The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-05-08
FOUNDATION FUND
DRAWS ATTACK BY
WESTERN SENATOR
Golden State Scion Would 'Har-
monte Tariff and Wages to
Prevent Building Fortunes
Like Rockefeller s.

washington. May efforts in con-
Eress to incorporate the 500. O00, 900
rockefeller foundation were scored to-
iay by Senator Works. who declared
them a proposal to farm out to John
d. Rockefeller and his associates the
right and power to educate the people
Of the country with money accumulated
by criminal means" Senator Works
Abatement was made in connection
with a speech he delivered In the Sen
ate today on trusts and combinations,
the existence Of which he blamed to the
high protective tariff policy. .,
THE extent to which this may be
carried out is practically unlimited. The
corporations nj institutions OF learn
ing which may be established through
out the country in the hands of people
who will be subservient to the interests
and views Of Mr.. Rockefeller and his
associates are without number or linn
itation," said the senator.
Doesn't Like Methods.
I'VE do not want our children to be
Taught the Ways nor the methods Of
John ID. Rockefeller or his kind. nor
to be generous with ill-gotten gains, nor
to touch, handle or profit by gold that
should blister the fingers Of the man
who has accumulated 1t by extortion,
oppression and crime. and rs now at
tempting to rid himself Of 1t by Civ
ing it away, nor to become the receivers
of stolen goods in the name and un-
der the guise Of charity"
The continued existence Of trusts
and ~monopolies, the senator said, was
due to the inadequacy OF the sherman
antitrust law, which he declared
should be so amended-that SPECIFIC re-
straints 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 fostered capitalistic combina-
ton. he said he would be in favor or
an effort TO protect the wage Garner IN
his earnings and that he believed 1t
would be IAN excellent thing to har-
monize the tariff and wages"
Wages and the Tariff.
"ThA Interstate Commerce commits
sion" continued the senator, should
hs allowed TO determine, whether fair
wages are being paid by any concern;
and IL not, to compel the employer
employing foreign laborers and paying
European wages to pay the same tarlII
ON. its manufactured goods that are en-
forced against foreign im~portations un-
iii it's wages are increased to a fa1r
scale for American workmen. III a
higher tariff did in fact protect the
wage Garner l would cheerfully stand
for its continuance, even at the ex-
pense OF higher prices to the conSum-
err. The evident purpose OF the So
called tariff experts Is, so far as
progress has been made, to deprive the
farmers, who are themselves iaoorlng
~ ~ IN TnNGt ~ AoA
Of all protection and preseBxe[ 1t, 70
the trust and millionaire manufacture
ers. This would be a fatal mistake.
In most cases our manufacturers 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 FARM
er, in many cases. it is different. !
Give Democrats Trial.
The wage Garner must be protected
In his earnings and reasonable hours OF
labor, the consumer In reasonable
prices, and the whole people must be
protected in their independence and
liberty. The equality OF all men must
be made a reality and not a theory.
II the democratic party a and win
accomplish these results, demanded by
the people. 1t may live and maintain
itself in power. >If it does not. its
reign will be brief. II neither of the
old parties can or will restore the
government TO the people as u fore
fathers handed it down, then a new
party will be raised up that will do
the peoples will. 1t will be a party
Of the peoples own making, founded
on justice, fair dealing. and disinter-
ested patriotism. I am ready to give
the democratic party a fair trial. i
am willing to wait and see and to lend
my aid to that party or any other to
bring about Just and beneficient laws
through and by which the whole PEG.
pie may be brought into their own and
their Just rights fostered and pro-
tected."