The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-09-04

response ali over the country. We we're flooded
with calls for literature, n1s fEom railway of.
Gals but from employees IN tire shops and Offices,
from engineers, hFakemen. frsmen and ms8 Of
ali grades. The thing developed With such
amazing rapidly that had to put myself in
touch With the national republican eom1aittse.
and since then We hsva acted entirely with the
cooperation and advice OF that committee.
The credibility Of a mans statement
depends upon what sort Of q man he is,
whether he is truthful aud reliable.
This man. Harry Robinson, is young
Englishman who came to this country
with a good education and rather pol
ished manners as his only capital in life.
He started as reporter on a western
paper, but there he found the road to
wealth altogether to slow for his an
bilious spirit. The story goes that be
made a list of the wealthy society girls
in the city and started out to secure a
rich wife. He accepted several rebufs
very phiiosOphicaIly and finally was &C
cepted by the daughter Of a street rail
way msgnate. His father-in-laW found
the young Englishmsn very quick and
adaptable, so he interested himself to
have him made editor of the Railway
Age, which publication is the official
organ of the railway corporations Of
the country.
When he says that the sound money
clubs were an invention Of his own
brain, the statement wants to be taken
with a grain of salt. The young man
holds his position on condition that he
never has an original idea and follows
to the letter the instructions of his
master.
His soiicitude about the interests OF
the railway employees reminds one of q
wolf being solicitous for fear lamb
should stray within his reach. Do not
we all know that the railway corpora
lions of the country would be delighted
to pay their employees less wages than
they do now? And would they not en-,
courage any policy which would put
their employees more under their con,
troll? We all know that the corporations
are not in the least worried as to how
their employees exist on the already
scanty wages and they would be glad
to pay One-half what they 90 now.
Mr.. Robinson goes on to state that
he has had SO many applications fol
club membership and literature that
he is unable to supply the demand. He
says he expects there will be at least
1000 sound money clubs among the
railway employees of the country before
the close Of the campaign.
This sort of talk is made to deceive
the unthinking public, but it reminds
the writer of a little scheme of a SINH
lar sort which Mr.. Robinson engineered
several years ago.
In some of the western states there
was an attempt made to force the rail
roads to pay something like their legi
innate share of taxation. Mr.. Robin
son organized railway employees
clubs" and told them if the railroad
bad to pay more taxes that wages
would be cut.
None of the employees who were or
ganized in the brotherhoods paid an,
attention to the scheme, but a few shOl
and section men were found who coulc
be frightened into organizing club
and making a pitifui spectacle of them
selves by sending committees to th
legislatures.
The trade and labor assemblies il
several western cities Investigated thes
employees clubs" and found that two
thirds of them only existed on paper
While the railway managers and MI
Robinson, through his Railway Agt
were claiming thousands of members
! there were less than 500 when ever
one was counted.
1t will be the same in this case.
few of the poorer paid men and thos
having no organization viii join tn
sound money clubs, and the numbe
will be magnifed a thousaGdfold an
the news sent broadcast in order