Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-08-03
THE MARCH OF THE MORGAN
MILLIONS

The above is the title of a
speech by Congressman Ernest
Lundeen of Minneapolis, on June
Is, 1888, and published in the
Congressional Record of June %.
The fighting and courageous con-
gresham who is to speak before
the Veterans of Foreign Wars at
Pine City on the evening of Au-
gust 9th, is himself former serv-
ice man. The spirit of Andrew
Jacksonville spirit of America
and democracy-runs through his
veins and it is refreshing and in
MIGRATING to hear him speak or
to read his addresses. The fol-
lowing is from the Congressional
Record:
Mr.. LUNDEEN. Mr.. Speaker, back
some twenty-odd years ago Congress
man Charles A. Lindbergh, of Mime
sofa. talked and wrote about the Money
Trust. He forced an investigation of
that Money Trust, and the record may
be read in the congressional report of
the Pujo committee in three volumes.
III 1900 Is vi,
and | venture nothing new of any
great consequence will be uncovered
that was not already known by the
Pujo committee-the same interlock-
ing directories. the same House of ].
Pierpont Morgan & Co., the same
Money Trust, and the same wrong
doing and claiming that they are
within the law, only later dates and
larger figures, until we now learn that
the House of Morgan controls more
than S20,000,0O0,0O0
| now want to pay tribute to the
memory of friend and a great man,
Congressman Charles A. Lindbergh.
whose vision and greatness was not
fully realized in his day. July 20 is
the birthday of this militant fighter
for the people, and we ought to gather
at Little Falls in the State park Gre
ated by the State of Minnesota in
honor of the Lindbergh family, there
to do honor to his name and fame, for
he was a great student of public af-
fairs and a great man. He did his
best, but the march of Morgan mil
lions did not stop.
Drawn in from every corner of the
land, and from every land beyond the
seas, these millions came rolling into
the Golfers of the House of Morgan
and other International bankers, and
were marshaled and drilled to go forth
and conquer America and the whole
round globe. At the command of the
marshal himself, they rolled forth
over hills and mountains, through the
valleys, and over the prairies of our
fair land, dropping into the tills of
great newspapers and magazines,
great radio chains, mighty business
houses; filling the pockets of lecturers
and propagandists-to our undoing.
They marched on, these Morgan mil
lions; and for every dollar that rolled
forth a string led back to Wall Street
and the lairs of the Money Trust, I'M
til free government trembles in the
balance and democracy is in danger.
They demand the best blood of our
sons to save their investments abroad.
Whole cities and states are enslaved
and the nation itself subjected. Who
shall save us from the slavery of the
Money Trust? The answer is a great
national labor party. / would like to
call that party "Farmer-Labor", as we
do in Minnesota party rooted in
the masses. Ninety per cent of our
people are farmers and workers by
hand and by brain, cemented by vet
Grams of all wars. The courage and
daring of the soldier is needed now.
This is no time to sleep. We must
rouse ourselves to the defense of our
own America. We must forget en-
tanglements abroad and solve our do
nestle problems at home. No nation
can carry a world on it's back, not
even at the command of the marshal
of the Morgan millions. Stupid diplo-
macy must cease. Americanism must
be revived-the Americanism of
Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, and
Lincoln. Standing on our own ground
in mighty America we can free our
selves. We can shatter our chains.
We shall be free. Liberated by labor
inspired and strengthened, we shall
build a greater, better, and happier
America, an inspiration and an ex-
ample to all the peoples of the earth