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Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1896-01-29

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Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1896-01-29

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The advocate., 1896-10-21
MOrrlll's selashness.

The following relative to Governor
Morrill, is from the Western Veteran,
November 6, 1895:
"Reading In the daily papers that
Governor Morrill, is very much dis.
pleased with the action of certain State
officials who ride on railroad passes
and then charge mileage to the State
when on official business reminds one
Of some Of the Governors accounts
when local manager of the LesVen.
worth Nstionsl( Soldiers Home. NoWif
anyone cares to look over the report Of
the Board Of Managers of this home
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893,
and will turn to page q Of said report,
they will find that Major Morrill, re-
ceiVed the sum of $249.5O for railroad
tickets, berths and seats for that fiscal
year, while that of General Black, Presl.
dent. OF the board, was only S68. What q
contrastl Would it now be in order to
interrogate the Governor as to how
this oCcurredP Why this differenceP
Is 1t fair to severely criticIse the men,
bers Of his State staff for doing these
sharp, shreWd things previously done
by the chlef?"
The advocate., 1896-10-21

"The wealth of these persons now
aggregates about 400 million. In 1889
Fl. M. Flayler, II. o. HsVemayer and
William Rockefeller had 100 million
according to Mr.. Shearmsn; and In
1894 the World list rated the three at
$50 million. The same authorities give
Russell Sage so million In 1889 and 80
million in 1894. 1t Is said he has now
passed the 100 million mark.
''In 1890 there were 600 persons In the
United States whose aggregate posses
sions amounted to billion dollars;
$500 having II billion, and 10000 with
12,725 million. These are the 5000
people who then had so per cent. of
the nations wealth. An interesting
question In this connection is, When
will they have it alp Mr.. Shearman
predicted in 1889 that in thirty years
$4,000 people, under conditions then
existing, would own practically all the
wealth Of the country. The World
says that there are 1877 trusts now In
existence. In 1889 there were probably
not half as many. One of the new
ones Is known to be bleeding us at the
rate of 20 million a year. These are all
In violation Of law, 80 the taxes they
levy and collect are booty. The sggre-
gate amount Of this booty now amounts
to hundreds Of millions of dollars per
year greater than it was In 1889. So
the conditions now are worse for the
masses and better for the classes; and
II the conditions favorable to the resli-
zation Of Mr.. Shearman's prophecy
continue to improve as they have since
1889, We can safely divide his thirty
years by two.
"You say in your second article on
trusts, speaking Of the Standard Oil
Company:
"Fiiteen years ago, when Il was the sole
trust In America. the American public was
not long In concluding that It's purposes
were fraudulent and its methods infA-
The advocate., 1896-10-21

1875 million in 1894, and 170 million in
1895. To most people, saving Of 70
million dollars above all expenses and
charities (P) In seven years would seem
good pay; but the producers, standing
on the borders Of poverty, want to
know who is paying Ghls tax, and how
many more they are being robbed to
enrich In q similar way. Mr.. ROCke.
feller's income now exceeds 81 a Sec
ond; and the toll and treasure of two
other Americans yield them an equal
reward. One dollar q second (for ten
hours makes $4,000 a day; and the
net income of those three men would
build and equip 1SO miles of railroad
Ia Kansas In q month. Can we not
find somebody that would Cheerfully
do the work they do for less psyP or
give to those who are neither agents or
principles of the trust an opportunity
to draft and enact anti trust lswsP
"There were twelve names on Mr..
Shesrmsn's list Of 1889 Zone a corpora
tlon-Trinity churCh) with property
sggregsting l.6 per cent. Of the whole
nations wealth. In the next Eve years
the best information available shows
an increase of these fortunes of over
so per cent. They then had IA per
cent. Of the entire property of the ma
tion. To-day, without any allowance
for the increased rate Of their growth
through new trusts and greater exemp.
tions from taxation, they have 2 per
cent.
civilian H. Vanderbilt inherited
most of his fathers estate of 100 mil
lion. When he (Willism H. died, he
willed to his eight children as follows
The advocate., 1896-10-21

nous. But this public opinion did not pre-.
vent 10 from finding imitators. The hundred
great monopolies which have learned from
the Standard OIL Company how 20 make fraud
successful in business and politics, are now as
insolently assertiVe OF their rights to domi-
nate the country as the Standard OIL Com
pany was when the good and sturdy old Thur.
man stood aghast OF the open display OF
money which purchased the Ohio senatoTship,
the prostitution Of popular government and
the degradation Of the United States Senate
"In 1889 1t had sixty or more imita.
tors, and that year they took or 'ab-
sOrbed' from their victims 900 million
dollars, operating by the double process
Of depressing prices when they wished
to buy, and advancing them when they
chose to sell. You chsrltsbly Tor de-
rislVely) call the process taxation. Peo.
pie who have not learned to enjoy be.
ing robbed call the process piracy and
the proceeds booty. They are dull on
the changing moral code, and slow to
learn that taxation has ceased to be
an exclusively legal process, and that
the greater taxes are now imposed, not
under the law but In spite of the law.
Some Of them even cling to the obso.
lete delusion (D that taxation without
representation Is an oppression. They
forget that we are living under q new
dispensstion, and that, though they
may Venerste the rights and long for
the liberties of republican institutions,
God has decreed that these are for
those people alone who have not only
the wisdom to define them, but the
nerve to defend them. While many of
Gods DEGREES are also obsolete, His
laws concerning the growth and decay
of nations seem to be In active opera.
tlon.
"Do not the evidences now available
indicate that unless some Of the pro.
jects Of the Ignorant hsy,seeds' and
long-hsired Crsnks are enacted, or
some more radical and merciful preVen-
tiVes than any that have yet found a
place in party platforms applied, $4,000
people in fifteen years (from 1882 can
If they choose land our ballots continue
to sssent) turn S,O25,6OO square miles
of the American republic into q game
preserve, and stock it with $4,000
droneS and $4,000 butterflies, to toll as
drones toll, and spin as butterflies spin,
and 20 fiddle as Nero 6ddled."
The advocate., 1896-10-21

Governor Morrill, thinks the prohlbl.
tory law is failure and wants the law
changed. The Tribune thinks the law
is all right, and that 1t is rather q
change Of Governor we want.-HoltOn
Tribune (Rep.), January 10, 1896.
The advocate., 1896-10-21
THE LANGUISHING MARCH
OF CAPITAL.
BY GEN. PERCY DANIELS.

tice to the masses produce the great
dangers that beset us--the OmlnOuS
shadows In the nations pathway.
What promotes it and how to prevent
It are the great problems that perplex
us. None will deny that the modem
artiAce called trusts are now the great
est device for promoting it.
A patient and patriotic people de-
msnd Of them that they stop their
stealing simply because they have the
opportunity and possess the power.
The New York World has been Vlgor-
ously fighting their encroachments,
and is the most potent force In the
land supporting this popular demand
for their overthrow. But the World
In this campaign is msneuVering In a
mOrass, aid trying to concentrate It's
forces and raise its battlements in a
swamp. OF all the anomalies of this
precedent.Wrecking campaign Of edu-
cation and lying, that is Csglng coOkOos,
shelving superstition and telling fossils,
the New York World is the most
sharply defined and best developed.
Fighting McKinleyism and his demand
for increasing the war tariff, 1t Is help
Ing Mckinley. Bitterly opposing the
trusts and their plunderlng schemes,
1t Is aiding Hobart, one Of the great
trust sRchems; and pleading for justice
to the industrial classes, 1t Is assisting
Hanna, one of their worst oppressors.
AS an anomaly 1t Is without a rival.
In series Of articles 1t has published
recently on "The Growth Of Monopoly
In America" 1t has aayed these organ.
lied freebooters without mercy. The
second paper on the subject august
29) opens with q quotation from q
speech Of Thurman in the Senate, In
which he said: "Syndicates purchase
the peoples agents and honest men
stand sghast!' OfWhich the World pald:
HE did not exagge:ste-he could not
have exsggerated-the occasion for
alarm"
Wanting to know why Western peo.
pie, whose main purpose In the present
political struggle Is In behalf of the
victims Of these enemies Of society,
should be clsssed as anarchists and re
pudlators by papers and men in the
East who have heretofore been both
sensible and honest, and noting an sp.
parent error ln the opening paragraph
OF the first paper august 26), l wrote
to the World for information on that
and other points, but they declined to
answer the questions. The figures and
queries contained In that letter may
interest the readers of the ADVOCATE
more than they would a majority of
thUse Of the World:
"EDITOR NEW YORK WORLD
Your recent articles on The Growth
Of Monopoly In America are timely
warning. The greatest danger we are
facing, and the greatest csuseIfor dis
content among the people, is wealth
concentration By lswless methods.
''No party platform contains any
proposition for q remedy for what has
already been accomplished In that way,
Patriots deplore 1t and quiet their con
sciences If not their fears by being
amazed. The politicians are too busy
Nth THAR nnhnnnnn and nlahan kn hn
The advocate., 1896-10-21


"Is is you, gentlemen OF the gambling exc
changes, manipulators Of money corners, Or
gsnizers Of sWindling trusts, wrsckers Of
railroads, shearsrS Of lambs tax dodgers and
absorbers Of money that you never earned,
who have done more than all the ignorant
laundering at Washington, and all the dem9.
gogy at the South and West to raise the spectre
Of anarchy and Populism at which you now
stand affrighted.
''Iu your first article on our great
monOpOlies, you say there are 1877 mo-
n0polistic combinations with capital.
lzstlon of 1907 million dollars In this
country. In this summary did you not
overlook the anthracite coal trust, which
commenced operations last February,
and according to the World of Febru.
sry 8, Excluding the bOnds, the new
coal and railroad trust stands for nearly
1900 million dollars cspitalP There
certainly is nothing imaginary about
that trust, as they at once notified the
public land the supine public nerved
itself for a new feeeing) that they
would increase their profit the coming
year 80 million dollars by decreasing
production and advancing prices.
Productions were at once ordered.
The Pennsylvania Company, that
usually hsuls about 81 per cent. Of the
output, ordered their February work,
which in 1895 was S,13S, ,146 tons, re-
duced to 21$ million In 1895. Early in
June q press dispatch, reporting the
shortage 81 million tons, said: This
precludes shipments to the West for
stocking purposes and added that
another 25 cent advance would be
made. The mines were then running
three days week.
"The World of February 3, when the
trust ordered the first advance, said:
"This increase Is only the first step, but it
means over is million dollars increased cost
TO consumers and even greater profit to the
trust It Is proposed to raise the price to 81 o
ton. On decreased production an increased
profit OF So million dollars is assured 1t Is
easy to estimate what per capita tax this
means upon the country.
1.-THE short crop has already enabled
them to raise the price Sl.50 ton,
which on a years product makes their
increased profits 70 million dollars, and
per capita tax on the people of 81
apiece. This is what this new trust Is
able to do the first year. What can
they do next year with 70 million more
of the peoples money to operate with,
especially if one of their leaders, G, A.
Hobart OF New Jersey, should unfor-
tunstely get to be Vice PresidentP
ais 1t any evidence of an snsrchlcal
purpose to want to get the plundering
hands Of such greedy and lawless COM
binatiOns out of our pocketsS Or even
to attempt to repleVin some of their
bootyp
THAT Is what one of our National
vampires is doing. Let US call up
another, to see If depression In bust.
ness or a scarcity of money is disturb.
ing its conquerlng march. The Stand
ard Oil Company has divided 30 million
dollars on their outstanding capital of
98 million dollars during the past year.
1.-THE World recently printed q list
of the property and stocks owned by
the President of this company that
footed up l79 million. In 1889 Thomas
G. Shesrmsn made a careful investiga.
The advocate., 1896-10-21

Eho King Of PMS Is BoochAm's-BEEcHAlCs
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-13
MIR. SEwALs'S TURN.
He Also Accepted the Nomination
rendered Him.

Candidate Sewall was very heartily
cheered when he stepped forward af-
ter he. with Silver Dick" Bland and
other leaders on the stage, had grasped
Bryan's hand in congratulation. Mr..
Sewall said:
You have given me official notice of my Sc
lection by the Democratic national convention
as its candidate for vice president For the
courteous terms of your message and the kind
personal expressions | thank you. Having
more truly estimate the honor its action has
conferred. 1t was the greatest and most
earnest convention in fhe history Of our party;
it was closer and more in touch with the peo-
pie. The delegates were there to voice the
sentiments of their constituents, for the peo-
pie controlled and conducted the convention.
The Democracy of the country realizes that all
the great principles of our party are as po-
tent and essential tal the well-being of the
country today as theyE have always been and
as they ever will be, tbut the overshadowing
question before the country, now made DOM
inant by the distressed condition prevailing
throughout the land, is the demand for reform
Of our existing monetary system.
Our party, and. we believe, great majority
Of the American people, care convinced that
the legislation of 1873, Accommodating silver,
was a wrong inflicted upon our country, which
should and must be righted. We believe that
the single gold standard has SO narrowed the
base of our monetary structure that it is un-
stable and unsafe; and SO dwarfed 1t in its
development and in It's power to furnish the
necessary financial blood to the nation that
commercial and industrial paralysis has fol-
lowed: We believe that we need and must
have the broad and expanding foundation of
both gold and silver to support a monetary
system strong and stable, capable OF meeting
the demands Of growing country and an
industrious. energetic and enterprising peo-
pie; a system that will not be weakened and
panic-stricken by every foreign draft upon
us, system that win maintain parity Of
just values and the nations money and pro-
tect US from the frequent fluctuations of to-
day, so disastrous to every business and in
dustry in the land.
We demand the free coinage OF silver, the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-13

opening Of our minis to both money metals
without discrimination. the return to the
money OF our fathers. the money of the con-
is the remedy and the only remedy for the
evil from which we are suffering; the evil
tnat is now so fast devastating and impover-
isning our land and people. bringing poverty
TO our homes and bankruptcy to our business,
which Ii allowed to Continue will grow until
our very institutions are threatened. The
demonetization OF silver has thrown the whole
prime money function on gold appreciating
Its value and purchasing power. Restore the
money function to silver and silver will ap-
preclate and Its purchasing power increase.
Take from gold its monopoly, it's value will
De reduced and In due course the parity Of
the two metals will again obtain under nat
ural causes. We shall then have broad
tenn, commensurate with our country's needs
and future development; not the unsafe basis
or today. reduced by half, by the removal of
silver and continually undermined by for
eigners carrying from us our gold.
This is the reform to which we are pledged
the reform the people demand the return to
the monetary system of over eighty years of
our national existence. The Democratic party
has already given its approval and its pledge
our opponents admit the wisdom of the prime
iple for which we contend but ask us to await
permission and cooperation of other nations
Our people will not wait They will not ask
PERMISSION OF any nation on earth to re-
meve themelves of the cause of their distress.
me issue has been made. The people stand
ready to render their verdict next November.
Mr. Chairman, unequivocally and through
sincere conviction. indorse the platform on
which have been nominated | believe we
are right, the people are with u.s. and what
the people declare is always right and must
prevail | accept the nomination and, with
the peoples confirmation, every effort of
which God shall render me capable shall be
rendered In support of the principles involved.
Mr. SeWaH makes no pretensionS to
oratorical ability, and although his voice
might fill an ordinary hall it was hardly
equal to Madison Square garden with
hundreds trampling about the floor.
His words were few and at 1880 O'Clock
Chairman Danforth declared the meet
ing adjourned while the silver enthus-
lasts were calling for Williams, the
young white metal advocate from Mas
Sachusetts.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-13
CASToRTA..
LAND BILL BACK.
Government Policy Outlined in the
House of CommOns

Government Policy Outlined i'm the
House of Commons.
LONDON, Aug. 12-The Irish land
bill, as amended in the house of lords,
where it recently passed it's third read
ing, was before the house of commons
again today. The chief secretary for
Ireland, Gerald Balfour, indicated the
proposed course of the government.
He said they were prepared to acqui-
esce to the new turbary clause to
Lcrd Inchiquins new subscription
clause and to the amendment dealing
with procedure sales The other
amendments, he added, would be ac-
cepted in principle but on the question
OF pasture holdings, the government
would adhere to the 100 limit and could
not accept Lord Macnaughten's amend
ment emitting clause 5. Gerald Bal
four also said that the lords had ma
terially altered the bill to the detrf-
ment of the tenants but he hoped the
lords would accept the measure in the
shape the commons would return it.
Otherwise itz.Would be a calamity to
Ireland, including the landlords them
selves.
Continuing, the chief secretary said
there had been a great change for the
better lately in the conditions of Ire
land where the intense bitterness was
dying out ana the government was 60
ing to seize the opportunity to rein
force the kindlier feeling prevailing,
or to justify those who were only too
ready to inculcate the most pernicious
lesson that for Ireland when TRANQUIL.
nothing would be DONE but for Ireland
clamorous and crime-ridden no conces-
sion would be denied. That was the
issue now to be decided and he most
sincerely hoped that parliament might
be wisely guided in arriving at de-
cisiou CHEERS