Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-03-31
Unsettled Questions.

unsettled questions pay no heed to
the repose of nations Be wise today;
tbs madness to defer
The above question is taken from
the words of Senator Chandler, in Con-
gress, the 18th instant, from his argu-
ment in behalf of free silver, and what
he named "the worldwide contro-
versy over the burning question OF
money"
1t is printed here in illustration of
many similar remarks now daily being
made in private and public by elderly
men long experienced in business, who
make no hesitation in openly declaring
that the signs of the times demand
more attention on the part of the legis-
tors and the powers that rule, to the
real needs of the public; that, from
their view, it is unsafe for oppressors
to continue their expressions any lon
ger,
Lawson n. Fuller, the venera BILE
sugar expert, before the Lexow COM
mittee, in New York, the 10th instant
said: What 1 am afraid of in this
whole thing is the spreading of this
habit of combination. 1t is growing
larger and larger all the time, and 1
fear it will in the end bring about a
revolution. y We want to elect
men to congress who will legislate in
the interest of the public rather
than in the interest of the favored
classes"
The same spirit of dread prevaded
DIR. Rainsford, in his recent, now cele-
brated warning to the invited guests
of the BradleyMar ball, that "they
should not attend" which is alluded to
here, not because he was right in his
assumption, but because he, by ming
ling with New York's public thought
he saw great and growing power of
antagonism against wealthy citizens.
Many similar Instances of the dread
| of the consequences of continued ou-
pressions could be cited from the opin-
ions of elderly observers, but those
given suffice.
The Lexow investigation referred to
develops plain fact, that corpora
tions which are combinations of cor
porations are acting in high-handed
but secret manner to gain control of
given industries and making contract
with those they sell, which forces buy
OhRU
The corporations call it factors
agreement, which words are shown
to be subterfuge, skillfully arranged
to deceive or evade the law against
restraint of trade. In cases it is
claimed that this agreement" origin
ated and is fostered by the buyers
from the trust corporation. Possibly
that it is true; but all the same it is in
restraint of trade.
But the trust question concerns the
public more from a dread OF what NAV
yet be done in that way, then what has
actually occurred ;except perhaps in the
matter of meats, railway combina-
tions to keep up exorbitant passenger
rates of fare, and number of other
monopolies which have not yet been
classed by the public trusts proper.
Compared with the cause of Senator
| Chandler's above remark, however.
trusts almost sink out of sight. 1t is
the stand now taken by the ruling
powers in behalf of usury and the
money question in behalf of classes,
that threatens the worse mischief.
But these elderly" opinions are not
cited in the Items; they are put here
for what they are worth, to show that
some elderly people see the dangers
which many among the younger por
tion of the public and oppressors give
few indications of needing.
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