The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-11-03

Charles o. Wilson, a former employe
of the w. S, Dickey Clay Co.
Mr.. Wilson states, under oath, that
he and others were discharged by
Dickey's company for the reason that
they were instrumental in the organi-
cation OF a union among the employees
of the company working at the Deep
water plant.
The affidavit Of Mr.. Wilson follows:
STATE OF MISSOURI,
County Of Henry-ss.
l, the undersigned, Chas. o. Wilson
Of Deepwater, Henry County, Mis-,
souri,, being duly sworn. upon my oath
states as follows:
My name is Charles o. Wilson. /
am 80 years Of age. l reside in the
city of Deepwater, Fairyiew Township,
and have lived in said city Of Deep
water for about % years. I am the
present Township Assessor Of said
township, elected to that office at the
last township election, being elected
to the office by a vote OF about 222 TO
1872 Of my opponent. MY term will
expire in the spring Of 1917.
/ was in the employ Of the Dickey
Clay Co. about 10 years ago, at which
time a number Of the employees of said
Dickey Clay Co. formed a union. and
I was treasurer of said union. w. S.
Dickey, present Republican candidate
for the United States Senate. was at
that time the proprietor and owner of
said clay works. operating same under
the name of w. S. Dickey Clay Manu-
featuring Co. When w. s. Dickey
learned that part of his employees had
formed a union he discharged all the
officers of said union except n and
refused to give the discharged en-
ployes employment for the reason, ac-
eordlng to my best knowledge and Der
lief, that they formed a union. w. S.
Dickey refused to employ union help.
(Signed) c. o. WILSON.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this Oct. 20, 1916.
J. w. GUTRIDGE,
County Clerk.
The present State Treasurer secures
the highest rate Of interest eve paid
on the public funds, 3.79 per cent, and
has collected more than $4,000 in
terest on state funds. At this rate in
terest collected on state funds will
pay for the new state capitol in 20
years.
late Prison Conditions.
In roy to Judge Lamm's criticism
of the management of the p%eniten-
tiary, it may be said that we have
been for several years trying to abol-
ish the private labor contract system
and - substitute some other method.
This change cannot be made over
night and more or less confusion is
bound to attend Il. The Legislature
OF 1913 appointed a committee to
study The prison question and prison
conditions generally and make recon-
mendations TO the Legislature Of 1915.
The committee, a majority Of whom
were Democrats, did their work well
and made a good report. Bills were
introduced in Accordance with their
recommendations. but the Republican
I members of the House in caucus dc
termined upon their course, which was
that they would offer no suggestions
Of any k.~..i themselves and would op
pose any plans affecting the peniten.
tiary proposed by the Democrats
Judge Lamm should be and is
cstopped by the conduct OF his party
members in the House from complain
ing Of present prison conditions.
Gardner Land Bank Bill.
Judge Lamm violently opposes thI
Gardner land bank pill. One Of thu
. grounds Of his criticism is that th'
} national rural credits law recently en-
: acted by Congress, makes It unneccs
-.lary. This objection is not tenable il
view Of the fact that the rural credits
law could only provide $4,000 900 20.
: farm mortgage 'oans, while the mort
l rage indebted rs OF Missouri farm
| ors amounts to Sis. 10000. Our par
of the S1s0,OO0, 900 which the fedora
law provides is only about 8 per cen
> Of the Missouri farm mortgages. Tn.
Missouri land bank law ought to an
will work right along with and supple
= 9ment the rural credits law, just as N
4 state banks Of deposit and dlscoun
work along with and supplement tn
national banks.
Reducing the Farmers Tax Burds'
, His charge that the Missouri Ian
+ bank law Is g step toward the singl
! tax IS ridiculous. It Is q step in tn
j opposite direction. The theory an
purpose Of The single tax, as ever
body knows. Is 40 place an the burde
OF taxation on real estate. The MI
souri, land bank act, by relieving bond
4 ISSUED under its provisions from taxi
d ton. tends to lessen the tax on I'm
and to avoid the double taxation {
mortgaged real estate, which is n {
Z the inequalities Of the present systel
LOT taxhtlon