Bisbee daily review., 1905-10-21
Bisbee . Douglas Naco
THE MONOPOLY BARONS
With Aid of Republicans They
 Control the Nation.
PROTECTION THE CHIEF CAUSE

Every Combine Granted Some Spe.
 cinl Privilege to Loot the PeopIe-A
 Fair Balance of Power Betweea
 the Political Parties the Only Safe.
 ty For Republics.
 In the end, of course. the consumers pay all the millions amassed by the trust barons The Standard Oil mag
 mates, the beef bdrou>. the coal 10
 Oies, the railroad grandepS. tine stec. lords. the sugar wortLirs. inc bank ar,stO-rat> and the numerous other trusts and combine owners all get their enormous incomes from the plair American people Ordinary and le-.ti mate pronts would not build up sucr fJrtunes in d lifetime. but instead of years Oi profitable business prolucIn. fair fortune millions are made eacl year aud are still accommodating
 l. Is no secret now the proprictors of the combines have amaSSed their wealth. but il is a strange mystery that those who furnish it are content To allow the accumulation 10 continue Every combine has some special privi- lege that gives it a monopoly, and the representatives of the people have granted these special fayorS The rail road monopoly has been granted mil Hons of acres of land. the right Of eminent domain and the unchecked opportunity of charging "all the traffic will bear is. as much as can be squeezed out Of the public. The bankers control the finances of the country and exact their pound of flesh through special laws in their interest The in. dustriGl trusts and combines have been fosteTed and fed by protection from foreign competition. and. having a mo nOpoly in this country. their greed has advanced the price of their products to almost more than the people can pay. The trusts combination with the Republican party has allowed them to dictate tariff rates so that practically they control the price of most of the necessities 0f life and the luxurles thai are important enough to warrant thelf attention.
 IL has taken thirty years to build up this gigantic machine of politicians and business men. and there has been no check to their rapacity. except for two years, 1S93-94, and then only par tially, for the Republicans were again returned 10 power in 1894 by the cleo ton of q Republican house of repre- sentatives, and in 1896 were given control of all branches of the govern ment- If, then, politics has been so manipulated that the trusts and com pines have controlled legislation and the execution of the laws. is it wonder ful that they have laid tribute on the people and collected it?
 The question is. will the voters al- low this robbery to continuey They have the power in their hands tu change the programme-not at once, for the United States senate, with It's two-tbirds Republican majority. stands in the way of immediate relief. but an honest majority in the house of repre- sentatives can block further depreda- ton and point the way to reform. The legislatures that will elect One-third of the senate will be elected next year, and, if controlled by the people instead of the corporations, would about un- horse the combination between the politicians and the trusts and the road wOuJ be open to immediate reform.
 l he cratic prosecution of the trusts now being attempted Is worthless with out legislation and the Republican party has shown for a long series of years that it thinks more of trust com bination than of relieving the people.
 The whole political structure is rot ten and nothing but turning the ras- calls out will restore the power to the people and prevent future footing. Any party continued in power for nearly fifty years would probably be no bet ter
 The only solution for a republic Is an equalization of power between the parties, so that a trifle throws the balance to the opposition.
 w. E. Jones left yesterday for a wis