The lure of the past, the present and future (1911) (14596371480)

Identifier: lureofpastpresen00brya (find matches)
Title: The lure of the past, the present and future
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Bryan, George W., ca. 1844
Subjects: Bryan, William Evermont Women Urbanization Real estate development Agriculture
Publisher: Los Angeles, E.G. Newton company, printers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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cts connected withthat industry as cheap as the Standard Oil Company,and why? Because their system is perfect, several hun-dred thousand people are given employment at fair wagesas distributors of their products. We never hear anyconsumer of oil and gasoline complain of the low prices.Whenever a protest is made, it is on account of themonopoly. Suppose there had been no Standard OilCompany, Chicago University would be to the bad thirty-six million dollars. Did it ever occur to you that Godmoves in a mysterious way his wonders to perform, ordo you believe God has anything to do with endowments?Another thought and we will leave the great questions ofthe present day that disturb the equilibrium of our goodcountry to be presented by the newspapers, the politiciansand men in office from the president to road supervisorsto the dear people. They will make it so plain next yearduring the campaign that even a Hottentot, if he has beenhere long enough to vote, can not fail to cast his ballot in
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Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Indianapolis, Ind. 5ee Page 66. THE PRESENT AND FUTURE 65 the interests of good government anci a revision of thetariflf, so that all classes will be satisfied, even the con-sumer. There will be many questions to be settled nextyear after the conventions and before the election. First,the tariff, then the syndicates that control our food supply,then our foreign relations, especially with Japan, thenlabor and capital, then the trusts and conservation of ourvast resources, all these and more will be settled by ourspellbinders, as they are every four years. But there isone, the paramount question of the present and future,that they will never mention in a national campaign, andthat is the temperance question. Why? Because thetraffic makes quite a revenue for a billion-dollar Congressto distribute, then the farmer could not dispose of hiscorn and other products that can be distilled into liquidas poisonous as the secretions of the deadly Upas tree ofJava; th