Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-09-25
The Work of Intimidation.

Mark Hanna's fear that the work oil
the goldocracy will be overdone is
shown in his late order to bank pres
idcnts and others who have been ma
nipulating the nations purse-string.
TO keep out of print. He says they
"give away" too much by chin and
manifest too much by cheek to pro.
mote healthy condition of the gold
bug campaign.
Another class who are creating no
little apprehension in the mind of the
dictator of the goldbug campaign are
the employers of labor, who are anx.
ious to make their influence felt, but
are held in check by constant admo-
nitions that if they attempt to coerce
labor it will bring about contrary re-
suit and end in inevitable disaster.
So their ingenuity has been employed
in formulating a weapon that, like
Paddy's gun, will hit or miss, as the
exigencies OF the case may seem to re-
quire. The plan adopted is to issue a
mild, notwithstanding document,
which purports to reason with the
employe as to the propriety of sustain
ing mutual interest, but these mani
festos are plainly punctusted with
enough masked dagger-points to ex.
pose their sanguinary nature, and the
employe has no difficulty in reading
between the lines the same spirit OF
oppression that has in times past com.
PEELED organization for defense of the
interests of labor.
One OF these circulars is given below
TO show how skillfully the object is
displayed, without exposing the cor
poration to the direct charge of at.
tempted intimidation. 1t is, OF course,
only a friendly appeal to the employee,
and designed as much for his good as
for the corporations benefit. Here it
| is:
BURLINGTON, CEDAR RAPIDS & NORTH
ERN RAILWAY,
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT.
To tie employees IF the b., G. H. d ".
Railpay::
Is not this money good enough for
you?
Why should any man, and especially a
railroad man, want money which will
purchase but half as much as this?
The amount paid to you in 1895 was
81 ,6l7,1l9.39. One million six hundred
and seventeen thousand one hundred
and nineteen dollars and thirty-nine
cents.
If the doctrines of the silver party are
true the products of the farm are to bring
higher price.
Do you wish to vote to increase the
price of the sack of flour or the meat you
buy? If this doctrine is true all articles
brought from foreign countries will be
doubled in price. Such as coffee, tea
and sugar. Do you wish to pay more?
The rates of freight and for passengers
on the railways are fixed by law and
cannot be raised. The railway company
must pay you in the money it receives
and cannot pay you more than now for
the reason that it will receive no more
than now Notwithstanding the fact that
it will be only half as good.
Ii Mr.. Bryan is our next president the
money OF our country will be silver or
silver notes on silver basis This rail-
way company has to pay the interest on
its bonds in gold, $Sll 900, and if it has
to pay premium to get it and thereby
the interest account is increased, and
there will be no way to meet it except
by reducing expenses, and while the pay
might not be reduced the number OF
men employed must he reduced. Do
you wish to take the chance of it being
you who will be out of place?
Yours truly,