The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-09-05
,rie Outlools In Ohio.

The reports from, Ohio are most
encouraging for the Democrats.
The candidacy of Mayor Jones for
Congress in the Toledo district
has alarmed the Hanna and MoKin-
ley managers, for it is assumed it
will take with it to the support of
Bryan the. 10000 citizens who
voted for Jones for governor last
fall. That would much moro than
wipe out the $4,000 pluPaiity
Mckinley had in Ohio in 1896
He will also lose great majority
of the Germans who supported him
four years ago. He will lose the
votes of all the anti.imperialiet or
carnations and the Gold Demo
Gratis, with very few exceptions.
Besides that, Ohio is full of men
out eff employment because of the
trust system, for which Mckinley
is held responsible. The Demo
Gratis always make an earnest, end
" ell-orgenized battle in Ohio.
More than half the counties are
Democratic. They will exceed all
previous efforts this year. We do
not regard Ohio as certain for
Bryan as Indiana, but we believe
it is moro certain than New York.
AS a sample of conditions in Ohio,
we give brief interview Mr..
Creelman had with ono of num-
Der of skilled mechanics at Toledo,
who were thrown out of employ
ment by the trusts and forced to
work on the public streets at half
their usual wages:
GLOW much pay wore you get
ting as q mechanic2"
1.-Two dollars AMI half q day"
"What are you getting now?"
"a dollar and half day"
"Why don't you try to get work
ct your trader"
"The trusts are shutting down
work in order to keep up prices. l
walked the streets idle for five
weeks, and [ had hard work to get
job even here"
"Then you are losing q dollar q
day9"
cause [ can't work in stormy
weather"
"Then where is the prosperity
the workingmen are enjoying"
"I haven't seen any signs of
prosperity" 49,.
"How about the full dinner pail2"
The three men laughed.
"We can't be fooled a second
time" said the leader of the three
"You are getting less money than
you used to get. Isthe cost of liv
ing less?"
mo, sir. 1t costs half again as
much to live now as it used to
The price of every thing has gone
up, especially meat"
care you married?"
eyes, we are all married and have
children"
"Do you find many men out of
work now?"
toledo is full of them; hundreds
had to go away. I haven't known
of SO many idle mechanics since
1893
"But it is said that everybody is
at work; at least the Republicans
party says So"
Its deliberate falsehood. You
can go about among the men and
ask them. There are thousands
and thousands out of work in this
county alone. The trusts are forc-
ing men to give up their trades and
go to day labor"
Wherever he went Mr. Creelman
found the same state of facts ex-
listing The trusts have thrown
thousands out of employment at
their regular trades, and they are
forced to go on the public works
as day laborers at half their
usual wages and many of them
fall under this seYerer labor.
All this makes the trust issue
moro important in Ohio than any1
other question. Mark Hanna
showed an appreciation of it by
having his last Republican State
convention pass resolution de-
nouncing trusts. The trouble is
the people refuse to accept the res
olution as honest or truthful. 1T
is regarded merely as Hanna
strategy.-Pittsburg Post.
HOW DO You Like 1t?
August Both, 1900, all grades of
refined sugar was advanced five
cents per hundred pounds. This
means an advance in the retail
price; and also means another $780,
600 900 et AZ, t,cs rN,.,,,4 >.