The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-04
INDUSTRIAL. LEApER.

Inat the United states IS passing
through a great industrial crisis
seems patent to all save President
Roosevelt and tnat element Of yellow
magazine writer's who care not for
distinguishing the sheep from the
goats In the great Industrial world
The public as ever, was and will
ever be, lsthargic until awakened to
Ia realization that energy and intellect
had combined I'm corporate power and
levied a high tribute upon all of life's
most important commodities. was cas-
/ ily led into the error of browbeating
whatsoever appeared to be trust.
little effort being made to ascertain
the great range Of difference between
Industrial and pureig speculative pro-
positions
Added to this chaotic position came
a president with a lust for notoriety
that Nothing short Of red letters and
headlines bigger than the type foun-
dries could turn out would appease.
and as ever Is true. followed by the
claquers and jackals, all yelping at
whatsoever their diminutive visions
could find in order that for the mo-
ment, they too, might be seen BY the
body polite. For almost three years
legitimate Industrial concerns fought
the two enemies-one, the great grasp
ing monoplles: the other, the admin
istration at Washington and the at
tendant train OF sycophants demanding
that they be heard In the cause Of re-
form.
The result, however, is upon us. The
great industrial system of the republic
has in the great centers of population
become stagnant and all the stories
of renewed activity will not restore Il
to the normal condition. The banking
world, held sacred by the magazine
mixed with both elements. and the
dragging down of some of the larger
banks added TO the confusion and cha
grin.
There seems at this time no hope of
relief until the White House Is again
occupied by a man with sufficient fore
sight to stop bear chasing long enough
to attend strictly TO executive affairs.
We have more advice as to the raising
of families and protection OF sparrows
from the President than the founders
of our country thought necessary to
provide for in the constitution; but
there has been a wonderful dearth Of
attention TO detail CT the executive
duties mapped by law and adhered to
by all prior to the time our broncho
buster first assumed charge of the ship
of state Made popular by hay-pltch-
Ing scenes in the yellow press; added
to by the stories of the monthly mag.
azine CRATER, and all aided by the
largest flock of press agents ever heli
under one command, the President Of
this Republic has gone on and on
changing the theme at times. but
never failing to charge some peculiar
position at the worst possible moment,
so far as resumption OF business is
concerned.
Millions of dollars await investment.
and the commonality In the very
swell-tide OF prosperity was shocked
to ascertain that all of the framework
lof our industrial system was being
hacked to pieces by the different con
tending forces. Stocks, watered from
time 10 time please the fancies Of
the predatory captains went to moth
ing, and the presidential boat OF
Smash and Smite struck amidships
with the weaker and smaller crafts
OF commerce.
The very trusts and their attendant
aids were injured not the least an
being founded on the difference be
tween the cost of manufacture and the
tariff upon their products to prohibit
competition, whilst the dealer who
must sell to make a profit was whirl.
pooled In the sea of Doubt and Fear
In country so diversified that what
one section produces Is stranger IN
another section; with millions. ave,
, triliions, Of undeveloped resources,
we fnd ourselves with world market
we cannot fill. and home demand great
er than ever before in the history OF
the republic. thrown into a collapse
that actually threatens all existing
conditions
We Of the Great Southwest, pro
tccted by state laws which forbid the
invasion of the watered trust-makers
not to be estopped by the machlna.
lions OF man, have but little suffering
to endure. but a million idle tollers IN
the states north OF the Ohio and east
Of the Mississippi cry out against the
crusa from two sides-a crush that
comes from entrnsting 20 the chiel
command one who prefers notoriety q
/ statesmanshlp; mention 10 right
IL, starting Ia on great national
campaign the present administration
through its press bureau can sustain
itself and secure the ballots OF tbs
body polite. then free government Il
a farce. and wisdom but the weaklinl
servitor 0i the swashbuckling ecntin
: gent Of cyclists now around the White
House.
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