The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-03-12

.OUR PLUTOCRATIC RULERs' u

The Portland OregonlaD, "A repub-
lican paper, printed In its issue Of
February IL and under the title
"Our Plutocratic Rulers" the fol-
lowing editorial:
The recently reported. Interview
with Mr.. j. p. Morgan on the labor
outlook may not be true, but 1t is
aptly imagined II 1t Is false. Mr..
Iompers is entirely right In saying
that the thoughts attributed to the
New York master of high finance
have for a long time been In the
minds OF large number OF pluto
Gratis. Ii Is just as well to have
these thoughts hailed forth into the
light Of day so that the country may
see how they look. The plutocrats
are fighting bitter tight with Mr..
Roosevelt to obtain permanent con.
troll OF the government OF the United
States. 1t Is good thing for every
body to understand exactly what
they intend to do II victory should
perch upon their banners. That this
real or imaginary interview accurate
ly states their purpose with regard to
the labor unions there can not be the
slightest doubt. They will break up
the unions II they can and reduce
the laboring man to abject industrial
serfdom. His will Is to be ahased,
his manhood bestialized, his power
to resist annihilated.
The clear and definite statement OF
the pIutocratic program with regard
to labor sweeps away cloud Of cant
and enables US to think to the point
upon industrial matters. For one
thing, we see exactly how much sin.
certify there is In the protestations
of the plutocrats that they want a
high tariff because 1t keeps wages
up. Mr.. Morgan's steel trust is the
greatest beneficiary of the tariff, and
we now know precisely what Mr..
Morgan thinks about wages. II pos
sible he will force them down 10 the
starvation point, and so will every
other magnate who fattens upon the
profitable deceits of Dingleyism.
They love the tarig because 1t fills
their pockets; II 1t really raised
wages, they would be the first tC de.
nounce 1t. The genuine effect Of the
tariff upon wages is beautifully shown
by the present state Of things In this
country. We have Dingleyism In full
bloom and at the same time every
city from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Is filled with men clamoring for
work to keep him from starving and
for the most part clamoring yainly.
Not only the tariff law, but most
OF our Other Industrial laws have
been enacted at the dictation Of the
plutocrats and for their class benefit.
This legislation has been so neatly
contriYed and so serviceably inter-
preted by the courts that now In the
larger Industries OF the United States
there is no such thing as competi.
tion. All are united into one great
system, and the control OF the system
belongs to MIR, Morgan and few of
his fellow.conspirators. Through
their bands the products of labor
must flow, and, II they have their
way labor will receive for creating
those products Just what Mr.. Morgan
Is willing to bestow, and not cent
more. What Mr.. Morgan Is willing
to give is no longer a matter of
doubt. IL is barely enough to keen
the workman alive. The laborer Ia
to be dragooned into submission by
grinding poverty. II Mr.. Morgan
has his way the self-respecting A mer-
lean workman will soon he 90 more
than II memory.
We produce enormous wealth In
this country. but 1t flows from all d.
rections into the possession of a few
individuals; and how are they using
itS What Is the tinal and highest
product Of ali this toll, this sweat
aud hunger For what lofty pur.
poses are our working men manyled
on the railroads, mutiIated In fac.
tories and burned to death In coal
miness What Is the ultimate flower
which crowns ard justides the cruel.
Ties OF our plutocratic regime? For
v hat great end do multitudes of chill
tren In New York and other cities
20 starving to school. faintine with
hunger as they sit at their desksp
What Is this American Beauty rose.
to produce which, in the language of |
the younger Rockefeller, most OF our
people mast live in misery ana die In
tespaitg What becomes of the wealth
we are all working to produce and Of
which Mr.. Morgan and his aristo. |
cratic friends are robbiue usP
Some Of II goes to produce our
rhaws With their Evelyns and their
reeinues of insanity experts. Son 3
Of 1t provides means for our Stanford |
Whites to DIT up their chambers Of
mirrors and procure women victims
for their orgies. Some OF it furnishes
for the monkey dinners aud brIdgs