Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-15
Trusts Described as Enemies Of So.
ciety and Methods Of Invader
ARE GOOD IN GOOD HANDS.
ninerent views on the uuiiy and
value OF trusts Col. bryan aud
mr. Cochran This Evening.

omy. were heard today at the thirl
days session VI the trust conference
| hold hero. Some Of the speakers spoke
In vigorous terms against Industrial,
financial and transportation combines
! The problem iu its relations 90 the
worNugmnu was discussed. The long
let ~ prominent speakers announced
| for tha.day served Co draw the largest
crowd OF the conference.
The committee on resolutions named
By the conference yesterday held iH
nrst meeting az 800 o'clock this morn
lrr aud organized by yiegting tN-1v'.
Luce. of Michigan, chairman, anu
ralph 81 Eualgy. secretary. Moro lh'u
uu hour wua spent iu discussing plans
". W. Howe OF Louisiana moved the
| nppuiutmUut OF n Hub.cummlttgU ui nv,
| TO receive aud consider resolutions anu
| report Co u general committee.
| The motion WAS carried nul 'hhll-
| man Luce was authorized 90 name thp
| rub.c1mmltiyr. re said 10 Moula DO
! announced later ln inc day' 800
The committee adjourned Co meet ni
The events on the prosram Cor the
/ days sessions were uFCfrhtl'"'l Ng
B the announcement thnt lu thD evening
| Col. William JyuulnE. diyhh ul ts'N. N'-
! uurnt head uf the Sew York del. lNlA'
| would FuUak from the same phNuiNh
/ Tho political pruminyfsi ui th' h"'
I orators gave rise Go % s.uDt1l i'.N.3
| that the night session wou.1 %. Oh W''.
] uBIItluu than economic lutulrfi
] An address hy Louis Il. Post iut N.M
/ York udyuUHt. uf the single TAX. was
! uuthuHluTuHaly yhyei.4. ... &c.,.
/ THDmHH . MORGAN spoke on ''Ihc trust
from the socialist point oi view ,,.,.,..
D
/ sslratary uf tho United Garment Work.
! srF uf America. who rHil boz tuu'iufl'N'
| 'Thp trust managers have mhBu'n.
] cent uppurtuultinH. VIII th'g "NNh
/ themselves OF thHut WIN h.y HhvW
| Ill. necessary large mlniuduyaHf Juis-
/ no bv nur knuWi.dge uf human nature,
| which NU know has not changed per-
/ crutIhly for thousands ut years uhlel
! varying conditions. We have cause ICY
. rraaFr doubts us tu Wnlther ihty WIZ
| But the Americans have mover tailel
! Co HuccUHrfully meet "a firlt Issue Mheh
] once they Erappltu with o. Ihe mere
| fact Of such IL gathering uH ihiH gives
[ us hope that the age ut.rchHon ID lawn
l ing-and when men reason every thlhs
| D. possible
] ma iron and steel wurkgr'u view NJ tho
| combinations. and 4. T.. clark, Efand
! chief railroad conductor on th' proc
Gram Tor uu address were nor lI'-'hN
whom Chairman Howe called lhclr
] names. and John ". Hayes, secretary
] uf the knights uf Labor was presented
90 deliver hlH address. lu part Doc tullt
u maintain that ,nvsv great D1mblna-
lions arc Uu assault upon tht inherent
! and constitutional rlrutH OF the elite
zyuH that tho real and vital advantage
| 60 De gained 10 tho agHpuue ''n'i"i over
Violence b. not the only means OF
making CuuuuyHtH ana yuHlnNluE tho
people. and % can bH proved heNunu amy
question that the methods ut the ituslH
are methods ut the invader nna tue
ends 90 bo accomplished uy thn luHtiF1a
tors OF the trusts urg exactly those ln-
tended Co Doc accomplished bF ufilnFrr
mvnts directed bN munry genius. Tax
ing this view ut Ihu truEiH, winch hul4
/ iH the correct one, ! assert blllly ihht
they are enemies uf society ana 49, Huch
should bu destroyed nH any common
enemy and the financial phase of tho
question should not come into iur SUBJ
jgut Tor consideration un thr llh'rilca
OF tho people are FAR above the mere
question uf money
blnntlon for purely selfish objects, at
tnclts the individual and by overthrow
Ing his mutual rights slczct upon MS
field OF opportunity and productions np.
propriutlng them TO his own personal
''This hcld having been conquered
aud the trusts strengthened In It's
financial power, the aggressive spirit
~ selfish greed looks Tor conquostH In
allied Fields which are soon invaded
ana monopOlaed,or other combinations.
seeing the success of the first attempt,
enter upon the same campaign Of cone
quest, Soon the Individual N over
whclmod ana every Held N production
n monopollzod by trusts"
Samuel Gompcrs president Of tho
American Federation " Labor, followed
Secretary Hayes. He said In part;
1T has been said that organized labor
iR trust. and / want 60 say In con-
nsctlon with this that 20 your minds
that rs AN absolute mlanomer organ
lzed labor throws open iu doors 20 an
who work Tor wages. ana asks them 20
como ln ana share In the benuhtu, You
cannot break into q trust
eve have seen the enactment OF the
law known aH the antitrust law, and
the law known nH the Interstate CONE
murgy law, supposed 60 Doe enacted FOR
the benefit Of the people, and yot the
only practical use of these laws has
boen 10 steal away from us the right
OF trial by Jury ana 90 imprlapn the
workmun Tor conspiracy
''AH % matter o. fact wherever the
workers are organized ana have main
tanned their organizations, their wages
urr higher ana hours lower ana cundl-
lions hcttcr In spite Of combinations OF
capital
ON the midst of the greater c0ncon-
tutionH of wealth and the vast dee
voluumont OF Industry II buhuuyDH the
workers Ia moro Ceu9elesHy than ever
| devote their energies 90 organized Do
Dor and Co counterfeit the erect which
their helpless and unprotected condition
would otherwise have upon thOm."
GompcrH was loudly applnuded,
The convention then recessed until
Q o'clock.
Revolutions denouncing the trusts
have boon drafted by the antitrust
delegates FOR presentation az the after
noon session,
The resolutions set forth unultomblF
opposition 90 ull trusts and munup0lleH'
demands OF the several States and cities
that they take such action as VIII lead
10 the public ownership ~ an public
utilities. demand that the federal ana
States governments enact legislation for