Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-07-13
FROM KANSAS CITY.
Mr.. MALONEY, AFTER A"SWING,"
ARRIVES At MECCA.

Mr.. MAlONEY, AFTER A SWING" )"
ARRIVES At MECCA.
he Traverses Many States With an Eye Open
for Indicators and Results - He Finds the
People Feel the Oppression of Trusts and
Understand Its Cause and Remedy - Some
Instances Given-Effects Upon the Farmer
Have Set Him to Thinking - The Demo-
cratic Delegates Represent all Ranks Of Men
The Washington sation-tiart Making
Fool Of Himself. as Usual. This Time Pa.
radins in Borrowed Plumase - Col. Lewis
Finds Washington Delegation Solid for Him
Is Elected an Honorary Member Of the DEL
esation.
KANSAS CITY, July 9, 1900.
ED. STANDARD:
To keep my promise with you it is
about time l commence my record"
and give some account of myself and
the balance of the world ou tside OF our
own State, so far as have seen it.
Since leaving home, on June 10th. l
have traversed the States of Idaho,
Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa.
Wisconsin,, Illinois and portions Of In
diana, Michigan, Missouri and Kansas.
Have been on the ego" nearly all the
the time, sleeping in Pullmans" the
greater portion of it.
The" Storm King" was my advance
agent, and was kind enough to clay
the dust" not only in Montana, but
in Nebraska, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan
and Missouri. Because of this, l had
cool trip the entire distance, and
struck no hot waves until to-day, in
Kansas City.
find that the advance Agent OF
Prosperity" has not been so good 10 all
portions of the East as one would be
led to believe if his reading be confined
to Republican newspapers. In nearly
every portion Of the East which have
visited, the withering blight of some
Trust" has slain one or more of its
victims. A notable example is Goshen,
Indiana, one of the oldest manufacture
ing cities in the State. The number OF
idle smoke stacks, each controlled by
some trust, are about as numerous as
those from whose tops smoke darkens
the sky. The trusts bought the
plants, good will, ETC., ran them awhile
and then closed down; the cause as
signed being "Material too costly"
But the poor mechanic has been forced
to 60 to other cities, and as a result
offsets the price of material by lower.
ing the price Of wages. It's estimated
that 1000 mechanics have thus been
disposed of in Goshen alone, and as a
consequence Goshen is duller city to-
day than ever before.
What is said of Goshen may be ap.
piled to Elkhart and South Bend, in
in the northern portion, and every city
the famous "Gas Belt" OF the mid
die portion of Indiana.
Adrian, Michigan, is famous for
its manufactures of "Woven Wire
Fence" Foremost among them is the
Page Wire Fence Company, employing
something like 400 men. The "Wire
Trust" gave this company terrible
squeeze, so much so that it was forced
to close down. But Mr.. Page is Bit
terly antitrust, and gathered sufficient
capital to erect q small wire mill OF
his own, in Pennsylvania, and is now
operating his mill again. The "wire
trust" now propose to lower the price
to such point as will force him out
OF business. He anticipates life-and-
death struggle, but has the option of
trying it or selling out to the trust.
visited this factory four years ago.
At that time four out of every six were
Republicans. To-day nine out of ev-
cry ten are Democrats. Because of
this trust matter it will not surprise
me to see Indiana as we'll as Michigan
give Bryan an overwhelming majority.
Everywhere the poor farmer has all
he can do to make ends meet. He is
the under dog in this mad rush of
commercialism," and nobody seems
TO care whether he survives or not.
One Of my greatest surprises, politi'
cally, found in the township of Rol-
lin, Lenawee county, Michigan, my
old home. / can recall the day away
back in the seventys where five OF us
met and organized a Greenback Par
ty" in that township. We worked in
season and out OF season for the ad-
vancement of our cause, and at the
succeeding election cast about 20 votes
in a poll of about $50; the remainder
being Democratic and Republican in
proportion of four of the latter to one
OF the former. To-day that township
is in the hands of the "Free Silver
Party" being fusion of Democrats,
Silver Republicans and Prohibitionists
who together outnumber the Repnbli-
cans by 80 votes. in poll of 425. In
1896 Mckinley had about 10 over Bry-
an. They promise this year to more
than reverse the situation by giving
Bryan so over Mckinley, and they
will do it.
Kansas City is all astir. She is fill
ing up with men of all degrees as 10
wealth and standing-clearly Demo-
cratic. Several delegations having
| millionaires as we'll as those who toll
for daily wage.
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