The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-10-17
Carson Letter.

EDITOR COURIER: George F. Baer
is President of the Reading Railroad,
and one of the leading representatives
of the anthracite coal mine workers of
Pennsylvania. Coal mine workers en-
joy protection of 70 cents per ton
through the tariff The proportion of
men enjoying the benefits of the tariff
to those who pay it is infnitisimal.
The miners employed in the anthracite
region have been on strike for over %
weeks. The President of the United
States, and tho Governors of New
York and Pennsylvania, and United
States Senators, and other high of
ficials, have used their best endeavors
to effect compromise between the
contending factions, and they all agree
that John Mitchell, President of the
Miners Unions, has acted fairly and
done the best he could to reach set
Element, and they also report that the
Presidents of the mine workers have
been obdurate. Mr.. Baer complained
of the attempts of the President Of the
United States and others to settle the
matter, and complained of their SYM
pathy expressed on the subject, in
stead of sending United States troops
to preserve the peace, claiming that If
this had been done that the strike
would have been settled long ago. Mr..
fur Il Iafy n1 soa
lationship between himself and the
Lord, claiming that they were both on
the same side, and further claiming
that Mr.. Mitchell was an accessory to
murder, arson and robbery and was an
anarchist. Mr.. Mitchell has not yet
expressed his opinion of Mr.. Baer.
However, after President Roosevelt
failed to prevail upon President Baer
to yield single point towards settle
ment of the strike, he appealed to
President Mitchell, Sin the interest of
humanity Now, that is the strange
part to me. believe President Roose-
welt is a man of fine discernment and
common sense, and how he came to
appeal to the representative of the
Devil, John Mitchell, in the interest of
humanity, instead of appealing to the
agent of the Lord, George #. Baer, is
entirely beyond my comprehension.
The Republican party, and the Re-
publican Supreme Court of the United
States claim that the Constitution of
the United States is not a rigid, I'M
bending thing, but that it is progress
sive and moves with the times, accom-
modating itself to new inventions, and
new conditions. But the same party
tells us that the tariff is not affected
by new conditions, or inventions, and
that we must not touch the tariff The
reason is very plain. The tariff Sup
porters have but bare majority now,
if any, in the national Congress. If
the tariff is taken off of hides or wool,
the representatives from Ohio, and in
fact, from nearly every State west of
the Mississippi, will vote with the
Democrats to take it from iron, coal
and steel, and manufactured cloths.
If it is taken from lumber, the party of
protection will lose the support of the
Wisconsin and Michigan men. The
party is in such position that it cannot
afford to lose single representative.
Therefore, don't disturb the tariff.
Now, Roosevelt wants to disturb the
tariff, and he has large following
amongst the farming interests of the
country, and he is able right now to
organize fair trade Republicans and
Democrats to revise the tariff from top
to bottom, and he is just the man who
will do it if pushed too hard by the
stalwarts of protection. He witnesses
the arrogance, and dictatorial attitude
of the trusts, and he does not like it, |
and there are many fair and noble
minded men in his party who don't
like it either. 1t will not surprise me
If Roosevelt is kicked into the Demo-
cratic camp by the stalwarts within
the next four years. They don't want
any timid Republicans CD the tariff |
question.
Mrs. Jane Stanford is one of the |
noble American women who deserves
the gratitude of the country. She has.
lately defined the future policy of
Stanford University in no uncertain
tones, and in such Democratic spirit as
to give hope for the future. She has
to root the institution out of
political entanglements, and to en-
throne pure democratic spirit there
during its life. She says: 81 desire
that the university shall he forever. |