The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-04-02

regarded in some ways as certifl-
cate Of character.
ION February -. 1913, spoke be-
fore the Union League club at Balti-
more on the subject Of monopoly. In
these remarks, among other things. l
said. speaking of monopolies:
Speech at Baltimore.
"They are here largely by the fault
of the whole people and they will be
here until the whole people are
aroused to the full import Of the men
ace. When we as people understand
that this is not question Of econom-
les alone, but that institutions and
citizenship are involved; when we un-
derstand that monopoly undermines
governments, establishes and en-
thrones classes, demoralizes and de-
stroys citizenship, eats away the stur-
dy virtues Of men and women. then
and not until then will we deal with
the matter successfully. Whe-
Their all men shall share their just
proportion of the blessings and COM
forts Of our civilization or be deprived
Of 1t through this law of modern mort
main and monopoly is not alone a
question Of the market or the price Of
corner lots and stocks, but 1t Is also q
question Of government and Of morals.
Monopoly Is at war with democratic
institutions, and the conflict Is as IT.
repressible as was the conflict be-
tween freedom and clavery.'
Heard From Perkins.
after this speech, which did not
seem to be straddling speech from
the standpoint Of monopolies, heard
not only from Mr. Perkins indirectly
but from several others. One gentle-
man prominent in one Of the monopol-
les which has been under court in
Ivestigation visited me and argued
great mistake that had a career Of
usefulness, etc. and that l could not
succeed on that plan.
Il also heard indirectly that Mr.,
Perkins regarded me as more or less
crazy, which l must confess gave me a
feeling of renewed intellectual exhil-
aration
Address in New York.
con February 49, 1914, spoke be-
re
York and while l was not discussing
at that time particularly this sub
Ject, I was not willing to let the &C.
casion pass without revTting to it and
| said, referring to those who insisted
upon progressive republican party:
"'We ask for nothing more and will
be reconciled with nothing less than
free full expression and the full
flow Of opinion in party council and
party affairs from It's voters and the
members, to the end that this great
code of humane and progressive laws
of wise and permanent institutions
may be extended that the work may
go on until political freedom shall be
at the beginning and Industrial free
dom at the end of the party story
until monopoly, then thousand times
worse than black slavery, shall under
stand that between it and republican
institutions there is eternal war
Mexican war, where all the captured
are slain without the benefit Of the
clergy
Threat From Perkins.
"After these remarks before the Re.
publican club l had a letter from the
same gentleman who had previously
talked with me about my views as
above stated, and in this letter he
says that the men who are pursuing
the course l ann can not stay in poll
tics: that he has seen them try 1t be-
fore, and he concludes his statement
by saying in reference to those who
have tried it, They are now all on the
retired list About this time I was
also informed upon what I believed
to be reliable authority but confiden-
tial that Mr.. Perkins had said he had
put aside a sum Of money to retire
Senator LaFolette, Senator Cummins
and Senator Borah.
well. I went out to Ohio on the
26th day of February and made some
remarks before the Republicans of
Ohio and l referred again to this
question Of monopoly I repeated in
some respects the line of argument
which l had made at Baltimore and
New York. Among other things, I
said:
Monopoly is ten thousand times
worse than black slavery. 1t Is the
father of class domination, the molder
or chains both for the body and the
soul and can not exist in any form
with safety to the people in a repub-
lie
II quote this because of the simil-
arity to the language used in New
York which Mr.. Perkins would have
understood in different argument. I
further said:
May Destroy; Can Not Regulate.
ga republic is strong enough to
destroy, but never could be strong
enough to regulate monopoly The
human system may survive the knife
but 1t never can survive the subtle