Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-09-07

from a slavery more AFFECT than
your own, and you must begin at
once, for your enemy is growing
stronger and becoming more deep
ly intrenched each day.
"A mutual union of one million
men of the right stamp can carry
out the desired work and bring it
to a successful issue in four years,
I firmly believe, by this plan.
'In the first place, this cohort OF
patriotism should be composed of
men from every rank of the wage
earners. For bank clerks, sales
men, small business men, book
keepers, railroad men of all ranks
ana callings, newspaper men, schol-
ars, professional men, artisans and
day laborers are all in the same
boat so far as the dire effects of
monopoly are concerned. All these
must combine their efforts to secure
emancipation and to bring about
the impending revolution by peace
full means instead of by the most
fierce and terrible struggle in which
men have ever been engaged.
"All thinkers agree that such a
revolution is brewing, and my OBJ
servations among both the rich and
the poor lead me to believe that
they are right. 1 do not believe
that such a people as the Ameri-
cans will ever submit to have the
chains of slavery rivited on their
ankles without struggle.
THE organization of million
wage earners of all callings, then,
is to be for a peaceful purpose-to
point the way for peaceful solu-
ton of problems which are bring
ing rs each day nearer to a ire
mendous armed conflict, conflict
which, because OF the agencies that
would be at work, would be the
most awful and most destructive
which the world has ever seen.
This body of million men,
moved by the lofty purpose to save
the Republican from ruin, would
necessarily be composed of the
employees of many OF the great
monopolies, who are thoroughly in.
formed of all the methods employed
by them, and all the agencies by
which they have built up and con-
solidated their power.
Each man should pledge him
self to pay into general fund $40
year for ten years, which would
place at the disposal of the society,
which might be called the Ten
Year Society," the enormous sum OF
S1oo, 900, 900 at the end of the ten
year period. This would be the
result if no investments were made
from the fund in the meantime, and
ii the society were not increased in
membership.
But suppose that wage earners
to the number of 100000 would
enter the pool, and make the period
only FIVE years. Then the fund
would amount to the enormous
figure Of $25o,ooo,ooo, and in less
than FIVE years more the control OF
every great monopoly in the coun-
trv world he in the hands OF the
hands of the people.
"Such an undertaking is plainly
within power of the people, who
now suffer from the sequestration
of their rights and their earnings
by the monopolistic powers which
rule over them. 1t would be less
than 81 a month tor each subscrib-
er to the articles of the society. I
know that to millions of our people
today the payment of even so small
sum would be a practical i'm
possibility, and this terrible fact is
the strongest proof of the necessity
for some movement which shall
improve their situation.
"An enlightened and progressive
colonizing plan would form an es'
sential feature of the Undertaking,
as it's aim, from beginning to end
ing, would be to save the people
from want and misery, and to place
the unfortunate, the victims of
present social and political condi
tons, in a way to make themselves
truly independent and self.respect-
ing.
"You must have capital in order
to fight capital, The great trusts
have not rolled up their millions in
a day. 1t has taken them many
years of patient work and schem-
ing, and it is to be hoped that the
wage earners may obtain their
riohtS without reSortinp to all the