The Saint Paul globe., 1899-06-29
AFTER THE TRUSTS.

IL is a pleasure TO observe InaC AItOr-
ney General Douglas has enlisted in the
great work of controlling and perhaps,
| ultimately destroying, the trusts. He is,
we are pleased to observe, among those
who have accepted the invitation of the
Civic League of Chicago to attend that
conference called to consider some uni
form method of dealing with these ere
ations.
But Mr.. Douglas evidently does not
propose to wait the many weary weeks
| which must intervene between now and
the 18th of next September, and hence it
is avewed that he has taken UP the sub
ject in it's practical, rather than in its
| theoretical. bearing. and proposes to in
quire into the operations of certain Mr..
Mcintyre in this state. Mr.. Mcintyre,
1t will be remembered, Is the gentleman
who recently invaded this state in the
effort to establish a flour trust. Just
how successful he was we shall all learn
when Attorney General Douglass has
seriously engaged himself in the task of
discovering just the character and re-
suits of the labors of the trusty Mr.. Nc
Intyre
1t is declared, as a sort of preliminary
to the engagement of Mr.. Douglas on his
praiseworthy labors, that it is necessary
in order to enable him to deal with Mr..
Mcintyre and his operations as Jealous
official should. who has a trust-destroy
| ing mission, that very little can be done
| unless it is shown that Mr.. Mcintyre has
succeeded in destroying competition
hereabouts in the milling and selling Of
flour. That condition is made necessary.
we are informed, by the provisions of
| that admirable antitrust weapon, the in
| telligent and drastic legislation against
| trusts enacted by the Republican body
which sat in the state capitol last win
ter
| We shall remain hopeful of the results
of Mr.. Douglas most intelligent and zeal
| Gus efforts. OF course the law of 1899,
passed by his party political associates,
may be something of stumbling block
in his path, but he need not be discour-
aged. He will probably find that there
| are still a few barrels of -four being
| milled and sold under the eauspices of what
was long known before the advent of
| Mr.. Mcintyre as the Minneapolis wheat
| ring. Competition is not broken down
| N L.,
| than a day since Mr. Mcintyre broke
| upon the vision of the people of Mime
sofa. But, we repeat, Attorney General
Douglas must not be discouraged. He
! sources of a great state and partly of
great party behind them In their lauda-
| BILE quest
If there is still competition in -four in
this great producing center, so that it is
still possible to- buy a bag or barrel of
| the commodity which has not Mr.. Nc
Intyre's brand upon it, these worthy pur-
| suers of trusts can cast their eyes around
! in other directions. They may carry their
resources, for instance into the domain
of crude and refined oils. 1t is not yet
recorded that the Standard Oil concern
| has felt called on, upon learning of Mr.
Douglas enlistment in the antitrust
| cause, to do that worthy concern is said
/ to have done in Ohio, clear out, bag and
] baggage, and leave the state in condition
of Cimmerian darkness. They may car
| ry their inquiries into the realm of grain
elevators, and-but why specify? Why
carry fgurative Goals to Newcastle? Mr..
Douglas has enlisted in the antitrust
| crusade, and he has the beacon light of
the great Republican party of Minnesota
and it's trenchant antitrust legislation
| of 1899 to light him on to fame and popu-
| lar love in his cherished undertaking of
| Kidding the great commonwealth of Min
| nesota of the incubus of the trusts!