The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-12-13


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| ue Continued. ne spoI,e VI the onFf-
| man antitrust law. r1aS IL proven
etfecrual," he ASKED. has 1t deS-
| troyed a single trust? Underi its opera
| tion have they not grown strong, de-
| 1ant and arrogant? Almost for sew
| enteen years the Sherman antitrust
| law is upon our statute books, moe
| than four times as long as 1t TOOK the
| north to W1oe out the "orth upon the
! bloody fields of battle. Nearly seven
| years of Mr.. RoOsevelts strenuous
| term has Passed with all the macn'n-
/ cry of the government at his back
| with the great power of the chief exc
| cutive at his hands, yet l will ask
| some republican senator upon this
| floor tell me one trust that he has
even tanned much less destroyed.
| "Ah, Mr.. President, 1t was stated by
the metropolitan press before | en-
tered this august body, f1ippantly too,
that before | had been in the senate
six months the trust magnates would
have me feeding out of their hands
| I may share crumbs with Lazarus but
swear to you today, by every God
in the calendar, that I shall never
eat from the hands of MammOn.
81 want to say to you sir, and to
the members of this senate that you
need not lose any sleep about cor
poration getting his rights. You need
not lose any sleep about unjust dis
examinations against them. They will
take care of themselves. But rather
should our solicitude be for the man
who bears the burdens of the govern
ment"
"This is an age when men have
gone mad in their frenzied efforts for
the dollar This is an age when
money is placed above man, when gold
is placed above God. When we would
sell ourselves, our government, our all,
for one bright smile from the god OF
mammon. What is money, Mr. presi-
dent, that it is held so priceless? You
cannot eat it, you cannot wear it.
your shroud has no pocket in it, and
St. Peter will not receive it for ad-
, mission into the, golden gates
'When we look to the leading
cause of this great wealth upon the
part of these great corporations ano
the causes leading to their formation
to the formation Of trusts, we art
compelled to go further than republi
can authority itself and take the
sworn testimony of Mr.. Havemeyer
the great sugar king, who has gone tt
, | 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
, He recalled Mr.. Havemeyer's state
= | ment before the industrial commission
, that "the tariff is the mother of trusts
He explained that his bill would no
| hermit corporations to sell their pro
= ducts in one part Of the country at ;
less price than they sell such pro
= | ducts in another part.
What is needed today by the trus
: magnates of this union in order t.
make them respect the law and ODE,
: it's solemn mandates" he said, i
! that they be treated like ordinary fel
ons, is that the strong arm of the lay
be laid against them just as it woul
O horse thief or any one else chal ge
= with crime Land them in the penl
tentiary, place felon stripes, the dox
ology of a misspent life, upon then
=, and you will see the trusts are buste
q and the people will get relief
He declared that while he is a
r. alarmist, he is not an anarchist or
socialist.
There is too much gold" he dc
- clared, there is too much glitter
:, there is too much gloss; there is to
= much of tinsel and I say, sir, that III
less conditions change it will not
~ long before the American statesme
;s will be wearing knee breeches wit
ar brass buckles and powdered wigs an
IF bowling down to semi-royalty:"
II denounced stock gambling an
=, said he would do away wit
- gambling in cotton, grain and Il
o+ | necessities of life.