Nebraska Newspapers

    The Valentine Democrat
VALENTINE , NEB.
I. M. RICE ,
THURSDAY , OUT. 27 , 1004.
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Severest Indictment of His Parly
President IiimsIf.
HE TOMkBF fel C02RUPT10iN
Pr.iulp , Forgciics anil Perjuries
His Oillcial Message
J'inils Ainoug Noioriuus
Yiclaiious oi' Lair.
There is not in existence , nor is
there likely to be , a severer indictment
of the party in po\\er that that by
J'resident Roosevelt himself in his an
nual message to the second session of
the Fifty-eighth Congress , transmitted
on Monday , Dec. 7 , 31KKJ.
lias the country forgotten how he
referred to the general corruption in
the departments not merely the Post-
ofiice Department , but he included all
the depailments ? From the manner
iu which he referred to the "deplor
able state of affairs" it was thought
1hat there would be a wholesale purg
ing , and the consequence was that
when the message was promulgated
the departments were in a panic. But
their fears were unwarranted. Only
a few oilenders here and there were
to be molested.
But here is that part of the mes
sage in reference to the prevalent cor
ruption at Washington :
"In my last annual message , in con
nection with the subject of the due
regulation of combinations of capital
which are or may become injurious
"to the public , I recommended a special
appropriation Tor the uelid' enf.Gi'0 hnoiit
of the anti-trust law as it now stands ,
to be extended under the direction of
the Attorney-General. Accordingly ( by
the legislative , executive and judicial
appropriation act of February 2-j , 1'JOo ;
: J2 Stat. , Su4. 'Ml ) , the Congress ap
propriated for the purpose of enforc
ing the various Federal trust and in
terstate-commerce laws the sum of five
hundred thousand dollars , to be ex
pended under the direction of the At
torney-General in the employment of
special counsel and agents in the De
partment of Justice to conduct pro
ceedings and prosecutions under said
laws in the courts of the United States ,
1 now recommend as a matter of the
utmost importance and urgency the ex
tension of the purposes of me appro
priation , so that it may be available
under the direction of the Attoruey-
GeneiteL-iUTi until used for the enforce-
uient4 | tWrhnvs of the United States
in general , and especially of the civil
and criminal laws relating to postal
crimes and offenses and the subject of
naturalization. Recent investigations
have shown a DEPLORABLE STATE
OF AFFAIRS IX THESE THREE
MATTERS OF VITAL CONCERN BY
VARIOUS FRAUDS AND BY FORG
ERIES AND PERJURIES , THOU
SANDS OF ACRES OF THE PUBLIC
DOMAIN , embracing lands of different
character and extending through var
ious sections of the country , have been
dishonestly acquired. It is hardly ncc-
essarj * to urge the importance of re
covering thofce dishonest acquisitions ,
stolen from th" people , and of , prompt
ly and duij' punishing the offenders. I
speak in another part of this message
of the wide-spread crimes and offense
by which the sacred right of citizen
ship is falsely asserted and that 'in
estimable heritage' perverted to base
ends. By similar means THROUGH
FRAUDS , FORGERIES AND PER
JURIES AND BY SHAMEFUL BRIB
ERIES THE LAAVS RELATING
TO THE PROPER CONDUCT OF
THE PUBLIC SERVICE IN GENER
AL , AND TO THE DUE ADMINIS
TRATION OF THE POSTOFFICE
DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN NO
TORIOUSLY VIOLATED , AND
MANY INDICTMENTS HAVE BEEN
FOUND , AND THE CONSEQUENT
PROSECUTIONS ARE IN COURSE
OF HEARING OR ON TIIE EVE
THEREOF. FOR THE REASONS
THUS INDICATED AND SO THAT
THE GOVERNMENT MAY BE PRE
PARED TO ENFORCE PROMPTLY
AND WITH THE GREATEST EF
FECT TIIE PENALTIES FOR SUCH
VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW , AND
TO THIS END MAY BE FUR
NISHED WITH SUFFICIENT IN
STRUMENTALITIES AND COMPE
TENT LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR
THE INVESTIGATIONS AND
TRIALS WHICH WILL BE NECES
SARY AT MANY DIFFERENT
POINTS OF THE COUNTRY. I
URGE UPON TIIE CONGRESS THE
NECESSITY OF MAKING THE
SAID APPROPRIATION AVAIL
ABLE FOR IMMEDIATE USE FOR
SUCH PURPOSES , TO BE EN-
UNDER THE DIREC-
OF THE ATTORNEY-GEN
ERAL. "
By nothing is a public man's charac
ter better to be judged than by what lie
Las to say to the public.
How shall the people who will vote
for President in November better ar
rive at a fair judgment of the character
of Theodore Roosevelt , as he is , than
by his latest utterances ? His supporters
and advisers say that he consulted them
and discussed with them bis most im
portant acts and declarations.
But what is left to be said of a Presi
dent , however influenced , who in one
breath finds fault with all of his de
partments , saying that by frauds , forg
eries and perjuries they are in a de
plorable condition , and , in the next
breath , as in his letter of acceptance ,
speaking of his administration's record ,
declares : "A truthful recital would
leave no room for adverse comment ? "
Was the man who wrote the message
to Congress only last December sin
cere ? Was his recital "truthful ? "
/Was / tlie same man who wrote a letter
) tliig tlie Eepub'.iccii nomination
* * $ & $
'Ssj- VM < ! t Mr ;
far/A
"THE AMERICAN CONTINENTAL POLICEMAN. "
After his terrific indictment of cor
ruptionists in his own administratioi
this is what he has just said in his let
ter of acceptance :
"We base our appeal upon what we
have done : hul are doing , upon our rec
ord of administration and legislation
during the last seven years in which
we have had complete control of the
government. WE INTEND IN THE
FUTURE TO CARRY ON THE GOV
ERNMENT IN THE SAME WAY
THAT WE HAVE CARRIED IT ON
IN THE PAST. "
How did the administration proceed
to cut all the awful , disgraceful , de
grading corruption to which the Presi
dent pointed the linger of righteous
scorn in the departments ?
Just two or three offenders were in
dieted. Not a single criminal in the de
partments has gone to any jail. Not
one of them has ever been punished
Yet in these department.0 , according to
President Roosevelt himself , were mei
guilty of "frauds , forgeries , perjuries
and shameless briberies. "
lie went after these rascals as he
did after the trusts. He quit as sooi
as he began , as soon as the pursuit ot
rascality had the appearance of sue
cess.
cess.Was
Was it any quality of mercy which
caused Mr. Roosevelt to suspend the
cause of justice , or was it because he
\vas a candidate for President ?
If you believe in a tariff that will
protect every legitimate industry ,
without allowing the Trusts to rob
and oppress the public ,
VOTE FOR PARKER !
BRYAN PROPHESIES FULFILLED.
Tariff and Trusts V/rccIccil Small
Industries oi' Sm1ia.uaToivit. .
A special dispatch to the New York
World from Indianapolis says :
Fifty-two speeches will be delivered
by Mr. Bryauin Indiana in eight days ,
from October 12 to October 20. Alto
gether the Democratic State Commit
tee will get about sixty-five speeches
out of Bryan in Indiana in ten days ,
if his voice and strength hold out.
Brjan will be hurried over Indiana
on a special train , which will be made
up at Terre Haute the mornia of Oc
tober 12.
Tipton and Alexandria will be
among the places visited. Mr. Bryan
passed Elwood on the journey from one
place to the other when he made a
prophetic speech last campaign that
tariff and trusts would wreck its fac
tories. He then said :
"Ere another campaign your factor
ies will be idle , your tall chimneys
send forth no smoke , and although Re
publican legislation might be claiming
all accomplishment of improved manu
facturing conditions , you will know ,
and know to your o\vn sorrow , the fal
lacy of such claims. "
Since his visit the radiator works
have closed , the American Window
Glass is a wreck , the Pittsburg Plate
Glass Company is closed , the Roderfer
Brick Company is in the hands of a
receiver , the Elwood Furniture Com
pany has been sold at receiver's sale ,
the lawn mower company is moving
away and other factory wrecks
abound.
Parker Pleased SEim.
John R. Wilson , a leading Democrat
of Indianapolis , was in New York re
cently and met Judge Parker. To a
reporter , after his return home , Mr.
Wilson said :
"He is undoubtedly a. very impres
sive man. He is a large , well-built ,
strong man physically , and is intellec
tually on the same large scale , lie im
presses you as a man with perfect har-
: nony of faculties , each highly devel
oped. In manner he reminded me of
Joseph E. MacDonald. He is genial
ind kindly. You cannot think of his
) eing rash in action. There ia that self
> oise that shows that he thinks before
10 speaks. AM in all , hu possesses ai ;
attractive personality. "
EXECUTIVE USURPATION.
ia a Republican Congress lo Oppose
a Republican President.
Secretary of War William H. Taft ,
speaking for the Administration at the
Union League Club meeting on Thurs
day night , quoted from Judge Parker's
letter of acceptance this , and proceeded
to criticise it :
"Already the National Government
has become centralized beyond any
point contemplated by the framers of
the Constitution. How tremendously
all this has added to the power of
the President ! It has developed from
year to year until it almost equals that
of many monarchs. "
'
Then'Secretary Taft has this com
ment to make :
"In what respect does the Executive
to-day exercise any more power than
he did in the time of Washington and
Jefferson ? It may be that the Presi
dent of the United States exercises
more power under the Constitution
than many monarchs. If this is true
to-day , it is because the Constitution
builders put tlie instrument into force.
But if it were otherwise , if there has
been an encroachment by the Execu
tive on the legislative and judicial
branches of the Government , why does
not the Judge point out where these
usurpations are , so that/he may prom
ise to the people that uuder his admin
istration such usurpations will not be
continued ? " |
Again continues Secretary Taft :
"The possibility of improper limita
tion of executive power/by Congress is
real , but the danger that the Executive
will usurp the functions of the Legis
lature is a mere hobgoblin , because the
Legislature has always at its command
that which , in England won from the
most arbitrary kings liberty for the
people the power over the public
purse. Mere inaction by Congress
would render the President powerless. "
Jjdge Parker's assertion as to the
centralization of power in the Govern
ment is most abundantly warranted by
abuses too notoriously patent to need
specification. Not a few administra
tions have seen this" question under dis
cussion in Congress , and' before the
people on the hustings. It is by no
means a new question. It was last
most seriously debated during the ad
ministration of President Grant. Nev
er before has the question of central
ization of power assumed so grave an
aspect as under the administration
of Mr. Roosevelt. Since the day he
took the oath 'of office , after the death
of William McKinley , Theodore Roose
velt has bent every energy of an ex
ceptionally energetic nature to promot
ing his own succession , and in the pur
suit of that object he has time and
again transgressed the legitimate
sphere of his executive functions.
Mr. Taft was in the Philippines
when Mr. Roosevelt was bossing his
Republican Congress , and there were
things about Congress he didn't see.
There were Republicans in that Con
gress who several times evinced symp
toms of revolt , but the power of the
Executive was quickly brought in.o
play and the would-be party recalci
trants were incontinently whipped into
line.
It is the veriest idle twaddle to speak
in this connection of "the Legisla
ture" having the power to make the
Executive powerless. What is the pow
er of the Legislature worth so long as
it is unexercised when it most needs to
l " exercised ? Did a Republican Con-
. . - > ss ever ( ] are ( o oppose a Republican
Ec-vuuve ? If it has ever been criti-
cK-ed by Republican members , it has
been by indirection , with tlie final re
sult that the vote of the Republican
Legislature has been with the Execu
tive. The Republican Congress has
done President Roosevelt's bidding ab-
lectly and servilely , the while its in
dividuals in private criticised and even
cursed his fatuous blundering.
Congress may. indeed , under the
law , bind the hands of a usurping
President , as the English Parliament
has done with English kings , but the
Congress will have to be anything else
but a Republican Congress.
COST OF TRANSPORTATION. ,
Monopolies and Trusts Receive Re
bates While Other Shippers bufler.
As a strong argument against the
trusts , which are fostered under the
iniquitous Dingley Tariff bill , a paper
read by Mr. A. B. Hepburn , President
of the Chase National Bank of New
York , before the American Bankers'
Association , at the Waldorf , in New
York recently , may well be considered.
Mr. Hepburn has some positive ideas ,
and among them was this :
"Recurring to the initial thought of
this paper the desirability of stable
business conditions and uniform cost
of transportation , and reasonable uni
form rates for money , we , as bankers ,
entirely apart from legislative or co
ercive measures , can exercise great in-1
tiuence iu bringing about such condi
tions. "
Uniform cost of transportation means
that one shipper must have the same
rate as another. Twenty years ago
the men who control the Standard Oil
Company and nearly everything else
in the country , saw the advantage of
a rebate. They gave the other fellow
an even chance in production , but they
cut his throat in getting a cheaper
freight rate than he could , and the
competitor went out of business.
There is a coal trust that controls
every pound of coal consumed in New
York and New England. Mr. Baer is
at the head of this. Several years ago
the coal market of New York was
open. The coal trust was formed. The
members got an advantage in freight
rates from the railroads. It was small ,
but it was enough. It put the competi
tors out of busineThis rebate killed
competition , made a coal monopoly
and coal bills appreciated about fifty
per cent.
This is but an example which could
be stretched out ad inlinitum. Every
criminal trust that lives gets its life
from a special privilege , and the ma
jority of those special privileges are
given by virtue of the Dingley Tariff
Act.
It's the Trusts against the People.
Roosevelt ctands for the Trusts ; Par
ker stands for the People.
VOTE FOR PARKER !
PROTECTION AND THE FARMER.
Agriculture Receives Absolutely No
Benefit Out of the Tariff.
Mr. Roosevelt , in one of his many
books , said that "there was no doubt
about the fact that the high tariff
against which South Carolina so vigor
ously protested was a discrimination
against the purely agricultural com
munities. "
So certain is it that a protective tar
iff cannot help the producer of staple
agricultural products , that not long
ago Mr. Lubin , a Republican , came to
Congress demanding that Congress
should protect the farmer as well as
the manufacturer.
When he was told that there existed
duties upon Indian corn , wheat , etc. .
his reply substantially was that every
man knew it worked no protection , so-
called , to the American farmer. He
said that the Government could help
the manufacturers of certain products
by levying import duties , making , of
course , the rest of the community pay
the price of the help ; but the only way
in which they could help the farni'-rs
was by giving an export bounty , and j ]
he demanded that bounty very seriou-1 '
ly in hearing after hearing before the
Committee on Agriculture in the TTov.se
of Representatives.
'
t
If you want your boy to have a i r
: hance in life and not be a trust slave , t
VOTE FOR PARKER !
' ' '
CORRUPTION .
CAMPAIGN FONi
Republican Nalional Committee Holdin
Up Corporations Ri&ht and Left ,
Tha Wall Street Summary , tba
which there is not a fairer non-part :
san financial journal in the eountrj
says , touching the Republican effort
to raise a corruption campaign fund :
"Already a number of the largest cor
porations in this country , popularly
. cc in many cases misleadingly , spok
en of as 'trusts , ' and hencr likely ti
lie Tinder the bail of the Sherman An
ti-Trust hn\ras interpreted by the Sii
preme Court of the United States ii
the Northern Securities case , havi
been approached , yes. actually impor
tuned , by the managers of the Repub
liefi campaign or their authorize !
emissaries to contribute to the treas
ury of the National Committee. Ii
some cases assurances have been giv
en in the "White lions ? , that now tiia
the issue raised by the Governmen
in the Northern Securities case ha :
been sustained by the Supreme Court
ceriain aggregations of industrial en
terprises would not be held as coming
within the purview of the decisioi
mentioned.
" \Ve can state further that the ox
ccutives of some of the corporation. '
thai have been approached , as de
scribed above , are not members of the
political party in behalf of which the
appeals have been made , yet they havt
deemed it good business judgment tc
give the matter their favorable consid
eration.
"The most flagrant case of this char
acter that has come to our knowledge
is that of the executive of one of out
larger railroad systems , who has vir
tually decided that it is for the best
interests of his corporation thai in
some way a substantial contribution
should be made to the cause represent
ed by Chairman Cortelyou. because
the Chairman is slated for the position
of Postmaster General after March 4.
should his efforts to retain his party
in power be successful. This corpo
ration , in common with all other trans
portation companies has constant and
sometimes conflicting relations with
the Postotlice Department , a fact that
carries great weight with the execu
tive referred to , as it doubtless will
with others similarly situated when
they are appealed to for campaign con
tributions.
"This paper is not a political organ
in any sense of the word , but , as its
readers know , stands for what is hon-
? st and upright in the management of
jut Governmental affairs , as well a
in the conduct of commercial 'and
linaneial transactions. It seems pro
per , therefore , and entirely within the
province of an independent , non-parti
san newspaper to refer to such facts
is they come to its knowledge from
.ime to time , as have been recited
ibove. leaving those who read them to
Iraw their own conclusions/ '
WERE IS THE MAYFLOWER ?
? erlinent Inquiry as to the Liocitlit
of the President's Yacht.
Emperor William likes Mr. Iloose-
'elt sincerely for his imperial ways ,
le likes him for his taking care of
lis own pleasures. It tickles his Im-
> erial Majesty that Theodore Roosevelt
las a yacht , the Mayflower , most lux-
iriously appointed , which is somewhere
insconced in Mediterranean waters.
The yacht is somewhere about tbe
he waters of the earth. The Govern-
uent is paying a sum for it that is.
he people are paying the cost. So
emarkable has been the display of lux-
iry about this American republic's im-
lerial boat that it has attracted the
.ttention of every enterprising news-
taper man in the country , even includ-
ng the pictorial artists. Yet a photogra-
iher of the Navy Department has been
rdered to destroy all the plates and
lictures representative of the interior
f the craft. What is the fear about
bis boat ? Is it not a fact that the
Administration knows that this sort of
hing is inconsistent with a republican
urm of government ? And is it not
patent proposition that it is best to
onceal all that can t > e hidden about
his imperial boat ? There is an ex-
ensive naval and military eistouraae
bout thi * ( i-vi rnnvnt which is cun-
iautly u'ov. : Ing in extent and ex-
ense. It goes along with colonial ex-
ansion and all that sort of rotten
liing , which is contrary to a republican
orm of government.
If you want a government by the
eopie instead of a government by
rusts ,
VOTE FOR PARKER !
TO KEEP STAKDISG PAT.
! i > o\cv > l to ( ; < on us neforp.
withstanding a afl iEccorrt.
ThePresident , in his letter of ac-
: 'Itance. says : "We intend in the fu-
ire to carry on the Government in
le same way that we have carried it
n in the past. " That is to say that
le Government will be carried on in
IP future with that degree of reck-
SMiess and extravagance which is a
art of the record of his administra-
on during the last three years.
The New York Evening Post be
eves that too much prominence can-
Dt be given by the Democratic and in-
[ pendent press and speakers to this
itremely bad record. "Take the sin-
! e matter of naval expenditures. " says
le Post. "In 18S4 the appropriations
ere # lo.nSC,4,7. : and in lSSr iess than
[ 0,000.000. By 1800 the sum appro
bated was ? 22.4r > G.n3 : in 1SS ! it wa *
? 2.-)74.0S2 ; and in 1001. ? rn.G2U22. :
ut this amount is modest compared
ith the expenditure since the prcs-
it administration has really warmed
i its work. In 1902 the naval estab-
: hm nt called for Sfi7.SO.12S : ; : in Ifio : :
V SS2.C1S.034 : and the last appropria-
> n was : ? 9S.OO.jMO. These figures
( eok for themselves. We have
tinged into this business up to our
cls. and unless there is a sharp
uinge. we shall be over our heads. "
The Trusts , under Republican pro-
ction , are driving retailers out cf
isincss. If you wan fair compsti-
jn for everybody
VOTE FOR PARKER !
> I3 fr'
> 1LK
Startling Diffarencj or Cost in Favor
of Forbign Steel Rail Buyers.
Of the points made bj lion. , h hi :
Sharp Williams , in his powerful aitti-
trti't speeches , none is so unanvK - -
i abbas tli.it which he emphasizes with
t the undisputed fact that steel rails
j manufactured in this country arc M ) ! < t
cheaper to foreign than to American
I consumer * .
I Here i < the way Mr. Williams fn'iit-
j cd the < ubjecL in his Brooklyn sp.-oclL
i of Oc'fjbt r ] :
i Let mo read you a letter froui Mr.
I Roaul. President of the National K.til-
{ road Comany } ) of.Mexico , a road which
I operates both in Mexico and in Texas :
i "In if)02 ) I secured bids on steel rails
for Mexico from bniied States Ui'IF.at . ;
j about # 24 delivered at Tampico.visil :
the price I paid at the same time for
rails for bur road in Texas was S2S ; it
the mills. "
KeiiH'nihrr that these rails wer ? laid
dov n at Tamico. ] Mexico , for $ : M , and
; that the freight to Tampico was 1. so
that the price at the mills for the rails :
shipped to Tampico was > 20. v/hil : . as
the writer tates. the price at thr rilis
for that part of the order to Ije u > et (
in Tfxa was S2S. The extortion hi
this ci--e : was Si > .
Let me read you part of another let
ter , addressed to Senator Llacon. oC
Georgia , and dated February 2. . P.XH.
and written by Mr. J. T. Wright , an
Indiana Republican :
"The extension of our road , sorr.tfor
ty miles , was decided upon and c\ish
provided for it early in the spring of
11)01. ) Owing to the demand at that
time for steel in all forms and UK ;
probability of an advance in prli-- . it
seenudise to take up the maKer of
tinpur'IiaM > of the nece-sary rails at
out i' . Inquiries , therefore , wore nd-
divssrd and mailed to all tli:1 I 'avlug
steel rail manufacturers in Hie coun
try , asking for tenders on si.viy i.iiles
of sevv-nty-pound steel rails delivered
at Savannah or Macon. the , )0itit of de
livery to be oplionr.l with us.
' 'After endeavoring in vain Jo obtain
better prices than those quo tor. we
iinally accepted the bid of the - Steel
Company , and placed our order with
them for she Hi ; IS tons of rails al ? 2i :
per ton. based upon delivery at tide
water. This Avould enable us to ar
range our own freight rate to Savan
nah and effect some saving in the cost
of the rails. The order was declined
( in the term < . the - Ster-l Company
refiiMMg to make any price f. o. b. mill ,
but insisting upon delivered pricv.
* 4 * *
"I made one more effort. Some
friends of mine were interested in a
railroad project in Central America ,
and 1 broached the subject to rhe rep
resentative of the - Steel Company
who had come here to close the mat Joe
with me. I told him that my friends
had made some inquiry of me as to the
cost of construction in that coiwtry.
and 1 should like to know at whal price
he could sell me steel rails dcihi'ivd
at tidewater for shipment to Honduras.
lie promptly quoted me # 20 per ion.
* * * * s * r
' 'Allowing a liberal amount for4
of delivery at tidewater , which , in this-
particular rae would have been very
small , we American citizens paid iu
this American industry . * ? : ; ; ; .000 hi ex-
[ ess of what foreigners would have
been compelled to pay. And . "
would have put up a very handsome li
brary tilled with standard books on
protection.
"And this was a very small transaf-
lion only lifty miles of railroad : Pay
mentsvre cash , and we neither i-eed-
> d nor asked any concessions it : the
1'iatter uf time. Because we wen ;
. \ tricans interested in the develop-
lU'iit of a small section of our country.
involving f.iilh and sacrifices. we wen ;
? ompelled to pay out. as a bomt > . iu
\\cej > * of Scot ) per mile. "
Every family pays tribute to the Re-
Jublican Trusts which control the
iccessaries of life. If yen wan' to
; top that tribute
VOTE FOP. PAR.KER4-
1BDY IS Iiffi5EF AGAft.
P.ooted. spurred and sombre-rued ,
vith teeth gleaming defiance and bat-
le. after an unwonted period of silence
i ml quietude. Theodore Roosevelt has
n-omulgated a letter of acceptance of
he nomination for President , which is
L burning challenge to Democrats and
> ther citizens who have questioned
he isd'T.i of his administration. lie
irocl.-im ! < himself infaliiblcwhen even
uany of those of his own party iiave
adhiitied he. made mistakes ,
'he 1 : > ! _ - > . re.-pociiibli ; element of in-
! ejii'iideit voters who Jiave criticised
lis acts are toid to go to tiie devil , for
II he cares. As for the Democrats
hem'lves , they have provocation
nough to rally to the battlo of beat-
: ig this unsparing critic of famous
ivd.-cessors m of lice. They will not
ortret his defamation of Jefferson ,
ark.-in and I'olk , nor vill they forget
; hen he was nominated for Vice-Presi-
eist his violent abuso of all Democrats.
WORTH THEM All.
'rust Question Transcends All Other
I -.sues in
John A. Wiston , of Lansing ( Mich. ; ;
s-President of ti:2 : Michigan Knights
f the Grip , has this to say :
"The trust question is worth all the
ther issues ten times over. Traveling
ion are pu.-hing that issue for all it
; worth. Particularly is this true in
ew York and Indiana. Judge Par-
LT'S decisions are a splendid record
ain t the trusts. In the minds of
: e masses it is the paramount issue.
lie best workers outside of the retail
: ilfiand commercial travelers for
arker and Davis are the women.
hey all understand the trust question.
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