The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-01-16

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Carnegie, with capital Of ten thou.
sand dollars. aud assoclatfng five OF
his neishbors. entered the field Of
iron and steel manufacturing in the
valley near the city 1f Pittsburg lie
saw the opportunity accorded by a
so called protective tGtiff He ap-
piled its privileges to his business
Year after year went by. he sur
rounded himself with greater mills.--
the accommodation of his annual pro
fits
He drew into his employ thousands
of men; they filled the valley with
cabins for these employees.
Tho fires burned; the smoke rolled
toward She heaNenis. manufactured
products poured forth and the
American consumer IN every work
shop and on every farm paid tribute,
The result OF l'f5tgc1ive tariff
Twenfy-odd years came and vent
the day of sottlemons came when
MIR. Carnegies accumulation realized
selling price OF four hundred and
sixty million dollars ihis was Car
negie's share, and II the roster of EN-
plcyeeg, be as many as forty-six
1 thousand men in his employ, this vast
amount realized by Mr. Carnegie was
equivalent to ten thousand dollars
each for every one of such a vast
army oi men.
Think fer . aaossnt,--Four hundred
and sixty million dollars substanti-
ally equal to one-siXth Of all the
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states.
With this fabulous sum he retired
to his mansion, to the rest and luxury
made possible by such fortune
Now. my friends. be had accumula-
/ ted ths fortune through that beauti-
fully sounding expression protection
to American labor
Where Was the Tailor?
But let us see where We find the
laboref
traverse that same valley again.
| The fires arc burning, the smoke is
! still ascending wraps the valley al
| most in darkness. but in the dim light
beneath the smoke, the men who are
still alive and able to work. are at
the same old position perisrmAng
the same duties as In days Of Carne-
gie.--we grope our way to the same
cabins that Carnegie built.
Where is the evidence OF the labor
ers share of that great fortune
Is there any evidence that the thou
sands of men who were supposed to
have enjoyed the protection "a
American labor realized thei- share!
Is there a piano in their par'or' OF
a carpet upon the parlor floor?
No. there is neither piano nor
carpet in the parlor. nor is there a
parlor to contain any of these things
/ Ii Is the same old cabin, where life
is eled out in the same old way
The protective tariff was a boon Il
| American industries in so far only
as the proprietor Of the MIL was con
cerned. but to none Others
lndustrial Gluttens.
Mn friends. the infant industries o.
this country as shown by time mo-
only to have been an infant, but te
have been glutton, and those who
nursed the infant. whc rocked IL
cradle. who paid for its soothinl
syrup. and who labored for It's wei
fare. can certainly realize that the
time has come when moral srascioI
will not reform the infant, and cor
poral punishment must be resorted to
And he who comedies that it Is
proper to stop this robbery Cafter th'
next presidential election) should Ger
tainly be called upon to explain why
Justice should be so long deferred
and particularly when It is the thlat
time that they have made the same
kind Of promise
Ny friends, II / seem to difer u
mv views from those who have beer
charged with the duties of the govern
ment for the last ten years, please
consider that ! am simply expressing
my ideas OF government, and / always
defer criticism until ! am prepared e
suggest remedy An omniDul
criticism is easily made, but the rene
DIV requires careful thought
/ III in steering the snip of stat'
through the shoale of bad crops, ans
calamities not caused by man. dis
aster overlook our country, 1t woul'
be excusable. but in the midst Of
Gods bounteous harvest, an deyerl
reason for peace and plenty, the shol
of state is stranded, we naturally lool
anCilt III dHdNthiVht anu "NN S"' PS
for an explanation
plea Of Confession and AVoidanee
Listen 10 the explanation Law
yers would call it a plea Of confession
and avoidance They concede tina
conditions are bad, -tremendousl!
bad. they promise TO change then
after the presidential election; the
offer no excuse for tas past seyei
years.
They say the panic Is due to 70
rapa growth. extravaganza and owe
capitalization. They say the sudde
halt participating Business calamit
may have resulted by them simpl
turning on the light
Thus you have the confession
' which simplifies tho argument j