The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-15
paper was read By Jacob H. Hopkins In part

thrlU, or Whlcn could not exist III tnere were no
protective tariff and those which. either in
their organization or In their methods since
Organization. have adopted criminal prac
tees and are therefore amennble to
the criminal laws. In the one case there
Is need OF tho repeal OF unwse and un-
just legislation. In tho other there 10 need OF
enforcement OF penalties which run against
individuals hiding behind trust organizations.
az we'll as they do against individuals who
stand upon their own responsibility
There are simple remedies. and the wonder
10 not that they are needed. but that being
needed. they are not applied. The reason is
to be found. think. in a certain Weakening OF
the moral fibre OF the American people. partly
as a result OF the economic errors which have
been inculeated so industrioucly and partly
In response TO the tireless propaganda OF CAL
jimmy and calamity which has become In
manner q public disease, affecting injurIously
the entire body OF the people. This habit OF
complaint 10 something moro than mere dis
content. 1t 10 sullen. despairing. slothful
fault-fnding. which Quarrels with every
new manifestation Of mechanical. financial
and commercial energy. II looks upon
| the dark side OF everything. It oorrects no
| evil. because 1t esents every wrong as neces-
| sarily incurable. 1t Ia pleased with nothing
| that does not In some manner promise gra-
| tuHy It is continually asking or expecting
something for nothing. 1t teaches that corrup-
| ton 10 the handspring OF all success. and that
| honest effort in any direction is hardly worth
! while. Its existence indicates quite clearly
| that the development OF great financial energy
| in this country has been attended by decided
| loss OF tone on the part OF the people.
| The evil to be inteliRently complained OF
and rsdressed is more the weakness and dis
| hon esty and heedlessness Of many OF the
| people and their agents than II is the
| pacty OF the trusts. There is not an
| unlawful com binaton in America to-day that
| does not owe its existence to some unfaith-
| full representative Of the people. There is not
| one that cannot be destroyed In short order by
an honest enforcement Of the laws. These
| trusts or com binations against which the laws
| do not run are no more to be decried than any
other manifestation OF business enterprise.
over capitalization. big salaries and in
competent management are practically certain
Srs S re 81 s9s IN
manage such, combinations satisfactorily. is
for such Positions. and Il they are so chosen
they do not always have the power necessary
"Tnlawfully conducted, the trust may under
take BY conspiracy to restrict trade. to destroy
%a m sn dOna
some Of these things all the time and have
viii Viii" Prove n9'ns sG Ha nrofsd against s
orderly vender OF bananas, who ny main force
drives away competitor wiz be pote,nti L,I II
| combination OF capital.
Before instituting prosecution. however. It
that mehoi in this
capital: are not wholly idyIlic; Tne ma, mar
haze his hnd head Snrss broker unless IS
| his defense. az It should The weak will suf-
fer at the hands q the lawess trusts in the
so is due to the popular deluelon that lawless
tSe nev and sss q that erRR S2
present is the ability and the Wiling
to rns the
sdjEidusi can BE- aSd /, ~ SoS va :: 50 pSo 9;
relations With politics and politicians" N''
The from for the the moe
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tofore. Alter the reading of the last
70 daens. the was subjects yrn to
toned in the papers read earlier in the day;
Papers were read by Henley
Growers Association. Mr.: Jones is master of
Nsa n ara so ID: upon
Within the last two years the ambitious Of
solidated. one corporation being formed
sass has been o%nd that tho
| increased power OF these trusts has caused
a 81 and de
| other individuals OF the use OF capital and their
labor. So far as this he's been DONE it is clearly
Samuel Il. Greeley of Chicago spoke on The
Protection q american Grain Markets. fr9 ON
petan for the crops a He E" sad 0o
is made DC uD q fnslish. New foTG and chicago
capital. and is supported by the Western. rail-
sncs snsf f. sct
esta, to draw grain to Chicago. thus preventing
ss 70 some At s @ScR might a
hap on the G,s1s roqd NIX
WIN SnP ,SG u
dow Of commeres ana hoard million: upon
press Price. and 70 Kin natural eompetition .'
Railroads ore the mother Of trusts: special
W6n Ssr nn5
as well nots ne e. unddsrate6b r ahd
National Farmer. Alliance and industrial
Union Of America, spoke on FOREIGN Markets
trasts Generally but doe a4
the o THs h End he G al
expect to occur for some time, and pending
for the evils from which he said the
farmers were suffering, These we're the
| opening and extending Of our foreign mar
kets In Oriental countries. the building
| Of merchant ships to carry our products to
foreign markets, the establishment and main
tenance In the Orient OF permanent exhibits
O American raw and manufactured products,
the protection OF American grain markets from
railroad and warehouse monoply. and the en-
| cOurARement OF local and term in a. competition.
Gov. PinGree Of Michigan was the pTqinl-
dehnite plan for relieving =, the ,pangs
cultivation OF potatoe patches gave the
audience some hone that at Inst the solution OF
the great trust problem would be brought out.
.,C r,noro,,'i"a; though his remarks on The
Effects of Trusts upon our National Life and
Ctzeushir.' were greeted with considerable
enthusiasm, He said that the vital considera-
tion connected with this problem is its effect
upon the middle ;, cla az; Independent
1T is admitted BY the apoiogist for the
trusts" said the sneaker. " that It makes it I'm
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