The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-02-19

FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1897.
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The member who votes for any sort
Of protective tariff OK steel rails or the
manufactured product OF pig iron in
any form daring the Fifty-ffth con-
gress will be either a corruptonist or
tool The developments Of ths -7eek
20 to show that the industry is
capable OF taking care Of itself. One
doesn't have to point to extensive ex.
portations At "a profit as an argument
against further bounty from the gov.
ernment
Manufacturing in this line is now a
monopoly to the same extent that it
would be were law enacted for
bidding all competitors OF Carnegie
and Rockefeller to engage in the
trade. Their enormous resources will
enable them 10 undersell ali rivals,
TO utterly ruin, tear down, destroy
those who have the temerity to enter
the field and solicit patronage.
The history Of the Standard Oil
pirate goes 10 prove beyond the shadow
OF doubt that he will tolerate no
competition; that 10 defy him is to
commit commercial suicide. lie is Mt
terly without heart, void OF the sense
Of right and wrong, and keenly alive
10 out one thing--the increase Of his
own immense holdings
A part Of his system is 20 sing psalms
and give dole OF his princely wealth
TO charity, but to call hlm a Christian
is to insult Christianity and burlesque
It's founder.
The complaeency with which news
papera print and newspaper readers ac-
cept the announcement Of this gigan.
tic conspiracy OF Rockefeller aud Car
negie indicates slumbering public
opinion-a a public opinion which, when
awakened to the enormity OF the OF.
Tense, il il ever awake, will do evil
things toward the wreekers OF trade
Apologists will say that the new
combination has broken the pool aud
reduced prices already. To be sure,
but does nybody believe these two
men have done it for charity's sake?
Falling prices were and are inevi-
table under the single gold standard
inevitable whether pig iron Is produced
by one man or million; inevitabl,
whether steel rails are Manufactured
two men or ten thousand.
Falling prices as surely follow con
tracted currency as water seeks It's
level, but prices may be falsely stim-
ulated to some extent by monopoly
stimulated so long as they remain at a
figure within the ability OF man to
buy.
These are economic laws that can
not be suspended, amended or ex-
tended. They are fixed
When all the little fish have been
swallowed the monopolists will work
both ends from the middle, by fixing
prices arbitrarily and by debating
wages
Consumers must buy from them,
artisans cannot turn elsewhere for EN-
ployment,
In the meantime, this lusty infant
industry" will doubtless squall with
leather lungs for pap before the Ding
ley committee.
& A BILL has been introduced IN the
senate by Senator Hoar providing times
aud places for the trial in Oklahoma OF
certain cases 1t provides that two
terms Of the district court shall be held
each year in each OF the five judicial
districts, aud that the terms Of the
court shall be held AZ the following
places; For the First judicial district,
at Guthrie; for The Second district, al
III Reno; for the Third district, al Ok
lahoma City; for the Fourth district, al
Perry; for the Fifth district, at King
fisher