The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-11-21
Wood, Coal and Oil Trusts.

Wood, Coal and Oil Trusts.
Wood, Coal and Oil, are among the
the necessari's of life, and rs they are
used by all the people rich and poor
alike. they should be provided as
cheaply as possible.
The tariff on lumber behind which
The lumber trusts ale hiding should be
removed, u let the building mater
ials be furnished as cheaply as possible
from Canada and other countries that
have large forests, This would as
sist US to build cheaper homes, and al
so enable us to preserve our forests.
Forests modify the climate, and les.
sen the severity of winters cold and
summers heat. E4ch leaf is a magnet
aud with It's many points, charges the
atmosphere ADD thus increases the an
nual amount of rainfall.
In the state Ct Wisconsin, the cut
ting of the large forests along the Fox
river, has dried up many springs aud
lowered the water of that and other
streams. DenudIng the country OF
timber changes fertile soils to sterile
deserts, this is shown in the history
of ancient Persia. The once fertile
valleys and plains along the Eupbrates
river are now drifting sards. The same
is true of ancient Egypt. We should
profit by the experience of other ma
tions aud like our forefsthers build for
future generations, and not be so short
sighted in our policies as 10 let the
lumber trusts dictate our legislation,
and fill their pockets to the detriment
of cur country.
COAL TRUSTS
Our coal is the product of ancient
forests prepared and preserved 10 the
crust of the earth, for the use of man.
kind. 1t has been stored in great
fields in different localities 10 make the
earth capable of producing the high
est types Of humanity. Without, these
coal fields the human race could never
have advanced to It's present degree OF
civillzlti.n. and covered the earth with
habltaIions.
These coal deposits should be pro-
teeled IRON monopolies aud trusts by
proper Legislation,
Last winter, people we're frozen for
the want OF tuel, while our govern
ment by a high prolec We tallff assisted
in NeeplDg the price Of coal high and
scarce, for the benefit of the coal bar
ous.
Each year the coal trusts either re-
duce lhs wages of their laborers, and
produce a strike, or close the mines
for a time aud thus make coal scarce
and high. Tnis scarcity and high
price causes an increased consumption
of wood, pnd II deOuding OF u forests
With all its consequent evils.
BY s'alv ton wages the coal trusts
aud rsliwals that own the mines in
ne great INNING districts of Pennsyl.
vinia ana Illinois, have driven oul
American lsborers and have supplied In
their places an ignorant foreign and
egro population. This condition
caused by the trust, lowers the stan,
darj OF American citizenship. Hal
fed, half clad, u%neducated people,
make anarchists, and are not materia.
on which a free republic a exist.
OIL TRUST.
Coal oil is a product from the Goa
fields. The pressure of the earlh'i
crust upon The o%leaglnous plants tina.
formed the extensive coal tielcs OF the
earth pressed out the oils, which have
been stored by nslure 10 natural reser-
volrs for mankind. 1t is used so exten.
slvely ii has become one of the necessi
ties OF the modern home, and especial
Il the homes OF the poor. Proper leg.
station shuuld give humanity the ben.
eli OF II vi hout The txlortions Of 1
trust.
The STANDARD Oil Company Of ID,
United States, controls the oil deposits
OF this and other countries. When OF
is discovered IN a new locally this 81
gantic monopoly Immediately gets con.
trJi OF The wells and likes the price o
the oil, this makes the wealth Of q
Rockefeller and other multi.millionaireI