Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1900-10-19
A TRUST sMAshERs HOLIDAY.

The Democratic party" said Mt.
Bryan. In his Indianapolis speech OF
ncceptance, ''hns no desire. to discour-
age Industry" Mr.. Bryan's repeated
assertion of sympathy with the farmer
and the working man are well known.
Such arc Mr.. Brynn's professions. Yet
as the direct result OF Mr.. Bryan's ct.
forts Nebraska Is threatened with the
loss Of Its second largest manufacture
Ing Industry using raw material from
the farm.
In 1857 residents OF Nebraska City
organized the AEIo Starch company
aud built 4 factory. The concern has
been continuously prosperous For
many years IL has given steady en-.
ployment to nearly 800 persons paid
them each year from $4,000 to $780,
coo In wages, and bought each year
10000 bushels Of corn from the
ncighboring farmers.
In 1900 tho ArIo Company sold It's
plant for cash to the United States
S,arrh Company, which In turn sold Il
to tlle National Starch Company. Tho
Areo and United companies divided
their assets and wcrc dissolved. Their
shareholders had made good profit
aud were perfectly satisfied. The fac.
tory continued In operation. II still
working with full force. and neither Its
employees nor the farmers who sell Il
corn make any complaint.
But AIR. Bryan was anxious to give
the country nn object lesson" SO he
STIRRED his friend Smy'hc. the Popul!st
attorney general OF Nebraska. to begin
action against the National Starch
Company ms q trust. II this suit should
succeed the ArSo factory would be
closed. 800 people thrown out OF work.
and the nci;hbor!nI farmers deprived
OF an assured market for 100000
bushels OF corn each year. Ruin starcs
Nebraska City In the face. for one
third OF It's population Is directly IN
tcrcstcd In the starch factory. Con-
sclucnily the people OF that unfortun-
alto town raised such n clamor that ON
Wednesday evening Mr.. Bryan went
there TO excuse and defend his attack
upon them.
glad TO sacrifice their property and en-
ploymcnt TO the cause OF trust-smash-
ing. and rcbukcd them for defending n
trust" Then he consolcd them with
this promise: IF. by the aid OF the pco-
pie OF this county and state. am made
president. win do all can TO dissolve
the starch trust and leave the Argo an
independent Nebraska City company"
He did not explain how he could COM
pei dissolved corporation to resume
business, or how he could force Its
former shareholders to operate n fac
tory which they sold at profit and
We're paid for more than year ago.
That the people OF Nebraska City per-
mittcd Mr.. Bryan to speak without any
proves them to be strictly
and courteous.
The policies OF former presidential
have been assailcd as tend
ing to destroy industry and throw men
out Of work. Mr.. Bryan is the first
presidential candidate to take direct
measures to deprive farmers OF an as
sured market and to throw 300 work.
ing men and women into the street.
Tho American people have In Mr..
Brynn's attempt to ruin Nebraska City
an "object lesson" In his love for the
farmer and the laborer which they
should not forget. For such a deliber-
alto assault upon the work and wages
of hundreds Of people, merely to make
a trust-smnsher's holiday, recent indus
trial history affords no parallel.-Chi.
cago Inter Ocean.