Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-09-13
TRUSTS AGAIN.

The farmers are unable to
firm trusts ON the plan of the
existing combinations. But man
ufactIriug capitalists get to-
gether aud agree To nauuiic-
ture less, check production. fur
uIsh the market with "A limited
supply of their goods and thus
keep the prices high. It's true
many poor VuTkIugmen aud wo
men axe thrown out of employ
meut by these sort of agree
lneuts but What care have the
manufacturers for labor. any
how! Suppose "a Chinese wall
was butt around Lafayette
county aud all tie thrifty house
wives IN the enclosure who had
eggs aud chickens and the pro
duets OF the dairy 10 sell should
agree to advance the price lU0
per cent to such customers as
they might find ia tue towns.
In this case the customer would
Ike TO have AN opportunity to
get over the boundaries aud en-
Joy little freer trade with the
outside world lie would not
like to he confined to- the pur.
chase of the home article for
the sake of encouraging home
Industries, This is "A homely Il
lustratIon but II does as well a.
any other TO show lust what
priHciplc l. most at work in
making, building mp and per
petuatiug trusts. The Americas
doctrine OF protection Is good
enough to collect the needed
revenue to run the government
from year 10 year but il is at
last Dad enough to he mostly
responsible for trusts and trade
arrangements Injurious to the
people These are the sort of
things that make the Tich richer
aud the poor poorer. | cannot
see where the farmers and nv
sort Of people have any show.
The existence OF trusts furnish
the best argument ia the world
Tor increasing the free list IN
amending the tariff laws On the
Heeessar'es of life aud the
things the people M silly need.
Ii manufacturer want t. create
trusts why do they not DO so on
Injuries and make corners on
Emery The reason is plain
enough The Injuries Of life
ean easily be dispensed with and
wealth can travel off to Europe
and buy In the markets of free
trade at prices that cannot be
met 1T home. Poverty howev
er must do the best il can in the
home market aud under high
protective tariff the importer
and the consumer must stand tx
anu see the home trusts scoop
IN large profit before the buy
er caE make any sort of bar
gam with the owner of the for /
eign article. Il is a remarkable
thing that we hear only of sue /
cesstul trusts in the necessaries /
OF life The people OF Oxford /
who buy coal are hit by a
RISE IN COAL
aud are tieeced from seventy 4
Eve cents To Que dollar 4 ton +
more than they would otherwise /
pay but for the existirg coal
trust In the United States. r.
need not go ogt of Oxford To +.
o1taia "a precedent for the man
ner trusts affect our rates On
coal. The great coal trust which
was organized in the anthracite
region of PENNSYLVANIA costs
every maa who uses pittsburg
coal IN the town of Oxford from
nine to twelve dollars on each
ear load more than he should
pay. II yoa should go to the
coal dealers in Oxford To Inv
coal | undertake to say that Won /
Will ind no competition among
them. 1t is not the fault of the
local dealers by any means
lhey cannot help i for they on
" take orders and are therefore ,
on.y commission men at last. If
yoa TANK you can DO better by
giving to Z foreign agent the I
ehaEces are you cannot and IN {
many cases the big dealers in .
coal elsewhere will ONLY refer a
yen back TO Your local middle
man who takes the orders Now a
II is clear that 10 one companv .
Is working the entire coal fell q
oil the country and on the con /
trary 1t Is equally certain that
lrere are many hundreds AMI 7
even thousands of ccal led own. \
ers- The coal feds are extern. ?
slve IN a few of the States Rat q
tnese coal men have got t0geth- il
or aud pooled the price of coal. i.
How II is with Alabama eoal n
mines | an not sufficiently IN. ,,
formed 10 say but no doubt thev :,
TOO have been quick enough 10 n
catca on and are in the pooI 4
Also The great cities of fba m
country are jas: now maxine =,
much complaint of the extortio5 4,
saal and of the discrimiua a,
iions made in the price in favor M
Oh some localities to the preiu. d