Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-10-31
Here Is ENCOURAGEMENT.

Here Is Encouragement.
If there is doubt in the minds ofany |
as to Governor Shaw's attitude toward
the trusts it should be dispelled by
reading the following extracts from
his inaugural address. When these
sentiments were expressed by the
governor they fairly took the breath
of even the republican senators and
representatives who heard him and it'll
was with some difficulty that resolu-
ton to have his address published was
gotten through. Remember what he
said on that occasion was carefully
prepared and was not the effervesence
of a mind laboring under excitement.
Ponder his sentiment we'll and see
whether he represents your ideas.
sit is not likely, however, that We
shall very soon, if ever, see as prosper
Gus times as those that followed the
resumption of specia payment, which
was the practical application of the
single gold standard"
"Complain as we will, these oppor-
tunities are gone. The department.
store is fast superseding the ordinary
retailer. True, it has brought the
merchandise of earth within reach of
the consumer at the lowest possible
cost. The factory has taken the place
of the shop. Aggregated capital has
supplanted the man of small means.
Corporations are more than match
for the individual in very many de-
partments. NEARLY EVERY INDUS
TRY is NOW PRosEcUTEDo ON GIGANTIC
PROPORTIONS, AND AMID SUCH
INTENSE COMPETITION AS TO RENDER
THE PROBABILITY OF SUCCESS FOR
THE MAN OF LIMITED RESOURCES, DE-
c1DEDLY REMOTE. I"
.The same principle pervades all
lines of business. 1t is idle to complain.
These conditions belong to our ciyiliza-
tion and are here to stay. !"
ssNever was mere physical power
comparatively so cheap, nor high
grade practical intelligence better
rewarded. 1t is estimated that steam
costs per horsepower about 800 per
annum. lie acho can do only achdt a steam
engine caa, mast eppect to,c aoages, and no
power of legislation will grant
adequate relief. CHANGES IN OUR
CIVILIZATION CANNOT BE PROHIBITED
BY LAW, NOR VETOED BY EXECUTIVE
AUTHORITY. -
'sBegone forever the can't that he
alone renders service who performs
manual labor, or that the foundations
of our government rest upon muscle
rather than mind. MUSCLE is CHEAP;
the rivers are full of it, the winds
laden with it, the very clouds sur.
charged with 1T, but mind is scarce
everywhere and brings high price in
the American market" See Iowa
Doc. Vol. 1, Page 2, Governor shaw's
Inaugural Address 1898.
Coy. Shaw Against Small Business Men.
Read what the governor said in his
speech at the banquet of the Newton
Business Mems Association, Newton,
Iowa, March I, 1899:
1.-THE law evolution, inits benettcen1
effect, is apparent everywhere; it always
| means a higher plane. The Department
Store IS the Legitimate Result Of the Law
of evolution in business. It is here ana
1t has come to stay. The judicious bust
ness man will adjust himself to it,"
| This statement by the governor was
used as a bulwark bv the promoters Of
The Big (trust) Store in Newton
witness, the statement made by G. P
Axtell, manager of the trust store, II
the Newton journal, June 2l, 1899
"As Governor Shaw said this spring
al the Business Mems Banquet, '1h
Department Store has come to stag; 1t is Z
Legitimate outgrosus Of Business Change
qohich cannot be checked By Legislative en-
dct7ae1.ts, but must be met, :"
According to Governor Shaw tn,
people are powerless. He boldly pro
claims his belief that conditions will
not yield to legislation, and so he goe'
about encouraging the combination
of capital which squeeze out competi
ton and afterwards have the people
in their power.
How long will it be, before til'
farmers OF Iowa elect representative
farmer and business man governor
instead of a money 1oaner, banker