Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-02-01


menace real prosperity, the prosperity oil
all the people, the prosperous growth Of
the nation under popular government.
No man needs to be T. Id how firmly
the trusts have entrenched themselves
in government. These trusts are absorb.
ing more and more the powe, that should
be the peoples.
Jackson found himself face to face
with the great bank reaching out for
national power. He was told that this
bank claimed frankly the right to GER
tain number OF representatives and to a
certain number Of senators in the Ameri.
can congress. He answered, with his
own peculiar emphasis, that il there ex.
listed in the country such a governing
power, outside Of the government, he
would destroy it,
And he did destroy it.
How puny was the power, how puny
the representation in congress of that
bank which aroused Jackson's deep and
fatal indignation.
Any one OF a dozen big trusts today
exceeds in power the boasted influence
of that bank The sugar trust. the beef
trust, the coal trust-any OF the trusts
that need to create legislation or to de-
feat legislation for the convenient rob-
bling Of the public, have their tame man,
their hired attorneys, in office.
The bank OF Jackson's day timidly
claimed the right to a small share in
government-and Jackson killed it for
its temcrlty.
What would he say to the swarm of
trusts today, whose individual and COM
bined influence, whose paid or terrorized
servants, in or out of office, constitute
the governing power in the national ad.
minstration.
If Jackson was needed in his day, how
much more is he needed now, with the
fearlessness that made him do his duty
as he saw it
Needless to say, the democratic party
OF the United States. which includes
able and successful men in all lines OF
fort, has never put itself in a position
OF hostility to any legitimately acquired
wealth.
Today, as in Jackson's day, the demo-
cratic party is party open to all Amer
lean citizens, otedient to the laws and
faithful to the constitution-no matter
how poor or no matter how rich they
may be.
No democrat need to be reminded that
the ability OF those men who possess
honesty acquired riches is essential to
the nations welfare.
Those who attack indiscriminately or
jealousy the rights of the prosperous
manufacturer, merchant, inventor,
banker or other legitimately successful
men are not dem )crats. They are as
blind and stupid in their way as those of
another class who cry down and attack
the rights of the union man who works
with his hands.
The democratic party, more willingly
than any other, recognizes that the men
who develope the resources Of the coun-
try, the men who create the wealth, the
men who, through executive, organizing
and constructive ability. provide oppor-
tunity, for effort, employ labor, distrib-
ute wages and confer benefits upon the
whole community. are those entitled to
large reward, since those who direct
great and legitimate business undertak-
ings are essential to the prosperity Of
the nation.
The promoters OF extortionate and
speculative trusts do not develop the re-
sources OF the country, but hinder and
restrict development. They do not ere.
ate wealth, but appropriate the wealth
which others have created. They check
prosperity by concentrating wealth in
the hands Of few out of the savings OF
the many. They limit production, they
limit opportunity, they limit the en-
ployment OF labor and reduce the labor
er's wage, while they increase the cost
OF living. They confer no benefits on
the community. The wealth they pos
sess is stolen money, and the laws OF the
country should hold them as public
criminals.
Managers OF get-rich- quick trusts
managers of fraudulent trusts-that great
tribe OF public robbers-are not con
founded in any democrats mind Will
the honest men whose superior ability
industry, patience or intellect has brought
them legitimate wealth.
The growth and prosperity Of the
United States have merely begun. The
nation needs the ablest minds, capable
OF wide planning and accomplishment
These will continue to be valued ant
encouraged by all good citizens. Every
democrat will agree that the laborer il
worthy OF his hire, whether he work fol
day wages or for great wealth, so long al
he works honestly and legitimately.
The democratic party is the party o
all honest working Americans; it is thu
par ty that will promote the welfare o