The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-03-22
THE MONEY TRUST.
Fosters the honopolies which Are
TRkinR thc Life Out sf Le-
gltImnte Trade.

Trusts concentrate wealth and pow
or into few hands. Imperial govern-
mcnis do likewise. A republic fosters
the diffusion Of both wealth and
power among the many and Is the
organized foe of monopoly. An em.
pirc distributes the honors, adyan.
tagcs and perquisites OF official sta
tion among the few who stand near
the throne. Trusts seek 20 install
their friends and advocates In official
| position and TO close The avenues OF
Advancement against all except their
known apologista. TO all intents and
| purposes an empire II a governmental
trust, and a kindred financial system
and all empires have such---is the
most efficient instrument In Its equip
ment OF tyranny, The philosophy OF
republics Is expressed In the maxim;
Equal rights TO all, special privileges
to none II our republic IL TO live
| Il must have money system not
copied from empires, but equal 10 the
| broad and generous character OF its
| fundamental laws. Trusts concen-
| tratc into few hands not alone the
| profits of industry and trade, but
sinews Of war and political power fall
into their keeping sequent to heart
less commercial conquest. IL is the
natural connection of consequent To
antccedcni. Having excluded the
many from profitable employment
they find 1t an easy ;aak to advance
and wrench political power from the
excluded classes
In their origin and throughout their
development trusts, great aud small.
are essentially imPeriallstic Their
fruit however Hlluring and tempting
ripens only in the deadly shade OF
despotism. They are simply intolcr,
able In a country whose settled policy
" that OF freedom 4 republic whose
industries are dominated by trusts IL
already stricken with fatal malady
"a deadly paralyEis-and can only be
rescued by united and heroic action
Where the leading industries are dom.
mated by trusts the government may
he republican in form, but II will be-
found to be monarChial In spirit and
| la administration The trust, IN It's
last analysis and best definition, b.
simply organized criminal aggression
! In business.
Conscience and the golden rule,
| those divine restraints which should
| qualify and temper all human trans.
actions, are excluded from it's bust.
ness code. Its law Is force. II holds
no parley with It's victims. IL looks "a
large military establishment and
not 10 the affection and support Of
the people for safety. Ii demands
that the plundercd classes shall he
held In Tubiectlon. The trust il full
brother to militarism. The twain are
\ of one blood aud both are black with
the guilt of gain, Each In its sphere
destroys human life and lays dcsolntc
human habitHtionA The skull and
eroSs-boneS, or crouching panther
should be hluzoncd aS Trademark
across the door Of the council cham.
her where trust magnates and bene-
ficiaries meet to plot the plunder of
mankind.
"He takes my house who takes the
prop that doth sustain my house. lie
takes my life who tnkcs the means
whereby live"
The East India company was the
first great chartered monopoly known
among English speaking people. II
was organized solely for the criminal
explorations Of the defenseleSa In.
habitants of India, II has spawned
Its voracious progeny over all chris-
tendon. Edmund Burke says the
company was a state disguised as a
merchant" Il gradually absorbed
and exercised oil attributes ~ Soycr-
ciRnty belonging TO the British en-
| pirc.
Although a mere corporation, yet by
act of parliament Il was clothed with
authority 10 levy war aud conclude
peace Our trusts exercise similar
power. They use the government as
their policeman. From the days OF
the East India company 10 the birth
Of Its last lineal descendant in New
Jersey in this year OF our Lord. ths
| growth Of the whole trust family has
heen one unbrokrn evolution In crime
tt is simply highly developed Spe-
ciea of amphibious piracy made per.
feet by msthodical selection aud stim.
ulated 10 a development which enables
IL to act with like efficiency upon sea
or land. Piracy was regarded as ie-
eitimate industry for centuries, Just
as trust and trust dcpredations are
now regarded in the opinion of many.
The pirate and the promoter Of trusts
are related In blood and blood will
tell Their mission is the same
plHndcr. The bloody rover Of the sea
cleared from no port. He represent
ed no state or sovereign. His sword
and cutlaAs constituted his commits
sion. Finally all nations rose and
drove these freebootcra from the seas
They were forced TO do so or sur.
render the common highway Of na-
tions TO cut-throats and the dominion
of the black flag. But the trust pirate
1 VI t1-bAf NhFTfEn tttktIh vi hAhFHut II
sued by states which are members OF
the federal union, and in Some In
stances by the federal government
itself. Wherever they exist they are
always managed by the conservative
classes Of society" who constantly
dote on "iEw and order They de.
light TO have people accept without
murmur "fhe station to which provi.
ience has assigned them" II was
ever so with tkpir prototypes. Moth.
ing 40 delighted the pirate as to see
tho merchantmen he was pursuing
haul down it's flag and come under
one management without struggle. II
was not battle. but booty they
| wanted.
They cherished orderly surrender
and deplorrd organized resistance
above all things. They had regular
organizations among themselves, each
fiosil!a les prescribed territory or sea
limits which were mot to he en-.
croaehed upon by other pirates, only
a limited number OF vessels were PEE
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