The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-31
employees Of their right to life liberty and the

employees Of their right to life, liberty and the
pursuit Of happiness.
But if it is unwise to make the employer the
sole custodian Of the rights and interests of
the employees, 1t is equally unwise to give to |
the employee uncontrolled authority over the !
rights and interests Of the emplessr The EN-
selfshly and disinterestedly than the en-
ploycrs.. 1
Society, moreover, has something at stake as
we'll as the employers and employees, for there
can be no considerable strike without consider
able loss to the public. Society is therefore
justified in demanding that the differences be-
tween capital and labor shall be settled by
peaceful means.
Suggests Permanent. Board.
" a permanent, impartial board is created to
which either party of an industrial dispute
may appeal, or which can of It's motion instt-
tute an inquiry, public opinion may be relied
pulsory submission to Investigation 1t is not
necessary that there shall be compulsory ac-
ceptancc of the decision for Il full and fair
investigation will In almost every case bring
10 reference to the labor question is
plete that does not include some mention OF
what Is known as government by Injunction.
AS the main purpose of the writ is to evade
trial by jury it is really attack upon the
jury system and ought to arouse a unanimous
protest. So long as the meanest thief Is guar
anteed a trial by jury, u jury ought not TO De
denied to wageearners
Just another word in regard to the laboring
man. The struggle to secure an eight-hour
| day is an international struggle and is sure to
be settled in favor of the worklngman con
tention The benefits of the labor saving ma
chine have not been distributed with equity.
The producer has enormously multiplied his ca
pacity but so far the owner of the machine
| has received too much OF the increase ana the
| laborer too little. Those who oppose the eight
hour day do it, l am convinced more be-
| cause of ignorance of conditions than because
| Of lack of sympathy with those who toll.
| factory has separated the husband from his
| wife and the father from his children, while
| the growth of our cities has put an increasing
| distance between the home and the workshop
Thus far L have dwelt upon subjects which
cannot be regarded strictly partisan but
! am sure that you will pardon me if IN this
| presence I betray interest in those policies for
! which the democratic party stands.
l have not had an opportunity to make
| democratic speech for almost year. ana no
one, not even a political enemy, could be so
| cruel as to forbid me to speak or those poll
| cies this occasion.
| The unlocked for and unprecedented increase
in the production of gold has brought a victory
| TO both the advocates of gold and the advocates
Of bimetallism, the former keeping the soiu
| standard which they desired and the latter Sc
| curing the larger volume of money Tor winch
they commended. We who favor bimetall1sm are
satisfied with victory If the friends ol
|
can invite them to a contest of zeal and en-
durance in the effort to restore to the people
the, rights which have been gradually taken
| from them by the trusts. :.@
| The investigations which have been in prog
| ress. during the past year have disclosed the
business methods of those who few years ago
resented any inspection of their schemes and hid
! their. rascaity under Understanding phrases me
| investigations have also disclosed the source of
enormous campaign funds which have been use'l
| t. debauch elections and corrupt the ballo'.
The people now what they should nave seen
| before namely, that no party can eXtermlnate
| the trusts so long as it owes its political sue
cess to campaign contributions, secured from the
| trust.
! The president has recommended legislation on
| this subject but so far his party has. failed
| to respond, No important advance can be made
| until this baneful influence Is eliminated ana
| hope that the democratic party VIII not only
challenge the republican party to bring forward
| effective legislation on this subject, but VIII
set an example by refusing to receive campaign
contributions from corporations and oy opening
the books so that every contributor OF any
! considerable sum may be known TO Inc 'puDllc
! before the elections
Trusts Chief Issue.
! While men may differ to the relative i'm
4 portance of issues, and while the next con
gress will largely shape the lines upon which
4 the coming presidential campaign will be fought.
! /: think it is safe to say that at present the
4 paramount issue in the minds of large ma
i Il congratulate, President Roosevelt upon the
i steps. which he has taken to enforce the anti
1 trust law, and my qualification is not lessenet
! by the fact that he has followed the democratic
4 rather than the republican platform in every
| advance he has made. 1t has been a grea'
to him that the ppasa
the republican party's record rather tnan VIII
PROMISES of reform, even the enthusiastic sup
i mort given him by the democratic party has
enabled the champions of the trusts to taui
him with following democratic leadership; Ht
inc a I the hostility Of the leaders Of his
! own party =,
The trouble is that the republican party II
not in a position to apply effective ana tnoro
! going reforms because 1t has built up thru spe
cial legislation the very abuses which neea u
be eradicated
Before any intelligent action can be taket
against the trusts we must nave dennlt Hp
of n trust. Because corpora ton has an ap
solute and complete monopoly Of any importan
product: the apologists for the trusts sometimes
insist that there In reality no trusts
Others insist that 1t Is impossible to leg1s
late against such trusts as may exist wfthou
doing injury to legitimate business For tn
purpose of this discussion 1t Is sufficient II
draw the line at the roint, where competition
| ceases to he effective and to designate as trus
any corporation which controls SO much of thu
product Of any article that it can fix the term
, and conditions of sale.
! Legisat ton which prevents monopoly no
| only does not iniure legitimate business. bu
actually protects legitimate business IRON IN
| Jury. We are indebted to the younger Rocke
Teller for an Illustration which makes this dis
| tinction clear. In defending the trust system
he is quoted as saying that, as the American
! beauty cannot be brought to perfection withou
pinching off nnty nine buds. 50 that the one
hundredth bud may derive the full strength 9
, the bush. so great industrial organizations ar
impossible without the elimination of the small
| ones " Ed.
1t is cruel illustration. but 1t was a per
fectly accurate picture OF trust methods tn
democratic party champions the cause of tn
must not be sacrificed that one great cornbna
ton may flourish and when the subject Is under
! stood we shall receive the cordial support o
, hundreds of thousands of business men VIII
trust or who having observed the effect @
) the trusts upon others realize that their safet
lies not in futile attempts at restraint 0
trusts. but in Legislation which will make
nrivate monopoly IMPOSSIBLE.
There must be no ,nistakng Of the issu
and no confusing Of the line of battle. TIL
trust as an institution will have few defend
, ers The policy Of the trust magnates will b.
! to insist upon reasonable Hesitation ana thsl
they will rely upon their power to corrupt legis
lators and int:midate executives to prevent tn
application OF remedies which would inter
!, fere with the trusts. .,..- HI
] Our motto must be: i private monopoly i
, irdefensible and intocrable and nan of at
, tack must contemplate the total and Gomplet
, overthrow Of the monopoly principle in industry
We need not QUARREL .s1,re over remedies We mus
which promises substantial advantages to tn
people in their warfare against monopoly.
, Something is to be expected from the enforce
ment of the criminal clause OF the Sherma
, anti trust law, but this law must be enforce
, not against few trusts as at present, hu
against all trusts the aim must be to inpriso
the guilty not merely to recover fine. r. T.
What is a fine Of a thousand dollars eve