Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1904-08-10
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CONSISTENT DEMOCRACY

HE DEMOCRATIC war cry for this years campaign seems
to be- Down the Trust" In choosing this popular idea for
campaign issue the democratic leaders have exhibited consider
able wisdom and shrewdness through it, they will
large class of who do not consider carefully the principle Of
the issue, the ability of the party its promises
Let consider for short time the principles and of
the trusts accepting the word it popularity used ncOnnectCn
with great aggregaOn of capital in business undertakings and
meaning practically, monopoly
The foundation principal stone of all trusts
sOna greed and long that exists power under heaven
entirely eliminate the results which produces In the headOng
for wealth and supremacy people push and e and crowd
each other often resOg questionable order to
cure the prize for which their neghbOs eagerly striving and
it in this that the trust finds its being We may that
all persons monopOs to the extent of their power andab
and only the fact of their possessing the power and
ability that prevents their being great monopo the Nor
Rockefeller Carnegie they love reve public peril
that is bringing our country to destruction.
There in all parts of the country trusts just perfect
in their working the sugar the Standard Oil Company
except that they not far reaching in their influence
count OF lack Of power and environment In small city there
livery stable run by of limited means and who getting
past the vgo of youth and just up the progressive ideas
of the yet he fair living for his family and pleasing
his customers young energetic in and starts
dern stable and hack line purchases fine and goes with
the young folks adveses freely and short time has taken
S OF tne trace from the pioneer stable IN course OF year or
two the old in Strengthened circumstances and has sell
out to his competitor his price which far below the real
value of the property yet that young goes the po
cal meeting and shouts himself hoarse with down the trusts
In another firm has in when the started in
to business small way and by taking advantage of high prices
for the necessar of life and the opportunity desirable
property in the town when is small accumuate property and
builds big business they compete with the other merchants
on basis of wholesale prices CONTROL the trade of the town.
into the town starts into business he has pay
rent for his building and buy material retail prices the regular
ptce FIR bread cents loaf at that rate tie make good
living for his family the price is reduced by the old firm to half the
former rate the trade leaves the he compelled to re-
duce his prices in order compete with his powerful rival his in
come falls off that he cannot his grocery bills grow and
he has nothing with which pay thm course of year and
half he sold out by his creditors and owing the advance in
the price of flour the price of bread advanced per loaf
ing out the little companies unmeasured yet today there
hundreds of little trusts which are freezing out their compet
tors effectively in their small field it does in its large one
Wecoud give illustrations enough of this class to fill large
book we had the space for them but the principles would be the
same The democratic party any other party will not cannot
do with the trusts the leaders who put forth that issue
know it, and the intelligent who takes the time to study the
matter will not and such ISSUE The remedy in
the limitation of the powers of corporations and in the heavy taxa
ton of excessive wealth. and the elimination of Unborn traits
of human character, or strikes or boycotts
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