Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-08-24
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by their fruits We shall know them
was the best philosophy nineteen hum
dred years ago. and 1t is the best now.
Imperialism consists in levying up
on the people and collecting from them
unequal taxes. It consists in levying
taxes on one territory Of the United
States and not levying the same on
other portions thereof. The constitu-
ton says that all taxes shall be uni
form throughout the United States.
The power to tax is the power to de-
stroy. When those in power proceed
as they have done by recent acts of
congress to construct tariff wall
against one territory and thus exclude
it's products from other territories and
states Of the union. seek to dodge as
they may, they exercise imperial pow
er. No king or emperor can do more.
They cannot do. the actT and deeds
which can only be done in a kingdom
or an empire and say they are not i'm
pertalists and that there is no issue
Of imperialism.
"The platform declares that imperi-
alism means conquest abroad and op-
preston at home; it means the strong
arm Of the military and it's concom-
liant great standing army, which has
ever been fatal to all free institutions
It was this that drove from Europe
to our shores millions Of our fellow
citizens and which is a constant men:
ace to the liberties of the people.
Large standing armies have no place
in a republic. An imperial govern
ment can only be maintained by brute
force and without militarism imperial
ism cannot exist.
1.-THE union or mating of the two
brings forth Caesarism, whether under
that or some other name. Imperial
ism means death to democracy and re-
publicanism. It means more swords
and fewer plowshares. Militarism
means death to self-government and
more spears and fewer pruning forks.
Fight La on Imperialism.
I'm the great battle upon us We will
make the fight thickest and hottest up
on this monster Imperialism, which al
ways feeds upon the life blood Of lib
erty. The cause you represent, sir, is
humanity. The highest duty of hu-
mainly is to help others to be free.
The just punishment of people that
enslave and rule over another is the
loss of their own liberty. for democ-
racy cannot be an empire and remain
both.
'The platform also declares unceas-
ing warfare in nation, state and city
against trusts and private nnonopolies
in every form. This declaration means
that the laws now on the statute books
against this growing evil must be en-
forced by honest and competent Off
Gals, and that there shall be enacted
other laws: efficient enough to COM
pletely govern and control all trusts
and monopolies.
"Tne baneful effects Of these organi-
cations cannot be estimated or describ-
ed. They have grown up under the
fostering care of the party now in
power, which has completely controll-
ed all the law making authority for
nearly four years. BY it's inaction this
party confesses it's inability or disin-
clination, either of which is criminal,
to deal with the trusts. If the people,
therefore, would put a curb on the
trusts they must vote the government
out of the hands of the trusts.
I'VE recently saw Republican con-
gress surrender the combination of the
treasury vaults to the armor plate
trust one day, and on a different day.
for the benefit of another trust. with
draw the constitution from our newly
acquired territory. The trusts now
count the United States as one of their
assets. They claim to own congress.
Self-control is a great attribute. These
trusts, therefore, are in favor Of the
regulation of trusts by congress con-
trolled by trusts.
Trusts Faith In Congress.
I'm other words, the trusts will trust
the congressional trust to control the
trusts. The serious objection to trusts
is that by their methods they are rap
idly acquiring all the business Of the
country. They have driven out of
business by their methods tens of thou
sands Of, heretofore prosperous estab-
Iishments trading in comparatively
small way.
"The prosperity which they have
created is Republican prosperity and
not the prosperity Of the masses of the
people or of the vast body known as
the middle classes. They multiply the
fortunes of few until they are many
times millionaires. One of our trust
magnates boasts that he intends to
die Millionaire. Still the sweat shops
increase and the wage of those in the
rural districts barely sustains life.
''The friends of the trusts and those
who are their immediate benedciaries
do not hesitate to assert that the day
of the. individual has passed. This
being admitted, then the day Of monop-
oily, the syndicate, the combine and the
mother of these. the trusts is come.
The man full Of true American vim
and vigor, brains. skill and energy is
to count as nothing in the eternal fight
for bread. and the unfeeling. soulless
and heartless corporation is to rule.
Financial independence among the
prosperous middle 8 classes and mer-