Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-06
,p,, n Should Be and Do to Promote the
Welfare of All the People.
~ ADDRESS OF HON. TH0S. II. AYRES
,,.s,, NOT Necessarily Menace or an Evil
but an Economic Misrepresentation.
eed View of Live Subject.

Aberdeen, March 6.-To the Editor OF
~. Press: have read with interest your
.su;rble editorial ON trusts which ap-
n..,ea in The Press of Feb. s, and while
,auv agreeing with your excellent analysis
!, the trust evils and your scientific diagno-
I. of the economic troubles of the age,
canpot endorse your remedy.
The trust is but the servant OF economic
,,odpeton. The people should not destroy
/ but take possession OF it. Science and
;nvention have opened the door to Natures
mvx,eries and the timid individual stands
.shast at the wonders there revealed. The
awful forces Of nature, hidden for ages,
have stepped forth like the Gena from the
bottIe and the trust has boldly harnessed
them These forces are beyond the con-
,rol Of an individual but by making use
d the machinery OF the trusts We may all
collectively ENJOY their benefits. We can
not construct a battleship in a blacksmith
shOg.
In the meetings Of our Brown County as
soGation we have for the past several years
netu t1llUg W tuuNdSt Vic pSpplC lilit Vic
true remedy for the evil conditions which
hne befallen US is not in the smashing Of
the trusts already formed, but In uniting
the people in one great trust, an lnterna-
tlonal Republic, which shall conduct for
the whole people those great industries
which are now managed for the benefit of
aieg At a meeting July 4, 1893, when not
less than 5000 people were collected ON
/ our grounds, Mr.. Thomas II. Ayres OF Yer
million gave an address on this subject
which is 80 clear and explicit that ! here
been Published. w. Z. Kidd.
ADDRESS OF MR.. AYRES.
Mr.. Ayres. addressing the association
| said:
One year ago today / had the pleasure of
ADDRESSING this people on questions which
were uppermost in the public mind, and
en- gratltied 10 note that none Of the inter
est then SO marked has been in any sense
abated by the stirring events which have
slee transpired, and which are even now
absorblng popular attention.
The eagerness with which questions of
fundamental political doctrine are pursued
In this community may be an enigma to
other localities, but the time is coming
when the state will know, as have learned
20 know, that Brown county keeps pace
With popular thought, and is easily first
q all tie counties in South Dakota in devo-
ton to the cause of human liberty, first
IN the detection of the false in science and
morals. the first in the support of those pol.
Ices OF common justice which in some cir
ees are regarded as an awkward fad, If not
crime.
SHOULD REJOICE IN CUBAN LIB
ERTY.
Ihose who are congregated here today to
Celebrate the independence Of the United
states, secured more than a hundred and
twenty years ago at the cost of so much life,
ielolee IN the liberty which we are assured
\ soon 70 be achieved for the people of
Ug6a and the Philippines.
Without discussing the struggle which
WS Waged In this country for SO many
months between the irrepressible sentiment
tne great mass OF our citizens who sought
opportunity to assist the enslaved people
our southern neighbor. and the capital
~ and the peace mongers of the east who
aMngued to stifie liberty; without criti-
lang lhe subservency OF one president to
snese sordid party y-of-peace patriots, or
IncIurlng the weakness Of another pres
,aeM who yielded to the pressure OF the
s.ile unpatEotic influence and was forced
vac. ~ &C. only by veritable confagration Of
maxnant public sentiment. | think that
We snould congratulate ourselves that the
wsr lor Cuban liberty is now fully begun,
wiling snlne IN perfect security that the senti.
snI which produced it will insist upon its
/ psdty termination.
TRUSTEES OF HUMAN FREEDOM.
M0e trustees OF human freedom in the
Haen hemisphere. the people OF the
SnHec States are bound BY every dictate
aiisuanrty a. well as by every influence
Maoinon. TO lend helping hand to
SSs yho seek their freedom from opprsS
~ = not only our privilege but our
~ nsage a. every opportunity the
-" human liberty. and II war be re-
iof ourselves. ~ N
l1ERIf CONCEIVED IN REVOLT,
- BORN IN WAR.
M e worst is but aggravated agitatson,
Sai.ss ssa'ion 70 the life Of the race. Agi.
-, sne conservator OF liberty, and
-. :, ie weapon. We ahould be ignoble
m s,Sa ~ nSroe nrss i We hssitatsd 70 take
shonld b selfish indeed n we failed To
10Y our enslaved brothers. Lberty
- seeiysd IN revolt and born in war; i
LS osen secured at the cost Of blood
~ and mus ever be prsseryed by VIII.
ingneas 10 engage in conflict Slav.
me pnee OF peace and will not fail
-. rkst where the cry OF peace 10 al.
Em.,p p dwarf the nobler impulses Of the
eus;or..h hetrt. War. therefore 10 the exc.
aet oi aeita.ion's judgment, and il re.
kor,os : servile nature to crinre al the
q VI u movement whioh may involve
'efy lie OF nation.
~ A HOLY WAR.
fe%.tns.m % Is holy war, though its incidental
srsn,s may be bad. It is a righteous war.
Waged In the interests of freedom: :
anev;. nr'xtlan war because il purposes the
cksras OF want and the promotion Of
Gs,s,er conditions. We are not under nb.
tn 20 endorse the wretched corrun.
nSt oom ,cf attends its conduct; we are
srso.ape'led TO applaud the theft which
nan.shrIzes nancs .hzes Its prosecution, nor connte.
ponen.. .ne conquest which its former CD.
miSS. ana present benehciaries have In
khcs eher crlmes we shall endure In 81.
erri3., passing them by as the frailtiss OF an
"a ~ prother assisting and encouraging
nn.S whlch guides the ship, and resery,
"a NJ NJ tne conclusion OF the conflict the
Sar punishment OF the yultures who ax.
Mder rusm cono. m while they rob the people
eo'er OF their pretenses.
W.. WILL. RESULT IN GOOD.
StHnn MI az OF ,its crimes this war must re.
im purpose il 30 humane that