Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-10-19
HANNA'S FAT FRYING.
WHERE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN
FUNDS ARE COMING FROM.
Trusts Made Prosperous by McElin-
leyism to Contribute $40, 100000
Hundreds of Palms are Itching

to Handle This Immense sum.
Mark Hanna admits that it will take
much money to educate the people
sufficiently to insure the election of
his candidate, aud the fat-fryiDg is
now in full blast The gigantic trusts
| and combines, all of which have been
benefited in the past by the system
represented by Mr.. Mckinley and fur
ther hope for future benefits, are ex-
pected to contribute literally to the
Republican campaign fund and al
ready the assessment necessary has
been decided upon,
The trusts are expected to contri-
butte SO, 000,00 towards the election
of Mr.. Mckinley. As the total capi-
talization of the various trusts now do.
ing business in defiance OF law is about
81, 500, 000,000 the enormous sum of
ten million dollars can be raised with
out heavy assessment. 1t will neces,
state a contribution of one dollar
from each trust for each $50 of capi-
tal stock, or about two thirds of one
per cent.
The largest check will have to come
from the Dressed Beef and Provision
Trust. This monopoly will have to
raise 1868, 900, and if you are com.
PEELED to pay few cents more on each
pound of beef, lard and bacon you
buy in the immediate future you may
know that you and other consumers
| are paying this assessment and that
Messrs. Armour, Cudahy, Swift, Fow-
ler ct al. are not losing anything in
their effort to protect tho credit of the
United States.
The smallest amount " i'll come from
the trust that controls tho little
wooden skewers that bother you when
you try to carve your rib,roast. The
output of those wooden pins is con-
trolled by trust which has capital
OF but $50, 600, which is ample for the
purpose, however. The trust will as.
Bist Mr.. Hanna to the extent OF $400.
The two Coal Trusts, with an esti.
mated capital of 500, 200, 900, an es.
innate carefully and reliably made by
the Philadelphia Times, from which
the figures OF capitalization are taken,
is probably too low. As the pclce Of
coal has recently been advanced and
other advances are threatened, the
1865, 900 the coal barons will contri-
butte to the election of their friend will
not be missed. That is, by the trust.
But every consumer, and especially
the poor people who buy coal by the
basket or ton, will feel the extortion,
There arc certain expenses Incl.
dental to the conduct Of q campaign
which arc legitimate and must be met.
When money is used only for these
legitimate expenses the men having
the expenditure in charge can mako an
accounting. But when the sum to be
expended is as enormous as the amount
which will bo spent under tho diroc-
tion of Mark Hanna this year, no such
accounting can be made, is over OK.
pected or desired. 1t is secret known
only to tho men who handle the
Doodle, and contributors must trust to
their "honor"
A gentleman who is familiar with
tho conduct OF campaigns from ward
election to tho struggle for the Presi.
denoY is authority for the statement
that not ono.half of the money con.
tributed is ever expended for the pur.
pose intended. 1t passes through 60
many hands, the fingers OF which arc
sticky, that only n small percentage
reaches tho man who regards voting
as n commercial transaction.
This being tho case, it will be seen
that tho $10,O0O,000 to be raised by
the trusts offers many advantages to
the practical politician. 1t will offer
among other things chance to regain
the money which was paid for tho
Southern and Western delegates who
nominated Mr.. Mckinley in st. Louis.
Ton million dollars ia an enormous
sum of money. No one appreciates
this better than campaign managers.
1t is so large that ono half of it will
mako 100 men rich. Given the op-
portunity to spend such a sum with.
out having TO chow vouchers or re-
ceipts and tho job becomes enhancing.
The trust managers who raiso this
fund at the behest OF Mr.. Hanna will
never know what becomes OF it. Per-
haps they will not care. But hum
dreds of palms are already itching to
handle the sum, and architects have
already been asked to prepare plans
for fine houses that will bo paid for
out of this fund.
1t may interest tho dishonest man.
ayers of dishor.1st trusts to know that
of the SO, ,OOO,O 600 which they are ex-
pected to contribute, IS, OC0, 900 will
be used to corrupt voters and 5000
900 will be stolon. This statement is
made on tho authority of n United
States Senator, to whom tho facts
were given by tho secret agent in
charge of Republican collections
New York World.