The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-09
Not Cne Tyrant but Many
rr,m me Boston nrown nooS

Were our sircs of the earlier
American days made Of sierneI
stuff than oursclvcs' 4 hundred
aud thirty years ago a certain king
overseas caused n tax of thrippence
q pound tu hr placed on the tea
which our ancestors were IL the
habit nf drinking, aud Furthermore
hr hnhuobbed with n parliament
that stood for taxation without
representation Our fOrcfathers
objected forthwith 1t wasn't a
question of the ihrippenre, but Of
the right Of the thing, aud a slight.
IS Irregular tea party in Boston
IIarbor, !ullnwrd 10y few other
irregularities. was the result Aud
surcrssfuI war of independence
was the greatest result Of all
That WIS rouni about lTTj. In
1902 the American people again
find themselves oppressed This
time they are in the grip of not one
tyrnnt hat many-thc trusts Not
only the right nf the thing is at
stake, hut the cash oi the thing
The mou0poIirs offend not alone
our conscience hut our portets.
with nuA the former for II reason
uur au,">tors got up aud fought II
good fight. with both t"r AN cx
cusc. We. their supposedly siren
unns descendants. sit still and let II
had thing go On. Verify YOU can
fool al of The people some Of the
time. We realize in!!y that some
of these combines are dupiug us
and wt0nging MS every hour they
exist. hut wc do nothing to shorten
their lives Where. pray, is the
plnek and the active sense OF JUS
ticr that drove that h0mespun folk
Of ours Ia hattlef
The Car uf Rus sin with nil his
preogntivr and might would not
for minute dare tn exercise sncn
rnntrnl over his subjects in the
matter or the necessities OF life as
these trusts exercise over the legit-
innate wants uI the American
people. The eighty millions Of
our great republic suffer silently
under their hi rckmall, and many
millions in foreign lands feel the
effects Of their greed for gold.
Morning. noon AID night nt our
tables. in the wards of the city
hospitnl: in the laborers cot aud IN
the nillionairc's castle; where the
uoor man $ child dies from laek of
nonrishiug food, and where our
soldiers are sailing the main under
the Stars aud Stripes everywhere
the beef trust, ns one example ot a
trast, fur instance, exaeis Its
tribute. Far n necessity We are
forced 10 pas the price that Iuxs
urv enmmAnda. Franell bonb0ns
can now he bought cheaper than
good beef. Aud il is not because
beef ia scarce, but because 1t is
being withheld from us. a con
trolled market means high prices,
and the controllers secure their
millions nv bleeding the public.
Multitndes are forced 10 deprive
themselves OF proper food that
handful! of men may gloat in mon.
eyed glory. Competition is crushed
ont, the law of supply and de-
mnud is set at naught; equality
honor. and humanity are az forgot
ten M IL they never existed. The
whole world itself can go to the
dogs. Nothing matters, so long as
n few great corporations eau iuggle
with the markets,
Would these great grandsires
of ours have long tolerated such a
condition If affairs9 No. Me
thinks they would have marched.
twenty abreast. straight to the
hacking houses of these CONNER
cial tyranis and turned their con
tents ont into the street. And they
would have said: Let the conse.
auenees take crre OF themselves"
Which may sound revolutionary to
4 degree. only that revolutions IN
these DAYS should i've achieved BY
meas heads and not by their
hands. Surely the downing OF
these trusts IL NOT 40 Hercuiean or
hopeless q thing for US to attempt
a. Tint task which confrontfd q
few thsusand raw farmers hun-
fired and thirty years ago.