Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-07-27


menf over to the Democrats. for there
are something like 10000 Of them.
and Il must be remembered that il re
quires the conversion OF only about
10000 OF votes to give us the victory,
for It may as well be taken and &C
cepted that OF the 65O0.OOO who voted
for Bryan in 1896 every living soul
win vote for him again In 1900. 1
have " yet clapped my eyes on 6
man who voted for him and who has
recanted.
Merchants Growing Uneasy.
In addition to the drummers, the
merchants Of the land are growing un-
easy and are beginning to realize that
as the trusts increase competition dis
appears-that healthy competition
which every sensible man knows full
well is the life Of trade. / have heard
them talk and know what they think
But these drummers and merchants
are not the only ones whose business
and salaries and profits are being i'm
periled. There are others. / picked
up a piece Of information not long
since which opened my eyes on the
subject At Mr.. BANDS funeral / met
Of my constituents, who lives In 4
nice little town where three or four
years ago they built a splendid hotel.
l asked him IL a certain old frlend-a
Republican friend-was stin running
the hotel. NO" he replied grayely.
He was squeezed out some time age.
and two or three other landlords have
tried IT and given 1t up IN disgust and
at a loss since you were there"
What's the mattery' l inquired. He
answered: The hotels best paying
business is the drummer trade. BY
reason Of the trusts so many OF them
have been thrown out OF employment
that the hotel business has ceased to
pay expenses" There You are. There
are on an average a dozen hotels in
every county IN America. There are
perhaps 100 counties In every state and
territory on the average. making 81
coo landlords. all OF whom win become
active recruiting officers for Democra-
cy In 1900, and that, too, whether they
are Democrats OF Republicans, and
your average bonIface has a clientele
which he can control.
The foregoing conversation with a
sensible, truthful. cool headed busl-
ness man set me- TO investigating a
little on my own hook. 1 belong
to the Baconian school OF inductiye
philosophers and started out to see
what could see. The livery stable
business is in close touch with the
hotel business, as the same set Of per-
sons to a large extent patronize both.
As a rule, when n prospers the other
prOspers, and vice versa. SO l went to
a friend who runs a livery stable and
said, How are you getting onr" Bust
ness is very slack IN our line" he re-
piled. whats the causeY' l inquired.
He answered: The best trade Of the
livery stables is the drummer trade,
and the trusts have about busted that.
Consequently we are in a bad way"
Now, let it not be forgotten that the
liverymen are about as numerous as
the hotel men, and every one Of them
with sense enough to feed, curry, har-
ness and drive a horse VIII be found
shouting for Bryan in 1900. Nor must
It be forgotten either that livery sta
BILE men have a good deal of political
influence. They haven't money enough
or leisure or perhaps the desire to go to
Europe, like Mark Hanna, and hobnob
with the nobility and swagger set gem
I a-nIu ksrF uao-T~ r~a~w~ Iv.w~a~ar -
the land controls from one to a dozen
votes besides his own and viii control
them against the Republican party,
which fosters the trusts, which Is
breaking up his business and reducing
him to bankruptcy.
Widespread Discomfort.
But behind all these are the gro
Gers, and the farmers, and the butch
ers. and the dairymen, and the coal
dealers. and the wood haulers, and
the woodchoppers, and the draymen,
who furnish the supplies and do the
work for hotels and livery stables.
There are others-the railroads, for
Instance, and the "busmen." The
drummers are the best steady CONF
pany and most profitable customers
for the railroads aud bus lines. Their
business Is also curtaiied by the trusts
In throwing drummers ont OF employ
ment. They, too. are getting their eyes
open, and we may confidently count
on large requirements from their
ranks.
The other night on a sleeper 1 heard
a hippant young chap explaining to an
elderly gentleman-both strangers to
mellow prosperous he was. He said
that he owned a large block Of stock
In a rolling mill which six months ago
was worth only IS cents on the dol
lar, but Il wen into a trust, and sud-
denly the stock popped up to 1T5 cents
on the dollar. | put in my jab unin-
yited long enough to Inquire as to the
prosperity Of the people who bought
the goods and wares manufactured by
the trust. "0h." replied the cheerful
young man. 1T has been pretty id
tough OF contractors and builders who
had made contracts for building
before the rise in prices, and some Of
them have been forced to the wall"
But nevertheless he was happy as a
clam at high tide. Ills stock under the
benign and fructifying influences Of
the trust had SCARED from IS to IT'S.
II the meg all over the country who
have 70 pay higher prices in order to
make trust stocks go skyward ever put
On their studying caps and set their
thinkers to work, Mark Hanna won't
carry ten states in the Onion In 1900.
Havemeyer MT she BulIseye.
hr Hayemeyer can now sympathize
with poor old King Lear IN his famous
remarks on the subject Of ,ngratitnde.
IL the whole truth could be ascertain
ed, ! have no doubt that the sugar
trust vas the most liberal Of all the
army Of liberal Contributors 20 Marx
Hanna's camp chest ln 1885 When
the Dingiey bill was being concocted.
the sugar trust was 0ne Of the pet OBJ
iects of the Republican majority In
congress. Now that Havemeyer blurt-
ed out the truth about the tariff add
The trusts, be Is psrsona 0 grata TO