The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-12-24
Is NATURALIZATION OF
INDUSTRY In PROSPECT?

| bankrupt. But Uncle was holding
the sack" in this case the railroad
bonds of the corporations. The Great
Empire Builders" then betook them
selves and their lobbying representa-
tives to Washington and induced an
obliging congress to CANCEL THE
BONDS leaving the corporations in
full possession and ownership of the
railway systems together with every
alternate section of land for 20 miles
on each side Of the right of way. Evil
IDENTIFY the congress of that day like
those of later and present days be-
lieved in living up to the scriptural
injunction eff man taketh away thy
cloak, give him thy pants also"
(For a more complete and detailed
history of the manner in which 1.-THE
Great Empire Builders" so thoroughly
and efficiently removed the hide, tail
and tallow" from the American gov
eminent and taxpayers the student
should read "The Story of the Great
Railroads" by Russell)
Briefly, our Capitalistic (but not
paternalistic) government furnished
the money to build the railroads and
then gave the systems, along with
large portion of the public domain, to
the corporations who had 'gyped" the
public out of it's eyeteeth. But in our
want anything savoring of paternal-
ism in government
Nor is the recent history of the
railways and their management any
more conducive to confidence in the
integrity of Free Business Enter
prise" under the capitalist (some-
hing-for-nothing) system. The rec
ord of the Milwaukee railroad in the
past two decades with it's numerous
receiverships, mergers /
and what have you designed primar-
ly by the financiers to shake down"
he small investor and provide juicy
financial melons" for the insiders"
s a shining example of the much |
more Ssuave" but equally efficient
modern methods of free-booting enter
orise in separating the small would
,e" capitalist from his epidermis,
llong with whatever funds he may
lave in his possession.
Nor are such Rugged Individual
Methods the exclusive prerogatives
# railway financiers. Readers of the
liberal" papers and magazines, labor
nd farm publication recall the "gyp-
ng" of the government by the Ana
onda in delivery of defective mate
ial. The news was either suppressed
T played down by the daily capitalist
ress. Our old friend Standard (of l.
{. Farbenindustrie connection) has
cen busily engaged in an endeavor
D "gobble up" the Elk Hills naval !
eserve Ga previous attempt readers
I'LL recall was frustrated by Senator t
aFollette during the Harding admin i
;tration) Recent disclosures o.
rank j. Boehm, former $4,000 a i
ear vice president of the Union Elec- {
tic Co. Zone of the group associated q
nth your electric company" brings t
)rth the information that this giant I
Torth American company had spent v
lore than $5,000,000 in attempts to I
Influence elections, secure appoint
tents of federal and state officials 4
| several states These are only a
Nv instances of the corruption of the
apitalist system. t
The inquiring student pauses to t
onder if this type of free enter
rise" SO highly praised by your p
ectric company and it's associates il
the kind of system which American d
'ldiers are fighting to preserve. Be f
g close student of the evolutionary il
'ocess and withal something of an il
otimist your scribe feels confident S