Willmar tribune., 1900-03-14

If the American ticket should be
Bryan and Caldwell, it might be called
the "A. B. c." ticket, and everybody
could understand it.
The flour mill trust has gone to pieces,
but only temporarily; is merely spit.
ting on its hands to get a better hold
incidentally the dupes who placed their
money in the trust stock will be
squeezed out and the slick geesers who
stay in get the cream. Meanwhile the
thousands of men out Of employment
by the consultations of which these
failures are an incident, will have time
to reflect on the beauties of Republican
gold standard administration.
And the growth Of trusts goes on at
the same rate as formerly. In January
New Jersey chartered $40, 900, 900, West
Virginia $55, ,000, 900, Delaware $12, ,00O.-
600, and other trust favoring states $685.
600, 900; total for January, 1908, ,OOo, 900,
against $500, 900, 900 all told in Decem-
Der. The grand total now exceeds 600
trust corporations, with capital of $1O,.
GOO, 900 900, which the people must pay
dividends on, water and all.
If flour trust has not yet paid there
are plenty of the trusts which have.
American Steel and Wire declares div
idend of per cent on it's $4,000, 600
preferred stock, and has left of 1899
earnings enough for 18 per cent on it's
common stock of $50, ,OOO,O Standard
Oil has just declared a 25 per cent quar-
terly dividend on it's capital of $780,
600, 900, which rate will duplicate it's
capital in single years profits. Stand
ard Oil raked in $25, 200, 900 profits from
raising oil 8 cents per gallon recently.
And speaking of Bryan's now almost
certain election, the Springfield (Mass.)
Republican, which opposed him in
1896, gives the figures of Bryan's tre-
mendous and constantly increasing
strength, which we thus summarize:
In 1898, '94 and '95 the Democrats lost
every Northern state, and were defeated
in six Southern states. Bryan on the
Chicago platform, the adoption of
which sent one-third of his delegates
out to sulk, or secretly oppose him,
carried all the states that remained
Democratic in 1895, and gained eleven
states, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota,
Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado,
North Carolina, Tennessee, Washing
ton and Wyoming and, with few
hundred votes more, would have had all
of Kentucky and California, of which he
received one electoral vote in each. He
cut the Republican majorities in
Indiana and Ohio down one-half or
more, and carried Kansas by $4,000
when the Republicans had carried it by
10000 the year before. This year
Bryan will have the cordial and en-
thusiastie support Of his reunited party,
and the allies will be recruited by thou
sands on thousands of Republicans leav-
ing their party on account of imperial
ism, the reign of the trusts, and the
surrender of their party body and
breeches to the money power in the gold
standard banking bill.
And while Standard Oil boosts kero-
sene, the match trust commences to use
cross grained wood in order that matches
may break on being scratched and in
crease the consumption. But the farmer
goes right along enjoying his SO cent
wheat, while barb wire, binding twine,
nails, lumber and all else that he needs
is boosted under Republican admins
tration.
Hurray for the Mckinley trust ad-
mipistration! Barb wire and kerosene
up, wheat and cotton down!
The best estimates obtainable, as to
the travelling men affected by the trusts,
are that the number laid off in 1899 ex-
ceeded 10000. At the low average of
1900 per month-and the trust salesmen
doubtless averaged twice that, salary
and expenses-this means aloss Of $780,
000,0 600 to travelling men, railroads,
hotels, etc., which sum goes to trust
presidents at salaries equal to that Of
the president Of the United States, and
to pay immense dividends on real and
watered stocks.
The weeks biggest chunk of Twin
City prosperity" has been the sale un-
der the hammer, of the celebrated Guar
anty Loan building, Minneapolis. Cost
ing, land and building, up into the mil
lions, it brought at foreclosure sale,
rising of $570, 900, the amount of &C.
crued claims under the mortgage The
ownership is said to be between Thomas
Lowry and one of the New York banks,
who it is said will redeem. But what
of the part they do not "redeem," rep
resenting the peoples thousands on
thousands, the shrinkage in property
values, and the dollars wrung from peo.
pie in the Menage swindles? Echo
answers what.
On account Of the low price Of wheat,
Senator Knute Nelson has introduced
bill to increase Surveyor General
Warmers salary! During all the years
of great labors in that Office, the pay has
been sufficient, but now that the sur
veys are being completed, and the work
of the Office next to nothing, the pay
must go up. That's like it's simply
Hannacratic, not to say Nelsonian-for
Senator Knute is very fond of caring for
the poor (politicaD farmer. And, be-
sides if there ever was a real poor such
farmer" it is Eli s. G. s. G.
Just Like a Ranor.
The other day man walked up to the
nae chior'n anSk IN a 1ar0o cfnol> >h,.oL