text: ZHI. ZEi. EAGLE <Sc 00., Recognizing the fact that the Alliances buy in sufficiently large quantities to entitle them to wholesale prices, we will fill orders from them at our regular wholesale list. We do this business strictly on a cash basis, we have experienced buyers, keep a close run of the markets, buy everything for cash, which enables us to get our goods at the very lowest cost, which advantages we are willing to share with our customers. We handle no trash, our goods can always be relied on as being Straight and of good qualities. Doing business as above stated, we sell only for cash. We can make no exceptions to this rule for new friends or old. In ordering, money or post office order should accompany the order. If an accommodation to customers and they will remit one-half of the amount of the order we will send goods “Collect on Delivery.” but will only do this where money is remitted, as stated. All goods are securely packed, marked and delivered free on board the cars in Chicago. Members can club together and order much or little, as desired. Each person’s name will be marked on goods and all shipped to one reliable address, which will often save cost on freight. Our Large Illustrated Catalogue, Everything you Eat, Wear or Use, will be sent on application HAVE YOU READ IT? THE GREAT BOOK OF THE CENTURY! “LOOKING BACKWARD” BY EDWARD BELLAMY. UPPERFACE. The GREAT WEST will send this wonderfully interesting work to anyone who will send 50 cents. We IS THIS CONSPIRACY? ANARCHY DISCOUNTED BY THE PLUTOCRATS. “There is too much freedom in this country, rather than too little—Indianapolis Journal (Democrat.) Give them the rifle diet for a few days, and see how they like that kind of bread—Tom Scott. (Republican.) If the workingman had no vote they would be more amenable to the teachings of hard times.—Indianapolis News (Democrat.) The most wealthy must govern in every state, and will, regardless of any attempt to deprive them of that right.—Richmond (Va.) Whig (Democrat.) We need a strong central government; the wealth of the country has to bear the burdens of government and shall control it.—Senator Sharon (Democrat.) It is astounding, yes, startling, the extent to which faith prevails in money circles in New York that we ought to have a king.—New York Tribune (Republican.) We have arranged the program for both parties, and are willing the people should exercise their choice of men.—James Buell, Sec’y National Banker’s Association. Hand grenades should be thrown among those who are striking to obtain higher wages, as, by that treatment, they would be taught a valuable lesson, and other strikers could take warning from their fate.—Chicago Times (Democrat.) The British system of office-holding should be adopted in this country, that the tenure of office should be for life. A statute which incorporates its general features, I should be bound to give my approval.—President Arthur's First Message (Republican.) The American laborer must make up his mind henceforth not to be better off than the European laborer. Men must be content to work for less wages. In this, the workingman will be nearer to that station in life to which it has pleased God to call him. —New York World (Democrat.) The time is near when they (the banks) will feel called upon to act strongly. Meanwhile, a very good thing has been done. The machinery is furnished by which, in an emergency, the financial corporations of the east can act in a single day’s notice with such a power that no act of Congress can overcome or resist that decision.—New York Tribune (Rep). There seems to be but one remedy, and that must come, a change of ownership of the soil; that is, tenant farmers on the one hand, and landlords on the other, like that which has long existed in Europe and our own state of California. Everything seems ripe for the change: half the farms of the country are ready to be sold if buyers would appear.—New York Times (Democrat.) Is not a dollar a day enough to buy bread? Water costs nothing, and a man who cannot live on bread and water is not fit to live. A family may live, love, laugh and be happy that eats bread in the morning with good water, and good bread and water at noon, and good bread and water at night. —Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. WHOLESALE SUPPLY HOUSE. 68 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. will pay the postage The following is a portion of Senator Yoorheis' speech in the U. S. Senate, on the 19th of March last. It deserves to be preserved. We would like to hear from Blaine again on the subject of “trusts as private affairs.” Nor did this evil god of ill-gotten wealth, this fallen angel of greed and lust for gold, once a dweller in heaven but now an inhabitant of hell, fall short of his delineation by Milton when in his base, hard, grinding, and oppressive spirit, our present financial system, with its many and widespread branches and its far-reaching and destructive consequences, was organized and enacted during the war. No “vision beatific” of an unselfish patriotism, of mighty, mustering multitudes, comprising the flower of the land marching to the altar of self-sacrifice, and treading with a high, heroic step and men in the wine-press of the battle-fields; no vision of a Union restored, a country united and flag floating in the sunlight of peace, ever for an instant allured the thoughts or diverted the gaze of the American Mammon and his ignoble conclave, when they engaged in laying deep and strong the foundations of the plutocracy, the giant money-power which now governs and curses this country and its laboring people. A system of finance has been fastened upon the American people with more hands than the fabled Briarus, and each one with an itching palm to clutch the fruit of honest industry for the enrichment of those who toil not, and yet outvie in splendor many of the crowned heads of Europe. Of this oppressive system there are many parts and contrivances, and skillfully woven together like a great network, and having all the time the same object in view, the taxation of one class of citizens for the enrichment of another class. It is sometimes said that certain old sins of the government should not be recalled at this late day; that they have the sanction of time, wear a venerable aspect, and should be condoned. When ministers of the Christian religion cease to denounce the sins and crimes of the human race because they are old, “hoary and white with eld,” then, and not till then, will the fraudulent manner in which our bonded debt was doubled in the taxpayer be forgotten; then and not till then, will the demonetization of silver be forgiven; then, and not till then, will a high protective tariff, existing not for revenue, but as a machine with which to gorge, glut and cram the privileged few at the expense of the many, to cease exasperate and influence the indignation of the intelligent laborers of the world. Our Minnesota papers don’t seem to enthuse much on the developments made by the Great West on the wheat steal—but the papers from other states do. Gentlemen, if you wish to read a sound business letter, which is based on hardpan, and Good sound principles, read the contribution of H. L. Loucks, on the Business Agency, in another column. 50 copies. ANOTHER BOOR FOR THE TOILER! C/ESAR’S COLUMN: BY EDMUND BOISGILBERT, M. D. This Book is more than a peer of “Looking Backward.” It has been upon the market but a few days, and is already creating a most profound impression. It is not only a story—it is a wonderful expose of the condition of labor a few years hence, unless some mighty change occurs. It is a book for every laboring man to read—intense, stirring, and eloquent. Bellamy goes forward to an age when reforms have made the world beautiful. Boisgilbert goes forward WITHOUT reforms, and sees the present civilization of plutocracy engulfed in hopeless ruin. There is no paper-bound edition. The cloth-bound, 367 pp., is sold for $1.25. If subscribers to the Great West will send us the postage and $1.00 we will send them the book—$1.50. We regret that a cheap edition cannot be obtained—as every laboring man ought to read it. Send your order, with the money, to The GREAT WEST, 7758 Wabasha St., St. Paul, Minn. Minnesota Alliance Storm Association. HAIL AND CYCLONE INSURANCE. The name of this association shall be The Minnesota Alliance Storm Association. Article II.—Place of Business The Home office shall be at St. Paul, Minn. The Board of Directors may change the location of the home office at any time, to such place as they may deem advisable. The object of This Association shall be to receive and collect from its members such sums as may be necessary to reimburse such of its members as may meet with losses to their crops by hail, and to property by cyclone, and necessary expenses connected therewith. Article IV.— How Managed. The business of this Association shall be controlled by a board of eleven Directors, elected at the annual meeting, which shall be called at 2 o’clock p.m., on the second Tuesday of January of each year, at the home office. A majority of said Directors shall be members of the Executive Board of the State Alliance. Article V.— Duties of Directors Said Board of Directors shall meet immediately after their election, and by ballot elect the officers of the Association for the ensuing year, and transact such other business as may be deemed necessary. Article Vl.— Special Meeting. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the President, or by written request of three of the Board, filed with the President the meeting to be at such time and place as the President may designate. Article Vll.— Officers. The officers of this Company shall be a President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer; who shall be elected at the annual meeting in January for one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified. Article Vll.— Business Management. The business management of this Association shall be vested in an Executive Board, consisting of the President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer, with full authority to act when the Board of Directors is not in session. Article IX.— Duties of Officers Sec. 1. It shall be the duty of the President to preside at all meetings of the Association or its officers, and to sign all official documents, and to exercise a general supervision over the affairs of the Association. In the absence of the President the Vice President shall possess the same powers. Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep a record of the proceedings of all meetings of the Association, to preserve in his office a record of the premium notes, applications, bonds and all other writings coming into his hands and necessary to be preserved; to receive all moneys belonging to the Association and to pay the same over to the Treasurer daily, or as soon as practicable, if not otherwise directed by the Executive Committee; to draw and countersign all orders drawn on the Treasurer; to keep all accounts between the Association, its agents and officers; to sign and issue all policies of insurance, and to keep a record thereof, with transfers, alterations and surrender of the same; to answer all communications on business of the Association; to file in his office, for inspection of Directors, a monthly report, stating briefly the condition of the Association, and to perform all other duties pertaining to the office of Secretary. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to receive from the Secretary such moneys belonging to the Association and keep the same in such banks as may be indicated and approved by the Board; to pay all orders drawn on him by the Secretary, and countersigned by the President; to report to the Directors monthly the state of the treasury, the amount of money received by him, and the amount disbursed for losses and expenses respectively. Sec. 4. All officers and agents of the Association shall be required to give good and sufficient bonds for the faithful performance of their duties, in such sums as the Board may require. Said bonds may be increased from time to time, if deemed necessary. Article X.— Salaries of Officers No fixed salaries shall be paid any of the officers of this Association, but they shall receive pay in accordance with the amount of business transacted, the fees of the President, Secretary Treasurer and Adjusters to be fixed by the Board of Directors, and the Directors to receive not to exceed three dollars per day and necessary expenses while in attendance at meetings. Only such persons as comply with the By-laws, Rules and Regulations of this Association shall be entitled to membership. LAWS OF THE Article I.— Name Article II.— Object Article II.— Members. Each member of this Association is entitled to one vote, and only one, by himself or proxy, at the annual meeting. A proxy must be filed with the Secretary ten days before the annual meeting;  on printed blank furnished by this Association and accompanied by an assessable note, payable on October first, secured on the crop, for twenty-five cents per acre, for each acre protected, or if preferred, the cash may accompany the application. The note and mortgage aforesaid shall not be negotiable or transferable. Only one assessment can be made in any one year, and that only for necessary expenses and losses by hail, and in no case shall the member be liable for more than twenty-five cents per acre, for the number of acres of crop protected for him in any one year. Application for protection, if accompanied by fee and note properly made out, shall take effect from noon of date of application, unless rejected by the Secretary in which case it shall be of no effect. Article XV.—Losses and Adjustments. I have been reported at once to the Secretary by registered letter, and no loss will be allowed unless so reported inside of ten days and no loss occurring to grain after it is cut will be allowed, or after Sept. 15th of each year. All losses are payable December 1st. (When grain is ripe at the time of loss it should be cut at once, as the adjustment for loss can be made after grain is cut). Sec. 2. An Adjuster will be sent as soon as possible after loss is reported, and his decision shall be final, unless objected to by loser, when the loser shall choose a man to confer with the Adjuster, and if they cannot agree, the two shall choose a third man, and their decision shall be final, subject only to review and change by the Board of Directors. And in case of arbitration the losing party shall pay the expense. Article XVl.— Assessment and Payment of Losses. Sec. 1. The assessment shall be collected at local banks as near the policy holder as practical. Sec. 2. Whenever the total amount of losses and expenses exceed the limit of assessment, then the losses shall be paid pro rata, and shall be received as full payment of all claims. Sec. 3. The Board of Directors shall review all adjustments and determine the rate of assessment, immediately after the time of protection has passed and the losses have been adjusted and reported; whereupon the Secretary shall publish a full statement of losses, as soon as practicable, showing the name and address of each claimant and the amount of his loss, and mail the same to every member of the Association. Article XVII.— General Depository. The Board of Directors shall select such bank or banks as general depositories as they may deem necessary, and may require such banks to give good and sufficient bonds, and said banks shall receive as compensation not to exceed one percent for all moneys by them collected. Article VIII.— Compensation for Losses. Members sustaining loss to their growing crops by hail, shall be entitled to compensation as follows, which shall be net: Where the loss is entire, the price per acre shall in no case exceed the following established prices, the amount to be determined according to stand: Wheat $8.00 Rye $6.56 Oats $650 Barley $600 Corn $700 Flax $700 In case of partial loss, the following prices per bushel will be used in adjusting; provided, however, the amount shall in no case exceed the above established limit per acre: Wheat Oats Barley 25c Rye No reduction for harvesting, or marketing. Article XIX. — Payment of Assessment. After a member has paid his assessment in full, the balance of his note or cash, if any remains unused, given to secure protection, will be returned. In case a member sustains a loss, the assessment on the promissory note given for protection shall be deducted from the amount of loss sustained, in case the loss exceeds the amount of the assessment, and in case the loss does not equal the amount of the assessment, then the amount of loss shall be credited on the note. There can be no abandonment of the property protected to the Association. Sec. 1. This Association will insure all farm property owned by its members, except standing grain, against loss on damage by Cyclone, Tornado or Hurricanes, upon the following conditions: A premium of one per cent for five years will be collected, one-half cash and one-half in note, payable on or before two years from application, with this proviso—that their just proportion of all premiums not used for paying losses or necessary expenses shall be returned to the members at the expiration of the policies. And provided further that in case of extreme losses members may be assessed not to exceed one-half per cent in one year or one per cent in five years, in addition to the above, and in no case shall the liability exceed what is herein mentioned. Only one assessment shall be made in any one year. Sec. 2. Application for insurance shall be made on blanks furnished by the Association but insurance shall not take effect until application is accepted by the Secretary and policy issued thereon. Sec. 3. Losses must be reported to the Secretary inside of ten days from date of loss by registered letter, as no loss will be allowed unless so reported; provided however, this Association shall not be liable for losses caused by ordinary windstorms which are not of sufficient force to destroy or wreck substantial buildings within a radius of three miles of the property insured. Sec. 4. An Adjuster will be sent as soon as possible after loss is reported, and his decision shall be final unless objected to by loser, when the loser shall choose a man to confer with the Adjuster, and if they cannot agree, the two shall choose a third man, and their decision shall be final, subject only to review and change by the Board of Directors. And in case of arbitration the losing party shall pay the expense. Sec. 5. Losses shall be due and payable within sixty days after adjustment, but in case of excessive losses the Directors shall have discretionary power to defer a portion of the payment until November 15th of each year; but in the event of the losses and expenses of any one year exceeding the receipts from the assessments, the losses shall be paid pro rata, and such payments shall be accepted in full for all claims. The intention being to provide for equitable treatment of all members. Sec. 6. Any member failing to pay his note of assessment when due shall be suspended until payment is made, when he shall stand reinstated, but suspension shall not relieve a member from any liability incurred up to date of suspension or expulsion. Sec. 7. A member may be expelled by the Executive Board for refusal or neglect to pay his assessment or note, or for attempted fraud on the Association, by returning to him any unearned premium previously paid in, and mailing to his last address, furnished to the Secretary, a notice of such action. Sec. 1. The By-Laws of this Company may be changed or amended by a two-thirds vote of members present at the annual meeting. Provided, always, that notice be given at a previous regular or special meeting, or by (60) days written notice to all members of the Company, by the Secretary. Sec. 2. Persons not wishing to join the Alliance will be charged $1.00 additional as state dues. Any member of the Alliance, desiring to insure, who has not paid his dues, to his Alliance, for 1889 or 1890, shall be required to pay the same before he can be insured. Provided, the same may be included in his note. Where party desiring to insure is not a member of the Alliance, but desires to become such, and is eligible, he must pay initiation fee of fifty cents, which will be remitted to the State Alliance. “Bellamy looks backward upon what is impossible as well as improbable. ‘Cmsar’s Column’ looks forward to what is not only possible, but probable.” —Milton George, Founder of the Farmers’ Alliance. “From the time that I received a copy of ‘Cmsar’s Column’ until after two o’clock the next morning I read with the most intense interest to the end. Only once before in my life has a book in any degree affected me like this one. That was Charles Reade’s ‘Put Yourself in His Place. Progress and Poverty,’ Babel’s ‘Woman,’ Gronlund’s ‘Commonwealth,’ and even ‘Looking Backward’—all have failed to arouse in me sufficient interest to receive a complete per usal. But ‘Caesar’s Column’ will receive no such in different attention. To commence it is to finish it, add to finish it is in my case the creation of an impatient desire to read it again.”—T. J. Moscux Article Xll.— Voting. 50c Corn 20c Flax Article XX. — Deductions. CYCLONE DEPARTMENT Article XXI. Article XXll— Amendments. 23c 75c 33e. 