The Princeton union., 1900-10-18

I remarks this evening to Al few Of them
ana we Will examine and see whether or
not those pledges and promises have heen
fulfilled as 3 The people expected they
would be. Ess ssS Ill Ht 5S j55} Sg
Mr. Lind attacked the Republican ad-
ministration along a good many lines.
One that he laid special stress upon was
the grain inspection department; another
was the tWine department; another was
the administration Of the school funds
and the public lands and another was the
transportation question Upon these ..le
people actually believed that he - would ac.
complish something that had never. BEEN
done before by any Of the Republican
governors of this state Let us ss see
whether Or not he has fulfilled those
promises. 55Ss ss3t II II. & si
The TWine Plant ntNIismanaEement, N
want to take up first the twine plant.
The charges that were made against the
Republican party in Lind IS campaign in
this county, and all over this state, were
that the twine plant had become a part @of
the tWine trust; that the managers OF
the twine trust had diverted It from It's
original Intention. and that the farmers,
We're unable to get twine at cost from;
: . r
that plant. Now, permit me to give you
little history Of the origin of the twine
plant and how it came to be established
at Saltwater. It has grown from a very
small thing up to a very large institution.
It is the only manufacturine establish
ment ft we nave OF Its kind In the state. In
lssS the Republican oli party was in power
me contract system at Saltwater for our
| ICON lx,<3 q
PRISONERS pis' 'lss had peen enforced fora great
: iliseiy s1. years. lhere had Deen e great deal
u u sssatls1act1on Us l8n amongst the laboring
people against that system, because they
SAD sa' the prison labor came in contact with
the thlee Tree Tree "a por OF the state. The legisla-;
ture OF 1887 abolished the system, but;
gave US no other system in Its place.
WhIen the legislature of 1889 met we
/ were were CONFRONTED with the situation that
Y the the prisoners at saltwater had practi-s
Z cally nothing to do. In order to relieve
that situation, we cast about to- find
sometnlng 1or those prisoners to do. There,
was was no tWlne plant In this state, nor any
west Of Chicago at that time. Twine was
largely used in our state. There K were
millions of pounds being sold every year,
We made application in 1889 for that
plant, and inside OF eighteen months be-
4 gan to manufacture twine on a small
plan. It has grown from year to year
until now it has become a. plant that Is
capable Of antfacturtng nine million
pounds per year, or more than half of-all
the twine that is used in this state. Near
" one-half or over one half million dol.
lars is involved every year in the runningj
OF this plant. AS you all know, the prison
twine, for a number Of years, has been
sought after by the farmers of this state
because it has been cheaner t,,an The
other commercial twine thr oughont the.
country. and the great 1issat tisfac orion hal
was created two years 3 60 md Cove g
Lind and other Democrats st,,rnn sneak.
ers took advantage Of that sit,,atton,- -
wa 3 not because the twire was foo lhie,h
but heeanse evervh.o,ddv$ co,,l,dn,t 80 -
There was onlv so m,,ct tx,i = a,,7 a,
the wav All tha+ tinia rve o,,lv :, st
tnred sshont fonr n,illihn ,,o,,nds e +,,,;,,a
= wear rh. txvire nj nj hoe i,,,aa,,. ~
creased twice ssnce +he,, 8. ~
we i,,cran sod - f,o,,
hounds to nine noiI1,on nn,,,,as .na
1t Is CAPABLE Of ,,fna q Il.
i'm nnpn51c r a. +r,,n IL IA +l,o nlo u ~,
der the new mana eere,t Spaa Fno+f ,,sars
able to do thar int +ba+ " - :, ~ 1 a,
of the Ma - Nov +ba d,s.a ~ s,,sn otion
that was reated fo,,r va IS ] q ,.,,t1,
plant was. as sav not that +re IA .
was not run vel md dong ua,l h,,tf ,,a-
cause there was not anonr, tw,,,a sto, =, .
aroma and tha Few, :, ,n aa,+ q, +,,a, ~.
ders ear,v we're reea rfad IL s+na,r ,e,o,,.
bors as favorites. and Z great deaI -
clarnor went IN thrnnphnnt g tha7 81 9
that there must be sonnetl,inr wrong With
that insti lon f.overnn,. Ira 5,,ro,,. i,.ea
the peonle III Ia was elected pova,nor 3 g.
this state. that he wo,,ld see y it at+ha
| tWine So n,anufa ct,red shonla IA I'D, a,v,e,, ,,
Is tl,e farmers at cost @I ~ 10 s,,orv go
what has taken nlaces Wolfer had ,,ean
Il charge nf tho 7tyuir Ma y TN naa ru tor
Years. He was the most eff,cient d q ! ],
that 4 have ever seen n that - ) 81 Al, s.
state itnt,or@ IA s. ! !, sorrv q !,
that i,e e not there me re., q,
,vhv he IL not there tad Il. "a a,.r, 81
to inoutra into e '1,t
no cr.eft hle q he@ ], q.
istratt 4, Yhen le was d,scha roaa ~ ra.
1 signed d little over 4 vea : q % c.ov,arnor
Una annoinfaa Z !, e1u ~ J, N, his 81
u Gs 80