Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-03
JOB w ORR


tom falls out Of the so-called prosperity
and boom. From the big papers We
had learned that the big NiedriDghaus
plant had started up. and that thoa-
sands OF men were given employment.
We also noticed that the factors Of IL
Illinois, Indiana and the East had start
ed, but little investigation on the
part of the editor soon developed that
these reports we're only for effect. and
tha. muzzled telegraph service and
muzzled metropolitan press were re-
sponsible for it all.
Last week the editor visited ST.
Louis and was somewhat astonished to
find town that appeared to be either
for sale or rent. The hotels were do
ing nothing; the business houses had
on a graveyard appearance. aud the
few people who visited the theatres
took to the gallery. Frequently We
walked whole square without meet
ing pedestrians. In the central por-
ton of the city the windows were
placarded with such emblems OF pros
perity as ..For Sale;' "For Rent or
Leases" This Property at Bar
gain.n
Entering the Grand Rotel. which is
conducted on the Europeah plan. cor
ner of Ninth and Chestnut, we pro-
ceeded to the restaurant dining room.
We were surprised to find lot OF bare
tables. but proceeded to hang up our
hat. when boy stepped up with the
information that the restaurant had
closed.
Returning to the Office we suggested
to the clerk that we had read great
deal about the return of prosperity,
but there were no visible signs.
''oh. yes; times are picking up"
replied the clerk.
"How do you make that outp''
asked the editor.
.oh, well. everything is livenlng up
since the election. Our business has
increased considerably
"Then why did you close your res
turant?"
'.oh, we'll, the restaurant never did
pay. But in our rooms-we've got a
ftnl house. y
Here the editor had the impudence
to examine the register for two days
previous and found that besides DR..
Wade and himself fifteen people had
registered on Wednesday and sixteen
on Tuesday. This was last week.
Anyone doubling this statement can
examine the register. The house is
capable of accommodating from 100 to
200 people. But the clerk (he may
have been the proprietor) voted for
Mckinley and felt that he must keep
up the boom.
Our next encounter was at the es-
tablishment OF the A. N. Kellogg
Newspaper Co. Like all corporations
this was Mckinley hotbed, but yet
they were honest enough to tell GUS
toner the truth when pressed for IL.
Here we were informed thgt labor had
been focking to ST. Louis to seek em-
ployment in the Niedringhaus works,
but that 1t was all fake about the
works starting up. and that not
wheel had turned.
We were also informed that thous-
ands of laborers were fiockiog TO tho
works in the central and eastern states,
but that in most instances the reports
about the factories starting up were
fakes.
The next place we staggered into
was the St. Louis Printers Supply Co.
Mr. Lindsey. the gentlemanly mana
ger, of course, was red hot McKin-
leyite and informed us that business
was booming. A few years ago, when
we entered this building. we found .
bill clerk, one or two packers. several
roustabouts, two book-keepers, type
writer and Mr.. Lindsey. Usually Mr..
Lindsey would be 50 busy that he
would chunk US of into one corner,
hand us a specimen book and q cigar,
remark that be was very busy, and
ask US to make up an order Of what
we wanted. On this occasion he spent
an hour and half in selling as doz-
en- gauge Plus that cost fifty cents--
and he did the packing" himself.
But Mr.. Lindsey insisted that bnsI-
ness was booming although the GUS
tomary shuttle of the bill clerks. pack-
ers and roustabouts were nowhere to
be heard.
And so 1t Is all over the country.
There is Just ss much .boomf in
Scott county as there is anywhere
and we all know how matters stand
here. These boom fakes are only :
continuation OF the campaign % de-
cepiion that has been going on 10 this
country for years. Il Is ia harmoney
with such fakes as The alleged discoy-
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