East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-10-10

have seen the policy of protection
continued in force and have grown
richer and richer because lowed to
monopolize the industries of America
ana To prevent foreisn competitors
from entering the field The rail-
roads owned by Hartman have con-
tinued to draw dividends on more
than double the true value of their
stock, according to Senator La Fol-
lette The steel trust has monopol-
lied the steel industry of the nation
and earned profits on capitalization
containing water to the extent of
500. 900 .OO0. There has been no in
creased efficiency. The profits have
come through control not through
better methods. It is the history of
trusts in general that they do not
produce efficiency. Competition pro-
notes efficiency; monopoly STILES 1t,
Surely it is time for the nation to
make change. 1t is time to get
away from government with Big Bus
mess so close to the helm. The peo-
pie should be deeply suspicious OF
those who are backed now or have
been backed in the past by the great
trust magnates. No man can serve
the interests of the people and also
serve the Rockefellers, the Morgans
and the Harrimans who have grown
unjustly rich at the expense of others,
Governor Wilson's candidacy APP
pealS because he has been conspicu
ous!y Independent of trust support.
he is receiving his financial backing
from the general public, not from
men like Morgan, Perkins and Gary.
There is nothing secret about the
Wilson campaign 1t is all open to
the light of day. It wont be necessary
for any future senate committee to
probe the Wilson campaign contribu
tions.
Governor Wilson is the one real
light in the country's political sky.
He is the strong. clear thinking lead
er who knows what 20 do and has
the courage to do it, He is the Moses
to lead the people out of the wilder
ness of monopoly and privilege; of
and suffering poor, and
to take them again towards the real
ization of the old vision, of a land of
freedom where ALI are equally en-
titled to life. liberty and the pursuit
of happiness.
If Governor Wilson is elected it
will not be merely victory for him
nor for the democratic party but
triumph of Americanism.
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The East OregoHIan reproduces to,
day an unfavorable. comment on the
Roundup by a pa
Daintiness per at Kalispell,
From Montana. Mont. This partic-
ular. writer prOfes-
ses to be fearfu1ly shocked at the ter
rors of the Roundup though quite
likely the distance is the only thing
that prevented him from attending
the show. 1t is regrettable he did not
come for he would then Know the
Roundup is not so inhumane as he
supposes. No horse has ever been in
jured during a bucking contest at the
Roundup. The injury is generally to
the rider. Nor is the comparison of
the Roundup to a prize fight fair
The Roundup is more thrilling than
a hundred prize fights and the sport
is of a higher nature in that the in
juries that occur are all accidental,
they are not intentional
There is no danger the Roundup
VIII reDIuIdllZe the WOTlu OF any idl &c
part of it, But it may render SER
vice to the country by offsetting some
what the tendency towards effiminacy
so apparent in modern times and
which if it goes too far will make the
white race the easy victim Of the next
set of invaders whether from the orr
ent. Africa or Mars.
Are they getting softhanded in Mon
tana?
If the Red Sox and the Giants play
many more tie games which must be
called by darkness there will be Sc
we're epidemic Of nervous prostration
among the fans of the country.
Tremendous war preparations on
the Balkans do not always mean what