The Washington weekly post., 1900-09-18

St Louis. No, Sept i5.-Mr. ". J.
sryan's antitrust speech. delivered In
this city tonight is As folicHs:
The lament % David ever Abss on ls
one OF the mos; pathetic passages Of the
O.c Testament The fact that The son
Vas In rebellion against civil ss vel ~
parental authority cid not snake the
fathers affection, and the anxious query,
Is the young man. Absslom. szse?' lin
gers IN the memory Of all Nho study the
life OF the great Hebrew King. Ard. yet
the Interest which David felt IN his son.
Absalom, has is parallel in the more
than s0o.oo families which make W the
American people.
No language can describe a mothers
love or overstate the abiding Interest
which the father feels in the welfare Of
his child From the time when the moth
srs life hangs in the balance at the DOy's
birth until the death OF the parents there
"a scarcely a waking hour when the son
i not present IN their thoughts and plans
il Is 70 this parental devotion, 50 univer-
saAy recognized. that / desire 10 appeal
Cn this occasion.
Appeal to Parental Devotion.
] would call the attention OF every
father and mother 10 present political
them 20 anaiyze these conditions snvCs-
tigate their causes and their tendencies. I
would press upon them this question: rs
the young man, Absalom. safer" are YOU
satisfied with the possibilities and the
probabilities which now open before your
son?
Is ne safe when foreign or domestic
nnaneiers are allowed 10 determine the
monetary system under which he lives?
Is ne safe wher national banks control
The volume Of moEey with which ne
does business?
is ne safe when the bond-holdlng class
determines the size Of :he national debt
upon which he must help to pay interest?
Is ne safe when by means OF taxeS laid
almost entirely upon consumUtion he is
compelled 10 contribute according TO his
wants rather than according 10 his pos
sessions?
Is ne safe when corporate interests IN
nuence as they DO to-day the selection
OF those who are 10 represent him In the
Senate Of the United States?
II ne Is wage-earner, and you do not
know now soon he may be, even II he is
not now is he safe when he is liable
10 be deprived OF trial by jury, throu-h
the system known as government by in
Junction?
is he safe, n laborIng man, when he
is cenied the protection Of arbitration. and
compelled 10 submit to such hours and
terms as e corporate employer may pro-
pose?
The Reign Of Monopoly.
But ] desire to call special attention &c
The growth Of the trusts. and to ask YOU
whether your son Is safe under the reign
OF private monopoly? II you cannot leave
him fortune, YOU can leave him some
thing more valuable than money. viz.
the freedom 10 employ his own brains
ana his own hands for the advancement
OF MS own welfare. When there is In
oustrlal independence, each citizen IS
stimulated 10 earnest endeayor by the
nope OF being able TO profit by his own
genius, his own energy, his own Industry,
and his own virtue. But whom nrIvata
monopoly reaches its fun DEVELOPMENT
each branch OF Industry viii be controlled
by one or few men, and the fruits Of
monopoly. like the divine right of rule
VIII De Kept within The possession Of A
Ie" from generation TO generation. while
the real producers OF wealth will be con-
oemned TO perpetual clerkship or seryi-
tuoe. When private monopoly reaches its
luiI development, your son will buy The
nnished product at the price which mon
Opoly fixes; he will sell raw material at
the price which monopoly fixes; and. IL
he works for wages he will work for
sueh compensation and upon such con-
oltlons as monopoly may determine.
Charles X. Flint, Of the Rubber Goods
manufacturing Company, In a speech de-
Afered re IN Boston on the 9th of May,
1873 outlined the trust programme wi h
sIest iranhness. In speaking of the ad-
Vahtages 10 be derived from the trust sys-
TEN. he said:
Outline of Trust PrOgramme.
Raw material bought in large uuan-
TUES Is secured al lower prices" When.
Ior instance, one man buys all the wool.
the price OF wool Will be lowered and All
who produce wool VIII sell at the price
hAed by the trust A large proportion
OF our people are engaged in the produc-
lion OF various kinds Of raw material. and
they are thus placed at the mercy OF the
combinations.
The second advantage Is that "thosa
plants which are best equipped and most
auVantageously situated are run continu-
ously and in preference to those less Ia
Vored."
ms means that factories can be closed
IN the smaller towns and business con-
ctnlratsd IN the large centers. IL means
SiAO' that whenever there is a surplus on
hand. part OF the factories can be closed
anu the burden OF maintaining prices
thrown upon the wage workers There
are already scattered throughout the
land Idle plants. which stand as silent
monuments 10 the evils of the trust sys-
TEN
The next advantage mentioned is that
In case Of local strikes and fires. the
hoTk goes On elsewhere, thus preventing
serious loss.
This means that monopoly can abso-
Illeiy control It's workingmen, for IL q
strike occurs In a factory in one State.
the factory can he closed down indefinite
ly. while the employees are starved into
submission. aLd. as the trust can do the
work In some other factory without seri-
Gus loss. II Is quite independent Of .he
employees and can absolutely prescribe the
terms and conditions upon which they
shall I've. The more complete the mon
CpOly the more opposed the managers Will
y 10 arbitration, because, In case OF any
contest between the trust and It's EN-
LlCyes. The aust viii have every advsn-
tGge ana the employees viii be perfectly
pUWeriess
another advantage cited by Mr.. Flint
Is that There Is no MULTIPLICATION OF the
means Of distribution, and q better force
OF salesmen viii take the place Of a large
number"
DrummeFs Dispensed With.
This is an intimation that under the
trust system the travelling salesman Will
not be needed. When every retail msr-
chant must buy ali goods Of one class
from single company. the work can be
done by samples. and no travelling men
VIII BE needed. There vii be no eompeti-
ton between different factories because
all are under one management The frs;
man 10 feel this Rill be the salesman
who will lose his occupation. The next
man 10 feel II VIII be the hotel man, who
will mizs the trade OF The travelling sales
man. The railroad viii lose the mileage
paid b. the travelling man. the Nv
. erymen viii lose their best patrons, ana
the newspapers viii lose the advertising