The representative., 1899-11-30
A UNIVERSAL TRUST
TO BE CONTROLLED BY JOHN ID.
ROCKEFELLER.

When the Standard OIL Magnates Con-
troll All of the Railroads Produc-
tiOn of All Kinds, and Producers.
Will Be ut Their Mercy.
Heretofore certain men with Offices
In Wall street have controlled the
finances of the country, and the money
supply OF the people. Certain other
men with Offices In Wall street have
controlled the railroads OF the country.
Other men with Offices in Wall street
control most of the factories of the
country.
The thought has heretofore occurred
to many, and the question has been
asked, What if these Wall street gen.
tlemen should pool their interests and
form one universal money, railroad and
factory trust?" What will then be the
condition of the rest OF us?
The Rockefellers Especially John D.
Rockefeller) have for years controlled
the oil business of the country, and
have been reaching after an absolute
monopoly of many other branches of
production. Now 1t appears that John
d. Rockefeller has leaped into the sad
die as general railroad boss, from which
position he can easily dictate terms to
all OF the trusts and make himself the
head of the looked for and quickly com-
ing universal trust.
When Cornelius Vanderbilt died a few
weeks ago many guesses were made as
to who would take his place In the man
agement of his great railroad proper
ties, and it was generally supposed that
his son, Cornelius Jr., would fill his
shoes as far as able. But to the great
surprise of those on the outside, the
great Standard Oil magnate, John D.
Rockefeller, took up the reins where the
head of the Vanderbilts left of, and was
elected to the dictatorship Of the New
York Central.
On the heels Of this comes the news
Of great railroad combine that In
cludes the Vanderbilt systems, the
Rockefeller interests, and the roads
controlled by Coils P. Huntington. The
combine, which is said to be we'll on to-
ward the point of success, will include
all lines of railway leading to the
Pacific-the Great Northern, owned by
the Rockefellers, from Tacoma, Wash,
to Duluth; the Northern Pacific, under
the same control, from Portland, Ore,
to st. Paul; the Central Pacific, from
San Francisco to Denver, where it con-
meets with the Union Pacific, owned re-
spectively by the Huntington syndicate
and the Vanderbilts, and reaching to
New York City; and, finally, the South
ern Pacific, the control of which has
recently been acquired by Huntington,
from San Francisco to st. Louis, Mo-,
where 1t connects with the Vanderbilt
and Rockefeller lines.
There is not single industry in the
United States not at the mercy of such
= trust as this one Of railroads. The
great grain belt of the central western
prairies, the mines of the Rocky Mount
aims, the cattle raising district of the
Southwest, the cotton plantations of the
South, the iron and copper mines Of the
North, the tobacco trade of the central
Southern states-all exist only at the
pleasure of the members of this giant
syndicate.
Even now the Rockefellers are In un-
disputed possession of the oil and to-
bacco industries of America through
the Standard OIL and Tobacco trusts
they dominate the iron trade through
their control of the Northern mines
and great fleet of lake carriers, which
bring their ore to Pittsburg to be manu-
1actured by the steel trust in which the
same capitalists are the dominating
Force. With others they now own the
whisky trade Of the country, and the
coal mines of Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Indiana are also in the grasp of the
Vanderbilts and Rockefellers.
No man can say where the autocrstic
power of such a trust will end, If 1t is
allowed to remain under private con-
troll. The government of nation could
be paralyzed by it's influence and the
people might be starved at their whim,
should they object to the trust method
ef operation. Work or idleness would
be for them to give or withhold as best
suited their interests, and every penny
invested in industries might be drawn
1nto their Golfers whenever they chose
- pull the string.
i The Late Elections.
Editor RanrnaoufnfivAs Thn fall A1AN.