New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1899-07-01

able to work, of the comforts of home. o
home itself, or rearing their children a,
American children should be reared o
hope, of happiness, too ofton of life itself
that you and | may buy sugar, meat ol
tobacco at n cent or two less a pound l.
this expressive of Onr boaSted brotherhood
of man, community of Interests and united
effort to place the ideals of life upon 4
higher plane Have we so dcgenerated IN
our pretended advancement as to say to
those among whom our lot is east, it is
right for yon to suffer, starve il needs be,
for it enables me to live for lesSP A cause
needing such n defense should be rooted
out so thoroughly as to deprive it of all
life and hope of reproduction. 1t is n cry
ing outrage against humanity and civilza-
ton, relic of brutal absolutism ilourishing
at the threshold of the twentieth century
The most abomnablo forms of wickedness
are sanctioned and embodied in the trusts
OF to-day and their complete eradication
has como to be a necessity from which
there is no escape save through submission
to one of the most hagrant forms of slavery
ever devised in the name of law and pro
gross
We take issue with 1.-The Old Mans"
claim that these incarnations of wicked
ness are authorized and defended by the
constitution of the nation or of the several
states comprising it. The personal liber-
ty and right of property pleaded for the
few is taken from the many. The vast
majority are made to suffer that the ia
vored minority may control the course and
reap the profits of trade through the syn
dicated monopolies that set up the afro
cously impudent defence that they are
humanitarians serving the general welfare
OF the country. They pervert and nullify
the natural laws of supply and demand.
They throttle all opposition, trample upon
the rights of the individual debauch legis-
latures and courts, place our entire popu
lation at their mercy, which is that of the
juggernaut, and then claim the virtue of
doing good deed. If they have constitu-
tiOnal protection in this vicious and mpi-
Gus system, then 1t is the worse for the |
constitution. There is law, fundamon
tai and eternal. which constitution trainers
or Legislative thinkers never made and can
never agrObate or amend. It is that of |
self preservation. With our people it will
stand long, hard strain, but if those who
exercise the delegated authority of making
and administering laws are wise they will
rectify this enOrmity of wickedness before
the limit Of endurance is reached
All the uncensored American testimony
goes to corroborate the Filipino Gen Luna,
who in an interview of May 90 represen-
ted the Filipino cause as prospering "bc-
cause the Americans have gained only
hundredth part Of Luzon by hard fight
ing Continuing, he said that the
Filipino women and children tilling the
fields within the American lines give the
proceeds of their work to support the Fill
pinO army and then he remarked that
"more Americans will be killed by am
buscades, surprises and disease than in
battles. detest war, but cannot accept
peace at any price but independence. The
Americans suffered for their own indepen-
lence, and in their hearts they appreciate
why we resist them
Gen. Luna is right. In their hearts the
American people, whose fathers fought an
imperial power for our independence as
,he Filipinos are now fighting for theirs, do =,
appreciate the Filipino struggle. If ever !,
\ struggling people challenged the adm-
'atiOn of American manhood for patriotic
devotion and unfagging pluck, these isl :,
lnders Of the Pacific challenge it now, and
slssasli isls- aauat tSAhat--Asa.o.ioasa he- who
would withhold it from them.--The Public =,