Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-10-26
phenomenally rich Yield, money began re-

abroad and another big harvest at home.
we are even now sending greater supplies
OF grain abroad than we would otherwise
because of the shortage due TO those two
successive failures.
The annual gold output has also in
creased TO several times what it was
few years ago. Next years output is es-
tirated at ioo000,0G0. 1t is said there are
Nooooo,O00 IN sight in the country where
the poor Beers are to be killed. That's
why England's so anxious to civilize
southern Africa. We silveriteS rejoice in
the prospect of all this gold. We only
wanted silver in 1896 because there wasn't
nn a,,e, gold To be consistent me re- e,
pub!ica rs Will have to be demanding IN
aniotner two years the remanctization OF
silver and the decentralization of gold,
because GOLD will be so cheap.
THE TRUSTS.
Now. let me say q few words on The.
to see daylight on this subject. ! have
neighbor. at home who. knows, Just
the 30 S1k asf S The oep an day
wanted to build big hog pasture. He
decided to use. two boards around the
20 bottom of his fence and barbed wire for
the rest But when he came to lnveSU-
gate he discovered that the trust had
forced the price of lumber SO high that
re Couldn't afford to use boards
SO he drove into town. called Mt the
hardward store and asked what. would
be the price of II few spools of wire:
WY , what makes the stuff 50 high? he
you see these fellows have formed q
trust said the merchant. and lifted the
price r,,sts W. cant -, help IT. You tell them
t Dor. ! wont patronize EN- And he
him and said, This is what you've been
eTsniam loa did It. Z FAKE ke' your ro m Ser
cine elm 10 oo, he ft,a ;e 1T does be-
The republicans have gone on voting
for a high protective tariff and the men
.heS nave enriched have been using their
the country. The lumber men have
bought every acre of standing timber in
o .1 northern forests, are buying that in
the supply in Canada. The same has
been the case with coal and iron. l
haven't time to repeat the whole list. but
these three things our civilization would
perish. And all three are held by monop-
olies; few men aided by protective
you, no matter what may be your capt.
tai, cannot engage In business in oppo-
xit td;,,,, to them. because they own 1t al.
ought to be able to rectify 1t. l don't be-
lieve II. was Gods intention when he Gre
ated these natural resources, to give
them to few men that they might lay
the rest Of the race under tribute.
I'm his inaugural address Governor
Shaw Shay; told us that aggregate capital had
su SUPPL In q, the man of small means. I
been true since Mckinley went into Of
flee Corporations, went on Brother
SShaWs address, were more than match
Tor the individual. "A growing picture for
the indVidua1 THEM u9 Go SeS 0n sh aoT
says 1t Is idle to complain, as these con-
insenarable from 1t. This is untrue. The
condition is artificial and susceptible of
correction.
Governor Shaw has. revised his opinions.
He says now that the republican party's
also also opposed to the congregations, but
democrats he says. bring in a BIN
Then he drops the subject because he
Just consider It, The republican par
ty,. which. always laid claim to all the
virtue, wisdom and patriotism, having
by, its own legislation wrought this. great
evil. says 1t can't correct it and asks the
democrats to bring In bill.
out Of o,Iice and let the democrats in
but we'll pass it and enforce it. - : M
EXPANSION VIEWS.
Now must pass to. the subject of
Astatic territorial expansion. It's not the
fault Of the democrats that this ques-
Baker resolution in the senate last win
ter seeking to p ne; the United States
with the Cubans. If there is reason for
free government In Cuba there's
stronger reason for 1t II, the Philippines.
ing testimony to show, are better
equipped for it than the Cubans.
~ don't care who calls me traitor.
know just whore | stand.
81 condemn the Philippine war as the
most Unnecessary aud cruel undertaking
of any in modern civilization.
maybe l feel more strongly on this
subject than native Americans You
know, nothing Of conditions IN the old
world ,la, Even az travelers you obtain only
and raised until IA years old in Prussia,
and remember much of the country's in
situations.
deliver us and our children from the dan
ger of Imperialism as l knew it in my
native at land :. 49,. 49, ,. a., ,,,,,
rnos G are heathenss In some ni respects a
their civilization is higher than our own.
General Whittier testified before the
a Filipino drunk. And If there's any one
virtue more commendable than any other
it's the virtue of sobriety. They are hon
General Whittier again .testiiies that they
deserve high credit for their humane
treatment of their Spanish prisoners.
back into your own history and remem-
Der Andersonville
There's no question that we can con-
quer them. But because we can conquer
them is there any reason why we should
do so. It's not a question of what we
can but what we ought to do. And when
we have .sat conquered the Filipinos it will
land SAYS we shall have become n world
power when we have conquered these
islands. But world politics means war, a
ct n OF 1f,n
army and fifty or sixty battleships in
stead of dozen. When your soldiers
have been in the. tropics year or two
YOU must bring them home to keep them
from dying and send out more Then
you'll be in the worlds politics. And
the people will be burdened as they are
In his opening. speech of this cam
paign Governor Shaw tried to draw a
comparison between the acquisition of
chase. a year ago Governor Shaw said
imperialism was a popular doctrine. but
a difficult one to defend Today he's the
diers. when they hear the war criticised,
to resent II in digniied, manfu manner.
his: slobber over the returning soldiers?
What does he, know Of soldiers, who
never did anything in his life but com
criticise, by carrying musket through
The speaker read from a number of au-
thorities to prove the standard of Fill
Pine. civHzarion, and the existence of at
least an implied agreement that they
We're to bel allowed self government.
u believe the, Filipinos have right to
be free, lie declared. Seven months
ago the IGewa State Register printed an
editorial exactly embodying my views.
Today the same paper calls me calami-
ty';howler and traitor. 1t comes with a
poor grace from any man to call me n
traitor who volunteered in the civil war
before | was of age. fought under Grant