The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17
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we made our mau-made man, tthe corpora
tom we raised the limit of his age We
did not give him soul and if he can avoid
punishment in this world, he need not
worry about the hereafter.
Trusts Are Unnatural.
Il want TO protest against this doctrine
that the trust is natural outgrowth of
natural laws. 1t is not true The trust is
the natural outgrowth of unnatural condl-
Tons created by man-made laws.
Government under the four great prin-
ciples of the declaration of Independence
is impossible under an industrial aristoc-
racy. Some people have tried 80 separate
the laboring man who works in the fac
tory from the laboring man who works on
| the farm. l want to warn the laboring
men IN the factories that they cannot sep
arate themselves from those who toll on
the farm, without inviting their own de
strucuon. I warn the laboriug men in
the factories that when they joiu with the
monopoies to crush the farmer as soon
as the farmer is crushed, the laboring
man Will be crushed, and his ally viii be
destroyed and in test of endurance. the
| farmer will stand it longer than the labor
| ing man. The farmer was the FIRST man on
! the scene when civilization began. and he
| VIII be the last one to disappear. You
| may drive the farmer down. 80 he cannot
buy coal, but he can burn corn But you
| buy corn and he cannot eat coal.
Our Mission.
But my friends, why should we try to
| see who could hold out the longest In suf-
| fering? Why try to see who can endure
| the most hardships and yet live? Why
| not try to see who can contribute most
| to the greatness and to the glory and
| to the prosperity of this nation? Why,
! those who can contribute most should
/ ma 10 ,f-
| intended it for For one hundred years
! this nation has been the light of the
! world. For one hundred years the best
! of all nations have looked to this nation
for hope and instruction. Let us settle
| these great questions that we have before
us, let us teach the world the blessing of
a government that comes from the people
| and let us show them how happy and
| how prosperous. people can be. l believe
! IN the doctrine that God made all men OF
| the same dust, and did not make some
to crawl on hands and knees and others
! to ride upon their backs Let us show
what can be done when we put into actual
! practice those great doctrines of human
| equality and of equal rights and make
| this government what the fathers intend
| ed, so that we shall lead the world step
| by step on to higher ground"
Facing sea of wildly waving arms and
storms of cheers, the orator resumed his
| seat.
Three-quarters of the audience had been
attracted by the announcement of his ap-
| pearance, apparently for that proportion
| left when he had finished.
James II. Raymond of Chicago then
| spoke on Patents and Monopolies."
| G. w. Northrup Jr.. of Chicago. fol-
| lowed on Practical Federal Remedies for
Industrial Trusts"
Prof. David Kinley of the University
| OF Chicago read mass of statistics and
opinions from business and professional
men IN regard to the effect of trusts.
| 7. b. Walker of Minneapolis spoke on
| Trusts From a Business Mans stand
point"
The conference then took recess until
3 p. m.
No Resolutions Adopted.
At meeting of the resolutions commit
| tee held at noon II was decided that no res
| olutions should be adopted by the confer
ence.
This conclusion was reached with a view
of keeping politics out of the conference.
and in the interests of harmony.
| Edward Rosewater of Omaha and ex-
| Senator Blair Of New Hampshire, pleaded
| that the sentiment of the conference be
voiced in some way but even the resolu-
| ton proposed by Keasby of New Jersey,
| that the conference had been productive of
good, had a better understanding of the
/ y n
drowned in an affirmative chorus answer
ing a motion to adjourn the committee sine
| die.
1t was resolved yesterday that the com
mittee adopt no resolutions" explained
| Mr.. Keasby. 81 spoke with Mr.. Bryan
after his address. He said that owing TO
| the nature of the conference he had no
resolution to offer"
Bryan Makes Himself Clear.
nv
| dresses by Attorney General r. S. Smith
/ of Texas, and James b. Dill, who had a
| hand in the framing of the New Jersey
| trust law.
| A general discussion followed, which
| resulted in both Col. Bryan and Bourke
| Cochran taking the platform. w. ID.
| Foulke of Indiana, made short speech
in which he declared that he failed TO see
! that the remedies proposed by Col. Bryan
| in the latters speech, during the morning
session, could result in the attainment of
| the object sought.
Col. Bryan, who was sitting i'm the back
part of the hall, arose and amid cheering,
| started to reply. Before he had uttered
| dozen words, however, cries of Take
the platform" came from all parts of the
| hall, and with a smile he did so.
Il would not occupy the time again but
| for the fact that the gentleman from In
! diana, CMr. FoukeJ. has referred 10 a plan
! suggested, ana am dIfdid tndt he does
| not fully understand. Ny plan was this:
| First That the state should have the
| right to create whatever private corpora
| tons the people of the state think best
Second, That the state has, or should
! have, the right to impose such limitations
upon an outside corpora ton as the people
of the state may think necessary for their
own protection. That protects the rights
Of the people of the state TO say, first,
what they shall organize in their state
as a corporation, and, second. what they
shall permit a corporation to come from
other states who do business in their
| state.
Third that the Federal government has
or should have the right to impose such
| restrictions as Congress may think nee
essary upon any corporation which does
| business outside of the state in which il
is organized. In other words, / would pre-
| serve 10 the people OF the state all the
! rights they now have and at the same
time have Congress exercise a concur
rent remedy to supplement the state rem
| edy. I would not take away from the