Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-28

theirs q ation, and the anxious query.
'Is tn young man, Absa.om. saIe
lirgef IN the memory CT all Wno st unS
the life of the great Hebrew KING. Anu.
yet. the interest which David felt III ms
SON Absalom, has its parallel IN the NO.
than 100 900 families which make up
the American people. ,,+her,s
No language can describe mo.hel .
love. or oyersta,e the abiding interest,"
which the father feels IL the welfare VI
his child From the time when lEe i ~,
er's life hangs in the balance a. .ts .nors
birth until the death OF the i.i ..on
is scarcely a waking hour wheh sne 49,
is not present In their Thoughts anu p', ',ri.
II ia to this parental devotlen SO UNI
yersally recognized that desire 10 ap-
pea on this occasion.
Appeal to Parental Devotion.
would call the attention of every Ia,
Their and mother to present pol'ticai INV
Industrial conditions. l would ask them
to analyze these conditions. inVesusaee
their causes and their tendencies.
would press upon them this question: Is
the young man. khsalom. SAFE ~ ~
you satisfied with the possibilities anu e.e
probabilities which now open ociote '1-
son? ,.,
Ia he safe when foreign or domestic |
Ananciers are allowed to determine the
monetary system under which ne hVes:
Is he safe when national banks con.roi
the volume of money with which ne does
business?
determines the size of the national oeot
upon which he must help to pay inter-
est
Is he safe when by means Of taxes laid
almost entirely upon consumption ne IS
compelled to contribute according 10 ms
wants rather than according to MS pos
sessions?
Is he safe when corporate interests In
huence as they do today the seiection
of those who are to represent MIN IN the
Senate of the United States?
If he Is a wage-earner. and you 40 not
know how soon he may be. even II ne IS
not now is he safe when ne IS haole
to be deprived of trial by jury. through
the system known as government py IN
junction?
Is he safe, If laborins man. when ne
Is denied the protection OF arbitration ana
compelled to submit to such hours and
terms as corporate employer may pro-
pose?
The Reign of Monopoly.
But desire to call special attention TO
the growth of the trusts. and to ask you
whether your son is safe under the reign
VI private monopoly? If you cannot leave
him fortune, you can leave him some
thing more valuable than money, VIZ
the freedom to employ his own brain
and his own hands for the advancement
of his own welfare. When there is In
dustrial independence, each citizen Is
stimulated to earnest endeavor by the
hope of being able to profit by his own
genius his own energy, his own INDUSTRY
and his own virtue. But when private
nonopoly reaches it's full development
each branch of industry will be controlled
by one, or few men. and the fruits OF
MONOPOLY like the divine right OF RUE.
will be kept within the possession OF a
few from generation to generation, while
the real producers of wealth Will be con-
demned to perpetual clerkship or servi-
tude When private monopoly reaches its
full development. your son VIII puy the
finished product at the price which mon
opoly fixes; he will sell raw material al
the price which monopoly fixes: and, II
he works for wages he will work foi
such compensation and upon such con,
ditions as monopoly may determine.
Charles r. Flint of the Rubber Goods
Manufacturing Co. in speech delivered
in Boston on the 25th of May. 1899 out
lined the trust program with great frank
ness In speaking of the advantages U
be derived from the trust system ne Salo
Outline of Trust Program.
RAW material bought in large quan
titles is secured at lower prices" When
for instance, one man buys all the WOOL
the price of wool will be lowered and al
who produce wool will sell at the pric
fixed by the trust A large proportion
of our people are engaged in the produc
ton of various kinds of raw material. an
they are thus placed at the mercy OF TN
combinations.
The second advantage ~ li'dt eAAS''
plants which are best equipped and mos
adyantageously situated are run continu
ousy and in preference to those less Ia
yored."
This means that factories can be close
In the smaller towns and business cor
centrated in the large centers. 1t mean:
also that whenever there is a surplus
hand, part of the factories can be CLOSED
and the burden of maintaining price
thrown upon the wage workers. Their
DIV acattarad throughout tn
land idle plants which stand as siler
monuments to the evils of the trust sy:
tenn.
SIN case Of local strikes and fires II
work goes on elsewhere. thus preVentn
serious loss
This means that monopoly can abs
lutely control it's workingmen. for II
strike occurs in a factory in one stat
the factory can be closed down indehnit
Nv while the employees are starved IN
submission, and, the trust can do II
work in some other factory without SCI
Gus loss it is quite Independent OF u
employees and can absolutely prescribe Il
terms and conditions upon which thu
shall live The more complete the mo
opoly the more opposed the manage
will be to aruitration because in ca
of any contest between the trust and 1
employees. the trust will have every a
vantage and the employees will be pc
fectly powerless.
Another advantage cited by Mr. FIJI
is that There is no multiplication of I
means of distribution and better for
of statesmen will take the place of lar
number"
Drummcrs Dispensed With.
This is an intimation that under t
trust system the travelling salesman W
not be needed. When every retail me
chant must buy all goods of one ella
from single company, the work can
done by samples, and no travelling m
will be needed. There will be no CO..
petition between different factories
cause all are under one managemel
The first man to feel this will be
salesman, who will lose his occupatit
The next man to feel it will be the no
man, who will miss the trade of I
travelling salesman. The railroad will Il
the mileage paid by the travelling ms
the liverymen will lose their best p
rons, and the newspapers will lose
advertising, because 1t will not be nee
sary to advertise when there is no co
petition. All this might be tolerable
the saving thus made went to the CT
sumner, but as matter of fact 1t goes
the monopoly. My attention has b'
called to prospectus issued by the
t.rpo tiopal Steam Pump COmpany.