Tombstone epitaph., 1888-05-26
THE CATTLE TRUST.
The Laws Afford Remedy Whereby the Big
 Four Can Be Reached.

ann, tha. ever existed n the UnHed Sta,es," ana MT. Plumb was oi the opin- lon tn Il "no t,u,l or com nnat on had $" , ,weiful or baleiul an Influence Tiis an old soy. l IS true that this rug ,A. greatly .lecre.s d Ihe selling prlce "f C. ge tlr, ant a the same inc kept ip the 0 d TIC. be- 'o the consume', ,nt a, the .u. al tlu a, lOaerod the < la < pIite oi poritd unr in ugh ne T, f C sugar uhitn the people bu!. Ve have T pea,e ly ,hOAn in the lnm 1u he ca l., ring ~as thus t, E we, n the lno !uc ani the con. uln'i ud rubbn. b tn I'm truth ab Il. tn, ate D ,ul and ne ou, c;ht ln,ul, ahd u,,s nas be n h fore he people gam and again. The Cnca.u rug ',as en euabi d "a rob bo h ctllc gnuMer- md C ,nsumers ni b, ef y m-an, ,i in ,uit"u, compact, VI h ra lr'ad con ptni.s Tae Standard O Company
 
 Ili top it. D .srr and c.abrd 5 com ,ett r, in he .me way. Wllin :, week i congress son ,i rnr,mutce has talk n es rnonv when shous tha', in spi'e "f lh' r,r t- com u-rce l,v. his tru-l Is N'i ou sui E ani rnipi'g me ms "t oh :o npac,s the few ref ,ers of oil ~h" le>ire to arry n an inde nde' bus:- ness.
 The ,eccn, multiplic stion nf,uis and rn-r com ina on, has caused inve,t,. a. on 10 br ordered ny Congress and b> ne leg ,laturc of New Y rk, and wla ,,s be- the ,e>ui? In AL ny com nt ee He ltd mass If vep mp r- nt and cohvinc ng testun 0n., d d ne friend, and representatives of th' usts in the legislature have ben able |, smother the bill which was pro yo,+d oy the committee as a remedy. It has. been shown that und,r .xsling law il is the duty of the attorney general of this
 
 corporations wh oh have un ted to form trusts, but he has taken no ac' ion. The congressional committee which was in- ,,rncted to make an investigation has alepied ,Icy of delay, and has made ve'y little progress. Apparently some ot It's influen i4l members fear that vigor- Jus inquiry might disclose facts that could be used against the sacred high | arif. Even in the case of the Chicago gas trust, where an appeal 10 the courts rom the attorney general seemed immr nent few weeks az the influence of he ring has been exerted so successfully nat the city is nov on the point of mak- ng bargain with the monopnlsts.
 "I know no remedy" sad Mir. Vest last Thur,da,; 'the statesman who uld nvent remedy would deserve monu- nrnt more enduring than the cipit.l." This assertion is unworthy of so in'ell- gent man. He must know that when :ver co nbns i,ns have been brought ,to court they have been co d-mned, md the agreements and con'rac upon which they res have been decl red null md void. I'm: law Is oppo,e ed to com ,nall"ns wh .se purpose is to !revr nl ,mp-i,riOn. rh- decisions of which have >p"k n were mld~ in Gas $ h re mb r. of c"mhinriOrs have 1, relei among 'hcn,>elv L { |,
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 Uni ubre lv Mir. Vest is ,ircer- in s cnui C ,i n of the ca # F 'inS aud. inftr .n,i IL !, of ntr.rr ng, nj tru>-, bu, m | yn ng there Is m r, medv al hand he l. mi [ ntlon ,llv playing to the h nds 4 all these mnn"p ,Ii,is. ih,y would ave p opl. hel eve that no remedy i, af' fr'ed by the ia@, as th y sand tu day. here arr reme lies. A cnpor 'ti"n hicn sur. en i,r,ils Do" CT 10 alru,', Aid h,ch abuses he prv leg gr nt'd by he peopl. by j,.n'ng the Ii 'gs whose Il st Is to rnb he pe"pe Dy kilinl ,mprt,lon, may be called to account ,,d di,suIved by the attorney general. i'he laws of ihls t,te an for maay her states provide for such action.
 hey sho ild he enforced. il can be .nown tn tne five firms tn. cattle ring have united to rob pro ucers and cons tuners, and are aided in their work by rall, oad companles. the is remedy 'olh in the conspiracy laws and Tn the nter.s state commerce act. The linseed ,,l tu,t and the lead trust, wrich are ,aid tu have been ganized in Mir. Vests ,ate, are composed or rpornt tions which may be called to account by the gency winch we have tinted out, un- |