The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-28

IS. u Tepeilon against civil as we'll as
tsasu0 au.horNy Old not shake the ia
taners affection, and the anxious query,
as the young man, Absaiom. safe?"
asets IN the memory of all who study
- ne OF the great Hebrew King. And.
vet. the interest which David felt in his
Son. Apsaiom, has It's parallel in the more
Ian 1V'OOo,WO families which make up
~ american people.
NO language can describe a mothers
love, or Oyerstate the abiding interest
~hlcn the father feels in the welfare of
ms enid. From the time when the moth
ers IRE hangs In the balance at the boys
birth until the death of the parents there
.s scarcely a waking hour when the son
Is not present in their thoughts and plans.
1t is to this parental devotion, so uni
Versally recognized. that I desire to ep-
peal on this occasion.
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n,o,,s
en-, III cal,slne atteiillon le.siy 20,
snGnstn;o, iuo.leI 70 preseli. poil.lIa. ~
to 49,. colui.lons.. Wouiu a 10 ~
~ ahaiyze these conditions. ln~ves.lgate
would nrass ,n ~ tbann th,s nueation 80
the young man Ion. SAFE Are
you satisfied wtthathe possibilities and the
probabilities which now omen before your
son? Z
Is he safe when foreign or domestic
~financiers 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?
-. Is he safe when fbe bond holding ella 90
determines the size of the national debt
upon which he must helm to nav inter-
est?
Is he safe when bv means Of taxes laid
almost entirely upon5 eonsumption he is
compelled to contrihute accordinp tn his
wants rather than accord .nr ~ his nos
sessions?
Is he safe when cornorste interests in
fluence. as thew do today the selection
of those who are to represent him in The
Senate of the United States9 VT
If he is a waee-earner and Won do not
know how soon he NAV he even ~ he is
not now. is he safe when he ia liah,e
to be deprived of trial by Jury. through
the system known ~ government nv in.
Junction?
Is he safe. if a laborine man. when he
issdenied the protection If arbitration and
compelled ia submit 70 such hours and
terms as a cornorate emnlover NAV nro-
pose?
n.
pr+ - go. '1.p"o..'
the growth ~ ths tr,,sts ana - asr ,,o,
whether your son ia safe ,,nder ne raien
IF private monono,v2 r. von cannot leave
him a fortune VOL, can iaave him some.
thing more vai1able than money viz.
the freedom to emnlov his own brain
and his own hands for the advancement
of his own welfare. When there Is In.
dustrial independence each .%citizen Ia
stimulated to earnest endeavor hv the
hone Of hetno able To nroft Nv h;s own
genius his own energy hia own ind,,strv
and his own virtue. Rut when nriyate
monopoly reaches its FIJI deve,onment
each branch of industry will be. controlled
.by one or n fey men and tho fr,its ~
monopolv like The divtna ,ipht of r,Ie
will be kent within the nossession Of a
few from generation to generation while
the real nrodncers of u,a.Ith will ba conS
demned to nernetnaI clerkshin-or serviu
t,de.. When private mononnlv reaches its
full deyelonn,ent your SON viii Inv the
finished product at the nrice which mon
opoly fixes: he will sell raw material at
the price which monopoly fxes: and. if
he works for wages he will worlx for
such conapensation and upon snch CON
ditions as mononoiv nav detormina
Charles r. Flint Of the Rubber Goods
Manufacturing On. In a sneech delivered
In Boston on the 25th of Nav 1909. out
lined the trust nroeram with great frank
ness. In speakine Of the advantages to
be derived from the t,nst system he said.
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=. OF lrusS froRfahn'
f.aw lhaterlai bought IN laIge guam
tities IS secured at loWer prices. Wnen,
aor Instance one man puys an the wool:
INC price Of wool VIII pc covered ana an
Mno produce WOO! VII! sen at the price
Itaeo py the trust. a large proportion
OF our people are engaged IN the produc.
!ion OF various Ekinos OF raw material. ana
they are mus placed al the mercy OF the
coTnplt1atlons
us secoiio aovahtase IA tnat those
plants winch are pest equipped and most
aoVahtaseousiy SITUATED are run conlnu-
ously ana IN preference 10 those less Ia
Vorea.
rms means ttaat factories can pc closed
nantra+ad IN ~. Iargo oan+.rs IT, &c.,
also tbat whenevar tbera 10 a s,rni,,s M
hand mart ~ tho f,ctor,es oar hai ninsed
and the burden Of Maintaining nrices
thrown mon tha wage WORKERS. Tnere
orc alreadv scattered thrompho,,+ TIC
iand idia 1y,onts which stand as si,ent
nnn,r,an4s - TIC avi,s of the +r,,st sSss
tom
Tha next ody.n+ape ment,onea IL tbo+
.In c.saN ~ iacai sfr,ras ana aras 4ha
,,or. COOS an s1sawbare tins nra,,antine
sn,in,,s so ,oss 1s pe'
Tr;s n,e.ns +h.+ . m,nonolv :,
,,,taiv nnntro, lie u,orLinopnan fnr az p =
.triLa oon,,rs IN , fantnr,, IN ~
ttn f.ctor,, on he ciosad So-r, iinSaenata
-, ahiia nc an,n,onas are r,aa tnta
:,hn,iss;on go as ~ 4r,,s ~ a. ~. .ho
s,,nrl1 ;ai ~ nth 90 fae+er,, q ~ ~