The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-10-24

on and let that republic live and work
out its destiny.
That is our theory, and we feel
that it is IL significant fact that the Re-
publican party has planted Itself upon
the European doctrine that'you must
w Il country III Oldcr to be OF service
to IL at the same time that il plants it.
self uron the European colonial idea.
o will probably find in your town a
few people who will support the Rcpub-
lican idea of the colonial policy, but |
suggest that if you can find n Republi-
can who is willing to support the coll
onial idea you ask him to show his sin
ccrity by sending a petition to the
president asking him to apologiZc TO
Great Britain for the trouble we made
her before we learned of the blessings
OF THIS colonial system, for if the Re-
publican party is right today in admin
lstcrlnS colonies, taxing them without
representation and governing them
without their consent, then the coloniSts
were wrong l25 years ago when they
asserted that these principles were
wrong. We are in OHIO for Il few days
and am glad to have Il chance to
present our side of this question to the
people of Ohio, and 1 trust when the
election is held the results will show
that even in Ohio, despite the local in
llucnccs here, despite the residence of
the president and the residence of the
chairman OF the Republican national
committee, the returns will show that
III Il great contest the European idea of
force and tho American doctrine of
government by consent, Ohio will be
on the side Of the United States instead
of on the side of the European"
TIE PROSPERITY OF THE TRUSTS.
81 want you to know" said Mr..
Bryan, I" that the national biscuit COM
pany has llG factories, and when |
was in Mankato, Mimi, the other day
found acrackcr factory that had been
bought by the National Biscuit COM
pany and closed do vn within q shot
time. You will find that every one of
the concerns mentioned is one of the
great trusts. The American steel and
wire company controls so per cent OF
the output OF wire nails and steel wire,
and you remember that within a year
that company closed down IL factories,
49, '''' Nv ott vi S'lllIl'N Illtllt
and then reduced the price of wine
nails and barbcd wire in an instant,
threw upon The men who had bought
up stocks of wire and nails Il heavy
loss, and it was stated that the man
who was responsible for il did it in
order 10 make more money on the stock
market in the depression Of pllcc in the
stock than Il man could make in any or.
binary business in Il lifetime. WHY is
it?" he asked, that your papers will
defend these trusts ?n
Mr.. Bryan charged that the Rcpuh
lican party was circulating Il hook pre-.
pared by Il man named Weeks, which
defended the trusts and said "Thc
National Publishing company of New
York printed the books. 1t first asked
the trusts TO buy the book and circulate
it. 1t found that the trusts did moi
want TO undertake the circulation oI
the book themselves, and this publish
ing company wrote n letter to The
trusts, a copy of which Is in The hand.
of cX.Gov. Stone, saying TO over
come that difficulty we have arranged
with the Republican national commit,
tee to have it distributed in such man
ncr and in such places as TO insure tn,
best results, and Gov. Stone has n re.
Cclpt, signed for the national commit
tee of the Republican party by j.. II
Manly, for 800 copies of ii book in de
Tense of trusts, paid for by the trusts
to be circulated by the Republican
committee among people to convince
them that trusts are good, while The
leaders say the Republican party i.
opposed 10 trusts. | want to ask 70,
whether you have faith IN II panty that
thus promises the people to rcgulat,
trusts while its committee circulatcs ;
book to defend the trusts /?
The Republican party goes on tn,
theory that society is built from TN,
top. They say take care of The well,
TODD and they will take care of thos,
who are not wcll-to-dO and when yor
tell them Of the story of I.rzarus ana
Dives they say What a lucky MAJ
Lazarus was to have a Dives near, SC
he could get the crumbs that fell from
Dives table a man IN your State in
1896 said that the prosperity Of the
Iaboring men and the farmer depended
upon the prosperity Of the banker and
the business man. lie got 1t Just re.
vcrScd. The prosperity of the business
man depends upon the prosperity of the
farmer and the laboring man, for until
wealth is produced there is no wealth
to exchange and yet the Republicans
after they are built as they build So
clcty, would build the roof first and
then hang the house to the roof. They
80 ON the theory that a man who has a
place to work ought to he under some
obligation 30 the employer. No man
employs another unless the man en-.
ploycd can make enough to pay his
own wages and a profit besides to the
man who employs HIM. And yet when
election day m the employer some
times thinks that the man who works
for him sells his citizenship when he
sells his labor. And often the employer
tries TO cocrcc the laboiing man. If il
is right for an employer to vote the
VOC OF his employee then | insist the
law should be changed so as TO Give
every employer as many votes as he
has employees. AS it is now they some
times get away and if the votc belongs
to the citizen and not to The EMPLOYER
then every citizen who prize. his ballot
and appreciates the responsibility of
citizenship should speak out against
the intimidation that is often practiccd
against those who are in the cmploy of
others.