The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-17
THESE SHOULD WORK IN CON
CORD TO ANNIHILATE
THE EVIL.
THE DOLLAR ENTHRONED, MAN DEGRADED
Greeted by an 0utburst Of Enthusiasm, Bryan
Points out to the Throng that Hangs
Breathless Upon his Words the
Evils of Monopoly and
How They Can be
Remedied,

Chicago H., Sept 16.-Central Music
Hall. the scene of the Civic Federation
Conference on trusts and combinations,
was packed from pit to gallery to-day
when w. J. Bryan delivered his reply
to w. Bourke Cochran on the trust uues-
ton.
Mr.. Bryan was introduced by Governor
Stanley, of Kansas, who acted as chair
man of the opening session. Viii APP
plause greeted the Nebraskan. W.
Bourke Cochran listened intently and
Joined frequently in the applause Mr..
Bryan spoke in part as follows:
Within two years more trusts have
been organized than in the previous his
tory of the country and the people now
come face to face with this question:
rs the trust a blessing or a curse: If
a curse what remedy can be applied to
the curse?
Monopoly in private hands is inda-
feasible from any standpoint and nltol-
cradle. / do not divide monopolies.
There can be no good monopoly IN prj-
vate hands until the Almighty sends Ds
angels to preside over us.
There may be a despot who is better
than another despot, but there is no
good despotism. The defence of the
monopoly is always placed ON the ground
that if you will allow people to control
the market and fix the price they will be
good to the people who purchase of them.
The entire defense of the trusts rests
upon money argument. If the trusts
viii sell an article for dollar less than
the article will cost under other consli-
tons, then in the opinion of some that
proves trust to be good thing. In
the first place j deny that under "A mo-
nopoly the price WIFI be reduced. In tue
second place, il under monopoly the
price is reduced, the objections to
monopoly from other standpoints far
outweigh the financial advantage that
the TRUST would bring But | protest
against settling every question upon tho
dollar argument.
I'm the early years of Iinroln's adj
minstration he sent Il message to Con-
gress, warming his countrymen against
the approach of monarchy. He said he
saw in the attempt to put capital even
upon an equal footing with labor in tbt
structure of government, the approach
of monarchy. lincoln was right. When
ever You put capital upon an equal foot
ing with labor, or above Labor in the
structure OF government, YOU are ON tn"
road to aid a government that rests not
on reason, but on force.
Nothing is more important tnan flat
we shall, in the beginning rightly nm
derstand the relation between money and
man.
MAN is the creature of God and
money is the servant of man, and |
protest against all theories THAT en-
throne money and debase mankind.
IF you will go about the country
You will see where people have sub
scribed money to establish enterprises,
and where those enterprises, having
come under the control or the trusts
have been closed mp and stand now as
silent monuments to the Sodom of the
trust system. In any case of local
strikes and fires, the work goes on
elsewhere thus preventing serious loss.
when a branch of industry is found
i'll the hands of one of the great mo-
nopoles so that every skilled man must
90 to one man for employment, the
one man fixes the wages as he pleases
and the laboring men viii then share
tiAC lflS vi inc llfdn NiiO otIlS
the raw material
Il want to warn you THAT when the
monopoly has absolute control, brains
will be at n discount We have not
yet had taste Of a complete trust
But when the trust has rid itself of all
competitors what is going to he the re-
suit? My friends, all you have to
know is human nature. God made
man selfish.
ION the farm we used to Protect
property from the hogs by putting
rings in their noses. Why? So that
while they were getting fat they would
not destroy more than they were
worth.
Zone of the great purposes of Gov
ernment is to put rings in the noses
of hogs. If ] were going to try to find
the root of the monopoly evil, | would
go back to the Bible for an explana-