The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-09-24
ANSWERS
VAN (LFyE (!
Omaha Businessman Answers
the Lette Sent Out by the
Manufacturers.

ing letter To james w. van Cl0Ve,
presdent of the National Associa-
tiop CT Manufacturers, in response to
y letter from Mr.. Van Cleve attack
ing Mr.. Bryan:
"Onice Omaha Cooperage Co.,
manufacturers of all kinds of barrels.
r. M. WEIGH, president and treasur-
er; E. G. Welch, vice president; NJ.
d. Welch, secretary and general
manager South Omaha, Neb, Au-
gust q, l9OS-James W. Van Cleve,
PRESIDENT National Association Of
Manufacturer, St. Louis, Mo.-Dear
Sir: l have your letter of the 18th
in which you ask me to read very
carefully your reply to Mr.. Bryan's
open letter to you-a copy of your re-
ply being attached-and let you have
my approval or disapproval. | beg
to say in reply that nave complied
with your request and read your re-
ply very carefully and am free to
say that 1t meets with my most pos.
itive and emphatic disapproval.
ain a little booklet sent out by
your association here is printed on
its title page the following:
"'Whatlt Tries To Be and Is,
What 1t Tries TO DO and Does.
"a careful perusal of the booklet
explains vely nicely the aims and de-
sires Of the association as set out In
its title page, which are all very
worthy and commendable, but ! fail
to find therein any authority for its
president To drag the association In
to tue lime light of politics and de-
stro, the usefulness and beneficial
purposes OF what might be worthy
and useful association.
II consider your documents: The
Work That Is Before Us, The Work
Done at Chicago, Denver's Appeal to
the Business Man, and Your Answer
to Mr.. Bryap,' the effu sionS of a
wild and extravagant fanatic and un-
worthy the sober consideration OF
p any leVel-headed business man.
Your statements are fallacious; in
consistent in reasoning, travesty on
Justice and fair dealing between man
and man; misleading and deceptive
10 principle and lie In ethics and
morals.
"Your statements are so far below
where the line OF contempt is drawn
that your profession of fair criticism
is swallowed up in the slime and
filthy muck of bigoted and rotten
partisanship.
''In one place in your reply to Mr..
Bryan you say YOU we're always dem
ocrat until the Chicago convention ol
1896. Your body never felt the glow
OF one drop of good, red, democratic
blood In all your life. 1t is not with
In a good democrat to utter such dia'
tribes as you do, which are void OF
principle or consistency.
"You also say that in 1896 the dem
ocratic party ceased to he democratic
and you left 1t. Yet, you and Others
who stood for sound money and Da
tional honor, calling yourselves TIT
real and only democratic party a
that tine, nominated ticket wnici
was financed by the republican part.
and vent before the people with you
banners to the breeze. You we're re
pudiated by the people. Your part.
failed to carry single precinct II
the whole United States.
SO much for your kind OF demo
cracy.
" When you sign all your appeal
officially as president of the Nationa
Association OF Manufacturers to busl
Dess men, and advise them To shu
the democratic party and bury MI
Bryan under an avalanche OF votes !
November, you insult the intellieenc
Of your readers when you say at I'll
same time that your association
not In politics.
1T Is quite evident now that Nj
Brysn made a mistake I'm paying an
attention to your fulminations.
they we're unworthy OF his attention
and your further explosions are ID
u kelly TO receive auy notice whatev'
from him.
"A man who, IL is generally a.
mitted, can size up his fellow ma
fairly and intelligently, has this
say about you.
81 will say this, says Presidei
Roosevelt a few weeks ago, that
PRESIDENT OF tbs United states,
baSe had less trouble with Mr.. Coz
pers and organized labor than | ha
a nAd with Mr. Parry, Mr.. Van Csea
and the Nptionai Association OF Ma
ufacturers. ] have not been able
agree with some OF the extreme {
nands OF organized labor, but its rt
feSentatives have been less iDtoi'
ent aud less violent than their c
pouents.
In conclusion-6od forbid tf
The sage-ezrpers Of this. natl
should ever be compelled 10 addr'