West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-10-22

governmental control OF the country.
They will not do II. There are
many fools in the United States, but
they IRE not yet In majority.
When you go TO your coal Office and
order your coal; when you go down
into your pocket and pay two prices
for one OF the absolute necessities OF
life, console yourself with the thought
that II good share of your hard-carncd
money will be added to Mr.. Hobarts
bank account, and That MIR. Hobart f.
a candidate for the second highest ~.
flee In the gift OF the American people.
And then 90 home nnd sit down aud
think
The most vicious goldbug paper in
Chicago is the Evening Post. In mo-
ment of tboughtlessnoss Il printed the
truth about the. conl trust Here are
some extracts from the Evening Post
OF October 3:
Hard coal may be eight or nine dol
lars ton before the winter Is over.
And should the anthracite coal trust
really decide thnt Il needs the money.
then will the dear public be Obliged TO
pay ten dollars ton for its winter fuel.
beyond this figure IL is hardly pos
siblc that even the despotic coal trust
viii dare TO experiment with public pa
tience. at least not for year or so;
that Is 10 say, until the public bncl<
has become sufficiently bent TO the bur
den TO warrant the risk Of "A dollar
or two more added without including
the provcrbial last straw But for
the present the public must pcrforce
dance TO the tune that the coal trust
wishes TO hear and must pay the piper
Into the bargain.
Like all other trusts the coal com
bine declares itself not to be trust
1t never heard the word trust men
toned, at least so IL would appear from
the men who do it's bidding in this city.
And as far ns Illinois laws are con
cerncd, the coal trust would have the
dear public believe that it's identity "a
as visionary as that OF the man I'm the
moon. The mere mention OF legal pro.
ceedlngs will cause the trust TO vanish
into thin air like will o'-the-wjsp.
Should IL happen that process OF law
threatens TO bring about n disruption
OF the Illegal combine the combine IT,
self flies 10 the law for protection.
Through the jugglsry OF a bankruptcy
court the trust manages TO shed It's
skin, snake-fashioned. emerging from
the hands OF law-appointed receiver
more vigorous and more vicious.
Despite the trusts facility for slip
ping through the meshes OF the civil
and criminal law, another effort will
shortly be made 20 cripple It's powers
for evil. at least so far as The state Of
Illinois and the city Of Chicago are
concerned. The trust Is composed of
small body OF men i'm New York
whose will Is law 90 far as the price of
hard coal is concerned. These men
control every coal producing and coal
carrying concern In the state Of Penn.
sylvania. ~ their bidding the output
Of every anthracite coal mine i'm the
country may be reduced one-half and
every coal miner put on half pay.
Whether tho public shall pay Eve or ten
dollars ton for It's coal depends abso-
lutely ON the whim Of these coal kings.
To bring legal proceedings against this
ring would be as futile as trying to stop
the ocean by injunction"
vote for Mckinley and Hobart Is
fOte Ayi cOdi ab zen uOiiuI5 ton.
The republican national committee
has thus far expended 8f,s0O,OOO fn the
campaign. They have q reserve fund
Of S3,O0O,0O0, end in case Of emergency
are authorized to draw on New York.
Philadelphia and Chicago capitalists
for SiO,0OO.O00 more n money can buy
on election. Mr. Mckinley viii win.
Against these enormous amounts the
silver forces have raised by popular
subscription less than 100000. all OF
which hos been ured in the printing and
distribution Of literature.
II The ministers arc going to taIte the
stump. perhaps wc'l have 10 assign
the politicians to nll thc pulpits.
Bismarcks opinion ought 60 be quite