Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-14
CURE F||R||H[ COMBINE
Practical Men and Theorists, States.
men and Politicians Discuss
the Trust Problem.
Learned Men Tell the Chicago Con.
ference Of the Questions to Be
Considered.
Others Tell How to Cultivate or
Kill the Prevailing Combina-
ton Practice.

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Chicago, Sept. 1.-THE afternoon ses-
sion Of the trust conference yesterday
opened with an address on the same
subject treated by Professor jerks in
the afternoon session, that of Prob
lens Before the Conference" This adj
dress was by Professor Henry Carter
was in part as follows:
Industrial combinations, whatever
their form. whatever their purpose,
whatever their explanation, are matters
of public concern. 1t is said we do not
know enough of this new form of in
dustrial organization to judge properly
this account trusts are TO be allowed a
probationary existence. it is the plain
duty of the government to hold them
in the meantime to a strict account. II
trusts are what they claim, that is to
say the vanguards of a new industrial
organization which holds within itself
great Industrial benefits, the sooner this
fact is recognized by the public the bet
ter for all concerned. If, on the other
hand, there is danger in the extreme APP
plication of this form of organization,
the government certainly has a right to
possess itself of all facts necessary for
judicial opinion and for effective leg
islation. Where competition controls.
the government may safely refrain
from interference. But where compe-
tition Is excluded, or where the condi-
tons of its exercise are such as to give
one competitor an advantage over an
other, nothing remains but public su-
pervision. And the most important, in
Iced the essential, agency for iegisla-
.ion for administrative supervision is a
thoroughly organized bureau of statis-
tics and accounts clothed with authors
~ over the auditing departments of
these Industrial associations.
This address was received attentive
dy. but it remained for Dudley Wooten,
nj the Texas delegation. to stir up en-
thusiasm. He WAS frequently inter-
rupted by cheers and applause. He said
in part as follows
Accepting in good faith that amend
.nent which the heroic legions of the
south resisted unto death on d thousand
hattetieids, we believe that neither
slavery nor involuntary servitude. ex-
eept as punishment for crin.e, shall ex-
st within The United States, or any
place subject to their jurisdiction And
3e confidently assert that the CONNER
eial and industrial bondage being rap
IDLY imposed upon the toll and talents
~. ftfn ..nl .t,y,
syndicated wealth of few great cor
poration monopolies are more dire anG
dangerous than the slavery which
bowed the heads and burdened the
backs of 100000 southern black men.
And above and beyond these great
written guarantees of equality and JUS
tice we look TO the lessons of history
and appeal to the authority of expert
ence. When we are told that the spirit
Of commercial combination promises
golden rewards TO the present tenden-
cies OF our economic system, we re-
Member that no republic has even sur
|vived the mercenary despotism of mer-
chants and of money changers.
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Mass, in sticking closely to facts, as
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