Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-06
James Miller on Trusts.
Editor Independent:

sat ne down in calm profound
This maxim wise drew.
It's easier far to fight trust
Than have trust fight you.
When hear of wars and rumore of
wars on trusts that political dema-
gogues are trying to build new lease
of life on, | am more than amused at
their Inconsistency. They talk to the
people of trusts as though 1t was some
new thing that had sprung on the
people all at once and was ready and
seeking whom they might devour. The
facts are that they are as old as the re-
public. There have been social combin-
ations, religious combinations, educs-
tionsl combinations, labor combina-
tlons, money combinations in existence
since the mind of man runneth not to
the contrary. The postoffice trust has
Its ramlticatlCns in every village and
hamlet in the land and eveI into pri-
vate houses and controls its correspOn-
dence and no one is trying TO do any
thing in the way of breaking that up.
The Pennsylvania railroad started in
life with few miles of railroad, q few
thousand dollars and now if you will
lay your arm on the map, between
New York and Washington with your
wrist over Pittsburg and your fingers
stretched out over the middle west you
will have an idea of the great trust as
1t is today with over hundred millions
of capital, and who is it that has a
word to say against that trust.
few days ago the people of Chicago
were making arrangements for the lay
ing of the corner stone on govern
ment building, building that belongs
to every man ~ the United States that
drinks drop of whlskey or puts q
stamp on bank check, or pays revenue
III any way, and it was arranged to have
the president perform the ceremony,
but labor trust steps ID and says, "No!
he is not a member of our trust and he
cannot lay hands ON that stone" The
whole arrangement was about to fall to
the ground at the command of labor
trust but was finally compromised by
Mckinley joining the trust, or union as
believe it is named. Now when these
demagogues are fighting the money
trusts should like to have them define
their position in regard TO this particu-
lar trust or in fact number of trusts
that might easily be named. To be
consistent they must fight them all.
There is another thing that should be
making It's appearance about now, and
that is some one should suggest rem
edy, one that would only have its effect
on the one away from home OF course
there is no one that wants his own home
trust molested in any way. 1t is strange
that during the one hundred years of
the existence of trusts that not once
has any politician suggested remedy
for their destruction, or one that would
say "Thus far shalt thou come and no
farther and hither shall thy proud
waves be stayed" As far as politicians
are concerned believe the trusts have
come to stay, that is till they commence
fighting each other. This in the very
nature of things cannot be long. The
labor trusts opened the gate for the |
capital trusts, and they must see it |
through. 1t is their funeral and they |
must bury their dead.
Against such combinations as the
steel (steaD trust there has been law
since the days of Moses. "Thou shalt |
not steal has been enlarged on by
avery state in the union and is the law
hat should be used against all such
that abuse their power by
obbing the people.
AS for politicians talk about what
hey are going to do when thew get into
power, it is the cheapest kind of clap
rap and will not catch a single sensi-
,le mans vote. J. A. MILLER,
Argos, Ind.