The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-08-13
LIVINGSTON SUNS UP
THE TRUST QUESTION.
Declares the Masses Of the People
Must Secure Power to Control
Capital and Labor.


Washington, b. c., Aug. There
is one subject the Indus. .al commits
sion proposes 20 handle without
gloves in its forthcoming report to
congress" said Representative Liv.
ngs on 20 Georgia today in discussing
the nearly completed work OF the
commission "and that is the trust
question, and how Sc affects bo h cap
ital and labor"
The Industrial commission has been
daily engaged for the past two weeks
in reviewing the volume Of testimony
taken since it was created, and the
report will be ready for submission to
congress at the beginning Of the ses-
sion next December. A summary of
the testimony on each subject is now
prepared and it will be given to the
press in a fe wdays. The commits
sion will meet again the Let OF Sep
tember TO take final action upon it's
report.
Rights Of the Masses.
THE trust question, said Represen.
tatiye Livingston. is the most i'm
portant problem we have TO consider.
and It will be disposed Of first. No
one can now suggest what the recon.
mendations Of the commission to con
gress will be. but / trust and believe
it will be Independent of political
bias and free from partisanship. The
commission has taken an immense
amount of testimony on thls subject,
and in giving &c to the public will
enable a conservative people to pass
judgment upon the question for
themselves.
"The two great trusts that are IN
shape to hold up business or to con
troll business to a large extent are The
combinations of manufacturers and
labor The masses of the people, who
are the direct sufferers by the man
euvers Of these combina ions, will de-
mand some permanent relief or basis
OF settlement lodged In their hands
and under the direct control of the
United States government. This will
Ue the great issue before the country
eventually, and it must be met
1T is not a political question, for
both Republicans and Democrats are
directly or indirectly associated with
the various traits. The people OF This
country can hardly realize the intense
feeling which exists between the rep
Iresentatives Of CAPT al or the one side
and organized labor on the other.
Revolution 10 BE AVerted.
"This state of affairs can not go on
much longer without serious conse
quences. am not an alarmist but
the tension is so strong and the feel
ing so intense that a revolu ion be
tween capital and labor can only be
ayerted by the most cautious, conser-
vative and at ,he same time positive
interference by the national govern.
ment
"The interests Of the trusts and
labor organiza ions should not be per
mitted TO have fun sway and ieopar-
die the interests Of the great mass
of people who are not directly inter
es ed in either Of these two warning
combinations. The middel man-that
is, the man who is a member Of
neither the trusts nor the labor or
eani2ations-wl be the principal suf'
heres he case of strife between cap
ital and labor. and as that class far
outnumbors those engaged in the war
of the trusts, in all Justice and fair
ness and in the interest Of good gov
ornment, they should receive prompt
and successful protection under tho
laws OF the United States"
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