The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-29
towards the destruction of the princi-

pie Of monopoly.
LAS a third condition, 1 suggest thai
this license shall not be granted unit
the corporation shows that it has not
had a monopoly and is not attempting
a monopoly of any branch of industry
or any article of merchandise. and
then provide that if the law is violated,
the license can be revoked.
Now, may be mistaken. but it has
seemed to me that this method of deal
ing with the trusts would prove an eff
fectire method. | do not say there
shall be no private corporations. but l
say that a corporation is created by
and it shall never be permitted to do a
thing hat is injurious to the public
good
My contention is that there is u vi>
clous principle running through tho
various policies which we have been
pursuing; that in our taxation we have
been imposing upon the great strug-
sling masses the burdens Of govern
ment, while we have been voting the
privileges to the people who will not
pay their share OF the of the
government.
Every unjust tax law is an indirect
form Of larceny.
III we can secure a government
whose foundations are laid in Justice
and laws eXemplifying the doctrine of
equality before the law ard then under
such a government and such laws
wealth is accumulated TO a point where
1t becomes dangerous. then we can
meet thai question when it arises, and
| am willing to trust the wisdom of
society to meet every question that
arises and remedy every wrong.
Il have faith that these questions
will be settled and settled right, but |
want to protest against this doctrine
that the trust is a natural outgrowth
OF natural laws. 1t is not true. The
trust is the natural outgrowth Of un-
natural conditions created by man
made laws.
"Yon cannot hide behind the doc
trine that it Is here. and you cannot
get rid Of 1t. | believe that the Amer
can people Can get rid Of anything
that they do not want, and that they
ought to get rid of everything that is
not good.
Il believe that the Declaration OF
Independence vas the grandest docu-
ment ever pcnned by human hands.
The truths Of that declaration are con-
densed into four great propositions
that all men are created equal: that
they are endowed with inalienable
rights. that governments are instituted
among men to preserve those rights,
and that governments derive their
just powers from the consent of the
governed. Such a government. Is i'm
possible under an industrial aristoc-
racy. Place the food and clothing,
and all that we eat and yea and use
in the hands OF a few people, and in
stead of being Il government by the
people, 1t will be a government of the
s~yndicates, by the syndicates and for
the syndicatcs. Establish such a gov
ernmcnt and the people will soon be
powerless to secure a legislative
remedy for any abuse.
Il am not willing to place the labor
ing men of this country absolutely at
the mercy of the heads of monopolies.
When you control the price that a
man Is to receive for what he pro-
duces, o control the price that he
is to receive for the labor in the pro-
duction of that thing.
Some people have tried to separate
the labOring man who works In the
factory from the laboring man who
works on the farm. | warn the labor
ing man in the factories that when
they join with the m%onopolies to crush
the farmer, as soon as the farmer is
crushed the laboring man will be
crushed, and his ally will be de-
stroyed: and in a test Of endurance
the farmer will stand it longer than
the laboring nan
The farmer was the first man on
the scene when civilization began, and
he will be the last one to disappear.
But, my friends. why should We try
to see who could hold out the longest
in suffering? For 100 years all ma
tions have looked to this nation for
hope and instruction. Let US settle
these great questions that we have:
let lib teach the world the blessing of
a government that comes from the
people. and let us show them how
happy and how prosperous people can