The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-04
JOHN LIMBS VOW
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lie lands shall be preserved, and that the
squardering and ineffciency in their admin
istration shall cease. We pledge that the
administration of our system OF taxation
shall be SO conducted, that income-prcducing
wealth. franchises and special privileges shall
bear their fair share of the burden, as Il
as capital employed in production, and labor
we pledge the people that the public insti-
tutfonS in this state shall be looked into
and, If any ineff1ciencys exists, that 1t shall
be removed; that economy shall be intro
duced, 50 that the money Of the people vo,ed
for their support shall be expended to tbs
best advantage. We also pledge ourselves to
such remedial legislation and administration
In behalf of labor as the changed conditions
OF society demand at the present time. These
are some of the pledges we have made tc
the people.
AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.
Now, my friends, at this late hour 1 shall
not assume to discuss in detail these oues-
tons, but L want to say to you that thu
transportation question, while 1t may not
appear to you citizens of st. Paul with the
same force that it does to the farmer. new
ertheless you are just as much interested in
1t. Things in this world have changed with
IN the last fifty years. We are practically
living in a new world. You have great city
here CITY that we are all proud of-every
man In this state of ours. And let me tell
you that If you were cut off from the rest
( OF the state for two weeks you would suf-
fer great discomfort and inconvenience. I'm
der our present civilization there is not one
human being who Is lf-supporting-inde-
pendent Of his fellows. The cities are depend
ent upon the Countrywide country upon the
cities. We would suffer discomfort eyerv
day were the interchange of commodities In
tersered with.
L am not here to advocate especially the
cause of the country. I am here to advocate
Justice to the interests of the country. be-
cause know that in that advocacy / serve
the best interests of the cities. 1t has al
ways been my aim to develop better feel
Ing between the people of the cities and the
country, and to bring about closer rela-
tionship between the different factors of So
ciety. What Is conducive to prosperity in the
country is conducive to prosperity in the
cities. What helps the farmer helps you, too
In many sections of our state railroad rates
have been unreasonably. high. By the decis-
ion referred to as the Stevenson rate case
It is made possible in legal logical and
American way to adjust these questions.
All that Is needed now is to have state
railroad and warehouse commission that Is
able enough, honest enough and courageous
enough to apply the rules as laid down by
shall be charged with the responsibility OF
the appointment of this commission you shall
have three as good, as loyal as true, as able
and courageous men as the state affords.
(Applause) Men who will not only do JUS
tice to the farmers, but do equal justice and
exact justice 10 the capital invested in the
railroads as well.
Now, my friends. suppose it be true that the
railroad rates in this state are excessive on
grain or any other commodity that the farm
er produces, 1t may seem a small matter
to yous but 1t affects you as we'll as him.
Suppose it to be true that there is mtsman-
agement in the binding Irvine plant at Still
water. That may seem small item to you,
but let me call your attention to the fact
that there Is probably upwards of 10000, 900
pounds of binding Irvine consumed in this
state every year. 1t was worth last year
about or cents pound. This year, after
the trust got its work into use a common
eXpression-it was worth Is cents a pound.
That makes a difference OF upwards of 81, 900,
600 to the people of Minnesota. say that
Encouragement of that plant means a great
deal to you. The farmer doesn't bury his
money. He doesn't deposit 1t in the banks,
as a rule-some few do He spends his
money. This $1,000, OO0 IT, instead Of going
into the pockets of the cordage trust, could
have been Invested IN additional comforts
for the farmers families, for new shoes for
the children, for new hats for the young
ladies, or for new furniture-it would have
meant just that much more trade for your
CITY. A"-
simply refer to this as an Illustration So
with regard to freight rates The producer
always pays the freight on the commodity to
the place where it Is consumed. The farmer
pays the freight on his wheat not only to
Minneapolis or Duluth, or the seaboard but
If that wheat is destined to Europe, he pays
the freight all the way Our interests are
mutual. Our farmers are interested lust az
much you laboring men are in your pros
perity and success. If you are employed, II
You draw good wages, you probably cannot
eat more than you do ordinarily, for the
people of this country, thank God doa't
starve, but you can buy better grad IS of but.
ter and spread 1t on your bread a little
thicker and you can be more luxurious thar
| in hard times, and that produces a ma-ke
for the farmer. Now. there Is no denyin,
| that the interests Of a society are mutual
That you cannot do an injustice to one, with.
| out making every factor In society feel it
| so 1 say, when we come here, as our part,
| IN its platform has done, and claim Justice II
! behalf Of the farmer In the same voice W,
| pledge justice to labor employed IN this cit,
| and elsewhere in the state. Why. my friends
| there have been vast changes in civilization
in the last fifty years. In the matter Of pro
duction there has been great Improvement
There have been vast improvements in la
| bor-saving machinery. We are equipped now
to feed and clothe and shelter almost the
| whole world ourselves If we could employ
| all the machinery we have and run it by
| the willing American hands we could proba
| bly, supply all the civilized world right from
| the United States. My friends, another prob
| lem confronts civilization, and that problem Ii
| involved in this campaign. That is the prob.
| lem of a fair and equitable distribution of this
| increased production resulting from the intro.
| duction of machinery and science in our in.
| dustries. 1 think the great evil today il
| not the lack Of production, but because So
| ciety as yet has not evolved a fair and just
| rule for dividing this increased production
between the owners Of the machines and the
| hands that operate them. We do not come
here-I certainly do not come hereto de-
! nounce capital. Capital is as necessary as
| labor, and the more peaceably they can CO.
| operate, on the better and juster terms that
they can work together, the better for So
ciety. We hope to produce such conditions OF
justice and fairness between capital and labor
| that they can cooperate without friction in
| the future. Capital should receive Its fail
returns and profit, but we also want labor
whether employed in the shop or on the farm
| to have It's fair share of the product resulting
| from human invention. There is a feeling
| that there has been an unfair division: thai
although machinery, steam and electricity
have been made to do our work, neverthe-
less the hours of labor are as long as hereto
fore. That is what is. Causing the unrest
We road ahoIIt and hear Of and fool Now