Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-05-06
Again in Lime|ight by Sen,
Works DenunCiation.
Opposes Incorporation Of The
Rockefeller Foundation.
Is Farming Out" TO John D. and
. Associates, He Declares.

| Washington, May Efforts IN Cor :
gress to incorporate the 500 090, og9
| Rockefeller Foundation were scored
| today by Senator Works who de
| clared them proposal to farm out
TO John d. Rockefeller and his as
sociates the right and power to cdu-
cate the people. of the country vita
money accumulated by criminal
means" Senator Works statement
was made in connection with a speech
he delivered in the Senate today on
| trusts and combination, the existence
| OF which he blamed to the high pro-
| tective tariff policy.
| The extent to which this may lie
| carried out Is practically unlimited.
| The corporations and institutions { t
| learning which may be established
| throughout the country in the nands
| Ct the people who Will be sabsarvicnt
| 10 the interests and views If Mr..
Rockefeller and his associates are
without number or limitation" saui
the Senator
we do not want our children to ba
taught the wa&s nor the methods ii
Jehn y. Rockefeller or his kind, nor
to be generous with ill-gotten gains,
nor to touch, handle. or profit h8 gol4
that should blister the fingers OF IT,
man who has accumulated it by cx-
tortion. oppression and crime. and IS
nost attempting to rid himself of it ~
giving il away, nor to become the re-
cei9ers of stolen goods in the name
and under the guise of charity"
The continued existence of trusts
i
due To the inadequacy of the Sherman
antitrust law which he declared
should be so amended that specific re-
Strsints Of trade shall be unlawful
with suitable punishment for those
who violate the law. While he was
not in favor of a high protective tariff
which fdstefed eapitalistic comhina
ton, he said he would be in favor Of
an effort to protect the wage Garner ia
his earnings and that he believed i
would be AN excellent thing to har-
monize the tariff and wages"
The Interstate Commerce tommts
sion.'' continued the Senator. should
be allowed To determine whether fair
wages are being paid by any concern,
and If not, Ia compel the employer EN-
ploynS foreign labofers and paying
European wages to pay the same tarIn
on its manufactured goods that are
enforced against foreign importations
until its wages are increased 10 4 fai.'
scale for American workmen. If 4
higher tariff did in fact protect tic
wage Garner / would cheerfully staai
for its continuance. even at the ex-
pense Of higher prices tn the CONSUME
ha =
called tariff experts is so far as
progress has been made to deprive
I he farmers, who are themselves labor
ing men and wage earners in most
| cases. Of all protection and preserve il
to the trust and millionaire manufae-
turers. This would be fatal mis-
| take. In most cases our manufact ur-
ers and business men can compete
| with the world and make profits. They
| can and do sell their goods cheaper IN
foreign markets than at home With
| the farmer. in many cases. it is diff
fercnt.
/ THE wage Garner must be protected
/ in his earnings and reasonable hours
i of labor, the consumer in reasonable
Il prices. and the whole people must Ia
II protected in their independence aue
u liberty. The equality of all men mus
be made reality and not a theory
J II the Democratic party can and vii
accomplish these results, demanded b,
the people. it may live and maintain
J itself in power. If it does not. il
reign will be brief. If neither of II,
cid parties can or will restore the gcv
n eminent to the people as our fore
fathers handed ii down. then a neY
party will be raised up that will O.
the peoples will. 1t will be a part.