Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-04-12
suprREssIoN or TRUSTS.

the Constitution for the suppression
Of trusts and gambling contracts in
and other productions.
Representative Enloe of Tennessee,
speaking upon this resolution said:
at would seem that the safest, sur
est, and most direct channel for pub
lie opinion TO take in suppressing the /
enormous evils of trusts and option
dealing is along the line of constitu-
tional amendment. Other remedies
are doubtful and may lead to inter
minable litigation. This lays the AK
at the root OF the tree. The demand |
FIR this kind OF radical remedy is en-
phasized by the platforms Of both
parties. 1t is voiced by public speak
ers of all shades Of political opinion.
The press is practically unit on the
subject. For Congress 10 refuse TO
take any action in this matter" says
Mr.. Enloe, would be to plead guilty
20 degree of political hypocrisy and
demagogy which would go far TO de-
stroy the confidence OF the people in
the good faith and integrity Of their
Representatives.
1.-The demand for relief from the
destructive influences OF gambling
contracts in agricultural products Is
most emphatic. IL comes from the
farmers and laborers. II comes
from the producers; from the
bone and sinew Of the country. II
comes from those who contribute most
largely to the support OF the Govern
ment. Organized labor, in the shape
OF the State and National Grange and
in the great convention recently held
in st. Louis by the farmers OF the
West and South, have emphatically
demanded that Congress shall take
immediate steps to suppress dealing
in futures.
while all admit this evil and the
urgency Of some sort of remedy, there
may be few who fear that Consti-
tutional amendment may tend to the
Capitalization Of power in the Federal
Government. The ghost of Thomas
jefferson rises before them; but this
country has grown immensely since
his day. The great statesman in the
widest flights OF his imagination never
dreamed Of such a thing as an Inter
state commission coming in TO regu-
late the vast commerce OF 60,000,000
of people, over 10000 miles of rail
road trayersing every State in the
Union and welding them together
with bands Of steel. II never occurred
to him that a time would come when
through the agency Of electricity the
people in Washington and New York
would hold conversation in less time
than he could ride from the White
House to the Capitol. Had he caught
a politician talking TO photograph,
he would have thought him fit sub
iect for the lunatic asylum. Ii never
occurred TO his fertile brain that there
would come time when men in New
York and Chicago would become mil.
lionaires dealing in crops before they
were planted, selling property that
they never owned, selling the prop.
erty Of other people without their con
sent, selling millions OF dollars worth
of property more than the whole
country annually produced. IL never
occurred to him that time would
come when favorism would control
legislation in the interests OF capitals
tic classes 10 such an extent that tran
sportation, the manufactures, the sal,
ri agricultural products, would be con
centrated in trusts, combines and
other monopolies, and the prices o.
labor and products arbitrarily fixed b,
the caprice Of a greedy, selfish syndi
cate.
"Men who claim to be statesmen
will attempt TO silence the complaint,
OF the people by word. pictures of tn,
unexampled prosperity of the country
In The closing words OF Mr.. Enloe''
speech:
pictures OF the nations prosperity
painted in the most glowing color
will not lift the mortgage from tn,
farm nor feed and clothe the wife and
children. There is nc Disgusting the
Tact that millions Of American labor
ers stand like Tantaius surroun
ded by fruits and flowers OF q
nations prosperity which they can
neither touch nor taste. up to then
necks in streams OF national prosperity
from which they may not drink.
Everything they touch turns q
gold, and many OF them, like Midas Of
old, are starving in the midst Of the
wealth which their magic touch has
created. Long arrays OF figures to
prove the prosperity OF the nation will
not sppease the pangs Of hunger nor
Al. Il