Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-03-21
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article concluded by saying: IF the Mill
| er's trust does Succeed in securing con-
troll of machines essential to the cheap
est production of -four 1t will be able to
| Withstand competition. If not. 1t may
sooner or later find, If 1t put prices high
enough to make flour manufacture at
tractive to other capitalists, that It IL
subject to the law of supply and demand
and, in obediencs to the dictates OF this
| law, cease to exist"
We wish to impress this fact deeply
upon the minds of all who already are not
Iuily aware of ii, that the Ills of our
economic life which are subject to pub
| lie control and betterment. continue
through the power of monopoly. which
power. in turn, is conferred by the public
itself No combination can stand which
does not enjoy such privileges: all COM
oinations must cease when special privi-
lege Is DESTROYED Therefore, the only
way to bring the evils of the trust to an
end is to destroy special privilege
NOW note: The remedies proposed
for the trust evil are those of an
avowed individualist, who wishes to
restore competition and destroy the
trusts. And what are these remedies?
First, the public ownership of natural
resources, such as ''coal, copper and
iron mines." Second, the national
ownership of railroads and municipal
ownership of public utilities, such az
street railways, water, gas and cleo
trio light plants, etc. Third, free
trade. Fourth, public ownership of
so-caRed labor-saving inventions. And
these are now supposed to be con-
servative, individualistic measures,
but few years ago were dangerous
doctrines, wild vagaries and rank an
archy. Verify! the world do move
But these remedies, thus suggested
by an avowed disbeliever in socialism.
cover the third, fourth and seventh
planks of the platform of the social
democrats, upon which Eugene V.
Debs was nominated for the presi-
dency. The first seven planks of the
said platform are as follows:
First-Revision of our antiquated fed
erai constitution, in order to remove the
obstacles to full and complete control of
government by all the people, Irrespective
of sex.
Second-The public ownership of all in
dustries controlled by monopolies trusts
and combinations
Third-Public ownership of all railroads
telegraph, telephone. all means of trans
portation, communication. water works,
gas and electric plants, and other public
utilities.
oui Ill lie puDnC ownership OF all
gold, silver. copper. lead. iron, coal and
all other mines: also all oil and gas wells
F1fth-Reduction of the hours of labor
In proportion to the increasing facilities
of production
Sixth-The inauguration OF system of
pubic works and improvements for the
employment of a large number of the un-
employed, the public credit to be utilized
for that purpose.
Seventh-All useful inventions to be free
10 all, the inventor to be remunerated by
the public.
thus we find Rev. Lyman D. Abbott
and Editor Burke in accord with the
three most important demands made
by the social-democracy as political
party.
All of which indicates that if the
fusion forces wish to elect Mr.. BRYAN.
he must stand upon much more pro-
gressive and radical platform than
the Chicago utterance.
GEORGE G. WARD