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showed that it would take 100000 years

showed that it would take 900 years
for the average man to earn the amount
of this single holding in the Steel Trust.
Concluding, Mr.. George said: "Is not
this trust question a question of the
perpetuity of this Republic? 1t seems
to ME that every man and woman here
tonight should take the question to
himself Or herself, for if we are to
save the country from the i,roads of
privilege we must destroy the trusts or
the trusts will send the: country to
damnation and destruction:'
Danger Of the Trusts.
Representative Francis e. Shober, of
New York, started out with the PROPOSE
tion that the danger threatening the
country from the growing power of the
trusts was real danger, not ina ginary.
us it not" he asked, "a menace and q
danger when combination Of few
men with much money can control the
production Of a mughty country like
this?''
Mr.. Shober asserted that the trusts
dictated to the farmer how much he
should plant and reap; or to the cotton
weaver, the iron worker, the clothing
maker-to all industries-how much
they should produce, and at what price
it should be put on the market; to the
consumer how much he should pay for
his food, and force him to pay for it
or starve. The remedy for such con-
ditions, Mr.. Shober said, was easily
found.
Stop voting for the party which has
nurtured and fostered and protected the
trusts he continued. "By your ballots
let the principles Of jefferson once
more PREVAIL by your votes bring again
into being that doctrine Of the immortal
patriot that the people and not the
rich are our dependence for continual
freedom.
All great reforms must have leader
and particularly SO. under our institu.
tions. Who shall lead us in this battle
against the trusts? Who is best quail
fled to enthuse' the people in our cause,
to harmonic our differences, to
strengthen our weaknesses, and at the
polls bring us success in no uncertain
majority. / name, and I believe you
will agree, that the man who fills all
these requirements is that distinguished
editor, that loyal patriot, that stalwart
Democrat and friend of labor, William
Randolph Hearst"
Mr.. Shober dwelt at some length on
what this champion had done in the
cause Of labor; how he had made the
peoples cause his own; how he had
convicted the coal trust before the In
terstate Commerce Commission and at
the bar Of public opinion; how he al
ways responded to the cry of distress.
and how at all times and on every occa-
sion he had stood as the friend of labor
and the champion Of the rights of the
worlzingnlan. In conclusion, Represen-
tative Shober said: -: :.....1:~
), ), Our: opponents view MI. Hearstss2
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Teady have can1paf
d gainst hinl,.*, But IT eai1opa
vituperation and calumny, @betraying
their weakness and : proving Mr.
Hearst s. strength. I bid. you be of. good
courage, my friends and fellow work
ers. Keep up the good fight, and be
not weary Of well-doing. Fight the
trusts and all illegal combinations of
money and men, rid the country of the
incubus laid upon it; discard forever
the principle of special privileges Tor
the few, and take up the principle of
equal rights for all. Go to your homes
I'm all parts of this mighty country Of
ours and prepare for the fray at the
polls next year. Rally your friends to
the standard Of William Randolph
Hearst and the peoples rights, and do
your duty as free men. So shall we re-
turn again to those beloved institutions
for which our fathers fought and for
which they died.