Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-10-18


tempt to mystify an American people
by them again, do not propose to
permit W. j. Bryan to appeal TO the
prejudices of the people in arraying
class against class without calling
him down. Today, having forsaken
his free silver issue, having abandoned
his imperialistic issue, having run
away from his trust issue, he now
brings before the intelligent people
of the United States that dema-
gogical cry of class against
class, the poor against the rich. the
employer and the manufacturer
against the employe, and appeals to
the prejudices and not the reason of
people. Why, have often said, it and
| shall always repeat it, that | consid
er it is an insult to the Intelligence of
the American people for man who
aspires to the high Office of the presi.
dency of the United States to attempt
to array class against class and expect
| that either class will follow him. W.
j. Bryan when he stands before the
workingman of the United States and
attempts TO array them against their
| employers is occupying the position of
demagogue and trading on what ne
imagines to be the ignorance of the
people At Anderson in Indiana the
other day before an audience com
| posed entirely of workingmen, work
| ing in the tin factories of that town,
several thousand, he rallied against the
! so-called trusts--and remember that
he puts in that category every indust-
! rial concern in the United States, ev-
| cry large manufacturing establishment
| in the country which has been success
| full, which has multiplied its useful
ness, enlarged its sphere and .builded
| up a business which gives employment
to thousands of men No matter of
| what kind or nature that manufacture
I may be. he calls il a trust. and he calls
| the National Tin company trust. be-
cause it is an amalgamation of several
companies, and he also calls it a
| monopoly. Why, there isn't a man
/ who has money to invest in this coun-
try who cannot build a tin mill If he
wants to
| There is not any capital in this coun.
| try seeking investment which cannot
| enter into the manufacture of every
| and any commodity which is made IN
/ the United States, except that which
| is patented by United States patent.
| tApplause). There are no monopolies
! n &c t,Hh fgh a ~,
| protected by a patent right given by
| the government Every branch OF ey-
| cry industries is open to the competi-
! ton of any and every man who wants
! to invest his capital in that kind of q
venture, Now he told those working
men from the tin mills that was the
\ way to put an end to trusts The con
! stitution does not reach them all, or
| the laws upon the statute books of the
| United States The Sherman act
| passed by a republican congress has
wiped out all the trusts that can be
| reached under the constitution. And
when ! say trusts ! mean the combina.
tions of capital whose investments are
| in the hands OF stockholders, but
whose stockholders have no right to
vote, the stock is simply voted by the
trustees in whose care the capital
stock is placed. That is a trust AS
the Standard Oil was, as the Sugar
Trust was, as the Iron Pipe company
was, and as the Trans.Missouri Traffic
association was, all wiped out by the
Sherman act, and the supreme court
of the United States.
Nov, Mr.. Bryan classes in the cate
CORY Of trusts every single one OF
these great industries of this country
which have led to the development
and growth and prosperity of our
country and he told those men that
the only remedy was now until con
gress provided an amendment to the
constitution which would reach all
these combinations. to put every artl-
Gle manufactured by these great in
dustries upon the free lists. Now let
us see what that would do. This tin
industry, until the Mckinley bill was
passed, amounted to nothing in this
country. After the Mckinley bin was
HdNHEhs immediately Nlltlt cBA aus ll'b
operation a number Of manufactures
Of tin. Under the Wilson law, super
seding the Mckinley law they were all
closed down, but when Mr. Dingley's|
bill became the law of tha land imme-I
diately the smoke issued from every
chimney more mills were built, and
today we are manufacturing all the tin
consumed in the United States and cx
porting it to Europe. (Applause). nj
Mr.. Bryan's advice were followed, and
the duty were taken off tin, In order tol
strike down the so-called trusts, every
mill would be shut down within TWEEN
ty.four hours, and the thousands of
men who are today earning good
wages and supporting their families in
comfort would be thrown into idleness
and suffering, and that same condition
would follow through every branch Of
the Industries Of this great country
Today we are the greatest manufactur
ing country on the globe. (ApplauBe) |
We are exporting more OF the manu-
featured goods Of our shops and fac. |
tnriea than We AFRO {ruuorifpp That