The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-03

p KANSAS CITY, No, Sept. labor
day was marked by the largest and most
imposing parade of labor unions ever seen
here, and by the participation of William
]. Bryan in the procession and exercises.
Eight thousand men marched through
the streets grouped in their unions, and
each union wearing a distinguishing uni
form. These uniforms were made by the
locked out girls of Garmentmakers'
Union No Z, who have started a CO.
operative factory. These young women,
dressed in white, rode in a talIy-ho
coach, and were cheered all along the
line.
Mr.. Bryan occupied a carriage at the
head of the line, and was eheefed when
ever recognized. 4 striking feature of the
parade was the Hold Carriers union, ne
groes, 225 men. wearing white shirts and
black caps and led by negro band.
In the afternoon there was speaking
and athletic games at Electric park, and
tonight there were more addresses. The
orator of the afternoon was William J.
Bryan, who was preceded by Mayor
Reed. The pavilion at the park was
crowded to suffocation Mr. Bryan took
for his text the Bible verse, '.MuzzIe Not
the Mouth of the OK That Treadeth Out
the Corn
MR.. BRYAN'S ADDRESS.
e,, Sacn decade of our history shows
greater production of wealth, and the
men who produce it have less 10 show
r I.(n:b4 1t. Is this a good condition? A
problems that confront us Is in IegisIa-
ton, not ia legislation for or against
classes; but fer equal justice before the
law. The strike today is the only Weanon
the laborer has. but it is weak and inef-
ficient. --o 4tte
If the laboring men were half as ac-
i've on election day as they are in en-
Ioreement of their strikes, they would
WELD a force that would right the evils
which beSet them
The greatest danger of today is pri-
vate monopoly. Not that any one mon.
opoIy is worse than others, but the prin-
cIple is bad which tolerates any private
Il have heard that the true solution of
the problem is for the laborins man to
divide profits with the trusts That has
Deen given as an argument for the
trusts. such thing would be immoral
ana lmpohtic. 1t would be like dividing
the spoiis of the hishwayman It would
De permitting man to rifle your pockets
ana then len offer to divide the proceeds with
thze With YOU are the others VINO toll in
other parts of the Lords vineyard.
IN the present great steel strike where
old the first expressions of sympathy
come from? From Texas Thew have mr.,
steel mills there They are farmers They
are tillers and laborers like yourselves. I
~ " elh you 10 resist the OEertJIreS
or the trust Beware when corporations
ask you to join them. The farmers can
STAND the Entertainments of the trusts
longer than you can. The farmers live
on their farms. When the trust prices
get so high that the farmers cannot buy.
they will eat the products of Their own
industry. Their wives can even go back
TO the primitive method of making
clothes by weaving But when the farm
er can no longer pay trust prices then
there will be no more demand for the
HTTnf- of k,s1
no more wages.
The offer of the trusts to divide with
the 'laborirg man is pitfall Can Won
trust the corporations to divide honest
~! NO How many of you would like TO
Try law suit, when the judge on the
bench Is the opposing party to the slIt
mere are good judges, good iu les, vet
Go you want judges and iuries to inv
your cases when they are interested a.,
the outcome themselves? When YOU per
NIT private monopoly to dictate terms of
DIVISION; thsn you place yourselves Who'll
~ at their mercy. You allow them TO
water their stock and then expect them
TO divide with labor on a just basis
You are witnessing battle between
labor and the great steel trust. This
trust was willing to un,onize some OF
Its mills. but wcu have others open to
non-union labor Why? Because the
trust wants some mills that it can de-
pend on in the event of strike 1t is an
unequal struggle. for the trust can shut
down Its mills for a year, but laborfng
men cannot live a year without v11rk
1t IS your duty to crush monopoIies w IN
the best. resource at your command the
Government by injunction is an iniaui-
IouS system, and one of the questions
demanding attention at the hands Of tha
american people The courts are the
servants of the people, and for a csI1rT
TO rule by Injunction is for a court 70
dispense with a jury and to contieInn a
man Tor violating a law that the court
itself made. Under the process of gov.
eminent by injun-tion, the court constr.
tutes itself the power to make tho laws
execute them and pass Judgment On fhe
onender. The whole thing is wrong
Under the system a number of en-
ployers can organize themselves, go--info
court and get an order prohibiting Others
from organizing for the same purpose
ihey can get an order prohibiting work
lngmen from getting others to refrain
frcIn working. T = employers can organ
re TO crush labor. but others are forbid
Den to organize
am opposed to government by in
Junction, not that it Is directed especial
" against the laboring man. but that 4.
Goes away with trial by jury. 1t is a
menace not only to one class but 10 all
II Is within the power of the Iaborirg
man TO DO away with the system"