The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-05-04

Inc OeteSJ0Ole craze aIVoI DIltlsu
fashions, British crowns, British mar
riages, British putting dollars above
humanity, and British selfishness
that never did anything except
they could see it would be money
advantage to them some way, led to
a craze for the gold standard in the
United States, that was the parent
and forerunner Of all the big, brutal
trusts that since 1873 till the pres
ent have been, and are now, engaged
in expressing labor and the pro-
ducing masses Of all occupations.
1t has almost driven the small
manufacturer out of business; 1t
has reduced the price Of wheat from
one dollar and up, as steady figure
per bushel, to rs cents and down to
80 cents, and the Republican party
endorses it all, and through Mark
Hanna's platforms proclaims great
prosperity, and the very wealthy
leaders OF course enjoy it.
| But how does the common mass OF
the people like this British gold-bug,
Imperial policy? Their votes next
November, (if they are allowed to
cast them freely should tell. AT the
present time one of the creatures
j of this gold standard, "the Ameri-
!, can Steel and Wire company" has
! closed ten of its mills, on account OF
: the "great prosperity" and thrown
D TO- 900 laboring men out OF employ
I ment, thus showing how completely
e labor is at the mercy of the
: trusts, built up by British greed
and gold. Would to God the Beers
were strong enough to wipe the
British Empire out Of existence.
Some persons claim this does moi
affect Indiana,-but farmers in Du
|bois county are to-day selling their
: wheat less tha9.7O cents a bushel
= on account of It, and laborers al
= Anderson, Ind. are suffering from
the trusts shutting down the mills
> and its effect is felt all over the Uniol
: Some interesting testimony re
= garding the condition of labor unde
- trusts is furnished by Rev. Geo. L
" Men utt in letter to the Indiana
polls News. lie tells Of the condi
tion of workingmen employed at tn
" Anderson, Ind, factory before an
8 latter it was acquired by trust, AM
,d|in the course OF his letter he quote
Ella workman, who says: "In tn
IL days before the trust VIC had stead
ys employment. We were paying to
T. our homes. Since the trust came "
a. never know when we are going I
be laid off and why. Work is
unsteady that we can hardly make
living. 1t is impossible to max
the payments on our homes. M
IS father stepped in and saved m
p, from losing mine. Those who ha
me- no one to help them lost the
'ss homes. In the old days, when "
's|had grievance, we could talk
ut over with the boss, but to-day
re. there is shutdown nobody know
Ill anything about it, except that It
orders from headquarters in Ne
York. There is no one to hear OF
story who can do more than refer
ch to New York. We can't find
yn man." DR.. McNutt says that th
tells the story: "The moral OF Il
lor|industrial army is being ruined
led absentee, cold-blooded leadershi
The sturdy homesteader, anchor,
be 0 mother earth by q cottage
calls home, is a costly exchange !
I'D Ia homeless factory foater, half m
chinist, half bum, mongrel, mi
of little worth to his employer, al
VIA danger and in the end a burden
% a. the state, beyond the power OF t
1ch 0n'" y -
mel Can't Head n OFF,