The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-10-05
Raleigh News & Observer.


Commissioner M. L Shipman,. of the
Department of Labor and Printing,
has returned from Lincoln, Nebraska,
where he attended the annual meet
ing of the International Association
of Labor. Commissioners. He says the
convention was largely attended,
thirty-seyen States being represented
and that the discussions were unus-
ually interesting and helpful. The
methods employed and results OBJ
tanned by the departments of various
States and Provinces, throughout the
United States and Canada, were re-
viewed, he says, and each commits
sioner received suggestions that will
be helpful to him in his work. The
convention next year will be held in
Washington, d. c.
This was Mr.. Shipman's first trip
which carried him west of the Missis-
sippi and north Of the Ohio rivers and
he is firm in the conclusion that I'm
Gle Sam presides over a broad expanse
of beautiful country. Gong via
Knoxvilles Chattanooga, louisville
st. Louis and Omaha, and returning
via Des Moines, Chicago, indianapolis
and Cincinnati enabled him to get an
impression of existing crop conditions
in a number of States and he express
ses the hopeful prediction that there
need be no apprehension of a bread
famine in this country next year.
"TheMississippi Valley has been apt
ly termed the g~rainary of the world"
remarked Mr.. Shipman speaking of
the bumper crops of corn and wheat
in evidence there this year. l was
agreebly surprised" he said, "to find
that the drough, which appeared to
be countrywide, had been broken in
time to save the immense corn crop
CT Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and other
border States in, the lake region. The
valley lands of Tennessee. Kentucky,
Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa show
only a reasonably fair yield of any
product this year. In western Mis-
souri,, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa,
the hot, dry weather lasted for
months. with disastrous results. The
hay and vegetable crops were scorch-
ed beyond redemption and incalcul-
able injury to the stock-growing in
dustry of the great west" is predict
ed
Asked if he paid Mr.. William Jen-
nings Bryan a visit during his stay
in Lincoln, Mr.. Shfpman said: "Mr.
and Mrs. Bryan were neither n in
the city and / did no o than take
a peep at Fairview, their magnificent
fcountry home, as our party passed
by on a sightseeing tour around the
city. Mr.. Bryan was in the East fill
ing chautauqua engagements, and
Mrs. Bryan had gone to join him in
New York on a trip through the
South. However, / did visit his news
paper Office and had a talk with his
brother, Mr.. Chas. w. Bryan, the bus
mess manager. He expressed pleas
ure in making my acquaintance and
asked many questions concerning
poIitical conditions in the Southeast;
spoke pleasantly of many North Car
Dina Democrats and said his bro
ther still feels deeply grateful for the
liberal support this State has given
him since the memorable campaign of
1896. Mr.. Bryan spoke hopefully of
Democratic prospects next year. and
declared that he and his brother are
now interested only in helping secure
i the nomination of a real Democrat
for President, a man who will repre-
sent the interests of the people rather
than serve the trusts and ~monopolies
The Commoner keeps a careful tab
upon the public acts of all national
leaders, CONSTRUCTED mainly from the
records of Congress), and those Bry-
an brothers constitute a team that
must be reckoned with. Seventy
five clerks are employed in transact
ing the business of the Commoner's
office alone. The mechanical end is
handled by contract, no type being
set in the office at all. The volume
of correspondence Is immense, more
than 5000 pieces of mail being hand
led daily. The former Presidential
candidate haslnot lest his popularity
in Nebraska and adjoining States,
where the people know him best, and
II often heard the suggestion. ont
there, that the Western Democracy
would Insist mon the nomination of
a candidate for President Whcs would