The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-09-19

rs the young man. AbsaIom, safe?"
fingers in the memory OF all who study
the life OF the great Hebrew King. ARA,
yet, the interest which David felt IN ms
son. Absalom. has it's parallel In the tloEe
than 100000 families which mako Wy
the American people.
No language can describe mothers
love. or oYerstaLe the abiding interes S
which the father feels III the wsna l,t ~
his child. From the time when tne n Ht,
er's life hangs in the balance at the 10Y .
birth until the death of the parents the I
Is scarcely a waking hour MI, when anS a." nlnns
Is not present in their thoughts ana pl ,,nI
1t is to this parental devotion. SO UNI
Versally recognized. that desire TO APP
peal on this occasion.
APP real to ParentnIDev
would call the attention OF every IA,
Their and mother to present political ahd
industrial conditions. 1 would ask them
to nnulyse these conditions. tnHeslgaI9
their causes and their tendencies.
would press upon them this question: is
the young man, Absnlom. sateF are
you satisfied with the possibilities anu the
probabilities which now open betore your
son?
Is he safe when foreign or domestic
nnanciers are allowed to determine the
monetary system under which he lives!
Ia he safe when national banks control
the volume of money with which ne does
Is he safe when the bond holding class
determines the size of the national oebt
upon which he must help to pay inter-
cSt2
Is he safe when by means of taxes laid
almost entirely upon consumption ne is
compelled to contribute according to his
wants rather than according to MS pos
sessions?
Is he safe when corporate interests in
huence as they do today the selection
of those who to represent him In the
Sonate of the United states?
II he is wage-earner, and you 90 NOT
know how soon he may be, even II ne IS
not now, Is he safe when he Is llaole
to be deprived OF trial by jury, through
the system known as government by IN
junction?
Is he safe. If Iaborlng man. when he
Is denied the protection of arbitration and
compelled to submit to such hours ana
terms ns corporate employer may pro-
pose?
Tho Reign of Monopoly.
But, desire to call special attention to
the growth of tho trusts and to ask you
whether your son Is safe under the reign
u private monopoly? II you cannot leave
thing 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 cndeayor by the
hope of being able to profit by his own
and his own virtue. But when private
monopoly reaches its full development
each branch of Industry will be controlled
by one. or a few men. and the fruits of
monopoly, like the divine right OF rule
Will be kept within the possession of
few from generation to generation. while
the real producers of wealth will be con-
dcmned to perpetual clerkshp or servi-
tUde. When private monopoly reaches It's
full development. your son VIII buy the
flushed product at the price which mon
opoly fixes: he will sell raw material at
the price which monopoly fXes: and. II
he works for wages. he Will work FOR
such compensation and upon such con-
didons as monopoly may determine.
Charles II. Flint OF tho Rubber Goods
Manufacturing Co. in speech delivered
in Boston on the 25th of May. 1899. out
lined the trust program with great frank
~ ~ Il NsNV NNnNF tn
be derived from the trust system he said:
Outline OF Trust Program.
RAW material bought In large guam
titles Is secured ut lower prices" When,
for instance. one man buys all the wool.
the price OF wool will be lowered and all
who produce wool Will sell at the price
fixed by the trust. A large proportion
OF our people are engaged in the produce
ton OF various l.inos OF raw material and
they are thus placed at the mercy of the
The recond advantage is that those
plants which arc best equipped and most
udvuntoEcously situated are run continu-
ouSly and in preference to those less ia
Vored."
This means that factories can he closed
IN the smaller towns and business con-
centrntcd In the large centers. 1t means.
ALEC. that whenever there is surplus on
hand. part CT the factories can he closed
and the burden of maintaining prices
thrown upon tho wage workers. There
are already scattered throughout the
land idle plants. which stand as silent
monuments TO the evils of the trust sys-
tom.
Tho next advantage 'mcntiOrcl is that
"In cage CT ioCal strikes ana fires. the
work goes on elsewhere. thus preventing
serious loss
This means that monopoly can abso-
lutely control fits worknEmcn, for IL
strike occ; RS in factory III one state.
the fnCtory can he closed down Indefinite
ly vhl" the employees are starved into
Rubir .gs!ou. and, as the trust can DIP the
worl- IN some other factory without scri-
GUS loss. IL is quite independent of the
employees, and can absolutely prescribe the
terms and conditions upon which they
shall i've. The more complete the mon
opoly the more opposed the managers
will he to arbitration, because, in case
of any contest between the trua. and its
employees the trust Will have every adj
vantage and the employees will be per-
fcctly powcrlcss.
Another advantage cited by Mr.. Flint
iR that There Is no multiplication of the
means OF distribution and II better force
of salesman will take the place of large
number"
Drummcrs Dispensed with.
This is an !uu.natlon that under the
trust system the travelling salesman win
not be needed. When every retail ncr-
chant must buy all goods of one class
from a single company, the work can be
dCno by samples. and travelling men
will be needed There will be no com
petition between different factories be-
cause all are under one manaEcncut
The first man to feel this viii be the
salesman. who viii lose his occupation.
The next man to feel it will be the hotel