The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 7, 1898 Page: 3 of 16
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April 7, 1898.
THE SOUTHERN MERCURY.
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Smash The Trusts.
That the Democratic party in its 1900
campaign will have a "smash the
trusts" platform, there seems to be no
doubt. It's not only the popular thing
just now to "smash the trusts," but it
will be more popular in 1900, because
of the fact that there will be more
trusts. The great capitalists of the land
care no more for the cry, "smash the
trusts," than they do for the man in
the moon. Hanna and McKinley prom-
ised prosperity, and prosperity being
another name for starvation, we got it
But, the great capitalists who are al-
ways on the watch, united and alert,
see that the Republican party is the
defender of the trusts, and as the party
of hard times, will lose thousands and
thousands of votes in 1900, they reckon
from this that the other wing of capit-
alism, the Democratic party, will sail
into power. The one object of the
great money lords is to control the po-
litical party in power. Seeing that the
Democratic party stands some show of
electing a president, they will control
that party. The election in New York
was the best thing that could possibly
happen to these capitalists. The im-
mense majority for the Democratic
ticket simply proved to the capitalists
that they must control, and control
they will, and they'll do it on the cry,
"smash the trusts."
If you will consult any first class
lawyer, from Maine to Texas, he will
tell you that no law can be drafted that
will "smash the trusts."
The trusts care no more for this cry,
or any efforts to destroy them, than
they do about the man in the moon.
If the Democratic party will make their
campaign one against the trusts, the
trusts themselves will furnish money
themselves to carry on such a campaign
in Democratic districts.
Let us see what a trust is: In the
first place a trust is the logical, natural
development of industry under capital-
ism. A few men compete in producing
refined sugar. They waste more in
competition, i. e., the struggle for
trade, than the cost of refining sugar.
These business men see the great sav-
ing that will result by combining; they
see that they can save the expense of
advertising, the expense of drummers,
the expense of one-third of the work-
men, in a word, that they can save
millions by organizing a trust Take
the coal trust. Let us suppose a thous-
and companies, in place of the trust
were engaged in the coal business. They
would have a thousand sets of drum-
mers, a thousand sets of book-keepers,
a thousand sets of expenses where now
there is only one . Of course, they
would employ more people under com-
petition, but it would be wasted labor,
and the cost of conducting the busi-
ness would be double. As to the 382,-
000 coal miners, what difference does
it, or can it make, to them whether they
work 150 days a year for 1000 coal com-
panies or for one? Their lot
will be one of misery in
either case. Take the great depart-
ment stores. How will you make a
law denying any man, or set of men,
the right to sell shoes and sugar in the
same store? It simply can't be done.
If our system of capitalism is right,
then the trusts are right. As for the
competitive system, that is a gigantic
wast*. It compels the workers, the
wealth producers of the world, to do
eight days' work to get the results of
one; it compels us to waste millions
upon millions every day. The trust is
the economical way of conducting bus-
iness under our present system. To at-
tempt to "smash the trusts" is foolish.
What we should do is to smash the
private ownership of trusts.
"The public ownership of all indus-
tries controlled by monopolies, trusts
and syndicates," is the true platform
for the wealth producers of the world,
and this will include silver mines as well
as coal mines. The Democratic "smash
the trusts" platform, is a fraud.
Don't be fooled. The free silver remedy
is a fraud. Don't be fooled by that,
either. Send two cents to me and get
a 32-page book, "Hard Times, the
Cause and Cure." F. G. R. Gordon.
Manchester, N. H.
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Industrial For Girls,
Scarcely two years ago an organi-
zation known as the Texas Woman's1
Council declared for the necessity of
an industrial training school for girls,
and began agitating the question. As
president of the council, I went beforq
both the finance and educational com-
mittees during the session of the last
legislature and realized how hopeless
to ever ask for several hundred thous-
and dollar necessary to build and equip
a separate institution, beside losing the
good attained for both sexes by co-
education. It is now determined to
start anew the agitation, and along
lines which will result in success for
our demands.
The plan is to start a voluntary sub-
scription as a nucleus fund, and let
every subscription of money and name
stand as a petition to our next legisla-
ture to supplement our contributions
with a generous sum, and, with neces-
sary buildings and appurtenances, open
the doors of the Agricultural and Me-
chanical college to girls. This is no
innovation, but has been done in all the
western states with the most pronounc-
ed success.
An appeal is now made to every wo-
man and girl in our state to aid in this
work. Do not delay. To every woman
who reads this let her consider herself
apepaled to personally. This is your
work for your daughters. Solicit funds;
the contributions need not be large, the
small nickels with their attendant
names, would in the aggregate loom up
as high as a mighty force before our
lawmakers. Another thing, make this
an issue in the coming campaign. Wher-
ever a candidate announces for legisla-
tive honors get a clean cut declaration
from his as to his position on this ques-
tion. If he does not favor an appropria-
tion for girls industrial training while
more than a million has been spent for
boys, see that the prospective candidate
does not go to Austin at the expense of
taxpayers. It is gratifying to note that
two candidtaes for governor have, in
their opening addresses, declared for in-
dustrial teaching—one tentatively, the
other in a manly, decisive manner, ap-
preciating the necessity.
"* Revenencing the memory of the late
president of the Agricultural and Me-
chanical college, exGovernor Ross, It
has been proposed to endow the girls'
department as a memorial, a fitting
monument tor a worthy life; and let
it to be known as the Ross annex. So
appeal to the Confederate camps over
the state to aid us in doing honor to
one of their number as well as promote
a worthy work. Appeal to church soci-
eties which gather funds for heathen
lands, and ask a few dollars for ne-
glected girls at home. Women of the
state, this is your work, our work. Let
us go forward without let or hindrance
until our object is attained.
All money collected, forward to Mrs.
Ida V. Jarvis, treasurer, care Fort
Worth National bank, Fort Worth,
Texas.
Ellen Lawson Dabbs, M. D. Pres.
Mrs. M. O. Deane, Secretary.
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We favor a national convention of
Populists to be held July ith, 1898, at
which time the platform should be con-
scientiously rebuilt. Direct legislation
has gained so much sfavor in this
country in the past few years that it
may now consistently be made the ba-
sic plank of the platform. The study
of specific reform, such as government
ownership of railroads, methods of tax-
ation, etc., should be commended, and
a referendum taken as soon as the na-
tional and State chairmen and commit-
teemen have been properly overhauled,
(and where found untrue to Populism
replaced by efficient and honest work-
ers), to see which or what question,
in the opinion of Populists, slioull be
first pushed to legislation. Chairman
Butler and some State chairman, that
we know, as well as committeemen
should be made to line up with the
old partiés, where they belong, or else
declare their error in following an hal-
lucination of a belief that either of the
old parties really mean to legislate for
the interest of producers, and come in-
to line with direct legislation methods.
—Vineland (N. J.) Independent.
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