Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-03-20
THE WEST AND
TARIFF BANDITS

Tariff rsvlsiru has ut last become a
sectional issue The country is now
divided into two partsi Que profits by
the tariff, he ether is oppressed by it.
lu New York a f.~ rich men, organ
lied into trusts with enormous capitHijZ.
alton, levy a tax on the rest OF ih'
nation 10y means Of laritT schedules.
Men Of the west aud soutl, laborirg
without rest, are forced to give ii large
part OF the products Of their toll to
those who stay in the east, live in luxury
do nothing bnt collect the profits OF
monopoly.
tired OF slavInR for trust magnates in
New York; tired Of having its lifeb'ood
sucked by Wall Street vampires, tired
Of seeing tile wealth it has produced
wasted by such ersous rs Hartman =,
with his 1900, 0co palace now building;
tired OF having the country dominated
by men like Rockefeller and Rogers,
with their millions taken from the
people; tired OF supporting dukes Of
MARLBOROUGH, ears OF Yarmouth and
counts Of Casteraus; tired Of furnishing
money for the sinful extravaganza and
dissipation OF creatures Ike Harry
Thaw.
The west is weary of being used to
build up stropgholds Of wealth in New
York, ~enirenched behind whIrh tariff
protected trust owners look ont upon
the country they have robbed with the
scorn and contempt mat barons II old
ieli for their vassals,
Gratitude has no place in the minds
Of these eastern tariff robbers. They
regard the west rs merely IL sheep to be
shorn, Millions Of people, tuiling
YEARLY day and night, are OF no more
concern to them than were the slaves
who built the pyramids to their Egyy-
tian kings.
The country west OF Philadelphia is d
mine full ~ wealth. 1t proiuces go!d,
silver, copper, iron, coal, wood, grains,
cattle-all the riches OF the soil. Ir,
through he tariff the men who 10 the
work are deprived OF the we 18th the y
create, which Is sent east 20 faiten
trust owners. FOR all those WHO ON II
trusts live IN tie east. Ii originally
they were western meo, they moved
east when they grew rich. They spend
their money there, o in the west,
where it is produced.
Hard working, honest men Of the
west begin 10 understand this situation.
They realize that they do not benefit
from Il tariff which gives all its pr1tcc-
tiop to trust owners. They 90 not even
profit IN wdge- as thousands OF men
now ont OF work know. The tariff has
not protected then.
Tie people geEsrAlly see eastern trust
owners steadily growing richer, While
they as steadily grow poorer. They
nov understand that tie tariff, which
they imposed in the patriotic belief that
1t would benefit the whole country and
improve The condition OF every citizen,
il only a device to drain the nations
wealth out Of the hands Of the wal.y into
the pockets OF the few; out ~ the west
into the east.
When The Diurley tariff was being
framed eastern trust magnates and
money kings seIzed upon rougres and
fixed iarItT schedules To suit the mseIves,
so the masses OF the people would have
TO pay them tribute.
Ihsre are s 5000 ,01O people in this
country sl paying daily Tribute iu tariff
baroDs IN New YORK. Equality OF op-
p%ortunity exists no longer. The people
have destroyed II through the tariff.
They have put themselves into bondage
to the trusts that are gathe red i'll New
YORK. They are voluntary victims OF
eyndicated larceny.
Tho remedy for this condition Is in
tho peoples hauds. lot them insist
that the tariff be revised aud that con.
grtss obey the ir Wishes. The principle
OF protection must I've maintained, but
the tariff must be so altered ,hai it will
no Longer bleed the west and south LOT
the benefit Of n Few Wall Street business
bandite.-Clicngo Daily journal