The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-03-19


! that the Choctaws and Chicllasawl
Z shnll be secured a fair value for thil
. property, and that the state may have
the benefit Of these lands for schoo
and state purposes.
, Il believe that the United States
! having provided for the non-taxatioy
Of larg part OF the lands Of this
! state should make amends by proyd
ing fund adequate to make compen
& sation to the state. and particularly tC
those counties whose taxable values
msst on this account prove inadequate
to meet their reasonable expense.
Il believe that the people of In
dian Territory and oklahoma should
have their pro rate of the offices OF
the federal government 50 that the
people of this state shall have a just
apportionment of all federal appoin.
tees, whether at home or abroad, as
cciapared with an equal nuaDber Of
people in any other state in the
Union.
"This state Is entitled to what might
be called accumulated credits, becausa
It has received practically no state
benefits as compared with other states
IN the Union.
Free rural routes for mail should
be established everywhere conditions
justify, and a national and state sys-
< tenn of good road construction should
be established immediately.
The Indian people of Indian Ter
ri;ory and OF Oklahoma ought to have
the right Of bei9g heard in court with
fall equity jurisdiction for a settle
ment of their claims against the Uni
ted States. Some of these claims are
large and orr Indian people orght t.
have a decent hearing before a com
petent court where the rights Of the
United States would be properly de
Tended on the one hand and the rights
Of the Indian people oodld be justly
presented on the other
"The payment of the moneys due thu
Eastern Cherokees and to orr other
Indian people shoald not be deferred
by official red tape bat Immediately
made. The rights of our citizens EN-
titled to pensions. heretofore neglect
ed, should be prcss d. and our righ
to have representation at West Point
and Annapolis
"The greatest problem of the day is
that which relates TO a more equitable
distribution of the proceeds of human
labor Al present by unreasonable
snd unjsst freight rates under trans
portation monopolies and by arbitrary
prices fixed by private commercial
on what the people hav
TO sell, and on what they must buy
the proceeds Of human labor are not
equitably. Under this sys
tenn of government a few thousand
men are accommodating stupendous for
t1nes, while the weaker elements are
being slowly submerged so that nov
there are SIX million women and two
aad half million children compelled
to labor as men outside of the home
to the great injury of the womanhood
and childhood of the nation.
"Since 1860 enormous combinations
OF capital have gradually been estab
lshed under special privileges OF
statnte law which have built up com
plete mononolies in almost every En6
Of commerce. They have artfully con
trived TO destroy competition. either
In bold commercial battle, by craft
by tanff, or by merger until compe
tition in every great article of com
merce has been DESTROYED
where thsre is but one buyer the
people must sell to commercial
master. who fixes the price at the
lowest possible point at which the
seller can live This Is illustrated by
the cattle sold In the stock yards al
lSapsas city TO the meat trust. which
fixes the price behind closed doors
in the sale Of oil at 80 cents a bar
rel. at a price fixed by the Standard
Oil company.
where there is but one seller tho
peopls must buy from commercial
master who can demand the highest
prize which the people can endure
This Is Illustrated by the selling price
OF oil fixed by the Standard Oil com
pany, and by the selling price OF all
the other great necessities fixed by
like monopolies.
che grossly unjust results Of this
system of monopolies Is Illustrated by
the hundreds and thousands OF mill
IONS taken from the citizens of the
United States by John ID. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie, =. ID. 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 oompet-
tion with the labor of men, 20 the in
jury of the wages of men. but above
AN to the injury of the wOmanhood.
the motherhood and the childhood OF
the nation.
Il entertain no hostility against
those mIsled by ambition or avarice
who have established. or are conduct
ing these private monopolies, bat
earnestly believe that il Is better TO
have a government fitted TO develop
men and women than merely TO de.
yel0p commercial enterprises Where
there Is fair competition men will ad-
Just their own commercial profits on
reasonable basis. These monOpo.
lies have been established by destroy
ing ompetition Il should be made a
statutory crime 10 conspire against
competition IN commerce. | earnestly
desire 20 see laws enacted and exc