The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-07-04

hlhlt 10 lthRb lNh union Whh utlllNu Nlu
tho denial made good forever, But the
aoyeIeignty OF the states In the union
was never involved aud the republic
that survived the storm was, IN the
words OF tho Supreme court, IAN indib,
soluble union Of ipdcstrucJiOle states"
Lot ua stand on this decree and tturn
our faces W tho iutufe
lt lanOt strange that there should be
II tendency TO Capitalization 10 our gov
ernmeut, This dlapoaitlon was the
legacy OF the war steam and electric
10y have emphasized II by bringing the
people closer together Tho Bplendor
of d central government da2zlea the un'
thinking -ita Opulencb tempta the poor
and ayarIciOGa-it strength assures the
rich and tlmid-its patronage lncltea
the apoilaman, and 10 power inllamo
the partisan,
And 80 We have paternalam run mad,
The merchant asks The government 70
control the arteries OF trade-the man
ufactur6r asks that his product be pro
tected-the rich asks for an army and
the unfortunate for help-thiA man for
schools aud that for subsidy, The par
tlsan proclaIna amid the clamor that
the source of lurgruaa must be tho seat
OF power, and demands that the ballot
boxes OF the states be hodged by federal
bayoneta, The centrifugal force OF our
system Is weakened, the cen,rlpetal
force Us Increased, ana the revolving
spheres are yCerlng inward from their
orbits, There afu strong men who re'
i0ice IN this unbalancIng and dellber-
ately contend that tho center 10
the true repository Of power and
source OF prlyilCge-men who, were
they charged with tho solar system,
would shred tho planets into the sun,
and OXultng IN the sudden aplendor,
little reck that they had klndled the
c0nll0gratIon that ptes0gca universal
night, Thus the states are dwQrfed and
the nation magnilied- 10 govern u
people who can best govern themselves
the central authority Is made stronger
and more splendid
OF that greater danger the consollda.
tIon Of capital, by trusts, combinoaetc,,
and which 10 the legitimate outgrowth
of the 80 called protective policy, Mr.
Grady says;
Concurrent with this political drift
is another movement, less formal, per.
haps, but not less dangerOus-the con.
solldatiOn Of capital. ! hesitate TO dis
CusS this phase OF the subject, for OF all
men | despise most cordially The dema.
gOgue who panders 10 the prejudice OF
the poor by abuse Of the rich, But no
man can note the encroachment In this
country OF what may be
called "the money power on
The rights Of the individual without
feeling that the time Is approaching
when the Issue between plut0cracy and
The people will be forced 10 trial, The
world has not seen nor has the mind Of
man conceived Of such miraculous
wealth gathering as are every day tales |
10 us. Aladdins lamp IL dimmed, and
Mote Cristo becomes commonplace
when compared with our magiclans of
lnance and trade. The seeds of lux.
lry that even now surpasses that of |
Rome or Corinth andbhas only yet put |
forth It's first flowers and sown IN this |
simple republic, What shall tho full |
beY | do not denounce the |
newly rich. For most part their money |
,ame under forms of law. The ire
possibility ofsudden wealth Is In many
,ases steadied by that resolute good
Iense which seems TO be an American
ieritage and under run by careless
,rodigality or by constant charity. Our
treat wealth has brought us profit and
pendor. But the status itself iS
nenance. A home that costs $1,000
NO and q breakfast that costs 5000
ire disquieting facts TO the millions
Who live In hut and dine on
rust. The fact that q man
on years from poverty has an in
ome of S200O0000-and his two as
ociates nearly as much-from the con
rol and arbitrary pricing Of an article
" universal use falls strangely on the
ars Of those who hear II as they sit
mpty-handed while children cry for
read. The tendency deepens the dan.
,ers suggested by the status, What Is
o be the end OF this swift piling up of
yealthp Twenty years ago but few
titles had their millionalres. To-day
.lmost every town has It's dozen, Twen-
y men can be named who eau each buy
sovereign state at It's Textbook value.
The youngest nation-America-is
'astly the richest, and In twenty years
n spite of war has nearly trebled her
wealth, Millions are made on the turn
Il q trade, and the topping mass grows
md grows, while IN It's shadow starva-
ion and despair stalk among the peo.
Nc and swarm with increasing legionS |
.gainst the citadels Of human life,
But the abuses Of this amazing power
II consolidated wealth is the bitterest
esult and It's pressing danger. When
he agent of dozen men who have
,aptured and control an article ofprime
necessity meets the representa-
ives Of q million farmers from
whom they have forced S3,000,000 |
he year before, with no more moral
light than Is behind ths highwayman
Who halts the traveller at his pistols |
,oint and insolently gives them the
Measure Of this years rapacity, and
ellis them-men who live In the sweat |
II their brows, and stand between God
md natule-that they must submit TO |
he infamy, because they are helpless |
hen the llrst.fruits Of this system are |
,athered and have been turned TO ashes !
m the lips. When dozen men get to-
,ether in the morning and fix the price |
'f dozen articles of common use, with |
10 standard but their arbitrary will and |
10 limit but their greed or daring, and |
hen notify the sovereign people OF this |
rec republic how much In the mercy Of |
heir masters they shall pay for the |
lecessaries of life, then the point of In
shame has been reached. we |
ave read OF the robber barons OF the |
thine who from their castles sent q
hot across the bow Of every passing |