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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-13

science of the individual man, and after
ward the honor ard conscience Of hun
dreds of others, so that this one man.
with forfeited independence and eliminat-
ed conscience, might be elected to seat
in the senate Direct evidence in support
of this charge is not lacking. The same
Mr.. Havemcyer, already referred to, the
head of the sugar trust, in his examina-
ton before the investigation committee,
admitted that the trust expended large
sums of money in politics; that In Demo-
cratic states they contributed largely to
elect senators who would be In accord
with them. and in Republican states
they contributed to the same end: that
they were attached to neither party, and
were I'm politics for business advantages
exclusively. What a spectacle this pre-
sCnts for the American people! The rep
rcsentatives of associated capital appear
ing in the national congress, clothed with
an authority above that of the people
themselves. directing the votes of sena-
tors as they would the Obedicnt service
of slaves.
| shall not delay to argue further on
this branch Of the case. 1t would ne
Improbable to do so, for the man VINO IL
yet to be convinced that the trust is
actively in politics, that the political ma
chimes are its agents, and their product
it's servants, that It's methods are cor
rupt and cOrruptng, to a degree that
endangers our political security, either
does not want enlghtment, or is incapa-
| BILE of receiving it.
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Client; It has been too brief, the returns
are not all in II may he that n compu-
tation of the returns as We now have
them would show largely in favor of the
trusts but IL Is too carly to clnfc tho
count. BESIDES, our vision Is rot at its
best: We are like one stepping from dark
ness into brilliant sunlight; 50 suddenly
has this new era dispelled the clouds
that depressed us and darkened our way
that we arc hardly done rubbing our ey cs
tc accustom them to the change. Our
experience with trusts as a general sys-
tenn does not extend over a year at
most, whereas score may be required
to work out all the logical results that
bear directly upon our present inquiry.
If we agree to a prima facie case on
the strength Of this argument we allow
IL the utmost that can be claimed.
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larry of hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars from another. we may well believe
the system is being used to accomplish
It. do not dwell on this part of the
case; | simply call It to your attention
that the rich are growing richer, with
most alarming rapidity. Our carrier in
quiry led us to the conclusion that, un-
der these methods, the poor must inevi-
tably grow poorer When, If ever, those
conditions concur, then begins our de-
cline, social moral and intellectual,
which Eothing can arrest, 50 long as
these conditions exist. | need not arEuc
so plain a proposition. You know that
every civilization that has perish"d fell
before these same influences y profound
historical student, himself an eminent
historian, Mr.. Froude, has said that the
! great marvel of history is the quiet sab
mission with which the people endured
| these inequalities of lfe. But Jet not
our statemcn forget that il is true, all
| the same that the most violent disturb
| ances that have ever occurred are trace
| able to these very inequalities.
Another consideration, affecting the So
| cal order, Is the tendency TO eliminate
| the individual owner and manufacturer
| from our industrial life. This tonse-
| quence Is frankly admitted by Mr.. Have
| meyer, the representative of one "f the
| leading trusts, who, i'm recent pub
|
the individual had passed. If it re- true,
IT'S significance is great 1t m'Irs that,
| hCnceforth, our productive industries ave
/ to furnish no field for individual activity
| and enterprise: that the men who now
| own and operate their individual plants,
! whether these be great or small, are to
| disappear from the field, leaving no srC-
| cesSors. We are no longer to have in
| dividuals owning and operating Touring
| mills, wooden mills. saw mills, and the
| like; no longer skilled workmen. estab-
| fishing out of their savings. plants to be
| operated by themselves on their own ac-
| count. Even our merchants are to sur
render the ownership of their stores, a. d
| become mere distributing agents for the
trusts. For myself. | cannot look with
| satisfaction or hopefulness upon a Sys-
| TEN that promises any such result The
| element that it dooms is the element that
every government at one time or anoth-
cr, has depended upon for its saliva
ton: the element which most strongly
| conserveS our social interests, that orgi-
mates and accomplishes all beneticent re-
| forms, and which has made the largest
| contribution to our advanced civilization
| Hope of admission into this element has
been the powerful stimulant that has cn.
crgized. enlightened and improved our la
Dor; for 1t is from the ranks of labor
that its members have been recruited.
can see only disaster in any system, the
| effect Of which is to deny to the num-
hlest worker the inspiration and en-
Couragemcnt that comes with the kCpe
that he, too, may become the employer
of labor, even though 1t he but his .wn
and though his ambition rise no higher
than TO hear the noise of his own ham
mer upon his own anvil in a dingS
smithy, of which he himself is the prouJ
and contcnted owner.
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Social consequences.

IT HE NEXT objection relates to the
public welfare on it's social side.
This opens up a large inquiry,
that touches us at more vital points than
any other. | shall refer to but one or
two Of the specifications under this head,
which are most emphasized by those
who oppose the trust system. The first
that occurs to me is the tendency of the
system to withdraw the wealth of the
country from the many, and center it in
the few. | think all will agree that no
system can yield any advantage that
would at all compensate for such an in
jury as this. We people of the Cumbcr-
land Valley are accustomed to felicitate
ourselves upon our happy and comforta-
BILE surroundings; and sometimes in our
speech on this subject we offend the SEN
sbilities Of our good friends outside
whose pride of locality. as we think, will
not allow them to admit our lot to be 30
much better than theirs. 1t Is our boast
that nowhere Is there TO be found more
general comfort and happiness, lower
percentage of illiteracy and dependent
poverty, or less crime. Allow our boast
for this OCCASION If no more, and then
ask yourselves for the explanation. You
first note the fact that the aggregate
wealth of the community Is no greater,
indeed not nearly so great as that of
many others of equal size; then, that this
valley is fertile and healthy, but not to
a degree beyond that of many others
you see at once that the larger general
comfort of the people comes not from
these things, and you are driven to the
only explanation that satisfies viz: that
here there is a larger general distribution
Of accumulated wealth among all the
people than is to be found elsewhere; no
concentration, no excessive fortunes I'm
individual hands; but on the contrary, an
unusually high per capita distribution,
Such are the conditions upon which "A
high degree of public welfare must rest.
Let my illustration suffice for the gen
eral proposition.
Now as TO the tendency of the trust In
this direction. Much that has already
been said APPLIES here. We have seen
that the tendency uf the trust is to ap-
proprate to itself the wealth which
properly belongs to the producer of the
raw material; also measure Of the
wealth of the public by excessive prices,
| and, in the end, the earnings Of labor,
| This cstorted wealth must he centralized
somewhere. DO we not see IL m tho
enormous individual fortunes ot those
wtu lave been active in the promotion
| and management of lnCnUpOlstic COmhi-
| nations? The magnitude and mutlpiica-
| iun ot private fortunes may safely lu
referred to this system We know from
| it's construction and methods that Il Is
| competent TO do lust such WORK; and
| when We see one individual receiving a
| hundred and fifty millions of dollars foI
| his sipgle holdings ir trust, and an eX-
! ecutlVe officer receiving an annual sal
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Definitions.

TT is ESSENTIAL. in any discussion,
to have a common understanding
of the terms employed IN the gen
eral proposition. Here We have two such
general terms, trusts ana public welfare,
which need to be defined. These are
the two things which we are to consider
in their relation to each other, the ques-
ton being, are they consistent or antag-
onistic?
First, then, what are we to understand
by trusts? The term has been adopted as
designating the present system of asso-
Ciating and combining the productive and
Industrial interests of the country, each
after its kind, in such way that all so
associated or combined are brought, it
not under one ownership, mt least under
one and tho same business management
and direction Such combinations are
not necessarily trusts in a technical sense;
iCdeed few, If any, now are. The oil re-
filming combine was the first to be con-
structed after the manner Of the technl-
cal trust; that is, by discovering the legal
from the beneficial and real ownership
of the property, and investing a board
or committee with the apparent or legal
ownership of property that continued 70
belong to a great many. Hostile legisld-
tlon and adverse decisions of the courts
compelled an abandonment of this meth
ed Of organization. This led TO the adop
tiOn of the scheme which now prevails,
of merging the several associating par
ties into one concern, The process is
simple, easily understood and easily ap-
piled. To illustrate, two or more in
curpoTated companies, engaged in the
same business mutually agree upon n
valuation of their several plants and busl-
ness; they agree to consolidate; and to
this end new corporation is formed,
gate value OF the several companies to be
consolidated. The new corporation takes
over TO Itself the several properties, be-
comes the owner Of them, and gives in
payment thereof its own capital stock,
10 he distributed eduitubly among the
stockholders of the separate concerns; so
o. hat each holding in the new corporation
IS relatively the same in proportion "a
he aggregate OF property represented by
L, as IL was before. All consultations
Dr. combines under this general system
hat result IN bringing several enter
prises OF like kind under one and the
same management ana control, we have
come TO designate as trusts; and IN
speaking OF trusts tonight we include al
such,
our other term, public welfare, you
may think does not need 10 be defined
am not so sure Of this. There Is 80
much disregard Of II these days, Wher
the strongest apWals to individual acllof
seems 10 be those which promise tht
largest pecuniary rewards and so mUct
indifference is shown 10 guilty infrlctioni
OF Il By men in public life, that We can
not help but think that many people have
false notions as to what itmeans and OF IN,
obligations they are under to promote IT
Certainly II needs to be stated ana claaTh
understood that the veal or we'll beiUl
VIC are considering is that Of !ho who,
body of tho people. as distinguished from
special advantage 70 any particular class
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is determined by Industrial activity and
trade these In their turn are to be sub
iccted to the control of trusts. II Is
through our Industrial interests, operat-
ing upon the labor of the country, that
the public welfare is affected, either to
its advantage or detrment, by trust con-
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TRUSTS, AND
PUBLIC GOOD
Are They Beneficial or
Not to the General
Welfare i?
AN EXHAUSTIVE REVIEW

Before the Pennsylvania Millers'
State Association, in Session at
Chambersburg, Judge John Stew
art Reads Paper Which Goes In
to This Paramount Problem Most
Thoroughly Regulation of Trusts
Declared to Be Essential to the
Public safety-A Paper All Should
Study.
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want of WatchfaLness
Makes the Thief. /"

Many cases of poor health
come from qvant of fqvatchfal-
ness. But if you keep your
blood pure no thief can steal
your health. The one etfec-
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HoodS S Sarsaparilla.
Disordered Blood "Myfathe, has
long been troubled EUdh disordered blood and
qUeak back. Hoods SarsapariIla made
him strong and healthy he sOorks eVery
day." A. S. Wykes, S. Easton, pa.
Humor When need blood puri-
fier I take Hoods Ssrsaparila. II cured
my hun,or and Is excellent as : nerve
tonic, Josie Eaton. Stafford Springs. CT.
HodJ: Saa4abNA
%IIaz7li'. .155ElyT
Hoods Pills cure liver illsi the nonrritating and
only eathaTtIe 70 take with Hood's saIsaParilIa.
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Hoods. SaadabhM

Hoods Pills cure liver Ills the non.lrritatng and
only eathartle 70 take with Hood's saTsaParilla.
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! Chambersburg, sept. II
IN EFORE the Pennsylvania Millers'
ny State association, in session
m here, Hon. John Stewart, presi
~ dent judge of the Franklin
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WY ITHOUT FURTHER commeu
wv on this point of the case,
w PASS to the consideration q
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Case for The Trusts.

TT AVING CLEARED the way OF
these preliminary considerations
~ we ought 10 be bctter prepareC
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-05
THOUSANDS IN LINE.
Labor Day Parade a Success in Spite
of the Rain.

Labor Day Parade Success in Spite
of the Rain.
In spite of rain the Labor Day parade
of the Minneapolis unions last evening
was a success. There were some forty
organizations represented and about 5000
men in line. On previous Labor Days the
members of the various organizations
have selected a morning hour for a for
NAL exhibition of their forces But 1t
yesterday should be finished with an
evening parade which should end at the
labor exposition in the new city hall.
The parade was scheduled to start from
Tenth street and Fifth avenue south at
Z o'clock, but like nearly all parades, was
late enough to have aroused all the ex-
pectation latent IN the waiting crowds,
and it was 7:S0 before Lieut.. Getchell and
his squad of police turned east on Nicollet
avenue and the head of the procession
appeared before the thousands of people
who had crowded the sidewalks and pave
anent.
1t was worth waiting to see the Fifth
Arecinct officer and his eighteen mounted
Den clear the street from curb to curb,
shile Immediately behind them came
squad of officers on foot, marching in
company front and perfect alignment.
And the hundreds of organizations rep
resented having total in membership
of thousands, fully kept the promise of
the past few days in appearance, march
ing order and numbers.
Before the rain fell there were fully
10000 people along the line of march, and
but few of these were actually driven to
their homes by the imminence Of a wet
ting. They stayed partly because many
of them were personally interested in
some participant in the parade, partly be-
cause labor parade by electric light
was novelty, partly because there was
variety in abundance, and still more, be-
cause, from a laboring mans standpoint,
the Labor day evening parade was sue.
cess, weather or no weather.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-05
LOWRY PROMISES AID
WILL SEE THAT FUND TO ENTER
TAIN THE THIRTEENTH IS
RAISED
TWENTY THOUSAND WANTED
Chairman of the Minneapolis Com
mittee Relieves the President
Will BE on Hand to Welcome the
Regiment when Ii Reaches Home
Closing Session of the Danish
ConFerence-NIinneap News.
TWENTY THOUSAND WANTED
ELCBt'S MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE,
- 90 WASHING TON AV. SOUTH
Advertising Subscriptions
Tel. 2796 il. Tel. 2790J-4

The committee in charge of the demon
stration to be held at Minneapolis in
honor Of the return of the Thirteenth
Minnesota regiment met yesterday morn
ing at the Office of Thomas Lowry, the
chairman At the meeting were Thomas
Lowry, E. J. Phelps, Loren Fletcher S.
B. Lovejoy and Mayor Gray. The out
come of the deliberations was that Mr..
Lowry himself agreed to see to it that
the sum of $4,000 vas raised as an enter
tainment fund Work to secure this fund
will be begun at once and it was decided
TO inaugurate a systematic canvass of the
various business interests OF the city.
Immediately after the meeting at Mr..
Lowry's office, the board of trade held
brief session and received the report of
the committee, which had reached an
amicabe understanding with the st.
Paul committee Saturday. The members
of the board present Endorsed the action
of the committee and approved its report.
Asked If there was any doubt whether
President Mckinley would be present to
receive and review the troops, Mr.. Low
ry said:
THAT the president will be here I have
not the slightest doubt. I have the clear
est personal assurances to that effect,
and so has Congressman Fletcher Mr..
Mckinley especially stated that he had
no conflicting engagements for that time,
and that it would have to be an unfore
seen happening of extraordinary import
ance which would prevent his being here
TO meet the boys. Had there been any
serious difficulty between the two cities
regarding this reception to the boys of
the Thirteenth and to the president, Mr..
Mckinley would have declined to come.
But it seems that perfect harmony and
good feeling exists and there is anxiety
upon all sides to make the occasion a
success. In view of all this I have not
the slightest doubt but that the presi-
dent will be here and fulfill his promise
to the letter.
Il am confident that we shall have lit
tie difficulty in raising the amount neceS-
sary for entertainment. While 1t is not
understood that I am to devote my en-
tire time to this work, it is understood
that I shall do my best to aid in securing
the money. How we shall proceed is
something which will have to be decided
at the meeting of the committee. All the
details will then have to be considered,
and after the outline has been agreed
upon we shall Immediately go at the
work
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-05
MINNEAPOLIS BREVITIES.

Franc R. e. Woodward, former man
ager of the Keely institute, has resigned
to accept a position In New York.
Joseph Smith, whose home is at Burr
Falls, Mimi, fell from a Hastings & Da-
kota train while on his way to Minneap-
ellis. He was picked up unconscious and
taken to the city hospital, where it was
found that he had suffered a slight con-
cussion of the brain.
Ludwig Mortinson, sixteen years old,
left his home at 1924 Pillsbury avenue
Friday, and no trace of him can be found.
His parents fear that his mind his be-
come unbalanced.
Rev Dr. c. A Van Anda, formerly a
well known clergyman in Minneapolis,
died at Mackinac Island, Mich. He went
there several weeks ago on account of
failing health. He was sixty-seven years
of age.
The second annual convention of the
Minnesota State Spiritual association will
open this morning. and will continue to
Thursday night. The convention will be
held in First Unitarian church, Mary
place and Eighth street.
Yes, there are other hats as good as
the Gordon-but they are sold at higher
price
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-05
State Will Sue.

DULUTH. Mimi, Sept 4.-st. Louis
county is threatened with a suit by the
state, which, when it comes, will raise
claim A few days ago the county, in
sending the state the amount of it's APP
portionment of taxes, took out ST., 300, the
states share of the county's losses in
dead banks. The state has disregarded
this and drawn for the full amount, and
will sue if 1t is not paid, which it will
not be. The county will put in large
counter claim on two points. The first
one is the iron ore tonnage tax, which
was declared unconstitutional. Another
point is the railroads gross earrings tax.
The county will claim that it should have
Which the railroad property is situated,
instead Of the stata using 1t.
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Grading Regun.

YANKTON, s, D., Sept. 4,-,(special)-
At 8 o'clock this morning the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul put to work
grading force of thirty-eight teams,
brought here last night by special train.
The line as surveyed runs through Tabor,
Bon Homme county, to Tyndall and
probably to Wheeler. AS this is coveted
country, the Northwestern and Illinois
Central are expected to extend their lines
in that direction.
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yesterday morning on tour of inspec-.
ton, and win remain here two or. three
days. His visit is partly official and
partly social, interest in the latter phase
being increased by the presence of Mrs.
Bealls. For several days Mrs. Bealls
has been visiting with Mrs. Carrie J.
Mendenhall, of 1921 Fifth avenue south,
and Mr.. Bealls will also be Mrs. Menden-
halls guest while visiting here.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-05
Conference AdiOurns,

The Norwegian Danish Methodist con-
ference which has been in session for the
past five days at Minneapolis, adjourned
sine die yesterday afternoon. The most
reading of the ministerial appointments
by Rev o. L. Hansen, presiding elder
for the Minneapolis district. The APP
pointments of the two other districts of
the church were also read. Rev. A.
Hagensen and Layman U. S. Field were
elected as trustees for the seminary at
Evanston, Ill. The reading of the APP
pointments closed the programme.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-05
VIII Charge Tuition.

The Minneapolis board of education he'd
a short meeting yesterday and decided
not to apply for membership to the state
high school lists. According to the new
are entitled to $500 a year. The board
found that the 5000 which the Mime
apolis schools would receive would not
equal the amount which would be re-
ceived if the old tuition system were con-
tinued The tuition fee has been $40 q
year,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-05
BIG STORE BENEFIT.
Entire Proceeds VIII Go to the
Thirteenth Regiment Fund.

Thirteenth Regiment Fund.
Tomorrow evening at Olson's Big Store
there will be a military concert. One Of
the city bands will be engaged and an
admission of 10 cents will be charged to
enter the store Nothing will be sold dur
ing the evening, but the store will be
handsomely illuminated and made as at
tractive as possible 1t will be in the ma
ture of promenade and every cent taken
In at the doors Will help to swell the
fund The same character of entertain
ment was given during the Hinckley fire
relief work in this city, and quite a sum
was realized. The store will be open at
730, and will remain open until 1920 or
IL o'clock Mr.. Olson will also have a
large exhibit at the state fair in charge
of James S. Trip, whose smiling coun-
tenance will greet all visitors.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-05
Photographers, convention.

The fifth anual convention of the North
western Photographers association will
open this afternoon in Minneapolis: Tne
exhibit will occupy the quarters used dur
ing the summer by the public schools art
exhibit. The programme today Will con-
sist of a reception to the members of the
association and the reading of the vari-
Gus reports. Thursday afternoon the eX-
hibit will be thrown open to the pubic.
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Undertnkers Assemble.

The convention of funeral directors will
o. IN this afternoon in the medical build
ing 9f the State university. President
Northrop, of the university, will deliver
the address of welcome, and D. MacDon-
aid, of Grand Forks, will respond Fri
day, after the conclusion or the conven-
ton, DR.. Bracken, for the state board of
health, will conduct examinations of can
didates for certificates as embalmers