The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-20
lle Mission d
Woodrow Wilson.

disposition W " s' ,,
=. baen honestly accumulated.
,ar Sans men are more Industrious,
0r 0r,dent, economical and have a
greater capacity to accumulate
.tsn others. Nothing but COM
m0ndarion should be gwen those
rbo by the above traits have
a.tbered a fortune, but this is
p0t the class we criticize; They
hi bsIopg to the great middle class
rbich constitutes twenty-five per
,snt Of the population OF the
United States. 1t is the four per
rant who constitute the capitalist
millionaire or billionaire class
We insist shall take their hands
"A this Government. America
today is a plutocracy, not a rep
resentative repablic. Our Gov
ernment has been for years. a
government By a few great capt.
tsljsts. They have governed the
country through the hold they
have had on congress, the Presi-
dent and our federal courts.
Many honest people believed
Roosevelt independent and free
from this control, but reluctant
" we are forced to admit his
domination by the great Morgan
interests. The United States
Steel Corporation and the Inter.
national Harvester Co, are two
Of the great trusts that belong
to the Morgan Combine. Both
were organized contrary to law
during Roosevelt's first term;
both were organized for but one
specific purpose, towit: to kill
competition, both have a mon
opoly in their own field. One
word from the president when
they were organizing would have
been sufficient to have put a stop
to those consultations. Instead
Of the President commanding
them to halt he complacently paid
no attention to what they were
doing. and further when the Steel
Trust had particularly insidiou s
and unlawful undertaking to put
through, viz, the absorption of
theIennessee Coal & Iron Com.
pany, they sought the president
out and after a twenty minute
conference Roosevelt agreed to
let these criminals Of the Steel
Trust violate not only the com.
mon law, but specific statute,
Inc sherman Anti Trust Law.
II some poor or middle class citi.
zen had fenced in a quarter sec.
aon Of government land for the
sake Of running a few head OF
s'ock contrary to statute, jai
and the penitentiary would have
oeen his lot. but a few rich mer
VINO mad this rulers favor be,
cause OF campaign subscriptions
coula forever bind the neck o1
,ae farmer and laborer under the
neei OF monopoly, a monopol,
'na' not only robs the laborer il
1e factory Of a living wage, bu
y. '.0s the consumer on the prairie.
VI northwestern South Dakota
~ snow what monopoly will q,
'ne consumer we will cite on,
instance, Prior to the orpani
"a a''on of The United States Stee
corporation in 1901 an inperfec
monopoly J in iron and steel pro
aus's a. had been perfected. Tn,
.ue''can Steel and Wire Com
psny ;sl Of New Jersey was organ
nso IN January. 1899, for tn
palpOSe | OF obtaining a monopoI,
~ ,ne manufacture of wire nail
s,ia aia Wire rods out of which bar,
H. Nas IS made. In 1893. sprior, t
% s;.. formation of this concern
srs ',as. =, nails had been selling j
In,a INV, sl'zo to sl.5O per key. B
ss.s NIUE Of the same year, 1899. tn
M WITH. mad reached 50. 10, an
itr.. eient months thereafte
~ r'sS raised to 1920 per kea
ihe tnayin,un,