The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-08
MEDTArIoNs OF MR.. DooLEY.
An Interesting Dissertation On the
Subject of Trusts.
Chicago Journal.)

| S0DJSCl VI 4IuSlS.
Chicago Journal9
well, WE'LL" said Mr. Hennessy. Il
wonder whin this here for-min' iv
thrusts'll stop. I've bin an alternate
| to five aldhermanic CONVENTIONS whin
/ they was denounced, but they're
stronger thin liver, an are sthranglin'
/ tn liberties iv our country, be hivins.
day be day. What tn divvle ARE they,
anyhow"
"A thrust said Mr.. Dooley, lis an
illegal combination to rayjooce prices.
'Tis TO prevent foolish people firm
Spindin' too much money. A lot of
Republicans is in tn same business,
an says wan iv thin: Behold he
says, TIL suff'rin' iv the poor he says.
anywhere they turin, he says,
they're overcharged, he says, be cor
morants in human FORM he says, as
humane men, he says, FIR to combine,
he says, FIR TO desthroy tn rapacious
crathers, he says, that ARE gr-rindin'
tn faces off tn poor he says, an do
tn wurruk Ourselves he says. If
they'se amy grindin' to be done he
says. lave tn poor come ar-round an
poke their noses into a first-class imery
wheel, instead iv bein' polished be little
two-f r-a-cint grin stones all over tn
country he says. Wen be abused
he says, an Popylists an arnychistsll
denOunce us as inimies iv civilization
he says, but in our holy wurruk we
must iXpict such treatment he says.
Look at me- he says. Be tn de-
sthroyin' competition, l, with tn help
iv tn good Lord, an tn railroads, an
tn state iv New Jarsay, have rayJooced
tn price iv lie so a por man can have
an explosion today FIR three cints that,
whin 1 was a boy, he cuden't buy f'r
amy money he says. I'm a benefac-
-, l. l,a
they're not many iv me kind he says
tits no fault iv mine,' he says. I've
helped tn poor I've rive dividends to
tn three pardners l mintioned. Wan
iv thin gets its fees he says, TIL other
gets its freight, he says, an to tn
third he says. have l put up a col
ledge he says, FIR to prove that
Baptist he says, can mix up with tn
lie business an not go broke, he says.
Still I'm not appreciated be me coun-
thry,' he says. They call me an octo-
pus.' he says, an a plutocrat, he says.
But he says, 1 parsavere in tn good
wurruk, he says. Lave us nivir mind
tn assaults iv tn ungodiy,' he says,
but in tn inthriSts " tn poor desthroy
tn hellish competition that is grajully,'
he says, 'roonin' tn widow an tn or
phan with high-priced ..runes.' he says.
An so tn Prune thrust is FORMED.
"F'r mesilf, Hinnissy, [ can't make
out whether q thrust is a good thing
or a bad thing McKenna says tbs a
good thing because it rayjooces tn
price. Schwartzmeister, that belongs to
tn Arbeiter Bowlin' club, says tbs tn
natheral way ivrything is goin'. Ye
think tits sthranglin' our fair land an
so does tn whole William J. O'Brien
Lithry an Mar-rchin' club. But to me
it looks JUS tn difference between a
man bein' robbed be wan strong arm
man at a time an bein' sarched be
twinty. ) la-ad at tn mills get his
pay an goes down to Halsted
an has a tub iv beer, an some |
wan lifts his watch. On his way home !
d pickpocket gets his pin; thin a I
boy at Deerin' sthreet /
holds him up FIR his money. AT his /
durestep two or three young an mex /
jeeryenced robbers throw him down an /
take tn shoes off his feet. Now, if I
twas a. thrust, if these here competin /
was TO unite an meet tn !
la-ad at tn start, they cud sthrip him |
clane as a bone an lave naWthin' f'r |
tn loathsome an disunited competitors |
up tn sthreet. They'd be sthrong |
enough to do business in spite iv tn /
polls, they'd have no thrubble in bein' /
Incorporated in New Jarsey, where tn /
green goods comes firm, an they cud
prove TO amy intelligent man that tits
DetIher to be SKINNED early an be IN
latest methods thin to thrust tn job to
a lot " rough-an' hundreds. without
capital, an not havin' tn Interests iv
III country at stake"
An what ARE tn poor la-ads up TIL
sthreet goin' to do?" asked Mr.. Hen
messy. whose democratic sympathies
we're instantly aroused by the misfor-
tunes of the crushed footpads.
They're goin' to wurruk FIR tn Burg
-,
thin that's a good mechanical be given
1 piece " lead pipe an wooden sock,
an tol' to go out an increase TIL COM
fort iv tn poor TIL sthreet car's'll
give thin rayjooced rates to thravel
''r1n wan dark alley to another, an tn
council ill pass an ordinance prohib-
ting amy wan firm importin' sand
bags an jimmies into tn city. Afther
awhile a man can be robbed as aisily
n his own house as in an alley. That's
what tn thrust will do. 1t will So"
Il hear" said Mr.. Hennessy, that
heyre for-rmin' a Whisky thrust"
Whisky thrust" said Mr.. Dooley.
has roo'ned NANNY a man. But
lOn't believe it. Ye can't rayjooce tn
price iv whisky. 'Tis fixed be tn laws
V nature. Even me frind Jawn d.
3ockyfellar, that they say is into it,
ant make two cases " deleeryum
hreemens, as Hogan says. grow where
van grew befure. But if he thries it,
ook our f'r Thirst thrust / think, be
h, way ye're lookin' at that bar'l ye'd
)a allotted a ma iOritV iV III stock "