Hutchinson gazette., 1900-07-12
EVIL OF THE TRUSTS.
A Menace 10 Our national Lifc-rh'
Product " Unhealthy Political
Conditions.

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Whatever merit there may be In the
claim made by the defenders Of the
trust, that the trust is the national
product OF our industrial evolution, In
nsmuch as II economies human energy
and cheapens the product, IL Is nppar-
ent that the evils so outweigh the good
Allat the question naturally arises
which can be the best, dispense with
the trust or the republlc2
or what avail Is It, II to save human
energy, we are compelled to sacrifice
the Independence Of our people, there
by sappIng the very yltals of our re-
public? Il Is not manyycorsago when
any young man Of thrift aud energy
could look forward to becoming his
own master The opportunity was
open 10 him Of caryiag his o"n destiny,
How different to-day, The young man
lof to-day can expect nothing better
than TO be the hlre!ng Of some cor
poratlon or trust If he ~ n man OF
great ability he may In return for the
surrender Of every yestlgc Of his inde-
ipendeucc obtain most liberal salary,
Ifof mediocre ability hc will be com
PEELED to work 20? starvation wages
The door Of opportunity being closed
To Him, he becomes an industrial de-
pendent, scrylc, slulei bclng indus
'trially dependent, It follows as a
matlcr Of course that he Is politically
dependent, IT. was this feeling Of de-
Ipcndrnce this fear Of coercion OF their
Imastprs, that made thousands Of cor
operations and trust employees vote for
mckinley instead Of Bryan in 1896.
Ofwhat avail is our free ballot or our
free institutions, II through fear OF
starvation the thousands Of these de-
pendcnts will De found willing to bar
ter such freedom, wherein Hes the fu-
ture Of The republic?
The dangers that confront this ma
tion to-day are uoC from without, bat
from within, We need the bravery OF
the cililcn who darcs to cast Il free
A., 81 a1,%l,,, % nI', ,t,oI, ,cdopt amid
the smoke OF battle, We need heroes
of peace more thaa heroes Of war
.nko,ntmn odds on ,bc hottIcGcld orc
-ai,i' "nnno, .,,i,,, .rrror,l,,l,,, In tnc
.rnat horons o,nny loy tcn.lInc
,,at,a, t' w an I,o Coot,,,' Gcor win crnotc
,.,,,,,,, .,o,,,,,lo r,o,, a hnttc,y of
,.or,idnro ,",s Tho tmsts lnyr NJ.
roal,. yookorcd ,bo moral stamina Of
she rotion otoorvisc every state
I,yorld ir,,cur,tc n s,rlctcr ouoron.
tire ocoln.t thcm finn, tbcy ,yould
oyn,rse Isl,tl, cholera.
M, tn,,., +, r,,,,t, h,rls s,yce I'm.
,,,a, , N,a g,,+ or,,hoso ncr.
aato - G,,,ooos u,,. .onor,,,. ~, brnc
A., ,,o onornr ~ ioor II rohs nhe
,yourr non of manly independcnt
konn Thr trnsi is n moral leper, II
sricc,s Its sou,Ices crccd into orr no.
TlIticol hfo E,hics rive Yny TO ma.
,aerinllsm. nltruism to egotlsm; the
brotherhood of man TO the divine
RIGHTS or ldngs The rcicn Of the
4rnsts is but n resurrection Of the Fcu.
,dal systcm The mower Of the fpudal
tborons Of thc middle nrcs wns n mere
lbooo,cllc compurcd TO the power Of
Abe industrial horops Of to-day, The
retainer Of tbc oldcn ti,nc who felt
4bnt he was abused could betakc
himselc IN thc forest md. orcc, swnrd
and live n iolry. If NOT n yrtuous lirc
with Il pood faithful lone bow and
Mound he need not storye. The re.
tainer Of today in the nerson Of thc
s,ctorv sloyc. thc bnnlrnnt small dcnl.