The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-07-05

And waxeth so big and fat
Cradles and coffins and babies milk
OIL, sugar, refined and raw,
Newspaper prints and the beldames milk
Az go to the monsters maw
THE greedy protracted industries Of
America first demanded home markc.
and this was secured by legislative enact
ments under which the products Of the
manufacturers Of other countries were
kept out of the United States and foreign
was thus driven away and
the home market secured We paid Cor
this concession 10 the favorite classes.
but the republican advocates of protection
tried to make credulous people heiieve
that when we said that the consumer
paid the tax. that we were w,ong, that
foreign manufacturers paid the tax, |
And a majority OF the newspaper press /
Of the union sustained this contention ard |
cried down the democrltio argument. |
But when the practical question came |
home TO the newspape- people and tho |
paper trust fostered by I'm unjust tsr,n |
raised the price Of printing paper five u |
ten dollars per ton, they pretty soon dis
covered who paid the tax. and one humid |
red and hfty-seven daily newspaper IN all
sections Of the union emand ed free
paper and free wood pup, bcause the tAr-
n on these articles was, as they said, a
-iX-milllon dollar tax on intelligence.
Hence the newspapers. Joined tae cry
bust the trusts The tariff has driven
out the foreign competition, the trust has
destroyed home competition, and So we
| are al the mercy Of the combines. They
have lowered the price of the raw mater
| ial lessened the cost Of poductiou and
raised the price Of the finished product
They have become the only purchaser
ana the only seller They catch the Amer
ican people coming and going Competi-
| lion which is said to be the life Of trade
has been straugied 20 death Monopoly
| reigns. The robber hand of the trust Is
at your throat and it Is demanding
| your money or your life There are
three hundred and nfty-three known
trusts, and more are daily being organ
lied The American people believe IN
q just wage to the mechanic ara W ,rkinc
paying fair prices for raw maternal. att
man. and reasonable profits &c the manu-
facturer ana the mercnant as a return
on invested capital, the time consumed.
the labor employed, and the risk incurred
But the trusts are not satisfied with this
they demand more. Their billions Of dol
iars Of property IN their hands Is by a sin
giu stroke of the pen doubled and becomes
six billions, and the American people are
compelled are compelled to sustain out
OF their pockets this artificial estimate
II Is "a wonder that they are rising in in
ldignant wrath over the imposition and de-
manding a remedy? Expedients have been
tried but in vain The so-called federal
antitrust law Of 1890 did not compass
the death Of the monster The legislatures
OF thirty states find their antitrust bills
useless. Something must be done. We
arc told, however, that the suppression Of
trusts cannot be made the issue between
the parties because both the great pollti-
cal organizations are the enemies OF
trusts
Sometimes, TO escape capture and pun
shment a person joins i'm the hue ana
cry and Loudly calls: Stop thief wnen
he himself either is the actual perpetra-
tor OF the crime. or accessory to the act.
So II Is with the republican party in the
matter of trusts. Think ~ Ohio. the nome
Of Hanna. the state of Mckinney de-
nouncing trusts We are told that the ma
tional convention Of the republican pattv.
viii be even more vehement than the dem
ocratic convention in the denunc;ation of
the wicked scheme Of rehbery of the peo-
But we can and Will make the issue.
PIE by these combinations and combu r.
There is no hope Of breaking down tLesP
things by the aid Of the republicans fcf
they are cn-springs Of the rep blcan par
~. Bone Of IT'S bone. and flesh Of st.
flesh The American people bound
hand and foot by the power Of these
trusts whose existence is made poss-
BILE by the destruction OF competiil -.
through unSise tariff legislation, are
struggling once more for freedom They
are ready now to proclaim a new declars-
ton. They demand liberty Liberty to
buy and liberty to see in open competi-
tive markets. They win not quit the struC-
lRla Marshalled under the democratic
banner they are determined 20 win The
lcombined power OF wealth cannot stay
them. the strength Of monopoly cannot
overpower them. on The folds at the ,
banner s :nicrilcA Fcua4 rights 20 all.
leXclusiyl privileges Z, none Their lives.
thar fc itios. and their sacred honors.
They WI acet without fear tha trusts
en- iched REPUBLICAN hosts, and the Cod
OF justice viii give them the victory"
Mr.. Caruth spoke words of euloev Of
William Jennings BRYAN "the great ap-
Hostile 4 f HE b Ople. and. referring 10 Tam
many. said that the past loyalty is as
earnest of her future course II matters
not wp chosen ader. she wi, NO
found il lgOc as sh. has alway- O-4p
found, ightins the peoples right She will
viii not hang back when the cry to battle
rings through the air. Lustv VIII be her
war cry and deadly her onslaught The
enemies Of the people will find her toma-
hawk at their heads and around her
wigwam ill be hung the scalp Of her
slain"
! Among the other speakers were james
d. Richardson Of Tennessee Norman r.
Mack, OF Buffalo; Thomas f GRADY, %
this city. James W Rldgway, Of Brook
lyn' William f G3urley of New Jersey
"A CASTOR Of Pennsylvania and Cevev
Homan of Maine
There was the annual musical program
by the siXty-ninth regiment band and
the Tammany hau glee club
| AcCook, Neh Ju.y4.- Aprematuie cx
pIDsion of a cannon, used n firing a sa
lutte here today noon caused the severe
injury Of four boys. Charles Traver
was drawing the hammer when the dis
charge tore off his right hand He will
loose one and perhaps both eyes. His fac
and head are terrible injured and his J fe
Is dispaired Of Willie Fitzpatrick lost
thumb and got a face fun Of poder Jack
Wentz was badly injured IN the face by