The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-06-08
TRUSTS AND ITS PARENTS.
Speech Of Congressman De Almond Al
the Free Silver Anti.
Trust Banquet.

Trust Banquet.
The incubator may or may not have
ended the dispute n 10 whether the
hen that lay. the egg or the hen that
matches |, Is the mother ul the chicken,
bat vixen one and lh' same hen both
lays aud matches the egg. the chicken :
maternity cannot be iu doubt.
The Republican party, IN is legi.ln-
ton, laid the trust eggs, aud ia two
years Of Mckiuicy's administration
nor" trusts have been Matched than In
All the years and centuries aud ages be-
fore March 1, 1927.
Ayaficc /, as old as original sin, but
. q T. IN these aucr days that il has
manifested itself with brazeuness that,
.lar'l's and a power That appals. Often
ha, greed wrought manifold woes, hui,
It WAS LETT ior the closing days Of the
Nineteenth Century to witness the Co
lossal ouiragcs against liberty and pop.
ular rights which crown its iufamy.
Mountain is piled upon mountain, levi.
aihan is haruesscd with lcyiathan, aud
men quake and fortunes crumbe--
hopes vanish as the trust monster adj.
yances.
Whatever It's form or field, at the
core the trust Is a monopoly. A mon.
opoly, whether great or small, l. a tyr
amy, aud tyranny always aud every.
where seeks to promote the Interests Of
the few al the expense - the many.
Aud the interests Of the few are pro.
NOTED At the expense Of the many
whenever the opportunities Of the many
are restricted and the power Of the few
over them is enlarged.
A potent agency in bringing the re.
suit which is summed mp in the one
word trus, Is Republican high tariff
The high tariff called protective, hut
which Is prohibitiyc rather than pro-
tccliyc, shuts the world's doors against
tbs American consumer and leaves him
10 the tender mrIcics Of the tariff bar.
ons Of our own land. Then, frpal mou-
opoly, bounded By the lines Of the Re-
public, the way Is plain to monopoly
bounded by the lines OF this or that
trust. 1t is, first, bolt and bar the
outer doors pf the great mansion, aud
then bolt and bar, one by one, the
doors Of It's several apartments, great
and small. With competition from
abroad shut out by law, how naturally
is competition from within slrangled
by combinations Of sufficient strength
to accomplish the desired result. Such
combinations are called trusts, aud thcy
ate Republican born, Republican bred.
II the STANDARD OIL Company, a Titan
among mOnopolies, cannot BE- tracked
directly from TIE Republican monopoly
factory, Il surely has enough birth
marks to disclose that IL Is OF Kin 10
the q. q. l.. by lis monopoly. IN
large part, Of natures supply Of petrol.
cum, that company has been able to
do what the Republican party By its
tariff laws has enabled many of her
trusts to do With things the supply of
which cannot be controlled, except
through restrictive, rcpressiyc laws.
The Republican party Is fast con.
verting the Government itself Into
huge trust, to cooperate with the lesser
trusts. for which 1t is responsible. Il
Is steadily exalling the corporation and
depressing the individual. Il iAvors
turning over To the corporations more
completely the making and control Of
the currency Of the country. II is
eager TO destroy the grcenback and
authorize the bankers TO substitute
their currency for IL. Il Is the chief
prop of the gold monopoly. 1t Is the
lion 10 the path oyer which silver must
pass to the mint. Il counseled with
the banker TO do his bidding. but has
no eat for the farmer or tie laboring
man.
Even now this Republican party IL
trying TO fashion Cuba. Porto Rice, aud
the philippines into trusts. Indeed,
imperialism Is bu, the trust with It's
logger Isaiacles In play.
The alliance, offensive aud defensive,
which the Republicans loag TO form
With Grea, Britain. would DC the great.
est trust of them all. Then unhappy
ireland could bleed hopeIcssly at every
porei cubans or filipiaos could plead
or nghi in vain for freedom to govern
themselves, The wall OF the OPP
pressed could echo mournfuIly around
the earth. These two mighty nations
would march on impcrially in their
blended career Of conqucs, and spoila-
lion, anissdly conquering and to con.
quer, not liberty foes, but those foolish |
enough to dare contend against them !
10 the deteusc Of liberty.
What 10 the large standing army but
lhc trust IN ons Of Us many iorns----
he standing army agsisst which. rs |
menace TO liberty. the fathsrs warned /
ise They considered i,s existence In. |
compatible with the public welfare.
they relied for tho defense d oar eoau-
~ and IL Institutions upon 10 oilisss