The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-07-02
Trusts Control the Law
Makers.
Seeming Honest Men Turned Into
Tools by the "Flucnce" of the
Wealthy Few.

| MURRAY CITY, o., June 25.--
More than score of centuries ago
the Roman people, to avoid the op
preston of the aristocracy, with
drew from the city to set up an in
dependent government, Great eX
citement prevailed and Appius
Claudis was sent forth to sue foi
peace. He spake in this wise
"Once upon time the members OF
u mans body became offended al
his stomach; the feet declared they
were tired of carrying the stomach
around, and the hands, that they
were weary of toiling for it, so de-
cided to strike. Ere long however
the legs began to grow weak and
the hands feeble and they learned
that they could no more do without
the stomach than it could 10 with.
out them. Thus" said the great
Claudis, "the poor can no more do
without the rich, than the rich
without the poor" The fable serv-
ed the purpose and when the Patri.
clans had made some minor con-
cessions the Plebeians returned to
the city.
When we consider the form of
government under which the Ro-
mans lived, and that form of gov
ernment under which we exist, we
will say that the fable well applied
to the former and to our present,
but we would nave it and the
worlds wisest economists say,
NO" We want a government that
will make the people dependent
upon the people and not upon the
few. More than seventy millions
of people in the United States are
subjec ct TO the will of about fifty
millionaires. We feast when they
say feast, and fast when they say
fast. These fifty wealthy tyrants
control congress and the legisla-
lures of the several states and pass
or defeat bill as suits their pur
pose. If a bill is introduced in CON
gress against them there agents go
thither, and lobby the bill out Of
existance. They have the money
to do it. If a bills introduced fav-
oring the people, the same thing
takes place. But if II bill is intro
duced in favor of this few, ninty-
nine times out of an hundred the
bill passes, and the promoters get
their reward. 4 majority of our
law makers receive more from
these wealthy demons than from
the government itself, hence it is
that they legislate Tor the few in
stead of the many. Iti is very true,
we elect new law makers from time
to time, and it is true also that they
almost invarihly follow the policy
OF their predecessors. So long as
we allow pools, trusts, and such, to
control the money and law bodies
of our land, just so long will we
suffer poverty and misery. The
gulf between labor and capital
broadens with each revolution of
the earth upon it's axis, and the
man that hints at removing that
gulf under the present system Of
government is just as worthy Of
ridicule as the inventor who wastes
his time and vitality in trying to
bring about perpetual motion.
Tue story Of capital and labor is
as old as the race, and the man
that derides the statement only
shows his ignorance of the most
dolorous chapter Of all the history.
Millions and ten millions are con-
stantly objecting to the Infamous
conduct of our public servants, but
they positively refuse to listen to
any peaceable remedy. If ONT
should attempt to explain to them
the utter impossibiIity of success
under existing conditions they turn
away with a cynical smile, and re-
mark, "The old rut is good enough"
know two remedies which l shall
discuss in future articles; one vio-
lent in its character, but will bring
immediate relief the other n lid
and requires much time. Either
will be followed by mutual cooper
alton and happiness. We are now
on the verge of the Twentieth Cen
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