Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-07-08
Author Of "Frenzied Finance"
Shows Up the Workings Of
the System"
SPEAKS At OTTAWA, KANSAS
Tells People They Are Held in Bond
age by Special Interests and Their
Only Way to overthrow the "sys-
tom" j. to Sell ali its inflated Stock
--other News.

Ottawa, kaS., July S.-IHOmaS W.
Lawson of Boston, addressed great
crowd at the Chautauqua assembly
here this afternoon. He spoke Of the
System and said In part: Il have
come to Kansas to point out to you
that the American people are being
robbed, by whom, how, aid what the
consequences will be, II the robbery IL
not stayed and an example made Of
the robbers" Lawson discussed at
length the evils Of the System" and,
continued: What are you going to do
about It? You know that the econom-
ic condition which allows a few ito
possess all, and many are left with
nothing, must be ended. II It Is not.
slavery is the alternative. How shall
1t be ended? BY your ballots? What
are ballots against dollars. and the
system" has unlimited dollars. with
$5,000,00O dollars saw Rogers rob the
able, fearless, honest, but all wrong on
the money question Bryan out Of the
presidency In 90. Do you Imagine he
would shrink from repeating the oper-
alton in 1908 II he feaSed that the man
he nominated would upset his control?
Today at the helm Of your affairs is
an able, fearless American, bold to-
conceive, strong to execute. To all OF
you he is hero, and you are behind
him, ready to back up his course
wherever he sees fit to go. Roosevelt
knows 1t, and today no man in the
country IL more keenly aware Of the
necessity Of curbing the corporate
despotisms under which we live, but
what can Roosevelt do? IL hate
to say II. but he Is as helpless
in the "sy ystcmsaH s net az
a bull in a balloon. Like Gul1iver Il
Lilliputia he Is bound by q tilou1aa,d
thongs congress, the senate, partis-l
an interest and gratitude and all the
Intangible Influences which the great
money power can weave around any
Individual. How brave and quick the
president Is to do! Wrong Is called
to his attention, a law must needs be
passed--the rebate evil must be curb
ed, and he sends messages to congress
demanding instant action. What hap
pens? Congress temporises; the sen-
ate snubs him, the system snickers.s =
Relief was not to be looked for from
the courts, Lawson said, because the
great corporations do not hesitate to
suborn perjury, bribe juries and pay
Judges for favorable decisions.
Municipal ownership Lawson dls-
missed as a will o. the wisp and then
said: "surest, safest, most natural
process Of restitution is application OF
the systems, own method to the sys-
tenn" The first step Is for the Amert-
can people to divorce themselves from
the system, sell every share OF stock
every bond they hold, back to the
frenzied flnanciers at the present In
flated prices. Take the money thus
realized and place 1t In banks and trust
companies or, better still, In govern
ment state or municipal bonds"
This, Lawson said, would cause COL
lapse OF the system" which would be
obliged to throw over stocks and bonds
1T carried. These stocks and bonds the
ipeople could purchase and, having only
to pay interest on their real values,
could reduce rates and freight ana
prices generally and the revolution
would then be complete.