The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-04-18

" nv PSOIiS oiollC.
Free From Domination.
Il am the candidate of no fac
ton, no man, no SCI of men. My cam
didacy has no been O. KID. by any
machine, either old or new or by any
men or who may set themselves up
as would-be dictators and if such an
Endorsement should come to me |
would put my heel upon it as would
put it upon the head of q rattlesnake.
| am thankful that the day OF polit-
zeal dictatorship in this state is past
and gone and | feel sorry for the man
or set of men who may set themselves
UP as dictators and bosses in this
greet commonwealth. believe thaat
every voter in this state is capable Of
eslf government and that it is not
tue and the masses must be led
around by the nose and told what to
do when they come TO choose their
public servants then ! say, the Dec
laration of independence, the great
est of AL the messages ever given to
a sovereign people, was a sham and Il
farce and it WAS Il crime to sacrifice
the lives of soldiers in Il cause that
way '>S
meant nothing.
Will Form No Alliances.
81 have not, neither will |, form an
alliance of any kind with any other
candidate. | have made no combina-
ion CT any kind, | have no pledges to
! redeem. l have no bosses to. serve and
t | should be chosen TO represent this
district for congress, my greatest am
oition will be to represent all the
people OF the district with candor and
fairness, and ] hope with some little
legree of ability, and TO the people
/ and them alone | will render an ac-
counting. ! am not pledged to sup
port the candidacy of any man. have
aot neither will |, pin my candidacy
o the tail of any man kite n UNI
ess l can be free to fight the battles
Of my constituents whenever anu
Ehereever they may appear and hight
hem in the interest of the people oil
his district, ! prefer to remain in the
ranks where | have been fighting all
he years of my life.
u hold the spirit of the Primary
election Law gives to every voter the
right on election day to so to his
booth, quietly and unmolested and to
cast his ballot conscientiously and
without undue influence from any
nan or set of men. This right | con-
cede to others and this right | must
.laim for myself because | believe it
20 be the true spirit OF the Primary
Law
Watered Trust Stock.
Taking up the subject OF the Trusts,
Mr.. Branson dealt particularly with
the Steel Trust, the Harvester Trust,
the Shoe Trust and the Beef Trust.
Referring to the fact that 80 per cent
water was injected sinto the Steel
trust when ISL competing companies
were brought together in its organi-
zation, Mr.. Branson declared that it
s plain to see that the people are
paying for the water. Mr.. Branson
added: The remedy lies, not in
squeezing the water out after it is in,
but in not permitting it to be put in
n the first place. Government superyi-
| sion shout step in and see to it that
before a corporation is permitted to
do business its full capital stock is
paid in money and not in magma
ton. lllold with others that when any
business affecting the life and vel
fare OF Il community is so organized
and conducted as to eliminate COM
petition and fix the prices OF its pro
ducts either high or low, it is the
right and duty of the government to
interfere and see that the price of the
product is fixed at a reasonable figure
and the consuming public is pro
tected''.
Tribute Paid to Trustc.
One of the most interesting pas
sages in Mr.. Brans0n's speech is con-
tanned in his description of the man
ner in which q tribute is paid to some
trust upon every article that enter
into the manufacture of a shoe. Mr..
Branson said: 81 believe there arc
80, 900, 600 people in hte United Stat
es. We all wear shoes and this is one
trust that reaches us all and | wish to
show wherein the trusts play an i'm.
portant part even in the making of d
pair, of shoes. | wish to occupy for q
moment the position CT the man who
sits at the bench making shoes and
who must buy from the trust the very
SnOeS lie is 1ld ana j WISH -G
show you what he is up against. Nir:
tuallN, all the leather that goes into
a pair of shoes must be bought origin.
ally from the Beef trust. The packers
buy the cattle on the hoof and there.
fore own the hides. The hides go from
the packers to the tanneries but it has
developed that these same packers
own and control thirty of the great
tanneries in the world, so the mech
anic is up against another trust and
another profit. He must use a great
deal OF thread in making of a pain
of shoes and this article is absolutely
and unqualifiedly under the ontro
of the trust. The j. 4 p. Coats Com
pasy, with it, subsidiary concerns
absolutely controls the entire thread
output of the world and is making
enormous profits. Every piece OF
material that goes into a shoe is
controlled by a trust and that is
not all. Shoes are made by machinery
and every piece OF machinery used il
making a shoe is controlled by q
trust. The United Shoe Machiner!
Company alone controls 90 per cen