| Show O A WHEEL WITHIN A WHEEL E Every rr now and again wo we See the In Iii the daily press that business depression t ages havo not been bed lowered or that with the return of the tho pa payrolls Tolls or of this that or the other corporatIon have been Increased or that wages for or this that or the other craft have hare been raised All of which is done for effect for It sounds well welland I an and looks on the face of It hut but it does docs not state the facts In tim tho case I Something more than a year ago others m myself sel had the pleasure I and honor to represent organized la Ia labor bor nt at a conference of oC all the com coni anel industrial bodies of the I state which was hold held at Salt Lake City During the after banquet dis of the causes or of the high prices demanded for th necessities of life and while tho ho railroads were being excoriated for fOI the part they ther I wore were playing In causing those high I prices your our humble servant made thc tho following statement Tr rr Chairman and Gentlemen have e justly arraigned the rail aI for or the part they are arc playing in Ihl matter but have hae on of the tho most factors In ilL Ih creation and mr m nance or of high p Ires IOS that we Wc hw baw contend with namely While as fl my friend the has said The railroads are arc charging e cx freight rates rales and are arc large largely l ly for Ol the high price or of living I want to sa say gentlemen the they are arc not wholly r responsible You wIll have lUle to look further than that Is practically nothing that we se eat drink or that Is not controlled I hr by perfidious thing commonly called a trust Those trusts cap d for twice or 01 thrice the mono money actually invested gathers up and con controls trois u the c output of the tho timings things WI we must have hac and holds the price so high I us that We must strain every nerve nere to reach just enough to keep I from rom actual starvation On von ou wUI find the father t trust URt d i I a I to the tho lessor lesser trust time the I he catching the I II I In I 0 he small re ic icI I If I h lii catching the same spir t in to 10 the consumer and the thu ther r II 1 lid m lie Jle nays the frei freight ht It l nip therefore the thing to ton bw n the water out of these I low the he I r the h If t i iid the retail retailer r a reason I I J I m ii for tue actual mone money in inI I 1 and ud we ve wll have haye more to lo oat eat oatT T I r r to wear better hetter and happier I I PH in ud a more COUII t tr In view jew of this then tilen I would pro this toast Heros to the tho water pure spark Ung a and 1111 It keep our minds clear to re resist resist with our might The greed controlled or of 51 sity t o food That w we nil all have hac to bu buy for the great good Sp heros to the man who will keep within reason The price of our om turk near the holiday season After AHer having studied this subject since that I have hao not had oc caslon to change my mind in tIme the least that great combinations loser losser corn com and still lesser combinations exist or combinations within comb combi combinations nations or wheels within wheels flourIsh at the expense or of the great mass of the people is 15 borne In ha upon Its with every breeze We arc aro told with a great nourish flourish that wages ha have been Increased ed and more men are be beIng being Ing employed th than n formerly but the amount Is not stated The Tho facts as from time the bureau of commerce and amid and from Bradstreets and Duns Dimmis reviews are arc these The cost of actual living hiving necessIties has bOCU increased in three years In by 49 per cent whIle wages Jiao only nl lB in san same e time 19 per cent nt There is I therefore a discrepancy of oC 30 o per cent in favor ot of time the trust but this not tell all the story ston for whatever may mar contribute to les lessen lesSen sen the earning power of the c operates as a rt reduction of wages mm o when we take Into account I time enforced and half liol hol H H we see that the tho WM wagon PS of those affected are nrc reduced S lJ pel cent fOl the half holidays and 16 23 pel cent for time holidays covering time time or of such enforced idleness ss which would somewhat reduce the tho average increase of HI 19 per pcr cont thus giving gling the trust a stilt still greater ago over the wage uge earner carner And wh why should this be Simp Simply to fill the cot cof coffers fers of a few fow avarIcious Individuals at the th expense of the people at large and Irrespective of the hunger suffer suffering hug ing and entailed thereby And this too loo In face or of time the fact that time the country Is line of industry beIng on Uw the up p having been no crop failures or of an any consequence for Cor years ears past there thero has been boen a steady Increasing do de demand domand mand for mineral and manufactured railroads ha have 0 been ened with demands and yet et the tho cost of living has steadily el cd To lo the mind of oven the casual there thero would appear to be a In the somewhere and 1101 we believe bellcO It the duty of all lion hon est cst an and citizens to look Into this matter and endeavor to ferret out time the facts and then to Inke steps to put a stop to such practices Re Ho that a wheel Js Is a circle whIch has llO Ho ending and wheels within wheels grow smaller and smaller un tin til finally nil all are gathered Into a Yen very small group and everything In sight is gobbled up LA LATER TER Since tho above aboc was written re reports reports ports ha 0 reached us mis through time the that a trust has been dig dis In our mid l and that an on ruly member has been disciplined by byI bya a I threat to ruin hIs business If lie he did not be good That such things do ox ex exIst 1st and amid are being practiced in various parts of the country would not nol be lit dlf to lo proe and has hus been repeatedly Allow us liS to Lo say that there Is ala a against the boycott and if such tactics should he be proven against the participants It would not oe be pleasant This Is n a splendId ex cx example ample Of the workings of the wheel 11 time the wheel Timo Tho S says 8 10 tile oue D Do good or om We Will I fix x rite fhe one says sars fOr r win do as J I please Then the as association sedation aY ays to the wholesaler Quit to this man or we will quit o Tlc manufacturer is appealed to nul lie he s says s time the same sarno timing thIng Be careful t hat is a boycott and unIon sent to jail for a great greal deal less |
