, 1886-06-13
TALMAGE ON MONOPOLY
FOURTH OF THE LABOR SERMONS
IN THE TABERNACLE.

Tho An-DsvourinT. Avaricious Fisnd
Monopoly Denounced by the Eloquent
Divine beware of NihiIism. He is
Not to he the Groom.
BROOKLYN. June 6-Rev. T.. Dewitt
Talmage, d. D., preached to-day in the
Brooklyn Tabernacle, the fourth OF his
series OF sermons on The Labor Question.
His subject was; Monopoly md ommun
ism Struggling for the Possession of this
Country" Before beginning his sermon he
announced that the congregation would
make a trip to the Thousand Isles on the Goth
inst.
The text was Isaiah, xii. 4: 1.-THE Lord
delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be
married. Following is the sermon in full:
As the greater includes tho less. so does
the circle Of future joy around our ntire
world include the epicycle OF our own re-
public Bold, eIhilarent, unique. divine
imagery of the texti So many are dep essed
by the labor agitation and think every thing
In this country is going to pieces, l preach
this morning a sermon of good cheer and
anticipate the time when the Prince Of Peace
and the Heir of Universal Dominion shall
shall be married"
e'''b wv blhi dtslin1 VI Afi1
nation ii makes all the difference in the
world whether we are on tho way TO a
funeral or a wedding. The Bible leaves no
doubs on this subject In pulpits, and on
platforms, and in places of pub ic concourse
l hear so many OF the mufied drums of evil
prophecy sounded, as though we were on the
way TO national intermcnt, and beside
Thebes, an Babylon, and Tyre, in the ceme-
tory OF dead nations our republic was to DO
pnfnrulsd that I ..tl -. a..
Is not to be obsequies but @fuptials;- not
mauso' cum but carpeted altar; not cypress
but orange blossoms; not requiem but wed
q ng march, for Thy land shall be married."
l propose to name some OF the suitors who
arc claiming the hapd OF this republic. This
LAM is so fair, so beautiful, so afiuent. that
1t has many ~suitors. and 1t will depend much
upon your advice whether this or that shall
be accepted or rejected.
In The first place, l remark, There Is a
greedy, all-grasping monster who comes In
as sutton seeking the land OF this republic,
and thu monster is known by tho name of
Monopoly. His scepter is made out of the
Iron OF tie rnil track and tho wire OF teleg-
raphy. II, does everything for his own ad-
vantage and for the robb-ry Of the people.
Things have gone on from bad to, worse.
until In the three legislatures OF New York.
New Jersey and Pennsylvania, for the most
part, Monopoly decides everything. II
Monopoly favor a law 1t passes. II Monop-
oily oppose a law 1t is rejected.
Monopoly stands in this railroad depot.
putting into his pockets in ono year 5000 600
200 in excess of all reasonable charges for
service. Monopoly holds In his one hand the
steam power of locomotives, and In the other
the electricity OF swift communication
Monopoly decides nominations and elections
city elections, state elections, national
elections. With brides he secures the vote,
OF legislators, giving them free passe O.; giving
appointments to needy relatives to lucrative
positions: employing them as ATTORNEYS IL
they are lawyers; carrying their goods Is
per cent. less IL they are merchants. and. II
he nnds a tnse very stubborn, as well as very
important, puts down before him the hard
cash Of bribery.
But Monop ly is not so easily caught now
ms when during the term Of Mr.. Buchanan.
the legs alive commit @ in ono OF our sta tes
expressed ard exposed the manner in which
Ger AIN railway company procured a dona-
uon OF pub ic land. IL was found out that
thirteen OF the senators OF that slate received
tlIo,Wo nmon j, them, sixty members OF the
lower house OF that state received q. 900 and
*lO,Ool each, the governor Of tie stnts re-
ceivtd so. 900, his clerk received q. 900. the
lieutenant 20, vernon received $40, 900, a | the
clerks OF the legislature received Is. 600 each.
while $50 0D) were divid d amid the lobby
agents.
That thing on n larger or smaller scale Is
all tho time going ON in some OF the sta tes OF
Inc Union. but II IL not SO laundering as IL
used to lie, AMI therefore not as easily e1-
posed or arrested.
tell you that the overshadowing curse of
the United States to-day Is Monopoly. He
puts his hand upon every bushel of wheat.
upon every sack OF salt, upon every ton of
coal; and every man. woman and child in
the United S a,es feels tho touch OF that
moneyed despotism.
l rejoice that in twenty-four states OF Ia,
Union already anti-monopoly leagues have
been established. God speed them in the
work OF liborationi | wish that this question
might be the question of our presidential
elections, and that We compel the political
parties TO recognize IL on their platforms
l have nothing to say against capitalists.
A man has n right TO all the money no can
make honestly. There is not a laborer in
the lard that would not DO worth 81. OOo. 900
II he could. ! have nothing to say against
corporal. ous rs ~tuch-without them no great
enterprise would be possible; but what | do
say is that the same principles nre to be APP
piled to capitalists and corporations that are
applied to the poorest man and the plainest
laborer. What is wrong for me is wrong for
great corporations. II / take from YOU your
property without adequate compensation |
am a thief, and II a railway damage the
property o the people without any adequate
compensation that is a gigantic theft What
IL wrong on n small scale is wrong on a large
scale Monopoly in England has grouni
hundreds and thousands OF her best poople
into scm.siarvation. and in Ireland has
driven nultitudinous tenants almost to mad.
mess.
Five hundred acres in this country make
an Immense farm When you road that in
Dakota territory Mr.. Cass has a farm of
lo.ooo acres, and Mr.. Grandon %, 900 acres,
and Mr.. Dairymple ~. 900 acres. your eyos
dilate, even though these farms are In great
regions thinly inhabited. But what do you
think OF this, which | take from the Dooms-
day book. showing what monopoly Is on the
other side Of the seat l give il as a warning
OF what II would do on this side OF the sea
II In some awful way the tendency is not
resisted In Scotland. J. @. NJ Heddle owns
c0,4D acres; Earl Of Wemyss. 81. 900 acres,
sT J. Rldlell, $500 acres; Sir C w. A
Ross, 55,OO acres; T.. II. Bcott, 80, 700 acres;
Mr.. = baird. 10000 acres; Earl OF Dun
more, COCO acres; Duke OF Roxburgh.
oo,oo acres. Earl OF Moray, 81, 700 acres;
Countess Of Home, a.. 200 acres; Lord Middle
ton, $4,000 acre; Earl OF Aberdeen, 6S. 500
acres; Mackenzie. Of Dundonnell. 1900
acres, Mr.. J. J. IL Johnstone. "a. 900 acrcs.
Earl OF Airlie. 65. 900 acres; Sir J. Colau.
holn, oI,OVo acres; c Morrison, q. 600 acre.;
Duke OF Montrose. Gs.0oo acres; Meyrick
bsnkes. 1900 acrce; Grant, OF Gienmor-
riston, 1900 acres; Marquis OF Aiisa,
1900 acres. Baroness Wiloughby d
Eresby, 10 600 acres; Mr.. J. Malcolm, 20. 900
acres; Marquis OF Huntly, 5000 acres;