The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-21

! he telling you the truth when he says
that this state of things will arouse
the people, and aroused they are more
powerful than combines? On the other
hand is j. j. Hill telling the truth when
he says, these combines and trusts are
for the benefit of humanity and the
glory of God? Are they making the
work to the laborer; are they filling
their mouths, or are they bringing more
| sorrow? DO they cheaper living? II
they are doing good we owe it to our
| selves and to labor to have combina-
tons all over the land, for we want
the best. But gentlemen | am talking
to you today as men who help control
the finances of the worlds Stop! Think!
Yes, on Bonded knee, pray to God to
guide you in this desperate hour. Are
these combinations for the best? An
| sWer it not as financiers not purely as
individuals who want the most good for
/ themselves, but answer it as patriots, as
Christians, as YOU believe it is for the
greatest good to the greatest number
| Has the time come when the old doc
trine of competition is the life of trade
| to be set at naught, and our people
taught that monopoly is the only thing
that will bring life and hope and sue
cess to our country? 1t would be out
of place for me to discuss these things
now as politician, but / expect to be
heard at the proper time, but today
am talking to you as financiers and pa
triots calling upon you to see that laws
are passed that protect the greatest
number and bring injury to the fewest
of our people.
There is another danger partially
pointed out by Mr. Cleveland a few
days ago in a strong article-the danger
of public and private extravaganza. Our
country is living too fast. The revenue
war tax has piled up a surplus in Wash
| ington, until our law makers do not
| know what to do with it and they are
paying it out in infamous pensions and
to open up harbors and rivers that a
canoe could not run through much less
a large ship. They have forgotten that
| there should be economy in the land,
and you and I, and all the people
| throughout North Carolina, are follow
ing in their wake. We are spending
! money too lavishly. We do not know
whether the balance is ON the credit or
know whether men is millionaire
or pauper. 1t is time for us as public
| servants and private individuals to cali
halt; it is time we We're taking an
inventory. l tell you that pupic waste
and private waste is not for the honor
of man or upbuilding of humanity
Capt Glenn took an optimistic view
of the outcome of dealing with these
dangers, saying, among other things:
There is opening up before us an era
of educational progress. There is COM
ing fast a great revival in our enter
prises and in our material wealth, and
am here today to tell you that the
day of the contemplate demagogue will
soon be over forever. No longer shall
men influence classes against one an
ether; no longer shall there be section.
al strife and labor trouble in cur land,
but true patriots and genuine Christian
reformers will go to the legislative halls
and Congress of these United States
and there rising to the majesty and
glory that God intended them to &C.
cupy, they will stand for right and
against might, and for what is for the
best uplifting of the State in which
they live"