Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-04

dent of the United Mine Workers, sent
me telegram of thanks. Now,
friends. there. is something and let
me tell you it is no easy matter to get
a bill through congress. | make these
suggestions only. because of existing
circumstances. Is 1T the right thing
to take the labor union into politics?
don't believe it is. l believe the la
borer has the right to vote according
/ to principle
The Trusts.
| another question. the trusts, my
! friend has brought up. I do not be-
\ lieve there is a republican, democrat
or populist here who is not opposed to
trusts, but we divide on the methods
of disposing of the evil Let us take
up the platform of the opposition. At
Oskaloosa they declared in favor Of
tariff for revenue only, or free trade.
Now let us discuss this issue. In the
schedules to be lowered the first one
taken UP should be iron and steel, be-
cause it is the NEST glazing of all
trusts. In 1900, 2S1s per cent of all
the steel was made by the trust These
figures were taken from the census re-
nart and MOVE t,i-o, o,r,f,,l,, IA
YEAR there Voc 5o nov cent n,.n,,son
/. tured by the trust and 30 per cent by
its competitors. Now the proposition
is ito take the duty off this article and
destroy the trust by letting the Euro
pean article in. manufactured by Euro
mean pauper labor. If this would kill
of nc ,rsst - NJ, i,;a or
nually is Maid bv tha stenl trrst for
wages and like amount by the COM
Epetitors Of the trust. SIS 900 900 in all.
The m ners also furnish the coal to
run these mills. Now is this the best
manner to solve this. suuastion2. You
can sec what the result world he. IS.
100000 would be token ont of the
pockets of the working mon aud they
would be throuwn, out of enploymeut.
The avenues would be choked with
this vast Industrial army.
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nhe,,o'al 'u''-'fust Jaw was
.ofiou ~ Wy c'e iepnniif''a VT
~ AM u, Use VI the AooiSoD t''fe
aa af steer e pahy the supreme court
.oi''', tllat Wis company was Viola'in%
.ae 'aM altu permanent ln''ncF'Hn
,'ss uS'e'ta. IN ehe sugar tr"s' na.a
. .,, supreme court rulea mat tue
man ~" WIS not operative pe-
cause .he BUSINESS was ceno'ctsh IN
<'llsis elate anu eohgress haH nne't
ms W uo Win ~. Mf. hhoA get an IN
Jtiie.loh asaihsl the .peei trust ana
plsseheeu 'his Sfeal combination o.
oapilsi. ihle - a'othei case ol gov
ihiiieht ny i'Jeiic''oli.
The Injunction.
..'Mr Reese is against iniunctions
both bad and good. He is opposed to
injunctions in any form. They are not
all bad The injunction against the
beef trust and merger will meet with
your approval. He saws he is in fav-
or OF the Hoar bill or the Grosvenor
bill, now called the Hoar-Grosvenor
bill. He wants to go to congress to
vote for it. That bill was passed last
May by unanimous vote, and is now
in the senate, SO If he wants to vote
III o .ha' e ean ne ihusI 80 70 tne senate
srose,na, i, Iis,ro natad e.. u' = IL IL
ean tha t,.ns.a .o We ,ooSu 10 ~ a,om ~,
faHor Of ama S III tha' 4Shor,,,a ani :, =,
- 4be i;r,it -fa, tha o,,nnn 49, ln Of aa an
tur,lina AZ. +,,s,+s, ,hi ph' p LA NJ.
. tit;nn W. W. ~ ott',r,.na ~ Nd =
:. litt1a avner;anoa Win th;s t,;nd If -
/ trust Take the oatmeal factory and
the linseed oil works both Of which
were bought by the trusts and closed
down. A trust that does that commits
grave otfense and that sort OF com
binatlen should be stricken down. It
{ 1t not enough TO amend the Sherman
! law, there must De an amendment OF
the constitution giving congress con
trol OF tne trusts, IN the nity-slAth
J congress an amendment TO the con,
stltution giving congress- the contro,
OF 1hese corporations was introduces
ana Was oeieasea w the ue,aosra a1
pu. ,h se ~. uein '"a,r congie sssi sn
voted dor .he tnn tSat and mn i ieel