Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-25

compelled TO go TO the store of Rieplin-
ger x Uthmeier. where he succeeded
i'll borrowing the So
This young MAJ was ut work in 4
field for Il neigh5oring farmer when Il
correspondent drove out TO sec him a
day or two since. When he was shown
the paper containing his alleged state
ment he was furious. If that is the
way they treat what | say | will write
a letter letting Prof Stromme and
! everybody know what l think about
him. He has put in just what he
wanted and left out what he didn't
! like. He makes it look like | was mad
1T Mai. Upham when | told him / had
nothing against Maj. Upham: that
always got my pay up to the very
cent but that at the time of the panic
| suppose the Upham company like
everybody WAS hard mp and pay was
slow. | told hiul a good many things
but he left them all out. but | viii
let him know what kind of man
he is
+ Henry .laaStadS story. however. is
best told i'll the ightforward letter
he wrote that same night He.Said he
would have liked 10 do fuller Justice
to the subject. but that h = was so mad
he could not say everything as he
would have liked and express his true
feelings. Here is his written state
ment:
"Marshfield. Wis, Oct. Is. 1S94-
Thursday evening, Oct. II. | was in
troduced to Prof. Stromme by Rev
Monsen of Amherst, Wis. AS he
knew | had been an employee of the
Cpham Mfg. Co. of this city he COM
menced to urge me to tell some facts
about my experience regarding work
and pay. | said that | have been
working for the Upham Mfg. Co. for
over three years and | had always got
my money up to the very cent every
month although l had to wait two
months in the start but later l was
paid up every month that is in the
middle of the next month after the
work was done) and | was we'll salts
fled with the work and their way of
paying up for the work. In this way
it went on till last year when the
money was scarce everywhere and for
the balance of my summers work I
agreed to take a note which amounted
to S92359. A little while before
Christmas l went to the office of the
Upham Mfg. Co. and asked for $500
cash and the cashier said that he did
not have it and finally | told him that
| had to have 500 and he said: II
haven't got it Then Prof. StrOmme
asked: How much did you have
coming there them" | said about $50
and he said: And the nOte?" | said.
well, that was not due then and he
said: well YOU have earned that
there?' |: Yes, | have earned chat
and more but it was not due" | went
to the store of Ruplinger X Uthmeier
and borrowed $500 but | got my 500
the 23d of Dec. Then he commenced
asking about prices of the store of the
Upham Mfg. Co. and in regard to
that | said when | need Il suit of
clothes or something like that | know
that | will go to Tpham Mfg. Co.
store and buy there before | go to any
other. Then | said this is not all. [
know that Upham Mfg. Co. have paid
to their wOrkmen both cash and cou-
pOns when they We're in want and did
not have anything coming. The next
morning | had to leave home at six
O'Clock and then l sent my brother to
him that he should tell him that I
would not allow him to publish any
thing before he GOT all what | wanted
to say and my brother went and told
him as | had said. In the afternoon,
Monday. Oct. 10, il gentleman OF this
city came to me while | was at work
and showed to me a copy of The Nil.
waukee Journal dated Oct. II. On
the first page there was statement
made by me he said as he pointed at
it, A the first glance l said that |
had never said anything of the begin
ming of that statement and that which
[ commenced with was left out en-
tirely. People who read it will see the
difference and | leave it to the readers
to form an opinion about the person
that published the part that they liked
and left out what they did not like
when | had forbidden it to be pub
liShed at all. | was going to say to
him that / had no bad feeling toward
the Upham Mfg. Co. But 1 say now
have to the ones that pub
lished said statement as long
they will not do justice to both
me and the Upham Mfg. Co, by pub
fishing this. If the democratic party
thinks that they can gain votes for
Peck by misquoting my statement l
will say that Geo. Peck will get badly
left of my vote. And | have always
considered Major Upham to be the
very best man among his business as
sociates and l know he has done good
to many men and the city of Marsh
field in whole. And I can prove by my
fellow-la boring men that | have al
ways said so. l have also witnesses
who will testify to the conversation
between me and Prof. Stromme.
"Henry Jaastad.'
PROJECTIONS PROUD RECORD.
New York Recorder: Under it the
increase from 1870 to 1880 in the
amount of American capital invested
in manufacturing industries was from
S2.11S. POS. 100 to S2,7SO, 766,S9 or a
little over 81 per cent. In the next
decade from 1880 to 1890, it was
1906 per cent. And right there
Cleveland's election stopped it.
The total amount of wages paid to