New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-09-27
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tribution.
There will be no need Of commercial
travellers, because when anybody wants
goods all he has to do ssto write to the
one man who has them for sale, and say
.What will yon let me hare It for to-
day2''
s'He can not only fix the price OF
what he sells, but he can fix the terms
upon which he sells. You have to trust
to that mans generosity and his decis-
ion upon what is fair, when he on one
side and you on the ether go
11What is the first thing to be expect
ed of a trust2 That it will cut down exzs
Epenses. What is the second !? That it will
raise prices. We have not had IN this
country yeta taste of a complete trust,
a complete monopoly, and we cannot
tell what will be the results Of q COM
plete monopoly by looking at the results
that have followed from an attempt to
secure a monopoly, because in the at.
tempt to.secure monopoly, the monop-
" has been lowering prices in order to
rid itself Of competition, hut when it
has rid itself of competitors, what is go-.
ing to be the result? My friends, all you
have to know is human nature. God
made men selfish. Selfishness is merely
the outgrowth of an instinct Of self-pres-
ervatlon. It is the abnormal develop
ment of a mans desire to protect him
self.
'sWe must recognize seifishness and we
must so make our laws that people shall.
not be permitted to trespass upon the
right of others in their Efforts to secure
advantages for themselves. I believe
that society is interested in the indie
pendence of every citizen: Society is in
terested in this, because if q man dies
and leaves no provision for his wife and
children, then the burden falls upon So.
ciety. And Ibelleye that the principle
of monopoly finds its inspiration in the
desire of men to secure by monopoly
what they cannot secure in the open field
.s"Another thing that, in my judgment,
has aided monopoly is high tariff. No
body can dispute that a tariff law, an
import duty, enables trust to charge
for its product the price of similar
foreign product, plHs the tariff.
"Now, some have suggested that to
put everything on the free list that trusts
make would destroy the trusts. do not
agree with this statement, as it is made
so broadly. I believe that the high tariff
has aided the trust to collect more than
the trust could otherwise collect. But I
DO not believe that you could destroy all
trusts by putting all trust-made articles
On the free list.
"Why9 Because if an article can be
produced in this country as cheaply as
it can be produced abroad, then the trust
could exist without the benefit of any |
Tariff at all, although it conld not extort |
20 much as it could with the tariff, and |
while some relief may come from modi- |
ication of the tariff, we cannot destroy
until we lay the ak at the
root of the tree and make monopoly i'm
possible by law. !
''lt has been suggested that discrimi-
nation by railroads has aided the trusts.
There is no question that discrimination,
favoritism, secured by one corporation
against another producer and rival,
has been largely instrumental in en-
abling desired monopoly to become
practically a complete monopoly. Now,
that can be remedied by laws that will
prevent this discrimination, and when
We prevent the discrimination, still mo-
nopoly may exist. The remedy must be
complete enough to prevent the organi-
cation of a monopoly. Now, what can be
done to prevent this2
eve have state government and a
federal government and while this dual
form of government has its advantages,
yet it also has it's disadvantages. Both
the state and nation should have concur
rent remedies. In the first place every
state has or should have the right to c1e-
ate any private corporation which in the
justice of the people Of the state is oon-
dueive to the welfare of the people of
that state. / believe that we can safely
en.rust to the people of o state the set
Element of question which concerns