Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-19
NEW BOOK WITH STRENUOUS IT,
TIE ATTRACTS INTEREST in
LIVESTOCK CIRCLES.
YEARS IN HE'LL
WITH THE BEEF TRUST"
Roger B. shieI Gives to Public His,
Experiences With Meat Packers-A
Couple of Iowa Congressman Who
Have Become Too "InflooentiaI" to
Suit Constituents.
Especial Correspondence


Washington, May 19.-'Twenty
Years in He'll With the Beef Trusts" is
the enthusiastic title of neatly print
ed, paper bound book of 800 pages
which all the members of congress,
both houses, have Just received in their
mail. 1t is written by Roger B. Shiel,
whose name is declared to indicate nc
special authorization to speak for con-
ditions in steol. Mr.. Shiel, being of
literary persuasion, is naturally from
Indiana, and his book is printed in In
dianapolis.
Mr.. Shells caption suggests that he
may be crank; but he isn't, necessar-
lily He is a big livestock dealer in In
dianapolis, who for many years has
handled from 100000 to s5Oo0,o00
worth of livestock annually. He has
been engaged in a fight on the beef
trust for a decade and more, and has
spent hundreds of thousands on 1T. His
book is only one feature of the fight
he has been making.
Mr.. Shiel has been in the stock bus
mess half a century, and has seen the
great packing business grow up in this
country. He has been personally ac-
quainted with the heads of the bus
mess in two or three generations. and
ne writes about them and their meth
DDS without any reservations. One
cheerful story, given with names. dates
and detail, is about method the pack
ers used to have. of underweighing
stock, as the sugar importers some
times do A sample shipment of 100
fine, large hogs was traced by Mr.
Shiel from Illinois to Boston. When it
got to Boston twenty-t three of the hogs
that started from Illinois had been
taken out and an equal number of
small pigs substituted. 1t was done in
the Buffalo stockyard; and on going
further itno 1t he found that this was
regular system of substitution. by
which the correct number of hogs was
always preserved. but the weight was
greatly decreased. Shiel went to the
right authority, stated his case, showed
that he was prepared to prove it, and
got his claim for shrinkage, on this
and long list of other shipments, paid
at ONCE WITHOUT d demurrer.
There are advantages. and then
again there are disadvantages, about
being a big man in Washington. 1t
doesn't always help at home.
Senator Simmons of North Carolina,
came to congress, many years ago, and
he tells a funny story of how he was
beaten. In those days the colored vote
was cast and counted; and at his Sec
ond campaign Simmons had to run
against a negro.
Simmons had been very successful in
getting things for the district: national
roads, postoffices, etc, had come easy,
for Cleveland was president and the
democrats were glad to help strug-
Cling southern congressman in a close
district. The story of Simmons i'm
mense pull at Washington. even up to
the sacred precincts of the White
House, got back to the district, and
was doing him lots of good.
His Senegambian opponent said
nothing but laid his plans On the night
before election the colored brother held
a huge rally for the black republicans.
Thousands and thousands of them
came. He talked of the issue-and he
could talk some too, according to Sen
ator .Simmons-and finally got down TO
| this mater in influence in Washing
ton.
"Day tells u.s." he said, dat Mistah
Simmons hab great inf1eence daown at
Wash'nton. No doubt of it; no doubt
of it. He kahn go up to the White
Haouse wiv his silk hat an his goa'-
headed cane, an get right in an see
Mistah Clevelan'; an he say:
'Mawnn', Mistah Clevelan'."
'Mawnin'. Mistah Simmons; what
kahn 1 do TO- yew this fine day?'
"Tz'd laik if you-all'd build a post
office buildin' in ev'ry taown in my
desstrick. Mistah Clevelan",' says
Mistah Simmons.
"'All right, Mistah Simmons says
Mistah Clevelan', an gives him ar
o'dah on de 'trcas'ry fer a billion dollahs
to do it. o, yes, Mistah Simmons paw
FIJI Influential daown theah. Say, you
nggahs, do you-all know what Mistar
Simmons IL, do to you-all one O. desc
fine mawnins? He'll put on he silk hat
an take he gold haided cane. an go VI
to de White House, an he'll say:
"'Mornin', Mistah Clevelan''
"'Mornin', Mistah Simmons; what
kahn do fer yew today"
"'Mistah Clevelan', Mistah Simmons
u say, 'Mistah Cleveland.' wish you'd
send all them air niggahs in my dees-
trick back into slavery that's what