The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-02
TRAVELLING MEN VS.. COMBINE.

TRAVELLING MEN VS.. COMBINE.
Where a trust or combine is organized the
first man to feel its baneful effect Is the
travelling man. cracker combine, a nail
or wire combine, tobacco combine. or any
of the many hundreds with which you are
familiar, are organized 20 cut down expenses.
Every time a combine Is formed one sales
man is made to sell the products OF two or
three or more factories, and the number OF
statesmen who have felt the iron heel of this
monster are tens of thousands We believe
that self preservation is the first law of man.
We are constrained to cast our votes with
that party which shall honestly try to pro-
tect society from this gigantic evil. Upon the
subject of trusts and combines the Republican
party is silent We appeal not only to the
boys on the road who have been fortunate
enough to hold their places against this cen
tralization, but to those who have bezn laid
off, and to that other class who are trembling
lest their turn may come next. John Lind
stands upon platform which pledges both
the executive and legislative branches of this
state to overthrow, as far as possible, these
trusts and combines. Unless this evil can be
checked it requires no prophet to fortell the
future Of one-half Of the travelling statesmen
who are on the road today.
TRADE RELATIONS.
1t is our opinion that favorable trade re-
lations with Canada would be better for us
as class than the acquisition of the Philip
pine islands. The great and growing trade
of Manitoba, which is properly tributary
should belong to the jobbers and manufac-
turers Of the Twin Cities We can name one
sawmill which sold in 1896 800 carloads~of
lumber thats went into Manitoba after paying
duty OF 20 per cent The representative OF
this concern informed US that with reciprocal
trade relations every foot Of lumber con-
sumed in Manitoba would be purchased from
Minnesota. 1t IS well known fact that
the jobbers of Winnipeg prefer the manufac-
tured goods OF the states to those Of Hamil-
ton and Ottawa. and are only prevented from
throwing their trade in our direction by the
barriers which have been erected. We be-
lieye that under proper conditions Montana
and Manitoba would afford a better field
for our goods than Wall street.
GOOD ROADS,"
Upon all these questions which affect our
interests the Republican party is silent, un-
less, indeed. we accept the good roads"
plank If the declaration means better high
ways then we reply that had the Republi-
can party of Minnesota handled their swamp
lands in the interest of the state, rather
than the interests of certain corporations
we would have had fund sufficient to
maeadamize all the leading highways in the
state.
PARTISANsHP.
We believe that no class of men appreciate
the necessity Of a clean and economical ad-
ministration of affairs. whether city, county
or state, more than the commercial statesmen.
The cry of craftsmanship, when used to bring
men into line for the purpose of unfolding
that extravagant and pernicious fee system.
or continuing in Office an Incompetent bank
examiner, or bolstering up trusts and COM
bines, should have no weight with the COM
mercial salesman.
INTERCHANGEABLE MILEAGE.
In this address we have followed the preo-
edent established by the president of the
Eustis Travelling Mems club in reserving the
alleged grievance until the last. A bill for
a 5,o0O-mile interchangeable book, it is true
was introduced in congress, and while this
scheme assumed to be in the interest of the
selesmen in certain sections, 1t was. aftsr
mature consideration, condemned by many OF
the Twin City jobbers and large number
OF Twin City travelling men themselves for
the reason that they believed that mileage
book Of this character. instead of being q.
benefit TO the Twin Cities. would, on the