The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-05-18
70 UNION LABOR.


capital the brain Of Tom Edison
has brought him: you will say a.
once that il i the greatest capital
ia the world. 1t is fact that Ia
bor unions are combinations OF ls-
Dor, gentlemen there is no use to
deny il, il is fact and ought to be
4 fact. for the reason that It is Q
combination against combination
that is all.
Another thing: It is the only
safe guard against seFfdom in this
country. But, says one, We had
tiese conditions for long tlme'and
no serfdom-so had the poor peo'
Die of RUSSIA endured 1t for a long
time but the bonds of the land
lords kept binding tighter and
tighter until finally the tenant was
transferred with the land, when
they sold the land, they sold the
slave with il. am glad that we
have begun in time for Ssfcty: am
glad that the woods we're fired be-
forethe.fre gOttOoclOse. So, when
we coma to look at this question,
1t is a philosophical, q perfectly
reasonable one, a natural one, 3
legitimate one. But, says one
man. who does not believe IN or
eanized labor: / tell you, it pre-
vents competition, and competition
il the life of trade. ] remember
that quotston-when ! was q boy
/ wrote it in my copy book. Com
petition is the life of trade. Let
ne tell you something, gentlemen
and ladies; capital, 10 this country,
il ID the hands Of wise men, men
of fine business judgment, snd,
very often, mighty good men.
Well, what example have they
set for you along that linei Have
they quoted that old statement
Competition is the life Of trsdep
Have theyl They are our exam
ples-all Of us little fellows learn
methods from them. They are our
teachers. No, they have shown
by their actions that competition
is the enemy ofgOod business, not
wiGhstanding the long time Il has
been quoted, perhaps for hundreds
of years. They say by their sc
tions that they believe that this
old adage is failure and always
has been, and they have literally
DESTROYED that old passage by
coming mp and showing 10 the
world that the thing Is a failure.
There has never been q combina-
ton in the United States or In any
other county, that was not organ
lied for the purpose Of smother
ing competition. Shall we say
these men do not know how to
take care Of themselves2 | would
not-ao, am willing to sit at
their feet and learn finance, learn
how to take care of my family
They are oil right.
We had two railroads in Chick.
asho, the Rock leland road was
here and the Frisco came; we had
had two roads in the same terrific
ry. Well, what hsppenedf One
was in the way Of the other
What did the other do to i'll Just
simply swallowed It up. Have
you any railroad competition now'
No: one was in the way OF the
other, and ii was bad business TO
have two railroads competing with
each other in the same territory,
and one swallowed the other one
ND. We had two wholesale gro
Gerry stores in the same town and
one at Oklahoma City, and these
two here got IN the way Of the one
at Oklahoma City, williamson
Halsell and Frasier, so Mr.. Wa
pies Platter said to williamson
Halsell and Fra sieE We will
Just sell out to you; you are
are 10 our way and We in yours
but that did not smother cOmpe
tltion out, as there was another
wholesale grocery company IN
fown-fhe Chickasha WHOLESALE
Grocery Co, and they said "yor
are in our way and We are 4
y5urs-we will just MERGE" SO th'
result Is that we have not q singl'
bit OF railroad competition. nor o
wholesale grocery competition II
Chickasha. These men are 20 b
commended for their business
sense. Do you blame them2 No