The representative., 1900-11-01


Which Can he Controlled in Elec-
tions-More Mills Closed by the
Trusts.
It is announced on good authority
that the executive managers of the big
Chicago stock yards have decided to re-
place their 10000 white employees by
negroes.
The manager Of the packing trust
openly avows the change is being made
because they can control the negro vote,
while they cannot control the vote OF
their white employees.
Last week Mark Hanna attempted to
make speech in the stockyards' dis
trict. He was laughed and hooted into
silence.
The next day he issued his order 10
the meat trust. The order is being
obeyed to the letter.
The Republican plan Of coercion is
also being carried out elsewhere.
In addition to the closing down of the
rolling mills in South Chicago and Joliet
the iron and steel trust has closed mills
in Lorain. Ohio. in Waukegan, ILL.,. and
in Anderson, Ind.
This, despite the fact that the Penn
sylvania Railroad company has just Civ
en- these plants an order for $4,000 tons
of rails.
In Baltimore It 10 announced In McKin-
ley organs that an enterprise involving
the expenditure Of $11,00o.000 "is being
held up" awaiting the election Of Nc
Kinley. From other places come SINH
lar reports. The object Is to intimidate
the voters Of the country, especially
those in doubtful states.
If voters can be controlled by these
means now, what will happen in four
years3
The power Of the trust will be sue
! ceeded by the power Of the bayonet.
Not satisfied with casting their own
| votes, the trust magnates are determined
to vote the men working under them
This, of course, is slavery, but the trust
magnates do not care for little thing
like that. When asked why white labor
is being replaced by negro labor in the
Chicago packing houses, one of the Of
ficials Of the meat trust said:
"He will vote as we say"
1--WE are putting in negroes here, and
shall have 5000 of them by next year
because we want workmen to do what
we tell them to.
"The negro minds his own business
| and let's his employers business alone.
HE lets trades unions alone, docs not
go on strike, and is willing to work fol
reasonable wages.
"He does not think it beneath his dig
nifty to vote in accordance with the in
terest of his employers. He does not
think that he knows everything. When
he takes his employers money he is also
willing to take his employers instruc-
tions how to VOTE"
RAIL MILLS SHUT DOWN.
Seven hundred and fifty thousand tons
of steel rails will be laid by the rail-
roads of the United States In 1901. Or
ders to this extent have already been put
out at the trust price of $26, with the
condition that II the trust reduces the
price below $26 an advantage is to be
given on the order.
OF this enormous order over SOC, ,00C
tons go to the Federal Steel company
whose principal plants are the South
Chicago rolling mills and the big steel
plant at Lorain, Ohio.
Despite this fact the rolling mills OF
Lorain and South Chicago were shut
down, ostensibly for repairs" actually
| it is declared, to coerce the employees
into voting for Mckinley.
Three thousand men were thrown out
| Of jobs at Lorain; $500 at South Chi.
cago.
HALF A MILLION WAGES LOST.
Half million dollars in monthly
wages is thus shut OF, though orders
enough to keep the mill busy for more
than four months are in hand.
Despite these known facts, President
Burlington, of the Illinois Steel company
made the following statement:
"Our largest customers In all lines
tell us that they don't care to place any
orders till after they know what the re-
suit of the election will be- This state
ment is. in general, true Of all lines o1
steel manufacture. cannot venture any
prediction yet as to whether the shut
down will last longer than two weeks
or not"
That tells the whole story. It is ex-
actly a repetition OF the tactics Of 1896:
''Vote Ter Mckinley or lose your Job.