The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-10-28

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nopolistic power that centers in Wall Street.
Starvation is the greatest weapon possessed
by the money power. BY it's control of the
nations great basic industries and transportation
system, it can create good or bad times. 1t is
this sinister and terrifying power that portion
of the people who have banded themselves togeth-
Ter in the Progressive party are seeking TO
destroy. They would have all monopclistic indus
tries 50 regulated by government controlled by
the people that this power for evil will be done
away with forever.
The agitation complained of by the boss
and all bosses are but agents for the big monopo-
lists that which has accompanied the educa-
ton of the people to the Ubiquitous Strengthened
the monopolists have upon their destlnles.
BY precipitating hard times the monopolists
hope the comparison with the better times under
their absolute sway will drive sufficient num-
Der of the people to support the monopolsts fav-
orite political party, the Republican, to enable
them to become more firmly entrenched than
ever in their enormous power.
In other words the monopolists and bosses
believe they know human nature we'll enough to
bank on being able to control a majority of moral
towards; spineless creatures who would rather
surrender all the hard won fruits of popular VIC
tories up to the present time rather than endure
the sufferings of the closing campaign against
financial and industrial iniquity; unnatural par
ents who would surrender now just when final
victory is in sight and condemn their children
and their children's children unto countless fu-
ture generations to the worst kind of industrial
and political slavery, the kind meted out to those
who surrender before shot is fired.
For once, however, we believe the monopo-
lists are wrong in their sordid estimate of human
nature.
The Progressives see in their vision of the not
distant future when Lincoln's ideal government
shall have been established, greater prosperity
than this nation has ever experienced. Far
greater for the great masses of people, for this
prosperity will not be the monopoly of the few
with the masses dependent upon them as mice
are on crumbs.
! With their. tariff commission idea originally
presented to the country by Senator Beverage,
the Progressives know they can absolutely guar
antee business will never again be disturbed as
it has in the past by inefficient tariff thinkers.
With the direct primaries, the initiative, ref
erendum and recall, the Progressives know they
can promise the complete overthrow of the
monopolists' greatest aid, the boss system, and
restore their government to the people.
| With their plans for effectively and efficient.
ly regulating the monopolies, the Progressives arr
certain they can free business from the terrible
evils suffered under our industrial bosses and
create stable conditions that will be fair as vel
as prosperous to labor and capital.
Knowing this in their hearts and souls, Pro
gressives will not turn their backs on the prom
Used land and be content to help the people Obtain
less than the whole loaf Progressves enlisted il
these campaigns for human rights for the whole
war and they are going to see it through.
On election day they will throw their vote
in block for the men on the Progressive tickets
knowing that the only way in which this countr,
can be restored to it's former freedom is by cast
ing out Of office all candidates Of those two grea
sham battle parties, those organizations tina
have made bi-partisanship pay billions to private
individuals of the whole peoples money and re
sources the Democratic and Republican.
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