Show BIli CORPORATIONS SEVERELY SCORED SCORED'S S 'S Senator R. R M. M LaFollette Tells of Perils of Trust Evil INFLUENCE AT AT WASHINGTON Governor Go of or Wisconsin lie De De- livers liters Address to Large in Assembly Hall lIall l' l Senator Robert M 1 M. M La Follette ot or Wisconsin died not sec see Utah b by daylight day day- light Ight on his trip through t the e state but he left an audience of or more than ban 1000 people who heard him 1 In a as is' is hall hail last Just night with ideals ot or government that will wm remain with with them hem for fot years to come and aroused an n enthusiasm that can not net help beIn beng be- be In lug ng a factor for betterment The rhe large audience assembled In the We mil hall soon after 8 S o'clock last Jast night and nd waited until 9 30 before the tho senator sena- sena ton tor or arrived on a belated train over th the Union P Pacific Mr 11 La Toilette Follette an announced announced announced an- an that he was going to talk ju Just Justus justas t tas as us long as he could despite the lateness lateness lateness late late- ness of or the thc hour and catch the 1145 rain to fill another engagement and he fulfilled his promise W. W H. H King Introduced the tho senator from rom Wiscon- Wiscon sin In saying the lateness of ot the hour precluded any preliminaries f Senator La Follette Immediately launched into his subject ct and for tor two hour lour thc and railroads o of the he country were laid bare to inspection ion tion b by an enthusiast who apparently apparent has taken for his lifes life's work the correction correction cor- cor of oC the great evils which threaten the lie freedom of or the country In n Its enjoyment of or representative gov gov- I 1 beg your Indulgence and patience pa- pa Jence tience 8 said ld Senator La Follette as ashe ashe astie he tie began besan for starting an address at atthe atthe the tho time lime when It should be finish finished d. d but If you OU will bear with me I am goIng goIng going go- go Ing to talk about our country and arid our government go As our for forefathers Cathers de designed designed designed de- de signed It to be It was to be the willo will wilt willot o ot of the people They Timey outlined a plan whereby that result could be reached and thc they called it republican govern ment If It the they could have made It fl so the system would have been such sueh that every cl citizen of or the country could have hav gone to lie tUo seat Boat ot ut voted for every law but Ul that was iti 7 po Il J j wag n tin l AT population Mho tha- tha population J T alid r lr for Or each cach state That plan so 80 o commended com corn mended Itself Usel that township to county count municipal mun and state governments followed followed fol fol- to- to lowed along the time same samo linen Graft Now Xou o All has las ch changed in hi the last years ears however so that tho ho citizen has been een cut out almost entirely CorI Cor- Cor I has made such inroads that a R. alow liOi low Influence has come to dominate our ur government so 0 that thal a new word has las been necessary to Lo keep pace with the he change This Word ord is graft graft itt in n Washington and In every minor seat eat of or government until It appears from flom rom one end o of the country to the theother other ther It was ivas 75 years rs ago that one of f the thc mo most t learned men of or the world came ame to the United States to study our form orm of ot government gO and when this man Alexis Alexs dc do Toquerville returned q France he ho said he hc had found no tin evidence e of man spending his wealth to o corrupt government In this country coun- coun try ry OI Only J sixteen years ear ago no another impartial critic visited this country and nd this report in Bryce's Bryco's American Commonwealth said the great corporations corpor- corpor lions were everywhere e Their Theil mana man- man a was secret and hd In the hands ot of f a few and anci the doors of or congress were with representatives ea of or orthe the he railroads and great corporations called ailed lobbyists When Whon we realize that Bryce yaK was here only sixteen years ago go when this great evil was Just starting we ought to realize that there theres Is s something for each o of us to do and ando to o do nor now no I r 1 dont don't mean macan to sa say that there have not lot been instances of or corruption before be- be fore forc and in other countries but this has haM spoken o of organized corruption cor- cor and of or legislators who have ha ecu unfaithful to their trust Formation of or Trusts There has been a change In business busi- busi ness conditions that has imas had a 8 ma- ma tonal crial effect on the government go Up to o the last century the bu business iness of tho the country was conducted by individuals IncH and partners but as the countr country was developed there camo caine a change when large companies were formed On this plan plan directors were put In charge and he tho business was controlled by a few men uen who acted the same amo as Individuals id or partners Following this there came ame a time for the formation of the tho trusts rusts when these companies united and voted their stocks tocks as Individuals and the management of or the tho business interests ts of tho the countr country was centered In n tho the hands of or a few men mon This brought about a condition which has set aside aside- tho the laws of supply and demand and has stifled all competition com com- petition The Time same plan was tried In England years ago 1110 but it was stilled by y criminal statutes Here in tho United States however howe It has run riot lot until there Is not a necessity of or life that is not absolutely controlled by he time gigantic corporations They saw sai they could reach rC back arid and nd supply tho ho marl market ot for raw nut mu- terla Take Taka meat for Cor Instance Six men mon tho the market of ot tho timo country True they thoy their thell grip recently on account of Investigations but their power is as great as as- asIt It Jt over o was jn Tn recent years year there has been forced a shrinka shrinkage e of or In the value aluc of or tho tIme beef of or the tho country on the hoof hoot and thc they have steadily ad advanced ad- ad time the price of or meats Three times a day these six ne men come to e cr every table in the United States Stales and a claim their theil tribute Control of Grain Market Turn to other products You cant can't find a market for a bu bushel hel of or in era a that Is not controlled I 1 by tl the th grain er trust I dont don't mean to say 3 that there not few rew arc a Independent oWl 1111 struggling for existence but they the rs ra have been gradually forced out o o. of 3 business by the Armours who a are aro part Continued on P Page ge Two BIG CORPORATIONS JS SEVERELY SCORED S Continued From Page One owners and directors In lii the railroads oIl 01 whom the elevators depend for fot exi ex ex- i S There are less les than th men mel who c ol nu-ol all of ot Q of t tho the Tho The hoards boards of directors of or 1600 trusts and combinations arc are made mad up of 16 G men and the railroad interests make malee up the greater part o of this number A very few years ago aJo thieve there were some railroads Now there are arc C G systems controlled h by 8 men and all of these are arc not in real competition but are arc controlled b by a aI gigantic I antic trust trus Tho The senator told of his work for foi railroad legislation and cited Supreme court decisions that the time railroads as public carriers were entitled to only such uch charges as would pay for operation operation opera opera- tion maintenance and a reasonable return n for the time money invested Why Vh has not the the- c congress of the United States forced forcell the railroads to reduce th their h rates in accordance with the decision decisions de dc- de- de ci lons of tho the Supreme courts he asked Simply because there have been only two tso congresses in the last lust 30 years that were not dominated b by byth th railroads Take Tako the steam roads of th the country they arc nrc capitalized at and thc they could all 1 be e built equipped from tracks tt to terminals nals nal and amid including all rolling stock and n Uve power po for fot Weakness s of Bate Law We e pay the tho r railroads s every 3 year car morO mor than it costs to maintain all of or ortho the tho government of the country from township to lo national an and yet we can cannot cannot cannot not have ha representatives who will vill m vote voto for statutes to enforce th the decrees decre-cs of tho Supreme court F Senator La Folletto Follette pointed out time the weakness of the new iC railroad rate rato law lawan lawand lawand an and l told of his efforts to have havo Itam it am amended so o 0 that it would serve serc the mosses masses according to tho ho tons of Ufo tire railroad d commission ion In Inthis Inthis this connection he ho called attention to toan toan toan an amendment to the time cf effect that no juci Judge e should sit on Oil a c case e Involving railroad vales rates who tho was waK a stockholder or bondholder er o Q any railroad or who ho had hail II passes W C III In reading the lie roll call of or the tho s senate when this amendment was sas laid on tho the table the hames names of Senator Smoot Senator Sutherland cro called with the others who ho Senator La Folletto Follette said Id were ere against legislation lation for fot the th good o of ot the public Senator Smoot was sitting beside the speaker luring the tho address und mind Mr tr La Ia Follette said Il ho was not nol throwing mud as ho he had been accused but simply reading the tile records of the time men who hal had opposed tho the strengthening of or tIle the rate Fate bill There was 38 a rush to shake e hands with Mr lit La Ta tle after the lecture and ha hasty haty t greetings were exchanged before th the thC party left the tho hall hail with 12 minutes to catch tho the train trail |