The Seattle Republican., 1911-05-12
HORACE ROSCOE CAYTON, Publisher
SUSIE REVELS CAYTON, Associate

J. D. Lowman Thomas Burke and G. j. Smith, all
men of considerable and influence, have identi
fed themselves with James A. More in the perfection
of the Irondae plant This is move in the right direc
ton and if more of Seatle's leading will join in
the work then they will be doing something for the
city thai and the entire community that will be produc
tive of good results Steel manufacturers in the East
already getting uneasy the situation in the North
west and are casting about to get plant themselves
in Seattle in order to put many stumbling blocks III
the way of the Western Steel plant at Irondae as pos
sible 1t is currently rumored that the great steel
trust has an option the Moran plant and will soon
convert it into gigantic and will try to make
it taie care of all the trusts work in this section of
the country.
story is being told in Seattle at the expense of
the builders and contractors of the Catholic hos
pta and it is to the effect that they almost crazy
and all because they have been unable to in the
work as is their CUSTOM and thereby euchre the
ners out of large of money The story goes, the
contractors took the job too low, but hoped to make
good by smouging but it of the sisters had
taken course in architecture and knew her business
so when the smouging game began she called their
hands and has continued to do and forced them to
live up the plans and specifications which has result
ted in the contractors losing instead of making money
on the job and they cursing the day they
saw the job Cheating luck thrives any more so
than dead dog never dies.
Organized labor has pledged to raise a half million
dollars for the defense of the McNamaras and the Sc
attic organizations offer to raise $780, 900 of that amount
If these men are absolutely innocent why squander
that amount of money defending them? What's the
use? Cheer up Pat the judge you to be tried be-
fore will give you justice And Begorrah that's just
why am troubled, am afraid will get justice, ex
claimed an Irishman about to be tried for heinous
crime. 1t begins to look as if the McNamaras in
the same boat as was the Irishman and their fellow
workers raising this vast of money to prevent
them from getting justice.
That Alaska coal party at Cordova disgrace
to the United States and every mothers that par
tcpated in it ought to be sent to the penitentiary
No one is forced to buy foreign coal unless he DESIRE
and then again, the most of the who are the
actual holders of the Alaska coal claims foreigners
All this hub bub about opening up the Alaska coal fields
come from the trusts and interest advocates for the
purpose of freezing the people out Every coal baron
in the country rich Croesus of old and he
because he has been given opportunity to bleed the
people for the coal they compelled to use.
He or she who conceived the idea weed day. in
Seattle undoubtedly did for the purpose of getting
bit of cheap notorety for if every body in Seattle
turned out to kill weeds whole day. it would have no
more general effect the destruction of weeds than if
they had not turned out at ALL for in less than month
many more where those were cut would be knee high
Let each try to keep the weeds down his her
property then there will be no need for weed day.
1t looks as if Judge Burke had to go away from
home to learn the facts to The greatness of Irondae