The evening times., 1900-09-18

Europe several centuries ago; that made
themselves felt in the struggles against
tyranny In England, and that finally made
their way to- the shores of the New World,
where, after years OF struggle, they found
expression in our Declaration of Indeperd-
enee and made, us the Republic of the
world The Institutions built up on this
! foundation should be more sacred to US
than life itself. and all the people should
see TO 1t that they are preserved and main
tanned according to the ideas OF those who
established them here.
Imperialism in Industry.
But the Republioe ~rry mas not been
satisfied with IN -. OF freedom
and liberty in tn .,o-.,--,1l world In the
industrial and commercial sphere they have
allowed an Imperialism to grow up and
flourish around US equally serIon-
its consequences to our business interests
as is the former to our political interests.
Individual effort. thrift. and industry
are no longer allowed to have free play
in the Industrial world. but the trust,
debating the output and fixing the price
thereof is rapidly strangiing all the
small factories and enterprises in the
land by giving them the alternative OF
being absorbed by the larger corpora
tions or ruined in business. and only
those individual enterprises rich enough
TO compete with them can withstand the
pressure brought upon them. and when
We learn that since January /. 1889 an
der the fostering influences Of the Re
publican party. more than three and
one-hah billions of dollars have been
invested in the formation OF trust COM
panies in the United States we can be-
gin to realize the enormity of the bust
ness, and When We see the doors OF fac
tories that have been established and
carried on successfully by individual en-
terprise closed because they can no
longer compete with the great accumu-
lations OF wealth that have been IN
vested in the same business elsewhere
and when by reason of this see the
mechanic and laborer thrown cut of en-
ployment at his own home, We can ZEAL
ize the evils attending the trust sys-
tenn, and we hear the deathknell OF in
diyidual business freedom and liberty
Faith In the People.
What more must We expect? All kinds
of Imperialism are akin. All kinds of op-
preston are prompted by the same mo-
tiyes, and is it too far-fetched to predict
that ere long there will be a combination
of political and Industrial Imperialism,
binding us hand and foot TO which We
shalEpay tribute, and to which We shall be
subject? Are there not already indications
of tendency in this direction, the one
helping to perpetuate and support the 9TH
er? God forbid the consummation of such
a thingI have too much faith in the peo-
pie of this country, in the people who place
their country and their cOuntry's wsfare
above sordid gain and political prefeTment.
to think that they are not on the alert.
and that they Will not put stop to the
evils OF which We have spoken. l have
| faith enough In the people to think that
they viii follow the plain teachings of
Washington. Jefferson, Webster, and Lin
coin. and the other great patriots of this
country, regardless of party. rather than
that they viii set up for themselves false
political gods in the wilderness. that will
eventually lead them to political ruin. Up
on the two Important questions referred to
the issues of this campaign have been
made, and am glad of the opportunity 10
go into the fight and cast my lot along
with the people who believe in the doctrine
that government of the people, by the
people, and for the people shall not perish
from thezeaEth."