Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-29
TAKES HIS STAND
Frank G. Allen Defines Position
Before Seventh Ward
Voters.
STANDS BY THE PRESIDENT
Says Tariff Does Not Protect Pillow
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Company
Refused to Go Into Trust.

Il am in favor of railway rate legis-
lation, protective tariff reciprocity.
sound money. and against trusts and
asset currency. and will vote with my
party on all party questions. if it should
be my fortune to go to congress" said
Frank G. Allen last night in his first
speech in Rock Island, which was made
in the Seventh ward.
Tariff No Help.
Each of these questions was taken up
and discussed quite fully. Mr.. Allen
said that he was with President Roose-
welt on the question of railway rate
regulation with full power to enforce
schedules. He denied that he was at
the head of a protected industry. as he
said had been charged. "A tariff of .
per cent or 100 per cent does not make
one cents difference to the Moline
Plow company he said. 1T not only
completes in this country. but sells
hundreds of thousands of dollars worth
abroad. And as far as the tariff On
the lumber and material is concerned,
it does not make any difference cue
way or another q the Moline Pillow
company, as Deere & Co. and the Rock
Island company have TO paw the same
price We manufacture our goods. fix
the price for prof., and sell them
Against the Trusts.
Mr.. Allen defined his position as be
ihS against the trusts. He said he be-
lIevcd in competition auG that it was
because the Moline Pillow company
would not go into the trust that the
| trust never was formed: that this is
matter of common knowledge among
manufacturers and people who read
the implement papers
$1,000 for Proof.
Il refer you back to the days of the
campaign of 1896" said Mr. Alien. in
taking up the insinuation he said had
| been made that there was coercion of
the employees o. the company in lhis
contest. AT that time Bryan was
charging that the American workman
was being coerced by the employers.
and the Moline Plow company posted
notices and printed them in the paper
that there would be 900 given TO the
man who would show where one en-
piCye had been influenced one way or
another by the company This offer
stands good today in this cOnGression-
| al contest"
Fight for Control.
The fight in Rock Island county is
more and more taking the appearance
of being one for the control of the
county, and the republicans are begin
ming TO concede this Eo,nt. II least. if
the open confession is not made. il is
admitted that Rock Islands chances in
the lower end of the district are slim.
All the reports from that section indi-
cate as was stated in The Argus sever
al days ago. that the deal is for James
Mckinney. the state committeeman
| from Aledo. Sevral weeks will elapse
before the congressional convention.
and many things that would break up
combination may happen in that
| time
Common Prediction.
The prediction is made freely in
those counties. Il do not believe the
deal is made yet" said Rock Island
republican, but there does seem to be
feeling down there that Mckinney
is the man. If you ask them why. they
will not give any particular reason
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