Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02
PARABLE OF TRUSTS.
HOW THE GREAT MONSTERS
ROB YOU.
Tho Sun and Air About All That Are Now
Left to tho People-Overproducti
and Underoonsumption-Th Hannas
and Rookfellers Mightior than Kings.


lcanites, and men stood upon the walls
Of the cities and cried aloud for Sound
money" there came great overpro-
duction upon the land OF America. And
the oyerproduction was of such exceed
ing dimensions that all men were
taken with 1t. And because of the great
overproduction many men hungcred
who had not raiment with which 70
cover themselves, and there were those
who wore bare feet because that there
was an overproduction of sandals.
And the peop-e found much fault
with the overproduction, and they
gathered themselves together and cried
one to another: Behold, here am I.
have not food, yet there Is an over
production OF food" And the wise
men of the party answered and said
unto them:
Verify, this is because Of thy under
consumption" And the people were
amazed and departed each into his
own hovel, saying, Verify. the Re-
publican party doth live"
Now, 1t came to pass that there was
a certain rich man, who had great
wealth and precious stones and pos
sessed many slaves, even unto those
whose votes and influence in legisla-
lures he had purchased. And that
mans name was called Rockefeller,
because he was possessed Of much
rocks. And he came unto the wise
men OF the legislature, saying: BE
hold. there is a great overproduction
on In the land and the people are cry
ing against it. l will relieve them Of
the burden by taking unto myself the
oils, that they may not cause an over
production and burden the people"
And the wise men of the legislative
halls had much joy and cried aloud,
saying: "Oil hail, Rockefeller, for in
him do we put our trust" And the
people, hearing the loud rejoicing,
caught up the words and CRIED Trust,
trust" And henceforth was Rock,-
feller known as Trust"
And 1t came to pass that Rockefeller
waxed mighty and fat. And he took
the oil Of the country and stored 1t in
tanks that there was no overproduc-
ton. And those OF the people who
failed to give over their oil were cast
into prison and their oils were taken.
And when the oils had been taken the
men who had gathered oil were idle
and were sent to hunt for other labor.
But there came upon the land great
overproduction of coal. And so great
was the overproduction that few men
had fuel for their fires. So there came
a good Samaritan out of the wilder
ness. crying: Behold, l come to re-
iieve you of your overproduction OF
coal. AS my brother Rockefeller has
done, so will do likewise" And he
bought up many wise men Of the leg
islatures and went about and gathered
together all the coal into his bins and
warehouses. And the people and those
who sat in the market places again
took up the cry, saying, Trust, trustn
And there came men from every land
seeking to relieve the overproduction
for the glad tidings had spread abroad
And the coal trust begat the railroad
trust, and the railroad trust begat the
steel trust, and the steel trust begat
the gas trust, and the gas trust begat
the sugar trust. and the sugar trust
begat the tobacco trust, and the tobac-
CO trust begat the whisky trust, and
the whiskey trust begat the electrical
trust. and the electrical trust begat the
telephone trust, and the telephone
trust begat the paper trust, and the
paper trust begat the ink trust, and
the ink trust begat the Associated
Press news trust, and the news trust
begat the tire trust and the tire trust
begat the tack trust, and the tack
trust begat the food trust, and the
food trust begat the medicine trust
and the medicine trust begat the coffin
trust and the cemetery trust begat g
certain centurion-one Mark Hanna.
And when it was come to the time
when no more trusts might be formed
and the overproduction still was, Mark
Hanna called the trusts together. say
ing: Behold, we have 1t all. We are
but waiting for an air trust and g
But the people see not that we are
good and kind. and are crying for St
Bryan, who will not deal in trusts
Therefore, let those of us who can
go out into the highways and byways
and cry aloud, Down with the trusts !
And the people will again be with us
and will vote with us, and will say;
Verify, we have killed the trustsp"
And the trusts did as was hidden ant
all was well. And a certain man ol
the sugar trust, who was called Have
more because he was exceedingly
greedy, became scattered from his fel-
lows and became a wanderer and waf
lost. And certain of his tribe took
him up into temple and sat him upor
seat. And he opened his mouth ant
taught them. saying: Verify, l have
taken from the people many cubits o.
shekels. l am the sugar trust. l an
a wise dingbat. Blessed are the trusts
for they shall inherit the earth! Lay