Show lA fOllETTE IN 1 RA E. E TO DRIVE lOUT OUT MONOPOLY Wisconsin Senator Declares De De- I clares Both Old Parties Are Instruments of Wall WallStreet WallStreet Street Special Interests W WASHINGTON Sept Assail Assailing ing the Republican and Democratic I parties which he declared Offer QUel nothing to rem remedy the evils which II have arise under their respective and as a result of ot I their policies s Senator La Follette of ot Wisconsin In a Lab r Day message mes mes- sage rage broadcast by a chain of radio stations appealed today to the voters of tIthe nation to support his Independent candidacy for tor the dency Senator La Follette asserted that he had entered the tho campaign as candidate to convict the monopoly system which he contended is protected by certain certain- laws and by bythe bythe I the failure to enforce others and whose power Is so great that both bothof bothI of the old parties h have e become its abject slaves I The Tho message of ot the Republican and Democratic parties said Mr Ir La Follette Is e. e message of at desp de de- de- de I sp lr In It the American people find no ray of hope for tor relief from rom the burdens which oppress oppress them I WOULD RESTORE SERVICE But the people have bave found a i great hope and that hope Is In the I progressive movement We have enlisted in this campaign to re restore restore re- re re-I re store this government to the g service Q of the public to secure to the la laborer Ia- Ia borer and producer in all lines a II greater share of ot the product of ot his i ton toll while protecting the consumer against the trust-fixed trust prices on all I he buys and to drive out t If f the government gov go goV 1 at the corrupting corrupt corrupt- ing Influences now so dominant I If elected pr president Senator La LaFollette La LaFollette Follette Toilette pledged himself to work for the the repeal of the Transportation Act of f 1920 behind which he as asserted asserted as- as asI I the Interstate commerce commission has taken refuge in its refusal to reduce the present ex ex- ex railroad rates downward revision of ot tariff duties readjust readjustment readjustment readjust readjust- ment tax schedules s n I of the federal trade trad and nd com commissions missions cO conservation on M natural Te sources and and- j Il ri ting free tree from gov government govern govern- rn men ment n control as an anaid aid I to the farm farmer rm I OUTLINES er PLANS I r shall If it el elected use the ap appointive appointive ap- ap pI p- p power blower of the executive I declared the Wisconsin senat senator r. r to Continued o on page jage 2 2 La Ila Follette Ol OM Major I Paies' Paies Parties Sere Seive Same Sae Masters Ope Opening ing St Statements by Nominees of R pub pub- Ji and nS Democrats Democrats' Democrats'S ts' ts ages ages' S S of Despair I Continued from page 1 1 free fre every ever department of or the tho govI government government gov gov- from tho the control o of special secial Interest I would lace p-lace I at at tie e head head of ot the depart depart- depar- depar department ment meat of Justice and in the office of ot very United States district attorney ator- ator I ney men mor who would force all aU laws and I would i them t to bring and prosecute criminal criminal crimi crimi- nal actions against every ever profiteering profiteer profiteer- ing monopoly which violates the I trust anti ant Jaws laws with the som same vigor which I would require In the prosecution prose prosecution cution cuton of a bootlegger the two old parties partes seeking to divert the attention of or voters from front pressing domestic Issues s point to Europe and say There is the solution Mr La Follette continued continued con con- The e original 1 source o of the Democratic Dem Dem- and R Republican publican plans re reI respecting re- re I Europe Is the same That source surCe Is the well wel known know banking house of J. J P. P Morgan and company I Connection o of or this banking with wIh the candidates of both parties paries and with wih the leaders of those parties partes I Is close and Intimate and tal The called so-called so-cled so Dawes plan Is merely the Morgan Mogan plan During tho campaign Senator I La L Follette declared he intends to tell tel the American people exact exactly what has been going on in Washington WashingtOn Washington Wash Wash- ington during his eighteen years service serice as a senator In that time ho he added I I 1 believe I have have in a po position po- po to observe the Influences be behind behind behind be- be hind certain cerain o of the enactments of or congress and the policies of the xe- xe branch braich o of the he government which are of the deepest significance the cance to public SEES MANY MONOPOLIES In the course of his his his' address Sen SenA ator La L Follette Flete referred to The combination which rules the coal Indu Industry tr the sugar monopoly the tho oil 01 monopoly the banking combine the tho transportation monopOly monopoly monopoly oly and the meat mot packing combination com corn as only ony a few o of the combinations combinations com com- which go to make make up lP the monopoly system I The Progressives conie ci to you ou Toilettes Toilette's address follows i iThe The come ome to you In this campaign wi with h a constructive tive national program framed fred In the tho Interests and for the benefit of the mass of the people peopleS of or ev every ry tate state and o of every section I am therefore there here tore tare grateful for this opportunity to address you in your homes and at atour your our meeting places throughout through through- out the length and breadth of the United States As w we are th the open champions of all al who labor labo It I Is fitting that we should Inaugurate our campaign on Labor Day But we recognize no narrow arow definition for the laborIn laboring labor labor- lag ing In millions of ot this countr country The farmers farers the business ss men who give honest service in return for tor righteous right right- eons eus profits the women who ton toll In the homes the offices and nd the schools of the Jand Jand Jand-an all these we regard as laborers for the common good a. a as a truly as the the- wage earners hi the shops and mills mis arid ad mines and on the railroads 1 I I I 1 I I I I I I i I I I I EQ EQUAL AL CHANCE CI-ANCE FOR ALL Wo ere are in this campaign contending contending contend contend- ing ins for the man every and nd woman under the American merIcan flag nag who lives by useful and aM creative work of ot the the hand or brainIs brain brainis is entitled to an t equal chance in life to equal pl prot protection of ot the laws and to to equal participation in the control of the government Wo Vo conclave that to be the fundamental fundamental funda- funda i funda-i mental pr principal of the constitution and we propose to defend it H We Ve believe beleve o our r government r ruled led by Republican and Demo Democratic parties partes has fallen inder the domination and control men of-men and nd interests hostile hoste I Ito to that principle who subvert the geat great powers of the government and secure t to themselves t fruits frits of the labor of the the- the mass or of the American people S A Abraham Lincoln foretold the aam condition we now face and and clearly ceary stated the te principle to which ell all al I progressive adhere when ihen he ho said eaid In the early days of our race the Almighty said to tt the first of our race In the sweat p of thy face s alt thou eat et bread but it has so happened In all al ages of ot th the world that some have labored and other othe s shave I have havo without labor enjoy enjoyed d a large Jarg proportion of the tho fruits o of that la- la bor This is wrong and sh should ld not j I II continue T To Ta secure to each la laborer laborer la- la lat t tc borer the whole product o ot labor or as a nearly neary as a possible is a a. worthy object o of any good government GIVES LINCOLN VIEW Such Such was the belief belier belet ot of the first l president r elected by th the Republican party In his time this g government by law made it It It possible under the institution of human slavery for a few men to live lve on the fruits fruits- fruitS of ot the l labor bor of or illions Lincoln believed that the true object of f government was to toI secure to the l laborer borer the largest possible s share are o of the product of his I toll toil tol and sustained by the common people chiefly by DY the farmers and I the working men of t the cities ho he reestablished that principle Since the Civil war the government govern govern- ment meat has bestowed privileges and fostered through administrative fa faVoritism favoritism aI fa a a new system under which I a a. few men are enabled to live lve on onI the tho fruits of ot the labor of oth others rs It ItIs Itla I Is la a system appearing In a form of ot which Lincoln ne' ne never r dr dreamed amed It is Is i a system against which which I have fought continuously for forthe or the tle last thirty years ears When I say sy that the prices raid gaid by the American people today for tor coal food lights c and everything which goes to warm I house feed and shelter sheler the human human hu hu- hu- hu man family are arc fixed by great corporate corporate cor cor- I Gor-I combinations of wealth t I I. I merely repeat what every Intelligent Intelligent Intelli Intel gent man and woman within sound 1 of my voice knows to 1 be 8 true This I power to fix prices s combined I with wIb the control ot at natural re resources resources resources re- re reI I sources of transportation and i credit has lodged In the hands of ot ofa ofa ota a a relatively few men a kingly I Iby by levying leving tribute upon upon the people WAGES BELOW STANDARD This system feeds on the labor of or the farmer b by fixing the prIc prices s she he ho receives for his products It I 1 f feeds eds on tho the Ab r. r of or the wage I Ie e earner by fixing fixing- wages ages below I standard found by government ex experts experts experts ex- ex II to be necessary In to maintain the family of the laborer In health and comfort It feeds on the labor of the tho consuming pub pub- lie lic lc by taking back In the form of ot extortionate profits much tnt rightfully belongs to wages and salaries sal sal- sal sal-I j aries arles and the he profits of the farm This system has his become so deeply rooted in American life le that the two great political parties partes which have shared control of the government government government govern govern- I ment since the Civil war no now recognize recognize rec roe it U as ae beyond the re reach ch and a control of oZ t th the law Under their administrations administrations ad ad- ministrations tons this system has ex extended e- e tended its power rower until today it U not only controls the economic life Ite ife of ot the nation naton but rules the very agences agencies agen agen- des cies ces of government which the pe peo people pIe have set up to restrain lt U. It t thas has not only been left free to oPpress op oppress oppress oP- oP press the farmer the wage wage earner the consuming public and mate business business It If has been ha permitted permitted per per- per to employ th the powers of ot the government itself to encroach ch upon upon tIe the liberties prosperity and happiness hap of all al The Progressives have entered this campaign to convict that system system tem teni which has has' already been In In- In dieted by public opinion It 19 Is proper that we should come with witha a h bill bi of ot particulars In our ment Exactly what do we mean by the system i BAFFLES COMMISSION 1 We mean the combination which rules the coal industry of ot this country which fixes and extorts extorts extorts ex ex- ex- ex torts unjust prices from UTe tile consumer which h has baffled tha federal trade commission In its is lawful effort efort to ascertain th the facts regardIng regarding Its profits and costs and production and which under the Jast ast Democratic Democratic- tc administration Was was aided by the department of justice In ar an attempt to th the lawful organization of th the miners in that Industry r We mean mean the sugar monopoly Which habits representatives on the tariff comission commission commission- which prevented J that thai a co f from om promptly reporting re- re I porting a reduction reduction-In In the th tariff duties dutes on sugar sugar and which under I the false pretense pretense- that it lt w was s protecting protecting pro pro- the sugar beet far farmers ers us used d the tariff to Increase the price prie of sugar to the the public with wih the active ac- ac tive aid of the he pr president the secretary secretary sec see rotary of commerce and the responsible responsible responsible sible leaders of this a administration straton in the United States senate S We mean the oil oi monopoly which dictates s prices s on or gasoline and oil 01 throughout the land It strangles Independent business business' enterprises en enterprises enterprises' en- en by cutthroat competition n. n It resorted resorted to outright corruption of a the presidents president's cabinet cab cab- inet met to wrest the ra naval val oil 01 reserves from the public domain It I has systematically systematically defied th the laws and the I courts cours of this country c for a generation gen gen- and through its is ts agents hn has for many years contributed large I sums of money to both Republican an r and Democratic camp campaign funds SCORES DEFLATION We e mean the banking combine which through its Is control of the federal reserve reserve board arbitrarily fixes fes interest rates rates' and c controls ls credit in the interest of the big monopoly systems It I Initiated four tour years Jears ago a policy of deflation causing a. a shrinkage ge in a prices since 1920 of ot more than fifteen bil bl- bl bil- bil lion lon dollars and a loss to the farmers farmers farm farm- tar tar- ers In the value of their land and other property of more re than twenty billion bUl on dollars We mean men the transportation monopoly monopoly monopoly mo mo- which obtained through the department of ot Justice under this administration an a Injunction placIng placing ing more than men the ban of the law which dictated to congress th the terms of the tho Esch- Esch Cummins Cummins' law Jaw exacting extortionate railroad rates from the farmer farmer the business min man mn nd the consuming public and pas has as been powerful powerful power power- ful enough under the administrations tons ot f f both political parties pates to ac acquire acquire ac- ac I ac-I I quire a dominant Influence over the interstate commerce commission We mean the meat packing com coth- com I bin which fixes the pr pries prices es for tor forthe the tho products of the fafnis and aud the the food served upon the table of the consumer er which which has bs obstructed the I proper enforcement Jn in the public Interest of regulatory regulator laws enacted I by co congress and and which has las escaped p prosecution os cuton for violations of law through its is official connections tins tons with wih the administrations o of both the Democratic and Republican can cn parties partes These are only a n few of ot the combinations com corn which go to make up the which Is protected protect protect- ed by certain laws and by the failure fail faU- ure nrc to enforce others and whose power is now now so so great that both of or orthe the old parties paries have hare b become come merely the Instruments of ot Its Its' Is' Is will wl These m monopolies each having having- I acquired economic control by combinations com corn In its own field feld were drawn together by common inter inter- 1 est They early saw the vital Importance importance importance im Im- im- im of the control of the gOI goy gov I POLITICS PLAY PART They buU built up a perfect |