The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-11
rAMMANY HALL.


Mr.. Kelly commenced his remarks as fol-
lows
This meeting is an anti-monopoly meet
ing. For some reason that has never been
clear to the people, both of the great par
ties of the country have studiously avoided
meeting this great question lairly II must
have because they were frightened by the
immense power welded Ply these great cor
porations. But it is agreed that the issue
now must be met, and met right here in
Tammany Hall, where the great party has
always been on the side of the
people. They understand this quss-
ton, and they have protested time
and again to the parties TO put down these
monopolies There has been an organiza-
ton in this city in the interest of the mer-
chants. They have appealed to the ma
tional legislature with the same result, and
in some of their printed material they have
pointed out that the democratic party, MS Il
party, was not entirely responsible for this
Stat of affairs. But they have said in one
of their circulars that the republican party
is controlled by these corporations. We
controlled by the immense power of these
great corporations. We ask the democratic
party to send no man to the legislature UNI
less he understands that he goes there to
legislate in the interest of the people and
not for corporations, You want also 10
send intelligent men, because they ought
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latons la'e52 100 acres Oh our ciioiccst i"I',''
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alone received 4',uoo,OVu acreS-'th amount
equal To the areas OF view Hampshire,
MASSACHUSETTS, hho1e lslallo, OonnectiIcu',
New Jersey, ana New YORK. hlhguomS
gwen 10 Il lew mem van II HoV uc Sccl
that time VIII come IN our country WhCl
the same power OF landlords Will exist, only
ON larger scale, which Is now crushing
Ireland?
MoNoPoLIES BNEN IN FOOD.
Congress- first gave to railroad corpora
tions the powcr to tramplc ON the people,
and they are now extending their domain
10 the very ncccssaries of life Monopoies
in food, in coal, in clothing, are everywhere
advancing with amazing rapidity, and their
advance is assisted by the allowance of spe-
Cial rates for frcightS by railroad corpora
tons. Unless the people rise they will find
that the grasp upon them is too strong to
be cast oil. 4 good example of the rise OF
monopolies is furnished by the Standard
oil company. Ofthc 6jOOC0,0OO gallons OF
petroleum which are annually produced in
this country, all but Il trlhing amount
passes through the Standard oil company
Every man in the country who uses petro-
leum is forced to pay price scventy-iivC
per cent. higher than is right, and this
seventy-five per cent goes to John Rock
teller and Ills associates. The Standard
oil company on q nominal capital of So
10000 is SAID to pay an annual dividend OF
over SIC, OOO, 900. How was this monopoly
attained? BY means of the railroads Less
than twenty years ago the Standard oil
company was started by Rockefeller, who
was then clerk, together with u labOreI
named Andrews. Bat they soon obtained
the assistance of the railroads, and their oil
was carried over the New York Central tol
81 cents per barrel, when other rciiners paic
$l.G per barrel The PennSylyania rail
way contracted with the Standard to double
its rates of freight, and to pay back to thu
Standard 81 for every barrel OF oil which
was carried over the road. The end wa
that the Standard company ruined TIT
other reiiners. or iiity-eight oil relinerie
which existed in l'ittspurg IN 1867, twenty
eight have becncrushed and.twenty-nine ar
now run by the Standard company. Tina
company now own the oll-carS, the oil res
cryoirs, the oil-pi Is. Not only thepublic
but the owners oi the ol-wells are al IN
mercy of the company, and the stores OF ol
which hountcous nature mas given us arr
made by the railroads and the STANDARD
company, cost ly luxury. This Is but ON
of many examples. Docs II occur TO thC
puDHG th3' t"u i i,lcll IN tn's wy nov w
o,se, ~ ,,,n,. ,I,o countrv fhon los In tb,
,ou,or az onr President , INV II Wander
III I'D To,, could shonld dcsirn crcotlv n
nl. "'so t y rro;,,bts ~ and from Srw Sorl
tho,, co,,id in n iSw vcnrs transfer orr frod
w. poI,;rnnrc and Roston and min I'm
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