The morning call., 1894-08-02

on its track New and 10 some extent alarm
ing, conditions confront us. These conditions
demand the serious attention of the best minds
of our country, and thus make it evident that
we must protect our own people In the pursuits
of psace with the same devotion as we would
defend them In time OF war.
One of the proofs that the wages OF labor
cannot be lowered in America without creating
strife is evidenced by the labor strikes now
everywhere occurring In our country. These
are struggles for better conditions. However
Illogical these strikes may seem TO be, yet the
effort is to elevate labor. The men are 1rst
taught by their employers that by the 0rganlZa-
tiOn of capital there Is strength, aud then they
are blamed for organizing labor. one has as
much right to organize as the other, but neither
should be allowed 10 violate the laws OF the
land, for thr law is paramount, aud must pre-
vail The safety and peTpetuity OF Tree gov.
ernment depends on the protection OF life ana
property, and no man mas rlsnt 10 puhlSn
another by destroying either his lie or MS
property.
To commence at the root OF the disease. the
law must prohibit monopolles, trusts ana com
bineS, because they do away with the healthy
influence of competition. They create artlnclal
prices and sustain unjust markets. They are
founded on a disregard of other peoples rights,
and II a great corporation has no respect Tor the
rights OF others you cannot expect others To
respect its rights.
When single financial combination controls
all the petroleum in the country, another all
the sugar used by The American people, another
all the sleepipg-caTs in use, you cannot be sur
prlsed II there should be still another cOntroll-
when you remember thai OF the So 000 000.0
invested in railroads In the United States, 20
per cent is owned by seven corporations. and
these so cOmblned to act together, do you
marvel that labor organizes, and that after
once organized IL uses the power 1t possesses?
Nor do the Illustrations end here. There are
25S, 600 miles OF telegraph lines IN the United
States controlled by one great corporation.
Every time you use your telephone you con-
tribute an income TO millions OF dollars Of
watered stock in he Bell Telr phone Company.
A nd aIn 10
streets is owned by one corporation. And be
il said, there is no protective tariff sustaining
any OF these great monopoiies.
Then ask yourselves, Wnere Is the greater
danger? Is 1t in the organization Of labor or
in the organization Of mOnOpolles? do not
argue that capital organized for business
reasons should not be projected, nor do say
that every form OF property should not be made
secure by law. Our civilization rests upon the
S curity afforded life aud property, but the
greater security rests upon the safer principle
OF justice 10 all men and injury TO none.
Violence IN any form is an attack upon gov
ernmet, is un-Amerlcan, and Will lead TO de-
structiOn Of all government. Anarchy is bar
DariSm. Peace Is civilization. But do not for
get that in tree country there can be no peace
for the few that does not mean justice to the
many. The law is the power of the Stale. II
the laws are bad, the ballot Is the remedy. NO
man, no set OF men, can take the law into his
or their own hands. and long survive, for the
law must be maintained.
TIE Republican party has always been for
liberty and justice, for law ana order. The
only law ever passed by Congress against mo-
nopolies. trusts and combines was passed i'll
1890, by Republic n Congress and signed by
a Republican President. This law must be en-
forced. The safety and prosperity OF the re-
public depends on the just enforcement OF the
law, and no man is true American or safe
counselor who seeks political advancement by
advising against It's enforcement. In fact that
man is worse than criminal who apologies
for crime or encourages criminals.
The Republican platform on the subject or
traffic cOmpe(ttlOn reads as t0ll0WS:
We are In favor of competition in the transpOr
tation of freight ana passengers, by land and sea-
and we earnestly recommend the early cOnStruc
tion OF a competing transconUinental railroad be-
tween San Francisco and eastern points, an the
construction of competing railroads through the
large productive and populous portions OF our
own State.
Under the constitution of the United States
the General Government controls the commerce
between the States. To carry into force this
constitutional provision Congress has in the
past Appropriated vast sums of money 10 make
navigable the Mississippi River, 10 build aud
maintain the Sault Sic. Marie canal, TO CON
stIueJ continental railroads and TO maintain
harbor and other shipping facilities ON the
Grea Lakes
troll in the future over interstate commerce..
This must be done to S. cure cheap transpOrta-
tiOn, To MANI ain interstate traffic, TO carry the
mails between the States, and to facilitate busi-
ness between the Atlantic and Pacific sea-
boards. 1t must be borne In mind that our in
terstate commerce is many times greater than
the entire commerce OF any OlD6r natlOu OF lDb
world. II would therefore be OF infinite value
TO the Pacific States and Territories II the Cen
eral Government owned and maintained
single line of railroad rom San Francisco to
the Missouri River. In war this would be OF
incalculi bic benefit 10 the nation. In peace 1t
would secure fair rates of freight and passage
to the people and justice to the employees. In
the near future this will be inevitable.
A national railroad from San Francisco 10
the Missouri River would be a monitor to all
other TRANSPORTATION companies and would
ba inh M Daf "a
aggressiOns of any other continental railway.
it would tend 10 increase immigi alton from the
older States 10 our coast; 1t would enhance the
value OF our property: II would open new and
better markets for our products and thus
secure our people against excessive rates OF
freight and fares.
ment ought not 10 build, maintain or pay for
Interstate railroads or issue bonds TO pay their
Indebtedness. and then not own or exercise
control over such roads, The people furnish
The money 10 the Government TO make these
payments and the people should own such
roads when built.
Democratic committee of the House of
Representatives has recently recommended
that the General Government qua rantee the
payment of principal and interest on . The in
debt dness Of the Union and Central Pacific
railroads, the same TO be due in fifty years.
This is national Democratic measure recon-
mended by a committee OF Democratic Con-
gress, and yet you may look for flank move
meut on the part or our Democratic leaders IN
California. Either they will go over TO the
POpulist party, which is but a wing of the
DemOc acy, or come out with the most striking
anti-rairoad platform since the St0neman plat
form of 1882.
l hope my Democratic friends will excuse me
for eferring 10 hal piece OF Democratic his
tory; the fact is, the platform OF that year was
anii-monOpOly, but the StOneman admiDistTa-
tion and the St0neman Legislature were for The
railroads and all the monOpOlies all the time;
they were not for the people, even some of the
lime. Thr people, the Republicans OF this state,
are opposed to this Democratic railroad fund
ing bill i am opposed TO it. 1t is a mortgage
on the productive industries OF California Tor
fifty years TO come. Our freight sent 10 an east
ern market will have 10 pay, In cost OF trans
p0rtatiOn, the full amount of thai mortgage
debt-principal and INTEREST," it viii be dis
elimination against California producers which
Is unfair to our people, and IL VIII be a tax on
the property OF the next generation.
Local competition In transportation is also
necessary to secure success 10 our producers.
If California would build up the industries OF
this State the producers must be protected and
the commercial advantages OF San Francisco
and the other large business centers oil the
Sta must De sustained. To DO this the wafer
ways OF California should be opened ana eX-
tended, competitive railways should be con
Structed and the Nicaragua canal Duilt. The
producers OF California now compete with each
other i'll every market OF the world, but no com-
pe ttion exists between those who transport our
goods to market even within the State. Cali
fornia producers are bottled up, both III their
domestic and foreign markets. The great
ocean is on one stde-on The otner thousand
miles of arid country, sparsely settled.
AS stated, but TWO remedies are left us: An
interoeeanic canal aud competitive overland
railways 10 our distant markets, open water
ways ana local competitive railways for local
Both should be adopted California capital can
and Oupbt 10 build all local RAILWAYS San