St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-10-28
Bryan on Trusts.

Below u IN extract from w. J.
Bryan's Speech on Trusts delivered
at the Trust Conference In Chicago
last week:
s'Now, I may be mistaken, but il
has seemed ~ me that lhls method
Of dealing with Tue tfusts would
prove an effective method. / do
not say that there should not be
plivsts corporations, but ! say that
II corporation " created BY Law
It il created tor the pubic gOod,
au0 II should never be permitted ~
% : hlDg IAat il injurious W tile
public xOOd.
'.My contention 10 that II Is .
vicious business that IN our taxa.
tion We have Oeeu Imposing UPON
the great struggling wasses s1e ou1.
deus Ut government while We have
Dseu vUuux the privileges " the
people who will not pay lileir shsre
VI the expenses Ut Tie government.
"Every unjust tax IS M indirect
form vi larceny.
Ill We Gan secure = government
whose foundations are lsld III JUS.
t,ce and laws exempilfy inK Tie DUO
Lrlne vi equality Detvre tue law. su0
then uuuer such government ANU
SUCH laws wealth u accuMmI
lated " y point where 1t becomes
dangerous, Inen We can meet que
question: when II Arises. aud l Am
Wiling " trust Tie wisdom vi W.
ciely ~ meet every Question that
arises auu remedy every wrong.
Il have faith Inal these QuestlVne
wilt Ue settled xu0 setteid lIgut,
uuI l want ~ protest against ILLS
dvctriue Ihst the trust Ii = natura,
vutxrvwth 0f natural inws. Is u
not true. lhe trust 10 the nataral
uulxrOwIh Ut natural cUnditlOns
cres.ed by msh-made laws.
..Yvu cannot hide behind The
dvctrlue that u v here and you csc-
not gel RIO Ut it. / believe that
the American people eau get rid VI
auy thing that they don't want, and
that they ought ~ get rid Ut every
thing that 10 not XoOd.
Il believe thai The Declarali0n 0l
Independence was The graudes'
document ever peunsd by human
hands. The truIus Vt that Ueciasa-
ZION are condensed into four Yrea;
prvpuslu0us That all men are
GRATED equally; thai they are en-
dvwed Win inailsuabls r,xhs> thai
the governments are Insulated
among meu " preserve lhVse riYhIs,
xuo Inas governments derive thlel
Just pUwvr frvm the consent Ut the
governed.
..Sucn . government 10 impossible
under the industrial atlstOcrscy.
Place the fo0d aud clothing and nj
shat We cal aud wear and use IN TN
hands Of . few people, aaa instead
VI being . government by the pe0p''
il will he government Ut the eyn
dictates, ny shs sydicstes. md fO'
The syndicates. Establish such
government and the peVyle will sUOl
Os p0wcrless " secure . Legislative
remedy for any abuse.
/ II am NOT willing " place tn
laboring men Ut this country abso
llutely n the mercy Vt the heads .
munOpolies. when you c0ntrOa h
price that man u to receive fOI
what he produced you control th'
price thai he is tU receive for lh'
labor in the production Ut tia
thing.
"Some people have tried 70 seps
rate the lsbo:lnx msn who wOsl
in the factory from the lae0rin,
man who works On the farm.
warn the laborinY men in the fac
tories that when they JOIN with th
mvnOpolies to crush the farmer, .
soon - the farmer il cIusbed, til
labor,ng man will be crushed. an'
his ally will be destroyed. car
plause.) And in test Of enduraCce
the farmer will Stand it lOnge
than the laboring man. The fsrme
was the first man On the seen
when civilization began, ana he vii
be the last one TO disappear.