Mower County transcript., 1908-11-04
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COLUMN 4

NULUMAN ~ y
1t does beat all what irresponsible
papers and campaign committees will
circulate in the way Of campaign lies
and they know they're 4ies when they
circulate 'em. Take the stuff that's
ben thrown out about jacobson the
past few days claimin that the steel
trust helped to nominate him and that
Attorney General Y oung said so when
Young came out weeks ago in all the
papers over his own sig denyin' the
whole thing. It's just as astoundin
how folks will believe a lot of roor-
bach stuff sprung on election eve. 1t
don't seem to make any differ how
upright man has ben all these years
how strict he's ben in fghtin' for the
people and agenst the trusts and COM
bines or how clean man he has ben
in all his private deal, Just let him come
up for otis and lot of mud will be
slung and I'll be jigged if folks won't
take stock in the rotten ISLANDERS and
lies and calumny. Just as If a man
could change in so short motifs. l tell
you It ,ain't righteous judgment.
I'm NIFTY glad Uncle Sam is gettin'
after the powder trust. It does beat
all how such monopoly can keep rob-
bin the government and not be mash
ed. The evidence shows that the
powder monop had sort Of board of
trade that fixed the prices so as to beat
all competitors and then slapped on
the extortionate prices when there was
no competition. No wonder they
could pay congressman $4,000 year
apiece to take their part and defend
'em and ward off legislation that would
hold 'em down normal. What with
railroad rebates and monopoly prices
any trust has club to knock down
the public and rob 'em outrageous.
They can knock out competitors be.
cause they've got the inside hold.
They can spend millions ia lobbyin'
congress and legislators to let 'em
alone, and still be ahead millions in
the deal. The powder trust when it
gets so it can hold up Uncle Sam his
self ought to be knocked out. No
friend of the people would be its re.
tainer.
tell you there's lots of water power
goin' to waste in this country that af.
ter while will be all used. 1 see that
one of the big Canada roads is goin' to
take the heavy water power of the
mountain streams on it's roads and
convert it into electrical power and run
all their mountain section trains with
it. 1t will be after installed big saw
in and it will be finer and cleaner and
comfortabler in tunnels. The Japs
are also fgerin' on electricfyin' their
railroads.. The time is comm when
the farmers are goin' to use electricity.
for light and power There's no rea.
son when the country trolleys go thru
why every farmer on the line shouldn't
take off for light and power. One of
the boys says these electric motors are
simple and fine. All you hav to do is
to turn a knob and away the machine
goes. Just think of the farmer churn-
in and pumpln' and saWin' and lightiA
and threshin' and grindin' all by elec-
trio power.
What a lot of suckers there are down
in Wall street. My paper says that a
$25,0O0.0O0 minin' company busted last
week and when its assets were looked
up they found about $3.50 and the rest
all wind. And this stock was sold
while ago ION sWall street as a sure
thing and at..par. Somebody stuck
the sharpers to finish. faint after
all so hard to fool these get.rich. quick
folks. They're so greedy that they
get blind to facts. They are so blind
they don't use good judgment and
anybody can trick 'em. l spose if
somebody was to sell 'em sections of
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