The bandit bag barons are going to have some hard sledding from now on.
If the concentration of wealth means the destruction of the republic, then the people have a right to stop the concentration of wealth.
The fact that the trusts are now in control of the railroads is another reason why the Government should own them.
An economic principle that does not rest upon a moral basis should receive no support from honest men.
Every applicant for a special legalized privilege is an enemy to good government.
It is the men who are always hammering at the doors of legislation for special privileges that want “something for nothing.”
The greatest power in the world is that which controls the volume of money, and the Republicans are talking about turning that power over to a few private buccaneers.
When the very rich men are called by their right names there will not be such a scramble to get rich.
It is to be hoped that in this fight with the trusts and railroad corporations that “big stick” of Teddy’s will not prove to be a stuffed club.
If Uncle Sam wants to mix his credit with anybody’s let him mix it with that of the farmers. Their security is better than bonds.