The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-12
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THE TRUSTS ILLUSTRATED IN
RESULTS

Oh au1Qu1Lys OIL COTTuPl1Ol, Ol IODDcA
and oppression. Created and fostered
by the huge McKinley-Dingloy tariff
tax, the giant robber Of the age, the
trusts devour and curse and extinguish.
These are not mere words that are
meaningless, but they represent solid
facts and most g~rievous truths. In no
age has there been such a viIainous
combination for the benefit of the rich
and for the punishment and oppression
Of the poor and struggling. The rob-
berries Of the mailed knights who dwelt
in castles in the middle ages were ten
der and ~light-mere pagateIles-as
compared with the stalwart operations
and merciless robberieS of the greedy,
insatiate fellows who run the trusts.
If there have ever been any 1l-gotten
gains in all this worlds history, that
were inspired of hell and soul dam
ming, it must be this latter-day system
Of monopoly and open robbery
Take the o trust now so much be-
fore h country. 1t is seen that Han
ma is acting for the republican party.
So soon as he saw the immense danger
to his gang and the certainty of great
injury to Mckinley from the wild
strike among the coal miners in Penn
~sylvania, he became greatly moved and
he sought at once the man Pierpont
Morgan, who acts for the coal trust.
But the "connoodling' comes too late.
There is the fact of the great coal trust;
there are the-truths about the way the
miners were treated; there is the open
prolonged. determined strike. The
workingmen of this country fortunate
1y are not fools and blind. They can
not be deceived. They will understand
the meaning of the whole movement.
They have learned something of much
importance. What is it? They nave
learned the truth-that the republican
organization and the trusts are in
close alliance-are bound together by
cohesive power of greed and power.
The developments as to the Goa strike
show that there is one fixed, SUR pur-
pose in the republican party and the
trusts-that they are linked together,
actuated by one motive, by n desire
by n moving principle. The revela-
ton is complete. AS the National Dem
ocrat correctly says:
Mark Hanna's attempt to settle the
anthracite strike shows there is a
complete understanding between the
party in power and the trusts.
1t shows that the party in power
the trusts are making determined van
upon organized abor.
The offer of a raise to the hand Goa
miners, while refusing recognition of
the mine workers association is COM
plete evidence of the assertion.
If it were not r u that the republic
party and the trusts are working in
unison, why should Mark Hanna call
upon the cad of the coal trust and
order him to settle the strike?
Does any one suppose for a minute
that w. ]. Bryan or Chairman Jones
could exercise such authority over ].
-3Pterpont Morgan?
What does all this mean?
1t means that Morgan, acting for the
trusts, is in perfect understanding with
Hanna, acting for the republican adj
m~inistration. The empty concession to
the Goa miners vas made with this I'M
sierstanding.
I'VE will give you taffy, but we re-
fuse to recognize your independence"
The miners very wisely refused tn
SOD thrown to starving labor.
The issue is now joined and has be-
come a political one, despite the eff
forts of Hanna and the trusts"
If Morgan Ices not act for the bene-
fit of his party then signs fail. Let Nc
Kinley be elected and then see what the
trusts will do. He sold to Hanna for a
consideration, for a promise. Let Nc
Kinley mount the throne he has been
trying to erect, and how swiftly will his
standing army De hurled against the
coal strikers or any class Of workers
who dare to oppose or rebel against the
-entrenched power behind the throne"
the omniverous trusts. Mark is big
boss in the Mckinley gang and Morgan
is big boss among the coal barons.
What is the temper of the men who
strike for cause in Pennsylvania? In
their treat parade the banners Were
numerAu1 and had notices. Here are
g. few which are significant and ap-
pealing:
1--WE are in a free country, and we
want freedom
eve want our dinner pals filled with
substantial food, not coal barons'
taffy."
Oppression is the cause. anarchy is
the effect. We are law-abiding citi-
zenS."
is the legitimate daughtsr
of oppression. Crime is h rightful
heir Of poverty. We want neither"
'Do the same laws apply to the rich
and the poor? Then spare us from the
whims Of the sheriff"
1t is interesting in this connection to
see what is the difference in the earn
ings Of the men who work a thousand
feet under ground. and the rich mer
who operate the mines What proper
ton of earnings goes to each class? i
is known that in 800 Of production tht
monopolists get two and a half times
-$71.43. while the workmen under ground
get $2S.57. 1t is also known that fol
carrying to market the railroads re
sceive two and a half times more thai
h workmen receive. The Helena In
dependent, Montana, close by where tn