The Washington herald., 1906-11-02
His Election Pointed Out as
an Injury to Labor.
WOULD STOP INDUSTRY
Former Tammany Leader Talks
on the Trust Problem.
Declares Capital Is Essential to-
Would BE Greatest Sufferers If
Business Depression Were to Fol-
low Success OF democratic Ticket
in New YOrk-PFaises America.

Dublin. Nov 1.-The Freeman's Journal
prints an interview with Richard Croker
on the English soap trust. and the ques-
ton OF trusts generally, but particularly
their relation 10 elections Mr.. Croker
said. among other things:
Il believe If Mr.. Hearst wins and car
ries out his programme Il viii have the
effect Of paralvzing labor. X viii paralyze
capital, and when you paralyze capital
you paralyze labor. 1 am assuming, VIXEN
say that, he viii carry out his purpose
after election. There IS no capitalist ia
American who does not want 20 make
per cent on his money. II Mr.. Hearst's
ideas are carried out capitalists win be
compelled to invest their money In gov
eminent bonds and stocks.
THAT would be q great injustice %
labor Labor must have capital In order
TO the successful
When asked how labor orgaulzatIcls
in America regard trusts. Mr. Croker re-
piled
.'The labor organizations are them
selves trusts What the labor Organiza-
tlons have to do is to keep up their or
ganizations and stand by them. There
WI. then be no fear but they win bene-
fit themselves. Labor organizations ought
to DE educated so as not to be led away
by false allegations regarding particu-
lar trusts All depends on the trust II
you combine business. some people say it
viii injure labor, but very often il helps
labor.
Better Conditions Here,
Look az the men who go 10 Amer
lea. the land 'os trusts. See how they
get on. Not ! per cent OF them come
mack. and most Of those who do. return
with money. Does not that SPEAK well
for America? There is TO country to
day in which the workingman can do so
well as in America.
Then when the American wOrkiRgman
Is so much better of, is not that proof
of soundness Of system. The trust sys-
tenn IS not bad except in some cases. II
/ it gives employment to labor end results
+ ia CT - prices ia the retail market then
] saw it is a good thing. Il II does not. it
! IS not good. The workingmen's organiza-
siors should consider the question care
fully and make UP their minds, and
everything viii be right"
Discussing Tammsay Halls support o.
Mr. Hearst. AIr- Croker said Il was a
most astonishing and most unprincipIed
/ performance for Tammany TO tLn its
delegation over 10 Mr.. Hearst, when he
had accused them all of being thieves
and pictured them as going 70 States
! prison. and 10 ignore that true Jefferson
/ ian Democrat. Dir. SulzeT, a man thor
Oughly imbued with the pure Democratic
/ principles Of Jefferson, and a sound, con-
| sistent Tammany man
Surprised ut Murphy's stand.
/ nc added: I cannot understand il at
! ali l cannot understand why Mr. Muir
/ ply would allow the organization to drop
/ from its old principles. II Mr.. Murphy was
NJ the head OF a conspiracy. as M
! Hearst says he was last year, how can
I he now justify himself by taking Mr
! Murphy into his CoRfdence7 That being
so. why should he not forgive Mr.. Rookie
I feller, and the rest OF the magnates, pro
vidcd they support him? Would il not be
/ better for Tammany 20 be defeated fight
/ ing for a principle than 10 dishonor Itself
4 by outraging the principles OF jefferson p
/ Questioned. regarding what he had 10
say concerning Judge DAILY. Mr.. Croker
answered,
/ This talk about dividing judges that
I Hearst and Murphy indulge in we have
heard before. There is nothing in H.
+ Judge Daily was not reelected because
I he had not fulfilled his promise as a true
4 Democrat. and the person nominated and
elected was q better Democrat and a bet
/ ter lawyer. I challenge them TO point out
any fault in any judge in New York We
! elected in the last thirty years Our
I judges are upright. Jealous mon, and that
l is the best Of New York and Temmany.
Wants Workers to stand Together.
I hope the wOrkingmen's organizations
viii work together and make up their
votes. and not be misled by wild talk Il
/ they stand by one another in their own
unions in every trade. there need be no
/ tear. Tammany has always had the sup
port OF the workingmen of New York,
/ because 1t always stood for Democracy,
workingmen and mechanics and trades
unions Tammany inauguTated labor laws.
and the statute laws under which the
/ labor bodies are now organized were voted
/ by Tammany.
Finally, Tammany is net in favor of
/ trusts, as has been reported. / do not
/ favor trusts. [ am strongly opposed to
i them where they injure peoples living
/ Hut I strongly favor workmen standing
| by their employers ard encouraging them
| 20 go on and develop instead OF shutting
/ up their money in stocks and bonds"
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