The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-10-20
RESTORATION OF POPULAR
GOVT. IS ONLY REMEDY
FOR MONOPOLY RULE
Makes Strong Plea for Revival Of JEFF
fersonian Democracy-Immense
Crowd Hears the Senator
Ovation at the Close

oily we see on the one hand one per
cent Of the people owning so percent
OF the wealth Of the nation and 10 per
cent or the people owning 80 per cent
Of the wealth created by the labor OF
the mass OF men in the republic. and
on the other hand the mass Ok the
people in comparative poverty while
millions are In abiect poverty Ny
purpose is to bring about fair dis
tribution Of wealth
Monopoly is a matter Of vital con
sequence. If II goes on without abate-
ment. we shall see the time when
one percent OF the people control 80
percent Of the nations wealth N5sh.
ing can prevent II unless we correct
existing conditions and to that task +
have devoted my service Men are
lined up selfishness, greed and pIr-
tocracy on one side. and altruism.
equal rights and human brotherhood
on the ether. IN this struggle, al
this is necessary to stand true to
"a doctrine or Jefferson, equal rights
10 all and its necessary corollary
special privileges to none. Jeffer-
son taught that to prevent privilege
from taking unfair advantage. It was
necessary to place power in the hands
Of the people. and that is the mean
ing Of the progressive movement.
ITO make this power effective there
must be the proper mechanism by
which the people can exercise it.
One Of the principal features Of this
mechanism is the Initiative and ref
erendnm. The power Of the people to
write or to vote any law Is the very
soul and essence Of Jesfersonian DEM
ocracy. Then we must have the man
datory primary and laws safeguard
ing the purity OF the ballot box"
Pointing 10 Pharaoh Of ancient
Egypt who gathered up all the corn
in times Of plenty and sold it at his
own prices in times Of famine, as the
first monopolist the speaker declar-
ed, I'VE are gradually approaching a
monopoly Of wealth which grinds
the face Of labor in the struggle for
corn. Right here in Oklahoma one
third OF all we produce and spend is
taken by artifiee and craft by the
hand OF monopoly. We pay, in tax
es for state government something
over s2.0oo.00O year but this is only
a trifle Of what you pay in indirect
taxes TO the federal government
which is s20.00o.o00 a year. This fed.
eral tax you pay every time you buy
coat. plow. lumber. wall paper or
anything else-you pay II in the way
Of Increased price But what you
pay to the federal government is on
~ small part of what you contribute
to monopoly which is sl0O.oOo.O0o
year. The fortunes piled up by Rocke-
Teller in the oil business is an illus
tration Of what we pay to monopoly.
Denouncing the white slave traffic
which he said had permeated the
country from one end to the other,
Senator Owen declared II was the re-
suit Of the poverty caused by unfair
distzibatlon OF wealth.
Twenty years ago the antitrust law
was passed but in all that time not a
man had been put in jail for vioiat-
ing It because monopoly had gone in.
to the governing business. IT puts
its hand on party mechanism and
nominatee and elects men to do its
bidding. When the lrnber trust
nominates Lorimer and names the
Judge and prosecuting attorney. how
can you expect the law u be enforc-
ed The only way to end this coEdi-
ton is to put power into the hands
OF the people through the reforms
embodied in the progressive move
ment Shall the people ruler is the
overwhelming issue" Corrupt ma
chimes In both parties must be abol-