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Show ROCKEFELLER IS SCORED BY 8ENATOR WORK8 "Money Accumulated by Oppression and Crime," 8ays 8enator " """ " Washington, May 5 Effo'ts ln congress con-gress to incorporate tbe 9100,000,000 Rockfeller foundation were scored today to-day by Senator Works, who declared them a "proposal to farm out to John U. Ilockefeller and his asscc'ates tho right and power to educate the people peo-ple of tho country with money accumulated accum-ulated by criminal means." 8enator Works' statement was made ln connection with a speech he delivered in the senato today on' trusts hnd combinations the existence of which he blamed to tho hlghpro-tectlvo hlghpro-tectlvo tariff policy. "The extent to which this may be carried out Is practically unlimited," said tho senator. "Wo don't want our children to bo taught the ways nor the method of John D. Rockefeller rr his kind, nor to bo generous with III gotten gains, nor to touch, handle or profit by gold that should blister the fingers of tho man who has accumulated it by extortion, extor-tion, oppression and crime, and Is now attempting to rid himself of It by giving It away, nor to become tho receivers of stolen goods ln the name and under tho guise ot charity." Sherman Law Inadequate The continued existence ot trusts and monopolies tho senator said was duo to the inadequacy of tho Sherman Sher-man anti-trust law which ho declared should bo so amended that specflc restraints ot trado shall be unlawful with sultablo punishment for those who violates the Ia'w. While he was not In favor of a high protective tariff which fostered capitalistic capi-talistic combination ho said ho would bo In favor of an effort to protect tho wago earne'r In his earnings, and that he believed it would be an cxcol'ent thing to harmonlzo tho tariff and wages." "The interstate commerce commission," commis-sion," continued the senator, should be allowed to determine whether fa'r wages are being paid by any c:n-corn; c:n-corn; and if not, to compel the employer em-ployer employing foreign laborers and paying European wages to pay the samo tariff on Us manufactured goods that, are onforced against foreign for-eign Importations until its wages are Increased to a fair scale tor American Ameri-can workmen. It a high tariff did In fuct protect the wage earner I would cheerfully stand for l(s continuance oven at the expense of hlgiier prices to tho consumer. y Tariff Experts Ignore Farmers "The evident purpose of tDo so-called so-called tariff expert 1b, bo far as pro gross has been made, to deprive tho farmers, who are themselves laboring labor-ing men and wage earners ln most cases, of all protection ana preservo 'it to tho trust and millionaire mknu facturers. This would no a fatal mistake. In most cases our manufacturers manufac-turers and business men can compete with the world and make profits. They can and do soil their goods cheaper In foreign markets than nt homo. With tho farmer, ln many cases, It Is different. "Tho wnge earner must bo protected protect-ed In his earning and reasonable hours of labor, tho consumer In reasonable rea-sonable prices, and tho whole people must be protectod In their Independence Indepen-dence and liberty. The equality ot all men must bo raado a reality and not a theory. If tho Democratic party par-ty can and will accomplish these results, re-sults, demanded by tho people, It mny live and maintain itself in power. pow-er. If It does not, its reign will be brief. New Party Will Arse ( "If nelthor of tho old parties cai or will rostoro tho government to tho pcoplo ns our forefathers handed it down, tlien tt now party will bo raised rais-ed up that will do tho pcoplo's will. It will bo a party of the proplo's ow n making, founded on Justice, fa'r deal. lng and disinterested patriotism. 1 am read) to gle tho Democratic party par-ty a fair trial I am willing to wait and see hnd to lend my aid to that party or any othor to bring about Just and beneficent laws through and by which tho people mny bo brought In-to In-to their own and their Just rights fostered and protected." |