The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-14

compelled 70 labor as men outside of
the home. to the great injury Of the
womanhood and childhood Of the ma
ton.
Since 1860 enormous combinations
Of capital have gradually been estab-
lished under special privileges Of
statute law which have built up com
aplete monopolies in almost every line
Of commerce, They have arttully
eontrived to destroy competition, eth
er in bold commercial battle, by craft,
by tariff, or by merger until competi-
tion in every great article of com
merce has been destroyed.
Where there is but one buyer the
people must sell to commercial mas
ter, who fixes the price at the lowest
possible point at which the seller can
live. This is illustrated by the cold
in the stock yards at Kansas City to
the meat trust, which fixes the price
behind closed doors; in the sale Of oil
at SO cents a barrel, at a price fixed
by the Standard Oil Company.
Where there is but one seller the
people must buy from a commercial
master who demands the higest price
which the people can endure. This is
illustrated by the selling price Of oil
fixed by the Standard Oil Co., and by
the selling price of the other great
necessities fixed by like monopolies.
The grossly unjust results of this
/ system Of monopolies is illustrated by
the hundreds and thousands Of mill
lions taken from the citizens Of the
| United States by John D. Rockefeller,
Andrew Carnegie, P. d. Armour and
their several thousand lieutenants by
private monopolies in oil, in iron, in
meat, and other necessities Of life,
while millions Of women and children,
not supported by the labor Of men,
must struggle for bread in competi-
tion with the labor Of men, to the IN
jury Of the wages of men, but above
all to the injury Of the women-hood,
the motherhood and the childhood Of
the nation.
/ entertain no hostility against
those misled by ambition or avarice
who have established, or are conduct
ing these private monopolies, but
earnestly believe that it is better to
have a government fitted to develop
men and women than merely to de.
velop commercial enterprises. Where
there is fair competition men will
adjust their own commercial profit;
on a reasonable basis, These mo-
nopolies have been established By
destroying competition. It should b.
made statutory crime to conspirs
against competition in commerce.
earnestly desire to see laws enacted
and executed which shall completed.
control private monopolies withou
Fin any degree impairing the produc
tion Of the world or diminishing tn,
reasonable profit to which capital il
fairly entitled in legitimate com
merce.
Many men who call themselve
Republicans will agree with me il
this desire; these men | class a
Democrats at heart. Those who cal
themselves Democrats and favor pri
vate monopolies ! cannot but regarl
as in the opposition and allied in prin
ciple to the plutocratic elements 0
the Republican party.
! believe the Republican party a
controlled at present is committed t
private monopoly. We have seen i
the evidence Of the last few year
that these great monopolies contri
buted immense sums Of money t
keep the Republican party in power
We have seen the Republican part
in power refuse to pass acts forbid
ing campaign contributions by cor
porations. ard we have every reaso
70 believe that the more patriotic alg
ments Of the Republican party illus
trated BY President Roosevelt an
Senator La Toilette are unable /
control and direct the acts Of tha
great polotical organism.
The abuses Of the Nation can b
remedied alone by the voice Of tn
It American people. One Of the mos
e difficult obstacles in the path Of RI
n form on this great issue is the III
r thinking partizanship which mirlead
e men, which obscures their iudgmer
q and which is vigorously stimulated b
a selfish interests to their own prof
Ie The people thus wrangle in persister
r political combat without ohservin
le the great vital fact that Democrat
ar .,4 pou,.b1too.,r cltlxo o,o xyietinafye