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-Nebraska going . republican., ; Shortly
after, the -election he received a pos
tal card bearing the Nebraska City
postmark. It was sarcastic in the
extreme. It called attention to the
fact that Nebraska Ciy had gone re
publican, that Nebraska had gone re
publican, and wound up by stating
that "the shadow of the starch trust
seems to-cover the whole state."
This postal card was signed and
sent by ; William Hay ward, now sec
retary of the republican national
committee. .
Bat it seems that the shadow was
merely hovering over the starch fac
tory. A few months later the hoar;
were shortened. Then the mill be
gan running five days a week. Then
half time then it closed down for
good. For many months its chimneys
were smokeless, its wheels motionless.
nee it was started up and the peo
ple took heart again, but the end
soon came. The factory was aban
doned for good.
Today William Hayward sits in his
office in republican headquarters, but
he tries hard to forget that postal
card. The republicans of Nebraska
City who threatened Mr. Bryan with
bodily violence because he dared to
am' them of the inevitable, look at
the heaps of stone and the wreck of
machinery that mark the site of their
once big starch factory, and keep
up a devil or a thinking.
C. J. Smyth was defeated for re
election as attorney general, and his
republican successor: did not push the
case against the starch company.
ut, after all, it was riot necessary.
Not baing engaged in charitable work
the starch trust saw no reason why
it should keep the Nebraska City fac-
tcry going when- it could 'make a
better profit by closing it down and
making starch elsewhere. .-. ,- "' , .-,
So it is that the starch fa'ctorv at
Nebraska City is not throwing shad
ows on anything these daj-s.f ... " --;
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GAS WATER HEATER
Heats the bath water in five minutes at a cost of
less than two cents.
The Use of Gas is a Prac
tical Economy
This is the verdict of all consumers of gas. We
will demonstrate its truth if given an opportunity.
Lincoln Gas and
Electric Light Co.
FROM THE CENTER OF THINGS
Lincoln, Nebr., Oct.
(Special tory was announced as under the
Correspondence) What was once one
of the largest starch factories in the
country is now desolate and deserted,
and the name of Nebraska City is: no
longer carried to the four quarters of
the earth as the" seat of the Argo
Starch Company. -. And thereby hangs
a tale in which the ' democratic can
didate for president, W. J. Bryan,
figures. . i -
Early this spring the starch trust
permanently closed the factory- Then
it sold the building and machinery
to the S. Krug Wrecking Company,
of Chicago, and the work of demoli
tion was begun: . One section of the
main building is already wrecked and
work is progressing on the remainder
cf the 'huge ' building. .;-
The Nebraska City Starch Co. .was
organized in 1891, J. Sterling Morton
being responsible; for the enterprise.
He interested some eastern capital
through his sons, Paul and Joy Mor
ton, and Nebraska City and eastern
Nebraska rejoiced. ... Surely Nebraska
was surely about to step out of the
"agricultural states"; classification and
enter the list of . "manufacturing
states." The starch factory was to
be the forerunner of cereal, mills of
every description
The factory' was operated with con
siderable success, for several years
and was reported - to be ' prospering
in a. most satisfactory manner, But
the- starch trust- had its eye on the
factory, and the . usual plans - were
set on foot. One fine morning the I
stockholders who were not connected
with the. active management of the
company . were thunderstruck at : the
I news that - the indebtedness of the
company, had mounted up until it was
considerably . -more 1 than half the
capital stock. When the Information
had soaked in they were told they
must choose between an assessment
amounting to the sum of their stock
or selling their stock at 10 cents oh
the dollar.
Nearly one-half of the stockholders
sold their IfoldinRWbut a larger num
ber, hoping against hope, paid the
assessment and held on. In June,
1894, the stock svtrrendered at 10
cents on the dolla? -was transfer red
to the Argo Starch Co.', and - five
years later the company was turned
control of the starch trust Attorney
General Smyth began ouster proceed
ings under the anti-trust laws of Ne
braska.
Then the storm of denunciation
broke loose.
"What, ''destroy one of our infant
industries!" "Fight the trusts that
are not among ua all you please, but
let our own trust alone.
William J. Bryan, then a candidate
for the presidency, made a -speech
denunciatory of the trust and warned
the people of Nebraska City that the
future was dark for their favorite
industry. But they jeered. Surely
the starch -trust would not think of
-closing such a model factory situ
ated in the very heart of the corn
raising section and with such su
perior railroad facilities.
. The- republicans thought they saw
an opportunity to make political cap
ital, So they called a public "protest
neettag." in Nebraska City. A judge
of the district court a republican
presided. The meeting adopted ring
ing resolutions" - denouncing the. attor
ney general and demanding that he
withdraw the suit. Shortly after this
protest meeting Mr. Bryan and At
torney Generay Smyth made a date
for a meeting in Nebraska City, and
promised to deal with the starch
trust question "in the shadow of the
starch . factory."; The day of the
meeting arrived and Mr. Bryan and
Mr. smyth went to Nebraska City
They, were met at the depot by a dele
gat ion of indignant citizens who pro
tested the speakers with copies of
the protest resolutions. At the same
time; angry threats of bodily harm
nere rreely hurled at the two dis
tinguished visitors.
-' Mf. ' Smyth contented himself with
quoting the laws of the state and as
serting that no threats of bodily harm
twouid avair to keep him from per
torming his -sworn duty.. Mr. Bryan
dealt' with the trust question in his
usual fearless manner. He told the
citizens of Nebraska City that their
starch, factor!'., would .be managed in
new lorR by men who were not
sympathy with them and wholly out
cf touch with their community. He
urged them. ..to assist the attorney
general in ousting the trust, and thus
permit the starch factory to be oper-
atetL bf borne people, . "Just-as soon
In 1900 the United States Starch Co.,a ?y can make some other one
which was a subsidiary company of If' their factories pay better dividends
the starch trust, turned over the fac-1 tSey wlu close this factory," warned
tory to the starch trust the National
Starch Co, .
During these various manipulations
to get the Nebraska City starch mills
in the hands of . the trust, the then
attorney general of Nebraska. Con
stantine J. Smyth, a democrat, was
watching and getting the facts well
in hand. As soon as the starch fac-
they will close tjtis factory
air. uryan.
But the republicans of Nebraska
City. knew better. Had they not re
ceived assurances from J. Sterling
Morton, who was implacable foe?
Surely Mr. : kforton would not let
the trust clo3e the Nebraska City
siarcn factory.
Mr. Bryan was defeated that yea
tioners. He made-a wecioua,tUck
upon., the trust jlank, oflne denu X
cratic platform and declared that Uwv5
50 per cent clause would ruin tft";
man who tried to manufacture undeiv
a patent. He evidently thought that?
westerners are so Ignorant that they-j
do .sot know that patents are a con-v.
tiT.utional right, and paraded the fact;
that he does not know the difference
between an incentive ', to individual ;
genius and an incentive to corporate- '4
greed. ; '
Mr. Bryan spent several days in
Lincoln last week, catehing up with
his correspondence and receiving" re
ports about the progress of the cam-
paign--Just before starting ba'ck to
hicago to resume his tour Mr. Bryan
spoke ,at . Havelock, a Buburh... of - Lin
coln, -and the site of-the -big; Burling
ton shops. A few days before Mr.
Taft spoke at Havelock, and the
hops were shut down thirty minutes
in order that the shopmen might hear
the republican candidate.;.' Later the
hopmen were notified to either make
up the lost; time or be docked the
thirty minutes, i ; I -. : ; .
The Lincoln newspapers and the
press associations . .heralded it forth
'that. Mr. Taft ;-wa'sV introduced 'tot the
Havelock crowd by "the president of
the - local boilermakers' union,1! I an
tins "gave the republican'' organs an
other excuse to say that Taft is not
beins- oniKjsert bv organized , labor.
This is a' sample of 'the' deceit prac
ticed by their republican committee.
Mr. Taft was Jtitroducjed ;toi: the, Have
lock audience by a man named
Holmes, who is a gang foreman .in the
Havelock . shops; Holmes :is,"!ri6t ;a
member of any union, and never was.
Every effort was put forth to get
big crowd for Taft at Havelock.
The morning was ideal and the meet-
in.? had been advertised far and
wide.. Yet Taft talked to less than
500 people, and" not half the shopmen
turned out to hear him. , Monday
night; of last week Mr. Bryan spoke
at Havelock. It rained, r ail day, ;and
rained at night. The city park, where
he spoke, was a ' sea of mud.- The
streets were almost impassable. Yet
Mr. Bryan spoke to upwards of 3,000
people, and the enthusiasm was in
tense: A big delegation of union
shopmen occupied the speaker's stand,
and Mr. Bryan's analysis of the labor
planks in the two ' platforms was
greeted with wild enthusiasm.
By this time probably every news'. ;
paper reader in the country is wis-? '
to the Omaha Bee joke. - The Omaha ' :
Pee is edited by Victor Rosewater,
a Nebraska member of the republican
national committee, member of tho, .
executive committee of that organiza- r
tion and chairman of the bureau of "
publicity. Recently Mr. Bryan quote I
from the republican tariff plank. 2
but in the printed report of his speech' -the
quotation marks were left off. -Reading
the following the Bee editor '
took it for granted that it was what i
Mr. Bryan -said: ; "'
"In all tariff legislation the true
principle of protection is best main'
tained by the imposition of such,
duties as will equal the difference be-'
tween the cost of production at home;
and abroad, together with a reason-:
able profit to American industries.
Then the editor ; of the Bee pnv,' "
ceeded to denounce- that principle as"
"sheer demagogy" and declared thatT
an attempt to put it into , practice.
would result in endless strife' between: j
employer and . employe, precipitates 'jl
panic and do untold injury, The Bee- 'r
really had hard work expressing i Jj
hatred for such a "demagogic ntteri
ance.". Now that its editor; republi;
can national committeeman from Nei '4
braska, has learned that he was de j
nduncing a republican platform plante 1
the silence that reigns in the Bee of'- 3
fice could be cntvwith. a-knife. i ''
The Portland Oregoniah anothec 5
republican organ, made the same tooV
mistake. So- did . -the Boston Trans? 3
cript. And Mr.' Bryan 'says he nq
longer reads books of humor wherf
he .wants . to'., langh He just rends H
repuoncan piatiorm. r 3
Beginning Tuesday morning of this
week Mr. Bryan made , a three days'
tour of eastern Nebraska,., -The trip
was made on a special train and Mr.
Bryan spoke an average of "twenty-
five times a day. r Every where he
was greeted by large and enthusias
tic audiences. ' " --'
The republicans of the west ' have
builded great hopes on the western
tcur of Governor Hughe's. .While .they
profess to believe that the tour has
strengthened their cause, , they ..really
Know that because of his evasions
and i his false witness " ' Governor
Hughes has weakened rather than
strengthened them.. He avoided any
reference to the bank guaranty, and
refused to refer to his , veto of the
2-cent fare law after using several
hundred thousand dollars contribute J I
by railroad managers to -his campaign
fund. Everywhere he was asked to
explain it. But he ignored all qnes-
' SCATTERING FISH IN. KANSAS i i
1 1
The Game Warden- Out, With Hil f
Train Planting Bass and Crappie. ' '
The annual distribution 4 of fish for:
Kansas - waters--' from the state fish f
hatchery at Pratt began Monday! i
"Del Travis, state- fish; and. game wa i
den, started ' out the fish' car, and id I
the oext mdntb. sSOf of the young fisjji ig
at the hatchery -will be distributed 5
Eleven f trips have, already been ai
ranged, , taking, in practically ererf i
part of the state. The car, loaded -
vy-iih- ioOO1 fish, started., over the CoS- 4
orado division . of the Chicago, Roc 3
Island, &. Pacifip, at McFartand and
will ' distribute fish at ' evefy statioi
along Xhe division to Goodland, when f
the -caV. will ret Arn to the hatcherf .
at Pratt for another load. As fast
as the" strips carl 'be io&$e and ne?
loads put into the car the fish will ;
be distributed as follows: Atchison, :.
Tppeka & Santa Fe, from Strong City-
to Superior. Neb., thence on the Bur-1?
lington to St.. Francis, covering the
northwest corner of the state. From
Pratt to Kansas City, from Florence 1
to Great Bend via McPherscn and Ly-3
ons, from Lamed to Jettmore, from
Harper to Winfield, Moline, Elk City. ;
Independence, Coffeyvirie and Pitts-;
burg. St. Louis- & St. Francisco -from
Kansas City to Fort Scott. Mi-"
souri Pacific, Wichita to Fort' Scott
From Fort Scott to Leoti. Union Pa-'?
ciflc from Tppeka-. to Grainfield. "
There are some other trips to bei
aranged later to ' get- into ether set-'
tions of the state. . . ?
' Mr. Travis expects to distribute all
of the fish raised at the hatchery this
year in ' the fall "months. He esti-
mates the crops at something more"
than 100,000 bass and crappie. The;
car has a capacity' of 10,000-fish, and
all of the long trips it will be loaded ,
to the limit. Not less than fifty fiah :
are given to each applicant and some
applicants get. as high as 1,000, ac-;
cording to what they desire to dotj
with them and the water conditions.-;
it is the intention of the game war-r
den to import a large number of the J
blue quail from New Mexico this fall. 5
These birds are coming 'into the wes-u
tern part of the state. In droves atx
the present time, but It is Mr.ii
Travis' intention to get a large num .;
ber of the birds in New. Mexico and-,
send them to the eastern part of the.
state for restocking. ; These birds-
have top-knots but are as gamey and;
as good eating its the brown ones.;
native of Kansas, . "
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UNION
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Bg Insisting Upon Pur
'chasing -Union
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You help better shoemafeing
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help gour .oion Labor Proposition. Yoji abolish'
Child Labor.
DO NOT BE MISLED
By Retailers toho sai): "This shoe does not bear
the stamp; but it is made under pnion . Conditions."
THIS IS FALSE. No shoe is union mads unless it
bears the Union Stamp. : ' ''""- ''' -'-'.-'
BOOT AND SHOE WORKERS' UNION
246 Sumner St, Boston, Mass: . 5
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