The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-10-11
GEORGE PERKINS
TRUST PROMOTER
President of the wilson,Marshau Ma
tional Progressive Republican
League.
sY RuooLPH sPREckELs-

bring about the organization of a pc
litieal party through which he hopes
no doubt, to control the machinery o
government in an effort to legalize th
monopolies he has helped to create
Having had success in forming man,
great trusts, and in unloading thei
hundreds of millions of watered stool
upon the public, this man is encour
aged into believing that he can capi
talize public opinion through the for
nation of political corporation, t
which he has given the misleadins
name - Progressive Party - which
name was undoubtedly chosen in the
hope that it would bring support fol
his party from the masses amone
whom the progressive sentiment is
strong.
This new party of Roosevelt Per
kins ct al. is putting forth through the
daily press, and through public
speeches, claim to all the wisdom on
earth, and are now endeavoring to un.
load their oYervaIued political stock
upon the unsuspecting voter, by inyit.
ing all to join the Progressive Party
the control of which, like the control
|of the great industrial and financial
trusts, will be retained by the pro-
|moters.
Regulated monopoly as proposed by
the Progressive Party would. under
any kind of government, place the bur.
den of high prices more firmly upon
our people, but imagine how much
more serious hardship such a law
would lead to, if the people voted Mr..
Perkins into control over our govern
ment by electing his friend aud politi-
cal partner, Roosevelt, to the presi.
dency. Every one admits that our best
and most useful citizens are those who
toll and produce by their individual eff
forts, building up independent business
that are in keeping with
the American spirit, which demands
equal opportunity; yet Perkins and his
kind are seeking to foist upon the peo-
pie a scheme for legalized monopoly
which must in short time drive out
small manufacturer and the small bus
mess man, until in the end we will be-
come nation of hired men, and a few
men indeed will control the wealth
and government of our nation. and
for the workingman will
become more difficult.
In the past ten years we have seen
> growing unrest in this country, and
there are reasons for it. An ever in-
number of trusts have
brought into combination thousands
IF heretofore Independent businesses,
Ind each combination has yielded mil
ions of unearned wealth to promoters
Ind financiers like Perkins, and this
promotion stock is one of the fixed
charges upon which these trusts have
,een obliged to make earnings. Be-
'ides, it viii be admitted that, in their
ormation, many times more securi-
les have been issued than were repre-
ented by actual value of the various
acquired by these trusts,
nd to make earnings upon this over
capitalization, which has been the
means of creating false wealth for the /
ew, a tribute has been levied upon /
he whole people of this nation, until |
be average man finds his burden un-
earable.
Governmental supervision of com
etition as proposed by the democratic
arty will correct the evil of oyer-cap-
.alization and make such manipula-
ons impossible in the future, because
be small manufactures or business
nan will be protected against the
resent system which permits trusts
, cut prices in the territory of their
until that competitions
apital has been lost to him, or he con-
ants to sell out to the trust, and then
le price to the consumer is again put
? sufficiently high to bring back the
ss made by the trust during the fight, +
Ius earnings on its over-capitaliza-
on
Regulated competition will give ev- t
y man with brain and energy an op- {
'rtunity to go into business for him |
If and enjoy the fruits of his labor
ithout fear of being ruined by orga- t
zed wealth unfairly putting prices I
'wn below cost for the sole purpose 1
driving him out of business. as is /
ing done now, and which Roosevelt {
i'd Perkins propose to legalize If they \
e successful in the coming election. /
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