CUBA AND THE PHILIPPINES
Supplement to
THE ALLIANCE HERALD.
Friday, Octobor It, 1901.
ALLIANCE, . . . NEBRASKA.
JUDGE
PARKER'S Ul;08 KtCOKII
SPEAKS FOB IT-ELF.
THE LOGIC OP JUDGE PARKER'S
rOSlTION.
PARKER AND LABOR.
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CHATS BY THE WAY.
Governor McMUIlu, of Tennessee:
"My informntion leads mo to believe
that Judge Parker will be elected Pres
ident of the United Stntes by n pood,
safe majority of tho Electoral College.
To. my mind there Is no question as to
how the Empire State will go. It
looks to me us If this Stnto was as cer
tain to go Democratic as Is Maryland.
Now Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois and
Indiana are all, so far as I can learn,
more than reasonably certain to cast
their votes for Parker and Davis."
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Republican "prosperity" tall;, or
.what shall he said of the increase un
der Democratic rule In our export of
agricultural products from $2.,O00.000
in 1S0O to ?2.0.000,000 In lSOO. to ?J5.
000,000 in 1000, an average of only
llfty-slx per cent, per decade-? Edward
M. Shepard.
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President Roosevelt delivered an ad
dress at the Auditorium, in Chicago,
1.".., in the year 1S01, in which lie made
use of Inflammatory and extreme lan
guage, that strikers should be shot, as
follows: "Any man who engages in
n strike, or any man who goes where a
strike is on should be shot."
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Hon. Harry Rusk, Chairman of Hie
Democratic City Committee, of Haiti
more: "The State of Maryland will just
aB surely cast her electoral ote for
Parker and Davis as will Texas. I
have also received tho most cheering
news from West Virginia and several
of the smaller States in the Far West.
The llrst named State, I am told by
leading Democrats there, will unques
tionably be redeemed for Democracy
and constitutional government. Friends
tell me that Colorado and Montana
will surely go Democratic, ami we also
have a good lighting chance in Wash
ington and Utah."
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A man who congratulates an assas
sin, as Roosevelt did Governor Tay
lor, of Kentucky, the day after Gov
ernor Goebel was assassinated, at the
Kentucky State capital, I not a lit
subject to be President of free Ameri
ca. n a
Albert B. Mcokin. of Chicago: ."Tho
city of Chicago will be carried by Par
ker and Davis by from .'iri.OOO to r0,
000 majority. I look for the State of
Illinois to go Democratic by a good,
safe majority. I also hear the most
tlattering reports from Indiana."
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To police the world will be rather a
ftiff job for even Uncle Sam to under
take, and yet that seems to be the hope
of President Roosevelt if the proposed
Hague Peace Congress will give him
the appointment of Chief Police Com
missioner. a a a
Former Senator Henry G Davis finds
that the expenses of the Government
have grown from $5.20 per capita in
1S02 to $7.14 in 1001, an addition of
$10 a year for each average family.
These figures nro a faithful Index of
Republican extravagances,
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When the Republicans last year held
hack tho investigation of frauds In
postal affairs, the Democrats of the
House clamored for opening the books,
ludgo Herrlck challenges iho New
York Republicans to open the books.
It Is .the only possible way effectively
to answer charges affecting the integ
rity of a business administration,
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Where Is the administration going to
get money to defray expenses and meet
in inevitable recurrence of a deficit?
Will it sell bonds? Will It impose
more taxes? It might do both.
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Carl Schurz only reflects sound, pop
ular judgment when he says there are
"Two Roosevelt", the ideal, the legend
ary Roosevelt, as he once appeared,
and tho real Roosevelt." The real
Roosevelt is the man who wants to
be President for an indefinite indul
gence cf his ambition.
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The people all the people pay the
l;ills of imperialism and a constantly
Increasing military establishment.
Judge Herrlck said In his speech of
acceptance: "My election as Governor
will mean tub restoration to their ap
propriate sphere of all the different
powers of tho government, instead of
all being centralized lit the hands of
the Executive." And that, too, is what
the election of Judge Parker as Presi
dent will mean for the Federal Gov
ernment. .
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Republican campaign managers are
nssosslng both parties in Alabama who
nre represented in Federal offices.
There arc, n few Democrats In under
tho civil service. They are asked to
make "as liUernl contributions as pos
sible." a o a
Senator Isador Rayner. of Maryland:
"Tuko Maryland out of the doubtful
column. Our State is certain to go
Democratic. I believe the same of
New York and West Virginia. The
general outlook is all that any Demo
crat could wlsli for."
Like Lodge Also.
There is something in the Roosevelt
letter, of acceptance which, with all
its ,rough rider attributes, suggests
tho rancous bumptiousness of Henry
Cabot Lodge. Tho junior Massachu
setts Senator was among tho llrst of
the staud-patters. He had u way of
answering Democratic Inquiries in tho
Senate with Insolent mannerisms with
.which he asserted "we shall do what
we please in our own good time." lie
took the position that tho majority
alone was responsible for legislation,
and interference was brazen Imperti
nence. The letter is almost us like
Lodge as Roosevelt. It has the arro
gance and contempt of opposition of
both. It Is easy to surmise n collabor
ation between the3e Jwo Illustrious
friend?.
iiis Decisions Have I!:en of Inestimable
Value to (be Cause of Labor
Throughout the Union.
Should .ludgo Parker be elected Pres
ident of tho United States, he could
be safely trusted to uphold the Interests
of labor as against those who would
oppress and degrade the American
worklngmnn. His record on tills sub
ject is clear and straightforward.
There is no duplicitj about It; no
beating around the bush; no Carrying
water on both shoulders the favorite
method by which Mr. Roosevelt evades
personal responsibility, and seeks to
conciliate the trust, while trying at
the same time "to catch the labor
vote."
Judge Tarker made his record on
the labor Issue long before he was
thought of for any other than judicial
olilce. Doubtless his sympathy with
labor and his keen sense of the rlglils
of those who have to toil for a living
are rooted in the fact that from the
first he had to earn a living for him
self, and worked for years at bumble
compensation while building up the
reputation which helped to raise him
to tho highest Judicial otllec in the
State of New York. In Republican
campaign literature It is stated of
Theodore Roosevelt, as r.ointihlug to
brag of, that "he never needed to do a
day's work." This cannot be said of
Judge Parker, lie is a poor man to
day, and from boyhood he lias bud to
work for a living. Tho Republican
boast that their party has nominated
for President a man who "never
needed to do n day's work," while the
Democrats have nominated a mnn who
has alwnys had to work to maintain
himself and his family, illustrates tho
dlfl'ereneo between the partiri as well
as the men; between the party of
aristocracy and oligarchy, which lias
named Roosevelt for head of the Na
tion, and the party of liberty and equal
ity, with Parker for standard bearer.
Roosevelt, the aristocrat, who, a Re
publican campaign document says,
"never needed to do a day's work," is
never able to speak of woi'klngmcn
without u sneer, as when he said in
ills hook, "Ranch Life." that "they
(cowboys) are much better fellows and
pleasauter companions than small
farmers or agricultutal laborers; nor
nro the mechanics and workmen of a
great city to lie mentioned in the same
breath."
How different the tone which runs
through the numerous decisions of
Judge Parker in cases before him af
fecting the rights of labor the rights
of Ids fellow-citizens, whom, unlike
Roosevelt, he does not regard as In
feriors, but as equal's In every respect
to himself!
Labor, in the State of New York
and in the United States, owes a largo
debt to the broad-minded decisions of
Judge Parker, who lias steadfastly re
fused to be swayed or warped from
ids consistent maintenance of every
measure tending to secure to the work
ingman the rights of which men of the
Roosevelt stamp who, as boasted In
Republican campaign literature, "never
needed to do a day's work," would like
to deprive him. Hut for this attitude
of .ludgo Parker, as n member and
Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals,
laws intended to promote the interests
of labor would have become dead let
ters, and the worklngniau striving to
better his condition with the aid of
wholesome legislation, would have
been at a grave disadvantage.
It is not necessary, therefore, to
guess at Judge Parker's course toward
labor, should he be elected President.
It is also certain that, with his
sirong regard for tho Constitution, and
the rights which it guarantees to every
citizen, Judge Parker, as President,
would not he inactive, as Roosevelt
has been, while the Republican Gov
ernor of Colorado, or any other State,
used the military, at the will of un
scrupulous employers, to deprive citi
zens of their constitutional rights, and
to deport them from their plaivs of
residence. Roosevelt has by alienee
and Inaction tolerated these outrages,
and given encouragement to Republi
can Governor Peahotly and Republican
militia General Roll, of Colorado, to
persist in their courso of violence, op
pression and persecution of labor, al
though his sworn obligation as Presi
dent leaves no doubt of his duty to in
terfere. With Parker in the Presi
dential chair Peabody and Hell would
never have dared to deport miners
from the State because they belonged
to a labor union.
Judge Parker's vigorous advocacy of
the rights and dignity of labor is il
lustrated in his whole judicial career.
In a strong dissenting opinion, case
nf lliiilfrora v. fYilfi 1C.lt V V. 1 .Tjultro
Parker argued Jn defense of the right
of the Legislature to require that pre
vailing wages be paid to those em
ployed upon State and municipal work.
Never has a Judge used language clear
er, or more direct and earnest titan
Judge Parker used In this case, which,
in a great State like New York, paying
out in the behalf of the State and Its
municipal divisions millions of dollars
yearly to workingmeu, was of the ut
most importance uud value to labor
throughout the Union.
The New York State law providing
that "nil stone used iti State and mu
nicipal works, except paving blocks
and crushed stone, shall be worked,
dressed nnd carved within the State,"
Judge Parker took the side of labor,
and delivered an opinion in favor of
the law, which was needed to prevent
tho cheap, unorganized labor of Ver
mont, where Senator Proctor, one of
Roosevelt's right hand men, controls
the quarries, from driving the union
stonecutters of New York out of their
special field.
Judge Parker, In tho case of the Peo
ple v. Hawkins, upheld the lnw requir
ing that goods made In any pen:rt insti
tution be marked "convict mnde" so
that such goods should not be sold on
an equality with goods mude by honest
labor.
Judge Parker delivered the opinion
of the Court of Appeals sustaining the
law, which provides that "no employe
shall bo required or permitted to work
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In a bi-enlt. bread or cake bakery or
confectionery establishment more than
sixty hours In any one week, or mote
than ten hours In one day." Hefore
this law bakers sometimes worked
nearly twenty hours a day, and slept In
the bakeries, with results that can be
Imagined.
One of the most important, nnd per
haps the mofct Important, of Judge Par
ker's decisions, was that of the Na
tional Protective Association of Steam
fitters and Helpers et al. vs. James M.
Gumming. The lower court had given
judgment virtually forbidding tho
strikers to interfere In any way with
tho business of the employer, or to do
any of the things which workingmeu
consider they have a right to do In or
der to make a strike effective. Judge
Parker delivered the opinion of the
Court of Appeals, strongly upholding
the rights of workIngm-n on strike or
about to htrlke, and Haying a solid
foundation for labor lo stand on In all
such mutters in the future.
These are but examples of tho alti
tude of Judge Parker toward labor
from the very beginning of ills career.
They show him lo be labor's friend in
a Veal and practical sense. Ills decis
ions speak for themselves. They
breathe that spirit o! just lee, Impartial
ity and fairness which is ail that labor
asks for in the advocacy of its rights,
and they prove Judge Parker to be en
tirely fearless In Ills opposition to those
grasping employers who, if they were
not restrained by such decisions as
those of Judge Parker, would seek to
grind the very soul out of the working
man. With Judge Parker in the White
House American labor would have
there n true and tried friend, not one,
like President Roosevelt, who talks
and vapors and then when an issue like
that of the deported union miners In
Colorado Is presented lo him shirks ills
duty for fca"r of displeasing .the rich
Republican corporations that own the
mines.
Judge Parker's record as a friend of
labor speaks for itself.
Every true friend of labor will vote
for Parker.
WARNING TO HEED.
Rough Rider President Now Speak
ing Soft Hut Holding Fust to
Ills UIg Stick.
Speaking of Roosevelt's quiescent
state in the campaign, and of his sup
pressed volubility and Inaction, the
Houston (Tex.) Post shouts a note of
warning wheu It says:
"The country is not to be deceived.
If Mr. Roosevelt be elected he will
then have the whip handle and the
pnrty managers and the people will bo
the cattle he will drive. We have seen
how lie smashed all precedent, rode
down all conservative opposition and
scorned all advice in his llrst term, de
spite tho fact that he was seeking the
nomination.
"There is no reason to doubt that,
with n lease of four years In his own
elective right, ho will follow his bent
more impulsively and .ruthlessly thnn
ho has done for the last three years.
"All the live ho Is now smothering
will break loose then, and woe to the
man, the race, tho State, the section
or the nation that brooks his Imperious
will."
Full or Wind.
Tne Pullman Car Works c'osed
Thursday, throwing 7000 men out of
work. The Joffersonvlllo car works
are fast coming to the same point, and
nearly all the cement mills in Clark
are Idle. J. Kern Is getting higher nnd
higher, nnd tho full dinner pall is get
ting full of wind. Jeftersonvllle (Ind.)
News.
mWHV.MVlMMm M1MA1M M1Mt1f'
NliGRO ON NEGRO. SUN-SIIINI:.
Coitserv.iUvn Advice by Thriri,
putablo Colored Citizen.
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Of all the speeches made during the
recent session of the American Rank
irs' Association, none has attracted
greater attention than that of Mr. John
Mitchell. Jr., a negro, a respected cit
izen nnil successful haul; president, of
Rlchniond, Vn. He discussed the color
lino in the South from u point of view
which gained for him the respect and
hearty applause of the thousand or
more financiers who heard his ru
marks. The sum nnd substance of Mr. Mit
chell's speech was that the industrious
whites and blacks of the South are
friends, and that there would be no
such thing as a serious race question
in the South, but for the good for noth
ing loafers, of which he said each
race has Its share. "It Is primarily
tho black loafers who cause the trou
bles which besot our race," said Mr.
Mitchell, "and we negroes who nre
striving to better our condition nnd
add to tho moral and material welfare
of our people despise them as thor
oughly as do the whites." Continuing.
Mr. Mitchell said: "I am a product
of Southern soil, was educated in
Southern schools, have been a member
of the City Council of Richmond, nnd
have had the generous nld of leading
white citizens of that city In building
up the business of the Mivlugs bank
of which I am the President. Speak
ing for myself, l can honestly say l
have never been discriminated against
lecnuso of my color. A bank man
aged by negroes could not exist In tho
South without the encouragement of
the white business men. In Virginia
alone negroes are operating banks
having an aggregate capital of SU.'O.
000 and deposits of $800,000. Our Vir
ginia negroes own property valued at
$18,000,000, nnd the crops raised by
negroes throughout the South have an
average value of $172,000,000 n year.
When you hear a rcputnble Southern
white man denounce the negro, you
may In almost very case be certain
that he means the loafer, not the
worker of our race.
"In conclusion let me say. that If I
have created a , different Impression
from tho one which some of you hnve
received from other sources, I have
fulfilled my mission." Mr. Mitchell's
speech was roundly applauded, and Col.
Lowry. President of one of the nn
tlonnl hanks of Atlanta, Ga., made n
felicitous speech In response, confirm
ing nil that Ills fellow brother had said
as to the prime cause of whatever an
tagonism exists between whites and
blacks. Mr. Rlgelow, President of
the American Hankers' Association,
complimented the negro financier upon
his speech and assured him that the
association had listened to it with
pleasure.
TO BE REDEEMED.
Assuring Outlook For Election He
stilts In Maryland.
Tho Baltimore Herald, an independ
ent newspaper of Democratic proclivi
ties, but which supported the Republi
can party In 1800 and 1000, has been
investigating the political situation in
Maryland and finds umple ground for
the belief that five of the six Congress
ionnl districts will be carried by tho
Democrats. The sixth district has a
very large negro vote nnd will probab
ly re-elect the Republican Incumbent.
Tho Herald says thero Is no more
doubt about Maryland as to Presiden
tial preference than there Is as to Vir
ginia. It looks for a majority for Par
ker considerably in excess of that siv
cn for Cleveland In 1802.
lleuubllcnu Newspapers Never Weaker
in Support, or Their Ticket.
If any one doubts that Republican
harmony In Now York should this year
be spelled with n small "h," let him
glanco over the editorial columns of
the Republican uew.spapprs of New
York City. ,
The Sun, while it .-.lil.ios feebly for
P.iuce, who Is running for second place
on the State ticket, declares In the
must cold-blooded way that "Iliggins
has neither the character nor the abil
ity to qualify him for the Governor
ship, but ho will serve as well as any
one to point the way to overwhelming
and deserved dlsustcr." Just think of
that for a paper "that shines for nil."
The Press throws fragraut bouquets
to Iliggins, but says, "An otherwise
excellent ticket has probably been dan
gerously Injured by the nomination of
Hrueo for Lieutenant-Governor, and
whether Republicans can reconcile
themselves to supporting him In suf
ficient numbers to elect him will re
main in doubt." Think of tiint for a
paper that boasts of its regularity In
swallowing nny sort of a ticket which
the Republican bosses dare put up.
To round out tills Impressive display
of harmony and brotherly love, t lie Wall
Street Journal, in a double headed ed
itorial, pelts the whole ticket with
brickbats and decayed vegetables. This
able exponent of Republicanism de
clares In so many words that the Jig
is up. "Under the Incubus of Odell and
Odellsni." it says, "tho Republican
State ticket Is doomed to defeat."
The poor old Tribune will evidently
ho tlie sole supporter in New York City
of what tho Sun is fond of calling
"The Grocery Shop Ticket."
Thinking people are disgusted Willi
the clap-trap about "Roosevelt's vig
orous nnd courageous handling of the
trusts." If Roosevelt be really tho her
cules who is clubbing the life out of
the trusts, why are nil the trust mag
nates in favor of his elect Ion, and why,
lit heaven's name, should they be the
chief contributors to his campaign
fund? Mr. Morgan and his co-workers
are not fools.
INDEPENDENTS ENTHUSIASTIC
GrotlflcaUon Over the Strength
or State and National Tickets.
A surprising and gratifying fact it
Is that almost without exceptions the
prominent independents In New York
are quite as enthusiastic over the
nomination of Judge Herrlck for Gov
ernor ns over that of Judgo Parker for
President. John K. Parsons, Everett
P. Wheeler, John G. Mllburn. Fran
cis Lynde Stetson and a host of others
who have supported the Republican
ticket for some years past have pub
licly expressed their Intention to vote
nnd work for the overthrow of Odell
Ibin as well as Rooseveltlsm. The
Democrats of New York, being of like
mind. It Is considered n certainty that
the Empire State will give a large ma
jority for both State and National
tickets.
Shy or the Subsidies.
Mr. Fairbanks bemoans tho fact that
Americans nre compelled to pay $'.
000,000 n year to foreign ship o- .
for the transportation of An., -cargoes,
but he seems afraid to p..i
out flat-footed for subsidies ns a riu
edy for the existing evil. Why afraid.
Mr. Fairbanks? Why balk at a propo
sition which Involves no worse rob
bery of the people than is sanctioned
and carried out under many schedules
of the DIngley tariff?
Consequences of the War With Spaia
Involve the Grave Qiestioa Whether
We Shall Remaiaa Republic.
Was not Uid experiment of turning
the Cubans loose to govern themselves
good enough? Has not even a llttlo
time proved Uiat they were capnblo ol
self-government?
And how is It with the Filipinos? In
those "000 islands there Is n snvlug
proportion of Intelligent people soush
hie enough to govern the rest of tlieio.
They wore onr allies In the struggle
with Spain, whom they hnd fought for
nearly 200 years. Cuba's battle had
been very mtnii briefer. The Demo
crntlc party started in to force the war
with Spnln on the high ground of hu
manity. The existing Republican Ad
ministration, for one reason and an
other, hold on" the war as long as It
possibly could In the face of ovei
whelming public opinion. To tho
crodit of some Republican patriot, but
not of tho parly, there wnB a body of
mouthers of the House of thnt party
wiio Joined cheerfully with the Demo
crats who were damming for some
thing of a definite and positive policy
which should Justify Iho olden boast
for this Republic thnt It was the homo
ot the bravo and the laud of ilie free,
nnd that the harbors of all Its long
extending shores afforded hnven foi
the oppressed of all nations. For thl
tho Democracy of Congress, indorsed
by the Democrats of the United State."
and the patriotic, .sympathetic people
of tills country, forced, drove and
goaded the Republican Administration
to go Into the war with Spain. It wa
not to oppress anybody; it was not In
any spirit of bravado. The American
people hne ever been a peace-loving
population. They had their wars enough
and a .plenty. They hnd fought each
other to iho lilumlj finish of better and
happier mutual understanding. Tlie.v
went into that little tight with Spain,
united and determined to win They
did win, and the glory, scant as It was
was enough to go nil around to w
shared by our common country. Culm
was freed and put where she could
govern herself. Exactly the nunc con
dition. obtained and prevailed as tc
the Philippines. It was early an
uounced to thorn that there would he
no conquest for territory. (See Mc
Kluley'H pupprs.1 Ry all the truth ot
the history of this Republic they had
every reason for faith in the slueerltj
of American professions. Their lead
ers ot thought- not tho miserable Mo
ras Wood has been killing but right
consly ambitious hutnnn beings, home
loving, home-preserving people, had
read with thrills of delight the stor
of America, the Republic' of the Unltco
States; road the words of the Declara
tlon of Independence, studied the
meaning of our Constitution, nnd wort
satisfied. And how are they feolinf,
now? What security, what hope if.
held out to them In the professions nnv
promises and pretenses of our Chlel
Kxcutlve, who has belittled and
nbused the statesmen who have made
our Republic the boast of the highest
attainment of human government?
Definite promise of stif-govcrnmenl
was made to the Cubans nnd was kept
They have justified our confidence ir
them. A like promise was made tc
the Filipinos. It has not been kepi. It
will not be kept with Theodore Roose
velt still President of tho Unltec
States, and ambitious longer and In
definitely to rule this country ns h
has recently boon dominating his owe
party.
The last annljets of It all Is. shall
wo remain a Republic or embark upon
empire, which would mean our cer
tain destruction?
"The people of the United States,"
ns Judge Parker says In his letter ot
acceptance, "stand at the parting ot
the ways."
To return lo the old right way ot
the Republic he has maCe n noble ap
pcul. He has met all the boastful
challenges of the Republican President
bravely, unshrinkingly. The people ot
the United States will endorse Judge
Parker in November.
GREAT DOMINANT ISSUE
Is Cuuso or tho People Against tho
Trusta. W. E. Jenkins, of Baltimore, Presi
dent Maryland Division Travelers'
Protective Association, says: "Talk
about leading Issues, there Is no issue
so domlnnnt to-day among business
men as the nntl-trust issue. Comnara
tlvely few men I meet on the road talk;
imperialism, or any other promlnrut
question. The. all-prevnlliug tuple
with all classos of people is the greed
of the trusts as so forcibly Illustrated
In the case of tin coal trust and the
beef trust, both ot which appeal di
rectly to every householder. Every
woman who markets and shops appre
ciates the importance of the trust
question. There is none other so vital
or that uppeals so directly to the vot
ing masses. Judge Parker's great de
cision against tho trust railroads In
favor of commercial travelers, declar
ing the nntl-scalping lnw unconstitu
tional, mnde the hoys all happy. We
are in a condition to throw otf our
coats and go lo work for him with vim
Ho has thousands of champions in the
field, and new recruits nre added dally.
It will be a red hot light from now
out."
Stress or the Trusts.
Frank Streat, of Flint, Mich, cs
Presldent United Commercial Travel
crs, bays: "Thero is no class of citizens
hurt more by tho trusts than tb-- re
tnil storekeepers. First and foremost,
trusts squeeze Wages down to a polut
where tho customers of these stores,
have not the means to purchase any
thing more than hare necess'tlts
of life, and in tens of thousands of
cases not even these. Only tho ery
cheapest goods are bought, nnd theso
are bought scantily. Children aro
scantily clothed. The trusts are the
hideous offspring ot tho Republican,
party."
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