Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1900-10-09

The lament OF David over Abaaiom Is
one OF the most pathetic passages Of the
Old Testament The fact that the son
was IN rebellion against civil as wen az
parental authority did not shake the IA
therss affection and the anxious query.
IT'S the young man. Absaion. safesH
Fingers IN the memory OF all who study
the life OF the great Hebrew KING xeh No.
yet. the interest which David telt IN nus
son, Absaiom, has its parallel In the more
Ghan 100000 families which make up
The American people.
No IaneuaEe can describe mother
love, or overstate the abiding interess
which the father feels IL the WeiAtEe %
his child From the time when the inotn-
oRsB life hangs in the balance at me noy .
birth until the death of the paIsli.S3 -. - ~
is scarcely a waking hour when tIe sol
: tB not present in their thoughts ana pla s.
II is to this parental devotion. SO UNI
Versally recognized. that desire 70 HP=
peal on this occasion.
Appeal 10 Parenter Devotion.
/ would call the attention OF every Ia
ther and mother to present political ana
Industrial conditions. I would ask tnetn
70 analyze these conditions, investigate
their causes and their tendencies.
would press upon them this question: 4s
the young man, <shsalom. safe. are
you satisfied with the possibilities and the
probabilities which, how open betofe your
aDn2
IS ne 6aIe when LOIGiBIl Va
hnanciers are allowed to determine the
monetary system under which he hVesf
Is he safe when national banks control
the volume of money with which ne GOES
business2
Is he safe when the bond holding class
determines the size of the national debt
upon which he must help to pay inter-
est?
almost entirely upon consumption ne IS
compelled to contribute according to MS
wants rather than according to his pos.
sessions?
nuence as they do today the selection
Of those who are to represent him In the
Senate OF the United States?
II he Is wage-earner. and you 90 not
know how soon he may be, even II ne Is
not now. is he safe when he Is liable
70 be deprived of trial by jury: through
the system known as government by IN
junction?
Is he safe. IL laboring man, when he
Is denied the protection of arbitration and
compelled to submit to such hours and
terms corporate employer may pro-
poser
The Reign of Monopoly.
But, desire to call special attention to
the growth of the trusts. and to ask you
whether your son is safe under the reign
II private monopoly If you cannot leave
him fortune, you can leave him some
thing more valuable than money viz:
the freedom to employ his own brain
and his own hands for the advancement
of his own welfare. When there is in
dustrial independence, each citizen Is
stimulated to 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 when private
monopoly reaches its full development
each branch of industry will be controlled
by one, or few men, and the fruits of
monopoly. like the divine right of rule,
will be kept within the possession of a
e.
the real producers of wealth will be con-
demned to perpetual clerkship or servi-
tudo. When private monopoly reaches Its
full development, your son will buy the
finished product at the price which mon
9poly fixes: he will sell raw material at
the price which monopoly fixes; and. II
he works for wages. he will work for
such compensation and upon such con-
ditions as monopoly may determine.
Charles r. Flint of the Rubber Goods
Manufacturing Co. in speech delivered
In Boston on the 25th of May. 1882 out
lined the trust program with great frank
ness. In speaking of the advantages to
be derived from the trust system he said:
outline of Trust Program.
Raw material bought in large guam
titles is secured at lower prices" When.
for instance, one man buys all the wool,
the price of wool will be lowered and all
who produce wool will sell at the price
Fixed by the trust. A large proportion
Of our people are engaged In the produce
they are thus placed at the mercy of the
combinations.
The second advantage is that those
plants which are best equipped and most
Gdvantageously situated are run continue
ously and in preference to those less ia
vored."
This means that factories can be closed
IN the smaller towns and business con-
oentrated in the large centers. 1t means.
also, that whenever there is a surplus on
hand, part of the factories can be closed,
gnd the burden OF maintaining prices
thrown upon the wage workers. There
are already scattered throughout the 4
land idle plants. which stand as silent
monuments to the evils OF the trust syS-
tenn.
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 worlIlngmen, for IL a
strike occurs in a factory In one state,
the factory can be closed down Indefinite
ly while the employees are starved into
submission, and. as the trust can do the
work in some other factory without sert-
Gus loss, it is quite Independent of the
employees. and can absolutely prescribe the
terms and conditions upon which they
shall live. The more complete the mon
opoly the more opposed the managers
will be to arbitration, because, in case
Of any contest between the trust and its
employees, the trust will have every adj
vantage and the employees will be per-
fectly powerless.
Another advantage cited by Mr.. Flint
Is that There is no multiplication of the
means of distribution and better force
OF statesmen will take the place of a large
number."
Drummers Dispensed With.
This is an intimation that under the
trust system the travelling salesman WIN
not be needed. When every retail mer-
chant must buy all goods of one GLASS
Grom a single company. the work can be
done by samples and no travelling men
will be needed. There Will be no COM
petition between different factories be-
cause all are under one management
The first man to feel this viii be the