Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-16
Distinguished Nebraskan Addresse
the Chicago Conference Today,
CENTRAL HALL WAS PACKED
"Is the Trust n blessing or q Cur-cf'
Monopoly Indcfcnsiblc Trust
Means Monopoly.


bryan. The hall wnH packed in autici-
patton OF Col Bryana reply 20 W.
Hourkc Cochran ON the trust question.
II was reported that Col Bryan had
a set OF resolutions 90 present presume
ably nnt1gonistic 90 trusts ha they now
exist tie. however denied thls. saying.
u have none prepared and am not
SURF whether have ~ prepare any Tor
| presentation"
Tho speaker was introduced By GOV.
Stanley of Kansas. who acted 40 chair
I man OF the opoulng session
col. Hrynn spoke iu part us follows:
"The trust question has grown in linz
l portance. within the past two years
more trusts have been organized.
| when We come to consider the capitali-
/ zatiou and the magnitude of the inter-
! CatH involved. Than were organized in all
/ the previous history OF the country. and
/ the people now are face 90 face with
| this question. u the trust 70 blessing or
| cursor n curse what remedy can
| be- applied 10 the cursor ! want Co start
| with the declaration that monopoly iu
| private hands is lndofouHibir from any
| standpoint. and iniolorable one trust
] may boz less harmful than another one
| trust marnato may BE- more benevolent
| than another tut there Do 900 good
/ monopoly loo private hands and I do not
| believe % o. safe Tor society 20 permit
/ any man or group OF men Go m1uop1llz'
| any article NJ merchandise or amy
/ branch of business.
I "Thu defense of tho monopoly lH al
| ways placed on the ground that " you
] viii allow people Co. control the market
/ ana nx thr price they VIII De- good 10
I the people who purchnsc of them. The
| entire defense of the trusts rests upon
money argument n the trust viii
] soil 10 "a man an article Tor dollar less
/ thnu the article VIII cost under other
! conditions then 100 the opinion % some
] that proves re- trust 60 De- good thing.
I'm Inc 6rst place deny that under a
I monopoly the price viii De- reduced, 10
/ the second place % under monopoly
| the price iH reduced, the objections % %
| monopoly from other stuudu0iuH Ear
! uutWplrh the financial advantage that
! the trust would bring
IN the early years ~ Llncolns adj
! miulHtrutluu hr sent message 90 con-
I gross. and lu that message hc warned
| his CnuutrymCu against the approach
| VI monarchy tie suid u was the at
A'NNNIN go NNN ''tN.'"''
| footing with. n not above, labor % tho
! structure uf government. ana no that
! attempt ne saw the uNpi"ANh ~ mourn
/ ohy. Lincoln was ilNnI Nh'h. Nrt
! you put capital ON Nh 'gutt A'.llNh
/ with labor or above labor iu the Hiruc-
| tur, of government you are uu the road
| 10 aiding government that rests NOT
| upon tn1rnnt nut ul'h luIy,. ....t...
! 'NulhlhE l7 more lIhlHI lhh' 'ntN llNN
| we HhNll, 20 N' h'hlHN,N.. lf"NN W''.
dorstand tho rotation n''"''" H'"'s
and man.
what o. the pufuoaa or llhNl OF tu,
| monopoly For when ] use ~" Mntd
| trusts I use % 40 lN. H'ln, 'u,l W.
| word means MONOPOLY, Ah4 Mh't ~ 'h'
| putlna' or u"HNl.IA ......t,.
| u TO lower ,h' I.l.' "i ~. .,H ,''. ,.'.
| lul iufhlHhNl Nl th' l'"l'' @" N'"' ''''
biuntiuu.
| Tho next lhluh - ol''I you h"fu
bought ny nN ih. hctoilys' 70 ,.o,'
| part ~ them hIA tHlh our %, ,Nt'"s
mont the men Who are cngAg,l 100 lh l.,.l,,,
| ana " you WIN l''N gN'l N.. N.Ht.''F
you win see whore those gntyrprIs.1'
having come under we tul'.g' "l w.,
trusts haN' b'gu ,lu..u Wy l"t .' ~,
now us silent monuments I" 'ht WISDOM
OF the trust system.
In care ui local hlf'hea anu Nl'l su'
| work goes on olfrM httt' lhur l'IN'ut,
! Inv serious loss. Mhal Hu,H " l,'Lh
| II means lhhN Ut 'h' l'"p'I ."'F'us.a
| I'm one factory are not hhNsuru WIN
the terms ilNed by the employer hhd
| strike, thvN can close u"Mu lnNN ii,-
| tory and let the employees alhtNt' Whle
they go on I'm other factories without
| loss Ia the manufacturer Nhen a
| branch NJ nu Industry u cnflftly M lhr
| hands % one great monopoly, sp that
| every skilled man iu that industry ms
| o. 20 tu the one man Tor employment,
then that one man VIII TX wages as he
plraHeH ana the luhIrlnF m"u VIII then
share the suffering Of the man who sells
! the raw material
when the monopoly has absolute
! control. brains viii he az discount,
! and relatives will De necessary 90 ON
those positions.
There ls mo- question about Il. 4
! trust "a monopoly, can lessen the cost
! OF distribution.
There will be no need Tor common
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