Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-10-22
CHEAP, NASTY FAKE.
THE KIND OF CAMPAIGN MATERIAL
THE POPOCRATS USE.

A Shop Employing Eight Men Exploited as
"Factory' of Great Dime nsions--Ii Sam
pie of the Petty Lies with whicI, bryan
Is BoIstered.
The advocates of free silver have done
some notable things in the way of cir
eulating forgeries during the campaign,
but they have done nothing quite SO
ludicrous in tho fraud line as the effort
which was made last week to convince
the public that Mr.. Bryan's cause was
booming among the manufacturers. On
Wednesday last it was announced oil
over the country that 'big stove fac
tory" i'll Ohio had promised to raise the
wages Of its employees if Bryan should
be elected, and the dispatch was ex-
plotted by the free silver journals with
the most sensational Of headlines, read
ing in one case something like this:
Fer Bryan-A Big Stove Factory ut
Newark, O.-Tcn Per Cent Increase In
Wages Promised if Bryan Is Elected
Management Says Free Silver Will
Boom Business The dispatch which
came after this startling announcement
read substantially as follows:
NEWARK. o.. Oct. lit has been many days
since factory notice promising increased
wages has been seen in this vicinity, but the
employees Of the Central City Stove works
here have been notified that in case Of Bryan's
election an increase OF IL per cent in their
wages would be given.
The company's president. c. ". Cunning.
ham, has been a lifelong Republican, while the
he. vii Etn hnl nj 1yh
q banker, is an enthusiastic silverite Nearly
all the employees are Republicans, but all are
Bryan supporters
President Cunningham says tho reason the
promise of better wages was made, wax that
the company fec Is confident FREQ coinage would
stimulate business, especially in the west,
where the trade Of the concern largely lies.
He cited the fact that molders' wages before
silvcr's demonet ization were higher thxn they
arc today and pointed out how all manufac-
turers Of stoves voluntarily increased wages
in 1879 after the passage Of the Bland act.
Naturally most persons who read the
dispatch concluded that the concern spo-
ken of was of great Importance and that
it's promise TO raise the wages of its en-
ployees in case Of Bryan's election was
significant of a deep rooted conviction
ON the part of the management that
such election means prosperity to the
country. 1t was expected. no doubt,
that the announcement would thrill the
hearts of the workingmen all over the
land and bring them in battaliOns to
the support of the Chicago ticket.
1t is pity, on some accounts, to dis
pei this fond illusion, but justice to the
truth compcls statement of what this
gigantic stove manufacturing concern
really is A letter to George II. Barbour
Of this city from tho largest iron COM
Regarding the Newark article We beg to say
that tho Central City Stove works is - con-
oern with II capital of from Hoo TO 5000,
with credit limited. the poorest credit for that
amount of capital. The number of employees
Is six, and it never employed more than eight.
There is but one historic parallel, SO
far as we know, for the impudent as
sumption that it was of any cOnSe-
queHce what this gigantic concern, with
a capital of from $1,000 to 1900,
promised it's six employees or how its
management felt i'll respect to free sill
yer. 1t is the prOclaMatiCu iisCed By
tho thrCc tailOrs Ct IUoI'y s;4,ct, Lon
don, and signed owe, the People Of
England" OF the two the free silver
exploitation of this stove company
story is really the more farcical.
If the whole thing were not SO su-
premely ridiculous it might be worth
while to note the fact that one Of the
bitterest wrongs Of which the free sill
yer men have complained has been the
alleged attempt of gold standard man
ufacturers to secure the votes of their
employees by declarations as to the
effect upon them of electing Bryan.
Surely if the gold standard manufacture
ers have been doing this thing it is 10
worse in them than in the "big stove
factory whose president, although a
banker, is All enthusiastic silyerite. -
Detroit Free Press.