Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-04-25
BAD PROPOSITION


The Constitutional Convention ha'
Teen burdeneI with number u ug'
ges,Ions which, II they mad gained
their way into the Constitution, would
have been productive Of sur.0us irlufy,
Fortunately The Convention nos been
cautious, AMI hes shelvet most Of thr'o
Propositions as they came ni0ug'
Anolhor Of tho llsi, aud surely one OF
inc worst Of them 10 receive serious
confederation, ls that which WOO under
discussion whom the vtntiou adj
Joufnei lhst evening. L was prop1-
huon to Insert In the article ON private
c.rp0utious a. i0li1wg
so corporation shall have power to on
gage Boo moro than one general line ui Nn-
Utrmuul ~ business, which Iing pi
business shall DO distinctly specified iu
rs charter " incorp9n 100.
10 was stated ln ~ behalf that the
purpose was 70 prevent mluop lice,
nnd especial reference was made 10
foreign corporation, which might aim
TO secure a hold ou lhs resources %. thr
State. But when &. comes ~ uu aua-
IyEsd this assertion h. found TO be yerJ
himsy and 10 really little more than a
uid Tor the nntI-tust sentiment, with
n Wow to calling % to the support Of
tlat which 10 actually do0pisos. On
thuUthur hand ono very certain yiiee.
90 such a cluusu 10 tho CDnatiiuii.n
would be destructive 10 home iusutu-
tons.
Asa matter Of ihC. most u the great
aud foreign m,nOpolios arc arranged
iu one gesoral line Of tuslnrss,
tlch ~ the sugar trust tho oil
trust, aud others lhst might DO namtui
aud even when they wanted g. pre-
coed In different lines, their hggfrga-
ton VI wealth would make 10 very easy
merely 10 form separate corporations
Tor specific purposes at the expense Of
a few hundred dollars. Hlcl pfjyis.
ion ~ thst proposed would hinder the
inouopollrs but little; 70 wUuli rather
be Of material assistance ~ them. For
instance, the struggling business Of
small capitalists, corporations anu Local
Institutions require that IN order 90 eE-
1T they must draw a little from several
lines, and thus build themselves ny.
The ANAL manufacturer must do q
little merchandising; the small mcf.
chant must do little manufacturing;
the little cooperative Institutions
which tho people form muat make
boots and shoes, clothing, ant dozen
other things, and must soll grocuriosi
hardware and everything elso In every |
line that they can reach, to maintain |
Ru existence, To compel tuoso inter
estel In them % form separate oorpot.
atoms ioT each, even NJ the expense Of
the few huudtod dollars which the
monopoly could pay anu never miss ii,
would 10 to crush them at once.
Bssldes It would affect larger cxisIing
sud prospective local concerns from
which the community hiss already te.
coiyei immense benefits and from
which much IN the future 10 hoped
sud expected. To say tnat Iho pre-
vision will not be- made applicable 20
corporations already formed. 10 idle; u
II should become law, they would bv a.
liable for future violations o. II a.
anybody else; but even u they were
granted immunity, which OF them
would want 10 do busineSs Ia lines
which tho State charter expressly Tor.
tAde their entering up0n2
Such Constitutional clause would
never DO. Il would BIO worse than
foolish, Il would be- criminal. Let us
have 40 end TO these schemes which
come In the gulse OF anIGgonizlng
but whose effect will DO TO
hamper home enterprises anu indus.
Tries and increase tho burdens u tho
lAborlng classes by crowd,ug ,hsm out
VI dozen Or u sooTu Ot general lints
VI business which they may desire 10
combine aud enter lnto..l