Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-08-23
TIE TRUSTS. BEHOLD THEY
SPEAK GREAT SOUNDING WORDS.

no ooS show his teeth. /,
/ have by cunningly devised
methods aud ~indirecuon. succeeded
in constructing great wall Of pro.
lection pond about NY ueSly az. !
CURED possessions and my viii Is Law.
l AN the government. | hold the
Congress OF these ~so-callei Unit II
States in the hollow OF my hand. l
make a conreniecl play thing Of the
courts and willing little Willie bows
down at my command. am the al
mighty dollar and under tie ponder
Gus blows OF my iron sway may the
people bs id. | am the steel trust
and lay it's agencies have gotten To
myself great riches IN gold and
precious stones. the like Of which Is
sufficient Ia stagger aud astonish the
world. / have builied me a great
golden palace sind pu'cured me a
Schwab ar a salary OF u million dol
lars year tn sweep up he ust and
and pour gold into my Golfers. am
constructing for myself a golden
tower whose glitterinS and be wilder-
Ing dome snail reach up yards even
to the clouds u: heaven. so that
should the storm break and the
floods descend will ascend INTO my
place and shutting myself III | car
la. la rs fhe clanking skeletons
march by or the perishing people
stretch ont their hands and beg Tor
the crumbs that fall from my we'll
spread table. | am soulless. | ac.
noSledge 10 Law but the tyranny ot
OF mou-y and greed Of gain and my
name Is Anarchy. 1t has come To
my knowledge of late that the people,
my servants. are be conIng reStivc
and have even had the audacit, to
ask for more than | have stipulated
to give the and FOR such iisobe.
dience ] have determined Ia take
them in hand and chastise them
sorely for such prcsumpuop. 1t is
my will and purpose hat they must
now and forever abandon their labor
unions and accept solely and only
such terms as | may dictate To offer
them; also must they learn to make
bricks without straw and herewith
be content for my will Is law and |
will not ar bitrate. Heed the warning
else | shall bring my newly acquired
subjects from the Orient upon thee
aud cast thee out into the 10y. rays
aud hedges To beg aud to etarve. !
am the gold trust, the stce! trust and
, other trusts combined and must
therefore DE trusted. am d world
power and, verify, l have expanded
and AN expanding. have annexed
a leper colony in the isles of the
/, Pacific. and 10y tire aud sword | have
. b~euevOlently assimiiatei some plague
y, stricken isl lnds under tropic SUM and
distant sens from winch | shau draw
supplies at my good pleasure. / an,
conimerc. lism under force :nd pro
lection Of militarism and ~, I'm.
? mHnds must be UbeSed
! am the hight "f the world and
-, deal III oil and other things. anr
r exceptionally oily and fully abreast
OF the times IN the trust business.
shall build me "a great marble palace
: at I'M expense uf a million 'iulIarf
, INTO which ! can Withdraw ana take
my ease, leaving my subjects
to pay taxes and tight on
8 | AIN a very Rocky fellow. | am II
p trust magnate and a very grrnt Re-,
publican. purchased my way Iuic
I the Senate aud dear Willie, nice littl,
a man IA he il. does my bidding. NJ,
81 name Ii Hanna. | also um II trust
promoter. | escaped the stripes Il
wear tho tOga. Ny name is Quay.
A am a cunning and stealthy gold bul
n trust advocate. did we'll while il
office for myself, especially my las.
Z term. Some Of my bond LOVING
friends invested money Tor me and
n came out Of Office u iull fl dyed nil
a lionaire, ] manipulated to cleo
{ Mckinley aud | propose now to re
4 organize the Democratic party on Re
publican lines and continue the bust
ness ut the old stand. | swear by NY
royal fatuess that I am the greatest
fisherman on earth. reside ut Ruz
yards Bay and INV name il Grover.
u have rolled up the constitution ol
' the fathers Of this Republic and
> packed it away. | have no further
= use Tor such a document. am the
u Republican party.
D.. j. Is. ToLLEY,
T%uscarora. New.
e Aug. 10Th 1901.