The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-03-26
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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
seen them try it before. and ne con
cludes his statement by saying in ref
erence to those who have tried it.
they are now all on the retired list"
upon what l believed to be reliable |
authority but confidential that M. Perk-
ins had said he had put aside sum OF
money to retire Senator La Toilette |
Senator Cummins and Senator Borah.
Well. 1 went out to Ohio on the 26th
of February and made some remarks be-
fore the republicans Of Ohio and 1 re-
ferred again to this question OF monop-
line of argument which 1 had made at
Baltimore and New York. Among other
things, l said:
Monopoly is ten thousand times worse
than black slavery. 1t is the father of
class domination, the molder of chains
both for the body and the soul and can
not exist in any form with safety to
the people in a republic
1 quote this because of the similarity
to the language used In New York
which Mr.. Perkins would have under
stood is a different argument. l furth-
er said
"A republic is strong enough to de-
to regulate monopoly. The human sys-
tenn may survive the knife but 1t new
er can survive the subtle enroachment
of the insidious hunger of disease. Some
of these days all political parties, be-
cause the people will rise in their might ?
will take up this proposition of monop-
oily and declare in terms unmistakable
that a republic and a monopoly cannot
exist under the same flag"
Several years ago Mr.. Perkins organ
lied the harvester trust. 1t was a
combination in violation of law which
for hire and salary he brought into ex-
istence. 1t brought together some five
or six manufacturers who had hereto
fore been competitors and the object
and purpose of the combination was t.
destroy competition, to take control OF
the market and to obtain that power
which would enable the trust to fix the
price upon agricultural implements. II
was designed and intended to be
monopoly which would charge the agri
cultural interests of the country al
the traffic would bear. Mr. Perk
ins was one of the three voting trustees
and together with his associates hat
absolute power over this monopoly. Wit
free trade for the farmer in open com
petition with the world, and with thi'
monopoly overhead, his outlook did no
appear to me to be very bright, and
referred to this monopoly and this fire,
trade proposition in my speech in Col
umbus. This seemed to be more thar
this trust organizer could stand end h,
Piled
In tnis letter / called attention to hi
. representative of Morgan and compan,
! and the Guggenheim brothers. and
called his attention to the fact that tn
! testimony under oath disclosed that h
t tion interests and the natural resource
of Alaska. To this charge his sol
/ and only answer was that when he re
; turned home fresh from this task h
gave out an interview at Seattle sug
v gesting that the government operate tn
coal lands upon a royalty basis. II
seems to possess among other grea
qualities a sense of humor. Naturall
l supposed he did give out such an in
terview, but curiosity led me to inves
tigate and you will find his interview
in the Post-Intelligencer under date o
August 81, 1909. do not find any ref
, erence in it whatever to the matte
| which he claims was a part of it, bu
, l do find what / consider a distinc
criticism of the action of the govern
I ment in regard to it's conservation pol
, icy in Alaska and the failure to issu
. patents to the contested coal claims
Now, these are some of the fact
| which lead Mr.. Perkins to believe tha
1t is his duty to put me out of business
( have no personal quarrel with MI
Perkins and could not have for hardl
} know the gentleman personally But
: am against his policy, against hi
theory, and l thought that / had
right to criticcise him without subject
/ ing myself to the law of extermina tion
/ had not supposed that this trus
e organizer and beneficiary of monopol