The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-09-12
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zenlth, the poverty OF the many had
and the people perished. Shall ours
share the same fate? The sentiment
Of patriotism prompts us to hmm e.
diately. answer a thousand times, No!
Democracy will survive, and mon
opoly. will perish. because the school,
master has been abroad In our land
dowed with an Intelligence and politi-
cal power which 1t did not enjoy an
any Of the former democracies. -.
is an s5udyq Is the S f
safety and it's happiness alike require
equality Of opportunity, as we'll as
equality before the law. Without
equality e. Of opportunity, law equality
ton. g. ,;
The Trusts.
The Sherman antitrust law became
effective on July 2, 1890, eighteen years
ago. Stree that time I he trusts have
multiplied from year to year, have
driven competition from business. plum
pretors Re banE FSsq 9V oppre Pse
labor. debauched and corrupted our
political life, and detled1 congress and
SAli this in violation of the law, for
which in the IS years there have been
ernment only IS cases in ali, Including inc; ding
both civil and criminal. And the re-
suit from these cases, as shown by the
attorney-g eneraps report, has been ex-
tremely meager and unsat isfaetory,
What are trusts? I answer candid
vicious system Of government for which
somebody Is responsible.
we the people Of the United States,
by our so-caHed protective tariffs have
long, so long that in the present poll
tical campaign there is not running
Tor office a stand,pat tariff politician
so far as I know, but has against him
not for the stand -patism of Speaker
Cannon, but for tariff reform and a.
change of speakersh1p.
be z Of this do }Sn Ssf
the tariff policy has ben for the just
and reasonable protection Of American
industry and labor, for they are con-
beyond the point 81 pi' such pr prot s l"'
They are convinced that it is what
the dominant forces intended it should
be-a veritable Chinese wall around
from abroad.
They are convinced that it's object
and purpose was and is to aid an I'M
scrupulous and greedy band of COM
ing up the people of If this Country ut for
the purpose Of extortion and plumber
More. trusts have been formed in
our country in the last ten years than
eminent.
'They have multiplied in number and
grown in power until their imperious
svefy hs sd 0e of S11 snd
they hold in their heartless and mono
polistic grasp almost every article Of
necessity and daily use among the
people.
They dictate prices to the producer
ha 10n1yr or
while they dictate to labor the terms
and conditions of employment. :,
The citizen cannot escape their
multitudes by by his SIDE by t day and by y,
night, and without sympathy or COM
passion demand and collect a tax upon
almost every purchase or sale his ne
''This is no fairy tale but hard
and cruel fact. which casts its hideous
and sickening shadow over millions of
hehR Rnd th G~f Is hot mo- a na 4Sese mono
have flooded this country with their
securities ndt which have Tor their basis
power p t to e1tort from the peopie:
The returns from these securities
usually being so attractive by reason
banker: q = the country Invest heavily lily
and what is the result?
me d threat Of RFGsf ffGn
the antitrust laws creates fear and
distrust and precipitates a panic, and
every working man in Duluth Is today
suffering from the fleets Of the last
unotrendings organiz z labor is almost s
prostrate bound hand and foot by the
Sherman antitrust law as recently
construed by the supreme court.
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to remember that darkness is the her
aid and messenger Of dawn and new
Illumination and inspiration that must
1 have no faith Whatever in the opti-
mism which says that whatever is is
right. Such philosophy. is only fatal
istic resignation that leads to merely
optimism is that which brings all its
best and highest to meet conditions as
they exist.
Reduce depressing effects to a mini
maximum is the principle by which
organized labor must be governed In
the present crisis.
s 03sanFsd labor stand for 't$
those who stand for justice against
special privilege. and the ultimate out
times cali for men who are not afraid
to assert their manhood.
InjunctiOns.
understand, If you please, that in
my observations today, whether in ref
ence to governmental matters or court
adjudications, I am addressing myself
not to our form Of government or the
genius Of our courts, but to evils which
under the best government ever YET
conceived by the mind Of man.
ours is that government and 1
think the old saying, that the best
cure for all evils arising from demo-
cracy is more democracy Is peculiarly
applicable to the abuse of the equit-
in our, day: That it is abused, goes
without saying, for every unbiased
man who has given the subject any
attention, from the humblest citizen to
President Roosevelt declares that the
abuse EXISTS. and that legislation to
peratively demanded by the best in
terests of all our people.
From the foundation Of our govern