Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-20

farmers son. or the farmer himself. an,
reason for giving support to the repub-
Next to the farmer in point of num-
the wages. shorten the hours. improve
the condition, or protect the rights of
an inviting one? Is he receiving a fair
share of the proceeds of his toll? And, il
not. why not? Republicans assert that
pain I ask, in the first place. whether
a full dinner pail is all that a laboring
Garner to say that his thoughts are en-
tirely centered upon his physical wants.
Republican editors and speakers assume
They act upon the theory that he COM
plains only when he is hungry, and is
happy whenever his hunger is appeased.
The Full Dinner Pail.
eff a full dinner pail were the only
thing desired, and if every laboring man
had plenty to eat, 1t would still be neces-
some connection between republican poll
icies and the 1aboring mans food supply.
does not thank a republican administra-
ton. If a famine abroad raises the price
Of farm products here the farmer does
not thank the republican party tor bring
ing the famine. If an unexpected and an
u~npromised increase in the gold supply
gives any respite from financial strin-
gency, can the republican party Claim
credit? The question is not whether
p pRe enPO eonadit man Is BUT ave Whe eG er1 he is enr
joying his share of the blessings of the
country and the protection of the gov
fares the best at the hands of the re-
R PSe iebori Rerf MANS In ineome a hse in wneeses
as rapidly as his living expenses:
prospero SHsn and e even f that prosperity
could be traced to republican legislation,
still the laboring man is a citizen. and
Citizens standpoint. He cannot afford
to barter away future security; ne can,
independence is being destroyed. Neither
can he be enticed into an im~perialistic
tran. no matter how well the trap may
During the last campaign laboring men
were threatened with idleness by en-
the support of the republican ticket.
Many of them were told not to return to
work unless the republicans were sue
| cessful at the polls. After the election
some of these employers closed down their
shops and others reduced wages. If ad.
vances have been made in any branch of
industry since 1896 remember that some
advance was necessary to compensate for
the reductions which occurred after the
last election"
At this point Mr.. Bryan touched
upon the coercive methods employed
by republicans in 1896, showing also
/ the oppressive lCHdcHCICS " d L liz
nopolies. He mentioned also the dis
| ordinations of railroads n favor of
capital.
Dangers of Militarism.
rs your son safe when a large military
establishment is being built up to pro-
tect syndicates organized to develop dis
tant lands? When Mr.. Mckinley was in
in the regular army. In December. 1895.
the president recommended that the
standing army be increased to 100, 600 men.
prompt to do his bidding. passed a bill
and his was done after the treaty of
peace was signed and before hostilities
such an army? Possibly the prospectus
issued by the Philippine, Lumber & De De
| company has an office in the Merchants
Loan & Trust building. 135 Adams street.
atIonS are pending for timber rights, and
some valuable timber rights have already
been secured, ana gouaoon t1F o'ne No
other company can compete with this one
in getting a first foothold in the islands,
pany viii be ahead of all eompetitors:'
1t also quotes, from an article In the
A the %foiIow fnnet Unlike most topical
countries. the labor problem Is easily
solved BY the Chinese labor; which is
ist may see an advantage in militarism
and Imperialism. but where is the labor
for the army and win help to pay the
expenses of war, but he has no part on
the profits As some i one FL has Gir e9presse et
Dives
When the which have ever been
used in support OF kingcrafta are called in to
Justify taxation without representation, and
governed? Many have given their support
to an imperialistic policy without July
GSompeTs. president of the Federation OF
Labor, in his report made to the organiza-
man to beware of the dangers of imperial
ism and saws: But beneath it all there is
the purpose of those who have lost faith IN
have no confiderce in or reliance upon the
honor, honesty and stability of our people
to erect a throne of despotism upon the
tomb of freedom, whose initiatory step Is
a large standing army, and who. with
miIitarism rampant, hope to crush out the
memory of, and the aspiration for, true
liberty and freedom for all our people.
Appeal to Freemen.
.svhether this nation shall be locke
unon as a aiding others to OBJ
tain their freedom and enjoying their graft
tude, or as a Lord Give, fastening hate;
receiving hatred in return, is a question
which you must help to decide. Let me Dor
plied to the present situation. A man
passed along a street of a great city. I'M
mir dful of the mercndnQlSe pIleO on eltneI
side; he sought out a bird store. and pur-
chasing a number of birds opened thelI
cages and allowed them to fly away. When
asked why he thus wasted his money he
renIied: I was once a captive myself, and
it gives me joy to be the means OF setting
any captive free:
This nation has been a liberator. II
first secured the freedom of its own PEG;
ME. and from that day on has furnished
the example which has lead to the over
throw of monachical rule in many nations.
ct it not falter now. 1t is probable that
the $50, 0O0, GOO paid to Spain can be secured
from the Filipinos, but even if it cannot
If is better to consider that sum as a con
triDution to be spread on the doctrine OF