Ripley County democrat., 1916-11-03
UNION MEN FIRED
BY W. 5. DICKEY
Charles 0. Wilson Says Organizers
Were Let Out At Deepwater
Plant 81 Republican
Candidate.

The prcfessei friendship Of Walter
s. DIckey, Republican candidate for
the United States Senate, is knocked
into a cooked hat by an affidavit Of
Charles o. Wilson. a former employe,
Of the w. 8. 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 o 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.
Z I, 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. Wiison. I
am 80 years Of age. I reside In the
city Of Deepwater, Fairview Township,
and have lived in said city Of Deep
water for about 20 years, ! 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 number Of the employees of said
Dickey Clay Co. formed union, and
| I was treasurer OF said union. w. s.
Dickey. present Republican candidate
for the United States Senate, was at
1 that time the proprietor and owner Of
said clay works, operating same under
| the name of w. 8. Dickey Clay Manu-.
featuring Co. When W. s. Dickey
learned that part Of his employees had
/ formed union he discharged all the
officers of said union except one and
refused to give the discharged en-
ployes employment for the reason, &C.
cordlng to my best knowledge and be-
lief, that they formed union. W. 8,
i Dickey refused to employ union help
i (Slgned) G. 0. WILSON.
I Subscribed and sworn to before me
this Dot. 25, 1916.
J. w. GUTRIDGE,
Il y County Clerk.
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The present State Treasurer secures
| the highest rate of interest ever paid
| on the public funds, 3.79 per cent, ant
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 q
years. w
| state Prison Conditions.
/ In reply to Judge Lamm's criticism
Of the management Of the peniten
tiary, it may be said that we hav'
been for several years trying to abcl
! ish the private labor contract system
land to substitute some other method
This change cannot be made owe
!. night and more or less confusion 4
;, bound to attend 1t. The Legislatur'
Iof 1913 appointed a committee 4
study The prison question and prisol
. conditions generally and make recon
mendations to the Legislature Of 1915
The committee, o majority of WHOM
4 were Democrats, did their work vel
and made q good report. Bills wer
introduced in accordance with thei
recommendation but the Republical
members OF the House in caucus d.
;, termined upon their course, which wa
} that they would offer no suggestion
Of any 1nd themselves and would oI
y pose any plans affecting the peniter
tiary proposed by the Democrats
Judge Lamm should be and
oatopped by the conduct Of his part
+ members in the House from complain
4 ing Of present prison conditions.
y Gardner Land Bank Bill.
1 Judge Lamm violently opDcses tn
e Gardner land bank bfll. One Of n
= grounds Of his criticism Is that th
o national rural credits law, recently O
o. acted by Congress. makes It unnecs
enary. This objection Is not tenabls
. view Of the fact that the rural credit
law could only provide $3.50, ,ooo.oo x
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