The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-08-19

himself. Witness, South Africa,
India and the Philippines, Cuba
and Porto Rico. Where the Anglo
Saxon places his foot and his flag,
he also places his mailed fist and il
stays, and it will stay in the Philli-
pines. The nature OF the race.
The boosted liberty of Cuba is a
myth. At the dictation of an An
glo-Saxon administration they
choose Mr.. Palma. president who
had lived in New York State for 20
years and for the same length OF
time hadn't been within a 1000
miles of Cuba.
The entire Diplomatic world
knows that the could secure war
with the United States just as quick
by bombarding Havana as New
York City. Between Manila and
Havana, as far as the United States
is concerned, there is not the
slightest bit of difference. And
there won't be.
Hon. VIM. +. Cox, also, ad-
dressed the meeting and talked OF
the Democratic party's share in Sc
curing an increase OF the circulating
medium OF the country by which
prosperous times were brought
about.
But the best part of Mr.. Cox's
argument was his position on the
Trust question. He sounded a
warning as to the dangers arising to
the government from the accumila-
tions Of large wealth in the hands OF
the few.
As the rich get richer, and the
poor. poorer the United States, as
government, will disappear from
the face OF the earth.
And it is the duty OF every good
citizen irrespective of party to help
crush the hydra-headed monster
commonly known as Trusts" by
means OF which the wealth Of the
nation is rapidly being concentrated
in the hands OF the few.
The eloquent patriot, Patrick Hen
~ once said that we can only Judge
the future by the past. Take a
look at the past.
Three per cent. OF the population
of Egypt, owned 81 per cent. OF her
wealth when her government went
down. The people were starved to
death. When Babylon went to
pieces ? per cent. of her population
owned all the wealth. Her people
were starved to death.
When the Persian government
was disrupted l per cent. OF her
population owned the entire land.
i When Rome went down loOO
men owned all the known world.
For the past thirty years the
United States has rapidly followed
lin the footsteps OF these old nations
which are past and gone.
Here are the figures:
In 1870 capitalists owned 81 =
per cent of the nations wealth.
In 1880 thy owned 60 per cent.
In 1900 according to Dun's and
Census figures eight million OF our
people, or about ten per cent OF our
population owned 97ls per cent. OF
1.-The Nations wealth, or about 500,
loco, OOO,0 And 1900 OF them Oh
less than one per cent. own ovfr
80 per cent. OF the nations wealth.
Ii this is not travelling a rapid
road to destruction we fail to under
staud figures, and are unable to
Judge the future by the past. And
/, lust as long a. large aggregations Of
. Capital are permitted to control The
country, just 80 long the people car
expect matters to go from bad tC
worse. Until finally a man viii
stand at the bottom OF he Stairs,
. with a sword to whip them into lin'
) with a revolution that will put thu
I, French episode Of 1897 to Shame.
1 We are an American, proud o
!. Old Uncle Samuel, and the little
4 state OF Indiana, and dread the ap
: proach Of the dark day that shall
mark the death OF the present gov
4 eminent. Therefore we consider i
bounded duty Of all citizens t
A unite with the Democracy in thel
a endesvor to regulate the trusts. !
\ they fail they can do no worse thai
:. the present so-called antitrust ad