The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-09-21
Republicans Responsible for the
Constantly Increasing Num-
Der Of Trusts.
Business Cravitating Toward the
Oflces Of the Big Cor
porations.
Farmers Feeling the Effect of Growing
Combines in the Decline
of Prices.

of Prices.
In a lengthy address at st. Louis,
Saturday night, September ID, William
j. Bryan made a vigorous and convinc-
ing onslaught on the trusts and the
trust-fostering tendencies Of the re-
publican party, saying:
1.-The lament OF David over Absalom In
Ine OF the most pathetic passages OF the
Old Testament. The fact that the son was
In rebellion against civil as well as parental
authority did not shake the fathers anec-
ton. and the anxious query: is the young
man. Absalom, safer fingers in the mem
orr of all who study the life OF the great
Hebrew king. And. yet. the interest which
parallel i'm the more than 10. o00.0 900 families
which make up the American people.
NO lang3ag can describe a mothers
love, or overstate the abiding interest
which the father feels in the welfare OF his
child. From the time when the mothers
lie hangs in the baiance at the boys birth
scarcely a waking hour when the son is
not present in their thoughts and plans II
Is TO this parental devotion. so universally
recognized, that l desire 10 appeal on this
occasion.
Appeal to Parental Devotion.
q WVAta n "a a
ther and mother TO present political and in
dustrial conditions. l would ask them to
analyze these conditions, investigate their
causes and their tendencies. ! would press
upon them this question: Is the young
man. Absalom. safer Are you satisfied
with the possibilities and the probabilities
which now open before your son?
us he safe when foreign or domestic
fnanciers are allowed 10 determine the
lis he safe when national banks control
the volume OF money with which he does
business?
sis he safe when the bond holding class
determines the size of the national debt
upon which he must help TO pay interest?
rs he safe when by means OF taxes laid
almost entirely upon consumption he Is
compelled to contribute according TO his
wants rather than according 10 his posses
sions?.
huence az they do to-day the selection OF
those who are to represent him In the SEN
ate of the United States?
"If he Is a wage-earner, and you do not
know how soon he may be. even IL he is rot
now. Is he safe when he Is liable to be de-
prived Of trial by jury. through the system
us he safe. IL a laboring man. when he
II denied the protection OF arbitration and
compelled TO submit to such hours and
The Reign Of Monopoly.
"But. ! desire to call special attention 10
the growth of the trusts. and to ask you
WHttntI YOUR sun IL Sdlt uIutI liz ItlEn
OF private monopoly? II you cannot leave
him a fortune, you can leave him some
more valuable than money. viz: the free
dom TO employ his own brain and his own
hands fos the advancement OF his own
welfare. When there is industrial irde-
~pendeace. each citizen Is stimulated TO
earnest endeavor by the hope of being able
to profit by his own genius, his W energy,
his own industry and his own virtue. But
when private monopoly reaches its full de-
velopment each branch OF industry will be
controlled by one. or n few men, and the
fruits OF monopoly. like the divine right OF
rule. will be kept within the possession OF a
the real producers OF wealth will be con-
demned to perpetual clerkship or servi-
tude. When private monopoly reaches its
full development. your son Will buy the
finished product at the price which monop-
oily fixes. he will sell raw material at tho
price which monopoly fixes: and. IL he
works for wages. he will work for such
compensation and upon such conditions as
monopoly may determine.
Charles X. Flint. of the Rubber Goods
Manufacturing company. in a speech deliv.
erred. in Boston on the 18th OF May. 1899. out.
lined the trust programme with great
~frankness In speaking Of the advantages
to be derived from the trust system he said
Outline OF Trust Prog
RAW material bought in large guam.
titles is secured at lower prices. When
for instance. one man buys all the wool
the price of wool Will be lowered and al
fixed by the trust. A large proportion
OF our people are engaged in the produc.
ton OF various kinds of raw material. and
they are thus placed at the mercy OF the
The second advantage is that 'thos,
plants which are best equipped and most adj
vantageously situated are run continuous
ly and In preference TO those less favored.
This means that factories can be CLOSED
In the smaller towns and business concenr
trated In the large centers. II means
also. that whenever there Is a surplus or
hand. part Of the factories can be closed
and the burden OF maintaining prices
already scattered throughout the land idl,
plants, which stand as silent monument.
to the evils Of the trust system.
1.-THE next advantage mentioned is tina
In case of local strikes and fires. the worl
goes on elsewhere. thus preventing seriou.
This means that a monopoly can abs
lutely control its workingmen. for II 4
strike occurs IN a factory In one state. IN,
factory can be closed down ~indeinitel,
while the employees are starved into sub
mission. and. as the trust can do the worl
In some other factory without serious loss
Il r. quite Independent OF the employees. ant
can absolutely prescribe the terms and con
ditions upon which they shall live. Th'
more complete the monopoly the more op
posed the managers will be to arbitration
because. in case OF am contest between TIL
trust and its employees. the trust Will hav,
every advantage and the employees will b
perfectly powerless.'
Here Mr.. Bryan speaks Of the ef
fects OF trusts upon IA commercial
travellers Of the country. showing how
their services will be dispensed with
He also quotes from the "Investmen
Guide" the names Of % large corpora
tions which he terms as trusts forme,
under Mckinley.
No Hope from Republicans.
sDuring the present administration NJ
honest effort has been made to protect IN,
neonle from these m~onopolies. The rcpub
tenn party controls the executive and IN,
legislative departments of federal govern
ment. II can enforce the laws which nov
exist: II can propose end enact new avs
but ii does neither. - persons can watcl
the conduct OF the republican party an,
read the speeches e. republican leaders
and still believe tht republican party sin
core in its declarations against the trusts
.srhe republican platform on this cues
ton and The presidents letter OF accept
erce, taken In connection with the party
record. prvvs conclus!vely that NO relic