The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-23
OPINION AT HuLsBoRo.
As Rule the AntI-Trust Bill Is In
dorsed.


FilIsboro, Texas, April 22--The anti
trust bill is a fruitful source OF conversa-
ton here, In fact It Ia the prevailing topic.
Everyone feels that II Is the most Import
ant measure brought before the logisla-
ture IN recent years, and there is a wide
spread desire to more fully understand II,
its scope and effect. Among democrats II
is almost unanimously approved Republi-
cans do not indorse 1t and populists as "A
rule profess to be sldttish OF it. because 1t
has democratic origin. The Post corre-
spondent put himself to some trouble today
to find how the public feels about It. and
out Of perhaps, hundred interviews with
ciizens and business men, he only found
FOUR or five decidedly opposed to the bill.
Even those few admitted the necessity OF
an anti trust bill, but they wanted some
peculiar amendment which woeild have the
eject OF gripping or killing the bill. The
consensus OF opinion Ebout IL is that It
lnaugurates the war on trusts. which the
democrats must fight to finish, The
people have grown weary of the stealthy
encroachment OF trusts, and the past few
months has taught them that 1t must be
stopped and stopped at once, or their lib
critics would be crushed to death by the
octopus. 1t has long been foreseen by the
democratic fathers. and they have cried out
against 1t in their platforms and publc
ntterancea This being the case, the peo-
pie here believe in carrying out the plat
form demands aud securing relief from
them. It must be done. they say, or we
are inconsistent and are recreant TO the
trust imposed upon us. Just now IL Is
deemed most opportune to begin and push
this fight. The republican party, Is is point
ed out. is owned and operated by the
moneyed people and trusts OF the country.
hence 1t could not. II II wanted to-, cham
pion the cause OF the people against the
trusts. For II II does. the trusts and money
powers will turn on II and crush it To
death. So It's only salvation is, they argue.
70 champion the trusts. In either event
the party is damned,
The insurance companies have been
quite busy through their agents here In
fomenting opposition TO the bill but the
disposition OF the people is to desire the
bill enacted just ms presented. All this talk
about their Withdrawing and leaving the
State without fire protection Is looked on
as politics, purely. and as an attempted
dlctation OF the trusts to the people. II
we show favor TO the insurance trust, they
declare, VIC weaken the bill and give II
a vulnerable point in the higher courts
IL Is not believed that the companies will
leave the State, although they may make
show OF doing so. should they do So
the injury would only be temporary. foI
The field Of insurance is too profitable to
be neglected, and IN short while there
would be plenty q State insurance COM
ranies. Thus the bill as a law would work
more benefits than harm. /: would foster
home institutions and keep in the State
vast sums OF money that are constantly
flowing out of he state and into the
lreasuiy OF the trusts.
II liz regarded here as quite fortunate for
the bill that the Legislature tool a recess
unfil Monday. for IL gives tn representa-
tires an opportunity 10 get OUT among their
constituents and find out exactly hoy they
feel shout II aud also to learn the true
5nwdrdness OF the petitions that have been
bred st the legislature by wire and By