ Alliance, will hold meetings of the
farmers and make addresses as follows:
Dec. 11, Wednesday, Ortonville, Big Stone Co.
“ 12, Thursday, Appleton, Swift Co.
“ 13, Friday, Graceville, Big Stone Co.
“ 11. Saturday, Brown’s Valley, Traverse j 0 _
“ 16, Monday, Wheaton, Traverse Co.
“ 17, Tuesday, Breckenridge, Wilkin Cyj
“ 18, Wednesday, Elbow Lake, Gra'j(
“ 19, Thursday, Evansville, Dong'
" 20, Friday, Alexandria, Doug]-
“ 21. Saturday, Sank Centre, S .(paf fts p oi
“ 23, Monday, Glenwood, Po
Mr. Sprague will particularly *, W rosß himself to
the Insurance features of the AlUastce work, and
he will be glad to confer Vith all those seeking
agencies in that partieu jar , Sprague is a
very forcible and interes ting speaker. Every one
is invited to hear him..
Appointments of Prof. Allison.
The Deputy St A te Lecturer, Prof. John Allison,
will speak as follows:
Dec. 2, Monday. Excelsior, Hennepin Co.
3, Tr.es(lay, Cokato, Wright Co.
*“ 4, Vi ednesday, Darwin, Meeker Co.
6 . Friday, Howard Lake, W'right Co.
7, Saturday, Granite Falls, Yellow Medi
cine Co.
“ 9, Monday, -Montevideo, Chippewa Co.
“ 10, Tuesday, Law qui Parle, Lacqui Parle
Co.
*’ 11, W ednesday., Ortonville, Big Stone Co.
“ 12, Thursday, Appleton, Swift Co.
13, Friday,'Graceville, Big Stone Co.
14, Saturday, Brown’s Valley, Traverse Co.
16, Monday. Wheaton, Traverse Co.
“ 17- Tuesday, Breckenridge, Wilkin Co,
15, ‘Wednesday, Elbow Lake, Grant Co.
* IS. Thursday. Evansville. Douglass Co.
“ 24, Frida? , Alexandria, Dough's Co.
" 21, Saturday, Sauk Centre, Sterns Co.
~ 23. Monday, Glenwood, Po{>e**'o.
24, Tuesday, Paynsville. Stearns Co.
Meetings, Vnless otherwise designated, will be
Held at 2>. m. If a different hour is prefered
th-ow? inter* Red will please confa- with Mr. Alii
son.
Ft iends d.’ the cause are requested to see that
Mr. Altisrt.i is entertain'd free of charge, and
helped on v nis way to his next appointment. It is
strggested also that a oaHedtiwa. be taken up -to
| defray hit- traveling and other-expenses, as he re-
I'O'ivesne salary, and his labours “a labor of love.”
| ’Prof.- Vilisou has several V'—v interesting b>ct
jis res. “The Battle of Gettysburg,” “The Sose
mite,”«-3tc., which he will deliver, upon reqeest,
and tht is he enabled to meet- the expenses O' the
.‘campaign he is mating. We hope our friends
■Will'fcrlp him.
Appointments for Dp. Fish.
■>.v ?rett W. Fish. Deputy State Lecturer and
of The Gjsuat <W*st, will hold A'liance
iw'fings as follows. Every body is invited to
tan out. Meetings will begin at 7:30.
SwNATirs Donnelly,
State Lecturer.
1 ?urmington, IQtt.tsota'Ge., Friday, Dec.in.
Lakeville, - •“ • Saturday, Dec! 74.
' astie Rock, ■“ Monday, Dec. W. Stat’n
rForest Lake. Washington Co., Thurs.. Dec. 19.
‘Chisago City, Chisago'■ 0., Friday, Dec 20.
Centre City, Saturday, Bee. 21.
Wyoming, “ •• Monday, Dee. 23.
Rush City, “ “ Friday, Dec 27.
North Branch, “ “ Saturday, Dsc. 28.
Otter Tail Comity—'First ten days in January—
-appointments hereafter. Pres’t. Sprague will
'probably be with the Doctor in Otter Tail Co.
Pres’t Sprague is now in the field,
organizing alliances, and explaining
insurance matters. See list rif ap
pointments in this column.
GOOD
We leant that the Granite Fills Al
liance, wfcieh was established last
spring, has grown to seventy mem
bers. That is’ the way fee- push
things. If.each!Alliance in the state
could swffll its. numbers to ith at ex
tent we could represent >42,000
votes ! And the political parties and
ptiblic men woiiid give us the legis
lator we ask for. — or go unde;. We
hope ev«*\y alliance in the state will
do its utmost, this winter, to increase
its menilberwhip ti) one hundred mem
bers.
GROWING
From sail-parts of the state reports
reach us Of thejgrowth of the Alli
ance. Our inurhbers ought to be
doubled this winter. Push the work
and help the Great West. We, need
an organ: -without it our alliances
are a rope of sand, —with it they are
a solid mdgdl to’ lw-it the brains nut
of monopoly.
THE GLEKWOUi' MEETING.
Our Pope .county friends sa&st
make big preparations for the Alli
ance meeting at Glen wood, at 1
o’clock p. m. Maiday,December 24t:1.
Prof. John Allison wid address the
meeting; said it is , ynry probable
that President . Sprague and other .efj
fective speakers will be present.
We are sorry .to learn that the
, Deputy State Lecturer for the 24
{Congressional District, Bon. Janies
iH. Baker, is still confined to his
’house from the effects of n fall some
dime since. We hope to sot n chroni
cle his restoration te health, and give
notice of a series of appointments for
him in the 2d. district.
We would call attention To the
change of Mr. Allison’s appointment
at Falls from Monday, De
oenfaer 3d, as heretofore announced,
to .Saturday, December 7th. '.This
change is made at the -request of the
Granite Falls Alliance, as the 7th is
the .date of the monthly meeting,
and they promise Mr. Allison a large
audience at that time. Our reader*
will also please notice a series -of new
appointments for that gentleman, j
running from the 2d of December
until Christmas. We hope all alliance
men will do their utmost to make
these and all other alliance meet
ing a success.
PLYMOUTH ROCKS.
WHITE AND BARRED,
400 Chicks Ready for D#*' ’very
SEND EOB OBSCLAR
N. S. BEARDSLEY, Saint aul, Minn,
iUnUoD this Paper.. rtf
Mr. Lathrop, of Gary, on the Dako
ta line, writes that the dust will fly
w **en “Orpheus C. Kerr” gets around
a -t the next election. That's it—
‘■‘Sick ’em, Tige!”
BLUE EARTH CO. ALLIANCE
Pursuant to the call issued by its
President, P. McGraff, Esq., the Blue
Earth Co. Alliance assembled at
Mapleton on the 21st inst. There
were present delegates representing
the following \lliances:
Sterling Centre, No. 55; Lyra, No.
491; old No. 3, of Good Thunder;
Mapleton, No. ; Beauford, No.
36; and Maple Bush, (Mankato) No.
48.
Considering the prevailing of a
snowstorm, the attendance of farmers
was good, and what was lacking in
number was made up in interest and
a determination to continue the Blue
Earth Co. Alliance, remembering,
that it was early in the work, and
that its first efforts and recommenda
tion are now engrafted into practi
cal measures and laws giving relief
to farmers; for this organization
was first in the state to ask for mea
sures of relief as to R. R. rates and
grain inspecting, and for the regula
tion of our dairy market.
The following resolutions were
:
Resolved, by the Blue Earth Co.
Farmers’ Alliance, in Co. convention
assembled:
1-—That we reaffirm the platform
of principles adopted by tl/.s Alliance
at Good Thunder, March, 1882,
which was the first organized demand
in the state, for the railroad and
grain legislation, whioh was after
wards enacted.and which has been of
great benefit to the producers of the
state. But if we are to maintain
what has alreudy been gained and
enacted, new safeguards for the
producers against the greed and
rapacity of corporate monopoly, in
creasing vigilance and continued
organizations are absolutely neces
sary.
2. We therefor?' call upon the
farmers of this .county for renewed
activity and interest in their local,
alliances, and to organize new alii- \
ances where necessary, believing that;
such action may do something to.
resist the present.tendency, which is,
steadily reducing the American farm
er and laborer to the condition of
tenants and serfs and is aiming a
fatal blow at the continued existence
of free government.
3. That we denounce the present
system of dealing in options, and
gambling in .the grain and produce
of the country, as demoralizing and
pernicious in the extreme. That fcy
setting .aside the legitimate laws of
supply and demand it has heretofore
been the means-of destroying a large
part of the foreign demand for our
wheat, and we ask Congress for the
enactment of .a law declaring such
gambling to be,a crime and punish
able as such.
4 —That the,present law for grad
ing and inspection of grain, and the
railroad laws of the state are unsatis
factory, .and need amendment; that
if such amendment is to be made in
the interests of the producers, we
must see .that the members elected .to
the next legislature are men of charac
ter, and .integrity who will place coun
try before party , public good before
private interests, and without malice
towards other ..interests; we shall
unflinchingly demand that the a var
ice and greed of corporate wealth
shall not further, encroach upon the
demands of the producing and labor
ing interests,of the country.
A petition praying Congress ,to
enact laws to stop.grain gambling.*)t
our large .commercial centres, was
was then presented to the meeting,
directed to ,be .sjgned by all alliance
present, and feu.warded to Hon. John
Lind, member -of Congress for this
district.
President Gea W.Sprague, of tint
State Alliance, was then introduced,
and delivered, an .able fund instructive
address, which was listened to with
! attentive interest after which the al
{liance adjourned to meet in January,
! 1890, time and place -to be left to
| President MeGro#.
yHteele Co. Btemoicrat:
IN this fayperion age of our
ihoasted national ,intelligent,
when every American citizen’s
frosom swell* with .a pardonable
Slide over the knowledge that
s voice, in the ioirmal ion of
lav ( 8 for his own welfare and
hisiown government, is aspotent
as m crowned and mitred mon
arch-it is sad to think, sadder
to know, that at least two-thirds
of oar people are slaves to tyrant
more-damnable than ever ruled
in the darkest days of European
tyranny—yes, slaves in as broad
a sense as ever were the peons of
Mexico, the ryots of India or the
serfs of Russia, who were barter
ed, like cattle, at the will of a
self-elected Master.
The tyrant that holds his al
most undisputed sway over the
political liberties of our people
to-day is the tyrant Party. He
it is who demands, in some cases
almost above the Omnipotent,
the first and most loyal alleg
iance of his subjects. And surely
no subjects have been more wil
ling to blindly follow than they
the whims and nods of the devil’s I
annointed. .No true, discerning, I
or patriotic citizen of the repub
lic can for an hour withdraw him
self from the partisan atmosphere
of party and allow his God-given
intellect to commune with the
spirit of human liberty and hu
man equality without saying
this is true. In the olden days
of tyranny the subject felt happy
in “owing allegience to his God,
his country and hisi king.”' lu
these days and in this land of
liberty, many subjects are hap
pier still, evidently, in owing
allegiance and paying it, too,
with far more servility, in this
order: To party, God and, coun
try. In olden days the subjects
supported their kingin his wicked
ness and corruption lest they
should lose their boasted repu
tation for loyaltv and be called
“traitors.”
The Record & Union:
The “Great West” is the name
of a straight forward Farmer’s
Alliance newspaper, published at
St. Paul, three numbers of which
have reached us. The principles
advocated by this paper are those
that every farmer in the north
west should become thoroughly
conversant with, and then fol
low with but the object —to see
those principles attained.
The farmers of the northwest
are numerically stronger than
any party. They can if they will,
put down the corrupt legislation
that is daily eating at their vitals
and plastering their farms with
mortgages. It lies in their power
to wipe out those octopuses,
monopolies, trusts and evils of
that ilk, but for some unaccount
able reason, the farmer is exas
perat'ingly slow in seeing that
the long end of the lever lies with
in his grasp. What is it that
makes monopolies, outside of an
exorbitant ruinous tariff? It
can be answered in one word, and
that word is the key that can
open the door to prosperity, lift
the mortgage from the farm and
■make a more equal distribution
!of the wealth of this great coun
try, and that is the great key
j stone that is lacking to complete
! the arch of prosperity for the
| farmers. Why is it unattained
when so little effort will bring it
within their grasp ? The objec
tion to farmer’s alliances has been
raised that they will be run into
a political organization. That
is exactly what they should be
created for. Nothing can be ob
tained of any lasting benefit to
the farming element without leg
islation, and legislation with
such an object cannot be obtain
ed without political organization,
no matter whether the organ
ization be termed Farmer’s Alli
ance or some other name.
The salvation of the farmers
lies in combination, and when
they can so see it and combine
then and only then will the heel
of the plutocrat be lifted from
their necks.
Stockman & Cultivator, Omaha:
The real cause of the Repub
lican defeat in lowa was in the
fact that the Republican conven
tion was dominated by the friends
or tools of railroad and other
corporate monopoly interests,
and that power in the convention
persistently and successfully
wrought against the nomination
of Hiram C. Wheeler, who was
a farmer and an able, upright
man who could not lie made sub
servient to the powers of
monopoly and rail way greed, and
nominated in his stead Mr.
Hutchinson, a man who was at
best a lukewarm friend of farm
ers’ interests, and who in the
canvass declared that “railroads
could be managed best by those
who understood them best.” Mr.
Hutchinson was not the friend of
the farmers. He secured Ms nom- j
j'ination instead of the leading
[farmer of lowa. He was con
structively, at least, the friend
«f railroad monopoly, and as
such he was defeated. The farm
ers of lowa have shown a noble
independence of partisan politics
in vrebuking those who, as leaders,
would have sacrificed their inter
ests. lowa is an agricultural
state. As such it should be gov
erned by farmers. lowa farmers
have bravely asserted their right
to selfgovernment by defeating
the candidate of those who would
enslave them, and while they
have imperiled Prohibition they
have not repudiated it.
Hastings Democrat:
By Unison Only.
The priee of wheat is still low.
The elevator companies in many
sections are meeting with steady
opposition from the farmers.
The latter are procuring cars
and shipping at their own risks,
thereby making from two to five
and seven cents more than by
se ling to the home elevator.
a boycott of this kind would
g Q into effect through the whole
s t ate the price of the staff of life
w ould be higher. The elevators
COMBINE.
would be compelled to either bid
higher, or close up their ware
houses and elevators, and of the
latter there need be no fear.
The different elevator compan
ies of the state have almost a
dead “sineh” on the farming ele
ment, and despite the local wars
against them in certain sections
of the state, the opposition is
general or far-reaching enough to
benfit the majority. Where are
the alliances in this state? Cer
tain it is that the farming ele
ment cannot obtain the desired
markets they wish until they
work together as a unit.
The agricultural workers of
our state form its very heart and
sinews. It is to them Ave look
each year for our Avinter’s sup
plies, and still, they, who have it
m their power to make their
strength felt in all the depart
ments of the state, are to-day
the minority, so far as glory is
concerned. Pull together, arm
ers, and remember the old say
ing, “in unison there is strength.”
The coal find on Mr. Hein’s
place is vouched for by good re
sponsible men living on adjoining
farms. Thomas Edgar says the
slate was struck sixty five feet
beloAv the surface. They found
four inches of slate, then they
struck into soft or slack coal for
two feet Avhen the coal became
harder and the drill showed this
to be over four feet, making six
feet in all.
The coal find has been looked
for by old settlers Avhq found an
eighteen inch vein cropping out
on the Coal Mine creek, one-lialf
mile from Mr. Hein’s. The eigh
teen inch vein pitched down quite
rapidly so it could not be folloAV
ed for water. Coal from this vein
was burned by the settlers. Of
those here now are: G. L. Wag
ner, John Yager, W. Gheoring,
Rev. Haggard and J. S. Letford.
They all say that the coal burned
free and Avas free from waste and
burned to a Avhite ash, as light
as Avood ashes. The find was
made by William Duncan in drill
ing for AA-ater with no thought of
coal. We cannot see Avhy, from
the abovefacts, it should be term
ed a humbug. The fact that
coal being found years ago in
the same locality answers the
humbug part. Some of the first
find Avas taken into other count
ies. Some other time Avill give
the fact that every indication of
petroleum has been found in the
same section.—Sanborn Corres
pondent to Lamberton Leader,
from Sanborn.
The Next Leqislature.
Morris Sun
After the disgraceful scenes, and
extravagant mismanagement of the
last legislature, will the farmers of
this state submit to a repetition of
those scenes through indifference, or
tiie chicanery of wily politicians. We
have it in our own hand to regulate
matters if we will go about it right.
If all farmers will become alliance
men, and all alliances will co-oper
ate together as they should, and if
we do not allow tricky politicians to
manipulate us, we can hold the
trumps in our own hands. History
tells us that minorities often rule by
dividing the council of the majority.
This is our danger. In a nation
made up of clans, and each clan des
potically ruled .over by its own
chief, good detached fighting could
be done by the separate tribes, ox
clans, but to make a cohesive army
out of the different elements, always
proved a failure. Jealousy, old
grudges, or some imaginary insult
proved their efforts to union futile.
Let us take lessons from the past,
and if we find some one else more
capable than ourselves, or our
friends, let him lead us, and let us
endure all things for the general
good. It is not too soon to com
mence work for the next legislature..
Let us use this winter well in con
sulting together, in storing our
minds with the best literature on
this subject, and be resolved to con
trol the next legislatui-e, and we can
do it. A Farmer.
Alliance Journal (Texas):
The (Treat West, a fearless ad
vocate of agriculture, has been
received and read with much plea
sure. It is published at St. Paul.
Minn., at $1 per year.
Henderson Independent:
A Farmers' Alliance was formed in
Grafton township last week and will
be known as the Grafton Alliance of
Sibley county. Another meetimg
will be held at the school house in
District No. 40, Saturday, Nov. 23
at 2 p. m. and all farmers are invit
ed to attend. This gives Sibley
county three Alliances, and if the
farmers would take a little more in
terest in the matter and get together
and organize they could have one of
the best Alliances in the state. Every
farmer should make it a point to be
present at the meetings.
Sentinel:
Le Sueur is promised another
of those instructive and exceed
ingly interesting Farmers’ Insti
tutes which will be held some
pecember, to be announc
ed hereafter. It will come at leis
ure, and as the cost is onlv the
time spent, every farmer within
a reasonable distance from Le
Sueur can afford to attend every
day of the Institute.