The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-18
who bears the burdens Of the Gov

money IS placed above man: when
gold IS placed above man: when gold
S placed before God; when We would
sell our souls, our Government, our
all for one bright smile from the gold
# mammon. What is money, Mr..
President, that it is held so priceless.
You cannot eat it, YOU cannot wear
t; your shroud has not pockets in it.
and St. Peter Will not receive it for
admission into the Golden Gates.
When we look to the leading cause
for this great wealth upon the part
Of these corporations and the causes
leading to their formation, to the
formation Of trusts, we arc compell-
ed to go no further than Republican
itself, and take the sworn
testimony Of Mr.. Havemeyer, the
great sugar king, who has gone to
his reward, be it good or bad. who
has gone to that land and that cline
where St. Peter does not take sugar
in his, and where money is Of no
value
Herecalled Mr.. Havemeyer'sstste-
ment before the industrial commits
sion, that stthe tariff is the mother
Of trusts.
Under the operation of the sys-
TEN of government" he said, fifty
one men in the United States, multi
millionaires, if you please. have
amassed q total fortune Of So. 1885,
100000. Of this ffty-one John D.
Rockefeller. the old king of the
world, leads with $500, 100000; An.
drew Carnegie, the steel king of the
world, follows with half this
amount"
The Secretary of Commerce and
Labor has calculated, he said, that
all of the property owned by 50, ,000,-
600 American citizens is s101, ,000,-
100000, so that these ffty-one citi-
zens own one thirty-ffth of the en-
tire wealth of the nation.
What an alarming concentration
of wealth; what an alarming concen-
tration Of power" he declared. "In
this day and time money is king;
money is god. Without it the doors
of opportunity are closed; the doors
Of society are shut. Yea, even in
some instances the doors of the
church do not welcome so enthusias-
tically the man in rags and tatters
as the man with millions. Now shall
this condition continue? How shall
this Government be saved? One way
and one way only, that is to kill, de.
stroy the sources Of all this evil the
trusts. J"
He explained that his bill woulc
not permit corporations to sell theil
products in one part Of the country
at less price than they sell such
products in another part.
What is needed to- day by tne
trust magn2t5s or this Union in or
der to make them respect the law
and obey it's solemn mandates he
said, is that they be treated Ike or
dinary felons; is that the strong arm
Of the law be laid against them jus
as it would be against a horse THE:
Or any one else charged with crime
Land them in the penitentiary, place
felon stripes, the doxology Of a mis-
spent life, upon them and you vii
see the trusts are busted and the peo
| pie will get relief. All, sir, one
trust magnate in the penitent!ary 0.
the United States, one trust mag
nate with felon stripes, one trust
nagnate as a living example and OBJ
ject lesson that the law is create,
than any man, that the law is above
and beyond US all, that the law pro
tects the weak and Furnishes the
strong alike, would be the mos,
wholesome example that could be
set in this Republic to-day" !"
He declared that while he is al
alarmist he is not an Anarchist or E
Socialist.
There is too much gold," he de-
clared,. "there is too much glitter
there is gloss; there is too much Of
tinsel, and l say, sir, that unless
times and conditions change it vii
not be long before the American
sta!esm n will be wearing knee
br eches with brass buckles anc
nwdered wigs and bowling down tt
e i yalty.''
he spoke of the great expenses o1
the Government.
''Our President" he said, "and
speak Of him in the most respectfL
terms, besides his salary Of $50. 600 {
years, and I say that is not exces.
sive, is paid by this Congress S25, ,00(
a year for travelling expenses, anc
approximately Sll3, 900 annually fo,
living expenses. Al. Mr.. President
this is enough. This is unreasonable
The President Of the United States
I as FIVE children, believe. It is true
that ne snoulu live in accordance
with the dignity of the position he
occupies---the greatest Executive
upon the face of the earth---but, Mr.
President, I have you skinned a city
block in the matter Of family. have
eight children, and don't take sl13,-
900 for my living expenses. No, sir,
the greatest President that ever liv-
ed upon this earth. that was ever in
augurated in this Capitol, in my
judgment, was old Blue Jeans, old
Hickory Jackson, who rode his horse
to the White House dressed in q suit
of blue jeans.
He denounced stock gambling and
said he would do away with gam
bling in cotton, grain and the nee
essities Of life.
A GooG King Gone.
Good King Oscar, of Swe len, is
dead. He was seventy-nine years
old, and was a fine cd gentleman.
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