The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-03-23
power OF TRUSTS
Capitalists Safety is Con-
solidation.
Union Does Not Destroy Indivi-
dualism--Ambition Elevates
Soul CT Men.

IN the New York independent Of
Jan. u, oyis X. stuart manufacture
er Of Philadelphia, Pa. writes as fol-
lows on The Next Step in Business.
forecasting the outcome Of the organ
izations OF Trusts and lsborers Unions;
IN q former paper the writer at
tempted briefly 10 examine some of the
most conspicuous features OF the mo-
dern Trust and Union. and to deduee q
generalization that would indicate the
business tendencies OF the time Tn
der the discipline Of these institutions
the business individuality Of the en-
ployer and his workmen is being slow
" but surely transformed In the pro
cesS o. transformation the existing
methods Of business must be displaced
by new system. the outlines OF which
may even now be traced.
4 change ~ fashion" may seTi-
ouSly affect the textile industries Of q
nation: and social forces are so com
plsx. varied and shifting, that the eco
nomic prophet is but TOO apt 10 pre-
diet nonsense. Still. such spsculations
- 20 The future, however tentative,
have practical value 70 both the
man Of affairs and, the scientist. sire
they. provoke discussion. which brings
10 view Just those disturbing influences
that determine the trend o. develop
rnsnt- giving 70 the scientist formula
sn6 70 the man Of affairs 5 policy
Now. the first thing 10 be noticed is
thar there will be 3 rapid increase in
the number Of trusts Those large in
duScries. The products Of which are dis
t-ibu,s6 over wide areas. neeeSSitating
srsStly rsmihed selling organizations,
viii. IS passing events show, Re the
first 70 pool their interests Here the
snsrvatinE effects Of s desperate com
petition are most severely felt On
the other hand. laborerS in these fields
xiii be the first compelled 10 consoli-
date their frssmsntary personal inter
sSrs. 10 resist the eneroaChmenJs Of
employers upon wages and The hours
Of work Imitation, intelligence, and
The instinct Of self-prsSeTyatiOa. viii
prompt men . experiment with this
O. that alternative. and gradually there
VIII result an Improvement in methods
TruS- ~iIl become more and more able
20 resist Ihe persistent efforts Of the
Union 10 raise The SCsle OF wages the
tendency Of expense 10 increase and
the tendency OF price 70 fall and Union
VIII grow better and better equipped
70 resist The constant slcroachment
q The Trust upon the workman's time
and vases Every s6varcs il o-EsniE-
a-iou II the one viii, stimulate effort
toward improvement il The other. and
The time mus surely come when con-
sCl56ario1 viii b the ordsI Of The day.
alike with employer and employed,
Re who follows not this lead mus In
evirsbly b crushed beneath the wheels
OF progress
That kasas instinct which evolved
rhs Trust. with It's sharp eye for sx-
re-ss. viii discoTer lis own sources o.
supply and is OWN distributing means,
and the Trust viii son control and
own then From is function as manu-
fse-urs- The Trust wiG reach back
zzrd g assume thar Of miner OF chi
r5vs-or. and forward 70 assume that
u so5bs- and retailer The hand th2,
Sovs the re viii be The hand that
rsSssS The red whisky over The ruin
Ous bar The nan who cuts The cane
VII b factor Il The sane great Or
sanitation as the nan who b2gs the
errs-zllfzei S1EEr By The pound Dis
filters may easily become farmers SOW
5cE their feds book publishers b
come -znufl c--7e-s Of paper and glue
The electrical CAPITALIST miner Of COP
oer and OF mica And GS with The
brewer lCE- . II nay b with great
traders generally they viii retail over
their ow1 counters di7ec- 70 Lhe con-
Suner
Ex2sn<lo--thar force which II The
physical World rel6s 2 boiler O. {
SczD-b-bb,s. and II the moral Eorli
explo5eS su2srs-irionS a inevitably IS
z-c-s-5c attractions and reDulSioas ar
rlzzs s salt into CRY sLzls-accounJS
for me TrCsr- and il : thus possible
20 SCI sane conception O he alnOS-
5ac--cziEah-e 1CzeT thai this new Or
sz.LES-iC1 nus ultimately Weld
That EeveIor-snt q The Trusr INTO Z
boST having functions which are nov
included caIv II scare o. hundred
smaller bodies implies The co1eentrs-
r- q unprecedented amounts OF
-t----E=---7--.
q crss-zzz-i01- Without Ike frs S1cE
vzS- e-rs-T-isss are UEIhinkslIe 70
business -e-- wi1kou- The secoZd
hes vsS- enterprises Ths2 Endez-
Ek-- ~culi b --lno1slr EsS-efuI
The T-1S- 30 expsC6e5 m-esns ne
CELEBRATION o. Cany existing trade
b,c-E5zr5sS and -1e establishment o.
1eT ones z hz-Zery with lis zdvzne-
II methods and designs L means TOO
The VIKING OH q large class ot *
zS-5cz =-vloyers f0- thes= -iM Lhe1
= employees Traits Inherent II hu-
nan nature and rhs signs Of the DAY
tells plainly thar this expansion vii
zo- - co-s----zzsi without long and
violent struggle 4 eoussE Tstisu bre1
II TIE bone Of mn Tiii p-o1Qt Gzrsa-
sczinE pre5l5ire and ire enactment O.
ssTs7e legislative -sS-r5E-5C-s Thas=
vii Gs-sV ne 6=TslCVue1t q he
rus s16-inc-esss rs Ultimate -
c5=zcE- T1e apparent interests Ct snail
dealers mus have similar s=eez- ~
SpETias hen g orEz-5ze 20 1sS-s- -hs