Nebraska Newspapers

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The Wealth Makers and Lincoln Independent Consolidated.
VOL. IX. LINCOLN, NEIiR., THUKSDAY, NOVUM BEH 25, 1897. N0 3?
A IVI'
MEASUHF
Senator Marion Butlor'a Bill Tor
Establishing Postal Saving
Banks.
POPS SHOULD SUPPORT HIM
Some of It Advantages Over tho
Cbiougo Itecord
Bill.
What la D.i With the lciniilt
Tho question of postal savings banks
i uttrurtltig wide atton Mori, but tlm
people's party Is tho only una that Im
ever (It-cJurf 1 for this great roforin In iU
platform, and in cougroes no 0110 -but
populists have ever made any serious
effort to ninth such a measure. There Is
u movement on foot among republicans
to Introduce a pOHtnl Having bank bill
of their own uext session and try to put
it through and got th cnidit for the
same. Not only thin, but their purpose
Is to get up a - bill that will not bu objeo-
tiouablo to the banks, and one which
will therefore be f tlm least ossible
nerrlce to the people.
Senator Marlon Butler, populist sona
tor from North Carolina, has a bill pond
fug in congress that every populist in
the United Htatea can support heartily.
lie intends to push the bill vigorously,
and he should have the support of the
entire populist press of the country, In
order that he may prevent Its being
side tracked for an inferior bill.
The populist party is the only one
that has ever declared for postal saving
banks In its platform, and populists are
the only ones who have ever made any
serious efforts In congress to push a bill
establishing the same. A number of
bills have been Introduced In congress,
Most of those bills are drawn carelessly
and evidence very little knowledge of
tho subjct. Home of thorn seem to be
drawn in the interest of the banks.
These bill have nil, no doubt, been (ire
pared by congressmen who lived iu dis
tricts where there was a strong sentl'
men t fr postal savings banks. They
have simply introduced bills to be
printed and distributed among their con
stituents to holp them to be re-elected.
It Is evident that there has been no otr
1011s or determined effort to pus any of
these bills. It is noticeable that very
few bills have been introduced by sen
ators. Senator Itutler has given a great deal
of thought and study to this question.
Iu his Investigation of the subject lie has
found that many of the reports which
our consuls have sent in from foreign
conn 1 rum 011 this subject have been sup
pressed, or ut least the y have not been
published iu the consular reports by the
state department.
lie introduced a reHolution iu the scn
ute and passed it, calling upon the sccre
tury of state to send all of the unpub
lished (tonsillar reports on postal sav
ings banks and postal telegraphs to the
seuiite. In response to this resolution
the slate department sent a few reports
mill stilted I lint the others had either
been misplaced or referred to the post
office department, lie then introduced
iilld Hissed through the senate a resolu
tion directing the postmaster-general to
neiidtothe senate all such unpublished
reports. In response lie sent a few ami
-.titled that the others Imd been mis
placed. Senator Itutler collected this matter
together mid liinl it. pulilished as it sen-
Hie doctliiif lit (l.il Diith coli.), ell
tititlcd "Postal .Savings Hunks in For.
cigil count ries." t opics can be secured
t v addressing congressmen,
Nearly all ol the reports continued in
1 lie senate document referred to are
Ironi Inniir three tonight or ten yearn
old, or more, It seem that recently
consuls li ne nut been sending in re
I . . . 1 Is 111; postal saving lntlikt and pos
inl telctrraphs, either le'. uuse they have
ii..n.i'. ti.iil 1 Im slute department did
hot print lliciii, nr Isi-ailse they Iiuvh
l.ceii dircily instructed iml to s. ii l
Hi. -hi Hi So in order to gel the latest
mid billest iiifiiriiiuiioii poible concern
ing t he nnt nre and uperalio't o' postal
saving banks and pout at telrgraph in
nil foreign countries, tr. Itutler mini'
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republicans will not even favor a b II as
(rood as that one." Comparing the two
bins ne said: ,
1st. The Chicago Itecord bill allows
only an interest ol two per centum on
deposits. hiiKlanii pays two and one
half percent and Canada pays three,
There is certainly no reason why our
government should not pay ut least two
and one-half percent, and this Is the
moderate and very low rate which my
tan nuns tor.
ad. The Record bill requires at least
one uouar to do deposited peiore an no-
count can be opened, and then provide;
that no subsequent deposits shall be re
ceived that are less In amount than one
dollar, This is clearly too IiIrIi. One of
the chief purposes of establishing postal
savings bunks is to make It easy nnd
convenient for persons of small means
to deposit, and further to enoournge
them to deposit by offering to take very
small deposits. It is the dimes that ko
for drinks, eto , when left lu the pockets
111 the great masses ol the people that
should ko into the savinurs banks to ac
cumulate for the betiellt of their families
Therefore, I have provided In my bill
that only fifty cents shall be required to
open an account, ami that alter that
deposits of as low ns ten cents may be
received. 1 also provide for "savlnirs
stamps" of the denomination of one
cent and up so that children will be en
cournged to buy the one-cent savings
stamps and paste them on cards until
they reach ten cents in amount.
ld. 'I he Itecord lull also limits tho
amount of deposits which anyone can
make in a year to three hundred dollars
This Is lower than the average in other
countries. Huroly there Is no reason
why the total amount limit should not
be at least five hundred dollars, if not
more, l see no reason why It should
not be put as high as one thousand dot
lars, thotiKh following the average In
other countries I have put the limit at
Ave hundred dollars in my bill. Hut the
principal difference between the two bills
the disposition to be made of postal
savings bank funds. Of course the bunks
will be very anxious to cot hold of these
funds at a very low rate of Interest so
that they could make money by simply
loaulng it out again at a high rate of
interest; and, besides, it would discour
age people from depositing In savings
banks II they thought they were simply
accumulating a fund to be speculated on
by the bankers, The Itecord bill leave
this matter almost entirely to tho die.
cretlon of the secretary of the treasury,
It, however, provides that be can Invest
these luuds In government ootids II lie
sees fit or in state and municipal bonds:
tint It furtnur provides that II he should
invest iu municipal 01 county bonds that
the state must guarantee tho principal
and interest of the bonds, and If the
state does not or defaults in the pay
ment of the Interest on such municipal
bonds that the postmaster-general shall
no longer allow deoimila to be received
in said state, and that those who make
deposits shall not draw interest on their
deposits until the state pays such inter
est. While this is bungling and untie-
cessary, yet ut the same time it would
be a gross injustice to an Individual to
make him suffer as an individual for
what his state might or might not do.
In the place of this Senator Butler's bill
provides that any individual who litis
had one hundred dollars or more to his
credit for six months may instruct the
postmaster-general to purchase for him
limited Cnited States bonds ut their
market value and deliver to him iu lieu
ol such deposits. It is now difficult for
an individual to buy a government
bond. This would make the government
the agent of each individual to purchase
ihemfor lii us without any commission.
Mr. Iliitler's bill further provides (and
this is very important) that an imlivid-
it'll having to his credit, ten dollars or
more for three months may call upon
the postmaster-general to have a gov
ernment bond, to be known ns a postal
savings bunk bond, bearing the rate of
interest, two and four-tenths per cent, to
tie issued to him in lieu ol his deposit.
The purpose for making the rate of in
terest two and four-tenths pr cent was
to make the interest on a ten dollar bond
easily computed by the month. It would
make the interest two cents er month,
which the most ignorant individual could
compute for himself without pencil or
pii r. It also pruv ides that the secre
tary of Hie treasury can Invest any of
the funds not used us liidicited above in
stiit bonds ami government bond pro
vided they i' n a he purchased o as to
mitkii a prollt for the postal savings
lunik s,vleiii, and nUo itiloiv linn In ,n
posit any snrplni ith bunks provided
llii'V Miil pity us much a three uiid one
hall It'llts interest, tthlch leu, if inn
banks, Mill do. is ttitl-.lt' possible,
IniAeV'-r, thut th secretary uf the Ir-usury
would pi cr have an upp.irt unity to
ne these, opt mil'., tor Vi r v Individual
would ill Iter buy a guveriiiu "lit bond or
lime a mciiiI postal sav hiks bank bond
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but they will make a dessrute effort to
pass u bill with as few advantages In it
to the tsiople and as many advantages
to tne banks as possible.
There are two reasons why the repub
I leans have suddenly become loud ndvo
cates of postal savings banks. First,
they see that their tariff and gold stand
ard will not restore prosperity and that
It will be absolutely necessary for them
to take up and pass some reform mens
ure which our party has been advocat
lug iu order to hold their voters In litis
and prevent the populists from making
big Inroads into their ranks, and this Is
about the enly measure that we advo
cate that they dare take up. necond
they were to a certain e ten tit successful
lu the last nampnlgii In gel ting deposit
ors In savings banks lu certain localities
to vote with them for the gold standard
on the plea that If we bad the free coin
age of silver that every depositor iu say
lugs banks would be paid back In fifty
cent dollars. They think that If they
could get the people all over tho country
to deposit lu savings banks that they
could make this false plea still more cf
fectively In the future. Therefore, they
want to have n chance to say to the
voter that we, the republican party, have
fixed a way for you to deposit your
money for safe keeping so that tf nation
al bunks break you will not lose your
money, They will also use this same
argument to break the force of the popu
list argument against national bunks,
They will also claim that they have not
only fixed a safe way for the deposits,
but that they are determined that the
silver cranks shall not reduce the value
of the savings by debasing the currency,
1'opullst papers should keep this before
the people; 11 the republican parly In
congress passes a postal savings bunk
bill It will be because the populist party
naa compelled thein to do so.
HAWAII WILL BE ANNEXED.
Bankets and Bondholders Oppose lb
Annexation of Cuba.
When asked us to probable action
in regard to the annexation of Hawaii,
Congressman Hell, populist from Colora
do, said
"Tho Hawaiian islands will be annexed
as the industries In that country have
secured sufficient power to insure a rati
fkatfon of a treaty. This will permit all
of the products of the fsluuds to come fa
free of duty. It also has all of the Influ
ences of the nary, all the shipbuilders
and men engaged iu furnishing supplies
to the ship yards and for forr.illiuttions,'
persistently urging annexation. The
United States government occupies the
ridiculous position of having 5,000 of its
inhabitants voters iu the United States,
claiming protection of the United States
as American citizens, now doing the vot
ing, holding the offices and governing
Hawaii, with u population of 100.000
people, 00 per cent of whom are strenu
ously opposed to annexation and to the
Dole government. It cant be that Ha
waii is desired on account of her ptox-
imit.V to our shores, as it, is 2.200 miles
from our border line, or further awuv
than Ireland. It cunt be that we want
it on uccoutit of the hoiuoenity of the
the people of the two countries, us It Is
peopled with about 80,000 natives mid
half custes, 25,001) JupuueHc. 15.000
'ortuguese, a great number of Chinese
oii l li geuerul line of Kuroncun. It
cant be that wu want the islands to civ
ilian mid bene lit the natives, as thev lire
already civilized and educated, having a
manner tor every t wenty-sevi-n sc hoo
hildrcn on tlm islands, have a constitu
tion and code of laws formulated bv a
great Amricuu lawyer, modeled niter
our own, with the exception thut thev
provide for u monarch with limited
powers. The object of those seeking to
annex Hawaii is simply to obtain what
the natives have and to give place and
patronage to the adventurers from Hue
country in Hawaii, to give opportunity
to naval olllcers ami nuvnl supply and
fortillcalioii companies in milking enor
mous Im mirations and ship ) ipiipiiient.s
for die protection ol the islands,
It open th dour for a diversion of
Hie great river and harbor expenditures
(rum our immediate shores to these inl
ands. It would be iiiMinlcly cheaper to
organize a lle,t In take tlm l-lniidi
should they be ni'iesarv ill tunes ill mir
Hum it woii.il require to loi til) and
gil ird the sum. i in tones (d ,.1'u.'..,
Il s-i'lll- In mi. that Hie people Mould
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that desire aun. x.iluiu, ,v no JJdil
linhs liuiii our shore lor tlm nod isvan
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Wsu i II Ihul wants lb n'welm- k c
llred lt tie festion! W,l.V VUy
flees use it is the national bank that
wants the mouey that ths people now
save by using the greenback. Why op
posed to retiring the greenback? He,
cause we nre opposed to farming out to
individuals the functions of government.
we are opposed to picking out the bank,
ers as ths favorite sous and giving them
a coat of many color to the detriment
of the peopls.
"I wonder If you have all examined
this question until lou understand the
real secret of this demand? The presi
dent of a New York national bank gave
testimottey before a committee of con
gress; tbut testlnioney Is a matter of
record, lie declared himself in favor of
retiring the greenback and treusiir
py
notes with a "i per cent gold bond, lie
thought the bond would float at par.
and thenhe said If the government would
allow the national bank to Issue up to
par all the bonds and taU the tax off
circulation, he thought the issue of bunk
notes would be etiflloioiitly large so that
the national banks would issue their
notes to take the place of the greenback
and treasury notes retired.
' i9 that Is the calm and deliberate
statement of a president uf a national
bauki 1 want to analyse it and see what
It means, The retirement of 1500,000,-
000 df greenbacks uud treasury notes,
with an Issue of it per cent, gold bonds
would mean that the imople would tax
themselves 115,000,000 A year to pay
the Interest on the bonds before they
can' due, and then tax themselves
5i),000,000 to pay the bonds when
the) became due. Then t he bank would
take those bonds, deposit thsm, issue
notes ut par and be relieved of any tax
oa circulation. What does It mean? If the
bonds float at pur it mean that a bank
can organize with $100,000 capital, buy
f loo.ooo worth ol bond,isiis f loo.uou
worth of notes on them, and then have
back lu notes the exact amount paid for
the bonds: so that the bank would have
nothing Invested, but would draw inter
esr at l.'I.OOO a year, ami that beat
any investment In any enterprise I know
of, even with confidence restored.
EXfRAVAOANCE IN THE SENATE
Congressman Bill of Colorado will Ds-
' - mind an Itvsstigatloa,
The deficit in the revenue of ths na.
tlon Is causing considerable alarm, It
bos occurred to Congressman Hell, pop
ulist from, Colorado, that ono way to
relieve the treasury would be to speud
lsitjjfnoy. He expects to investigate
the extravagance being practiced in
every department of the government.
One of his lines of Investigation will bs
the unbounded expenditures of the
United States senate. Tho financial re
ports of the senate are so juggled that
common, every day citizens would not
dream of the lavish waste of public
funds smothered in a beautiful row of
statistical tables. "The senate," said
Mr. bell, "is a body for which 1 have a
great deal of regard and it is not con
sidered proper form for a member of one
branch ol the law-making power to crit
ic the other. 1 inn convinced, how
ever, that tho senate need a Hiking
over. How many people in the ('tilled
States know that members of the senate
have their shoes blacked at public ex
pense? flow many outside of the charm
ed circle, know that senators are at tend
ed by barbers paid out of the ( tilted
.States treasury and are furnished with
costly refreshing drinks all the year
round at public expense. The exorbi
tant expense of burial committees when
a brother senator is laid to his rest is
butter known. Koine of the bills ureas
louuding. Senatorial com mil tins go
out on a junketing tour, iu special cars
stocked to the ceiling with the rarest
liiiiors .ill to be paid for by the suffer
ing American ciil.eii. Isn't it about
tunc somebody was making a kick?"
Mr. Hell says that one of the feature
of senatorial extravagance which struck
him with sK t'ial lore., im the license given
the hordes of empli yeN to help theiii
aclvcs to the palatable relreshmeiits.1'
"It is enough to inake a snint swear,"
remarked the farmer politician of the
tiiiiiinsoti valley a he resumed his labors
at hH desk.
TKN iNT.NCKU I O DtiA.ni.
Anuyu's Muiiltfsi Uivcii the Humus
1'onsby.
I lenient trial of Vrrovo's murderer
in Hie City ol Mexico I uvi r, terminat
ing v 1 1 1 1 Hie sentence of death pro
lionintd oil ten of Hie police iillirlnU Mid
policemen i one. rued lu the bub hi ry ol
Hie le liles to! i ll Hll'Me Oli lll'llll4 .
I. im.I oil the (lie uf tint pr.idelil cttued
.,, t . i . . , 1 1 i . 1 n Beitiit inn tu t li t connirv.
I'll" 'ir il out over seven liiinr.
tth m Hie i,f,le I ,i ! turned the i ris
luit l . lo,i. Il i ii nd
ths gendarme pr
siiied arm. ibiriiM the d' luer ,ini
I I., court loom irude. to th
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in Hi,, ii eil . r iiiu! ilrmmilic itl.i
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Ion groat Will Be Askod to I'uss
Upon Many Interesting
Problem.
GOVERNMENT TELEOEAPHS,
Other Populist Meaiuroa
thai
Will Receive Much
Dlsousilon,
The OtiveruiMeiit Trliitlng onice.
Jherii will be msuy Interesting bill
Introduced and dismissed at the coming
session of congm which convenes one
week from Monday. I'robably the Href
una ineoue wnicn may lie expected lo
receive the most favorable consideration
will b iiiu r.osi..i .....;.,.. i.im
This measure Is important and it pas-
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meoMureand has been advocated by the
ywyuimy .rijr siuen in urKUHiKuiion,
1 here will be many , other measures of
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I(i"""'r iiiiporiaii: iiinn in oiii tor pos
tal savings bank that will not receive
favorable consideration. Their nassaire
wlll be opposed by a stronger aud better
organlxsd lobby. On o! these measures
I the one that provide for the
government ownership aud operatlou ol
a telegraph ytem in connection iwlth
the post ofne deoarttiieot. Tin tele-
graph ytom of the country Jcon
trolled by the (iould at the present
time. They have spent thousands f
dollar fighting thl measur In tliiTpeTt
and it will come no to bother them
again. They maintain a powerful lobby
at Washington to keep Lrw:k1Ttbegov.
ernmont ownershlo movement It .
estimated that tbey sjiend not less than
half a million dollar every rear through
thl lobby, The telegraph business ha
been very profitable and thl Is why th
owner ol the system guard Itspresorva-
tion o carefully. '
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SUnces WlilCB tu , AdVOOate Of' th
measure win nav is providential, but It
is rood to know that the imvrn .,. r
ownershlo bill is to be fouirht for vl.
(autlf by the populists lu both houses.
It will not Pass but ths talk about It
will attract the atiiiiH,in ni iha .u,ou
tothesubjectaudiu this way be nro.
ductive of a great deal of good. The
republican party will content itself with
the passage of some compromise meas
ure establishing postal savings banks.
It will not go far in the reform business.
It will aim to go far enough to enable it
to elect the next congress, and no fur
ther. There will be another measure for the
establishment of a government armor
plate factory. Its establishment does
not concern any great number of peopln,
but it is in linu with the highest pro
gress to have the government make for
itself all it can make, and let private en
terprise get along the best way it can.
That is the way they do things 'in Eng
land and in other countries where there
is still some pretense ol sense in the ad
ministration of public affairs. The gov-
eminent armor plate bill
lllltf lllllf.tf M.I
voeutes, aud while its fate is not one of
great importance, it may be hoped that
the advocates ol ths bill will take ml
vatituge of this opportunity to let a
little truth regarding Andrew nr iienics
corruption leak out. Wheu thegoviirn
ment printing olllce is contempbited.the
wonder is that government ownership
or operutiou Is not Insisieil upon in all
things, The government printing olden
at Washington is the finest iu the world.
I is work I of the very bust, and the re
sults it attains are without an eiptal hi
any dcinrtuiei't of the art preset t ut i vs.
There is something just u trilhi amusing
iu the clamor of the civil sen ni' rel irm.
I r on the subject of eXallllUntlollrt fur
positions iu this printing officii, Thev
talk about iiiiniagiiig the establishment
as though it it ire a pmstM business,
but fiery printer knows that no civil
e i tee eiitmiuations are necessary to
get it position In it private printing
.illhw. Every printer i.i ksow that
piMitlou la it I'liniiiig olfl.'.i nre, n a
rule, Hlit.thilig but s rmaiiriil, and the
man lu a "b lo-d.iv is likely s nut In
be nut id it lo iiiorru. Tne Unaliuiii
toiinlll v, all things i onsnb r. d, I imieli
te Id r luaiiiige. ti, in i llm Ins private
I'lllitt in llm ciiiiilrv, and, whde lliers
me tliuil'tli s ii I, ii.. Hi,., abii. Hru
no i;ie,ii, r I li in in inu pMiililn Irtiiu
h printing I lulu Mi'iieritlly.
lite M'l I .H'alllKl 111 iol t yillellt tii r-
loi n llm iHiiruti4 r ,oit iroi.',
In! Hint Is Mil He v hi.' Hb'e tor-port
I he .ill,). . I i, n"l . ii in. ut i.uirlil
I ii i. 'ii mors I linn "ii" mi .i.i,, , ii, ,
jlUeil llMIII lit j.tm..' hi H'l I Ulllll, Hill,
I llflt i "l.4. s I Ul (,' I III i n mind I
j to I- n I ji I ui'j'i r t Into Hi" . i,i i.
I tie I'm lti f si! stjr il T'o I III
' I ir n will I tw hi., i, i u,t m ii,..
.Ion II. ill ul 1". n,t."itl r oiroil " iter
ini'iiii, li rmlsst foiiili i. h n tit
got fitment It Ht Ihio il. hj.ir iliv I.
n'i'1 I ifiaPt, an I w lim.l kt inUI,
p. Hon .. lo .i
I Iwfv In lie (.ill Ul 'l.l H.iltl III j
In m . u t I I IU tl Is fof
tl-HlllMit l tl. I'll'lt' M (til'
Hi t Hiinb i
If lllMOI.I,
out the i.ntutr)
lhi
enrinlioii '
o l.llt Sol I.l I
sIKisol
til I'M I Mil
bridti' end issa i sun lirt-t .i r.i
Hu tu. "I U Itritokli brids toilil la
Ii4i tm a bii'll lit H ilw hi
K ii i'IHiukIiI l Hi IWt Liin Tnr
would have been no danger of ft ab
sorption by the corporations. Now the
great bridge ha been turned ovi.r to
the street railway combine with the
probable outcome that the structure
will become a publto nuisance. The
great tunnel under the Hudson ought to
be pushed to completion by the govern
ment at Washington and not by tt
capitalist combination at London. The
tunnel Is a very Important strategetlc
work and in a country Jike Germany the
ruler would never be such a fool as to
allow It to puss under the control at n
foreigner. Hut over here we let A larg
party of Kngllshmen owo aud operaU
the most important artificial mean
of communication and transportation
In the bind, if the national government
would take over this enterurise It could
easily complete It lu n year' time, and
men it could charge a small fare or toll
that would re imburse It before long for
Its whole outlay. Hut the iroreruiiienl
Is not in that kind of business. It I too ,
much engaged iu turning the people's
money over to the bankers end In ll.
ing the monopolist to have anytime
for a work of public benefit, lint all
t,l, " change some day. Tk pros-
"or genuine reiorm when congress
i ... . . . . r
""m fater I much brighter.
"vihiiu man uk ru am aok
jury uv an BX'faiirosa Conductor a
tud,msBt a,.i.. .h. d.h..4
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very Important cose far railroad-
'f'loy nd railroad corporation La
mn awided in Chicago,
I V ,l' Ketcham, a blacklisted feight
tr,i,n conductor, a friend of Kugen V
Mm member of the Atner
V,ian Hallway Union, wo awarded a rer-
diet for 31,00,33 damages againet the
tbleaga and Northwestern railway. He
vrwd b wa put on the blacklist of
v,r railroad In th country.
A scorollmllaruiU, It I said, will
,w lKun by former mployees, who a
that every mean of gaining ajlvoli-
nooa were taken iroin mem After th
trik, through th powerful Vanderbilt
mllusnco.
When th American Hallway Union
men were called out to support th pull
man strik in July, 18i4, Ketcham gar
on ni ireignt train, irnmo on the
woruiwwiMirn wa iieii op tor a ween.
All the striker were dismissed, and
utmn thev m,i.ll..H n nil,.. ...uAith.
round inmr names on a biackiiet.
I After struggling two year to obtain
"teady employment, Ketcham ntered
''' tha railway company for
V"" daaiage. in trial lasted lor
three weeks, and was closely watched by
railway employee and official all over
urn ui.mii.rj.
I he main question before the lurv wa
whether the corporation bod entered In
to a conspiracy with other and similar
corporations to prevent Ketcham from
earning a living.
Many witnesses for both sides were
beard during the trial
Ketcham testified he found employ
ment with other roads, only to be in a
short time discharged. So reason was
given.
Not long ago Ketcham obtained em
ployment with the Michigan Central L'l "
vator Company, at Kensington, and
moved his family to that subrub. He
worked a short tune there and was dis
charged.
1 he case is a decisive one, and the final
outcome will tm watched bv railroad em
ployee and corporations. The decision
' the Jury established an Important pre-
cedent, a it gives to laboring men the
right to declare themselves in times of
strike and other labor difference.
The verdict is in line with the recent
dii'ision of Judges Sanborn and Thayer,
of the United States Court of Appeal.
in St, Louis; that a boycott placed up
on a c-rtain firm by union labor Is
illegal. In that case labor plm-ed the
boycott, In this cae It hai been the vic
tim. THK tOYCOTr UNLAWFUL.
Decision from th Unittd
fitStS
Court of Appisll,
t he I mini Slate circuit court of
Misals handed down a decision at Ht,
Loin lust Saturday ilia lariug the boy.
cutt il.iifi by t'oopir' I nioii No. 1H
and cii'lor id by th Irs hs assembly,
againt the tuhy State Coiiipsiiy, Ille
gnl ami permatitly eiijoming them from
pushing thn wiiiih, Ths tlicislott was
rendered Ju Irfe Ttiat er Htld ta.
born, .lil'Ue t'nl li II ili'iillng
I lis lion-, ill mi d' dure. J iiiuary l.
i',Ml, and H o"s'rrtg'' rniiiitiiy lm
Hied ati ly appbeil to .1 nd j.' I'tMinr, at
I n ka, lor a t'Hi.irnry liijanuion r-
Iriiliiiug Hi trub nitilly fruiii
.iitiing llm Isitei'lt, sh-'i it agrsHl..
At Hi her iij la I'Mst i mi tibrnarv
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n. I n! H' ttl v I 'lHip-inv had II ens
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