The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-05-18
Topeka NOTES.
LETTER NO. Il.
Special to the GRAPHIC.

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book for ready referance and will prove
of untold benefit and a source of great
satisfaction to the persons who take
the trouble to 60 SO. The successful
politician and effectual worker is the
man who keeps ready record OF such
data us will edable him at ii moments
notice to contradict the lies being told
by the opposition in producing the
proof from the liars own party's state
ments. Now, for instance, our party
claims that pools and combines in all
the great industries OF our country are
menance to the welfare of the COM
mon people and that they have grown
up under republican and democratic
administrations. The following press
dispatch shows how these large cOrpor-
ations continue to grow rich and COM
pei the common people to suffer from
their greed:
CHICAGO, May 5th.-The price of
COdi lids ouNouCCu III Gillo City HUN
s2.75 to $500 per ton. Assistant
General Manager Wood, of the Chicago
& Alton road, said to-day that the
Ohio coal operators had stored in the
Lake Erie ports SIS, 900 tons last will
ter and early tins spring. AS soon as
these ports had been well filled they
cut their miners Wages to the lowest
possible limit. This action naturally
brought OIL the strike III Ohio, which
was followed by the general strike.
The Ohio combination is now market
ing its supply at the advanced rate
and thereby netting il handsome pro-
fit"
by the above process they not only
force the people to pay exhorbitant
prices for coal but likewise starve the
miners into submitting to a cut in
wages so by the time they are willing
to go back to work the operators can
pile up another supply at less cost. land
work the same old robbery i'll IA very
short time.
The daily Capital, of this city, on
March 9th, Published the following:
''IIere is a large chunk of condensed
political and business sense from the
Hutchinson Ne,us: The "reform''
business is entirely overdone. 1t is
crowded to death. The curse of Kan
sas is the farmers who talk reform
while the sunhowers choke out their
corn; of lawyers who discuss finance
and never have a dollar with which to
pay their bills; of doctors who dilate
upon ''political economy while their
patients die; and merchants who talk
TREE trade'' while the dust and moths
ruin their goods.'"
In view of the fact that the Capital
block, belonging to j. X. Hudson, ed
itor of the Capital, was sold last Mon
day morning, May 9TH, at sheriff's sale
to the highest bidder, for $4,000,
when it had mortgages aggregating
sac, 239.64, it would seem that the
Major ought to be included in t, 9
above list under the head of republican
editors who dilate upon the giories OF
} a gold standard, the past history of the
grand old party and the necessity of
redeemIng Kansas, while the mortgage
ate up the building in which his paper
is published. How very strange it is
that this old BritOn can see so clearly
the shortcomings of others, and jump
to his feet to denounce deed or utter
aHce which just fits his case, and can
not see his own awkward position. The
Capital makes another break in its
issue of May 10th:
/ The New York World issue of last
: Sunday is great anniversary number
of 81 pages. 1t is one of the hobbies
} of the New York papers to refer to the
! World as sensational sheet, but we
! believe for u partisan paper it does
more for good government than any
other paper III the country. 1t is
} lighting Tammany and Flower for
their stubborn opposition to reform in
New York politics and in this contest
deserves the support of the press of the
country regardless of party
Put the State Journal, of this city in
the place of the World fighting the old
boodle gang of republicans in Kansas.
; and the Capital and other papers which,
! are defending the old crowd and cal
} ling the Journal all kinds of hard
names, and you have ala ex act parallel
case to the above. In the New York
case the Capital sees ground for COM
: mendation and in the Kansas case it
occupies the opposite position to the
IForsd. Oh, consistency. thou art a
great big OvergonwD bull pup.
The following account of a. business
TRANSACTION in the Skate Journal puts
the lie to the oft repeated statement
that the asceislency of the populists to
to power has driven capital aud immi-
grafton from this state.