Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-08
REGARDING THE TRUSTS.

The stnte OF New York has strin.
gent antitrust law and recently case
for violation OF 1t was brought.
Those who were placed on trial were
all tobacco manufacturers, most OF
them we'll known Ia business sense
throughout the country, the charge in
general terms being concerted effort
TO break up the business OF others en-
gagged in the came lines so that the
defendants might thereby be able to
control the market on their own
terms. Sophistloal and special plead
Ing has been exhausted in efforts to
chow that such proceedings do not
transcend the bounds Of recognized
competition and that thus the ole
ments OF criminal procedure do not
obtain. Even az great an author
ity as the late James e.. Blaine
took the ground that trusts were
largely private affairs with which the
government could properly have
nothing to do; bat he could scarcely
have bad before him at such time
any OF the object lessons which have
become 30 numerous since ms uaS'
Undoubtedly he looked upon the mat
ter as having but two sides-the right
Of the citizen to engage in legitimate
business without the consent OF the
iuing power, anu she 'hch oi risn' III
such ruling power 10 tos'r'c' OF III any
manner ihtsliefe WIN 'ne su'Jee's
business or MS manner oil oohuuctihs
IL. Vieweu as geheiai p'oposi'i'n
sncn stahu ID uhhssa'iapit' Du' '"e
'iusIs' ehcoutaeou Ny h"oh opi"'on'
anu entrehcneu pehlhu uh'oiu oap''a',
nave s"uhgl"iue Vi 'he 'uh"a"''"'"'
p'incipio anu "seu I" SIMPLY
text iof reieience "neh assA"'u'
N 'he o"se ieie'ieu " SUI" 1o'Nuao
or any o'nef resting upon INC oon.'u'o
uoo'Iine Vi popu'a' iiSh'' uius'
u.'etiy un'ehao'e peuaaso ""S'"s nv
relevancy III 'ho p'esenoe VI uu'J
ehacseu s'a'u'e oies'iy u'nn,hs WIN.
anu "nero .ne ihe'ee h"u oo'hNr VI
taue anu t'iiio snai' w. Any s"'n
enac'inen' 10 eAoiu'i'o !" i'a op'i"''o"'
HH presses WIN un'qu"' 'o,o' upoh
any particular poi''on VI 'ne com
muni.y IN whioh IL mas eiieo', IL is
i'seii Ia ies.iain' Vi .faae' 'ueio
remeoy "nioh pe'i' 'uiisS sn'u'u w
compeiiea 10 ieooBhiAo anu pe
maue 10 Rho" 'na' no pAi' VI
such remedy tes'ues ~nnih OF u
themsei'es. IN the Ne" Ao'A eSse
Two out OF the 'Wei'e 'soou men "hu
true" feiuseu 10 agree win sheir 'si-
lows IN enying that ING aiiegahons
contained IN the ihuio'meh' were
proved anu leave the question Us 10
the suniciency oil snch allegations
unuer tue law 10 oourt OF te'ie"'
There was no question: hpparsh'Iy'
about every material point Oo'hg iu'y
substantiateo' instances were
brought forward showing uiscfimlhs'
ton favoring those VINO dealt Win tue
trust and having a tendency TO gradu'
ally II not all at once break down those
who did not 80 DEAL and the proof was
az plain rs anything can DO thst feiies
upon human testimony; yet Two men
who presumably take the broader
view previously outlined, because oil
"conscientioua scsupies" OF eomething
equally occult at present. refuse 10
register verdict IN aco6rdauee WIN
the facts. Inc trust trinmphs ana the
law 10 reduced, for the time being, to
the condition OF dead letter. 1t 10
stated with apparent authority that
something like Sl6O0OO In httorney'a
fees alone was expended by the COM
bination, showing that they have
proper appreciation or the gravity OF
the CASE; also that they have means TO
correspond.
There is probably no question with
which the whole people are brought
directly In contact that contains more
that relates to their tenn oral welfare
now aud later than TINS same ques-
tlon oil now tat corporations
ana combines nave nght TO
80 ID .as direction oil controlling trai"