, 1891-03-22

Vtr~atiuu ends IA Il conspiracy against the
public or in sCme contrivancc to raise
prices. Railway managers. interested
IN those pursuits which furnish business
to their lines, thereby becoming competi-
tors OF their patrons, end discriminate
against them to their own aivan-
tage. Mills are closed down to regu-
late supply with demand regardless 0t the
season OF year or OF the effect Of such
action upon mulutudcs of labOrers and
their families. Wages are reduced to the
lowest possible figure, and women and
children employed 10 the interest Of a
false economy. Foreigners are imported
by hundreds to supplaut the discOutented
citizen, whose children need a support and
moral training which he cannot give. The
small manufacturer so unfortunate as to
Ice left outside the combination goes to
pieces through a reduction of lrirrs es-
tahllshed for that very purpose. the loss
which 1t sustiins being recovered from the
people by a raise in rates as soon as the
object Of the reduction Is effected. If
the small operator goes u the wall said
one Of \ lnucTbilt : l~ieuteuuuis. that is
his misfortune and not Dur iaulL
MIR Atkinson says that the average an
nual compensation Of the wage Garner in
America is Ic-s than six hundred dollars;
and he who receives more than that, BY
SO much decreases the amount received
by some other. No citizen can properly
support a family upon such a pittance. 1t
results in the destruction of the
sauctty of home aud the autonomy of the
family. Wife and children must Join in
the effort to obtain bread aud clothing.
Leisure for improvement or the instruc-
ton of the Young is wholly wanting.
Sickness or loss of employment means
destttuuon; and this ia a land teemiug
with plenty and prosperity. Complaint is
unsafe, revolt is ruin. The laborer Is q
part Of the machinery to be used nntil IN
fiji for service. then cast aside for better
maieria, The moderate capitalist must
surrender at discretion, employ bis labor
aud sell his goods ut prices fixed by
others, aud limit his production To the
amount ordered hy tho combination. or
20 under He is her lucky il his masters
grant him a clerical position.
The same plan is applied to the pur-
rhascs aud sale Of the necessarics of life.
Corn, wheat. hrradstufs Of every de-
srriptIou, meats, coal and lumber are
cJrnercd by synilcates formed forrhe pur-
pose, and ulloaded upon consumers at
prices to suit the cupidity Of the con
spirators. Witches starve and freeze
in the very presence OF blessings bestowed
by a bounteous nature. but between
which and their enjoyment stands a
disciplined and unteeIIng corps of plum
dereTs. The farmer tolls three hundred
and siSty-hve lays 10 the year and mis-
wife as long. At the end of it he reads
of immense fortunes made az the ex-
changes where his products are finally
disposed of, vet he Is fortunate n he finds
himself even with the world and the in
terest on his mortgage paid. The cattle
grower pays almost as much as ever Tor the
meat which he consumes, hut he sells for
what the combination sees fir TO give him.
To effectuate the purpose of these or
ganized conspiracics against the masses,
Legislation Is either necessary. or that
which exists must be ncutralizcl. The
conspiraiors become politicians Of the
worst sort, unite with the corrupt and
criminal classes, and use large portions of
the money cyt1rfci from the public to cor
iup' It's representatives, anu rerVert It's
I'I's'a'''n' A'-ot'ai ."nN OF "oTNmeh are
made .pso ilctu criminal. but trusts must
be recognized %, a lawful necessity. Boy
o. u o' associations ny 'hu'''uualN must
,' sy''t''i P""'S"''' O"' ooSco''' OIL IN
VI, .tH'lI anu 'ys7,' I.'pora'5on9 uy great
runity' The starving wrr,ch wi" steals
q crust Or a dollar to get it with must
20 to the penitcntlary and have his head
creasing rstcs ~, ra,snorta,nm rhu
by Expressing the market enhances The
prices of coal or bread 10 consumer is
honored as a fnancler of %supefior b~usiucss
attaiuments.
ppbL o,t;u,tb, 10 .lr,, ~Jral
ny 'o"Sp''u'u7 INSTANCES OF long con
tinucd practice OF oppression, aud when
il is general It is nearly always based upon
, snh.tr,urm of i~usti,a The AnrIo
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Az '''''"''l''i' u''t''s auS attuunp''o
undermine or destroy the principles Tor
which ms ancestors fought, and which
.rnnsIifutr bi- most s,rrnd L.rit,ga His
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go "- 70 ''S "N'tS
10 De heard from. OK pnpulI Vox Del,
is one OF the oldest and truest OF uxioms.
In a land who's. chief ornament l. a Tree
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