The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-10-20
Especial Correspondence.l

we must brush everything else aslde.
Now, what Hanna really meant was
that the republicans consider the pros
perity of the trusts the chief issue 10
insure that everything else must De
brushed aside.
But he literally ana unlh'entionai.,
indcrses the democratic position III
saving that the prosperity OF the "hoie
country is the issue. Inc democrats
contend that we nave hau trus' Plos-
perity and not that ct the whole people
In fact, the masses rave oeeh heaNliy
assessed in order to pie up trust NIL
lions.
There isn't any DOUBT about the rear
fly of trust prosperity. "hen n WIRE
trust makes $l5,O00,QNo IN SIX months
is prosperous. But m oruer 10 40 'ha'
it doubles the price OF oaroeu "ire
the farmers and closes hVe factories,
throwing thousands Of men OUT o.
work.
The republicans oeIeNe
Ing this sort OF trust prosperity
does not matter to them tna' inc "o,N-
man and the farmer nave IesS IMAM 0e
fore the trust was organiAeu'
Trust Prosperity
The coal combine is prosperous. 1t
has a monopoly Of the anthracite eoal
of the world. By working its men long
hours and at low wages it secured the
largest output of Goa. this year that
was ever known in the anthracite neIo.
Recently it has advanced the price OF
coal two dollars a ton TO the
The advance alone nets the coal trust
s2.O0o,O0O a week.
How about the miners who dig the
coal out of the earth? They are not
prosperous. In fact, they have been
so near starvation that they recently
went on strike. Then public attention
was called to the awful conditions I'M
der which the coal combine forced us
men TO work. IN aNerdge wage Vi ~
cents a day only lso Gays q "oIN
last year Inc MINER IurniSHes MS oT Il
blasting powder al s~''o d Aes' ne
could buy 1t Tor " cents from an! ooD!
but the company
The miner never sees ooHar o casn
from one ena OF the year tne o'nei
lie is forced to trade al the company
$780,
per cent. more man even me rus
prices on necessafles IN the open maj
ket.
II MS tsmIy Is IL lne HI"TT mus.
patronlze the company uoctor' eeNel
lives IN the company NUT oy eoul'eS9
called a house.
Inc miners slrlke eauseu the "noi'
country 10 ara" the coutras' pe'"eei
the prosperity OF the coII cohlotne AM
the starvation OF us emP-oyes- q.
Inc republican parry mas naue /
clear that IL 1aYors trusts III lou
years President Mckinney mas NOT ac
quired courage enough 10 lh'erler
with any trust no matter no" mega
or unjust its transactions
Hnnna's Fears.
Now Hanna fears that the miners
strike will defeat the republican part
next month. He is trying to patch U
a compromise which will SEND the me
back to work until after election.
Unfortunately for Mr.. Hanna's plan
the miners want their union recognize
if any concessions are to be mad
They know that if the operators de
with them as individuals all conce
sions are likely to be revoked lmmeo
stely after election. III an advance
wage scale were signed there might
some hope OF permanency.
In any case, the operators Will ma
the consuming pubic pay the bllIs.
the miners go back to work TINS We
at a ten per cent advance IN wages t
public will still be charged with the
per cent. advance which went INTO
feet Immediately after the strike W
declared.
Bryan has called attention to the
plorable conditions under which
miners work. The democratic press
so successfully put before the pub
the justice of the miners deman
that hanna Is Iorceu 10 assume ~
patty for the men which he does