The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-01
THE DANNILLE REGISTER VERY
FUNNY.


FUNNY.
A young lawyer who was excessively
shy and dimdout once commenced am are
gumont before very candid judge IT'S
dmdoncc caused him 60 Doe worry con-
fused. and the judge wowlel. "What o.
fool" Joy degrees The young mans dlfi-
dcnce wore away end be commenced
arguing Obs caso well. The judge mute
tcrci "Not Ass great 90 fool as I thought
Presently the dimdeuce AN passed away
and The young man made superb argu-
mcnt The judge said "Il was 1 that
was the fool" We commend his anoc-
do.o to the DanvIne Register winch has
an article upon % recent one OF The
Times explaining some OF the economic
principles upon which the Industrial
combinations called "uuss' fost The
Registers plan for dealing with The
Times article is to attempt to make fun
OF TO- bu. the only result is that "the
woodcock is caught on his own SPRING
It commences by saying "The Times
evidently thinks that AN classes are in-
terewed in the speedy formation Of one
trust 10 each Industry in the country
Two trusts. TO any one industry. as m-
Producing che element of competition.
are. we infer in the nature OF O. marplot
10 the IDEAL industrial system The Times
advocates"
But The Times does not think there
should be only one trust to each industry.
The Times thinks there should be just
as many as natural laws call for. Leave
the subject alone and nature win raise
up the number best suited % the ease.
Tho Register next argues that The
Times bids for the support of laborr
men by attempting TO show that "the
trust increases omployments for labor"
But The Times does not show this as
means OF conciliating laboring men. The
Times is as glad TO have tho support of
laboring men ass Of any other class of
our fellow-citizens. But The Times does
not want the support of amy OF our fel-
low citizens at tho expense Of truth.
Tho Times argues tina. the trust in-
creases employmonts. not TO concuiate
the laboring men. but because it is
fact though one that the Register has
not yet got far enough to understand
and perceive.
And this is the way that the Register
shows that st does not understand the
fact whno attempting to make fun of
The Times. but in very truth. making
itself very funny 10 says.
As q study in sophistry The Times cli-
torial of yesterday entitled. "The Trusts
Case Advancing. is interesting and vale
uablo The argument is that trusts lower
prices because their profits lie in low
prices and large sales From this propv-
ftion The Times dcluces nearly every
thing YOU want. Its latest deduction IS
~ choice argument for trusts To- be
adopted by the laborins man, namely
that the trust increases employment f0r
labor" "Our argument here is that by
chcapcning products. the citizen is left
money TO spend. AS DE has money 20
spend his desire for variety i'm articles
Increases. and there must be new enter
priscs. employing now labor 90 supply
the call Tor these now varieties of art.
cles.
AS am instance OF how ANYTHING may
w. tbirt we nav maintain fhat IT, me
trusts increase the price Of products they
would also increase empioymonts for
, le"o'' ONi arg ''",Hl H., ."'..
and smaller sales win produce the Same
profits 10 the trusts as lower prices ana
larger sales Ihese proIiis To- lhe pro-
,,.a.15 49, Z .r"',. nt1
leave said propriefors more money 10
spend And as they would have money
20 burn their desire for variety Do arA-
D.'' lu,I 1..' me- i',.
Div tbese calls for new varieties of
articles Therefore by parity of rea-
sohlns WIN 'n"t OF me liiil'-' amy tIu.l
arc eooi things for the working man
and Will increase cmployments for la-
nnrf
That fe 2 very rre1f and Formidable