Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-01
The SOCIALISTS, CONTENTION.

1t Is hardly necessary to state that
the Third congressional district will be
\ the focal point Of political interest this
year. not alone as the result of the
Henderson fiasco, but because all four
PARTIES are preparing to make vigor-
GUS campaign. The republicans. demo.
Gratis, prohibitionists and socialists are
i arranging to make strong effort for
%heir shares OF the sheaves. The so
\ cialists intend to enlist the services Of
1 Prot James Mills. who is in charge OF
y their International school Of correspon-
dence with headquarters at Kansas
( City to conduct their campaign in belief
Il Of their candidate. Mr.. Lymburner, OF
Dubuque. They profess anxiety to de-
4 bate the proposition laid down In Mr..
Boies' letter Of acceptance that with
drawal OF tariff protection is the one
& remedy for the unique and overshad-
owing evils" with which this country
ID threatened by the trusts. Of which
the anthracite coal combine 10 cited as
. most odious example.
According to the Dubuquo Times,
which summarizes their plea. these So
cialists, who favor q patarnal govern
ment or cooperation commonwealth,
will declare that the deplorable condi-
tions which exist today in the anthra-
cite region are the legitimate fruits Of
private ownership Of the bounties Of
nature and the tools Of production.
They say that the one remedy proposed
by Mr.. Boies ts not the one remedy and
10 in fact no remedy at all. They say
that, with anthracite worth $40 per ton.
{ the removal OF the tariff Of 81 cents per
ton on the bltuminous article would not
reduce the price Of anthracite below
1883 and that withdrawal Of the tariff
could by no possibility have the effect
Of destroying the coal trust. They say
that II Mr.. Boies' free trade remedy
were applied all the evils against which
his soul has risen in arms would not
only continue but would be accentuated
by the distress of men thrown out of
employment and by the lowering Of
wages, due to increased competition for
! the places at the disposal Of the trust
barons. They declare that the competi-
tive system and not any particular rev.
enue policy Is the cause Of the misery
found in protected America and to a
greater degree In free trade England.
They say Ireland has free trade because
England has forced this policy upon her
and that II free trade were remedy for
strikes and poverty in Ireland andthere
strikes in England and no poverty in
Ireland and no emigration Of Irishmen
to the United States for the purpose OF
lettering their condition. They say
that IL the relation OF master and SER
want IL to continue 1t can not matter to
the workingmani particularly whether
the establishment Of which his boss is
lat the head is large or small. They say
1.-THE petty boss or corporation is as mer-
|ciless and grasping as the great boss or
and that the wOrkingmen
will continue to be cheated until they
ret rid Of the bosses altogether. They
hay the trust, the great industrial COM
Ibination, has come to stay, that 1t Is J
product Of evolution and that the poll
ticians who promise to destroy 1T IL the
people will only elect them to Office
hixht as well promise to abolish the de-
bartment store and give us back the
lays Of the peddler and his pack or
Abolish the railroad and restore the
Stage coach and the canal boat. They
lay the question to be decided by the
Forkngmen is not whether the tariff |
bolicy Of the United States or the free
arade policy Of England shall be abol-
shed, but whether the competitive SYST