Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-08
Revolutions Have Been Brought on Repeat.
eddy by Attempts Of This Nature in
Europe,
And Blood Has Flowed Like Water for Many
Years in Consequence Of Such
Oppression.
The People Of This Country Will Permit No
Interference with Their Sacred
Rights.

One of the issues In the next Legisla
tive campaign will be the Bread Trust
and the demands of the people of this
State in that particular regard will b,
such an amendment of the law as vii
put an end completely to trusts in brcat
stuffs.
There could be no more importan,
issue than this. affecting rs 1t does I'll,
very staff of lfc and striking the very
basis of our economic conditions.
First and above all. the great staple
article of food. wherever its production
Is concerned. forms literally as well as
In the general acceptance Of the word
VITAL question for the common PEG.
pie.
Next and scarcely second In import.
ance IL the fact that a trust In bread
stuffs affects nearly every branch Of
agriculture, and as agriculture Is the
foundation of all economic and indus.
trial conditions. It follows that 1t nj.
fects the entire body polite Of the
country.
For example: II there he trust In
bread stuffs. regulating rs 1t does the
price OF -four, 1t must necessarily affect
the price of wheat also. And so with
corn, rye and all cereals.
As 1t regulates, ana on account of the
peculiar nature of the operations Of all
trusts, restricts the output of the cor.
nered article of food. 1t has CORE.
spending effect upon all the ingredients
used In the manufactured article. For
instance its operations would be felt In
the price of butter, lard and milk used
In the making of cakes and biscuits,
and so ON all along the line of agricul.
tural products.
1t will therefore be readily seen that
the rural districts of this State from
enc end Of 1t to the other will be most
deeply interested In anti-bread trust
legislation by the next General Assem-
bly,.
The Chicago Eagle believes that the
Democrats of Illinois could not go be-
fore the voters, not only Of Cook Coun.
~, but OF the entire State Of Illinois,
with better battle cry In It's next Leg.
isiative campaign than Down with the
Bread Trust"
With a platform containing plank
Pledging its candidates to the support
Of stringent law against a Bread
Trust In this State Of Illinois, the Dem.
Ocratic party would have good chance
Of carrying the next Legislature and
electing United States Senator from
the Forty-thlrd General Assembly.
But II the Democrats desire the bene-
ut of such a popular issue they must
adopt 1t and make it their own before
the Republican managers get ahead of
them.
The Eagle knows whereof il speaks
when IL warns the Democratic leaders
OF this state that they must be prompt
In this matter.
Republican campaign leaders as
rule do not care very much about mon.
keylng with trust issues, but ii Is a fact
that already they recognize the imper.
atiye necessity Of being right upon this
one.
Republican candidates for both the |
Senate and the House OF Representa-.
tiyes In the next Legislature will be
trained TO meet the popular demand |
from the stump and the platform In the
next campaign, in regard to the Bread |
Trust.
The working people, the great wage.
classes of Chicago, will vote for
The Legislative candidates whose pledges |
and promises for anti-bread trust leg
Islatlon are strongest, irrespective of |
party.
There have been trusts Of various
Sinds in this country, and the injuries
which they have worked TO the great
body OF the people have been exposed
rom the rostrum and the platform, but
here never has been one which has so
ir0used the people from one end Of the
'ountry TO the other as the trust in
food
Wherever 1t has begun it's operations,
Z is claimed, It's evil effects have been
felt. These evils are two
old; an increase in the price Of bread
md falling of in the wages and the
'mpioyment Of the working classes.
Nothing could be more dangerous
han this. The situation can he sum-