Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-09-17
AND GIVES SOME SAMPLE CASES.
How Trusts Will Hurt the Travelling
Man, the Hotel Keeper
, and Railways.
cuiturist the Most Important
Factor in Our National Life.


turned by the reception awarded him
ia 81. Louis Saturday night. He spoke
here at the Coliseum hail under the
auspices or the national Democratic
committee Of the commercial travel
ers. The hall is said 70 seat 1900
people. Not only was every seat oc-
cupied, but every available foot OF
standing room was also covered. There
were no vacancies anywhere when the
hour for calling the meeting to order
arrived, but others continued to seek
admission for some time afterwards.
In his speech before the Commercial
Travellers association at -. Louis
William Jennings Bryan said
The lament OF David over Absalom
IS one of the most pathetic passages
VI the Old Testament. The fact that
the son was in rebellion against civil
rs we'll as parental authority did not
shake the fathers affection, and the
anxious query, Is the young man, Alb
SALON.. SAFE fingers i'll the memory
of all who study the life OF the great
Hebrew king. And, vet. the interest
which David felt in his son. Al'Salom,
has its parallel in the more than
10000 900 families which make up the
American people.
No language can describe n moth
cr's love. or ov"rstatc the abiding in
1eTeSt which The father feels in the
welfare Of his child. From the time
when the mothers 9ife hangs in the
balance ut the boys birth until the
death Of the parents there is scarcely
"a waking hour when the son is not
present in their thoughts and plans.
1t is to this parental devotion. so uni
yersally recognized. that l desire to
appeal on this occasion.
Appeal to Parental Devotion.
would call the attention of every
father and mother to present political
and Industrial conditions. would
ask them 10 anaylZe these conditions,
investigate their causes and their ten
denotes. | would press upon them
This question: is the young man.
AbSIlOm. SJfc?" Are you satisfied
with the possibilities and the proba-
Utilities which now open before your
son:
Is he safe when foreign or do
mestic financicrs are allowed 10 de-
1erminc the monetary system under
(which he IivcSE
Is he safe when national banks COLI
troll the volume Of money with which
1- does business?
Is he safe when the bond holding
class determines the size of the ma
7iOnal debt upon which he must help
40 pay Interest:
Is lie safe when by means Of taxes
laid almost entirely upon consumption
he is compelled 10 contribute accord
ing TO his wants rather than ACCORD
ing to his possessions?
IL he safe when corporate interests
snfluence they do today the Selec-
1iOn of those who are to represent him
in the senate OF the United States?
II he * a waEe-carner. and YOU do
not know how soon he may he. even
IF he i not now. * lie safe when he
is liable to he deprived of trial by
jury. through In" system known as
government by injunctiOnE
Is no safe. II a Iaboring man. whep
lie is denied the protection Of arbitra-
ton and compelled To- submit To such
hours and terms IL a corporate en-
ployer may propose:
The Reign of Monopoly.
But. I desire To call special atten-
tion Ia the growth OF the trusts. and |
10 ask YOU whether your son i safe
under the reign OF private monopoly |
If you cannot leave him 4 fortune Won
can leave him something more valua- |
BILE than money viz: the freedom TO |
employ his own brain and his own |
hands FOR The advancement OF his own /
welfare. When there i industrial IN /
dcpcuce. each citizen Is stimulated TO /
earnest CHdeHvOT 10y the hope Of being /
able To profit by his own genius. his |
own energy. his own industry and his |
own virtue. BUT when private mon /
Upnly reaches its full development each |
branch Of industry will he controlled |
by one, or a few men. and the |
fruits Of monopoly. like the /
divine right OF rule, viii be kept |
within the possession OF few |
from generation 10 generation, while
the real producers OF wealth will be /
condemned 10 perpetual clerk>hip or
sCTvitUde. When private monopoly /
reaches its full development your sou
VIII buy the finished product at the |
price which monopoly fixes; he viii |
sell raw material ut The price which
monopoly fixes: and. II he works for
wages. he will work FOR such compen-
Sati0n and upon such conditions as 1
monopoly may determine.
Charles l. Flint OF the Rubber Goods
Manufacturing Co. IN q speech deliv- |
cred in Ro>t"u on the 18th of May.
1922. outlined ihe trust programme
with great frankueSS. In speaking Of |
the advantages To be derived from the
trust system he said.
Outline of Trust Program.
Raw material bought in large
quantities i secured AT lower prices"
When. for Instance. one man huvS all |
the wool. the price a: wool viii be low
cred and all who produce wool will !
eel at the price uNed 10y the trust \
large proportion Of our people are en-
gagged in The production OF various
Kinds oC raw material. and they are
thus placed al the mercy Of the com
hinatious.
The second advantage i that
..1hose plants which are best euuipped
and most adyanIagcouSly situated are
run continuously and in preference TO
those less favored "