The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1899-04-22
FRANKFORT. APRIL 20. 1899.
About Some Other TRUSTS and Com
bines."

bines, &c.," we would, just by way
of variety, call the attention of these
"cOmbine smashers" to few Of the
"article" that their eagle eyes have
overlooked in the grand rush for big
game.
A few years ago the lawyers of this
city met and agreed upon scale Of
prices, fees, or whatever you may
call them, and swore "by the great
horn spoon" that they would never
undertake a case for any less. Wasn't
that combine?
About the same time the doctors
organized an Association, adopted a
scale Of fees, and they are living
right up to that scale. Is not that a
combine to keep up prices?
The printers met and organized Il
union, adopted price list, &c. Chat
catches u.s. Wasn't that Il combine?
The BARRIERS held their meeting,
adopted scale for a hair cut, a shave,
a shampoo, &c. How does that look
as regards combine?
The painters and paper-hangers
also hau their little meeting, fixed
prices, dc. Was that one of those
awful octopuses?
The bricklayers and carpenters,
why they followed suit, and went,
pell-mell, into trust.
The wholesale and retail liquor
dealers had their little Association or
"Protective Society,"" And that looks
like combine against the thirsty
crowd.
Well, these insurance chaps have
had their dose of the law, and we
don't believe in hitting the fellow
that is down.
If we are not mistaken, the numer-
ols millers of the State have had
their combine for several years,
known as the estate Millers Asst :
ciation." And they want to keep
up the price of the staff of life.
So we might go on through the
whole list Of occupations, but we
give only one more.
Lastly, the farmers and tobacco
growers held their convention and
resolved that "they'd be ground to
powder if they would sell their to-
baccO, &C., for any less than a certain
price," that they "would curtail the
production Of the weed," thus
everlastingly beat the other trust
that was fighting "agin 'em to put
down prices"
Seriously is it not about time fol
this howl about indicting and pun
ishing trusts, combines, &C., to be
sifted down and the law, if it is t.
be applied, made to bear equally
upon all associations or organization
alike, and not merely on few, while
the great bulk of such affairs arr
passed over and left to go on thu
even tenor of their way unmolGsted
1t looks to us as if a lot of this tall
was mere rot and pure and unadul
terited demagogy, just to catch tn
popular (?) breeze, without any thini
sincere back Of it all.
We are not the advocate of any
trust, combine, octopus or any thing
of that sort that is doing an illega
business, but to make an indiscrim
mate assault on all corporations, i
the widest folly of the most insan,
character.
Corporations are necessity to TIN
existence of all business, and success
is i'm possible without them.
We know, very well, that s0m'
crank will howl out "don't you SCI
the ROUNDABOUT has come out II
defense Of trusts, combines" DC
Bat we believe it to be our duty L
warn our countrymen against tn,
danger of going to an extreme in thi
matter, and can afford to await tn,
calm judgment Of the American PEG
pie, rather than listen to the howl O
the demagOgue, especially when W,
know that the fellow that bowls tn
loudest in public is the very first t.
rush around behind the curtain anC
ask favors of that same combine
that he tai Ks SO iiercely about "eatinl
the life out of the people,"
"POputas cut decipi," is AS true
now as it was long years ago, ant
the danapoyue knows il. and Dly,