The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-30

ufacturers had the fat fried out OF them.
The railroads Of the country went into
politics and took large amounts of money
out Of the treasures that belonged TO the
stockholders, and paid it to Mr. Hanna.
Then the great trusts were also large con-
tribuIors. This is the way this campaign
fund was collected. This was directly in
line with the old idea Of Mr.. Hamilton, ex-
cept that be did not go 50 far as to dis
cover the great benefits of large cam
paign fund
Charges Deal With Hanks
Mr. Williams referred at length to the
powers conferred on the national banks,
and said that these powers were a part of
the agreement between then and MIR. Han
ma in return for their bounteous contribu
tions to his campaign fund.
Corporations don't give money for
love" he went on. They don't give mon
ey for patriotism or public spirit, or even
party A corporation does not give up
money unless ii expects to get back some
thing in return, and that is what the ma
tional banks GET
Mr. Williams then devoted some time to
the discussion of the tariff question. IN
speaking of the Cingley bill he said:
They didn't consult you, the taxpayer,
about that bill. They called in the pro-
tected manufacturer and consulted them
and that bill is what they got in return
for their campaign fund contributions.
When this bill was introduced it was sud-
denly stopped in its course and it was
found that the great Sugar Trust was not
satisfied. 1t had not gotten something
that it wanted. The people then began
to ask Is the Sugar Trust greater than
the Government and it turned out IN
few weeks that the Sugar Trust was the
more powerful.
TNo-, TnTT f-,I~ .Ip cd nd
paid ! IL cents to cents for sugar Dur
ing all that time the Sugar Trust was
paying handsome dividends on an enor
InGusly watered stock. Today, however,
when we are paying cents for the same
article What is becoming of that extra 2
cents which is taken from you? Ny
friends, right there we discover at last
that you are the men who helped to make
up Mr. Hanna s enormous campaign fund.
He did not come to you for it personally,
but he made an agreement with the Sugar
Trust to give them the power to levy upon
you. When you go to the grocer to buy
your pound of sugar you hand over cents
that is robbed from you, that does not tie
long to that combination or corporation
The grocer pays ii to the Sugar Trust, the
trust pays it into its treasury to make up
for what it contributed to the campaign
fund of 1896, and gets few millions added
as starter for the campaign fund for
1907
Mr. Williams referred to the Standard
Oil Trust and quoted from letter said TO
have been written by the head Of that
trust to Secretary Gage as follows:
Look at our list of directors and you
will see that we have great political
claims in view CT what was done during
the canvass of last year"
In speaking CT the price of oil Nj. viii
Hams said:
My experience has been that oil gets
cheaper the further you get away from the
oil region When Mr. Mckinley lookes
around for his Attorney General he look
ed for the best friend Gs the corporations
he could find. and he found him in New
Jersey
Mr.. Williams closed by appealing TO his
audience TO vote the Democratic ticket