The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-27


cred by its management. But IL the Ma
ional Starch company, with headquar-
ters in New York, Is allowed to absorb
this industry the control will be removed
the wishes and interests of the people Of
Nebraska City will have little considera-
ton. ee4
Mr. Charles P. Flint of Boston. is one
of the directors of the United Starch
company, and Mr.. Flint made a speech
in Boston a year ago last May in which
he summed up the advantages of trusts.
One of the advantages mentioned by
him was that raw material could be
bought at lower price because there
would be only one purchaser. Is this to
the interests of those who sell raw ma
terial to the various starch companies!
Another advantage was that the least
productive plants could be closed down
and the work done at the more projec-
tive plants. The people of your town
have already seen distilIery closed down
by the whisky trust. What is to prevent
the Argo company from being closed
down by the starch trust?
POWER OF THE TRUST.
When all the factories belong to one
corporation, the closing down OF one fac-
tory does not bring loss to the corpora
ton because the work can be carried on
somewhere else; but the Argo company
as an Independent company could not
close down without serious loss; there.
fore, the chances are greater n favor or
the local factory being closed down un-
der trust than under independent man
agement. Mr.. Flint also suggested as an
other advantage that IN case of local
fires or strikes the work could be done
elsewhere, without loss. If the employees
of the starch company are urged to sup
port the trust for fear of losing their
employment let me remind them of Mr..
Flints speech. The Argo company as
AN independent company could not af-
ford to close down and turn off It's en-
ployeS, but when the Argo company De
Of hn n
company, the employees have no way or
protecting themselves, because the work
here can be suspended while the employees
ar starved into submission. Under the
trust system. a strike in one factory
brings no loss to the company, but II
does bring great loss to the employees.
Let mo give you case in point. The
Birmingham Age-Hera}d of Sept. Il, con-
tanned the following dispatch from Bes-
semer, Ala: 1855 -+e'
CAN ONLY SUBMIT.
"WorF was resumed at the Central
Foundry comp2ny's plant yesterday. The
men who went out on a strike early last
week returned to work on the company S
terms. The management here is not re-
sponsible for the reduction in wages, 1t
having been ordered by the head ONCE IN
New York, the reduction prevailing
throughout all the plants belonging to
the company.
If an order comes from the head office
in New York to reduce the wages IN All
the starch factories, the men have noth,
ing to do but to submit. The same greed
which leads the trust to raise prices ana
extort from consumers, will allow 1t to
lower wages and do injustice to the en-
ployes.
The attorney general is seeking to en-
force a statute of Nebraska. The law is
a good law and ought to be enforced,
and the people of Nebraska City oughl
to hold a mass meeting to commenq hlm
rather than condemn him. The fusion
forces believe in enforcing both state laws
and national laws against the trusts.
If the Kansas City platform demands
the annihi!ation of all private monopo'
lies and if the Democratic ticket is sue
cessful, / believe legislation VIII De en- en-
acted which will make 1t Impossible for
the National Starch company to buy,
bully or wheedle'' the Argo company
into joining trust, and with the dlsSo-
luton of the starch trust VIII come the
dissolution of all other trusts Wnlch are
now plundering the people.
Mr.. Bryan was followed by Attorney
General Smythe, who said that he had
been Informed he would not be permitted
to speak, but he. had not believed this.
He explained his purpose in bringing the
action which he had instituted saying he
had done nothing more than attempted
to enforce the law of the state. HIS puf-
pose was not to close the starch factory,
hut his only object was to preserve 1t as
an independent enterprise. Mi. Smythe
received respectful attention.
He was followed by Hon. j. Hamilton
Lewis, former congressman from the
state of Washington, who made a gen
erai political speech Mr.. Bryan returned
to Lincoln tonight He starts at o clock
tomorrow morning On a general tour OF
the country not to return to Nebraska
until a few days before election.