The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-01-10
TO DOWN THE TRUSTS.
A New Party Will be Organized
to Accomplish Ii.

i VI u l'i2 tlihC &AC NJ
has been heard: The trusts must
be downed or the country will be
ruined" This cry has come from
various sources, but principally
from schemlng politicians of both
parties. who had some special aim
in view or an ak to grind. Demo
Gratis have endeavored to place the
responsibility for The existence Of
trusts upon the Republican party
and Republicans have claimed there
was no sincerity in the Democratic
house against these strong and OPP
presslve organizations. To all well
Informed people it has long been
patent that there were as many
Democrats as Republicans IN the
trusts and that the cry of either or
both parties against them was d
sham and fraud and only made
for the purpose Of misleading aud
dece,ving the people, No man in
public life knows this better than
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, aud
be /. the first TO come to the front,
expose it and express All honest
opinion on the subject. A telegram
from Washington, on the 9th uli.,
said:
Senator Mo gan Of Alabama, In
q statement to-day, fl ,ls both the
Repub ,can and the Democratic
parties for ,ntctiou IN regard to
an nitrust legislation. He .ays that
bo h parties are afraid IF The power
tul corporations, but PREDICTS that
new organic ,ti"n will soms into
exlster ce that will crush ,he mOnOp-
| lies He does nol. offer plan by
which tins may ne brought about,
but says that it will not be done by
tankering with the tariff, but prob.
ably through the eAerclse of the
power of Congress to levy taxes.
Senator Morgan SAID:
II can not see that there Is any
great difference between the lead
ers of the Democratic aud Republi-
can parties on the question OF
trusts. Whichever party is ont OF
power cries out against the octopus;
whichever party is in power hugs
the octopus to Its breast. PolitI
cal afti iatiun seems to be no shield
against the creator Of great wealth.
"Seldom, if ever, has question
of such overwhelming importance
arisen in our economic develop
ment. 1t Is pressing for solution,
and it will be solved. The Repub.
lie II party may solve it, or the
Democratic party may solve 1t; It
NAV be that before solution is
found a new party will arise on the
ruins OF the old ones. The solution
may come soou or 1t may be long
delayed. 1t depends on how speed.
lily the American people awaken to
their peril. | am inclined to be-
lieve there will be dark days before
the awakening comes days full OF
want and suffering and disaster.
Nv belief also is that out of the
demand for solution of this ques-
lion will be wrought political rev
olution-a revolution that will
shake present party organizations
at their base, perhaps wipe them
out.
''The strength corporation wealth
has attained in the United States il
calculated to fill one with awe
The President and the Congress are
: p,gmies beside it. 1t is feared by
the leaders of both political parties
The pot has no ground upon which
to critlcise the kettles blackness
Democrats and Republicans allk'
on the stump rave and shout and
, profess eagerness to engage IN NOR
tai combat with the giant. They
come to Congress or assume execn
tive office and their limbs are par
alyzed and their tongues silenced.
"There ls one power, however
greater even than that of corporal
weal;h--lhe power of the American
people. II is slow in the srousing
hut once aroused no wrong ca
stand before It. The leayen al
ready is at work-the people ar
beginning to think. The very poo
are the first to feel the oppresslon
: Of the trusts.
aConditions for them to-day al