Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-02-08
MR.. BRYAN and THE TRUSTS.


policy that such a financial system
would inaugurate, he has added to his
political repertoire for the campaign
Of 1900, opposition to Imperialism and
to trusts. On the question of trusts he
has taken an advanced position ty de-
claring that il is the duty Of the Pre-
sident to demand an amendment to the
Constitution to empower Congress to
seize and stsangle the trusts.
Mr.. Bryan started Oh this antitrust
campaign from his home among the
Changers Of the West, one Of the closest
the most exacting and most despotic
trusts of the country and one of the first,
and thus from the heat of one of the
earliest of our trusts he began his
crusade to strangle all the trusts of the
country. 49,
Mr.. Bryan started on his eastward
journey over railroads which constitute
one of the best organized trusts Of the
country and are unifoI mly operated by
variety Of labor trusts separately
organized and divided as the engineers
trust, the conductors trust, the fire.
mems trust. the brakemen's trust and
the porters' trust. He enjoyed his
section in the Pullman car that is the
creation of trust whose work is per-
formed by labor trust, and thus with
capital and labor trusts around and
about him wherever he turned, he made
his Journey toward the Eastern sea,
and finally landed in New York, the
political Mecca that invited his pill
grimage.
Mr.. Bryan engaged room at one of
the principal hotels OF Gotham whose
management is directed by the hotel
keepers trust His baggage was taken
to his room by a messenger who repre-
sents labor trust; his registration was
received at the hotel Office by the clerk
who represents the trust of his calling;
he was taken to his room by an eleva-
tor that Is the creation of trust whose
work is done by labor trust; when
yelvety carpet of the carpet trust that
is manufactured by the carpet weavers'
| trust and the carpet dyers' truet, and
il weary, as he we'll might have been,
he sought Iepose by throwing himself
upon sofa manufactured by furni-
ture trust whose labor was performed
by the labor trust in that line OF
mechanism.
After resting he doubtless sought to
view the busy streets of the metropolis.
He looked out upon them through
glass furnished by the glass trust and
manufactured by the glass labor trust.
and Though window frames furnished
BY the lumber trust and manufactured
by the furniture labor trust. He
brushed aside the beautiful curtains
which adoin the windows, which were
produced by the furnishing trust ane
manufactured by the furnishing Labor
trust. and when his view OF the jostlinf
crowds of Broadway was battered b,
the remembrance of his politica
engagements, he turned to the clock OF
the mantel that is the creation of thu
clock trust and manufactured by thu
labor trust of that calling.
To refresh himself be doubtless tool
q bath in tub furnished by the porce
lain trust and manufactured by tn
porcelain labor trust; sought the aid o
soap manufactured by the soap trus
and by the labor trust of that industry
and dried himself with linen towel
the creation Of the linen trust and mad
by linen trust labor, after which b
, brushed his waying locks with brusl
, fui nished by the brush trust an
fashioned by the labor trust of tina
calling. After a weary days labor b
went to bed and rested on mattres
, made by the mattress trust and manu-
, featured by its labor trust, and tn
, chilly winds of the north doubles
called him to seek the warmth OF tn
| blankets furnished by the WOODEN trus
, and manufactured by the WOODEN labe
) trust
After a nights rest he disrobed hin
self of his night shirt manufactured b
. trust that employs labor trust to d
, its work, only to begin dressing himse
: with articles of apparel each Of whic
! Is furnished by trust, and the labc
t Of which is performed by another indt
pendent labor trust. His wooden {
. silken underclothing reminded him (
3 the trust that created them, and til
: separate labor trust that fashione
l them. When he came to his pants, ve
and coat no was donning the creation I
g the wooden trust that is largely dom
! mated by its labor trust. His cola
4 necktie, cuffs and ieweled sleeve buttoI
8 all told how trusts had furnished the
o and how trust labor had manufacture
Q them. He lace his boots furnished |
Q the shoe trust and manufactured by Il
T shoe labor trust, followed with his ha
the creation of the hat trust, and OF Il
o trust labor connected with that indu
try. His watch recalled the jeweler
trust and the trust labor that does ]
work. His penknife, his bunch of key
q his pocketbook, and everything fro
his toothpick to the flask in his b.
q pocket. If he had one, each told !
9 story of trust creation and its elegan,
I, as fashioned by trust labor.
o If he took his morning cocktail
: had II from q trust salver embellish,
y by trust labor; from d glass furnish,
by trust, its lines of beauty shap,
,, by trust labor, and he drank the mi
e ture OF liquor and sugar, the one fu
2 nished by the liquor trust, whose wol
't is done entirely by trust labor, and Il
other by the sugar trust, whose lab
4 is performed by trust woikingmen; nj
!, the only thing that he may have had
70 his morning preparation for breakfa
q that was free from the touch and tai
f OF the trust, was the glass of water
may have taken after his cocktail.
When he sat down to his breakfast
!. had before him plates from the chin
n ware trust manufactured by trust labo
e. knives and forks from the cultet .ru
IS manufactured by trust labork oh
Of furnished by the coffee trust, and ii
at INDUCED in beef or sausage, he enjoy
7. the fruits of the cattle trust, and g
~ butchers trust, each of which empl
m trust labor, and IL he took an omel
Is he paid tribute to the Changers tru.
he about the only American trust th
80 docs not recognize trust labor. VIII
e. he sipEed from his silver or plated spo
ne he was enjoying the silyerware trr
that employs trust labor, and II
closed his morning repast with oatmt