The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-27
Notable Demonstration at the
Home of the Presidential
Candidate.
He SPEAKS IN M0RT0N'S HOME.
Strong Words Against Supporters
of Trusts-If the City is Now
benefited 10y a Combine. He
Says, 1t Has Cause for Fear.

RurvEILc srTCTAL.
Nebraska City. Neh. Sept CIV. J Biy-
: an. accompanied by Mrs. Bryan, National
Committeeman pah!man. from Nebraska
and Eugene Smith, representing the PoPnllst
National Committee, ana by half e dozen
newspaper correspondents. departed rom
Lincoln this afternoon on his long tour or
the country. which J. to continue until the
Saturday before election. His first stop Is at
Nebraska city. where tonight he delivered
a speech upon the trast question, his remarks
being particularly Of Ioca! interest, b.
cause OF a big distiilery in the city having
been closed some months ago by the whisky
Trust and tie starch works having Just
passed into the hands OF the starch Trust
Son:e time tonight Mr.. Bryan will return
| to Lincoln. but he will leave at such an early
hour in the morning that his departure this
| afternoon was made the occasion Of a Tor
| mai farewell.
| There was a large crowd at the depot
! and about - Lincoln citizens came with
| hiIn as far IS Nebraska city. The preHI-
4anti,l candidate drove down behind a pair
| OF spanking bays. ard his appearance was
| the signal fur an enthusiastic reception.
| once on The depot platform In Lincoln. no
! vas surrounded and when H. ;tn'ily cl4
! break away the train began 10 move. Many
/ oT his old friends We're there to old MN
! .',iod-sperd." and all present cheered MIN
| on his way.
! Ue sai1 fbe National Committee was ar
I ranging his l;incra ry and that he could give
! out 40 definite information. lie expected
| he said. to spend the mex, SIX weeks upon
| the stump. He added. also, that he hdd
| removed his limit of two set speeches a
day. ,.
Before going he requested the local com
! mittees to remove all Bryan ana stevenson
! bauuers from the city streets during the
! visit of Theodore Roosevelt next week
| Mr.. Bryan said:
a prominent Republican has accused the
J Democrats OF representing the l"rD"s OF
! iawessncas. I mention this because NHt
! Republicans Of Nebraska city haV" met ana
! protested against the enforcement OF a
! statute Of the state of Nebraska ami 4
| Republican Judge was chairman of the
! Resolutions Committee. While the meet
! ing was called noupartisau its purpose was
| purely political. and it Is worth "hiis 4"
/ note that the Republicans seem better abe
| 10 enforce the statutes against petty OIL
/ tenders ihan they are To enforce status
/ against great corporations.
! The Attorney General has began pro
| cccdiugs not destroy local manLlac-
| turing establishment. 1ut 10 prevent the
! manufacturing establishment from enter
/ ing into a trust. IN this connection it may
! ne well to not. the different steps wn'ch
! have been taken.
The Argo Manufacturing Company Of
| Nebraska city WAS a prosperous corpora
zion As evidence of this prosperity. |
| quote from the Conservative, published by
! ex-SeCretaIy of Agriculture !. Sterling Nor
! ton Of Nebraska city. May -. lS,@
! Testimony of J. sterling Morton.
| Here is what the Conservative says.
| " Therefore. when the Conservative
| points with pride 10 the ArEo factory AZ
Nebraska city. which turns out thirty tons
/ of starch every tweEty-tour hours finds
markets therefor, ami successfully com
! pates I'm America ami Europe with the Nd-
/ tioual Starch Trust It Is not lo eAt"naailon
or miuSation Of any yeW. NpisS-' -, q i.t'
the fact that no C4UtlU" or capital can
crush out a we'll managed private concern;
Nebraska city in i5a ,szgli cgfr nuns ,,r.ii M,
! which no trust has as yet. been able TO
buy bully or wheCile. They plainly Il
| lUStrat,. the fact ;hat Intelligent comUcti-
/ Jion can euicr Tn. markets against an
trusts and triumphdutiy Win out
1T Will be seen thdt the National Slarch
! Company is denounced as trust, dHd the
! Conservative declares that the Arsu com
pauy was able to compete with the trust
/ and that no trust had yet reen abe 70
/ buy, bully or whecdlc' the Arso COM
About the lst Of sep,cu'ber. of lsea, a
! few months after the editrtlal cnuliltHt
! which | have lust read, the ArSo company
/ iutnrd the United Starch Company
/ and tine Conservative Of september 2. l>i
I quoted an article from the Commercial and
/ Financial World, from which take the ioi-
! lowing extract: -,
| - Ever since the Stdrch ifu>t.or NdtIoitaI
I Starch Manufacturing Company, began
| business there has been talk among tcpse
! manufacturers Of starch who remain out
| side Of 1t Of the formation OF a strong com
! urfitfye nrf-a niZatipn, and this. we have
| now the pleasure of recording, has at
| length been brought to pass There mas JGSt
! been organized under the laws OF the sta'e
/ of New Jersey, with Il capita! Of S6,ty',t@
| a powerful concern under the style or the
/ United Starch Company. whiCh - ii coz
| starch manufacturing concerns IN the
| United States that are not IN the trust
| C.Iucnsa Comnany Of Buffalo, Gilbert =.
| Graves, the Argo Manufacturing Company
: of Nebraska City, Neb.. JOY. Morton q Co.