The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-12

trust that he has even tanned, much
less destroyed
"Ah. Mr.. President, II was stated by
the metropolitan press before | entered
this august body hippantly. too-that
before | had been In the senate six
months the trust magnates would have
me feeding out Of their hands. | may
share crumbs with Lazarus, but /
swear to you today by every god in
the calendar that shall never eat
from the hands of Mammon.
II want TO say to you, sir. and to
the members of this senate that you
need not lose any sleep about corpora
tons getting their rights. You need
not lose any sleep about unjust dis
elimination against them. They will
take care Of themselves. But rather
should our solicitude he 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
before God, when we would sell our
souls, our government. our all. for one
bright smile from the god of Mammon.
What is money. Mr.. President. that II
Is held so priceless? You cannot eat It.
You cannot wear it. Your shroud has
no pocket in il. and st. Peter will not
receive IL for admission into the golden
gates.
when we look TO the leading cause
for this great wealth upon the part OF
these great corporations and the causes
leading to their formation, TO the for
nation of trusts, we are compelled to
20 no further than Republican author
ity itself and take the sworn testimony
of Mr.. Havemeyer, the great sugar
king, who has gone to his reward. be
II 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
Under the operation of this system
of government" he said.r fifty
men in the United States-multimil-
lionaires. IL you pease-have amassed
a total fortune of $3,295. 100000. OF
this fifty one John d. Rockefeller. the
oil king of the world, leads with $780,
100000 Andrew Carnegie. the steel
king OF the world. follows with half
this amount
He declared that, while he is an
alarmist, he is not an anarchist or
Socialist.
"There Is too much gold" he de-
clared, there is too much glitter, there
is too much gloss, there is too much Of
tinsel, and, l say, sir, that unless times
and conditions change it will not be
long before the American statesmen
will be wearing knee breeches with
brass buckles and powdered wigs and
bowling down to semiroyalty."
He spoke OF the great expenses OF
the government. Our president" he
said, land speak to him In the most
respectful terms, besides his salary Of
$4,000 a year, and say that that u
not excessive, Is paid BY this congress
$4,000 year for travelling expenses
and approximately $4,000 annually
for living expenses. All, Mr.. President,
this Is enormous. This Is unreasonable.
The president Of the United states has
I've children, l believe. 1t Is tue that
he should live In accordance with Ne
dignity Of the position which 10 scsu'
pies-the greatest stsevtivs upon the
face Of the earsh--but, Mr.. Prssldsnt
l have the president skinned q city
block In the matter Of family. I have
eight children. ana It doesn't tass
$4,000 for my living expenses. -