The San Francisco call., 1899-11-07
Believes Them Con-
duCiVe to Evil.
LAB0RING MEN SUFFERERS
AN ABLE DISCUSSION OF THE
MOOTED QUESTION.
He Enumerates a Number Of Evils of
the Industrial System-Who
Should Own Public
UtilitiesP

Rev DR.. Z. r. Ollie OF Oakland de
Evered a scorching arraignment on trust
yesterday morning before the Methods
Episcopal Ministers Union. His strons
views on the labor question elected grea
applause and he was afterward cOngrat
ulated for his able exposition of the sub
jcct The title Of the paper he read Wa
"A Study of the Labor Question ans
in part he saidl
The labor problem Is but another name
tcr the problem Of humanity. The destiny
@. labor Is the destiny OK the race. for the
great mass ot men must end n soCie.
order OF worNiugman. The woTk!ngman has
a right % q fair share @: the wealth MS
LABOR produces There IS no inteu GENT. ralr-
minded man who believes that naked
muscle should be paid the same wages as
muscle plus brains and training that
skilled tauor should be reduced 20 the Level
Of unskilled labor that the railroad super
iutendeut or president should receive the
same wages as the brakeman. But when
man tolls twelve TO sixteen hours DAY
Tor paltry 81 or s. and sees another man
paid four millions year ont or the wealth
he helped 20 produce. he thinks there IS
him
4 great factory owned by a syndicate OF
miiliCuaires paid monthly Per cent 1iFl-
deud last year and vet the men Whose
work made the dividend possible only re
ce!ved 81 for a ten-hcur days work. What
Goes IL mean TO he man who only gets
s. for q day s work. Il means servitude
and slavery iD all but name, and a WE tohe1
life 9or the children he brings into the
world.
The evil of trusts IS that they make pos
s!hle stEh combinations Of capital that a
comparatively tcv- rich men can control the
commerce an- the industries 7f the world.
Secondly, thoy present Inducements 3or The
Use ct unlawful means 20 attain the ends
proposed. Thirdly, having secured BY these
means the coutr.. OF an article or articles
c- commerce they use their power 10 raise
prices and practice eNt0rtica upon the pub
lc The modern trust IS a great octopus
that Cac.0-ks factories and places ten thou-
sand ware-e5-ners CD the list OF ioafers,
beErars and tranps.
We are the richest nation on earth and
as our wealth Increases We are kelly =
see more and more gigantic aggregations Of
capital until civilized people shan say 20
th5 rising tide Of monopoly Thus far
shalt thou come but no farther"
The great newspapers are beginning 10
make themselves heard upon this imminent
peril. Congress has a weapon within reach
with which 20 give the death stroke to all
OF the rap8cilus trusts now existing. Most
of these combinations deal in American pro-
ducts OF which they have a monopoly. 1t
IS gross perverslon Of the taxing power
O; the Government 20 impose a tariff with
CUt yielding revenue 10 the Government
as Il enables trusts 20 plunder American
citizens Another evil 10 our Industrial sys-
teU Is the employment of women In the
Industrial world. Work is now done by
women FOR 50 cents and GO cents a day for
which men have 10 times past received 50
Per day.
am not questioning the right Of laborers
% strike; they have he same right 70 or
Falize a labor trust that capitalists have to
organize other trusts. but I question
ing its eypedienCy. 7 am a firm believer in
Q modified socialism. ! believe In the na-
tq7a.izaloE 1r municipalizatton Of all
n0nop0.es, such as wharves. bridges. fer
ries, waterways. railways. teleeraphs tele-
phones electric light plants, water works
gas works. street cars, etc. but I am not
prepared 20 90 the length Of Karl Marx.
Gr7ulund and Bellany and apply collect
iEisu everywhere. In my opinion extreme
socialism involves such suppression OF in
d.rldIal liberty as 70 be fatal 10 H.
Last year The profits of the Spring Valley
Water Works In san Francisco were 81. .203
24l Did san Francisco own her own water
works this sum OF over a million dollars a
year might 60 into her treasury. Coils
, Huntington In s0eaking Of the combina-
ton ~ the great railroads SAYS that more
roads rDcer one control the better 7 agree
with him. only rs controller Of the road I
prefer Uncle sam % Uncle Coils"