The San Francisco call., 1908-10-01

it's own trust representatives TO puplc
Office is the Labor Trust.
The election therefore will determine
whether the Common Citizens retain 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 or capl-
tai is in business to gather every dollar
possible and divide up among the mem-
hers (if the managers leave any,.
And where do they gather all this
extra money?
The Meat, Steel, Oil, and other Capt.
tai trusts raise the price OF their pro-
ducts.
The Labor Trust does the same thlng
nv boosting the price of the plumber,
meat chopper, ironworker, shoemaker
baker. etc, ETC., and by fining them Tor
breaking rules and also ming yeH-
ployers.
The particular shoemakers, bakers,
etc. etc, who happen to be members OF
the Labor Trust may not get mucn ex-
ira money out of it, but the Trust Man
ayers seem to handle heavy sums.
Now to get back to the question,
where does all this money come from,
this extra money both labor and Capt.
tai trusts are striving for. There is
only one place for them to get 1t, my
friends. and that is from the pocket OF
the common citizen not member OF
any trust. He is the long suffering
workman who pays to add extra dol
lars to the earnings 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
nrotect themselves at the polls and be-
fore the courts or the trust members
get fatter and the common citizen thin
ner The nontrust citizens are heavily
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
Trust?" some one asks.
It has been clearly defined as trust
in the fullest sense of the word by the
hest lawyers in America, including
Clarence Darrow, the attorney for 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.
The Meat Trust controls and sells
meat. the Labor Trust controls and
sells labor, both feed off the public, and
it is perfectly safe to assume that the
managers of either or any trust will
"soak" the citizens for every dollar
they can get, only limited by the amount
of power the people will give them:
Every one agrees that combinations
of capital or labor in the formation OF
trusts are legal and produce an uncer-
tain 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 CIV
en- several million dollars for Colleges,
Churches and other public works.
But what would this trust do to the
people il given unlimited power?
The Labor Trust has supplied good
paying positions for several hundred
officials of the trust and has paid out a
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