The Uncrowned King.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 64, 31 May 1912, Page 1

The Uncrowned King.

The free-born citizen gets up when tha dew is on the grass, And sees himself reflected in a tni.stmadc looking-glass, A trust control controls the soap h« i finds, at length, upon the, stand. And through the favor of some t.usi ho takes his comb in hand; His shoes, suspenders, shirts and socks, the buttons on his coat, His handkerchiefs., his neckties and the collar round his throat, 1 All come from the factories that trusts permit to operate; A trust allows him to havo coal to pilo upon his grate. By yielding to the sugar trust, h. makes his coffee sweet, By bowing to the beef trust he may have a steak to eat: Tho cracker trust, the Hour trust, the coffee trust likewise. Take tribute, from the man who dwells where freedom's banner flics; He rises from a table which a trust leaves in his care — And ou tho trust-made hnll-troo finds a trust-made hat to wear. Xow, see tho free-born citizen upon the trust-owned car, By paying tribute he may ride to where his duties are. He gits before a trust-made desk—a trust has said he may — And being free and equal, lie toils foi trusts all day. At night a trust provides his light, and when his prayers are said, Tho uncrowned king devoutly kneels beside, a trust-made bed. Thus all his trust's bound up in (rusts I that treat him as they please; Ho lives through favor of tho trust, to them ho bends his knees. Ah, let us (rust that when lie dies, and leaves this world of care. Some trust will waft him to tho sloes and give him glory there. I trust my readers got the sense and meaning of these lines, Enough to battle 'gainst the trusts, that ignore the courts and fines. I trust the trusting public will oppose tho vampire breed. Till we, tho people, own the trusts; then earth will be heaven indeed. —By Margaret Hammond, "The Kttrick Liniie." in "Chicago Daily Socialist."