Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-24
BRO0KHART TALKS
ON COOPERATION
URGES UNION or LABOR AND
FARMERS TO DEFEAT.
CAPITALISM.
WOULD PUT ALL BUSINESS
ON COOPERATIVE BASIS
" Elected Would 3eers.ni,e Pack
ing Industry, Eliminating Ar
mours and Swifts. who Know
Nothing Of Packing Anyway
Critieizes Federal Railroad Bill.

Washington. Iowa, who is seeking
the republican nomination for Uni
ted States senator. spoke Friday
night at Red MEMS hall TO about l25
persons. largely representing union
.Ibor. Colonel Brookhart devoted
lis time to an attack on Senator
'ummins' railroad bill and with a
plea for the union OF organi ed labor
md the farmers TO crush capital.
I'm his speech at the state conven-
tlon." said Colonel BrOokhart, Sen
ator Cummins sought to defend his
iailroad bill upon the following
grounds:
First. it did not shelter watered
capitalization; second, it did not
guarantee a return: third. nobody
opposed it but the Plumb Plan
league. the committee of torty-eisht
4 the socialists: fourth, it is a
CO in the right direction"
Attacks Senator Cumn,ins.
The senator sets up the Plumb
.,lun and knocks it down" he con-
.inued. He sets up the socialist plan
nj hnovhs ii DOWN ami ne sets up
he committee OF forty eight plan
nd knocks it down. If these per-
tormances afford him any amuse-
nenG OF satisfaction shall not OBJ
ct. He forsets to strike at the Cum
lin plan presented to the Iowa leg
lature. He forgets 10 explain why
hat plan would finance the roads
81 900. 900, 600 AS against $50 O0O.-
90 200 for his bill. He forgets 10
safe that it would only cost AZ per
.cnt on the whole amount. He for
GETS to state that 1t would stop the
capitalization Of the unearned mere
lent OF property values TO the
mount of 5000 100000 to $500 600 900
DER year. which he describes as "a
constant menace His bill also neg
ects to provide Tor any OF these
things"
colonel Brookhart said ne favored
The Cummms plan which was pre-
scented to the Iowa gislature.
Cooperation Fet Hobby.
Co-opera ton is the pet hobby of
'olonel Brookhart.
"Co-operation." he said, gives TO
the producer and the consumer con-
iol or all products" Senator Cum
Minis has said the day Of strikes in
common carriers has passed. he con-
.nucd but added that something
else must ass first-the monopolis-
ic control OF utilities. Capitalists
.,,4 farmers together cGn beat labor
md enact ami anIistrike law. and
labor then could unite with capital to
ring The farmers under the anti
rust law. The net result would be,
ne add d. that 10 Dor loses the farm
,rs lose and capital gains in both
Instances.
At the recent convention Of farm
bureaus. ne said he had adVvCa ted
n union OF tn fa:mei': and a "
nd his plan of Co-operaiiCn had
met with the approval OF AL except
the national pres dent. j. Z. Howard,
# this county. Since then, however,
Mr.. Howard was represented as hay
nG accepted his View and now ad-
coates the pan in his speeches, In
Peoria recently. he is SAID to have
endorsed the plan.
II B-ooknsrt Is E!ncted7
The farmer has nothing to say as
t. what he shall rec ~ f."-
products" said the sp n rr. ~
have nothin" to say about what yCJ
shall pay fer the products. There is
an autocratic control which beats
Kaiser Bits army any day
II elected to the United States
senate Broolhart would he sod
cause the re-orsa nization OF the
M rfina industry under cooperative
principles and would ge-
'rmcurs and Swifts. who don't
know anything about pa" .
wav." The heads of to %" - ~
dus:ry know only OF fin" eng. he
died. Y e~ncct.' be ""0' Nued the
Times Republican VIZ think this is
C'a''rn with big s.
Ce~ia"e- Hes No 2 dic-I.
Prn"fhpr' dos not iereve - rod
! 'ral'Spr Of an" srrt and nrcourn"es
everything Of legitimate nature in
usinrss, ucnulyiirs 4, r. w state
n,crts. "Eut We have 20 enter on
e. rt'ca1struc' on Of II" ~'.< nnrr-' sy'-
-" 70 .: Z, arc >'tc,' :, = -, z.,n-
zcd into great trust and believes
Il can ~vc.c;se artncrat'" nnrar.
ever thH people Of the United States
The e.r ron1ic sitrn ton is intoler-
nh,e. Even soviet RI sia is able to
reanize ccA perative system-and
'i'n nr'ed nations wan, to trade with
the Russians. This is cooperation
.,ot boshevism of anarchy hope
lou can get the Times Republican
to learn that word"
George Spencer acted as chairman
If the meeting and in a preliminary
talk said President Gompers had
given labor instructions to enter the
political campaign from a non parti-
san standpoint He referred to the
overall clubs" and said it was fad
and that those who started 1t will
not work at our side"