Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1912 — IT IS UP TO YOU! [ARTICLE]

IT IS UP TO YOU!

The freeborn citizen gets up when dew is oh the grass And sees himself reflected in a trust made looking glass. ; A trust controls the soap he finds at length upon the stand. And throughl the favor of some trust he takes his comb in hand. His shoes, suspendprs, shirt and socks, the buttons on his coat. His handkerchief, his necktie and the collar round his throat All came from factories that trusts permit to operate; l A trust allows him to have coal to pile upon the grate. By yielding to the sugar trust he makes his coffee sweet; By bowing to the beef trust he may have a steak to eat; The cracker trust, the flour trust, the coffee trust, likewise. Take tribute from the man who dwells Where freedom’s banner flies. He rises from the table which a trust leaves in his care > And oh the trust made hall tree fipds a trust made hat to wear. Now see the freeborn citizen upon the trust owned car;' By paying tribute he may ride to where his duties are. He sits before a trust made desk—a trust has said he may— And. being free and equal, he toils for the trust all day; At night a trust provides his light, and when his prayers are said The uncrowned king devoutly kneels be side a trust made bed. Thus all his trust’s bound up in trusts that treat hirh as they please. He lives through favor of the trusts; to them he bends his knees. Ah. let us trust that when he dies and leaves this world of care Some trust will waft him to the skies and give him glory there.