The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-10-04
Fresh Facts Concerning the Tide Of
Events in the Political
Arena.
scGLY TRICKS or REPUBLICAN LEADERS
Defense of the Trusts by Haans's
uearhmaen DatsiHR Starving
Nsrkmeu Mckinley MakInG
Ready for PIanaer-Ths Philippine
War Net over.
INnecIaI Cnrrerpondenee.l ]


know Of any trusts.
Ia Indiana the republicans lear
that this Wild abatement has lost
them their last chance Of sucCess.
Gov. Mount openly eriticiseS Hanna.
But the mischief ia done.
Hanna now lamely explains that he
used trusts In technical seBse. That
does not better his position, because
ia that speech he failed to say word
which indicated that he knew Of
any sort of u combination hurtful TO
the people. He failed to indicate that
he or his party were In favor Of re-
strainlnR trusts or combinations of
any sort.
The gas belt OF Indiana has suffered
especially from trusts, and the men
who have been rendered Idle by them
are furious al Hanna's selfish indif-
ference 60 their troubles.
Right on the heels of Hanua's has-
eo comes u campaign report prepared
for the republicans 10y Carroll ID.
Wright, of the bureau Of labor STA
tistics, which assumes TO show that
trusts pay higher wages and employ
more skilled men than did the sep
arutc industries.
lie takes II selected" trusts, Very
carefully selected The Standard Oil
and coal combine, for instance, are
omitted.
II there II not such things M trusts.
why this defense from CARROLL ID.
Wright?
The bureau Of labor statistics, like
the Industrial commission and every
other governmental bureau. IN being
Prr -ss5 !a;a service by the adminiS-
traiion. Statistics are manufactured
to order TO prove anything that the
republicans desire
n 10 not necessary to show the
flaws in WriPhts statistics though
there are plenty Of them-let every
workinEmnn judge for himself. II
hc is working for trust is hr get.
ting higher wages than before the
trusts came into existence. II he
IL. does the slight increase in wages
h'Nfa AhN bAAA aHNE1 NAAA bA AHNRH
Let the strike Of 10000 coal miners
against one OF the greatest trusts ON
earth answer Carroll ID. Wright. These
men are striking for living wages
They do not aspire to prosperity or
the full dinner pail
Let the parade Of hundreds nf chill.
drrn from the coal mines of Pennsyl.
yania answer the republican conten.
tion about the blessings which trusts
bring to workingmen.
No man puts his eight.year-old
child into a coal mine To work, un.
less forced to do so by the starva.
tion wages paid to himself.
Let the reduction Of wages made 20
the 10000 employees Of the steel and
iron trusts answer Carroll u. wright's
statistics.
These men have been idle since June
80. locked out while their trust EN-.
p,oyrs decided whether OF not they
would pay fair wages.
Now, having been starved into sub
the men are invited 10 go
back to work at n reduction. They
are glad 30 go, In order to live, but
they are not going 20 vote for the
party which puts into the hands of
q trust the power 20 starye them
into submission.
The Miners strike.
The coal miners strike is likely
10 be a long and bitter one. The
trusts secured Euorpe for years and
imported the cheapest labor that
could bc had there, under the i'm.
preston that II would submit TO low
wages and bad conditions more meek.
~ than the independent American
workman. The foreign workmen were
iraetablc enough until they found
that they were starved worse than
slaves or dumb beasts OF burden. Now
they have come 10 the conclusion chat
they may as well stRrve idle as work.
Ing. Their habits OF passive endur-
ance will keep them out on strike
longer than the American. Thus the
roal operators are Teaping a harvest
which they deserved, but did not cx-
pect.
The administration press has been
bowling about the danger Of violence
and hloodShcd from the first day of
Inc minerA' strike. II seemed to know
what was going to happen. Sure
'nough when Eohne miners began To
brow stones q lot of Pinkerton's men
hot into a crowd indiscriminately,
md then the militia was called out.
low convenient for the coal opera
ors to have republican governor
md il,0c0 militia at their beck and
,all. No wonder the trust refused
arbitration.
Last Sunday the militia dehecratea
he day by parading in the mining
'iliages with datling guns. Not tina,
he miners were disortlwrly. oh, no,
'ut 10 show them what they may ex-
lect In the next two or three weeiSa. |
II Is to be hoped that violence and |
,ioo,!Hhed may be avoided. but this
iaiting of starving men ia paving |
he way for something worse than |
homestead or Hasle,ow
tfsnaAy HACK bows.
The administration has executed q
'ather clumsy baei-down on the Chi.
lese situation. and II is purely for |
ainpaign purposes.
Frightened by the popular uproar |
gainsi any further alliances or med
IliEg with foreign powers. fhe admin |
sfrasion now intim&tes that our |
orces win be withdrawn from Peking.
they have not marched out. how
~er. and II they do. II win only be
0 the coast.
Six warshirs have juxt been ar
lered 70 Asiatie waters. What fors
lime win show, hut II b clear now |
hat Mckinley proposes - BE- right On
he ground when there Il any Chinese
'lunder 10 BE- had. He h making q
exprsrte effort to delay matters pntil |