The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-07
1ai1y - Z ao1 6
M. M. MURDOCH Editor.
MONOPOLY OR A KING, WHICH?

There are two kinds of traitors in this land of glory
and freedom Or rather in this land and Unequal
ity One OF these kinds of traitors SELLS out the other
kind buys up There is the boodling legislator, CON
gressmen and city councilmen who sell" themselves,
sell the rights of their constituents sell their con
sciences and manhood and rob the public for price
There is another kind traitor who buys" his way
through the rights and liberties the people fellows like
schvyab and the represents, like Rockefeller and
Fager and the interests they represent; like copper
lined Clark Of Montana whose money enables him TO sit
among honored men; like Carnegie who buys up towns
by the gift OF libraries who buys up the United States
by the gift Of ten million dollar university fer Wash
ngon and who expects to buy the good opinion Of the
world by building Palace of Peace at The Hague
The Eagle not infrequently charges Wall street with
having no conscience as being roundup Of robbers
But schwab claiming to honestly made $27Oa00o0
in one deal and 100000 in another, and the
wall Street Journal" is led to cry against such
deals"
As many Of our readers are aware Ida NJ Tarbell
has been writing history the Standard Oil company
for AcClures Magazine for months past Miss Tarbell
had won much fame as historical writer but few
dreamed that she fathom could probe to the bot
TOM that gigantic monopoly founded developed by
Rockefeller Flagler & Co. known the Standard Oil
company McCures for July editorally that it
chose the Standard Oil company because is the stand
ard great business and laying before the
whole country the local disgrace particular cities be
cause each is the tale Of thousand cities. IN these two
series is the one greas story Of common condition
corruption. We shall proceed with the story of the
Standard Oil and of the cities and if can finally
persuade our readers to recognize traitors of
the great men among us who have succeeded by means
of boodlng and are excused because success shall
have achieved purpose At rate, we shall try it'll
We propose when We have got well acquainted with
them their methods and excuses to turn from the
poor miserable petty traitors who sell their country
TO the respectable leading who buy it-from the
bribed to the bribers. brber a traitor He be
e captain industry may be United States senator
he may be a philanthropist he has his fortune
by bribery the art Of his success is the undermining
the institutions Of his country is example
to youth; he is corruptor of youth, corrupter of
everything he touches. everybody he inspires He
is an enemy of the republic The only that
stop him is patriotism
That's the talk that has the ring talk that win
yet reach and arouse the people. These manipulating
nagndfeS occasionally lOuhQ DuylhS Ihelr luto
the United States senate. But a rule they so
busy doing the people that they prefer buying seats
for their agents and attorneys, otherwise buying
such as already seated. The only wonder is that
Of them haven't attempted buying their way into
the White House In addition to being selfish, capital is
conscienceess and the proof is not wanting that the
money power is not slow in asserting its influence
when to the selection Of judges for the supreme
of the United States and for the circuit district
federal benches
The need of the hour for this country a great and
most pressing need is the education Of the public
science up to higher standard, otherwise this
try of boasted freedom and equal rights before the
will become country Of vassas to a horde of money
kings whose insignia of rank and rule be the al
mighty dollar