Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-09-27
.OOSEvELT'S TOUR
HELPS THE DEMOCRATS
augh Rider Continues to Make
Votes for Bryan and
Stevenson,
s'k'NLEY's SHALLOW LETTER
Analysis OF Some of the "Gcms" tn
His Acceptance Enist!c "a
Eryan's Cause March
iu, On.
e'KlNLEY's SHALLOW LETTER

His Acceptance Enst!c -.
Elyan's Cause March
iH, On.
Washington, Sept. 10. ROOSEVELT is
getting very weary of mis- western
trip. He manages to offend voters ev-
crNMhcre he goes. The workingmen
of Chicago showed their open HOSTILE
ty to him ON Labor day. They Ntdused
him of faNoring militarism and gov
eminent by injunction.
Roosevelt has put !; good many in
ju'licious things in print and at each
place he speaks there is Il snowstorm
OF handblls from some unknown
source containing quotations from his
works. One is where hn tells OF the
brutal and vicious traits of cowboys,
but declares they are much better
fellows and ple;lsanter companions
than small farmers or agricultural la
borcrs. nor are the mechanics and
wcrkmen of Il great city to be mem
toned in the same breath
This sort OF thing is not likely TO
influence the farmer and mechanic
vote for Mr.. Roosevelt:
Then when he discusses trusts he
urges publicity and Wise legislation.
ignoring the fact that the last con-
eress, republican in both branches.
considered al, antitrust amendment
to the constitution and amended the
Sherman law in the house. but bot h
measures were wilfully buried i'm the
senate. The republicans had the pow
Inn al
trusts and combinations.
Mckinley in his letter of accept
ance says: sit is better for the work
man to have the short day than the
short dollar"
Yes, but NJ. Mckinley, YOU have
the short dollar
The recent congress. republican, re-
fused to pass the eight hour law for
men working ON government con-
American Federation of Labor, said
that had this law been passed the
moral effect would have been so great
have been made the standard by pri=
waite employers.
No, Mr.. Mckinley, you have net Civ
en- the workman the short day:
How about the short dollarl
a dollar is worth what it will p,ir-
chase. Trust prices for the neces-
saries of life have gone up from Is 10
30 per cent in he last three years.
a dollar will purchase from 10 to 40
Per cent less for the wage workers
4 - IN "
on have given the wage worker and
the farmer the short dollar
1t might be alleged that the wage
workers have had wages increased.
OF course, many things might have
happened which didn't. lin 1899 few
of the skilled trades succeeded in get
ting Il slight increase of wages
through their unions. The unorga1l-
ICED men got no increase.
What is the condition today9 The
cotton mills of Massachusetts are GO
ing to reduce wages 10 per cent this
week and give only three days work
per week.
The steel and iron plants all over
the country are idle.
To cap he climax. more than il0,-
coo miners are on strike in Pennsyl-
Nania for living wages. Their pay
averages so cents day i'm these times
OF Mckinley prosperity and they
have had emily about four days work
IL week for months.
This is likely TO he the greatest
strike in the history OF the country.
1T is Il struggle between the coal bar
ons and those whom they regard as
| their serfs. The general public will
suffer, too, because the coal combine
4 ton will put up prices and ailege that
| he strike has caused II shortage of
coal This is not true. but prices
will ;ro up just the same. The pub
lie will have II great object lesson in
| the power Of the trusts which have
been so carefully fosteved by the adj
| ministrntiGn.
President Mckinley has given up
| he Chinese puzzle and retired to Cam
ton to give personal attention TO his
glow and unsuccessful campaign.
He lost his opportunity to prove
| himself Il statesman in the Chinese
trouble. Our troops will not be re-
moved except to the coast and will be
qnartcred there to await operations
i'm the event of MclNinleN's re-elcc-
! tion.
The situation grows worse in the
Philippines, and it is we'll for The
farmer and workman TO remember
that the carrying on Of this Phillip
| pine war has meant a reduction OF
per cent in their average yearly in
4 come.
iou are paying the tax for carry
ing this war of conquest. 1t is not
enriching your fields or providing YOU
with markets. DO you want more
of III?
A Porto Rican newspaper published
at San Juan gives some of he rea-
SONS why he Porto Ricnns are dis
satisfied with the Omitted States:
because we have been granted
4 nothing OF what we were promised,
and because our condition is that of i,
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rAAATI,L SWIMMING Pool.
One in w. Il. Nandcrbi.cs New Man.
sion Will Cast sl,OOO,ooD.
William *. Vanderbilt, the senior
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