The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-07

campaign started the Miner drew at
tention to this system which Is grind
Ing down III men by requiring them
to return the most of their pay In the
shape Of trade: which IL threatening to
drive Independent business men out Of
the field: which must eventually bring
the entire public under the iron heel Of
the corporation store.-From the Butte
Miner CIV. A. Clark sole owner), Nov.
Q.
Clark has confined his operations
strictly to Jerome and systematically
frozen out all rival operators. The
whole policy a been to make 1t q
one-man camp. Consequently the town
IL practically no larger than It was fve
years ago. Mr.. clark's company owns
all the land upon which buildings can
be erected. and only those who can be
depended upon to support his policy are
permitted to do business. A company
store is maintained. which fixes III
prices of the camp.-From a Prescott.
Arizona. special dispatch to the STAN
dard. Nov. s.
Should Mr.. Marcus DAILY really have
meant 1t when he threatened to make
grass grow in the streets of Butte, Il
may indicate that the gentleman IL go
ing out of mining and into farming
From the Butte Miner (w. A. Clark
sole owner), Nov. q
The people Of Arizona have every rea-
son to entertain q feeling Of hostility
toward the ownership at Jerome. Clark
is without favorable standing In the
territory for the reason that his policy
has been one Of intense seinshness.
Had 1t not been for his freezing-out
tactics, Jerome to-day would easily be
the largest town In the Southwest.
There are mountains Of mineral there.
but. so far, no other company but
Clark's has been able to make head
way. He contests M lights every ad-
joining company or miner. He never
buys out a n~eighboring operator. but
does what his man Giroux calls bully
dczing" them.-From a Prescott, Arr
zona, special dispatch to the Standard,
Nov. 8.
When these immortal words. A
men were created equal were written
they meant just what they said-that
when a great nation struck the shackles
from the limbs of millions of black
slaves IL was not to fasten upon them
and their white brothers later on the
more CALLING bonds of corporation siav-
cry. And they are right-everlastingly
right.-From the Butte Miner( W. A.
Clark sole owner). Nov. 4.
Have I worked at Jerome?" said
Mr.. Cullen, repeating the reporters
question. II have that. / have good
reason to remember it. too. 1t is the
biggest peon camp / ever saw. About
400 men were employed at the time /
was there and so per cent of them were
Mexicans. In fact. Mexican labor is
preferred to American labor. except for
skilled work."-From an interview
printed in the Standard, Nov. s.
The Mine is not called pom either to
excuse or defend a cause that has for
its object a government of. by and for
the people. The Miner is fighting cor
poration dictation In party. public and
private affairs. In such q cause ex-
cuses are not called for: defense Is not
necessary.-From the Butte Miner wv.
A. Clark sole owner), Nov. 2.
Clark's representatives here are J. L.
Giroux. superintendent. and H. ]. Al
len. financial agent. The former is the
responsible man m IL extremely un-
popular. carrying to the uttermost
Clark's distasteful policy and being en-
tireiy devoid Of any regard for the
safety or welfare Of the employees. The
mine has long been unsafe. many fatal
accidents occurring every year from
caving. which could be prevented by
filling stoped-out ground with waste.
but the management has steadily de-
clined to take this precaution. except
where the company's interests were en-
dangered. the safety of the miners
lives never having been an incentive
to undertake any expense. This is real
~ n of the greatest grievances the
people have in Jerome.-From q Pres
colt. Arizona. special dispatch to the