Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-18

Citizens of Marshfield. regardless OF
party affiliations, are amazed and in
dignant at the disreputable and dirty
warfare that is being waged against
the Upham Manufacturing COMPANY
and W. H. Epham, it's president, by
the pap-fed Milwaukee Journal ANY
one, who supposed that the democratic
press of this state. would conduct this
campaign on party issues or political
principles can now realize how sadly
they have been mistaken; issues ana
principles have been cast aside for per
sonal abuse Duke of MarShfield.
pullman" PLUCK me-stOreS," Scrip
and Coupon Books" have been and
without doubt will continue to be the
sole cry OF the democracy during the
present campaign. The slurs and III
situations that are cast against the
methods of an honest business CON
Germ and the character of Il respected
and honorable citizen, in the eXclama-
tons above, are fully refuted in the
affidavit below. Scrip has not been
'''oN' ~ tiII IJllttul idDulGcluIlllS
company for several years and that
1t is hard to get, can be testified to
by some Of the democratic ward heel
ers of Marshfeld who have offered 500
IN cash for $3.50 in scrip, and I'D to
this date have been unable to make
the purchase.
These same ward heelerS have been
at work for weeks to obtain from n
reputable person affidavits that would
reflect upon the good name of the Up
ham Manufacturing company and its
president. Up to this time they have
not been able to find q suitable person
to father the desired miSStatement and
without doubt an effort will now be
made to obtain the affidavit from any
source and at any cost. Most of this
kind of work has been done since
Sept. &, the date of the democratic
state convention. and is without doubt
inspired by the democratic state cen
trail committee.
Here is an affidavit that democratic
organs will find no solace in:
State of Wisconsin, Wood County.
SS.-Henry l.. Brooks. Joseph O.
Bruckert, III. j. Thuss, r. w. Luecken-
bach, h. Brackheimer and Knud Hat
teberg, each being first duly sworn
on oath doth depose and say each for
himself:
| am an employee of the Upham
Manufacturing company of Marshtield,
wisconsin, of which company w. H.
tlpham is president. | have never
been forced or solicited to take scrip
or coupon books from said company
for wages due me, and do not believe
that any other employee has. | have
always been able to get cash from
said company. if it was due me. and
| believe that every other employee has
always been able to do the same
| have traded more or less at the
store OF the t'pham Manufacturing
company and | have never found any
difference in the purchasing power of
scrip, coupon books or cash, and | do
not believe there ever has been any
difference. | believe that the goods
sold at the store of the Upham Manu-
featuring company are just us good as
are sold at other stores in the city
and that prices are just as low.
Never to my knowledge has the Up-
ham Manufacturing company been
sued by an employee for wages. and
never to my knowledge has th""e hcCn
a strike of the employees of said COM
pany, and believe that wages paid by
said company have been as high as
have been paid by any other company
engaged in similar business.
| brand as false the statement made
in the Milwaukee Journal that the Up
nam Manufacturing company has ever
charged its employees more for mer-
chandise. -four and feed included
when paid for in scrip or coupon books
than when paid for in cash.
Henry l.. Brooks, American. Repub-
lican. Am property owner. Worked
for company fifteen years.
Joseph O. Bruckert, American Ger
man. Republican. Am property
owner. Worked for company seven
years.
H. j. Thuss, American German
Democrat. Am property owner.
Worked for company eleven years.
r. w. Lueckenbach. American Ger
man. Democrat Am a property own
or. Worked for company fourteen
years
r.. Brackenheimer. American Ger
man. Democrat. Am property own
er. Worked for company seven years.
Knud Hatteberg, Norwegian. Repub-
lican Am a property owner. Worked
for company twelve years.
State of Wisconsin, Wood County.
SS.-On this oath day of September A
ID. 1894, personally appeared before
me the above named persons. Henry
L.. Brooks. Joseph O. Bruckert. H ].
huss. f. w. Lueckenbach. Ed Brack-
helmer and Knud Hatteberg. to me
known to be the persons who signed
the statement above, and each being
sworn on oath, did say each for him
self that the statement subscribed ia
is true to the best of his KNOWLEDGE
and belief.
tSeal.) s. H. Vedder,
Notary Public.
State of Wisconsin, Wood County
SS.-I. s. H. Vedder. notary public re-
siding in the city of Marshfield. WOOD
county. Wisconsin, do hereby certify
that | have compared the above anG
foregoing affidavit and acknowledg
ment with the original. and that the
same is a true copy of said origina
aIfldavit and acknowledgment. and OF
all tharoof