Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-04
letter D bryan
y. Sterling Morton Replies to Bry-
ans Assertions Regarding the
Starch Factory.
The Nebraska City Concern Not
in the Trust Politics in
the Suit
Asserts That the Nandamus Case
is Purely For Partisan
Effect.

Nebraska City, Oct. AIN the Cons
sentative Of yesterday j. Sterling Nor
ton replies to Mr.. Bryan's speech in-
dorsing the action of the attorney gem
eral of Nebraska in trying to close the
starch factory at this place. Mr.. Nor
ton, among other declarations, says:
The men whom Bryan has the ef-
frontery to try to warn the people of
Nebraska City against are the men
who, with their friends. built the starch
years Of starch making in Nebraska,
but who. without state aid or in.erfer-
ence,# put another 100000 into a contin
suation of the starch making experiment
and successfully established this indus
try in Nebraska. They have renewed
their cereal mills and in the last two
years put 100000 into them. paid out
in ten years several millions of dollars
to farmers for corn and oats to be mans
ufactured into goods right here in Ne
braska and employ between 800 and 400
men and women at good wages.
zone of the men whom Bryan de>
nounces as an enemy to the community
gave the city a free library. another Co.
mated beautiful park and all have
shown by their works rather than
words their interest in the prosperity
and happiness of the people of Nebras- :
ka City. These are the men Who sug>s
gested and organized the United Starch
Company and accomplished In law
full way the consolidation of other COM
panies with the Argo, absolutely con-
trolled by property owners Of Nebraska
City. They bought stock in the Ma
tional Starch Company until they and
those acting with them controlled that
company. That Nebraska City inter-
est. control the National Starch Com
Spanys is evident from the fact that JOY
Morton is chairman of the executive
committee and Carl Morton director
When Col Bryan knows more about
the truth he will know that the peoplelof
Nebraska City are rot in favor OF the
destruction Of the company operating
the local factory. .Alegedly it is trust.
legally it is not. Bryan and his attor-
ney general know this. They know, too.
5 that the suit against the starch WORKS
was inspired by political, personal and
other considerations. rather than a re-
gard for law. If it Was not. Why delay !,
If they intend to compel men who own
property and bring money into the state
{ to vote their ticket or leave, why not act
promptly now and demonstrate their
imperialism.
The National Starch Company is not
a trust as that term is legally defined
by the court of appeals of the state OF
%1,,o sfaf5e al
E New York. respondent, w. North River
Sugar Refining Company. The action
brought against it is designed to annoy
Iii, put it to expense and also to prove
that Bryan and his populist associates
are inimical to industrial plants which
i paw wages 70 hundreds and work up
millions of dollars of raw material each
year 1t is notice for capital to get out
Of sNebra ska. and keep out. 1t is ban
ishment for many wage earnera in the
state.
..As the National Starch Company is
lawfully formed, doing legitimate bus
mess. meeting its obligations promptly,
and dealing fairly and justly With all
1T would be foolish corpora ton topaz
one cent 10 defend its right in an I'm!
friendly court. into which fusion poll
tics has dragged it for purely partisan
purposes.
disaster is desired by Bryan. fIe8car
rot live politically without calamity
When God and nature have this veal
made distress Impossible by kindly Civ,
/ irg8 goodScrops, health and prosperity II
the people. Bryan and Smythe propose
artificial calamity by legal process
is essential to fusion success. For tina
success thee two men would sacrific,
capstal. property, Wage-earners anf
Nebraak City itself.
They are twin dynamos to genera Il
discomfort, to paralEze prosperity am
SKATER thrift. They are mere plono
graphs of political piracy in the city o
1 New York. which has corrupted anf
robbed that municipality FIR a genera
4 ton Their chief hacker and cashier i
. Croker. the plunderer, the blackleg ant
ou.cast
aAnd this, brace of philanthrepist,
I have the supreme audacity to appear il
Nebraska City as Amounted prophets an,
protectors and admonisll the people .
this town to beware of citizens who 70
n forty years have been faithfully at wor,
to build up a prosperous and contenta'
\ community. These salf-appointed guar
s dians of the economic and manufacture
ing welfare of Nebraska City ask yol
i to vote for them. TO vote for the de
struction Of Nebraska City. for sdasola
ton instead Of thrift, for silence an,
!. solitude. where now the hum of whir
ring wheels the rattle of machinery an
the songs Of contented industry are
constant symphony.
Between these iourneynen exhorter
/. for discomfort and disastero on the on
hand and the men and interests, VIII
have established your best industries
choose ye.''
he RENOUNcEs DEMOCRACY.
Col. Campbell, Noted Ohio Demo
crat. Will support Mckinley.
Chicago, Oct. 4.-Col. James r. Camp
bell of McLeansboro, Hamilton county
walked into republican state headquar
tn foI hrie.f