Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-02
SPITE I'm TRUST SUITS.
Bryan Charged with Personal Malice In
Action Against Biscuit Company.

= 1N ANOSA SoAASs
Bryan Charged with Personal Malice I'm
Action Against Biscuit Company.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 1.-The suit be-
gan by Bryan's friend, Attorney Gen
eral Smythe, against the National Bis
cult company is attributed here to Mr..
Bryan's personal spite against Charles
l. Jones, the local manager Of the COM
pany. Mr.. Jones lives right opposite
Mr.. Bryan and has Mckinley poster
III his window. Mr.. Bryan never re-
fers to his neighbor except as ''Cracker
Trust JONES'" It is commonly under
stood that the suit against the starch
works at Nebraska City was also Mr..
Bryan's spite work, the directors III
the company being leading gold Demo
Rocrats and bitter political enemies OF
Mr.. Bryan. No action has been taken
against the silver smelling trust Of
Omaha.
Women Own Trust Stock.
Chicago, Nov. 1.-President Craw-
ford of the National Biscuit company
says that the charge that this com
pany is a trusts absolutely false.
| ttFhe business OF the company IS
based on trade marks which are as
legitimate as patents, and Senator
Jones has said in connection with the
American Cotton company, in which
he is interested, that Il monopoly
based OH patents is not a trust But
| the National Biscuit company Is net
r even a monopoly. for it has plenty OF
competition, and is a trust only toi
2,36S stockholders, Of ~Whrm 1,OOS are
women. Ii the suit should prevail
1t would force the closing of plants IN
Lincoln and Omaha, employing S0O
men. MFR. Crawford attributes th"
suit to Mr.. Bryan's personal dislike OF
| C.. I. Jones, the Lincoln manager
Revival in Iron Trade.
Baltimore, Nov. Ia special dis
patch from Bristol, Va, says: "There
is now every indication that the iron
industry of this section is to be pretty
generally revived forthwith. 1t will
be remembered that the Virginia Iron.
Coal and Coke company during the
summer shut down a dozen OF more
furnaces in Virginia, Kentucky and
Tennessee. Already two or three OF
these furnaces are in blast, and the
company now is preparing to start the
Bristol Iron furnace, which is one OF
the largest and best. Local authorl-
=, ties in the iron trade predict unprece-
dentcd activity after the reelection OF
President Mckinley shall remove all
hesitation Of railroads in making large
outlays for new construction"
Manufactured Materials.
Washington, Nov. 1.-The bureau Of
statistics Of the treasury department
has Just completed a statement Of the
imports of manufacturers materials,
such as rubber and certain hardWoods
not produced in this country. for the
first nine months of the current call
endar wear. They are valued at $751;
675, 5,O19, as compared with $169, POI ,l32
in the same months Of 1894, an in
crease of SIP, 2,473,8S More raw
materials have thus been imported
than during the time that the free
traders sought to build up the manu-
featuring interests of this country by
their "free raw material" theory.
|. =, Mckinley Prosperity.
Trenton, N. j.. Nov. 1.-The estab-
lishment Of John a. Roebling's Sons
company has completed two new
buildings which more than double the
capacity of the plant, and will neces-
state an increase of 1000 men in the
working force. The managers attrib-
sute the prosperity of the company to
Sthe good times generally, which, they
expect, will continue with the re-elec-
tion Of President Mckinley.
Our Stock Of Cola.
Washington, Nov. 1.-The gold sup
Div in the United States treasury Is
today at the highest figure on record
s451 AIT ,4O4, which with gold certiti-
Gates amounting to $35,65S,1SO makes
q total Of $4S7, 1854. This would
allow Sc to every man, woman and
child in the United States, on the basis
Of Is ,OOO,O 900 population. Great Brit
aims entire stock Of gold is $4G2,300,-
O00
Want More Prosperity.
Joplin, Mo-, Nov. 1.---Zinc and lead
prices continue to advance despite
Iarcer production at the mines. Com