The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-09-21
HE FEARS
". j. BRYAN
Prosperous German Proper
ty Holder Won't Build
a $4,000 Block if
Bryan is Elected
Bryan is Elected

If William H. Taft is elected presi4'
dent of the United States, Jacob Rim-l
bach will erect a magnificent business
block at the corner of Rimbach ave.
nue. and Holman street. which wilE
be fully occupied by the firm of Kauf~
mann & Wolf. If William ]. Bryan
is elected under no circumstances
will he build until the four years of
the Bryan administration are over.
This is the decision of a man who is
not only a pioneer in this city where
he has accumulated a fortune OF
NEARLY half million dollars but 1t is
his irrevocable decision and is one con-
crete evidence that the old business
heads of the city, who are nearly all
republican, have great fears for the
prosperity of Hammond If the Ne
braska agitator. with his chameleon
policies, is elected to office.
Gone Through Many Elections.
The report became current among
the staid old German friends of Mr.
Rimbach that he would build next
spring IL the election went right They
has gone through many elections.
| In the shade of the porch of his
Sibley street home Mr.. Rimbach has
sat for summer after summer, he has
watched the city of Hammond grow
from village with unpaved streets
until now he is surrounded by sub
stantial business blocks. He has seen
the outskirts of the city receed block
after block until today the city OF
Hammond is spread over an immense
amount of territory.
Foresaw the Dangers.
He was one of the few men who by
his solid business judgment was able
to foresee the dangers of that dis
astrous Cleveland administration when
the streets of Hammond were filed
with a mob of rioting laborers who
were made desperate by hunger and
some of whom were shot down in this
very city by the soldiers who were
sent here to protect property.
He foresaw all of these things and
fortified himself, financially, against
them. He was enabled to hold his
property while others were compelled
to SELL in those hard times, and con-
sequently today he is the wealthiest
man in Hammond.
Today out of his quarter of century
Of experience, after passing through
both republican and democratic admin
istrations, enjoying the prosperity OF
the former and withstanding the hard
times of the latter. Jacob Rimbach.
gees to his old friends and tells them
that the election Of Bryan would be al
menace to the prosperity of the coun-s
try. that while he would be safe with
he
would not think of making contemplate
ed improvements IL Bryan were elected.
Report Is Confirmed.
This is not exaggerated one bit. A.
TIMES reporter went over to see Mr.
Rimbach yesterday afternoon. The old
gentleman told of meeting which Mr..
Bryan held in Drackert's grove twelve
Years ago. Mr. Bryan took of his
hat" said Mr.. Rimbach and told his
hearers that he had paid 81 for the
article If am elected said Bryan,
you will be able to buy that for SO
cents after the tariff on hats has been
removed"
Mr. Rimbach went away and told his
friends that he did not believe they
would have the so cents to buy the
hat even If It could be bought for that
lprice If that man was elected. Mr.
Bryan was defeated and the marvellous
prosperity of the country was con-
tinued for another four years.
Jacob Rimbach is not a politician.
He does not pretend to be. He is
simply a plain business man and he
knows fun well that if Bryan were
elected the Industries Of the country
would be paralized and that for four
years the country would stand still
other Questions More Important.
Jacob Rimbach, like a great many
Germans likes an occas sional glass OF
beer but 1t does not make very much
difference to the old gentleman wheth-
ef county or township local option is
put into effect What Mr.. Rimbach IS
concerned about is the election of Sec
retary Taft to the presidency and the
election Of Congressman Crumpacker
and other legislators who viii carry
out the great protective policies of the
! republican party. He does not think
, that the smaller Issues should hide the