New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-29
ST|MSON HITS TRUST


in Franklin County. where they employ
a large force of men. learned to-day
that a high officer of that company re-
Gently came up from New York to the
st. Regis Falls plant, where he devoted
a great deal of time to trying to line up
his men against me and for my OPP
ponent, Mr.. Dix. Is there any state
issue on which the Brooklyn Cooperage
Company should oppose me- Why does
the Brooklyn Cooperage Company OPP
pose me-? Is it opposed to any vigorous.
efficient and honest administration of
the state government in the interests OF
the people at large? My previous OFF,
cial relations with the company may
give an answer.
1.-THE Brooklyn Cooperage Company Is
one of the subsidiary companies Of the
American Sugar Refining Company, and
it's business is the manufacture of bar
rels to hold the sugar which the sugar
company refnes. In 1906 / found that
the company had been engaged in extern
sive violations of the interstate COM
merce law and had been receiving secret
ing its cooperage material. I indicted
and convicted it, and it paid fine which.
according to my recollection. amounted
to more than $4,000. Its offence was
peculiarly fragrant one. II was engaged
In transporting slaves and cooperage ma
terial from Poplar Bluffs, Mo. As L re-
call the rate was in the neighborhood OF
50 cents a hundred pounds. This COM
pany compelled or persuaded the rail-
road company between Missouri ana
New York TO pay a rebate of about Is
cents out of this amount. thus giving to
it and it's parent company. the Sugar
Trust. an enormous advantage in mo-
nopolizing the market.
Cleared the Highways Of Commerce"
1T was clear-cut case of a powerful
and interruptions corporation obtaining
crimina! advantage over its competi-
tors and the public by obstructing the
highways of commerce. My prosecution
swept away that obstruction and made
these highways clear for the public. In
doing this | was acting in the interests
of honest business. I am willing TO face
all of the hostility and opposition which
such course may produce for me. And
that no one may be left in any doubt,
desire to assert as emphatically as I can
that If you elect me Governor 1 shall In
the same way enforce the interests or
the public against the encroachment or
anv privileged and selfish interest which
NAV seek to take an illegal advantage OF
1t. I believe that the people of the State
of New York will not consider such &C
tion on nv part any menace to legitimate
business"
Mr. Stimson encountered a snowstorm
to-day, but it was the only thing in the
nature of A frost which he did meet In
his travel across Franklin, st. Law
renee and Clinton counties. His recep-
ton all along the line, despite the snow
and a train so badly delayed that at
Saranac Lake a meeting was dismissed
on the supposition that he would be
unable to get there, and then reas-
sembled. was a whole lot warmer than
the weather They billed him to play in
a tent at Malone, and he filed it in
opposition to Judge Parker, who is to
play there tonight. Judge Parker. by
the way, is appearing In vaudeville |
houses in some places. He isn't head !
liner: the regular attractions are dis |
possessed temporarily and the manage |
ment makes him the whole show.
The Republicans around this part of
the country have a deep seated and |
a biding faith that Stimson is to he the |
IL nnCaH-alt
sentiment is reported in the north coun |
try. but here in Clinton they scout the |
notion that the Democrats will carry |
the county for Dix. even with Tom" /
Conway on the ticket