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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1900
Page
12
A political appeal urges approval of Gov. Lind's administration and outlines choices for re electing John Lind and the Democratic ticket. It questions A C Clausen’s grain inspector role and promotes Ringdal Knox Owen for railroad commissioners and Kenyon for public bank examiner ahead of November 6.
A campaign piece endorses Democratic Peoples candidates for Minnesota statewide offices led by Governor Lindin. It lauds M. E. Neary for Secretary of State, Thomas J. Meighen for Lieutenant Governor, Henry C. Koerner for State Treasurer, Robert C. Saunders for Attorney General, and P. M. Ringdal and T. J. Knox on the railroad and warehouse commission with S. M. Owen as a companion. It warns against Republican campaign lies and promotes continued reform administration and tax fairness, citing freight reductions and pine land enforcement as achievements.
Gov Lind's acceptance speech argues total military and naval costs for two years in the Philippines reach 225 million dollars, compares to crop values in the Northwest states, cites wheat production and farm prices, and asserts education spending and bread cost bear relation to military expenditures.
Ex Senator Washburn lamented in a Chicago Times-Herald interview that today’s young graduates face a fair field no more. He warned that trusts block startup ventures, forcing hopefuls to join the procession as clerks, with slim chances to rise. He stressed the seriousness of the situation and spoke with conviction.
A call to voters urges participation on November 6 as the polls open. Citizens are reminded to cast ballots in local and national races, with emphasis on civic duty and timely voting.
In Guy Lind’s acceptance remarks a claim is made that farm value for a bushel of wheat in Minnesota runs below Minneapolis cash prices by a small amount. Using ten bushels, the piece compares wholesale prices from the Minneapolis Commercial Bulletin for kerosene oil, granulated sugar, and common salt across several dates, listing quantities such as 101 gallons in 1808 and 70 gallons in 1899 for kerosene, 157 pounds in 1808 and 118 pounds in 1899 for sugar, and 0.14 barrels of salt in 1898.
In a heated Senate session Senator E T Young fumes at charges of responsibility for the bill’s defeat. He cites railroad power and contrasts it with the lower house's role as the barometer of the popular purse. The dispute centers on H F 25 to tax railroad lands.
An article compares farm value to the real purchasing power of commodities, citing wholesale prices for oil salt sugar lumber nails and barbed wire while noting farm prosperity hinges on what ten bushels of wheat can buy. It criticizes tax policy and rails at railroad influence in the legislature.
The Republican state senate, led by the lieutenant governor, was known for backing railroad interests while opposing revenue-raising reforms and broader tax justice efforts.
Farmers urged to collect car numbers and shipper initials to prove wheat grade manipulation by elevator firms seeking to discredit state inspection and influence railroad and warehouse commission control. Letters cite Minn. data showing No. 1 grades but dockage claims and urge widespread local publication to prevent farmers from voting for the alleged graft.
The excerpt from Bixby’s appeal circular urges postmasters to donate money and favors, stressing a need for speakers and funds to cover expenses. Loyal GOP papers rebuke the move, noting the Minneapolis Tribune’s perceived royal preference amid the political maneuver.
A reader notes the Minneapolis Tribune urges Republicans and postmasters to engage voters now with honest, sensible arguments. The writer claims the paper offers liberal patriotic coverage and affordable rates to reach all, contrasting with other GOP papers and criticizing Bixbian methods.
A Republican state central committee sheet attacks a Democratic poster on farm prices and purchasing power from 1890 to 1998, citing coal oil and the Standard Oil monopoly. It claims figures are false yet argues the GOP view shows farmers lose buying power, while the Democratic poster highlights declines in crop incomes and materials since 1890.
GOOD REASONS P M Rindal and T J Knox of the Railroad and Warehouse emission are reducing grain freight rates from a large section of the state to markets. The plan aims to save Minnesota farmers about 40 cents per year per hundredweight and equalize merchandise rates to help smaller cities compete with larger centers. Under their management grain grades have improved while Liverpool prices stayed high, with Duluth grain weights improving from a 25 lb loss per thousand bushels to about eight under new leadership. Voters urged to support Rindal and Knox and S V Reeep Shea cos, publisher of Farm Stock and Om, to continue the service.
A data heavy table comparing imperial costs with crop values and past expenditures. It claims annual per capita costs of empire rise after the Civil War, exceeding crop values and projecting a sharp government outlay versus earlier decades.
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