Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-05
SENATOR WORKS ATTACKS EF.
FoRrs TO INCORPORATE
$780, 100000 FOUNDATION.
GAYS 1t 10 SCHEME TO "FARM
bur" POWER TO EDUCATE
s.'i.vst Schools Would Be Compelled
20 Tbaeh Views Of Rockefeller and
othSr Money kinss-Attaek Made
in6Eeurss Of spsseh in Favor Of Tar
III Rsduetions.

Warrington, May o.-Enorts IN con-
1,gress to incorporate the $1o0,000.000
Rockefeller foundation were scored to-
day by Senator WorkS, who declared
l4them . proposal to farm out to John
! ID. Rockefeller and his associates the
fright ana power to educate the people
/ jof the country with money accumulated
! lby criminal means" Senator Works
fIstatement WAS made in connection with
| a spsech he delivered in the senate. to-
day on trusts and combination. the ex-
lisssacs o. which he blamed to the high
/ protective tarfk policy.
The extent TO which this may be
carried out y practically unlimited.
\ rhs corporations and institutions Of
learning which may be established
/ thruont 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 limitation" said the senator.
Attack on Money kings.
1--WE do not want our children to be
taught the ways nor tn, methods OF
John d. Rockefeller or his kind. nor
to be generous with tn-gotten gains,
nor to touch, handle, or profit by gold
that should blister the fingers OF the
man who has accumulated 1t by ex-
tortion. oppression. and crime, and Is
now attempting to rid himself OF II oy
giving it away, nor to become the re-
ceivers of stolen goods in the name
and under the guise OF charity"
The continued existence Il trusts and
monopolies, the senator said, was due
to the tnadequacy Of the Sherman anti
4 trust law. which he declared should pc
! 30 amended that specific restraints OF
|! trade shall be unlawful with suitable
| puntshment for those who violate the
Law. While he was not In favor OF q
high protective tariff which fostered
capitalistic combination. he said he
would be in favor Of an effort to pro-
tect tho wage Garner in his earnings
and that he believed It would be "an
excellent thing to harmonic the tariff
and wages"
THE evident purpose Of the so-called
tariff experts is. SO far as progress
has been made, to deprive the farmers.
who are themselves laboring men and
wage earners in most cases. Of all pro-
lection and preserve it to the trust and
millionaire manufacturers. This would
be q 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 farmer, In many
cases, 1t Is different
Up to the Democrats.
The wage Garner must be pro-
tected in his earnings and reasonable
hours OF labor, the consumer in rea-
sonable prices, and the whole people
must be protected in their independ-
snce and liberty. The equality Of all
her men must be made reality and
not a theory. II the democratic party
can and will accomplish these results.
demanded by the people. it may live
and maintain itself In power. II it
does not. its reign will be brief. If
neither OF the old parties can or will
restore the government to the people
as our forefarhers handed it down.
then q new party will be raised up that
will do the peoples Will 1t will be
party Of the peoples own making,
founded on, Justice. fair dealing, and
disinterested patriotism. I am ready
to give the democratic party a fair
trial. am willing to wait and see
ana to lend my aid to, that party or
any other to bring about just and
benefieient laws thru and by which the
whole people may be brought into their
own and their. just rights fostered and
protected"