The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-09-13
WARNS AoAIN8T TRUsTs.

WARNS A0AIM8T TRUsTs.
saya II They Wore ss Aggros silva
at Elections as they ara at
Strikes Ccndlti,n ,na Would
be Different.
Labor Day last wook was marked by
tho largest and most imposing parade
of labor unions eyor feen OF Kapsss
City, Mo, and by tho participation Of
William j Bryan in tho procession and
exercises. Blight Thousand mon maroh-
cd through tho streots, grouped in their
unions and each, union wearing q dis
t'nguishing uniform. Mr.. Bryan ooou
pied carriage at tho hosd Of tho line
aud wag ohtered as he was roooen zod
A striking foatu,o Of tho parade was
tho Hod Carriers union, negroes, 225
mon, led by negro band.
The orator Of tho afternoon was VIM.
J. Bryan, who WAS precodod by Mayor
Reed. Tho pavilion at t @ park vas
crowded to suffooa!ion. Mr. Bryan
took for his toxt tho Blblc verso, "Muz
zlo not the OK that troadoth out tho
oorn.' Mr.. Bryan said:
BRYAN 8 TALK.
"EAoh deuado OF our history shows
greater production Of wealtb, and tho
! :io;: "ho produce !! have lees to ahow
for it. ls this good condition? A
right condition? The solution of tho
problems that confront us ia in lcgis
]a'ion, not in legislation for or again 1t
classes, but for tqusl justice before
law. The strike ia today tie only
weapon the laborer has, but it is weak
and inefi oiont.
If tho laboring mon were hale az
active on olootion day as thoy are in
enforcement of their strikes, they would
wield q force that would right tho evils
which beBet them.
THE dREATEsT DANGER
The greatest danger of today is pri
vate monopoly. Not that any monopoly
is worse than others, but the principle
is bad,. which toloratos any private
monopoly. !,
II have heard that the true solution
Of the problem is Tor the l.horing man
to divide pro6ts with the trusts. That
has boon given 90 on argument for the
trusts Suoh thing would be IMMORAL
ard impolitic. 1t would be like divid
ing tho apoils Of tho highwaymen. It
would be permittinxa man to rifle your
pockets and then offer to divide the
prooeedn with you.
Today the only people who aym
pathixo with you aro the other who
toll in other parts Of the Lord 8 vino
yard. lo the pIesont great atool strike,
@herO did n the fist tx iSrse on 81 B sYnllss
patby como from? Ffom Texas. They
have no steel mills. there. Thoy are
farmers. They aro tillers of tho soil
and laborers, like yourselves.
HIS WARNING.
want to warn you to resist tho
overtures Of the trust. Bowaro whom
corporations ask you to join them Tho
farmers can stand the enorosohments
Of the trusts longer than you can. The
farmers live off their farms. When
trust prices got SO high that tho farm.
era cannot buy they will ost the pro
ducts Of thoir own industry. Thor
wives can even 20 back to the primitive
method OF making clothes by weaving.
But when tho farmer can no longer
pay trust prices, then there will ( Q no
more demand for the products Of your
toll, and you can make no moro
wageMst."
with tho laboring man is . pitfall. Can
you truat tho corporations to divide
honeetly? DO. How many Of You would
like TO try q law fuit, whom the Judge
on the bench 10 the opposing party to
tho suit2 There are good judges. rood
turies, yet do you want judges and
turies to try our oasos when they are
ioterested in the outcome themselveeY
When you permit private monopoly to
dictate terms Of division, then YOU
place yoursolves wholly at their mercy
You allow them to water their stock
and then expeot them to divide with
labor on just basis.
You are witnessing battle between
labor and the great steel trust. This
trust was willing 80 unioniss some of
its mills. but would have other, open
to non.union labor. Why? Because
the trust wants some mills that it can
depend on In the event Of strike. 1t
ls an unequal struggle, for the trust
can shut down it's mills for yoar. but
laboring men can not live year with
out work. It is your duty to orush
monopo.ies with tho best resources at
your command, tho ballot.
GOVERNMENT BIZ INJUNCTION.
Government by injunction is sn
iniquitoug systom and ono Of the ques-
tionD demanding attention at tho hands
Of the American people. Tho courts
are the servants Of the people and for q
court to rulo by ipjun otion, 10 for a
court to dispense with d jury and to
condemn man for violating law that
tho court itself made. Uoder the pro
cess OF government by Injunction, tho
court constitutes itself tho powor to
mako the laws, execute them, and pass
judgment on the offender. The whole
thing is wrong. Uodor the syetom q
number Of employers oan organize
themsolves, 60 into court and get an
order prohibiting others from organiz-
ing for the same purpoae. They can
got an order prohibiting workingmon
from getting other workingmen to 70.
frain from working. The employers
can organise to cfush labor, but others
are forbidden to organize. I am op.
posed tc government by iDjunction, not
that IT 10 dirocsed ospeolally against