The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-14

writing from Manila emphasizes The
seriousness of the situation for our
troops He remarks that if the
"agalos tribe is the only one in ac-
tive rebellion, it yet numbers 3OO,-
OJO. We have to meet them under
territorial and climatic disadvan.
ta!es. They have plenty of ammuni-
tior and like jungle fighting better
than any other form of diversion
1t is to be hoped that the natives
will be sensible and at least care
fully consider our proclamation of
p 'ace and education and good will
But savages are so constituted that
they can't be reasoned with and they
may 90 right on and take their
chances of extcrmination.
TELLER ON THE SITUATION.
Senator Henry NJ. Teller, of Colo
RADIO, just before his departure for
the west, gave this interview on the
issues Of the day:
81 think the chances of democratic
success very much better now than
they we're in 1885," he said, II be-
lieve the principles of the last cam
paign will have the strongest kind
of support in the south and west
from the democrats, free silver re-
publicans and tue populists. The
apparent improvement in the times
will not help the gold standard ad-
vocates. 1t has come about in spite
of their policy in so far as it has
come about at all. The crop short
aye abroad for the last three years
has very largely aid:d in increasing
the value Of our exports of agricul-
tural pr roducts, which constitute
20 percent of our total exports.
The production of gold, too, has
been materially increased and con-
siderable money has been out into
circulation oy the expenditures
growing out OF the war. None Of
these conditions form a basis for
permanent or wide spread prosper.
ity.'
In relation to trusts the Senator
said: The organization of the var
ious lines o industry now going on
is not in a trust but into a COR
poration. A trust is technically an
agreement between number of cor
porations which retain their organ
ization. Therefore they are rot
reached by the Sherman anti trust
law. lido not believe in such organ
zations. l think they are injurious
to tn people at Ia ge. I believe
rather in individual opportunity.
| think it would be better to have
more organizations of say $lQO:ooO
; capital. AS industry is beiAg Or
ga ize now the great corpora' 'ions,
) with their IN nruse caoi,uli :uti 4
have it IN .h.ir power to crash out
the smaller ones at will Congress
ought to be able TO reach the trusts
aud destroy their injurious effect
; through the internal revenue law. u
Speaking Of trusts and state leg
islation on the subject, Arkansas has
, q new antitrust law and the Goa
operators are going 10 see if it can
not be used 10 crush out the United
Mine Workers Union, under the
5 theory that labor unions seek to- con
J tr"' "rices by combination.
: IL is not a new thing, but i
shows how careful must be the ley
islation if i IS not to be made an In
! strument Tor the further oppression
\ Of the industrial classes. In Min
: n.sota two years ago such law wa
e introduced by the agents Of tn
trusts themselves and fought vigor
e ously and defeated by the labo
t unions, who saw that it was an at
t tempt to destroy them and not tht
: trusts. Fhis is 40 argument agains
e legislation on the subject of trusts
z but it shows the need of the righ
}. kind of state and national legisla
t tion. The Republicans althoug
! fostering trusts in every possibl
0 way, are beginning to hedge hefor
the public. Secretary Gage at
dinner given by the bankers of Ne