Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-01-08

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,,r.rtiuy danger from afar, if O NJ 8 az
,o, near. have announced their O morgan 8 90
intention to emulate the eX- O Interests . 90
ample Of the telephone trust. O d.. 3 ~
WHAT they have specifically . ~ 8 90
I,n, j., to declare that the 0 0 0 Q Q Q Q 90
ru,,nI~r~ Of the firm and Of those directly allied ~
vi,I il will retire from all interlocking direct ~ ~
CRATES. 90
il NAV he recalled that some months ago it ~
vu~ shown that the Morgan interests, through a "a
system if intrrIocking directories, controlled 90
,.ur. than twenty billions of dollars worth Of 90
,orporatr stocks and securities. Through allied ~
concerns ON whose official boards the Morgan firm 90
IaI representatives the great banking houses and 90
vast corporations exercised direct control over 90
no small proportion Of the country's entire 90
wealth. 90
For the past ten years many OF the great cor ~
porutions have cvinced but little concern with re- 90
gard to public sentiment, but within the past two 90
Years there has come a marvellous change. 1t has %
been seen that the tide is becoming too strong to 80
be- ,trmmpd by either indifference or defiance. 90
,.1Ir public be damned!'' is no longer Haunted 90
from corporate housetops. ~
But, as this paper pointed out IN its last issue, 90
ONLY time will determine whether the movement 90
towards full-fIedged paternalism is to be stayed ~
bv the bcIatcd awakening Of such powerful insti- 90
tutions as the American Telephone and Telegraph 90
company dll me SltdI MOl ga DdHhlHS hoh0N'
The telephone company capitulated without 90
directly offering an excuse, but the Morgan inter 90
estS publicly acknowledge that their withdrawal 90
from 1nterl1ckllg dlrectora1es IS que 10 ON 90
change in public sentiment. 90
o. 90
Experts have figured that the candy bill Of %
the United States amounts to $134,OO0 a year. 90
No wonder that the average young chap looks 90
askuncc upon marriage possibilities! But after 90
,,,-.;,,u, I've ,,iJt c7,bStit11tp cah|aO 90 and 1'tat- ~
crS' for sweets! 90
1t is reported that Paul butcher, of the Brook 90
ings Register, is a candidate for the state senate. 90
We knew Paul when he wasn't knee high to a 90
grasshopper in the newspaper business, and if he 90
makes as good a senator as he has made a good ~
newspaper he will not be a discredit to the county. 90
Telegraphic dispatches form 90
ally announce the withdrawal Martin o 90 30
if Eben W. Martin from polit- = px:u. O 90
ical life. He will not be a can O N~~A~S Q 90
didate to succeed himself i'll o Frem 90
congress. O r.mxuo O 20
Mr.. Martin has. long been O ~oAsA~" 0 90
one of the big political factors O O O 0 O oo 90
of the state, and especially Of the western part ct 81 81
the state. He began his career nearly a genera 90
ton ago, although he is not yet an Old man, by 90
any means. For more than thirty years he has 90
been one of the foremost lawyers of Dakota. For oo
more than a dozen years he mas aDIE represented 90
South Dakota in congress along With Charles ii. 90
Dulo H. ro+;roe NOW IN ooun his law nrac-F 90
tice. which he has never altogether. rellnqulshed. 81
The republican party, in Mr.. Martins opinion, 90
will not disintegrate, but will respond to the needs 90
of the times and will become rejuvenated, re- ~ ~
habiitated, and will yet achieve victory at the 90
polls. 1t must assume, in his estimation v1gor 90
Gus and able leadership I'm the solution OF the &c
GREAT national problems that are now up for de- 90
termination 90
-o- 90
It is stated that the attorneys for Hans 90
schmidt. on trial on the charge Of murder, have 90
prepared hypothetical questions thirty Thousand 90
words ii length. Evidently the lawyers want to 90
nostpone the submission Of the case to the jury ~
,ntil tle close Of the next presidential election. sc
go &C
.Jndge G. Ct. Sherwood has been agreed upon &C