Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-01-19
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Mesaba Ore. Hibbine: The editor
of the Little Falls herald is another
of those warped indivi luals that yell
mine is mentioned. We want the
fair and square look at this cor
poration ridden community. We
will show him towns that for wide
awake, get-up and get business prin-
ciples and BUSH e:s methods have Lit
tie Falls fried to dirty crisp; towns
that in all municipal economics are
a decade ahead OF anything be ever
saw; towns that are filled with
hustling, energetic, happy, prosper
ons and contented people, who are not
chained down. but live in the iron
country for the reason that it is the
best place on earth in which to live:
and we will show him line Of
country newspapers that have no
equal In the state; newspapers that do
not make faces at any particular
branch of industry simply because it
has it's home In the lower part Of the
state. The Steel corporation is but
one of the many concerns operating In
this iron belt, and it is their expendi-
ture Of wealth that has developed and
is developing the country. Comb the
hay out of your wiskers, old man; put
on your clean hickory shirt and come
on up here. We will show you q few
things that will make you ashamed of
your utterances, and you will be glad
you came.
We are afraid the Mesaba Ore il re-
factory, and hardly to be melted.
This outburst is evidently caused by
the statement of The Herald that
steel trust domination would not be
good for Morrison and Grow Wing
counties. We see no reason to change
that remark. The history of st.
Louis county is proof that steel
trust domination is principally good
to the steel trust. The range Is a
wonderful region, its cities and vii.
lagos inspire admiration, but that
does not make the steel trust any
less q menacing fact in the Industrial
history Of this country. The way in
which thousands of workmen have
been and are coerced. to do at the
polls the will Of their employers, has
long dlsgraced ..the iron region of
Minnesota. Maybe that is good
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the claim that high wages are paid.
The influence of the iron companies
in the politics of st. Louis county is
notorious. Newspapers are not ex-
empt witness The Ore itself, which
ia proud to be an apoIogist and de-
fender. The cities Of the range are
splendid, yet. at the voice of the
trust increasing or decreasing the
output Of ore, their populations
swell or decrease, like the tabled
cities of old at the hand of a magi-
clan. The industrial stability of cities
depending on manufacturing and ag.
ricultural resources is real, that of the
iron cities Is uncertain, even thong
iron is the most useful of metals. The
editor Of the Mesaba Ore may not
need to shake hayseed from his hair.
but perhaps if he could dull his ear q
little to the sound of the dollar, he
might hear the murmurs cf the pros.
porous workmen' he tells about, who
are at this moment trying to organize
into trades unions in order to better
their conditions. But if the Mesaba
Ore wants to see real section of
Gods country, let him come to can
trail Minnesota, and see towns and
cities and people that will compare
favorably with any region anywhere.
But before he does it, let him pick the
cinders out of his eyes and take the
irOE from off his heart