Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-07-12
An Able SDccch.

The speech by Judge David ;. Rose,
of Milwaukee, on July 4th, at Mineral
Point, was IN able and brilliant effort,
and was eloqucntly delivered. The
tho gifts forcibly expressed, showed
the speaker had Il good knowledge of
our countTys history, and that he took
Il broad and comprehensive view of
her present condition and future pros
poets. Ills words were well received.
The concluding portion Of the address,
which contains lesson that all good
citizens should heed, was as follows:
DO you realize the fact that the capital of this
country is rapidly centrnIizing in the hands Of
n few to the exclusion of the many? That the
rich are getting richer and the poor becoming
poorer At the time Of the adoption Of our con
stItuton not one millionaire resided within our
borders. Now there are thousands whose sep
nrate fortunes amount TO millions Of dollars,
Have You ever stopped TO enquire how this state
of affairs can exist It is estimated that the
average value er LIES service is only about
- 50l. That is 10 say that the average man
during his lifetime earns, by his own labor,
over aud above the expense of sustaining the
ic-only that sum The products Of how
mnny lives are held by him who estimates his
possessions by these large Hgurcsl lie is incapa-
bile of earning 80 large sum, and necessarily
builds, not only upon his own abilities, but
upon the strength of his fellows. You come
from your smubcrs nj early dawn, and until
the thick shadows TALL in the cyentidc you labor
diligently and true. The CAlIous wears deep
wrinkles IN the palm, Hre SHOULDERS turn aud
stoop with the burdens they bear; the eye loses
is lustcr, the step It's bouyancy, the lips their
smile. ny your Industry, irugality and appli-
cation when the hair begins To silver You have
succeeded N accommodating sulicien to pay for
your shroud and perhaps small homestead 20
leave behind you us an abiding place for your
offspring But what OF your employer His
carriage with uvcrird attendants passes your
humble door, while his naughty head is held
above Acknowledgement of your low obeisance
lie sleeps ON soltest down; you on husks But,
says the farmer with conscious pride my
station is above tins mental service. The earth
with generous charity yields me sustenance
No naughty employer dominates over me" Is
il So We say you ARE bound in the chains OF
seryltule in common with the mechanic, the
skilled workman and the laborcr Year after
year YOU toll To pay tor the product produced 10y
him who employs Whether 1t he the machinery
YOU use. the wooden you wear the commodities
YOU consume. You are merely engaged IN another
branch Of the service II Is right that he who
cmhnrks with HIS capital In producing enter
prises should receive reasonable compensation
for the use cot his property as wen as for the
abilities he dcdicatcs to the undertaking. but
what we complain Of is that the cmr!2ye, who
produces it, is not rewarded for his labor in
proportion to the value of his product
Again we complain, and 10y SO doing, do not
Rdjudgc MS chrouie grumblerS, We merely look
facts straight between the eyes, ana seeing truth
know truth. There is not only Capitalization
ct capital in the hands OF the individual but It
has become the prevailing tendency to form
combinations OF these immense fortunes which,
ia the days when things pcrc called by their
right names, were known as monopoltes. but
are now clothed in the more pleasing garb of
sophisry, aud are called trusts" BY these
peruicinus considerations the markets are con
stuuty within thr exclusive control of the
money kings Every producing element and
every product produced are under the guidance
of the mouopolies. The miilers meet, and by
yolumiuous resolutions resolutions say, that,
whereas, wheat is worth sevent- five cents per
bushel, and al that price flour might he man
nfacured and sold to consumers at $3.50 per
barrel, aud a fair profit realized, yet whereas
such profit would not make us rich fast enough.
therefore resolved that we the miIIers, of the
country, prescribe that the people shall pay
500 per barrel for our Hour, aud if they don't
want It at that price thep may starye; we, the
millers, must have our profit" Straightway the
sugar retners assemble in convention, aud
sugar takes a boom. the coal barouS follow suit:
the salt manufacturers. in recognition OF modern
business methods, consolidate; the cotton aud
WOODEN manufacturers. the lion tyrants, the
iumhermcp, the railway magnatcs, all W no are
engaged III manufacturing productions I'll
As freight aud passenger carriers acting Upon
the principal that in uulou there is strength"
Join in coalitions, fix prices to meet the sxigeu-
oics u their own requirements, and as elect
ually rule the people As did ever monarch con
troll his menials.
Is tEe natural offspring ot this unnatural
mouopolisuc mother comes strikes, lock-outs
aud boNCOttS. Want, hoiluw-eNGd, pale. enS
ciated and feeble, ereeps from the hovet of pow
crty Thousands unemployed, cry aloud for
sueeor. willing hands are idle hope cNpites,
the nation is in danger
III not that we wish TO condemn the one nor
uphold the other of the great political organ
iEattons. Ii may be necessary TO maintain these
organihc structures but We do maintain that
country should stand before party, unity before
faction, patriotism before psrtisauship. The
most exalted position Of honor and trust to
which temporal ambition can aspire is the Office
Of citizen" We are the keepers OF our own
destiuies the rulers of our own interest, the
lords OF our own tireSides. And when the sun
of intelligence has reached its zenith; when
action shall be inspired by self interest when
party lash shall lose its deplorable efficacy;
when the American people shall act from mo-
lives to the greatest good to the greatest
number" We shall have more perfect equal
ity broader unity and more avouched prom
Uses for national perpetuiy.