Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-10-04

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upon the high as well as the lowly.
the Gospel doctrines of Christian life,
and by every means in their power
strive 70 bring about the kingdom Of
Gods justice upon earth, and
seek TO have Gods viii done
IN justice in the midst of
men. Now there are. I think.
over ten thousand priests in
the United States. If all these men.
led by the bishops, sounded this war
cry Of the holy father all along the
line, do you not shink they would make
the sugar trusts and the whisky trusts
and all the other trusts utterly un-
worthy Of being trusted? And no mat
ter how much money the sugar mon
gers might have, when they acknowl-
edge as Mr.. f. o. Mathiessen, one of
the principal promoters Of the sugar
trust-for number of years I have
made two hundred per cent. at least
upon the amount Of my investments.
Seven per cent. is an illegal rate OF in
terest in the state of New York, usuri-
ous and dishonest. What can the
country think of a man v no has The
effrontery to boast that he has made
two hundred per cent. of this same
trust which Mr.. Wilson said a few DAYS
ago: The sugar trust has the country
by the throat" In a Sunday edition
OF New York paper of February IS,
1890, we read these words: when the
inside history of the sugar trust
(which refuses to publish any report
is brought to hght-as it surely will
be one Of these days--a most surpris-
ing chapter win be added to tie AZ
nails of speculation. Might it not be
added to legal highway robbery? The
Messrs Havemeyer received about six
teen million dollars Of the fifty million
dollars of certificates issued bv the
trust. and. moreover, held the highest
position in the board Of trustees. il
may be now asserted that the whole Of
the Havemeyer sixteen million dollar
certificates were sold out last summer
for from one hundred dollars to one
hundred and TWENTY-FIVE dollars ger
share and that they did not begin buy
ing them back until few DAYS ago.
By this act of the Havernevers one of
the most gigantic turns of speculation
on record is presented to US. a turn
which shows them a profit Of some
thing like six million dollars. which
they regained upon their entire sixteen
million dollars
Toquote from MI Cleveland's letter
TO Mr. Wilson, of West Virginia. on
the senate's tariff bill, rhow can these
men with their millions and their
agents in the senate and congress face
an honest and indignant people after
indulging in such outrageous discrim-
nations and violations of principle"
thank God that l have no trust cor
ruptors and monopolistis outlaws in
this congregation. I would much pre-
fer being the pastor of the much con-
denned and censured rum shoplzeepers.
| rejoice at the approach Of Labor dav.
The laboring men who assemble and
march, directed by law and order. are a
grand protest against the combinations
Of corrupt capital. corrupt trust and
the dishonest legislation Of senate and
house for the past twenty years. Itcer-
taiulv is now high time for the ten thou
sand priests Of this country to follow
the direction Of the holy father and
protest from their pulpit sunday after
Sunday against the corrupting use
Of dishonest riches. It does seem such
farce to hear ministers of reli-
gion preaching to the poor and OPP
pressed about the dangers of riches Of
which dangers they know nothing,
while very frequently we kiss the hand
Of corrupt power and bend the preg-
nant hinges of the knee and kiss the
hand that smites kumanity-the hand
of such men Of whom Jesus Christ has
said: The rich man died and was
buried in hell. | wonder il this was a
prophecy about the sugar trust angels.
/ welcome Labor Day
THOMAS J. DUCEY.