The age-herald., 1899-05-25

Continued From First Page.) the small company, the big corporation and lastly the trust as a natural consequence of the spsit of standardization. The trust he saia would prove the straw that will break the camefs back, and will in turn be absorbed by the people and a new social system adopted.
 MT. Debs quoted freely from the reports of Carrol D. Wright, commissioner Of ia- Dor statistics for the United States in more forcibly illustrating the points which he emphasized.
 Tendency to Concentration
 The tendency of the times was to con- centrate industry in the hands or the 1eW and pointed to still further centrallza- tfon of producing and distributing agen- ,ies A epirit of distrust is abroad, and no business man will place absolute con- aidenee in another, not even in Birmlns7 ham.
 He declared that the cheapest commodity in the world was human flesh and oloou, and pictured how the American people had thrown up their hands in borrow when 263 lives were lost aboard the Maine Tn Havana harbor. Yet equally as many men were killed and 2,000 maimed and crippled every month by the railroads because DE s,,r &s worth a little more than human life. The life of the humblest workman in your city, he said, is of more real VaIue anu signifcance than all the material worth ol your state. ,.,o,, MT pebs referred briefly to his relation to corporations, stating he might possloly nhtain a situation with some of them, put preferred to carry on his work or educat- ing and enlightening the people to rean. zation of the newer and better system that is surely coming
 Ha used the tobacco trust as an illus fration sf the evils of concentration or capital te the detriment of the real pro- ducer of wealth.
 He expressed the belief that the time was ripe fer change in the social system. pie turing the benefits which he believed would result to humanity.
 He referred to q gathering or grand so' ciety" at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City, which he witnessed and said that the men and women who were represented on that occasion appea red to be mere ar tihcial beings, the inhabitants of another sphere.
 Dogs Costing s30,O00
 A "swelr' dog show given in the same city at which dogs costing ,000 and wear ing collars costing S10,000 each inspired the speaker to give vent to the following cutting aphorism:
 with all my heart I protest against a system in which the lap dogs of the rich are the social superiors of the children of the poor"
 He referred in scathing terms to the late George RI. PullInan, ana drew a Sau plc- ture of his end, which he intimated was a just visitation for his inhumanity to the people under his control.
 MT. Debs touched upon municipal owner- ship of public necessities and strengthened his position by calling attention to the agi- tation which is taking place in this direc- tion fTsm one end of the country to the other.
 Politicians Among Working Men He paid his respects tb tine politicians who eajee workmen when an election is at hand, praising them in the highest terms until tks vote is case and the inaugural ball is at hand, when the line is again drawn.
 The speaker referred to the vast standing armiss asd powerful nayies maintained by the different governments at the cost of the prsaueer and wage earner in order to maintain commercial supremacy.
 He declared that if the world is ever re- deemed from barbarism 1t will not be done Roy military conquest, but by the power of human love.
 In closing he admonshed the working men to read and educate themselves on the subject, to build up their unions and to make sf them, universities from which could be disseminated the principles of the new system.
 s''The world" he said, lis in a state of transition and in the future I see the prom ise of industrial emancipation for all hu- manity."
 Agter the lecture MT. Debs shook hands with number of persons, who came for ward to express their appreciation
 Some of the Epigrams
 The following are few of the epigrams which were culled from his address:
 Character should account for more than cash"
 If you are not well dressed society is against you"
 Excessive wealth is as demoralizing as eNtrsme poverty"
 Many man who is poor in money IS rich in principle"
 The semagogues of the past are the demi-gods of the present."
 "our children are becoming mere cogs in the wheels of industry"
 "fbe millionaire has as much too much as the tramp has too little"
 Capitalism makes criminals of men, would make men even of criminals"
 "1 would rather be right with the minori- ty than wrong with the majority"
 ''The present day rule of business is might against right-cunning against con- science"
 ..Government ownership of railroads is better than railroad ownership of govern. ment.''
 sCnder present conditions it doesn't pay to work. It pays better to work those who do."
 Ut does not pay to be mean Pullman died amidst riches but his shroud had nc pockets"
 "If the arm of corporate greed could reach Old Sol there would be a meter or every sunbeam."