The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-02-28
Is Fearless In his instructions
to the Kenton County Grand
jury.
Is For the People Against All
Kinds of Combines.
THE JUDGE AGAINST TRUSTS.

10 emanatlng from tue Ups OF Juu
h was delivered in the Kenton Coun
4 Court at Covington, KY, when Jud
N James p. Tsrvin called the graz
n jury before him and explained TIL
according to an act of the Legislbo
passed in. 1880, every Judgg com
IN converting grand juy.. nrov;d;n,
IN manded to read the stsu. ,.a sorn,in'
re tor the punishmentof
1t, trusts or combines Is,..rtss J,ao
G After quoting other things.
=. la II, N , sa,u, ho exaggerstioD to say
G. II thinSsIno law upon the statut,
" that t9ethiS commonwealth to-day
y oo9fe general and vital importanc,
y. Lthe people of Kentucky than thai
I Statute is, and / would rather see liz
provisions strictly enforced and its
penalties universally imposed than
those of any other statute on the stat
ute books Of Kentucky.
at is a statute intended to prevent
the organization and operation of
trusts in the State of Kentucky. 1t is
contest that involves the question of
self-preservation, for, If you and other
grand juries are unable to extermi-
nate and destroy these things, they
will exterminate and destroy you.
They are contrary to every principle
of government known to us, and to
us, and to every principle embodied
in the fundamental law of this land.
Among the effects and results OF
the operation of these concerns is to
take away from you and all men like
YOU everywhere in thus country the
right to engage in any business and
the ability to engage in any business.
One of the effects and results of these
combinations and organizations is to
enable certain number of men with
an aggregation of wealth to say that
certain industry in this country be-
longs to them, and that no other men
shall engage in it, that the boot and
shoe industry l. theirs, iEat the china
trade is theirs, and 20 on throughout
all the trades and industries known
in this country, until it has become 50
to-day that most of the industries of
this country have come under control
of set OF men--a very few men-
having an aggregation of wealth be-
hind them. The result OF it Is that
few men can control prices of all arti-
c!es produced in the United States or
in the United States
they can regulate the sale of them,
they can make the price one thing to-
day and another thing tomorrow,
and If one OF you undertakes to go in |
business in competition with them
they can como next door to you and |
sell for half what you sell for, until
they break you up and run you out of
the business. They are doing this all
over the country; the retail stores are
being driven out of the land, that
hose who are the masters and have
heir own shops and clerks are being
iriven out, and those who are maste
ire being made servants. The result
If it is that the labor and industry of
he country instead of being preserved
o whom it belongs by Inheritance
md by right, is being made the prop
rtY of The organized wealth of the
United States, and say to you that it
true in the light of the history of
rusts in the United States in the last
ew years that the organized money
owcr of this country has become
ublic enemy and ought to be treated
8 such; / say that it ought not only
be prosecuted, but it ought to be
estroy led.
"The danger of the thing is that
lese trusts would not exist in the
'nited States were it not for the fact
lat parts of the public Administers
on have been corruptly diverted to
and behind them and protect them.
the laws of the United States were
iministered as they are made no
usts could exist in this country; bu' .
10 danger is that some of the execu-
We and legislative departments have :
cen corruptly diverted in position =
yorsble to them, and, instead of :
ushing them out of existence, are
ndertaking to support and maintain a
em and 1t comes to the Courts and