The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-05

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Chicago. April 1.--ts,an
Trusts found their impetus 4, /.
luate supply Of money Of ulti,
iemptlon, with which to trapraes n,
ness of the country. Amonr 4, a
which capitalists have mads
production were increase a 2. N. "a
machinery and decrease in 4 49, N
number Of men necessary 4 x Y
capital discovered ,k., " M
not only reduce expenses ~ e, w T
but could regulate the law - Z. Y: IA
demand OF its product. Ths,-.: Y
find the healthy, full grown ,,.',.
understand their business ana z. y ~
session of all the reinforcement. & Z. :.
iquitous legislation imparts. il . N
TO govern. to- large exteps ~. n ~
they pay for raw material ana n. e.
they receive for their manufac,s.'. Z n
duct.
" say 70 the produca>s y Il
he Should nave for the raw prudu,, .'l
to the consumer what he should ~ a. -
the manufactured product, thu t,... \;
compelled net only to adm,s,,t,- Il
economical government Of lis Own Nv.
but to go outside OF its own ao,,..' Z.
adept policy of war and conou... /. n
all business CT a similar naturs M
To a formidable competitor h. 7
says: Cast your lot with ours "a Z.
profits will be increased" To n . wv
concerns, the trust is notics (. D.
business or lose all invested. o.. ~.
tration will serve to show thu fa,.,., Il
ing effects Of great trust upon &. Nv
the great products of raw material Z i,
United States. n
The tobacco trust has warsd 4, x.
hitting and merciless warfare uuos 4,
manufacturers of tobacco, Till It has ~
cred into its fathomless NAV. or d,,y.
out OF business. every great Tobacco q.
Germ in the country except one. m. (,
bacco trust has offered that one com..s
tor many millions more than its MAJ, 4
worth but, for reasons OF pride or p,tr4.
ism, that one great corporation AZ W.
as yet gone into the trust.
1t stands between the trust and ,o..
plete control of the leaf tobacco m,,l,
it stands between the trust and coup,.,
control of the tobacco warehouse bus,a.
The thousands of producers Of raw "a,
terial in this widely diffused and gru
staple are on the point of being dsprivl
Of the banefit OF the law OF supply ri
demand for their product and Of hir
thrown upon the mercy that they II
expect from the arbitrary dictatlon ut
concern that levies tribute at will upaI
the producer of the raw material aud IL
consumer OF the manufactured article.
When theItobacco trust shall have c,r
pleted the business OF buying large css
Germs and bankrupting small ones It Vi
be able to give its undivided attention d
profits and the tobacco warehouse cm \
dispensed with. as the trust will hara Is
own warehouses.
When the producers complain, thsy VII
be told that they need not sell unlu
they want to; and when the corsunu
complain, they will be told that tliiy
prices are the mere evidence Of prpspS.
| ity.
The tobacco business is fair illuzns
ton Of the effects OF trusts. Tao ilIf
| Of the soil becomes the victim Of u
avarice of the combine, in every inslans
There must first be honest toll kiaa
mother earth opens to man the storehosS
that feeds the world, and those who ~
form this toll are shut out from the cal
benefits of the trust, because Of the nilri
Of the business of agriculture
Thirty millions OF our population, locii'
in every section of the United States vAel
the soil offers her treasures in excnsip
for labor, can not combine into sFis
cheat others or for self-protection; tnss
fore, the farmer is to the trust Y
lamb is TO the wolf.
The ratio of the amount of wealth "
n >Iif
controlled and owned by trust stockn'l's'
to the amount retained by those Sao Y.
duce it is very large. The numpN
people that trusts benefit is IN the in's''
ratio to the number it injuries
Trusts are public menace; lneu =
crease Is a subject of deep concs'a
every thoughtful citizen. truss n
been organized with an aggregates -
tai of nearly two billions since w (
auguration OF William Mckinley " =.
idenL; he seems to have been the awe
agent of trust prosperity.
The National administrator se'-'
be alert in fastening upon the peeps !.
gold standard. The secretary OF no W
ury delivers quarterly appeals advl''A.
people to destroy some more o. y i. !.
interest bearing money and the goa =, 4
ard papers print them all, as wen = Il
editorials on the secretary's 'as' =
dinner address, until new one ~
Our secretary of war is busy ssls'''
armies to the Philippine islan0s
plete a gigantic undertaking i0la =. 4,
augurated by the spaniards. ha' II, \.