The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-30
HOW PRESIDENT WILSON
PROPOSES TO CURB
THE TRUSTS

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Paul M. Warburg, OF the none,
trust for the federal reserve board.
Thomas b. Jones, of the Harvester
trust, for the same.
Ira Nelson Morris, of the beef trust
for minister to Sweden.
winthrop More Daniels, the rail
roads man, for the interstate com
merce commission.
Tom Fox, the "red light boss" OF
Sacramento, for postmaster
And a host of high and low demo
cratic office seekers and small bore
politicians for other jobs.
This is part of the record of Wood
row Wilson, progressive" president
OF the United States on the demo
cratic ticket, ticket which is just
now issuing frantic appeals to the la
Dor vote to vote it's continuance in Of
flee. Stick these names under your
hat and remember them when your
democratic congressman asks you to
re-elect him because of the record of
achievement" of the gentleman who
occupies the White House.
If there was ever any doubt that
Wilson's administration is making an
appeal to business, big, bad and lit
tie, glance at the list of these APP
pointees should settle It. If this
glance does not settle 1t, review of
the following facts should nail it in
the head forever:
Aside from the Mexican peace
policy of the president and the re-
formist program for that shattered re-
public which he hopes to see Carranza
and Villa put through, Wilson has
made, is making, and will in all
probability continue to make the ut
most efforts to aid business. He aid
ed the bankers by passing the cur
rency bill which, according to Repre-
sentative Lindberg, the near Socialist
who forced Pujo money trust investi-
CATION, has strengthened the central
izing power of the kings Of finance.
If you don't believe this, ask the big
bankers.
Wilson is working to secure the
passage of a set of harmless trust
bills which are desired by all intelli-
gent business men because they will
stop for a time the agitation against
the trusts and will not Interfere with
profits. Wilson has steadfastly re-
fused to aid the seaman's bill, which
is favored by the Seamen's union and
opposed by the steamship trust, Will
son has played into the hands of the
railroads by securing the repeal of
free tolls provision of the Panama
canal act, thus helping to keep rail
road states and maintain higher
freight charges.
Wilson, through William Jennings
Bryan, the highest paid vaudeville
artist in the cabinet, has endeavored
to jam through the senate the outrage
Gus Columbian and Nicaraguan trea-
ties which even a corrupt republican
senate sent back to Knox and Taft as
too gross a handing over to Wall
street of the helpless South American
republics. Wilson has, lastly, given
his official o. X. to the fake labor ex-
emption clause in the Clayton bill
which he admits does not exempt Ia
Dor from prosecution under the Sher-
man act.
Wilson will probably sign the worst
pork barrel, rivers and harbors bill
which congress has had up for years.
Wilson has damaged to an extent that
cannot be repaired for years the civil
service system, never particularly
we'll kept.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the IN
TERESTS are still on the job in
Washington. All this talk about the
abolition of the lobby from the hall
of congress is idle gassing. The lobby
is still here; it is no longer unofflclal
and amateur-it is official and pro-
fessional, and it draws pleasant sal
aries from the United States govern
ment. If you don't believe this, ask
Commissioner of Corporations Davies,
who is also secretary of the democra-
tic national committee and who trans
acts his public and his political bust
ness in one and the same office.