New-York tribune., 1902-09-26
JEROME WARNS LABOR.
SAYS CAPITAL IF AROUSED WIZ
CRUSH 1T INTO THE DUST.

District Attorney Jerome spoke last night AZ -.
frst public meeting held III the quarters y.
the East Side House element Seventv-ssxts -
and East River. on The Political Future ~ ~
York: Our Individual Responsibility for Its c.
ernment After saying that all the policemen -
not been able to close single pooroom tbo,,L
they are paid to do it. he talked about trusts 81
labor, saying in part:
You can have no economic changes without evils
ao done great gead Thy bs9e s9 but they have
of every article of commerce that thew Rars
touched and have made the price staple To one
thing you might well make up your MINI
We cannot get rid of the trusts. They going To-
continue. no matter whether they be good or eviI
The wise thing for us to do is not to enter into,
trusts but to recognize the good that is in them
and check the evil Evil they have wrought and
iatures and sometimes. 1 am sorry to say, the
judiciary and not infrequently have they con-
should be done them.
telligent to take in all the stuff that is said about
the evils Of trusts and the necessity for organized
Tskfng DELEGATES and The S3,caisd labor leaders
prefer to have the fullest liberty in dsposing ~
his own labor to whom, and where and how he
Rant about capital as you will. but they can
crush you whenever they will They are all pow
You have no power Capital is firmly banded to-
gether, but you have no strength, because you
cannot trust your leaders You have power and
you know it If you think you have any. tell me
what you have done to demonstrate Il.
Capital is cowardly because it realizes what eno--
be lost by the least disturbance
But fights like the coward when he is
aroused and forced to it. Once awake and call
forth the power of capital and they will crush 0I
into the very dust and the political liberty of which
you boast proudly will be thing OF the
past, forever Have you any conception OF the
power of money? Did you ever realize what can
be done with 81 100000? IL you have you can form
some idea of what combined capital caa do 70 YOU
IL you arouse them.
You have precious little liberty left as it is and
you are fast losing that which YOU have. What
rights have the people to-day? What voice have
they in the choice of candidates named at the
political conventions2 What voice have in de-
Gliding who shall administer the civic and national
government?
Things that are worth having must he paid for
You must make personal sacrifices and you mist
take cart the government OF the city State or
nation and name those who are TO govern and
represent you.
i speak Democrat. When Roosevelt made
his OF this State when he was running for
Governor. when he sold out by the politicians
weeks before the election. and his defeat was
fOregone conclusion. why was 1t that he turned &C.
feat into victory? 1t was because he did something
He probably talked more burcombe than any man
ever did before any platform. Every cue was
surprised at the effect which his speeches produced
They very unlike t.e stateSmanlfke utterGuces
he has made since
We can't have a revolution every four years with
n fusion ticket in the field and get new Garden
of Eden-it won't work There must be a change
and sacrifices must be made