The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-01

10 openly assert that IL is going to elect
its own trust REPRESENTATIVES TO public
office is the Labor Trust.
The election, therefore, will determine
whether the Common Citizens retain
control Of public affairs. or allow the
Labor Trust magnates to govern.
The common man loses his liberty
when he and his fellow citizens allow
any organization or trust to get control,
for each trust whether OF labor OF cap
ital is in business to gather every dollar
possible and divide up among the MEM
beTs Gf the managers leave any.
And where DO they gather all this
extra money!
tai trusts raise the price Of their prod
ucts.
The Labor Trust does the same thing
by boosting the price Of the plumber,
meat-chopper, ironworker. shoemake
baker. etc. etc, and by fiuing them for
breaking rules and also fining employ
ers.
The particular shoemakers. bakers.
ETC.. etc, who happen to be members
Of the Labor Trust may hot get much
extra money out Of it, but the Trust
Managers seem to handle heavy sums.
Now to get back 10 the question,
where does all this money come from,
this extra money both labor and capital
trusts are striving for. There is only
one place for them to get il, my friends,
and that is from the poCkeC Of the COM
mon citizen not a member OF any trust:
He Is the long suffering workman who
pays 10 add extra dollars to the earn
ings Of both Labor and Capital Trusts
We all admit that both trusts are
right enough in trying to earn all they
can, but the citizens they are feeding
on. absolutely must keep awake and
protect themselves at the polls and be-
fore the courts or the trust members
get fatter and the common citizen thin
sH-~
In the majority and protect themselves
easily when reused, but they often al
low designing men to manipulate poll
ticians and laws until the common peO-
pie are helpless.
Why do you speak Of the Labor
TTUSL2' someone asks.
It has been clearly defined as q trust
in the fullest sense Of the word by the
best lawyers in America, incl@ding
Clarence Darrow. the Attorney fo~ the
American Federation OF Labor and by
the United States Supreme Court Itself.
You see all trusts are formed to ac-
cOmplish certain things.
Control production. Control prices.
Control members OF the trust.
Get the highest price the public will
stand.
meat the Labor Trust controls and sells
labor. both feed off the public, and IL
Is perfectly safe 10 assume that the
managers Of either or any trust will
soak the cltlZens IOr every uOllaF they
can get, only limited by the amount OF
power the people will give them.
Everyone agrees that the combina-
lions OF capital or labor in the fOrma-
ton OF trusts are legal and produce
an uncertain amount Of good
The Oil trust greatly Improved the
quality Of oil and sells 1t at about one
half the price it was when the trust
was formed. Members of this trust
have t.fven several million dollars for
Colleges, Churches and other public
works
But what would this trust do to the
people If given unlimited pOwer2
The Labor Trust has supplied good
paying positions for several hundred
officials Of the trust and has paid out
G good many thousand dollars to sup
port a Union Printers home IN Colora-
do: 1t has also spent over million dol
lars In defending criminal members