The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-19

tempting a monopoly Of any branch OF
industry or any article of merchandise
and then provide that If the law is vfo-
lated the license can be revoked. I do
not believe in the government giving
privileges TO be exercised by a corpora
ton without reSerying the right TO
withdraw them when those privileges
become furtful TO the people.
My contention has been that we
have been placing the dollar above the
man; that we have been picking out ia
vorftes in government; that We have
been bestowing upon them special privi-
leges and every advantage We have
given them to the detriment of other
people. My contention is that there is
a vicious principle running through the
various policies which we have been pur
suing; that in our taxation we have
been imposing upon the great struggling
masses the burdens Of government.
while we have been voting the privi-
leges to the people who do not pay
their share Of expenses to the govern
ment.'
Every unjust tax law is an indirect
form of larceny, the speaker asserted
An income tax, he believed, would rem
edy another great ev,.
Il have no fear that any man by his
own muscle will be able to secure a
fortune so great as to be a menace to
the welfare of his fellow men. When
God made man He placed limit to his
existence, SO that if he was a bad man
he could not do harm long, but when
we made our man -made-man (the
corporaGon) we raised the limit of his
age. We did not give him a soul, and
if he can avoid punishment in this
world he need not worry about the
hereafter.
II want to protest against this doc
trine that the trust is a natural OUT
growth of natural laws. 1t is not true.
The trust is the natural outgrowth OF
unnatural conditions created by man
made laws.
Government under the four great
principles of the declaration of indie
pendence is impossible under an indus
trial aristocracy.
Some people have tried to separate
the labOring man who works in the fac
tory from the laboring man who works
on the farm. I want to warn the la
boring men in the factories that they
cannot separate themselves from those
who toll on the farm without inviting
their own destruction. 1 warn the Ia
boring men in the factories that when
they join with the monopolies to crush
the farmer, as soon as the farmer is
crushed, and his ally will be destroyed,
and in a test of endurance, the farmer
will stand it longer than the laboring
man. The farmer was the first man on
the scene when civilization began, and
he will be the last one to disappear. You
may drive the farmer down, SO he can
not buy coal but he can burn corn. But
you drive the coal miner down so he
cannot buy corn and he cannot eat
coal.
But, my friends, why should we try
to see who could hold out the longest in
suffering? Why try to see who can en-
dure the most hardships and yet live?
Why not try ito see who can contribute
most to the greatness and to the glory
and to the prosperity of this nation?
Why those who can contribute most
should make this government what the
fathers intended for. For one hundred
yeas this nation has been the light
of the world. For one hundred years
the best Of all nations have looked to
this nation for hope and instruction.
Let us settle these great questions that
we have before us, let us teach the
world the blessing Of a government
that comes from the people and let us
show them how happy and how pros
porous people can be. I believe in the
doctrine that God made all men of the
same dust and did not make some to
crawl on hands and knees and others
to ride upon their backs. Let us shoN
what can be done when we put into
actual practice those great doctrines of
human equality and Of equal rights and
make this government what the faith
ers intended, so we shall lead the world
step by step on to higher ground
Facing the sea of w;.dly waving arms
and a storm of cheers the orator re-
sumed his seat.
hree-quarters Of the audience had
been attracted by the announcement Of
his appearance, apparently; for that
proportion left when he had finished.
Several other speeches then followed.
The conference then took a recess un-
til O'Clock D. m.
AT a meeting of the resolutions COM
mittee held at noon 1T was decided that
NO resolutions should be adopted by the
conference.
This conclusion was reached with a
view of keeping politics out of the con-
ference and in the interests of harmony
Edward Rosewater of Omaha, and
ex-senator Blair, of New Hampshire,
pleaded that the sentiment of the con-
ference fbe voiced in some way, but
even the resolution proposed by Mr..
Keasby, of New Jersey, that the con-
ference had been productive Of good
and had given better understanding
of the subject of trusts and combina-
itions, We're drowned in an affirmative
chorus answering a motion to adjourn
the committee sine die
1T was resolved yesterday that the
committee adopt no resolutions" ex-
planned Mr.. Keasby. Il spoke with Mr..
Bryan after his address. He said that,
owing to the nature Of the conference,
he had no resolutions to Offer
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