The labor world., 1899-12-16
Appeal to Reasons.

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remain in the peoples pocket by low
ering the rates would bring reign O
| terror, sure. 1t has been government
by such people as Reagan that ha.
produced the. crop of trusts that ar,
1 gobbling all the wealth of the: nation
1 If the railroads We're public propert,
the senators would not get thousand:
of dollars for their votes in aid of thu
railroad magnates' laws. Hence thu
fear Of the Reagans.
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Before the. senate committee or
manufacturers, sitting in New York
prominent liquor men have just testi.
| fled that the government is annually
swindled out of $1,000 900 by frauds in
the business. Yet all these fellows are
opposed to the public making and han
ding the liquor business, for under
such conditions no one would make q
profit by frauds on the people. There
would be no incentive to progress, don't
you know. 3Sssst..'
/ The Shoe and Leather Gazette says
that the American Hyde & Leather
company Cthe tannery trusD has COM
bined the general offices Of the ten
tanneries representative Boston alone,
leaving ten large office. buildings ten
,antless. It does not say so, but it also
.let out several thousand clerks, type
writer's, ,stenographers, and other en-
ployes,s who will now be able to get an
indefinite vacation and help whoop it
up for. the prosperity they vote for.
Say, it is just too killing, as the ladies
would say, to see these working people
vote themselves out Of a job, and then
set around on their hind legs and swear
the country Is prosperous.
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i What would be the difference to you
whether a foreign foe were to conquer
this country and levy q tribute on the
people Of several hundred millions a
year, and the trusts Going the same
thing :? Are the people not despoiled
just the same? If you would have rea-.
son to defend your property against
the one, why do you vote for q sys-
tenn that makes the other possible?
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l., Our mutual friend. Andrew Carnegie,
has crawled out from under the. OBJ
scurity to which his declaration that
he intended. to give away his fortune
sent him, long enough to denounce the
warm the Transvaal. But he has not
expressed his disapprobation of the
war the iron and other trusts have been
waginE against the people Of this .coun-
try. That IS different, don't you know.
:: "A friend says he can understand
why the government can acquire the
railroads, street cars, water works,
etc, but asks what is to, prevent the
former owners Of these, after they have
got the cash for them from buying up
all the small farms, creameries, ETC.,
and making monopoly Of them 2?
Nothing, my dear, sir, nothing. And
that is Just why the whole Socialist
program will have to be carried out,
and men selected who will carry it.out
as fast as possible All the small farms
mills and factories are falling into the
hands Of the men who have control OF
the. trusts now, because they must put
their profits into something in order to
save them. Take, for instance the
Standard Oil company-it has all the
capital it can use in that business,
and has surplus :of something like
$50, ,0O0, 900 a year profit. The owners of
the trust put this $50,0 0,000,000 into any
+hinp that will nrove safe and nav In.
terest. That is the reason Rockefeller
has got control Of the salt, the copper,
electric light plants, iron output, the
carrying trade of the lakes, and no ):
body knows how many other things.
It is; only4a matter Of Alme when all
the industries will be controlled by:
few and unless the sentiment is start
ed in favor Of the people owning some
thing it may all end in chaos. We need
now to do little conservative work.
while the trusts are destroying all the
little fellows. st-..'