The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-11-01
A LUMBERMAN'S
VIEWS ON SILVER
Common Sense Argument for Sound
Money and Protection.
GEORGE M.PAINETALKs WELL
The Closest Relations Between Employ
er and Employees Bryan and His
Tactics the Silver Calf.

er and Employees Bryan and His
Tactics the Silver Calf.
In the Daily Northwestern, Of osh.
kosh, Wisconsin. appears the following
article on the political issues Of the
day. written by Mr. George NJ. Paine
who Is one Of the largest sawmill mer
In Wisconsin. and the largest sash, door
and blind manufacturer In the world
Mr.. Paine is also the owner OF many
acres Of timber land IN ClAtsop county
and his common sense. business like
exposition OF the situation today VIII be
read with much interest by all;
II has been called TO my attention
repeatedly that some Of my jealous
Democratic acquaintance were uslnl
my name and quoting me as follower
Of Bryan and convert to the silver
craze. In reviewing my thoughts and
conversations during this political cam
paign, am unable TO remember q
word or deed that could be construed
otherwise than that am Republican
and earnestly in favor OF sound mer
for office. sound money for business
and sound principles on which TO built
and maintain the integrity OF a grea'
nation. have never followed on 4
band wagon. and when you hear Of m,
doing II. or voting for Bryan. you MAY
expect to hear have given away al
OF my clothing, except one garment
and am dancing around on Knob Hi
or Devils blum awaiting the next ascen
sion. BY the way. who Is this maj
Bryan? Knowing that In less than I
month his mind VIII be entirely Of
from politics. and when he rides h
VIII be paying his fare like other peo
pie. have taken the trouble to lool
up his record with view OF hirinl
him.
find he Is an active young man, a.
travelling salesman. would cover lots o
ground. and in a line where much talk
Ing was necessary he ought to sell som,
goods. But / lind that he has never
succeeded very well in anything he has
undertaken. sometimes getting the dis
tance flag. and never better than third
placs AS a student his forte was get
ting on the fence and talking; as q
lawyer he was talker rather than a
thinker. and as an editor you, The
Northwestern, know Of his many mis-
takes and failures. AS a member Of the
Chicago Democratic convention. he,
like a wild coyote from the Nebraska
prairies, flushed the flock and got the
nomination for president by reciting to
them in a loud voice selections and
quotations as original. mostly platl-
tud IS and shop-worn stun. but OF which
the average delegate was as ignorant
as Of Cicero's oratlons. Now he is in
the field, and what is he doing? Talk
ing. But where are his great Harrison,
Ingersoll, Depew or Mckinley thoughts
Nit! And this is the man some Demo-
Gratis are bowling down to. man who
would not be worth $500 a year in any
business Office, even in the lines in
which he has had the most experience.
Yet few OF the people are promising
to pay him $4,000 a year to do thing
for which by age. experience and edu-
cation, he is the least adapted. \ peo-
pie was once punished for Worship
ping q golden calf, and how much more
guilty and subject TO rldicule are the
Bryanites when silver enters into The
composition Of their idol?
The criminal part of this campaign
is the persistent effort Of the silverites
TO array classes against each other, the
employed against the employer Few
men are better prepared to take an un-
biased view of this subject than myself
nearly all my life on the payroll; my
closest companions, the laborers; my
dearest and most trusted friends, the
men associated with me in business
and the men in our employment To il
lustrate, not many years since mob
came up from the city during the ex-
citement Of some labor agitation and
demanded of our men that they shut
down the mill, Our employees drove
them out and said: when our EN-
ployers want this mill stopped they
will stop it, and until they do, we will
defend it," The laborer wants to know
that he is getting the market price for
his services, and when this is under
stood, he is contented and grateful.
claim the closest and warmest relations
exist between the two interests, and
the man who attempts by word or
deed to separate them is no better than
the man that enters the happy family
circle and deliberately alienates, sep
arates and destroys it. He is Grimm
al, and should be held as such in law.
The political and business interests
of the employer and the employed are
identical. How can you expect wages
to advance when ten per cent Of the
laborers are unemployed? The wage
question can be settled when united
labor demands Of the party in power
that no more labor shall be imported
while the market is overstocked. Other
questions enter into this political dis
cussion. The courts must be upheld
for they are the foundation rock upon
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