The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-03-23
A TRUST.

manufacturers, like the topper, cry LOT
norc protection, more stimulus, more
whisky. This far they are the most
logical sci on earth, but i'll that they
re also like the whisky drinker.
they know that the dogs bite hurts,
,ut they say "the hair of the dog Is
rood for the bite" They are mistaken.
As certain as the predestination OF
as certain as the .fdte OF
as certain as the force OF
gravitation is it that an unnatural
stimulus will unduly excite, and that
there must follow a reaction.
Protection invites money into + o
and steel, makes a bid for it, puts a
premium on it. 1t comes-just rs
shoemakers would come into any town
in Missouri were some rich and
powerful lunatic to offer them wages
one hundred per cent. more than
those obtained elsewhere. When the
money is in comes great productlon'
flush times for a little while, then
sharp competitor, tricks and cuts.
This, until the bottom is knocked out.
Then there is overproduction, g glntted
market, trade dull and representation
what? Why, then. OF course, comes
the trust. the combine, or whatever
else you choose to call it. When this
arrives the manufacturer is all right.
IL is not he who is 'in the hole" then.
o, no; quite the contrary; it is the
consumer; he is the packhorse who
must bear all of the burden. Not
content with being u pack horse he is
to the extent of millions of him sui
ficiently an ass to vote the load upon
himself. Who can blame the manu-
facturer for piling 1t on himp lie
would be as great a dolt if he did not
avail himself of the stupidity that
plays directly into his hands.
Yes, but how does he accomplish all
this? How does he rob us?
Let us say that there are five of these
steel rail bandits in the country
Bandit is a good word-they are
banded together tor plumber. Well
the five have had their day of protec'
ton from the tariff, they have hao
their glorious times, they have enjoyed
their big drunk; they are SOLDERING NJ
now and it hurts; the headache period
has come; they feel blue.
Prestol All is changed. Happy
thought! The five meet in the luxurious
parlor of some hotel. The fire burni
cheerily, the table bears old cognat
and Veuve CliquOt, the door is locked
There are A and B and G aud ID ant
E.. Outside all ia cherries and dark
the sleet falls, the trees groan and thu
winds moan. But what reck they
All 10 bright to them, they see thci'
wav out to mountains of gold. Eaci
one of these fat bellled, velvet-vested
diamond shirted nabobs represent
four millions of dollars OF alleged
capital. There is only need for TN
employment in the particular bushes
and territory involved of eight million
dollars, and, legitimately, profits cal
only be secured on the output of eigh
millions of dollars. But these gentle
men are here to collect interest on tn
entire twenty millions and a bi!
interest at that. If they are no
watched they will ven water thi
when the trust gets well started, ant
make 1t $40, OO0, 900, on paper only
but still earning dividends. To d.
this must all the twenty millions o
dollars work? Must It's owners atten'
to b~usiness2 Not at all.
The little confidence game is ar
ranged in this way: A arises am
addresses the meeting about in thes
Observation-Disclosures: The inieres
you represent in this meeting IS. M G
the most important in your great an
gfOWluG COuutIy' IL, ihuocu, ~ l. ~
the most important. The earth ha
had its Azoic, its Silurian, its DevoniaI
It's Acrogens and its Mammalian agel
But this is the age of Iron and of Mar
You, gentlemen, enjoy the Distinguish
honor OF representing both the GEM
homo and the metallic measure of tn
century. l say measure because b
this metal the value of all other con
modities is reckoned. When iron is
demand all business is brisk; not onl
does the forge give back the gla
> resounding of the hammer, but ii
. ship sails deeper laden, the tram
stretched to greater length. the farmt
whistles more merrily his roundelay
, he HES him to his profitable plougI
the laborer is busy from early moi
till night, the merchant blithely ski
abont, buying his goods and countir
- his increasing cash. Gentlemen, n
s enthusiasm rises as | speak. Let
: drink, standing, TO the great master
the destinies OF u country-irol
can rise and drink, solemnly, b
deeply.) Gentlemen, to resume:
all these things are true, and who C;
deny them, then we manufacturers
iron are the chief benefactors TO o
u race; that we are humanitariaDs
: attested by the size of our Sund,
10 schools at home, and the amounts '
pay for pews in our respective churcht
r. Gentlemen, we are phiIanth-opIst
The worlds good is our first care.
y follows that as iron is the basis of
is prosperity, in order to benefit mankin
d that we must primarily benefit iro
70 do that we must make its man
d ~facture proGisbie, In the language
theli1fe&t PATRIOT of the create
ia tp<eI 5o2fts45on earth, gentleme
3 rs What We nre here for Er
~ must look after the ego. Ho'
'fBy guarding ourselves against {
l public. The public, gentlemen,
HYDRA. headed, and to be bydra-head
: is to be a monster. Ii, then, we {
IL dealing with a monster let us do
nc with vigor and as though we mes
q business. Beside, the public is al a
does not know its own interest, neN
did and never will. To quote agi
the language of a distinguished {
in laborer, pardon the profanity, "let
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