, 1890-08-14
AGAINST MONOPOLY.
Gigantic Power Should All Be
Placed in the Hands of the
Government.
Views of Writer Who Advances
a Number of Safe and Unsafe
Propositions.
70 THE EDITOR or THE REVIEW,

70 THE EDITOR or THE REVIEW;
There Is no country or state where
good work-thorough work-work
looking to permanency - will pay
better than In Washington.
The conditions of soil, Of climate,
of resources of all kinds that invite
the immigrant, are of such char
nctcr as to Justify his remaining
when here. All legitimate fields Of
labor or of Investment will compen-
safe their respective patrons now;
and, as the various resources are de-
veloped -- especially If developed
symmetrically-their dividends will
he the most generous. But ours is
u time of monopolizing tendencies.
TO run business on q large scale, to
control and direct It's working fac
tors Is the too prevalent desire and
ambition of energetic men in every
department Of human industry.
What some have realized In expert
ence others have learned by obser-
vation, that large success IL the re-
suit of control of resources and d.
rection of affairs. SO, as success Is
the desideratuin, we plan to fulfill
its considerations, and, while affect
ing repugnance to the spirit of mo-
nopoly, we materialiZe the same in
efforts to strengthen our own posi-
tions and extend our dominion.
In truth, the amassing of power
in order to- exert great force, in the
affairs of men as In those OF nature,
Is necessary only where great and
results are TO be effect
that can not be attained
separate and individual ef-
forts. And l may he permitted to
express the opinion-without pro-
voking a lsneer, / hope--that the
placing of all such gigantic power
and the directing of its force should
be In the hands of the national gov
But as Nature does most
of her work through the separate
though harmonious operation of her
forces, 30 the most of human inter
ests will be best subserved by the
yet cooperative and har-
monious efforts of men.
Let us divide up-for considera-
tion, Of course-giving all II chance
to bear some of the burdens
and share some of the profits
of life. If up life's steep hill you
have n heavier load than you can
well carry-that is, II you have
more houses than occupants, more
stock than you can take care OF,
more lund than you can cultivate
to profit--and an unburdened trav-
eler overtakes you, let him share
your load, and, upon just conditions,
the bliss of proprietorship. With
most meu the seuse of ownership Is
II sweetener of toll and u stimulant
to industry. Woe to the nation In
which the few are proprietors, the
1t were better for that
nation that u milestone be tied about
its neck and that IL be cast into the
depths of the sea.
Did you ever know men In whom
amounted to stupidity?
They will get control of all the land
In and around townsite, and thcn-
offer encouragement to settlersr give
special indictment to those who
will build? invite manufacturing,
or other city building
interests? Not they. On every
corner stake Is written, "This COM
pany transacts no business where
personal profit Is not in sight Re-
suit: The place dies, the victim of
and the proprietols, wait
ing for and thinking only of enrich
ment, partake of the general rot; or
they will go into the stock-raislng
business and at once proceed to mo-
nopolize all the range within u hun
dred miles. With thousands of un-
grazed acres at their disposal they
bcgrudge he settler his poor little
and institute u verItable
reign of terror over the whole re-
gion. Through greed they neglect
to provide against possible disaster,
which, coming switt-footed from the
North, slaughters their living wealth
I'm mid-winter, until 80 or 70 per
cent. Is lost, and all for the want of
what "A few encouraged home-build-
ers could have furnished.
And again: But like the farmer
and his business, and hope the one
that wanted to own all the land that
joined him Is scarce in this country.
awhile you're a-gitten' git a plen-
ty," is not the noblest sentiment
that can come from those homes
where must be born and bred our
manly men. n. G..
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