Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-28
DELIVERED AT ST. LOUIS.
SEPTEMBER Is, 1900.
wheat, is more Influenced than any other
farm product by foreign conditions.

WUcdL, Is EOTc Iheli any SsAASA
farm product by foreign conditions.
Advance in Mercha ndisr.
When, however the 1armer attempts to
use his income in the purchase of the ne
cessares of life he finds that the trusts
have raised prices. He must pay more
for lumber, nails, wire, harness. hardware
stoves and agricultural implements. More
also for Oil, sugar, clothing, furnture,
etc, and in addition to these drains upon
his income he must meet an increase IN
federal taxation.
Let the parent calculate how long 1t
Will take farmer to become Independent
under present conditions: let him con-
tiast the lot of the farmer with the lot I
of the man who profits by governmental
favoritism and grows rich by the exploit
alton or his conntrylaen through the IN
strumentality of monopoly, and then
let him answer the question, rs the
young man. Absalom. safe? Has the
farmers son. or the farmer himself any
reason for giving support to the Re-
publican party?
Next to the farmer in point of num-
bers and Importance come the wage-earn-
4 ers. What is the trust doing to increase
the wages, shorten the hours, improve
the condition. or protect the rights of
| the laborinS man? Is mis- present prospect
ali inviting one" Is he receiving fair
share of the proceeds OF his toll? And. II
not. why not? Republicans assert that
tine working man has Full Dinner
| pail" l ask. in the first place, whether
full dinner pail is all that laboring
man needs? 1t is an insult to the wage
| Garner to say that his thoughts en-
tirely conferred upon his physical wants.
Republican speakers and editors assume
that the lahoring man is all stomach.
They act upon the theory that he COM
plains only when he is hungry, and Is
happy whenever his hunger Is appeased.
The Full Dnn-r Pail.
If full dinner pail were the only thing
desired. ami II every laboring man had
plenty to eat, 1. would still be necessary
for the Republican party to show some
connection between Republican policies
and the laboring mans food supply. II
bountlful crops come to the farmer he
does not thank a Republican administra-
ton. II famine abroad raises the price
of farm products here the farmer does
not thank the Republican party for bring
Ing the famine. If an unexpected and an
unpromised il crease in the god supply
gives any respite from financial string
, ency can the Republican party claim
credit! The question is not whether
the laboring man is able to exist under
, present conditions but whether he is en-
, joying his, share of the blessings of the
, country and of the protection OF the gov
eminent. Compare the laboring ran
{ with the trust maSnate, and see which
, fares the best at the hands of the Re
publican party. Enquire also whether
| the laboring mans income has increased
t | as rapidly as his living expenses.
1 But even if every laboring man was
Q prosperous. and even if that prosperity
S could be traced to Republican legislation
0 still the labor,ng man is citizen. and
e must look at political questions from The
% citizens standpoint. He cannot afforC
S to barter away future security: he can
t not afford to sleep while his industrial
9 independence is being destroyed. Neither
can he be enticed into an imperialism
trap, no matter how well the trap ma.
be bated with food
: During the last campaign laboring me,
i. We're threatened with ideness by EN-
le ployers who desired to coerce them int
" the support of the Republican tcKe
~ Many of them We're told not to return t
work unless the Republicans were sue
t. cessful at the polls. After the electio
he some of these employers closed down thei
az shops and others reduced wages If ad
Nances have been made in any branch @
le industry since 1896 remen Der that som
c. advance was necessary to compensate TO
m the reductions which occurred after tn
is last election.
- Coercion In 1896
w A firm in the City of Washington ar
III | nounced shortly before the election
I'd 1896 that 1t would not be able to continu
of in business if was elected. Wei
to into bankruptcy Immediately after elet
ne ton Notwithstanding the fact that il
re candidate was successful at the poll
d. There are indications that this attempt
II intimidation may be resorted to agai
IT. this fall. If a business man feels just
n, fled In holding out the prospect of h
s. own bankruptcy in order to influent
ey voters he cannot complain If his credi
he ors take steps to collect their accoun
es before the election in order to avoid
nd possible loss
is The Chicago-Times Herald of Septen
he Der contained special dispatch fro
re Indianapolis setting forth the complain
TO- made by the anthracite coal miners.
nd the dispatch l read the following stat
he ment made by one of the miners: 1T
an merely question whether the men won
I'd, starve to death at work or Starye in i'd
re. ness" The dispatch also contains t
its following figures in regard to wages, sa
We to have been furnished by a member
Der the national board of the United Mi
tut Workers of America. viz: Average dai
ng wages received by miners, s1.35: avera
lat wage of day men at mines. 80 cents" Al
Der IN the statement to the public giving
not reasons for calling. out the miners. Pre-
-. ers says: The average wages of t
ase anthracite miners for for many years h
nd the parent calculate the annual incor
18th of miner. and figure out, If he ca
the how the miner is going to keep himse
to and support his family under present &C
ditions: and then let the parent ask hi
self whether he is willing to have
son take his chances with the miners.
me it due to natural or to human laws til
IN the producer of wealth fares so moor
70. while the man at the head Of monopt
for
ing All Monopolies Are Bad.
as Those who attempt to divide priv;
70; monopoles into good monopolies and
Ac- monopolies will never make any progr,
geo toward the overthrow of the trusts. Thu
OF is no good monopoly in private ham
MY there never was. and never will
airs With all the advancement in cvilizat
the man is still too selfish to be trusted W
put the absolute control with that which
the fellows must have. The Republican pa
has no remedy for the trusts. Public
the is good, but publicity alone is not su
l el cient. The practices of the trusts m
Ssa' not only be made known. they must
1913. prevented. The Democratic plato
out contains demand for legislation VIII
ave- will place trust made articles on the
the list. There is no doubt that such a
MS would protect the people from much
ON the extortion which is practiced un
the cover of high tariff laws. If ia
duty excludes the foreign product, WI
nor domestic manufacturers combine to r;
v ,ang the price of home product, the Ameri
1885, citizen may be plundered here. while
WING trust sells abroad in competition with