The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1914-01-27
Lawson CliDs "NewFreedo11l"
Author Of "Frenled Finance" Laughs at Wilson
In Special Article He Rdcules the Idea That big business
Can Be Tanned So Easily

main In the p,sscsis"n ot the thieves
bir business and the government
must war.
Yesterday bis business ~ atom
man scrambled lot Of railroads 'n'o
a Union raeltir esg Tho scrambllns
took but u day, hS Il hc and hla
big business pals made took from
the people over a billion do'laEa'
Their .gg la, ROW born dcsrc"a
Illegal aud ordered uascramhled.
but
I Tho man and his pals krop the ei''
I lion. which ID a lesal license TO 'aNs
annually from tho people nifty NIL
I lions by adding that amesaI yearly 10
tho legitimate cost OF tho peoples
necessities,
/ What Was done ia ualon tseine
has been done In zcofos OF other
, Union parihes other big business,
strange II would be II these bis
busiucss thieves would quarrel ~lth
the government in tho oase,lon OF
new laws which will logalite thCsF
stolen billions!
While praaidout Wilson has doao
his par: OF the job aaporbly. 1t may
be we'll for the honest business man
TO keep In leash his haileiuiAha Until
congress has tinlshcd It's pari,
II new laws arc made alonE tho
lines blue printed by President VII
son. Wholesale big rbuainrus.trust.ays'
TEN robblns aud rapIns will In tho
future be- done in n-w Saya Hut
that should no, worry tho big bust.
taoss.trusts system thieves. Tor today
they have forty billions OF loot which
tn. now laws are to I"galIrr
: While President Wilson's Sc~
Fr-edom prospectus ls mighty nne
reading. u looks to the stlck.whittirT
Oh the fence as though tho big busi.
noss'trusts.syEtom robbery probl" N
was about where Il waR when Teddy
leased out cabinc,-man cortoiyoa 10
Standard OF; and Government, % orrciai
Vand.rlip to the Standard OIL City
bank. and Money .Trus, Morgan con.
scntcd to act as 1907 savior for the
country. all In the interests Of smooth
ing out "antagonism between big
business and tho government"
To-day. when all aro hsileluiahiag
tho coming New Freedom prosperity.
would 20 On record that President
Wilson's New Freedom prospectus
marks the beginning Of
IA reign Of prosperity. imitation
land boom stock gambling. and
Tho capitalization OF the inca.
batting revolution which will within +,
few years bring the American people
face to face with tho most terrible
condition possible In n civilized CON.
munity. a condition that will no, be
stayed by words. idle words. even
though they have behind them acor,s
of m honest. able and conscientious
public officials ms Preaiden, Wilson.
] would go on record: That the
working out Of the nation. diffieuI.
ties along the lines laid down by Pres.
'dent Wilson will bring good times
innrvelonsiy good timcs--but that
they will be- hccicd withheld.
] President Wilson and congress- mr..
confronted today with
Unrest. uncertainty. fear through.
out the land. President Wilson's and
congress- successful efforts. ns crys.
taiized In their tarin and currency nc.
complishments. focused Il. Public
opinion ominously said: "A atsp far.
ther along big business q oyernmsn
antagonlsm. and hell will be 10
pay"
President Wilson hoard. and bis
proclamation Of today is his nnswcr
mo more antagonism: in tho future
conciliation.'
In the opinion OF humble s,udon,
OF hnairs. II President Wilson had me,
Ith's c'eyerly manufactured. adroitiy.
hurtnred-by-the-system public opin-
ION with 1T Will be big busineas ana
government antagonlsm straight from
inc shoulder until big business sur
renders" lasting. permanent relief
w"u'd nave come TO the nation and
the people. even though the high
ways or business wcro Uttered for a
10" days with the corpsos OF the bir
business thieves. and the byways OF
retail honest effort with some OF THAR