The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-01

rived At the cost - the1e feliow -
would rather yield than hold then . ssee
terms.
The truth remains that n svss 6slsvos-
ance 10 10 come from the rapacious co.,
row In real control OF the eeon-
try's affairs. II the abuses OF power wn.ea
have put TO shame our rational princip!ee
and traditions. are 10 md redress sos.ss
must spring from a party which viii snite
the people In deferse OF the common well
fare. in unninching hostility 10 lts insio-
ious and powerful enemies.
Able 10 Restore htghsss
"Cannot the democratic party Go TINS
great thing? Cannot we gain from "
thorough understanding OF the rights o.
man a clear vision OF the true source aIo
main spring OF these mighty evils which
have become 80 harmful. so menacing 20
our ountry men. and enkindle TIE nopte
love Of fierce. uEcompromising nght ION
noble ends which marks Its history OF use
fu.ness and glory: There stands before "
In arrogant defiance. It's natural. dearest.
enemy. u~nmistakable never % boldly un-
covered. never more iagrantly violating the
common right.
.Uncer the false and deceitful name OF
protection TO industry there has arisen
such a system OF combining devices OF
legislation with cevices Of business man
agement TO obtain mastery OF the people a.
was never before seen In this or any othef
land. the ~lniqu.ty OF which II would pc
hard to find any parallel for unless In ori-
entail despotisms.
Their fabulous gains have won to the
Management Of these combinations SONS
of the ablest minds and the best traineo
skill In the American business ano legat
world. men capable TO draft laws tnat Will
most cunnirgly extinguish competition anc
pass dominion 10 their hands. or O1 neeo
be TO hoodwink legislators) laws that shaii
seem 10 enact one thing and really enact
another and then TO so apply them 10
the agencies Of production and the markets.
that every iaborer and producer OF what
ever class Of goods or necessaries tnes
choose thus TO appropriate to their monop-
oily is forced to work within their lines
and or their allowances. while every con-
sumner must pay an unconscious excess
above all cost ard fair profit whereve ne
cesslty compels him 10 buy.
DingIey Tariff Aids the Rich.
.Experience has so refined their SKILL
both in adopting legislation and with its
aid. In shaping affairs of business mat a
6iaboIical perfection IN its use OF congress
was reached by the Dingiey tarin enact
meut. but the limit OF ingenuity In creating
forms OF monopoly enabled by II for pubic
plumber seems yet far from being cum
Their effectiveness already II ASTOUNDING.
THE ruthless conquerors OF India founo
In the fabulous treasures Of the nabobs they
piundered TO such riches as have been thus
u~niustly taken from the producers OF THIS
country until piles OF wealth are seen neio
In single hands, won within but few years.
such as In other lands are TO De iouno
only by accumulated Inheritance ana
growth through many generations. Tne
craft Of these masters has been only out
stripped by their audacity. yet even tney
must wonder at the enormities their coun-
trymen will endure and their patience m
the servttude.
.Nothirg less than the vast productive
ness Of our millions OF laborers working
upon the rich natural resources OF sucn .
country could possibly supply such streams
as. cunnirgly gathered from innumerapie
rills. row pour into the watts OF these mar
velous wealth suckers. We have at last
reached a stage In this oppression where
their exactions lie upon almost every ar
ticle of human necessity and comfoSt
People Slaves tn the Trusts.
The American people. Boosting inds-
penderce which had its root In resistance
10 un lust taxation. now ind themselves
bound hand and foot In practical slavery
to great confeceracies which more ex-
~actingly enforce taxation Tor private gam
than ever tax collectors for public use
harder masters than a hereditary aristoc-
racy. for they at least tn>
maxim OF noblesse oblige.
.sNot a so-caled freeman In lano car
, build a house to shelter his wife AND cnii.
dren. cover them with clothing. buy fooc
for their hunger or Goals TO COOK II. car
procure the very necessaries OF life, spar
ing its comforts or Injuries. but he must
nut In extra day9 Of labor to earn TIM
] Ubiquitous exaction-
. And the worst Of IL Is not the money
E outrage. gross as that has come to be. Oul
entire business. social and political sys'
l TENS are. through this means. uncergoino
= a menacing change Every considerable
town now contains many who are depend
ent for livelihood on the will OF the man
-. rrr prsaf combination. salrrle(
dependents and not infrequently on ca
PRECIOUS favor, whose Independent busi
: ness enterprises have been extinguished.
: Coy.umer mt Mercy OF Iron Terms
q In mary lines OF trade the suppression
OF competition has become SO perfect tina
Z the consumer fhrds he can no longer ne
a ~gotiate: he must buy on the iron terms de
creed him or go without. so trriching ART
these methods that more objects OF res<
ard use are continually being brought with
d In their compass.
.'At the pace the movement has ATTAINED
IL can be but few years. IL II go unchecked
y before substantially the entire range 0
manufacture, mining, trade and transpor
a tatlon will stand composed OF a few mas
4 ters ana millions Of employees. the latte
a constrained 10 trade orly AT what may o
n called practically company stores. ant
ali agriculture will be he.plessly ensnarec
y as IL already IS to no small extent. Libert,
ir the pursuit Of livelihood Will well-nigl
II have disappeared. for with the devices o
e our modern invention II Is unnecessar
a longer to manacie the condemned Wit
ID ball and chain.
.e These are not pictures OF speech; the
D. arp Melancholy facts. Nor do they half tel
d the story. This is but a sugges
Ii ton OF the evil TO business Me. while tn
consequences entailed upon all Its aspect
e. AZ well as on our social lie and politics
conditions would require volumes TO detail
l. The facts are In sight of the people ever
II. day IN some shape. but many have seem
III irrlv become SO habituated to them as I
n Inertly suffer without thinking OF relel
ot as they who dwell by swamps accept Agu
as a dispensatlon OF Provldence.
. Foe 10 P~aterna1ism.
Al 1--WE have recently heard much discussao
M of trusts. iearnediy profound. sometimet
- With phrases which mean little to the orc
= nary reader. possibly to no other. Tn
n necessity for a~ggregating wealth TO ~
n complssh great ends Is also expounded an
- the heresy Of socialism II
fs Ali wide OF our mark. There 10 no heAstis
n antagonism to socialism and It's twin, pa
. terraiism, In every form than Democrat
se principles demand, opposing line BY lin
". every doctrine OF that raise pniicsopn'
The democratic creed affirms not the sul
~ render but the highest uplifting OF incivis
IS ual.ty and Of every right OF the individu'
- man. peculiarly his right to hold ano ei
81, low ali the honest fruits OF INDUSTRY an
personal achievements.
e. sNo safer foundation for me rights I