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Show Admitting that ti usts are a detriment to the country and a menace to Its freedom, and that the woiklngman could be favoicd moic than he Is, has there ever been a time In the history of this country when labor was so universally employed? Was there cer a time when the laborer could command such excellent wages for his work? The cost of living Is probably prob-ably higher now than hcrctofoie, but when the worklngman can get the money to pay the Increase he docs not kick and the worklngman is not kicking today. Under free trade legislation, leg-islation, the cost of living was icduccd to a minimum, but It was Impossible for the worklngman to secure enough work or money enough to enable him to keep soul and body together. If protection pro-tection does foster trusts It also pros-pcisthc pros-pcisthc working man. while free trade accomplishes nothing but partial ruin In the first instance and totally annihilates anni-hilates the latter. |