The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-29
BEvERIDGE TALKS OF TRUSTS.
ID NOR SENATOR FROM INDIANA
INVADES NEBRASKA.


tatinE Trusts. He says, u Through
congress Department store "a
trust NO one Would See Destroyed.
Declares Bryan IL In Fav0r Of
Trusts.
columbus. Neb.. Sept. &.-senator Bev-
..gec addressed n large gathering b.
,b.s city this afternoon. Many drove IN
nom the surrounding country ard swell
,a the crowd OF townspeopie..
The senator said In part.
ladies' and Gentlemen. Mr.. Bryan owns
al arm. / know this. because I have read
Do In tho newspapers I know H. because
nave seen photographs Of Mr.. Bryan
,r hs farm. ! am not a farmer now
So, was a farmer once And when
r.e farmer. ] worked a. the business.
The difference between a farmer who
WORKS az the profession ana the farmer
who only works al the name, b. just tho
ference between a man and his photo.
graph So / shink l can talk TO the
farmers with more authority than Mr.
BRYAN. Ana as he talks 70 them about
trusts. ! also will talk 20 them about
frisfs What Is a trust7 II IL a great
oombina ton OF capital. designed 20 sim
pify and unity business. or a great com
bnation OF labor. desigusd 20 simplify
and unity industry. II is easy 10 sec.
therefore. that there can be good trusts
aud bad trusts Just az there can be good
mon and bad men. A trust r. good
trust when q performs the work Tor
which Il has been organized and produces
better goods az cheaper prices and d.
lvers them 10 the consumer more con
voriently than dozen different concerns
could do. The consumer Is the sovereign
factor IN civilization. The weli-being II
the masses is the result OF every indus.
trlal development that endures. A trust
So bad trust when 81 raises prices dis
honestly and without other reason than
zee satisfy the greed OF lie managers.
man IL "a bad man when he steals: ami
when he does that he ought 10 be put
"a Jail. A trust is a bad trust when q
dishonesty raises prices. aud when IL
does that & ought to be restrained or put
olt OF existence. But because one man
steals is no reason why all men should
be put in Jail: and because one trust f.
dishonest IL no reason why all trusts
mould be destroyed. Mr. Bryan IL IN
favor Of destroying all combinations Of
pital We ore Ia favor OF destroying
only such combinations Of capital as op-
r-tss the people. just as YOU are In favor
az putting IN jail only such men as COM
ME larceny or murder or arson.
Trust Operated by Every Farmer.
Let me give the farmers a perfect Illus
tration OF trust that every farmer in
this country operates himself That trust
Is The self-blnding harvester. I got the Job
oi driving the first self-bludlng harvester
nat was sent 10 Contra Illinois by the
u Cormcks II was an old wire-hinder
D. was trust. II was the only trust /
have ever had anything 10 DO with n dii
n1at several different machines and i'm
q haf
enabled the farmer himself TO harvest ana
market his grain AZ a much less cost than
hs was able 10 40 before The first sea-
E1n the Matchmaking harvester appeared In
tcutral Illinois the same arguments were
"a anced against Il that are now ad-
1anced against trusts. II was said that IL
tfew labor out Of employment II was
sail 1t would result in each farmer be-
cming a sort Of independent landed gen
try like the great landlords Of England.
anI that he would not need any help
from he day-labOrers whom he had there
re hired 20 do he harvesting. There
We're even talks Of mobs TO burn up the
f-hlnders. but men who thought they
were thrown out OF employment by ~.
found that they were not; but that there
nero other cmployments. easier employ
meut and better-p paid employmonts In 9th
er directions than all the hard work that
harvesting by hand afforded them; that
che new conditions created by this very
sllf-blnder furnished them other and bet
te- employment Every labor-saving ma
chine Is a mechanical trust and yet more
llboriug men are employed to-day. ana AZ
higher wages and with shorter hours than
ever before in human history.
Remedy for Trust Evils.
There Is only one possible way Of reg
u'utng trusts That way IS by the Con-
gross OF the republic controlling corpora
lions. This Is one country now We have
ostcrown state rights. There ~ 40 reason
why q corporation organized In New Jer-
tav should have greater privileges than
one organized IN Nebraska. truss TO
tur-ced. must do business all over the
country Therefore. Il ought 70 be con
trollcd. not by a state government. but
hy the nations government. II Is enc
Oh struggle between the nation ana state
rights. The Constitution does not permit
that at present The Republican party
proposes TO amend the Constitution 50 that
the national government may control
trusts The Democratic party voted sol
iily againss that proposition Why BE
cause the Democratic party was more IN
favor OF trusts than the Republican party
Noi Both parties are equally against the
evils OF trusts. But the Democrats OPP
posed that measure, which alone can
cure the evils OF trusts Ntthhet ~ y =
Republican measure and they would no,
permit Il to pass as "a Republican measure
without protest The point r. that the
Republican party have proposed the only
possible remedy. and are pledged to its
execution.
Trust NJ One VIII See Destroyed.
r. Mr.. Bryan In favor Of destroying tho
department. store? Is there a woman In the
United States who Will refuse 40 trade
with Tho department stores7 II not. why
roi' Because before the department store
came she had 10 buy one thing IN one lit
ne shop and another thing IN another lit.
f'e shop and all OF poorer quality ana
higher price: whereas now she buys every
thing under one roof. az cheaper price
nd OF better quality and has II quickly
delivered. Under the old system, stalls
Ucs show that more than 81 per cent OF
no small stores failed And ali OF them
ad TO sell poorer goods az a higher price
~ order 20 make their many prohis. and
even then they failed; whereas che de-
fariment store sells az q lower price bet
Ter goods IN more convenient form, ana
Tho small dealer who before was wnging
o. daily struggle with bankruptcy and fall-
i1g IN the end. Il now the well-paid and
prosperous head OF a department OF that
Erea' center Of distribution for the masses
'illcd che department store. And YET that
apartment store has not destroyed the
Email dealer who succeeded before. That
mall dealer still exists and hourishes
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