The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1902-07-18

chill personal ambition and, above all. to
destroy that patriotism OF the citizen which
springs from a love for his country because of
the even blessings which she bestows upon and
secures to him. The personality of the patriot
is lost in the sum-total of the combination.
True it is that corporations were formed long
ago. but they generally recognized the fact
that they held their franchises by public grant
in consideration of honest public service. So,
with the tariff levies. The purpose was to aid
infant industries in their weakness and in APP
probation thereof they would relnquish the
help when they were strong enough to be self
sustaining Corporate immunites and tariff
protection in those days were not only in theory
but in fact for the public good. That sound
expediency has been perverted into a specula-
tive. dishonest policy that discounts all the
many phases of monopolistic grants by govern
ment in any
The later day practice OF corporations to pool
and combine their powers in the greatest in
dustrial question with which this generation
has TO deal. They are politely called by those
interested in their ili-gotten gains, community
of interest but in morals and in law they
correctly defined as criminal conspiracies,
inimical TO the public welfare" Nearly every
article of commerce has been encompassed and
the cost of production and prices of the sale
thereof fixed by them. The laws of supply and
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reported that scheme has been laid to more
perfectly control the cash of the country by
ao4ishinS nation al trust bank in every state
and territory OF the Union and that trust
re house. the sub treasury idea is to be-
fixed in every county in the hope of duping the
farmers to deposit their crops. Nearly all of
the railroads and transportation companies
have been consolida ted, and with powerful
steam ship lines in conjunction. Our fathers
and mothers sang,
My country tits of thee
Sweet land of liberty.
The National ode now is.
Morgan moves in a mysterious way
His wonders to perform;
He plants his foot-step on the
And rides upon the storm.
The industrial trust is the Mont Pelee of
America. Like the inha bitants of sea surround
ed Martinique, onr homes, our towns and
cities, our railroads and manufacturing enter
prises, our farms and plantations. are built
about the base of commercial volcano that is
now trembling beneath our feet. We see sparks
as danger signals flashing in the black columns
of smoke from the restless, fre-embosomed ter
ror. Unless the united wisdom OF all people
shall devise some means for sealing its flaming
mouth it will burn and shake this continent
from ocean to ocean; 1t will belch forth its
dea dealing furies in the hot lava of fictitious
stocks and worthless bonds and sere to the
bones Of poverty the fortunes of those who have
voluntarily invested in them and bring deep
grief to the towards who have raised tho white
flag of truce and surrendered their honor to the
god of Mammon for a mere chance of saving
their dirty dollars, We are told that the reme-
dy lies in putting all trust articles in the free
list. The trouble is those who the trust
goods control the tariff. fear that we will
never find a complete remedy until we shall re-
turn to the faith Of the Fathers and teach and
preach and practice Equal rights to all
special privileges to none.'
After all. it may be purpose OF those engaged
in this immense work to ultimately unload
upon the government on the same principle uu-
der which they are operating. That is, by
depositing their millions upon millions of worth
less stocks and bonds with the government and
receiving in lien thereof guaranty gold bond
OF the United States bearing . good rate of
interest To run = hundred years They should
remember that the gambler generally goes broke
few Of them die rich. IL IL also worthy Of
their consideration that above constitutions
and laws is a sovereign power which the people
have expressly reserved 70 themselves.
IL may be true that powerful alliance Is b.
ing formed between the United States, Great
Britain and Germany 70 rule the world By force.
but ~ sEO not unnecessarily alarmed. The
bsnksys aFe benqpsGing and ehs country il on
royal spess. The bocchanaIians viii wind up