The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-21
Republicans Responsible for the
Constantly Increasing Num-
ber of Trusts.
Business Gravitating Toward the
Offices of the Big Cor
porations.
Farmers Feeling the Effect of Growing
Combines in the Decline
of Prices.

In a lengthy address at St. Louis,
Saturday night, September Is, William
j. Bryan made vigorous and convinc-
ing onslaught on the trusts and the
trust-fostering tendencies of the re-
publican party, saying:
'eThe lament of David over Absalom is
Old Testament. The fact that the son was
in rebellion against civil as well as parental
authority did not shake the fathers affec-
man. Absalom. SAFE? fingers in the mem-
ory of all who study the life of the great
Hebrew king And. yet the interest which
parallel in the more than 10000,000 families
WHICH make up the American people.
low IL Language can "a describe hiS,n mothers
which the father feels in the welfare of his
child. From the time when the mothers
life hangs in the balance at 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
recognized. that l desire to appeal on this
occasion.
Appeal to Parental Devotion.
II would call the attention of every fa-
dfr;a ther and % mother to present political and In
analyze these conditions. investigate their
causes and their tendencies 1 would press
man, Absalom, safe?' Are you satisfied
with the possibilities and the probabilities
which now open before your son?
rs he safe when foreign or domestic
fnanciers are allowed to determine the
monetary system under which he lives?
is he safe when national banks control
the volume of money with which he does
business?
as 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 to his posses
sions?
nuence as they do to-day the selection of
those who are to represent him in the sem
ate of the United States?
know how soon he may be, even If he is not
now, Is he safe when he is liable to be de-
prived OF trial by jury. through the system
known as government by Injunction?
lis he safe. If laboring man, when he
is denied the protection of arbitration and
compelled to submit to such hours and
pose?
The Reign Of Monopoly.
But, 1 desire to call special attention to
the growth of the trusts. and to ask you
Of private monopoly? If you cannot leave
MIN fortune, you can leave him some
more valuable than money. viz: the free
Qom TO employ his own brain and his own
hands for the advancement of his own
welfare. When there is Industrial inde-
earnest endeavor by the hope of being able
TO profit by his own genius his own energy,
his own industry and his own virtue. But
velopment each branch of industry will be
controlled by one, or few men, and the
rule, Will be kept within the possession of
rev from generation to generation. while
the real producers of wealth will be con-
demned to perpetual clerkship or servi-
mnnOnnlX reaches
Iull development, your son will buy the
nnished product at the price which monop-
price which monopoly fixes: and. II he
works for wages, he will work for such
compensation and upon such conditions as
monopoly may determine.
Charles r. Flint. of the Rubber Goods
manufacturing company. in a speech deliy-
lined the trust programme with great
1rankness. In speaking of the advantages
to be derived from the trust system he said:
Outline of Trust Programme.
., Raw material bought in large guam
titles is secured at lower prices When.
Tor instance, one man buys all the wool.
the price of wool will be lowered and all
Sfsa WSho produce ro ,S wool will sell at the price
OF our people are engaged In the produce
tion of various kinds of raw material, and
they are thus placed at the mercy of the
The second advantage is that those
plants which are best equipped and most adj
~ and in preference to those less favored.
This means that factories can be closed
In the smaller towns and business concen-
trated In the large centers. 1t means,
also, that whenever there is a surplus on
hand, part of the factories can be closed
and the burden of maintaining prices
thrown upon the wage workers. There are
already scattered throughout the land idle
plants, which stand as silent monuments
to the evils of the trust system.
"The next advantage mentioned Is that
In case of local strikes and fires the work
goes on elsewhere. thus preventing serious
loss
This means that a monopoly can abso-
lutely control its workingmen, for II q
strike occurs In a factory in one state, the
factory can be closed down indefinitely
while the employees are starved into SUBJ
in some other factory without serious loss,
ii is quite independent of the employees, and
can absolutely prescribe the terms and con-
ditions upon which they shall live. The
more complete the monopoly the more op-
posed the managers will be to arbitration.
because, In case of any contest between the
trust and its employees, the trust will have
every advantage and the employees will be
perfectly powerless-"
Here Mr.. Bryan speaks of the ef-
fects of trusts upon the commercial
travellers of the country, showing how
their services will be dispensed with.
He also quotes from the Investment
Guide" the names of 20 large corpora