The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-03-26

OFcICdkAIeaAAatAVAS AIo ISuOESe1eSS ROD l
bling Of the public; its cold blooded get |
rich quick schemes.
There is no doubt as to the character |
of this trust, it is known by it's works.
by it's stealing Of the accumulations Of |
husband and wife, its despoil1ng of the |
childrens future, using as bait the !
names Of criminal '*respectables."
The duty before the Democracy today
is to fight the criminal trusts, to cut
down and root out the evil power of
that predatory wealth that seeks to
eupplant government of the people by
government Of the pocketbook and the
lobby.
The criminal trusts must be destroy
ed because they menace prosperity.
They menace real prosperity, the pros
perity Of all the people, the prosperous
growth Of the nation under popular
government.
No man needs II be told how firmly
the trusts have intrenched themselves
In government. These trusts are alb
sorbing more and more the power 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 a
certain number Of representatives and
to certain number of senators in the
American congress. He answered,
r;
II there existed in the country such a
governing power outside the govern
ment 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 indignat ton!
Any one Of dozen big trusts today
exceeds in power the boosted 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
men, their hired attorl~Hs, in office.
The bank Of Jackson's day timidly
claimed the right to small share in
government, and Jackson killed it for
It's temerity.
What would he say to the swarm of
trusts today, whose individual and
combined influence, whose paid or ter
rorized servants, in or out of office,
constitute the governing power in the
national administration?
If Jackson was needed In his day,
how much more is he needed now,
with the fearlessness that made him
DO his duty az he saw It'll
Needless to say; the Democratic party
Of the United States, which includes
able and successful men In all lines Of
effort, has never put itself in position
| Of hostility to any legidmately acquired
wealth.
Today, as in Jackson's day, the Dem
ocrattc party is party open to all
American citizens obedient to the laws
and faithful to the constitution, no
matter how poor 81 i no matter how rick
they be-, ~ ....,
i No Democrat: nss99d be reminded that
ffthe ability 81, those men who possess
honestly acquired riches is essential to
the nations welfare.
| Those who attack Unfortunately or
! jealousy the rights Of the prosperous
manufacturer, merchant, inventor,
banker or other legitimately successful
men are not Democrats. They are as
blind and stupid in their way as those
of another class who cry down and at
tack the rights of the union man who
works with his hands.
The Democratic party, more willingly
than any other, recognizes that the men
who develop 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 tt
large reward, since those who direct
great and legitimate business under
takings are essential to the prosperity
Of the nation.
The promoters Of extordonate ant
speculative trusts do not develop thu
resources of the country, but hinder
and restrict development. They do no
create wealth, but appropriate tn
wealth which others have created
They check prosperity by concentrating
wealth in the hands Of the few out o
the savings Of the many. They limit
production, they limit opportunity, the!
limit the employment Of labor and re
duce the laborsr's wage, while they in
crease the cost Of living. They confe
NO benefits on the community. Th
wealth they possess 10 stolen money
and the laws Of the country shoult
hold them as public criminals.
Managers Of get rich quick trusts
managers Of fraudulent trusts-tha
great tribe of public robbers-are no
COMPOUNDED in any Democrats min
with the honest men whose superio