Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-15
AL KINDS OE IDEAS
Entire Gamut Of Opinions Expressed
ct the Chicago Trust Confer
ence Today.
Socialists, Single Tax and Labor
Representatives Given Hearing
Before the Convention.
Antitrust People Break Into the
Conference With Set Of
Resolutions.

Chicago, Sept. 49, .-Workingmen. So
cialists. advocates of the single tax and
students of political economy We're
heard this morning at the conference on
trusts and combinations.
The crowd which greeted the first
speaker, Louis F. Post, OF New York,
an advocate OF the single taxi was the
smallest OF the sessions SO far. Many
delegates were not in their seats and
the places reserved for visitors We're
8 lonesome looking. Post said in his
analysis that trusts can not be perpetu
ated unless they come to own the natu-
the land. abolish the tariff" he de-
clared, abolish all nonopolies that can
be abolished, take the public highways
for public use, collect from the land
owners the annual value of their special
advantage-do that and you put an end
to the trust. You can do it in no other
way"
Post was followed by Thomas j. Nor
gan on Trusts from Socialistic Point
of View
Morgan said: Socialism sees the
end of the feudal system. 1t sees the
domination of the landed aristocracy
destroyed and the rising Importance of
new manufacturing and business inter-
ests; it sees the employer and merchant
stepping into the imperial parliament.
taking charge of and guiding the ma
tions We welcome the appearance of
the trust as one of the natural and in
evitable products of our industrial and
commercial system"
Then came Henry White, secretary of
the United Garment Workers of Amer
lea.
John w. Hayes. secretary of the
knights OF Labor, maintained that
great combinations are an assault upon
the inherent constitutional rights Of
citizens; that the real vital advantage
TO be gained is despotic control over la
bor.
Before the session opened the commit
tee on resolutions chosen yesterday met
and chose Ex-Governor Luce, of NIichi-
gan, chairman. A subcommittee of
five was appointed by the chairman to
receive resolutions and report on them
to the whole committee.
This afternoon the anti-trust people,
who have been holding separate meet
ings, broke in on the convention
through their delegates on the floor
with a set of resolutions. They declare
that trusts destroy competition, nulli-
fy the operation of supply and demand.
deprive young men of opportunity t
advance and take away all incentive to
invention" They demand that states
and cities take steps leading to public
ownership of all public utilities; de-
mand that federal and state govern
ments legislate for control of railways;
demand that congress and legislatures
abolish special privileges and destroy
monopolies; declare that no man is en-
titled to the suffrages of citizens for
Office who Is not in accord with thes
pronouncements They say it is the
duty of the people to organize for the
purpose of defending the rights of citi-
zens against industrial slavery; call on
the states to limit the purposes for
which corporations may be formed and
discourage further formation. They
were referred to the committee on res
olutions. Samuel Gompers, president,
of the American Federation of Labor,
denied that labor unions We're trusts.
He said 1t was their object to bring In
all who labor to share in the benefits;
but you couldn't break into a trust. H,
gave notice that legislation against
trusts which did not exempt organized
labor would meet Its unquestioned OPP
position. He declared the only effect
of the antitrust Interstate commerce
law was to steal from labor the right
OF trial by jury and to imprison work
men for conspiracy.
Organized labor had bettered its con-
dition in spite of aggregations of capi-
tai and trusts and 1T would be wise to
make friends with union labor rather
than enemies.