The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-19
BRYAN TELLS
OF TRUST EVILS
Talks to Crowds In New
York State.
W0RKINGMEN FLOCK
TO HEAR HIM SPEAK
Other Issues Are Discussed at
Length.

Length.
Syracuse. y. y, oct. 1S-wiliam J. Bry-
an continued his tour Of the Empire state
today. travelling half way across it from
east to west. He began his journey az
Albany, and, following the course of the
picturesque Mohawk and the line of the
Erie canal. he reached this point late in
the afternoon. From here he made a run
northward TO the southern shore of Lake
Erie. and made q half hours speech at
Oswego. Later he spoke here tonight
The other points at which he spoke
during the day were Schenectady. Fonda.
Johnstown, GlOversviIIe Amsterdam
Fort PLANE. Little Falls Herkimer, Il
ion. Frankfort, Utica. Rome. Oneida
Conestoga, Chittenango and Dewitt. The
attendance at majority of the meetings
was complimentary in size and some of
the audiences were very large. The Os-
wego meeting was the best attended, and
day.
1t was one of the greatest triumphs of
Mr. Bryan's tour There were probably
i've times as many people present as
could hear what was said.
Mr.. Bryan spoke Tor only about half
an hour He mounted a table so that all
Referring to the size of the crowd. Mr.
Bryan said he had wasted a good deal of
time in visiting other places, not know
Ing that the whole state would be in Os-
A. he had done in previous speeches Of
today, M; Bryan again gave the principal
place in his talk TO the trust question.
lie charged that the Republicans hoped
by juggiery. and only by that means, to
deceive the people into voting their ticket.
In response To q voice from the crowd,
concerning the starch combination Mr..
Bryan said he knew nothing personally in
regard to the Oswego WORKS, but that he
had been told that the works were en-
ploying 4ewer men now than formerly.
He related the circumstances connected
with the legal proceedings against the
Nebraska branch of the starch combina-
ton. ana he warned his hearers gener-
ally against trusts of all kinds as calcu-
lated at any time to close any Industrial
enterprise which might be controlled by
them.
Workingmen Greet Him.
Mr.. Br1-an's first stop was at Sche-
nectady where he spoke for twenty min
utes. and his audience filed the entire
The Edison General Electric works are
located ut Schenectady, and as the Bryan
was greeted by the waving OF hats and
handkerChiets from the windows of that
institution His speech was brief review
or Inc general political situation, cover
ing the trusts and the increase OF the
stsa.1 1i army especially. He said;
1 want TO ask the laboring man whether
they believe IT IS good 10 have a great
INDUSTRY dominated by one man or by q
group of men? Suppose a laboring man
has spent zen. fifteen CT twenty years in
acqu1rlnE skill IN an occupation, is l.
wise TO have that mans labor hang upon
the decision of one man2 What viii the
skilled labOrer do if the terms provided
for his labor are not satisfactory? He
viii submit 90 them under monopoly.
Whv2 Because the~c is no other en-
ployer ana if ne goes out from hat orc
place ne has tO1commcnCe life over again.
and all his experience will be of no avail
II you have a number Of Large electrical
plants genius and skill and ability will
be in demand. and if one manager is not
willing To pay you what your services are
worth you can &c 10 another manager
and Get what your services are worth. be
cause competition viii compel each man
10 get the best brains enc the best work
possible But when YOU have but one
manager you have 10 take the terms he
gives YOU ana the wages ne Is willing
70 give you. because. If you turn your
back on th.-t institution YOU go out tC
ldieneSS and starvation.
Can any laboring man believe a mo-
nopoly is a good thing2''
lettering 10 the plea that it is the
iDDine islands. Mr.. bryan said:
The advantage of the argument Of
duty is that YOU do not have TO defend
duty. and chat avoids the necessity Of
any defense They say il is our duty to
stay there. / ask them whv2 They say
If we come away the Filipinos will xiii
first and take from them the awful re-
sponsibility Of killing each other
Should he squeezed out Of stocks he said:
If a laboriug man works for "A corpor-
auon ana the times set hard, the money
taken from wages in order 20 pay divi-
oends on water stock, that represents no
money invested
lie was not willing, he repeated, that
1 t, 5nf IN snouio Se so placed that
ing me concerns in which they may be
Referring TO the army question. Mr.
BRYAN said that there was liable to be
an increase from 10000 20 2OG.G0 under
the present tendency, and that in time
would be afraid TO say they were afraid.
Speaks at Fonda.
air. Bryan was received with cheers
e. his train pulled into Fonda, y. Y. He
addressed his speech there especially TO
the farmers. He contended that there
could be no prosperity sufficient TO jus
Would invoiTe an cSs5s Of tS So'f fo MniSR en-
government such as was implied in sun
porting the Republican policy IN the Phil
ippines. The Republican idea. Mr. Bryan
said. seemed to be that il was far bet
Ter for the farmer to be prosperous under
an empire than to take chances of the re
verse under republic.
They want you" he said, 'tO sell your
birthrigbt for a mess of pOttage and they
do not want TO give YOU an opportunity
TO look at the pottage."
Mr. Bryan made twenty-minute stops at
both JohnStown and GlOVerville. At the
former place he said. among other things;
In the early days they did not believe
that a man ought "a vote upon = subject
IN which he had a personal interest, as Il
member OF congress or a senator; but now
we can MI our congress and our senate
with railroad presidents and with trust
maGnates and let them run their business
business of the rest of the people"
He believed that this accounted for the
fact that the United States now has a
government in the interest of syndicateS.
Mr. Bryan also made a reference to the
prevailing industry of Johnstowp, which
is glove making, and pointed out what he
believed would be the danger attending a
consolidation of these interests with 9TH
era IN a trust.
Replies to Hissers.
Mr.. Bryan's speech at Gloversville was
made froma temporary platform erected
near the railroad track There was an
audience of several thousand Some boys
Missed and there were queries about the
ice trust and free silver.
Noting The Interruptions, Mr.. Bryan
said:
From some remarks that have been
made IN the audience I am afraid there
are some people here VINO viii never have
objection 70 the trust until they them
selves become its victims l have seen
people who have learned by experience in
the last four years what they ought to
have learned by reason four years ago
Whether your industries have been con-
solidated or not is not the question
Whether there is any plan on foot now TO I!
consolidate them now is not the question !
that ought TO determine your vote. The I
question y this; Is the Republican party 4
permitting the mOnOpollza1On of the great !