Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-09-07
religious freedom and later political trse-
BENEFITS of Monopoly.


world. excepting ours, owns the telegraph
lines and the telephone lines, and most.of
n ne Of tbs civlzeS e9untiss
ownership. governmental ownership Of
roads gives the people the carrying serv-
ice for but little more than half what
private ownership charges.
You ask: Can these monopolies he de-
stroycd,s answers, No" Most OF them
e Sam be destroyed anti; VIM, i more.
they should not be DESTROYED. coi1teent'Ts-
PRODUCTION. and if the people at lar:se
got, the benefit of it, then concentration
ana monopoly would shorten the hours
would improve the condition OF all men
and of all women. The trouble now is
that the benefits of cheapened production
DO not go TO the people, but go into the
pockets of Il few greedy men.
The principle Of monopoly is beneficial.
olive the whelh people the bhhetlt, &C Ii,
and ii should ,bh d blessing ALLOW ,'is few
railway systems cannot be wiped ont; they
cannot be reduced to their oriSinal parts.
and what is more, society does not want
to have them destroyed. Instead OF de-
stroNins them the remedy consists in Civ
ing the entirh piiblic the Benefit of them.
Let the government carry freight. Just
as it now carries the letters of all, and 7
chants and the small manufacturers 70
do profitable business where they are
now completely driven out of the market.
they are now being DESTROYED by rail-
road Discrimination.
" has also become apparent that the
principle of permitting p,ivate individuals
to have absolute title to land must RI
suit sui in giving those who acquire that title
the right to order everyone Ci or 10
prescribe the conditions upon which amy
other person can remain. Carried to its
logical consequence this must ultimately
produce condition of servitude. Where
as, II toe government itself owned the
land and rented to individuals the use OF
it, then all would have AN equal oppol
tirGly diifehent condition Of society would
ultimately be evolved;
Currency Question:
There is the great financial question,
the effort on the part of the t6ierS an,!
producers of America to restore one al
t!ih great money metals of the world 20
the function and the position which it
had held for ages. BSi stealth ana by
fraud one of the money me .alss of the
world was demonetized by governmental
action; not by commerce, not by the in
dustries and enterprises of the world, but
by the strong arm of the government,
welded by chicane and the greed of the
world; AS the result of this act the
gradually reduced by nearly onc-half:
and an the worlds volume of business
tends 10 ,etermihe The selling price Of
p pro s; IL follows that the property Of
farm products. fell in the selling price
by nearly one-half, while the debts and
liked .sl,,. charges remained the same. by
r as the farmers purchasing power
ueprlNins him of his ability to buy at
,he factory and at the store as he former
~ dld the great American market has
been. destroyed to large extent. and we
are looking abroad iii foreign lands for
markets fol- 1iif goods. when VIZ would
find greater market than we could pos
s:bly supply right at home if we would
again restore the farmers purchasing
power to what it would be if the world =
prices of product were fixed by volume
OF money consisting of both metals. In
stead of being fixed by "A volume of money
consisting of only one metal.
AT present the farmer has to paw trust
prifts-that is. prices arbitrarily made
high by mollopolies-frt everything that
not only in the open market of the world
but he has 10 sell them on Il single gold
slahdard of value, which is only about
| onc-half as high as a bimetalic standard
! OF value would be.
Governments by injunction.
Again, he Anglo race has shed
more blood to maintain tho righ, of triai
by jury and the Fight of freq speech than
thr any other pttrphse. And the estah-
fishing Of the right of trial by jury and of
free speech is regarded by the world us
the greatest achievement in the history
of government. Both our federal consti-
! tuition and our various state constitutions
guarantee these rights to every American
citizen; Yet within the last few years
federal judges appointed through cor
! poration influence, and sitting on the
/ bench with corporation bias. have
! s - down trial by jury and brushed
And they have established what is now
known as government by Injunction ii, itf;
ste;d-a system uiider which the liberties
of the American people become subject
bn lt,ri, "A II; 4
! Il federal judge. 1t is complete ,ubver-
| sion of the most sacred rights of man.
II Is the assassination OF free Institutions.
! Even in monarchial Europe no such !; sys-
/ tenn would be tolerated for a day. If ii is
{ tn continue here. then the republic is mt
4 an end. Then the highest hopes of man
must be broken. and he will be governed
by a money oigarchy, governing through
the creatures whom it puts on the bench.
MY friends, we are not yet in the prom
lsed land, We have yet a mighty strug.
gle before MS. In fact, the great conflict
is only begun. Mighty battles are yet ia
4 be fought, great aoriices must vet be
made; reverses. defeats and humilations
! may yet have 10 be endured. but we are
conscious OF standing for the right con-
sciots of standing for higher humanity
| conscious of being in harmony with the
evolution OF the age. conscious of moving
along the line marked out by the al,
/ mighty for the guidance of his people
A"a vi 1Smp ha ub anss by We ha4 Of
final victory we musk.Se on our guard
and we must be constantly ready for ev-
cry conflict.
4 We must be OH our guard in our owr
4 party for those interests whic., have
dominated the party so long have not ye,
surrendered. but are seeking in every wa,
possible to get control. Should they sue
coed it would defer the hopes of mankind
and intensity the struggles of the ,oilers
! OF TINS land; 1t would postpone the day OF
deliverance.
The Law and the Gospel.
Recent events have Indicated that tho
people are standing firm throughout the
land. and very recent events indicate thai
some of the politicians have noticed this
fact and are preparing to accept the sit
uation. Whether the conspiracy to over
throw the Chicago platform Will be aban
doned, or whether it will go on, do no
know; but, my friends. we must take M
chances. The people of America are witt
US and they are in earnest. and We mus
see to 1t that they are not betrayed. ",
welcome All men to our ranks who belize;
IN the great mission of the democrats
party and who are ready to help ii carr,
out that mission And. on the other hand
we say to all men who do not belic,l
in the mission of the party. who are no
willing TO help establish the mighty Y.
forms for which providence has chost
it: Your place is not in the democrats,
party, and the manly thing for you I,
do is to seek those councils and that part.
that are In harmony with your idea. NJ
ice. Our face is toward the sun; we ar
holding out our hands. If you love you
country, then come with us.
Let me now say in conclusion that on
skies are Frightening. We have not los
single devotee, while all over the lan'
men are rallying TO our standard VIII
fought us in 1896 and who now de
termined to overthrow the iniquty the
helped to create. They are weary of du
plicity in the white house, they see tha
the republic is being destroyed and the
look with hope to the jefferson of Ne