The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-27
AGAINST 1T TRADE UNIONS AND
COMMUNITIES ALIKE ARE
POWERLESS
NEBRASKA CITY STARCH WOgkS
WILLIAM j. BRYAN NARRATES
THEIR ABSORPTION BY THE
NATIONAL
THEY POINTED WITH PRIDE
AT the ArgO Manufacturing Com
pany as an Independent Con-
cern, and. LO. 1t Was
Swallowed.

NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., Sept. 26.-
Hon w. ]. Bryan spoke here to large
crowd tonight The speech had been
looked forward to with much interest be-
cause Mr.. Bryan had announced that he
would deal with the trust question, as af-
fected by the suit instituted by Attorney
General Smythe, to annul the sale of the
Argo starch works of this city to the
National Starch company popularly
known as the starch trust. Mr.. Bryan
came down from Lincoln this afternoon
He was accompanied by Mrs. Bryan and
personal friends and also by quite num-
her of supporters from Lincoln and other
towns on the way. The party occupied
a special train and was met at the rail-
road station by two or three marching
clubs and by large number OF other au-
nlirers, whe escorted the party to the
Grand Pacific hotel. When the meeting
began at half past 8, there was little
rain falling and the weather was ex-
tremely chilly The unfavorabre weather
did not have the effect of dispensing the
crowd. however They held on bravely,
most of them remaining to the ena-
There were not many unfriendiy inter
rupitons, but evidently some had been
expected, for previous to the meeting
the mayor fthe city issued ali order
saving that there had been rumors OF
trouble and warming against It. the
meeting was held in the court house
grounds and the people stood under the
trees and much Of the time in the rain'
while Mr.. Bryan spoke. He plunged into
the local trust question at the very be-
rinninp of his speech, speaking substan-
TALLY as follows:
MR.. BRYAN's ADDRESS.
prorninent Republican has accused
the Democrats of representing the forces
of lawIessness. l mention TINS Decauee
the Republicans of NeprasKa lily e.eoo I!ane
met and protested against the enforce
ment of a statute of the state Oh Ne
braska, and a Republican judge was
chairman of the resolutions committee.
While the meeting was called non par piI
tisan one its purpose was purely poht-
tcal, and it is worth while to note tnat
the Republicans seem better ape 70 en- en-
force the statutes against petty offend
ers than they are to enforce the stat
utes against great corporations.
The attorney general has commenced
Droceedings not to destroy a local man
ufacturing establishment, but 10 pre-
vent the manufacturing establishment
from entering into trust. In tn1S CON
nection it may be we'll to note the dlner-
ent steps which have been taken: 1he
Argo Manufa cturing company, OF, Ne
ton AS evidence of this prosperity,
quote from the Conservative (publsned
by ex5Secretary Of Agr1leuiG14itre Git1 y MoS S'er-
1898 Here is what the Conservative
says:
POINTS WITH PRIDE.
therefore, when the Conservative
points with pride to the Argo factory al
Nebraslka City, which turns out thirty
IONS of starch every tSHenty-four houlS,
finds markets therefor, and successfully
competes in America and Europe with
the national starch trust, 1t Is not In
extenuation or mitigation Of any views
expressed heretofore. It is merely ir-
refIltal1le evidence of the fact that no
.omhine of capitaI can crush out well
managed private concern. Nebraska City
In its cereal mills and Argo factory has
two successful plants which no trust
has as yet been able tc buy or wheedle.
They plainly illustrate the fact that In
telligent competition can enter the mar
kets against all trusts ana trluInphahtiy
1t viii be seen that the National
Starch company is denounced as trust,
Argo company was able to compete
with the trust, and that no trust had Jet
been able to buy, bully or wheedle the
About the 1st of September, 1899, a few
months after the editorial comment Of
which I have just read, the Argo com
pany Joined the United States Starch
company, and the Conservative of Sept.
q, 1893. quoted an article from the Com
take the following extract:
FROM THE FINANCIAL WORLD.
Ever since the starch trust, or Ma
tionaI Starch Manufacturing company,
bean business there has been talk
among those manufacturers of starch
who Temain outside of it of the forma-
ton of a strong competitive organiZa-
tion and this we have now the pleasure
of recording has been brought to pass.
There has just been organized under
the laws of the State of New Jersey,
with capital of s6,O00,0O0, powerful
concern under the style of the United
Starch company, which is consolidation
or combiNation Of the only four starch
manufacturing concerns in the United
Wego starch factory, the American Glu-
ufacturing company, of Nebraska City,
works, owned by Dyer & Co.
These concerns are the largest ana
most important manufacturers of fine
grades of starch in the United States
and their transactions are in the aggre-
gate of enormous magnitude. About a.
year later, that Is In ,odo august OF, Sep
was taken and the United States Starch
company joined the trust. First we
have an Independent company, CROWN q
and prospering upon its merits; second
this independent company joins other
companies to fight the starch trust and
third, this Independent company with
( It's associates, joins the starch trust and
competition is at last destroyed. If any
citizen of Nebraska City thinks that
this starch company is not trust let
him read the extracts from the Conserv-
atIYe which I have quoted, and he will
hnd that this organization has been
recognized at all times as a trust.
Mr. Bryan then quoted extensively
from editorial articles In the Conserva-
i've showing hostility to trusts Com
nenting IN a general way, Mr.. Bryan
said:
CONSISTENCY A JEWEL.
II the. people of Nebraska defend the
starch trust they must be prenared s-to to
defend all other trusts, for it Is irnnoso
Eible for them to destroy trusts located
elsewhere and defend trust loeafe5 IN
their own city,, Are the people of Ne- e.
braska City willing to subject themselves
and their countrymen to the extortion
praeticed by all the trusts in order 70
maintain one trust which has one fac.
tory in their city? As q matter of fact, act
the people-of Nebraska City are interest
I'd in the starch trust more thar
the people Of other parts of the
uate. When the Argo was an
Independent company it was CON
tFolled by citizens of Nebraska CITY and
Nebraska City interests could be consid-