Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1900-10-20

1 The reform" press bureau issued a
j tWo-page supplement last week, which,
as a pipe-dream, is more marvellous
creation than the Arabian Nights. One
| page is devoted entirely to pictures
which are fearfully and wonderfully
made, and are supposed to typify vari-
| Gus trusts 1t argues that they are
| the result of an Ubiquitous tariff" In
| this galaxy of art" the round cotton
/ bale trust of Chairman Jones, Of the
| Democratic national committee, and
| the Tammany ice trust of Dick Croker
are conspicuous by their absence
Neither is there any record of the
united opposition of the Democratic
members of congress to the measure
introduced in that body for the control
Of the trusts. Nor does there appear,
; anywhere on the sheet, any explana-
ton Of Gov. Lind's failure to enforce
the antitrust law we have in Mime
! sofa. A diligent perusal Of the sheet
also fails to reveal any explanation Of
! why free trade England is the home
Of trusts. aassss..---~.
The author Of the poster either be-
trays a lamentable lack of knowledge
Of the agricultural resources Of Min
nesota, or else deliberately insults the
intelligence of his readers. He esti-
mates the grand total valuation of all
the crops in Minnesota in the year 1889
at $44,000,000 of which $37, 000 900 is for
wheat, and 100000 for corn. He pos
sibly is not aware that Minnesota
farms produce such other products as
oats, rye, barley and other grains, po-
tatoes, dairy products, hay, live stock,
ETC., etc. The farmer who reads his
figures will indulge in a little joyous
mirth at the expense of the reform"
author.
One of the best jokes in this really
very humorous sheet, is it's statement
concerning binder Irvine. After stat
ing that the price of trust" sisal
Irvine, on March 4, 1900 was cents
(the state prison Irvine selling for 10
cents) it concludes with: "Under Gov
Lind's administration Of the state
Irvine plant, competition has, in part,
broken down trust prices"
The farmer who has watched the
course of the state Irvine industry
since it's inception, knows that under
past Republican administrations the
state has sold it's prison Irvine at from
8 to 10 cents a pound less than outside
Irvine was sold at. The very first year
under a Democratic management was
the first year that the outside Irvine
sold for a less price than the state
could manufacture it's product.
Which party has benefited the farm
err?
Two years ago the self-constituted
"reformers'' made for their campaign
cry: Remember the twine!" The
people are remembering the twine'
this year, but not at all to the salts
faction Of Lind and his machine.
without a single issue to stand on,
nor single creditable achievement to
point to, the fusion leaders now seek
to distract attention from their short
comings by another manufactured
campaign slogan: Remember the
trusts!' This cry Of "stop thief!'
raised by the fleeing criminal will not
work a second time. The people will
remember the trusts" and will also
bear in mind that Gov Lind has had
the power to remedy any abuses by
trusts. or combines. He has that pow
er now, and why doesn't he use it, If
such evils exist, instead of wandering
up and down the state, asking the vot-
ers to re-eleet him. so that he can do
it?