Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-04-10
AND MONOPOLIS rs.

to money getting, and in considering the
Ineans best adapted 10 gaining that end,
the just relations which men should hold
10 each ether are not often considered in
the light in which they should be. We
are all monopOlis.s alike when il comes
to the pinch, and il is only when we feel
our own corns being hurt by the tread Of
others that we arouse 10 the danger of
permitting monopoly to gain too strong
hold IN the particular line IN which it is
striving. We are not disposed toquatrel
with the Almighty that he has made ul4n
OF ibis disposition, for, after all it i Iom
the gNsping disposition in human nature
that all our works OF enterprise are con-
caived and carried to completion. Ii all
men were content TO settle down and
realize bare existence, our civilization
would soon di.npp,ar ard We would
settle back into despo.ism and barbarism.
Aud capital which seeks large invest
ments, not only looks for large returns,
but desires if possible that those returns
may be continuous, and to effect this, en-
deNors to sccure Il, far rs possible the
control or "mouopoIy' in the business in
which it i, engaged.
The term monopoly" is usually ap-
piled ia distinguishing sense to combln-
ations Of capital which control some class
O. manufacture or trade, or are engaged
ia lheperlotmanee OF some work upon
which the pubic comfort is dependent.
But there are other monopoles than those
OF capital, and experience shows them to
be more dangerous. to lie and property
than are the monOpJles formed by the
concentration Of business interests. The
farmers Of this State stored their grain,
waiting unl.l an advance in price should
bring them better returns for their crop
than were the then prices. We know
that in the price Of bread hinges much Of
tue suffering OF the poor; that when
bread is cheap, the pryatlon and misery
that attends TIE lot Of poverty is greatly
aleyiated. Yet the dcmagogues Of the
press and of politics, who made it IA spec
ialty TO dcnouncc mOnopoiics and mono
poli,ts, were far from intimatng TO the
farmers that they should sell their grain
at the market price then offered. 1t
would not have been sale to have alluded
to the little monopoly Of their own which
the iyAmera were cndeayoriug to have
bring them in as great returns rs possible.
The fact is, We are opposed 10 anybody's
monopoly except our own, and herein is
where the capital Of the anti monopoly
dpmagogue lies. The world looks with
favor upon the owners Of wealth, and not
always doe, it stop to inquire how that
wealth was created or gained. The State
is iuil OF men who have grown rich by
pos cssing a monopoly Of the necessalios
of life. Farmers who settled on Govern
mcnt land ten or twenty years ago, raised
crop, which were sod at high prices and
enabled them to purchase more land and
cultivate it until their farms are now
reckoued by thousands of acres, thus ere
atiag uew monopoly more injurious to
the welfare OF The country at large than
are, or can be, any Oh the lesser ones such
as II monopoly Of transportation, or one
Of trade. But such Is The temper Of pub
lie thought, that il is deemed just and
proper Tor Tie producers ot food to with
hold the product OF their labvIs until big
prices can b. realized, even though it AZ
lects every class to some extent and bears
heaviest on those least able To stand it.
when, however these products become
articles Of merchandise in the hands Of
midIlemen, or become a Source of profit
to the ageacie. winch stand bstweea the
producer and consumer, then The cry o.
monopoly is raised with clecl,ica' effect,
Good price, at Tic farm are regmdedas Il
s1ujce Of national prosperity go Cd prices
at the seaboard and a division Of receipts
among many are to be legislatcd against.
The most dangerous monopoly Of al is
that Of labor. Even nov the telegraph
loaded with details OF bIoodsb,l and
not in the collieries Of Pennsylvania. -
They are most dangerous because those
who o'ior their labor ia tie market do
not allow themselves to be controlled by
reason. They viii neither work thom
selves nor permit others to work, even
when they need the wages Of their labo:
to pay for their daily bread. In its ig-
norauce labor becomes ready prey TO
the arts OF the demagoguc, ms the history
ot California politics duiug The time when
tho "eig hl-houi' law was The subject Of
political discussion, amply proves. Con-
troied by vicious minds it values human
lie at nothing wbcn it .tands in the way
Of cAesished designs. Tho "Tr,des-
Unions are perfect tyrant3 MS far rs
their power goes, and much Of the hood
lumi.m and cline in tho Ctiilorni citie.
is due To tue regulation, imposed by the
Trades Unioas'-Whoa possible -upon
their employers. And outside Of their
own bu i4css h.rmemb rs arc most loud
mouthcd anti moaop)iis to be lound,
The lact is We are all monopoists, each
ia bis own way. The farmer with his
products; ; the mechanic with bis skilled,
and the laborer with lis un,killcd labor
the merchant with his goods and the capt
ta.i,t with bis wealth, each comes into
the market and seeks the highest price
for what he has to ohtr. We praise our
own wares and seek to cheapon the wares
OF all others. 50 long rs our own pet
monopoly j, let alone we are ready to
join in The cru.aI3 against the monopJlias
Of everybody ei-e--5ut when it begins to
touch Us at home we are Ike dog with
a bone, we want il all to ourselt. The
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