The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-20

and corporations. They have thwarted |
and throttled all Just and proper anti
trust legislation that would have bene-
fitted the people. And whenever any
effort was made to procure any re-
lief for the people 1t has been invariably
at the mercy Of the agents, lobbyists
and corruptionists, representing the
trusts and monopolies; and the domin-
ant party leaders have always aimed,
during the entire session, to make all
antitrust legislation agreeable to those
who were enriched by monopoly, and
mot the people who demand relief. And
the alleged leaders of the dominant
party, whether on the floor or In the
committees, have changed or modified
their positions at the behest and the
wish of the trust representatives as
they were brought before them from
time to time, so that we have been
compelled to witness the spectacle Of
members resenting a motion one day
and deliberately strangling their own
legislative progeny the next.
HYPOCRISY CHARGED.
"5. We denounce the demagogy, bad
faith and hypocrisy, the subterfuge and
deceit Of the dominant party leaders in
lowing antitrust measure, for which
this is a pretended substitutes:
"a. In the introduction Of the Willis
| antitrust resolution and then in re-
ferring the same to party grave yard
| with the consent, connivance and at the
solicitation of the author and the pre-
| tended leaders of the dominant party.
| "B. In flllibustering, delaying, amend
| fpU nd Rpallv OF N oil inc tho oplu a1-
mittedly effective antitrust measure
introduced in the house. known as the
Russell house bill, No. 10.
| &c. In the cowardly and unmanly
way of suppressing the investigation
provided for by the Garrison resolution
for inquiring into the evils and exac-
tions demanded of the people by the
Buckeye Pipe Line company, the Stan
dard Oil trust, the Salt trust, the To-
bacco trust, Flour trust and other
gamblers, spectators and robbers from
the consumers Of the necessaries of
life from the poor.
I'D. In strangling In committees the
bills fixing maximum rates for trans
portation of the necessaries of life and
the measure securing to the people
services and accommodations by quasi
publific corporations Of the state at
reasonable charge.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
&c. For the further reasons that by
this proposed measure our constituents
cannot possibly be protected from the
highway robbery or shielded from the
mailed hand Of the monopolistic plum
derers.
"It will not afford relief to the owner
Of the oil-producing property from hav.
; ing his natural resources drained al
; the minimum price arbitrarily fixed by
t the Standard Oil trust.
3 TT will not save the owner of tht
3 salt wells from being deprived of hi!
! wealth at the muzzle of monopolisti,
! weapons.
: "It will not secure the citizens o
E Ohio the s53,OO0,0OO Of profits drained
: from their lands Of the oils and salt anC
= coal, and poured into the laps of th
!, legislature favorites and lobby sup
r porters.
8 1T will suffer and permit those SAM
n trust magnates to continue to exact o
t the consumers Of oil 300 per cent to 40
per cent more than the normal competi
. tive price would be If protected by til
: legislature by proper acts and measures
l
q paying street railway fare and freigh
: rates in such excessive rates a. to sup
s port stocks and bonds in three to te
e times the actual value of such plants
t thereby breeding multi -millionaireS
coal barons, oil potentiates and iro
kings, leaving on the farms and in tn
shops or the mines of Ohio the victim
y of greed to pay the taxes and bear tn
nd Of hn in
decade of trust oppression and tyranny
3 REPUBLICAN sYCoPHANTS.
d 1--WE further protest against the provl
Il sions of said house bill, No. 469. as sc
n curing to trusts the long sought and tn
7. highly valued privilege Of issuing scriI
= for partial payments on stocks, thereb
Is permitting stock jobbers and manipula
d tors to consolidate and control all rivi
h and competitive concerns This Pre-
j. vision secures to all trusts the right
* issue script and trust certificates o
Ls partial stock payments and render
'e legal the very system invented by til
d Standard OIL company, and for the US
Is of which a case is now pending in til
supreme court of Ohio to revoke I'll
> charter Of this concern.
le 1--WE protest against the deceit, dl
n. plicity and servility of the dominal
IL party in all proposed legislation upo
the subject of trusts, monopolies an
N corporations.
of 1--WE denounce the sycophancy Of II
of pretended leaders of the dominant part
& as the deliberate attempt to execu
a fuTfill and perform the anti-electic
se pledges and promises, the considerable
Of for which was the campaign funds sui
I'd scribed and paid In advance by the'
u, interests for legislative favors ar
e. immunities."
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