Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-08-04
THE pARABLE OF TRUSTS.
Being nm Account of How mn Oror-
production Bcgat HRrk Mamma.

Americanites. aud rel stood upon
walls Of the cities and cried aloud for
sound money, there came II great ov'
reproduction upon the land Of Amer,
lea. And the oveEproductiou was oI
such exceeding dimensions that al,
men were taken with it. And be.
cause OF the overproduction many
men hungcred and ;hirsted, and there
those who had not raiment with
which to cover themselves, and theEc
ere those who wore barc feet be-
cause there was an overproduc;ion OF
sandals.
And the people found much fail;
with the ovcrproductlon, and they
gathered themselves together and
cried one to another: Behold. here
/ am. | have no food, yet there is an
ovcrproduction Of food" And the
wise men OF the party answered and
said unto them: -Verily, this is be-
cause OF thy undcrconsumption.-
And the people were amazed and de-
parted each into his own home, say
ing, "Verily, the Republican party
doth live
Now it came to pass that n certain
rich man, who had great wealth and
precious stones and possessed many
slaves, even unto those whose votes
and influence he had purchased. And
this mans name was called Rockcfcll.
er, because he possessed much rocks.
And he came unto the wise men of
the Legislature saying. "Bcho,d, there
is Il great overproduction iii the land
and the people cry against it. | will
relieve them Of II portion of the bur
den sy taking unto myself the ellis OF
the land. and | will hold the oils that
they may not cause an overproduc-
ton aud burden the people"
And the wise men Of the legislative
halls had much joy and cried aloud,
saying, oil. hail Rockefeller, for in
him We do put our trust And the
people hearing the loud rejoicing,
caught up the words and cried,
Trust. trust" And henccfurlh Rock
Teller vas known as -trugt.7
And it came To pass that Rookie
Teller wGxed mighty and fat. And hc
took the oil ~ the countr! and stored
If IN tanks that there might be no oy
erprodL elton. And those Of the pco.
pie who failed to give over their oil
were cast into prison ana their oils
were taken. And when all the oils
were taken the men who gathered oil
were idle and were sent to hunt for
other labor.
But there came upon the land a
great ovcrproduction Of coal. And so
great was the oycrproductioL that few
men had fuel for their fires. So
there came another good Samaritan
ont Of the wilderness; crying, BE.
hold, | come to relieve you Of your
ovcrproduction Of coal. As has my
brother Rockefeller done, go will |
do likewise" And he bought up
many wise men Of the legislatures
and went about aud gathered all the
coal into his bins and storchouscs.
And the people and those who snt in
the market places again took up the
cry, saying, Trust. trust"
And thee came nep from every land
seeking to relieve the OverprOductioD,
for the glad tidings had spread
abroad. And the coal trust begat
Iht railroad trust. and the railroad
begat the steel trust. and the
steel trust beSat the gas trust, and
the gas trust begat Tie sugar trust,
and tho sugar trust begat tho tobac.
co trust. Pud the tobacco trust begat
the whisky trust and the whisky trust
the electric trust, and the cleo.
trio trust begat the telephone trust,
and the Telephone trust bcgat the pa.
per trust and the paper trust bcgat the
ink trust, aud the ink trust begat the
trust, and the news trust bcgat
tire trust and the tire trust begat
tack trust, and the tack trust be.
cat the food trust, and tho food trust
the medicine trust, and the Inc
trust begat the coffin trust. and
coffin trust bcGat the cemetery
and the cemetery trust bcgat a
centurion. one iGark Manni.
And iiark Mamma WAS tho greatest
OF the trusts and knew all the trusts
and had dealings with thcm. Ard
when 1t was come to the .imc when
more trusts might bc formed and
tho overproduC'iuD still was, lark
Mamma called all the trusts together,
saying:~Bchoid. we have it all. We arc
but waiting for nm air trust and Il sun
and it will ho completed. But
tho people, seeing not that we are
good and kind, are crying for another
king who will not deal in trusts.
Therefore let those Of us who ran, go
out i'll the highways and bywaya and
cry aloud, Down with tire trusts
And the people will again he with ua
and vote with us, and will cay, 'vcri.
ly,we have killed the trusts
And tho trua's dill ns was biddcn.
md all wns we'll. And IL certain man
OF tho sugar trust who waa called
Haycmorc, because he wac exceeding.
Iy greedy, became scattered from his
fellows md became u wnudcrcr md
was lost, And certain OF his tribe
took him M iulr EL, t,r,.I. go.