Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-23
From Mr.. Hilburn.

stronger CndH any SONeInnnoAU'
And Secretary Taft, in speech at
Boston, December 30th, 1907, said,
or is reported to have said, 'df the
abuses of monopoly and discrimi-
nation can not he restrained, if the
concentration of powers made pos
sible by such abuses continues
and increases, and it is made man
ifest that under the system of in
di7idualism and private property,
the tyranny and oppression of an
oligarchy of wealth cannot be
avoided then socialism will tri-
umph and the institution of pri-
vate property will perish"
And 1t is made manifesto Manifest
to whom? Bourke Cochran. He
says it is already manifest to him,
and yet Mr.. Cochran is not a So
cialist. Isn't it manifest to you,
Mr.. Editor? Don't you know, Mr..
Editor, that Theodore, the blatant,
has smashed the paper trust, and
that it not only continues in busi-
ness, but that it has purchased
several hundred thousand acres of
fine spruce timber across the boun-
dairy, and now the same Theodore
recommends the removal of the
tariff on paper?
Who is it, then, to whom these
things must be made manifest?
Why, the voters, of course. The
politicians already know it. They
know that they are but puppets in
the hands of the mighty five, hence
the Congressman's Indifference to
public duty, even in the midst of
panic, distress and suffering. Less
than year ago writer said that
"wealth had always ruled, and
would always find way to rule
the people," Formerly, it was
done by force, but now by chica-
merry, perfdy and lying. Don't
you know that if the great(P)
American voting kings knew What
Bourke Cochran, Secretary Taft
and you and I know, that social
ism would be an established fac
within five years?
But the only way to reach the
minds of some men is through
their stomachs. Let them get hun
CRY and then they will think. The
truth of the statements of Cochran
are patent to every thinking man
land woman in America, and yet
the masses cannot be aroused
from their slumber. I am some
times reminded of the fellow, who
when told to get up, that the house
was on fire, put out his hand ane
touched the walls and said, "well
the walls are not hot yet," turned
over, and went to sleep again.
When these things are made mani
, fest! Who is it that is holding tn
, light so it will not shine on thu
truth that these things be mad
manifest to the sufferingi people
Only a few days ago | got lette
from an old Iron Mountain tracl
foreman asking me to give hin
work, saying, that times are hard
or than in 1S73-the year of tn
great panic. 81 must 90 some
thing" he said, "for | am broke.
And my heart goes out in sympa
thy, not only to him, but to tn
hundreds of thousands who mus
suffer for food, fuel and shelter
because we have too much of thos
things. Fortunately for me, | rea
several years ago the Parable {
, the Water Tank, and have sine
been reading and studying social
ist literature, and understood tn
cause of panics, and knew that on
s was approaching. I took time b
! the forelock and bought a sma
l. farm, and now have home wher
can live until the stress of tn
present oppression is over. l ar
not bowling for myself, as ca
live under competition few NOR
years, at least, but | would prefe
u to see everybody prosperous All
i happy.
/. The wealth OF our great countr.
is becoming concentrated in fewe
y and fewer hands. / cannot bu
d think that we are approaching
e great precipice-over which W
i shall 60 into anarchy and destruc
i tion, unless the people can b
r. awakened in time. God grant ths
y they may and that our fair coun
e try be saved from destruction.
y f. p. HILBURN.
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