Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-08-20
MONoPOLIEs.

lQht tDeIo ID TeaSOu ia mo TOustlDR
OF eggs /" has long been held as correct
maxim. That there ia also q certain |
amount OF reason in monopoly is |
proposition not 80 generally accepted or
understood. Il has become the custom |
10 growl at monopolies without stopping |
to consider what monopoly is or how
beneficial q monopoly may be. Looking
at the matter in a strictly radical sense
the word monopoly Is taken from
Greek word signiiying one who holds or
possesses the sole power to sell or trade.
Taken 10 q general way monopoly is only
another term for human nature, and II is
in this light we propose to discuss 1t.
Everyone is moro or less monopolist at
heart, only prevented from exercising
the desire by lack Of dictionary power.
II by intelligence. wit, tact and applicaS
tion lawyer enjoys an unusual degree
Of professional honor and Is given large
number Of cases to plead, no is mon
opolist to the utter exclusion Ut equally
worthy and deserving but less energetic
and competent men. II merchant by
attention to business and honorable
dealing draws around him large and
lucrative trade he monopolises that
branch of business and breaks down
composition. 1t ia on the universal
Darwinian theory Of the fittest surviving
and the weakest being crushed out
Courage, skill and push form combina.
tons and backed by capital build up
corporations that make money and serve
the peoples purpose, while individuals
possessing all the eagerness for profit.
but destitute Of the qualities essential
for practical success. stand by and carp
at monopolies. The monopolizing cor
poration is only the lawyer or the NOR
chant on larger scale. By their vim
they build up steamship line or rail-
road line and getting everything their
own way do pretty much AZ they please.
IT'S human nature the world over. Let
anyone OF our readers get the monopoly
OF anything tomorrow and he will max 9
N good thing ont OF it AZ he can. The
only thing that would restrain him from
extortion would be due sense Of justice
and certain amount OF respect for the
rights of others coupled with private
lookout as to consequences. and keen
eye Us to what was best and how far he
might 60. AS with an individual, &C
with company or corporation. The
possession OF the right Of way. the ex
elusive right to certain powers and priv
leges, the ownership of vested rights,
etc., leads the owning corporation to de-
wise ways and means to make all they
can out of the affair. and while philan.
thropically beneftting the people and
developing the country. pecuniarily 10y
up for themselves treasure, and in plair
English make the thing pay as much and
as long as possible. In this they are per
fectly right. II corporation take oil
the risk Of new undertaking, furnish
money to put 1t through and brains Il
guide it from its inception to its compile
ton. they are certainly deserving of
fair amount of profit, aud while benefit
ing the people, they assuredly are entite
to pecunlary benefit to themselves ind
vidually. II would be unreasonable 70
US to blame a corporation for doing wha
We would do ourselves il we had
+. chance. But 1t may be said this i
false reasoning; according to this all W
can do is to sit still and let these fellow
rifle our pockets and bind US hand an,
foot. By no means. A false deduction
may be drawn from the assertion, bu
yet it can be shown that the argumen
holds good. 1t does not follow that be
cause every one would be monopols
il he could, that therefore no restrain
should be placed on monopolies, whethe
individual or comprising q corporation
There is always remedy for extortion
II we find an individual attempting ex
tortion. we let him alone; II we see
corporation imposing too high tariff o
extortionate rates of passage. there i
legal redress. The law defends the citi
zen against the monopoly and check
UNIQUE desire to make private greed sub
servient to public convenience. Tn,
supremacy Of the law is always capabl,
OF establishment over any corpora,io,
however powerful and grasping, m,
while allowing fair profit as reward 70
enterprise and genius, keeps With
bounds the universal desire to monopt
lize. which is individually characteristic
Of the human race.